Timothy F Murphy1,2,3, Charmaine Kirkham1,3, Mary C Gallo2,3, Yang Yang4, Gregory E Wilding4, Melinda M Pettigrew5. 1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine. 2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. 3. Clinical and Translational Research Center, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. 4. Department of Biostatistics. 5. Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Abstract
Background: Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) persists in the airways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). NTHi expresses 4 immunoglobulin (Ig)A protease variants (A1, A2, B1, B2) with distinct cleavage specificities for human IgA1. Little is known about the different roles of IgA protease variants in NTHi infection. Methods: Twenty-six NTHi isolates from a 20-year longitudinal study of COPD were analyzed for IgA protease expression, survival in human respiratory epithelial cells, and cleavage of lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1). Results: IgA protease B1 and B2-expressing strains showed greater intracellular survival in host epithelial cells than strains expressing no IgA protease (P < .001) or IgA protease A1 or A2 (P < .001). Strains that lost IgA protease expression showed reduced survival in host cells compared with the same strain that expressed IgA protease B1 (P = .006) or B2 (P = .015). IgA proteases B1 and B2 cleave LAMP1. Passage of strains through host cells selected for expression of IgA proteases B1 and B2 but not A1. Conclusions: IgA proteases B1 and B2 cleave LAMP1 and mediate intracellular survival in respiratory epithelial cells. Intracellular persistence of NTHi selects for expression of IgA proteases B1 and B2. The variants of NTHi IgA proteases play distinct roles in pathogenesis of infection.
Background: Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) persists in the airways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). NTHi expresses 4 immunoglobulin (Ig)A protease variants (A1, A2, B1, B2) with distinct cleavage specificities for humanIgA1. Little is known about the different roles of IgA protease variants in NTHi infection. Methods: Twenty-six NTHi isolates from a 20-year longitudinal study of COPD were analyzed for IgA protease expression, survival in human respiratory epithelial cells, and cleavage of lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1). Results: IgA protease B1 and B2-expressing strains showed greater intracellular survival in host epithelial cells than strains expressing no IgA protease (P < .001) or IgA protease A1 or A2 (P < .001). Strains that lost IgA protease expression showed reduced survival in host cells compared with the same strain that expressed IgA protease B1 (P = .006) or B2 (P = .015). IgA proteases B1 and B2 cleave LAMP1. Passage of strains through host cells selected for expression of IgA proteases B1 and B2 but not A1. Conclusions: IgA proteases B1 and B2 cleave LAMP1 and mediate intracellular survival in respiratory epithelial cells. Intracellular persistence of NTHi selects for expression of IgA proteases B1 and B2. The variants of NTHi IgA proteases play distinct roles in pathogenesis of infection.
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