Distinct mechanisms of interactions of Opc-expressing meningococci at apical and basolateral surfaces of human endothelial cells; the role of integrins in apical interactions - PubMed (original) (raw)
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Distinct mechanisms of interactions of Opc-expressing meningococci at apical and basolateral surfaces of human endothelial cells; the role of integrins in apical interactions
M Virji et al. Mol Microbiol. 1994 Oct.
Abstract
Interactions of Opc-expressing Neisseria meningitidis with polarized and non-polarized human umbilical vein endothelial cells (Huvecs) were investigated. Metabolic inhibitors and cytochalasin D treatment showed that host cellular and cytoskeletal functions were important for Opc-expressing bacterial association with Huvecs at the apical surface. In addition, this interaction required the presence of serum in the incubation medium whilst association with non-polarized cells did not require serum. Pre-exposure of Opc-expressing bacteria to serum was sufficient to increase the number of bacterial interactions at the apical surface; B306, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against Opc, inhibited these interactions, suggesting that Opc binds to serum factor(s) and this in turn increases adherence to Huvecs. The receptors involved in this 'sandwich' adherence belong to the integrin family since the interaction was inhibited by peptides containing the amino acid sequence arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) and the tetrapeptide RGDS (but not the peptide RGES) was inhibitory. Non-polarized cells appeared to expose receptors/sites that bound to Opc-expressing bacteria directly, did not require serum factors and were not inhibited by RGD-containing peptides. Serum-dependent interactions of Opc-expressing bacteria to apical surface was inhibited significantly by several mAbs against alpha v beta 3 integrins. Some mAbs against alpha 5 and beta 1 caused partial inhibition; antibodies that did not block the function of beta 1 integrins or the mAbs against alpha 2 integrins were not inhibitory to bacterial interactions with Huvecs. Purified vitronectin supported adherence of Opc-expressing bacteria to Huvecs but not of Opc- bacteria. These interactions were inhibited by mAb B306 against Opc, by RGDS peptides as well as by blocking antibodies directed against alpha v beta 3 but not antibodies against other integrins. These data suggest that a sequence of molecular events resulting in trimolecular complexes at the endothelial surface may drive neisserial invasion of Huvecs. The expression of Opc appears to enable bacteria to utilize the normal signal-transduction mechanism of host cells via ligands in sera that adhere to endothelial cell integrins.
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