PspC domain-containing protein (PCP) determines Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation through bacterial extracellular DNA release and platelet adhesion in experimental endocarditis

Chiau Jing Jung, Chih Chieh Hsu, Jeng Wei Chen, Hung Wei Cheng, Chang Tsu Yuan, Yu Min Kuo, Ron Bin Hsu, Jean San Chia

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摘要

Bacterial extracellular DNA (eDNA) and activated platelets have been found to contribute to biofilm formation by Streptococcus mutans on injured heart valves to induce infective endocarditis (IE), yet the bacterial component directly responsible for biofilm formation or platelet adhesion remains unclear. Using in vivo survival assays coupled with microarray analysis, the present study identified a LiaR-regulated PspC domain-containing protein (PCP) in S. mutans that mediates bacterial biofilm formation in vivo. Reverse transcriptase- and chromatin immunoprecipitation-polymerase chain reaction assays confirmed the regulation of pcp by LiaR, while PCP is well-preserved among streptococcal pathogens. Deficiency of pcp reduced in vitro and in vivo biofilm formation and released the eDNA inside bacteria floe along with reduced bacterial platelet adhesion capacity in a fibrinogen-dependent manner. Therefore, LiaR-regulated PCP alone could determine release of bacterial eDNA and binding to platelets, thus contributing to biofilm formation in S. mutans-induced IE.
原文英語
文章編號e1009289
期刊PLoS Pathogens
17
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2月 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 寄生物學
  • 微生物學
  • 免疫學
  • 分子生物學
  • 遺傳學
  • 病毒學

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