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ArticleNature communications2023

Pathogen-driven degradation of endogenous and therapeutic antibodies during streptococcal infections.

Alejandro Gomez Toledo, Eleni Bratanis, Erika Velásquez, Sounak Chowdhury, Berit Olofsson, James T Sorrentino, Christofer Karlsson, Nathan E Lewis, Jeffrey D Esko, Mattias Collin and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alejandro Gomez Toledo *Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2103-7158
Eleni Bratanis *Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0636-6658
Erika VelásquezIPSC Laboratory for CNS Disease Modeling, Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Sounak ChowdhuryDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Berit OlofssonDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0009-0602-2183
James T SorrentinoBioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7058-9987
Christofer KarlssonDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7099-0092
Nathan E LewisDepartments of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7700-3654
Jeffrey D EskoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Mattias CollinDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6166-7410
Oonagh ShannonDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Johan MalmströmDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. johan.malmstrom@med.lu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-2889-7169
Lund University · SEUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Protein Glycosylation in the Coagulopathy and Inflammation of SepsisP01HL131474 · NHLBI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI MARTH, JAMEY · 2016 to 2025
$26.2M
GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM IN BIONFORMATICST32GM008806 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BAFNA, VINEET, REN, BING · 2001 to 2020
$6.2M
Unraveling the mammalian secretory pathway through systems biology and algorithm developmentR35GM119850 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LEWIS, NATHAN ENOCH · 2016 to 2025
$4.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL131474NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119850NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008806
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a major bacterial pathogen responsible for both local and systemic infections in humans. The molecular mechanisms that contribute to disease heterogeneity remain poorly understood. Here we show that the transition from a local to a systemic GAS infection is paralleled by pathogen-driven alterations in IgG homeostasis. Using animal models and a combination of sensitive proteomics and glycoproteomics readouts, we documented the progressive accumulation of IgG cleavage products in plasma, due to extensive enzymatic degradation triggered by GAS infection in vivo. The level of IgG degradation was modulated by the route of pathogen inoculation, and mechanistically linked to the combined activities of the bacterial protease IdeS and the endoglycosidase EndoS, upregulated during infection. Importantly, we show that these virulence factors can alter the structure and function of exogenous therapeutic IgG in vivo. These results shed light on the role of bacterial virulence factors in shaping GAS pathogenesis, and potentially blunting the efficacy of antimicrobial therapies.

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Bacterial ProteinsStreptococcal InfectionsAnimalsHumansImmunoglobulin GStreptococcus pyogenesVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsImmunoglobulin GVirulence Factors

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PMID37872209
PMCPMC10593946
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