scholarly journals Immunoglobulins to Group A Streptococcal Surface Molecules Decrease Adherence to and Invasion of Human Pharyngeal Cells

1998 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 974-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Fluckiger ◽  
K. F. Jones ◽  
V. A. Fischetti
Keyword(s):  
Streptococcal Infection ◽  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
M Protein ◽  
Secretory Iga ◽  
Surface Molecules ◽  
Mucosal Surfaces ◽  
Group A ◽  
Specific Igg ◽  
Secretory Immunoglobulin

ABSTRACT The M protein is one of the most important virulence factors of group A streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes) and may play an important role in the first steps of streptococcal infection. Since acute pharyngitis is a frequently occurring infectious disease caused by these bacteria, we wished to know whether antibodies to the M protein or other surface components inhibit adherence and internalization of streptococci to pharyngeal cells. We investigated the role of whole human secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA), M6 protein-specific sIgA, and M6 protein-specific serum IgG in the inhibition of streptococcal adherence and internalization to cultured human pharyngeal cells. S. pyogenes D471, which produces a type 6 M protein (M+), and its isogenic M-negative (M−) derivative JRS75 were tested. Purified whole sIgA, M protein-specific sIgA, and sIgA preabsorbed with M protein were able to decrease significantly the adherence of streptococci to pharyngeal cells. Purified IgG against the M6 protein did not diminish the attachment of streptococci to the pharyngeal cells but did reduce internalization. Thus, our data suggest that secretory IgA may play a key role in preventing streptococcal infection at mucosal surfaces by blocking adherence while affinity-purified anti-M protein-specific IgG blocks epitopes responsible for invasion.

scholarly journals Passive acquired mucosal immunity to group A streptococci by secretory immunoglobulin A.

1988 ◽  
Vol 167 (6) ◽  
pp. 1945-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Bessen ◽  
V A Fischetti
Keyword(s):  
Streptococcal Infection ◽  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
Systemic Infection ◽  
M Protein ◽  
Group A Streptococci ◽  
Mucosal Site ◽  
Group A ◽  
Immunological Protection ◽  
Protein Serum ◽  
Secretory Immunoglobulin

We present a model in which animals are passively immunized at a mucosal site, allowing one to evaluate immunological protection at the mucosal level only. Affinity-purified, anti-M protein sIgA administered intranasally protected mice against systemic infection after intranasal challenge with group A streptococci. In contrast, anti-M protein serum Ig administered intranasally was not protective at this site, although it neutralized the antiphagocytic property of M protein and promoted phagocytosis. Protection by sIgA occurred despite the lower immunoreactivity of sIgA to purified M protein compared with serum Ig. The data suggest that sIgA can protect at the mucosa and may preclude the need for opsonic IgG in preventing streptococcal infection.

scholarly journals Correlations between Antibody Immune Responses at Different Mucosal Effector Sites Are Controlled by Antigen Type and Dosage

2000 ◽  
Vol 68 (7) ◽  
pp. 3830-3839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dörthe Externest ◽  
Barbara Meckelein ◽  
M. Alexander Schmidt ◽  
Andreas Frey
Keyword(s):  
Cholera Toxin ◽  
Plasma Cells ◽  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
Secretory Iga ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Routine Diagnostics ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Serum Igg ◽  
Mucosal Surfaces ◽  
Secretory Immunoglobulin

ABSTRACT Monitoring specific secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses in the intestines after mucosal immunization or infection is impeded by the fact that sampling of small intestinal secretions requires invasive methods not feasible for routine diagnostics. Since IgA plasma cells generated after intragastric immunization are known to populate remote mucosal sites as well, secretory IgA responses at other mucosal surfaces may correlate to those in the intestines and could serve as proxy measures for IgA secretion in the gut. To evaluate the practicability of this approach, mice were immunized intragastrically with 0.2, 2, and 20 mg of ovalbumin plus 10 μg of cholera toxin, and the antigen-specific local secretory IgA responses in duodenal, ileal, jejunal, rectal, and vaginal secretions, saliva, urine, and feces, as well as serum IgG and IgA responses were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Correlation analysis revealed significant relationships between serum IgG and IgA, urinary IgA, salivary IgA, and secretory IgA in duodenal, jejunal, ileal, and rectal secretions for the 0.2-mg but not for the 20-mg ovalbumin dose. Fecal samples were poor predictors for intestinal antiovalbumin IgA responses, and no correlations could be established for cholera toxin, neither between local anti-cholera toxin levels nor to the antiovalbumin responses. Thus, specific IgA in serum, saliva, or urine can serve as a predictor of the release of specific IgA at intestinal surfaces after intragastric immunization, but the lack of correlations for high ovalbumin doses and for cholera toxin indicates a strong dependency on antigen type and dosage for these relationships.

