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J Infect Dis ; 197(8): 1103-9, 2008 Apr 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18462159

ABSTRACT

Haemophilus ducreyi contains 3 TonB-dependent receptors: the hemoglobin receptor HgbA, which is required for virulence in humans; the heme receptor TdhA; and an uncharacterized conserved hypothetical protein TdX (HD0646). A double tdX/tdhA mutant (FX527) was constructed on the background of a human-passaged variant of strain 35000 (35000HP). Six volunteers were infected with 35000HP at 3 sites on one arm and with FX527 at 3 sites on the other. The pustule formation rate was 55.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 35.7%-75.4%) at 18 parent-strain sites and 44.4% (95% CI, 15.0%-73.9%) at 18 mutant-strain sites (P = .51). Similar amounts of 35000HP and FX527 were recovered from pustules in semiquantitative culture. Thus, TdX and TdhA are not necessary for virulence, whereas HgbA is both necessary and sufficient for virulence in humans. The data suggest that hemoglobin is the sole source of heme/iron used by H. ducreyi in vivo and has implications for the potential of HgbA as a vaccine.


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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis , Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis , Chancroid/microbiology , Haemophilus ducreyi/pathogenicity , Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis , Adult , Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Biopsy , Blotting, Western , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , DNA, Bacterial/metabolism , Female , Haemophilus ducreyi/genetics , Haemophilus ducreyi/metabolism , Humans , Logistic Models , Male , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Mutagenesis, Insertional , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Virulence
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J Infect Dis ; 197(11): 1531-6, 2008 Jun 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18422457

ABSTRACT

Haemophilus ducreyi 35000HP contains a cluster of homologues of genes required for the synthesis of enterobacterial common antigen (ECA), suggesting that H. ducreyi may express a putative ECA-like glycoconjugate. WecA initiates the synthesis of ECA by transferring N-acetylglucosamine to undecaprenyl-P, to form lipid I. A wecA mutant (35000HPwecA) was constructed, and 5 volunteers were inoculated at 3 sites with fixed doses of 35000HP on one arm and at 3 sites with varying doses of 35000HPwecA on the other arm. 35000HPwecA caused pustules to form at 3 sites inoculated with a dose 2.5-fold higher than that of 35000HP. However, at sites inoculated with similar doses of 35000HP and 35000HPwecA, pustules developed at 46.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 23.3%-70.0%) of 15 parent-strain sites and at 8.3% (95% CI, 0.01%-23.6%) of 12 mutant-strain sites (P = .013). Thus, the expression of wecA contributes to the ability of H. ducreyi to cause pustules in humans.


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Antigens, Bacterial/genetics , Chancroid/microbiology , Haemophilus ducreyi/genetics , Haemophilus ducreyi/pathogenicity , Multigene Family , Adult , Dermatitis/microbiology , Female , Gene Deletion , Genes, Bacterial , Humans , Male , Virulence
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Infect Immun ; 75(12): 5678-85, 2007 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17923525

ABSTRACT

Dendritic cells (DC) orchestrate innate and adaptive immune responses to bacteria. How Haemophilus ducreyi, which causes genital ulcers and regional lymphadenitis, interacts with DC is unknown. H. ducreyi evades uptake by polymorphonuclear leukocyte and macrophage-like cell lines by secreting LspA1 and LspA2. Many H. ducreyi strains express cytolethal distending toxin (CDT), and recombinant CDT causes apoptosis of DC in vitro. Here, we examined interactions between DC and H. ducreyi 35000HP, which produces LspA1, LspA2, and CDT. In human volunteers infected with 35000HP, the ratio of myeloid DC to plasmacytoid DC was 2.8:1 in lesions, compared to a ratio of 1:1 in peripheral blood. Using myeloid DC derived from monocytes as surrogates for lesional DC, we found that DC infected with 35000HP remained as viable as uninfected DC for up to 48 h. Gentamicin protection and confocal microscopy assays demonstrated that DC ingested and killed 35000HP, but killing was incomplete at 48 h. The expression of LspA1 and LspA2 did not inhibit the uptake of H. ducreyi, despite inactivating Src kinases. Infection of DC with live 35000HP caused less cell surface marker activation than infection with heat-killed 35000HP and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and inhibited maturation by LPS. However, infection of DC with live bacteria caused the secretion of significantly higher levels of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha than infection with heat-killed bacteria and LPS. The survival of H. ducreyi in DC may provide a mechanism by which the organism traffics to lymph nodes. Partial activation of DC may abrogate the establishment of a full Th1 response and an environment that promotes phagocytosis.


Subject(s)
Chancroid/immunology , Dendritic Cells/immunology , Haemophilus ducreyi/immunology , Myeloid Cells/immunology , Adult , Bacterial Proteins/immunology , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/physiology , Chancroid/metabolism , Chancroid/pathology , Cytokines/biosynthesis , Cytokines/immunology , Dendritic Cells/metabolism , Dendritic Cells/physiology , Female , Humans , Lectins/immunology , Lectins/metabolism , Lectins/physiology , Male , Myeloid Cells/metabolism , Myeloid Cells/pathology , Phagocytosis/physiology , src-Family Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors , src-Family Kinases/metabolism
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