IgA1 (immunoglobulin A1), a predominant immunoglobulin, is at the first defense line against microbial pathogens infection and invasion, to neutralize pathogenic antigens. Some bacterial pathogens, such as Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae, however, secrete site-specific IgA1 proteases to counteract with the human defense system. The protease is capable of cleaving at the hinge region of immunoglobulin A1 to destroy the structure and function of human IgA1, impairing the role of the immunoglobulin from the host defense. The protease has therefore been implicated as a putative virulence factor that contributes to bacterial colonization, but bacterial isolates from patients with invasive diseases contain both positive and negative IgA1 proteases. To clarify the role of IgA1 protease in bacterial infection, this project is designed to reveal the molecular mechanism of the protease in bacterial infection and colonization. To do this, iga genes encoding non-typable H. influenzae type 1, type 3 and Neisseria meningitidis type 3 IgA1 proteases were isolated, sequenced and then expressed in IgA1 protease-negative E. coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant proteases have been purified to homogeneity using ion exchange chromatography. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences from non-typable H. influenzae IgA1 proteases with other published H. influenzae IgA1 protease revealed a high degree of homology. Sequence analysis indicates that both type 1 and type 3 non-typable H. influenzae IgA1 proteases lack £\-protein in comparison with the iga from N. meningitidis. The role of IgA1 protease in relation to deposition and invasion has also been evaluated in human lung carcinoma cell (A549) model. The results suggest that the IgA1 protease plays a role in the adherence of H. influenzae on epithelial cell surface though the best effectiveness varies upon different pathogenic bacterial strains at different concentrations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0801106-151617 |
| Date | 01 August 2006 |
| Creators | Chang, Hui-hsuan |
| Contributors | Shiping He, Hsin-chih Lai, Jong-kang Liu |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0801106-151617 |
| Rights | campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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