| Literature DB >> 17438036 |
Sreedhar R Nallapareddy1, Jouko Sillanpää, Vannakambadi K Ganesh, Magnus Höök, Barbara E Murray.
Abstract
Strains of Enterococcus faecium express a cell wall-anchored protein, Acm, which mediates adherence to collagen. Here, we (i) identify the minimal and high-affinity binding subsegments of Acm and (ii) show that anti-Acm immunoglobulin Gs (IgGs) purified against these subsegments reduced E. faecium TX2535 strain collagen adherence up to 73 and 50%, respectively, significantly more than the total IgGs against the full-length Acm A domain (28%) (P < 0.0001). Blocking Acm adherence with functional subsegment-specific antibodies raises the possibility of their use as therapeutic or prophylactic agents.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17438036 PMCID: PMC1932878 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.02016-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441