Background: Neutrophils have been proposed as important contributors to the hyperinflammatory responses that are associated with severe invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections. In particular, streptococcal surface proteins have been implicated as potent neutrophil activators. Here we explore the impact of streptococcus-secreted factors on neutrophil activation and degranulation. VSports手机版.

Methods: Primary human neutrophils were exposed to supernatants prepared from cultures of invasive S. pyogenes strains of varying serotypes in the stationary growth phase. Neutrophil activation was assessed by measurement of secreted resistin, an azurophilic granule marker, and by determination of the secretome profile, using mass spectrometry. V体育安卓版.

Results: Marked variation in resistin release and the neutrophil secretome profile were observed following exposure to different strains. A high resistin response was triggered exclusively by SpeB-negative strains, suggesting that at least 1 stimulatory factor is susceptible to SpeB proteolytic degradation. Further analysis, including proteomics and stimulation analyses, identified phosphoglycerate kinase as a stimulatory factor for neutrophils. V体育ios版.

Conclusions: Taken together, results of this study reveal a novel secreted streptococcal factor that, in the absence of SpeB, can trigger neutrophil activation and degranulation VSports最新版本. This finding is of interest in light of reports of hypervirulent SpeB-negative S. pyogenes variants present during invasive infections. .