Enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl-peptide receptor 2.
The human formyl-peptide receptor 2 (FPR2/ALX) senses phenol-soluble modulin (PSM) peptide toxins produced by pathogenic staphylococcal species and plays a crucial role in directing neutrophil influx during staphylococcal infection. However, it has remained unclear if FPR2 responds also to molecules...
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| author | Dominik Alexander Bloes Michael Otto Andreas Peschel Dorothee Kretschmer |
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| description | The human formyl-peptide receptor 2 (FPR2/ALX) senses phenol-soluble modulin (PSM) peptide toxins produced by pathogenic staphylococcal species and plays a crucial role in directing neutrophil influx during staphylococcal infection. However, it has remained unclear if FPR2 responds also to molecules from other bacterial pathogens. Here we analyzed a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens and found that apart from staphylococci only certain enterococcal strains have the capacity to stimulate FPR2/ALX. Most of the analyzed Enterococcus faecium but only sporadic Enterococcus faecalis strains released FPR2/ALX-stimulating molecules leading to neutrophil calcium ion fluxes, chemotaxis, and complement receptor upregulation. Among ten test strains vancomycin-resistant E. faecium had a significantly higher capacity to stimulate FPR2/ALX than vancomycin-susceptible strains, suggesting an association of strong FPR2/ALX activation with health-care associated strains. The enterococcal FPR2/ALX agonists were found to be peptides or proteins, which appear, however, to be unrelated to staphylococcal PSMs in sequence and physicochemical properties. Enterococci are among the most frequent invasive bacterial pathogens but the basis of enterococcal virulence and immune activation has remained incompletely understood. Our study indicates that previously unrecognized proteinaceous agonists contribute to Enterococcus-host interaction and underscores the importance of FPR2/ALX in host defense against major endogenous bacterial pathogens. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8d2607ac00245f3ba38bed0f11d430d2022-12-21T20:28:16ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-0176e3991010.1371/journal.pone.0039910Enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl-peptide receptor 2.Dominik Alexander BloesMichael OttoAndreas PeschelDorothee KretschmerThe human formyl-peptide receptor 2 (FPR2/ALX) senses phenol-soluble modulin (PSM) peptide toxins produced by pathogenic staphylococcal species and plays a crucial role in directing neutrophil influx during staphylococcal infection. However, it has remained unclear if FPR2 responds also to molecules from other bacterial pathogens. Here we analyzed a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens and found that apart from staphylococci only certain enterococcal strains have the capacity to stimulate FPR2/ALX. Most of the analyzed Enterococcus faecium but only sporadic Enterococcus faecalis strains released FPR2/ALX-stimulating molecules leading to neutrophil calcium ion fluxes, chemotaxis, and complement receptor upregulation. Among ten test strains vancomycin-resistant E. faecium had a significantly higher capacity to stimulate FPR2/ALX than vancomycin-susceptible strains, suggesting an association of strong FPR2/ALX activation with health-care associated strains. The enterococcal FPR2/ALX agonists were found to be peptides or proteins, which appear, however, to be unrelated to staphylococcal PSMs in sequence and physicochemical properties. Enterococci are among the most frequent invasive bacterial pathogens but the basis of enterococcal virulence and immune activation has remained incompletely understood. Our study indicates that previously unrecognized proteinaceous agonists contribute to Enterococcus-host interaction and underscores the importance of FPR2/ALX in host defense against major endogenous bacterial pathogens.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3386911?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Dominik Alexander Bloes Michael Otto Andreas Peschel Dorothee Kretschmer Enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl-peptide receptor 2. PLoS ONE |
| title | Enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl-peptide receptor 2. |
| title_full | Enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl-peptide receptor 2. |
| title_fullStr | Enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl-peptide receptor 2. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl-peptide receptor 2. |
| title_short | Enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl-peptide receptor 2. |
| title_sort | enterococcus faecium stimulates human neutrophils via the formyl peptide receptor 2 |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3386911?pdf=render |
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