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ArticleScientific reports2021

Staphylococcus aureus iron-regulated surface determinant B (IsdB) protein interacts with von Willebrand factor and promotes adherence to endothelial cells.

Mariangela J Alfeo, Anna Pagotto, Giulia Barbieri, Timothy J Foster, Karen Vanhoorelbeke, Vincenzo De Filippis, Pietro Speziale, Giampiero Pietrocola

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mariangela J AlfeoDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 3/b, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Anna PagottoDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Via Marzolo 5, 35131, Padua, Italy.
Giulia BarbieriDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "Lazzaro Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Timothy J FosterMicrobiology Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Karen VanhoorelbekeLaboratory for Thrombosis Research, KU Leuven Campus Kulak Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium.
Vincenzo De FilippisDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Via Marzolo 5, 35131, Padua, Italy.
Pietro SpezialeDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 3/b, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Giampiero PietrocolaDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 3/b, 27100, Pavia, Italy. giampiero.pietrocola@unipv.it.
University of Pavia · ITUniversity of Padua · ITKU Leuven · BETrinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is the cause of a spectrum of diseases in humans and animals. The molecular basis of this pathogenicity lies in the expression of a variety of virulence factors, including proteins that mediate adherence to the host plasma and extracellular matrix proteins. In this study, we discovered that the iron-regulated surface determinant B (IsdB) protein, besides being involved in iron transport and vitronectin binding, interacts with von Willebrand Factor (vWF). IsdB-expressing bacteria bound to both soluble and immobilized vWF. The binding of recombinant IsdB to vWF was blocked by heparin and reduced at high ionic strength. Furthermore, treatment with ristocetin, an allosteric agent that promotes the exposure of the A1 domain of vWF, potentiates the binding of IsdB to vWF. Both near-iron transporter motifs NEAT1 and NEAT2 of IsdB individually bound recombinant A1 domain with K

Indexed as

Bacterial AdhesionCation Transport ProteinsEndothelium, VascularHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsProtein BindingStaphylococcus aureusvon Willebrand FactorCation Transport ProteinsIsdB protein, Staphylococcus aureusvon Willebrand Factor

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PMID34815454
PMCPMC8611056
OpenAlexW3197978069

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