Shambat, Srikanth Mairpady and Haggar, Axana and Vandenesch, Francois and Lina, Gerard and van Wamel, Willem JB and Arakere, Gayathri and Svensson, Mattias and Norrby-Teglund, Anna (2014) Levels of Alpha-Toxin Correlate with Distinct Phenotypic Response Profiles of Blood Mononuclear Cells and with agr Background of Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. In: PLOS ONE, 9 (8).
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Abstract
Epidemiological studies of Staphylococcus aureus have shown a relation between certain clones and the presence of specific virulence genes, but how this translates into virulence-associated functional responses is not fully elucidated. Here we addressed this issue by analyses of community-acquired S. aureus strains characterized with respect to antibiotic resistance, ST types, agr types, and virulence gene profiles. Supernatants containing exotoxins were prepared from overnight bacterial cultures, and tested in proliferation assays using human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). The strains displayed stable phenotypic response profiles, defined by either a proliferative or cytotoxic response. Although, virtually all strains elicited superantigen-mediated proliferative responses, the strains with a cytotoxic profile induced proliferation only in cultures with the most diluted supernatants. This indicated that the superantigen-response was masked by a cytotoxic effect which was also confirmed by flow cytometry analysis. The cytotoxic supernatants contained significantly higher levels of alpha-toxin than did the proliferative supernatants. Addition of alpha-toxin to supernatants characterized as proliferative switched the response into cytotoxic profiles. In contrast, no effect of Panton Valentine Leukocidin, delta-toxin or phenol soluble modulin alpha-3 was noted in the proliferative assay. Furthermore, a significant association between agr type and phenotypic profile was found, where agrII and agrIII strains had predominantly a proliferative profile whereas agrI and IV strains had a predominantly cytotoxic profile. The differential response profiles associated with specific S. aureus strains with varying toxin production could possibly have an impact on disease manifestations, and as such may reflect specific pathotypes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | PLOS ONE |
| Additional Information: | Copy right for this article belongs to the authors |
| Department/Centre: | Autonomous Societies / Centres > Society for Innovation and Development |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2014 09:11 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2018 09:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/49972 |
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