Leptospira interrogans binds to the CR3 receptor on mammalian cells

被引:22
作者
Cinco, M [1 ]
Cini, B
Perticarari, S
Presani, G
机构
[1] Univ Trieste, Spirochete Lab, Dipartimento Sci Biomed, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[2] IRCCS, Lab Anal Clin, Trieste, Italy
关键词
leptospires; integrin; adhesion;
D O I
10.1006/mpat.2002.0537
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Pathogenic leptospires adhere to phagocytes even in the absence of specific antibodies; we demonstrate that the CR3 integrin (known as Mac-1 or CD11b/CD18 receptor), expressed on neutrophils and CHO Mac-1 transfected cells, recognizes and binds leptospires. The 1-domain of the molecule seems to be involved in the recognition and data suggest that this occurs via fibronectin absorbed at the Leptospira surface. On the other hand, since N-acetyl-D-glucosamine does not behave as antagonist of the binding, the lectin-like domain of the receptor is not involved in the recognition. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:299 / 305
页数:7
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