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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2017

Immunoglobulin A Protease Variants Facilitate Intracellular Survival in Epithelial Cells By Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae That Persist in the Human Respiratory Tract in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Timothy F Murphy, Charmaine Kirkham, Mary C Gallo, Yang Yang, Gregory E Wilding, Melinda M Pettigrew

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. MAIT Cell Activation and Functions.Frontiers in immunology · 2020
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  12. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy F MurphyDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine.
Charmaine KirkhamDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine.
Mary C GalloDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology.
Yang YangDepartment of Biostatistics.
Gregory E WildingDepartment of Biostatistics.
Melinda M PettigrewDepartment of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · USYale University · US

Funding

University of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute - Supplement SchulyerUL1TR001412 · NCATS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI MURPHY, TIMOTHY F · 2015 to 2024
$33.8M
Persistent H. influenzae in COPD - virulence, vaccines and antibiotic resistanceR01AI019641 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI MURPHY, TIMOTHY F · 1985 to 2023
$7.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001412NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI019641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) persists in the airways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). NTHi expresses 4 immunoglobulin (Ig)A protease variants (A1, A2, B1, B2) with distinct cleavage specificities for human IgA1. Little is known about the different roles of IgA protease variants in NTHi infection. Methods: Twenty-six NTHi isolates from a 20-year longitudinal study of COPD were analyzed for IgA protease expression, survival in human respiratory epithelial cells, and cleavage of lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1). Results: IgA protease B1 and B2-expressing strains showed greater intracellular survival in host epithelial cells than strains expressing no IgA protease (P < .001) or IgA protease A1 or A2 (P < .001). Strains that lost IgA protease expression showed reduced survival in host cells compared with the same strain that expressed IgA protease B1 (P = .006) or B2 (P = .015). IgA proteases B1 and B2 cleave LAMP1. Passage of strains through host cells selected for expression of IgA proteases B1 and B2 but not A1. Conclusions: IgA proteases B1 and B2 cleave LAMP1 and mediate intracellular survival in respiratory epithelial cells. Intracellular persistence of NTHi selects for expression of IgA proteases B1 and B2. The variants of NTHi IgA proteases play distinct roles in pathogenesis of infection.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceEpithelial CellsGene ExpressionHaemophilus InfectionsHaemophilus influenzaeHumansLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1Microbial ViabilityProtein IsoformsProteolysisPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRespiratory MucosaSerine EndopeptidasesIgA-specific serine endopeptidaseLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1Protein IsoformsSerine Endopeptidaseschronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIgA proteasenontypeable Haemophilus influenzaerespiratory epithelial cellrespiratory tract infection

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PMID28968876
PMCPMC5853902
OpenAlexW2755591835

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