Immune responses to biofilm producing S. epidermidis and study of extracellular polysaccharides

Abstract

The skin commensal and opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus epidermidis is a leading cause of hospital-acquired and biomaterial-associated infections. The polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA), a homoglycan composed of β-l,6-linked N- acetylglucosamine residues, synthesized by enzymes encoded by the icaADBC operon is a major functional factor in biofilm accumulation, promoting virulence in experimental biomaterial-associated S. epidermidis infections. Extracellular mucous layer extracts of S. epidermidis contain another major polysaccharide, referred to as 20-kDa polysaccharide (20-kDaPS), composed mainly out of glucose, N- acetylglucosamine, and being partially sulfated. 20-kDaPS antiserum prevents adhesion of S. epidermidis on endothelial cells and development of experimental keratitis in rabbits. Here we provide experimental evidence that 20-kDaPS and PIA represent distinct molecules and that 20-kDaPS is implicated in endocytosis of S. epidermidis bacterial cells by human mono ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/27941
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/27941
ND
27941
Alternative title
Επίδραση biofilm θετικών στελεχών S. epidermidis στην ανοσολογική απόκριση ανθρώπινων μονοπυρήνων και μελέτη των πολυσακχαριτών του εξωκυττάριου χώρου (matrix)
Author
Spiliopoulou, Anastasia (Father's name: Ioannis)
Date
2012
Degree Grantor
University of Patras
Committee members
Δημητρακόπουλος Γεώργιος
Αναστασίου Ευάγγελος
Καραμάνος Νικόλαος
Σπηλιοπούλου-Σδούγκου Ίρις
Κολονίτσιου Φεβρωνία
Γώγος Χαράλαμπος
Μαραγκός Μάρκος
Discipline
Medical and Health Sciences
Basic Medicine
Keywords
S. epidermidis; Extracellular polysaccharides; PIA; 20kDaPS; Biofilms; Phagocytosis; Cytokines; Immune response
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
153 σ., im., tbls., fig.
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