ANTIMICROBIAL INTERFERENCE WITH BACTERIAL MECHANISMS OF PATHOGENICITY - EFFECT OF SUB-MIC AZITHROMYCIN ON GONOCOCCAL PILIATION AND ATTACHMENT TO HUMAN EPITHELIAL-CELLS

被引:18
作者
GORBY, GL
MCGEE, ZA
机构
[1] UNIV UTAH,SCH MED,CTR INFECT DIS DIAGNOST MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84132
[2] CREIGHTON UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,OMAHA,NE 68131
关键词
D O I
10.1128/AAC.34.12.2445
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The effects of subinhibitory concentrations of azithromycin (CP-62,993) on the piliation and attachment properties of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were examined. Subinhibitory concentrations of azithromycin significantly reduced the percentage of gonococci that expressed assembled pili on their surfaces by decreasing pilin subunit synthesis and substantially decreased gonococcal adherence to human mucosal cells.
引用
收藏
页码:2445 / 2448
页数:4
相关论文
共 25 条
[1]   INTERACTIONS OF GONOCOCCI WITH HELA-CELLS - ATTACHMENT, DETACHMENT, REPLICATIONS, PENETRATION, AND THE ROLE OF PROTEIN-II [J].
BESSEN, D ;
GOTSCHLICH, EC .
INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 1986, 54 (01) :154-160
[2]   A RAPID, SENSITIVE METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE CONJUGATED ANTI-ANTIBODY ON WESTERN BLOTS [J].
BLAKE, MS ;
JOHNSTON, KH ;
RUSSELLJONES, GJ ;
GOTSCHLICH, EC .
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 1984, 136 (01) :175-179
[3]   REGULATION OF EXTRACELLULAR PROTEASE SECRETION IN PSEUDOMONAS-MALTOPHILIA [J].
BOETHLING, RS .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1975, 123 (03) :954-961
[4]   TRANSFER RNA BINDING SITE OF 30-S RIBOSOME AND SITE OF TETRACYCLINE INHIBITION [J].
CRAVEN, GR ;
GAVIN, R ;
FANNING, T .
COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY, 1969, 34 :129-&
[5]  
FINEGOLD SM, 1986, BAILEY SCOTTS DIAGNO, P173
[6]   ALTERATIONS IN PEPTIDOGLYCAN OF NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE INDUCED BY SUB-MICS OF BETA-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS [J].
GARCIABUSTOS, JF ;
DOUGHERTY, TJ .
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 1987, 31 (02) :178-182
[7]   RELEASE OF SOLUBLE PILIN ANTIGEN COUPLED WITH GENE CONVERSION IN NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE [J].
HAAS, R ;
SCHWARZ, H ;
MEYER, TF .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1987, 84 (24) :9079-9083
[8]   CLEAVAGE OF STRUCTURAL PROTEINS DURING ASSEMBLY OF HEAD OF BACTERIOPHAGE-T4 [J].
LAEMMLI, UK .
NATURE, 1970, 227 (5259) :680-+
[9]   BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF 2 DISTINCT PILUS TYPES PRODUCED BY ISOGENIC VARIANTS OF NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE P9 [J].
LAMBDEN, PR ;
ROBERTSON, JN ;
WATT, PJ .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1980, 141 (01) :393-396
[10]  
LORIAN V, 1986, ANTIBIOTICS LABORATO, P596