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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Proteomic comparisons of opaque and transparent variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae by two dimensional-differential gel electrophoresis |
Author: | Chai, M. Weiland, F. Harvey, R. Hoffmann, P. Ogunniyi, A. Paton, J. |
Citation: | Scientific Reports, 2017; 7(1):2453-1-2453-11 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 2045-2322 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Melissa H. Chai, Florian Weiland, Richard M. Harvey, Peter Hoffmann, Abiodun D. Ogunniyi, James C. Paton |
Abstract: | Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a human pathogen, accounting for massive global morbidity and mortality. Although asymptomatic colonization of the nasopharynx almost invariably precedes disease, the critical determinants enabling pneumococcal progression from this niche to cause invasive disease are poorly understood. One mechanism proposed to be central to this transition involves opacity phase variation, whereby pneumococci harvested from the nasopharynx are typically transparent, while those simultaneously harvested from the blood are opaque. Here, we used two dimensional-differential gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) to compare protein expression profiles of transparent and opaque variants of 3 pneumococcal strains, D39 (serotype 2), WCH43 (serotype 4) and WCH16 (serotype 6A) in vitro. One spot comprising a mixture of capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis protein and other proteins was significantly up-regulated in the opaque phenotype in all 3 strains; other proteins were differentially regulated in a strain-specific manner. We conclude that pneumococcal phase variation is a complex and multifactorial process leading to strain-specific pathogenicity. |
Keywords: | Nasopharynx Humans Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumococcal Infections Bacterial Proteins Blotting, Western Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional Serotyping Proteomics Host-Pathogen Interactions Serogroup |
Rights: | © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-017-02465-x |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/565526 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/627142 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02465-x |
Appears in Collections: | Animal and Veterinary Sciences publications Aurora harvest 8 |
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