EspP, a serine protease of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, impairs complement activation by cleaving complement factors C3/C3b and C5.

Infection and Immunity
Dorothea OrthReinhard Würzner

Abstract

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is a life-threatening disorder characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal insufficiency. It is caused mainly by infections with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). Recently, Shiga toxin 2, the best-studied virulence factor of EHEC, was reported to interact with complement, implying that complement may be involved in the pathogenesis of EHEC-induced HUS. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether or not the serine protease EspP, an important virulence factor of EHEC, interacts with complement proteins. EspP did not have any effect on the integrity of factor H or factor I. However, EspP was shown to cleave purified C3/C3b and C5. Cleavage of the respective complement proteins also occurred in normal human serum (NHS) as a source of C3/C3b or C5 or when purified complement proteins were added to the supernatant of an EspP-producing wild-type strain. Edman degradation allowed unequivocal mapping of all three main C3b fragments but not of the three main C5 fragments. Complement activation was significantly downregulated in all three pathways for C5-depleted serum to which C5, preincubated with EspP, was added (whereas C5 preincubated with an EspP mutant was able...Continue Reading

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