Phosphatidyl choline-mediated inhibition of Streptococcus pneumoniae adherence to type II pneumocytes in vitro

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Biological Sciences
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Journal titleMicrobial Pathogenesis
ISSN0882-4010
1096-1208
Volume26
Article numbermpat.1998.0254
Pages65–75
Subjectstreptococcus pneumoniae; liposomes; bacterial adherence; glycolipids; DMPC; subpopulations
Abstract
Nearly 80% of the adherence of several strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae to A549 lung cells was inhibited by dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC), as well as by the following mixtures of lipids: DMPC/globoside, DMPC/asialo GM-1 and DMPC/asialo GM-1/globoside liposomes. Control phosphatidylserine liposomes were ineffective at inhibiting bacterial adherence demonstrating the specificity of the interaction between bacteria and liposomes. FITC-labelled bacteria were shown to adhere directly to silica beads coated with DMPC. The proportion of S. pneumoniae bacteria binding to DMPC-coated beads did not exceed 20% of the bacterial population as shown by the binding isotherm. This clearly demonstrates that only a fraction of the bacterial population (a subpopulation) was capable of binding to the beads. The specificity of bacterial binding to DMPC was further demonstrated by surface plasmon resonance. By this latter technique, the affinity between DMPC and bacteria was shown to be high and substantially non-reversible. Finally, we established that in order to be efficient at inhibiting bacterial binding to A549 cells the average liposome diameter must be greater than approximately 200 nm suggesting that a multivalent attachment of the bacterium to a liposome is required for high affinity binding.
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PublisherElsevier
LanguageEnglish
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NPARC number23002008
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