Depletion of gut secretory immunoglobulin A coated Lactobacillus reuteri is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus-related intestinal mucosal barrier damage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haowen Zhang ◽  
Ce Qi ◽  
Yuning Zhao ◽  
Mengyao Lu ◽  
Xinyue Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Gestational Diabetes ◽  
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
Mucosal Damage ◽  
Secretory Iga ◽  
Mucosal Barrier ◽  
Secretory Immunoglobulin

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) may be related to intestinal mucosal damage and inflammation-induced dysbiosis of secretory IgA (SIgA) coated microbiota. SIgA coated L. reuteri can reduce the level of inflammation of GDM in vitro.

scholarly journals Potential of Immunoglobulin A to Prevent Allergic Asthma

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anouk K. Gloudemans ◽  
Bart N. Lambrecht ◽  
Hermelijn H. Smits
Keyword(s):  
Allergic Asthma ◽  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness ◽  
Airway Disease ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Allergic Airway Disease ◽  
Secretory Iga ◽  
Th2 Cells ◽  
Lower Airway

Allergic asthma is characterized by bronchial hyperresponsiveness, a defective barrier function, and eosinophilic lower airway inflammation in response to allergens. The inflammation is dominated by Th2 cells and IgE molecules and supplemented with Th17 cells in severe asthma. In contrast, in healthy individuals, allergen-specific IgA and IgG4 molecules are found but no IgE, and their T cells fail to proliferate in response to allergens, probably because of the development of regulatory processes that actively suppress responses to allergens. The presence of allergen-specific secretory IgA has drawn little attention so far, although a few epidemiological studies point at a reverse association between IgA levels and the incidence of allergic airway disease. This review highlights the latest literature on the role of mucosal IgA in protection against allergic airway disease, the mechanisms described to induce secretory IgA, and the role of (mucosal) dendritic cells in this process. Finally, we discuss how this information can be used to translate into the development of new therapies for allergic diseases based on, or supplemented with, IgA boosting strategies.

Secretory Immunoglobulin a in Oral and Respiratory Passages in Man

1975 ◽  
Vol 84 (20_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goro Mogi
Keyword(s):  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
Secretory Component ◽  
Secretory Iga ◽  
Secretory Cells ◽  
Antigenic Relationship ◽  
Serum Iga ◽  
Human Colostrum ◽  
Specific Antisera ◽  
Antigenic Relationships ◽  
Secretory Immunoglobulin

Secretory IgA (SIgA) is the predominant immunoglobulin in certain external secretions and may have an important role in immunological mucosal resistance. SIgA differs in chemical and immunological properties from serum IgA. The present study was undertaken to investigate the antigenic relationship between SIgA, free secretory component (FSC) and serum IgA and the localization of SIgA as well as other immunological classes in tissues of oral and respiratory passages by use of immunofluorescence technique. SIgA and FSC were highly purified from human colostrum and rabbit anti-SIgA and anti-SC antisera were prepared. On the basis of antigenic relationships between SIgA, FSC and serum IgA, it was emphasized that individual specific antisera for SC and IgA and/or SIgA should be used in immunochemical or immunohistological investigations for SIgA. The present study failed to detect SC determinants in palatine and lingual tonsils. However, it was evident that cells present in the pharyngeal tonsillar epithelium contain SC determinants. SC molecules may be synthesized in certain secretory cells of mucous membrane and glandular epithelium and the combining of SC with IgA could occur in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells, the intercellular spaces and/or in the lumens of glandular acini and ductules.

scholarly journals The Mga Regulon but Not Deoxyribonuclease Sda1 of Invasive M1T1 Group A Streptococcus Contributes toIn VivoSelection of CovRS Mutations and Resistance to Innate Immune Killing Mechanisms

2015 ◽  
Vol 83 (11) ◽  
pp. 4293-4303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanghui Liu ◽  
Wenchao Feng ◽  
Dengfeng Li ◽  
Mengyao Liu ◽  
Daniel C. Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group A Streptococcus ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
M Protein ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Group A ◽  
Innate Immune Evasion ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACTInvasive M1T1 group AStreptococcus(GAS) can have a mutation in the regulatory system CovRS, and this mutation can render strains hypervirulent. Interestingly, via mechanisms that are not well understood, the host innate immune system's neutrophils select spontaneous M1T1 GAS CovRS hypervirulent mutants, thereby enhancing the pathogen's ability to evade immune killing. It has been reported that the DNase Sda1 is critical for the resistance of M1T1 strain 5448 to killing in human blood and provides pressure forin vivoselection of CovRS mutations. We reexamined the role of Sda1 in the selection of CovRS mutations and in GAS innate immune evasion. Deletion ofsda1or all DNase genes in M1T1 strain MGAS2221 did not alter emergence of CovRS mutants during murine infection. Deletion ofsda1in strain 5448 resulted in Δsda1mutants with (5448 Δsda1M+strain) and without (5448 Δsda1M−strain) M protein production. The 5448 Δsda1M+strain accumulated CovRS mutationsin vivoand resisted killing in the bloodstream, whereas the 5448 Δsda1M−strain lostin vivoselection of CovRS mutations and was sensitive to killing. The deletion ofemmand a spontaneous Mga mutation in MGAS2221 reduced and preventedin vivoselection for CovRS mutants, respectively. Thus, in contrast to previous reports, Sda1 is not critical forin vivoselection of invasive M1T1 CovRS mutants and GAS resistance to innate immune killing mechanisms. In contrast, M protein and other Mga-regulated proteins contribute to thein vivoselection of M1T1 GAS CovRS mutants. These findings advance the understanding of the progression of invasive M1T1 GAS infections.

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