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ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2015

In vitro expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae ply gene in human monocytes and pneumocytes.

Da-Kang Hu, Yang Liu, Xiang-Yang Li, Ying Qu

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Article in European journal of medical research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Da-Kang HuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, 381# Zhongshan East Road, Taizhou, 318000, China. romanticshu@aliyun.com.
Yang LiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, 17# Yong Wai Zheng Street, Nanchang, 330006, China. ly13767160474@sina.com.
Xiang-Yang LiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 109# College West Road, Wenzhou, 325027, China. 89434436@qq.com.
Ying QuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Taizhou Municipal Hospital, 381# Zhongshan East Road, Taizhou, 318000, China. 1011575993@qq.com.
Taizhou Municipal Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNWenzhou Medical University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundStreptococcus pneumoniae is one major cause of pneumonia in human and contains various virulence factors that contribute to pathogenesis of pneumococcal disease. This study investigated the role of pneumolysin, Ply, in facilitating S. pneumoniae invasion into the host blood stream.

methodsS. pneumoniae strains were isolated from clinical blood and sputum samples and confirmed by PCR. Expression of ply gene was assessed by infecting human monocytes and pneumocytes.

resultsA total of 23 strains of S. pneumoniae isolated from blood (n = 11) and sputum (n = 12) along with S. pneumoniae ATCC49619 were used to infect human monocyte (THP-1) and Type II pneumocyte (A549) cell lines. All clinical strains of S. pneumoniae showed higher expression of ply mRNA than the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) strain. Among the clinical strains, blood isolates showed higher expression of ply genes than sputum isolates, i.e., 2(1.5)- to 2(1.6)-folds in THP-1 and 2(0.4)- to 2(4.9)-folds in A549 cell lines.

conclusionsThe data from the current study demonstrated that ply gene of blood- and sputum-derived S. pneumoniae is differentially expressed in two different cell lines. Under survival pressure, ply is highly expressed in these two cell lines for blood-derived S. pneumoniae, indicating that ply gene may facilitate S. pneumoniae invasion into the host blood system.

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Genes, BacterialAlveolar Epithelial CellsBacterial ProteinsCell LineHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMonocytesStreptococcus pneumoniaeStreptolysinsVirulenceBacterial ProteinsplY protein, Streptococcus pneumoniaeStreptolysins

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