EEVD motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The uptake of abortion-inducing pathogens by trophoblast giant (TG) cells is a key event in infectious abortion. However, little is known about phagocytic functions of TG cells against the pathogens. Here we show that heat shock cogn...
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doaj-26317f50fef94563a1af9b519d6a0d0c2020-11-25T00:59:55ZengBMCJournal of Biomedical Science1021-77701423-01272009-12-0116111310.1186/1423-0127-16-113EEVD motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cellsKim SukTachibana MasatoWatanabe KentaWatarai Masahisa<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The uptake of abortion-inducing pathogens by trophoblast giant (TG) cells is a key event in infectious abortion. However, little is known about phagocytic functions of TG cells against the pathogens. Here we show that heat shock cognate protein 70 (Hsc70) contributes to bacterial uptake by TG cells and the EEVD motif of Hsc70 plays an important role in this.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p><it>Brucella abortus </it>and <it>Listeria monocytogenes </it>were used as the bacterial antigen in this study. Recombinant proteins containing tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domains were constructed and confirmation of the binding capacity to Hsc70 was assessed by ELISA. The recombinant TPR proteins were used for investigation of the effect of TPR proteins on bacterial uptake by TG cells and on pregnancy in mice.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The monoclonal antibody that inhibits bacterial uptake by TG cells reacted with the EEVD motif of Hsc70. Bacterial TPR proteins bound to the C-terminal of Hsc70 through its EEVD motif and this binding inhibited bacterial uptake by TG cells. Infectious abortion was also prevented by blocking the EEVD motif of Hsc70.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our results demonstrate that surface located Hsc70 on TG cells mediates the uptake of pathogenic bacteria and proteins containing the TPR domain inhibit the function of Hsc70 by binding to its EEVD motif. These molecules may be useful in the development of methods for preventing infectious abortion.</p> http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/16/1/113 |
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Kim Suk Tachibana Masato Watanabe Kenta Watarai Masahisa EEVD motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells Journal of Biomedical Science |
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Kim Suk Tachibana Masato Watanabe Kenta Watarai Masahisa |
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EEVD motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells |
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EEVD motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells |
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EEVD motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells |
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EEVD motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells |
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EEVD motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells |
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eevd motif of heat shock cognate protein 70 contributes to bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells |
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Journal of Biomedical Science |
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1021-7770 1423-0127 |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The uptake of abortion-inducing pathogens by trophoblast giant (TG) cells is a key event in infectious abortion. However, little is known about phagocytic functions of TG cells against the pathogens. Here we show that heat shock cognate protein 70 (Hsc70) contributes to bacterial uptake by TG cells and the EEVD motif of Hsc70 plays an important role in this.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p><it>Brucella abortus </it>and <it>Listeria monocytogenes </it>were used as the bacterial antigen in this study. Recombinant proteins containing tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domains were constructed and confirmation of the binding capacity to Hsc70 was assessed by ELISA. The recombinant TPR proteins were used for investigation of the effect of TPR proteins on bacterial uptake by TG cells and on pregnancy in mice.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The monoclonal antibody that inhibits bacterial uptake by TG cells reacted with the EEVD motif of Hsc70. Bacterial TPR proteins bound to the C-terminal of Hsc70 through its EEVD motif and this binding inhibited bacterial uptake by TG cells. Infectious abortion was also prevented by blocking the EEVD motif of Hsc70.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our results demonstrate that surface located Hsc70 on TG cells mediates the uptake of pathogenic bacteria and proteins containing the TPR domain inhibit the function of Hsc70 by binding to its EEVD motif. These molecules may be useful in the development of methods for preventing infectious abortion.</p> |
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