Antibody-mediated selection of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum phenotype expressing variable proteins

被引:5
作者
Gorton, TS
Geary, SJ
机构
[1] Univ Connecticut, Dept Pathobiol, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
[2] Ctr Biotechnol, Vaccine Res & Dev Facil, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
关键词
Mycoplasma gallisepticum; antibody-mediated selection; phase variable; variable expression; escape variant;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00363-7
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A variant phenotype of Mycoplasma gallisepticum S6 was isolated from an in vitro antibody-culture system utilizing metabolism-inhibiting antibodies against the 64 kDa lipoprotein (LP64). M. gallisepticum populations grown in medium alone or medium containing normal rabbit serum maintained expression of the parental phenotype. This paper describes the identification of proteins which undergo variable expression. Several of these were integral membrane proteins, with estimated molecular masses of 91, 43, 41, 38, 37, and 18 kDa, which were expressed in the variant phenotype but not in the parental phenotype. Three proteins (LP64, p63 and p47) were expressed in the parental phenotype, but not in the variant phenotype. The data suggest that the interaction of specific immunoglobulins with target epitopes resulted in the selection of a subpopulation of organisms expressing an alternative array of membrane proteins which, lacking the target epitopes, was able to escape the metabolism-inhibiting effects of the specific antibodies.
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