Antibacterial activity of a competence-stimulating peptide in experimental sepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Oggioni, MR
Iannelli, F
Ricci, S
Chiavolini, D
Parigi, R
Trappetti, C
Claverys, JP
Pozzi, G
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[1] Univ Siena, LAMMB, Policlin LeScotte, Dipartimento Biol Mol, I-53100 Siena, Italy
[2] Azienda Osped Univ Senese, UOC Batteriol, Siena, Italy
[3] Univ Toulouse 3, Lab Microbiol & Genet Mol, CNRS, UMR 5100, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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10.1128/AAC.48.12.4725-4732.2004
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of human disease, produces a 17-mer autoinducer peptide pheromone (competence-stimulating peptide [CSP]) for the control of competence for genetic transformation. Due to previous work linking CSP to stress phenotypes, we set up an in vivo sepsis model to assay its effect on virulence. Our data demonstrate a significant increase in the rates of survival of mice, reductions of blood S. pneumoniae counts, and prolonged times to death for mice treated with CSP. In vitro the dose of CSP used in the animal model produced a transitory inhibition of growth. When a mutant with a mutation in the CSP sensor histidine kinase was assayed, no bacteriostatic phenotype was detected in vitro and no change in disease outcome was observed in vivo. The data demonstrate that CSP, which induces in vitro a temporary growth arrest through stimulation of its cognate histidine kinase receptor, is able to block systemic disease in mice. This therapeutic effect is novel, in that the drug-like effect is obtained by stimulation, rather than inhibition, of a bacterial drug target.
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