Abstract
Human isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae tested by traditional immunochemical methods produce a protease that cleaves human immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) into Fab and Fc fragments. The protease may be an important virulence factor, but studies of its pathogenetic significance have been hampered by lack of a suitable animal model. Since S. pneumoniae is a respiratory pathogen for several species of animals, we sought to determine whether isolates of this organism from animals with pneumococcal infection, including fatal diplococcal pneumonia, produced an IgA protease. Isolates from six animal species including the mouse, rat, dog, guinea pig, rhesus monkey, and chimpanzee were tested for protease activity against IgA preparations from the mouse, rat, dog, guinea pig, rabbit, rhesus and cynomolgus monkeys, gorilla, and human. Cleavage of IgA was demonstrated by the appearance of Fc fragments in Western blots (immunoblots) treated with specific antisera. All these isolates except that from the guinea pig produced a protease that cleaved IgA of human, rhesus monkey, and gorilla origin. Cleavage was inhibited by 5 mM EDTA. IgA cleavage from the other species could not be demonstrated. Although S. pneumoniae can colonize the respiratory...Continue Reading
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