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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.42.2017.tde-09032017-155237
Document
Author
Full name
Lídia dos Santos Miragaia
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2016
Supervisor
Committee
Barbosa, Ângela Silva (President)
Elias Junior, Waldir Pereira
Gonçales, Amane Paldês
Title in Portuguese
Interação de proteínas de membrana de Leptospira com vitronectina humana.
Keywords in Portuguese
Leptospira
Evasão imune
Leptospirose
Sistema complemento
Vitronectina
Abstract in Portuguese
A leptospirose é uma zoonose causada por leptospiras patogênicas que possuem estratégias para driblar a ação do sistema complemento ao interagir com diversos reguladores negativos, como a vitronectina. Neste projeto, avaliou-se a interação de vitronectina com três proteínas de membrana de Leptospira: LigA, LigB e LcpA. Verificou-se que essas interações ocorrem nas porções C-terminais das proteínas e nos domínios de ligação com heparina da vitronectina. Essas proteínas também se ligam a C9 e são capazes de impedir a formação do poro in vitro e a formação do MAC em um ensaio clássico de hemólise. Essas proteínas de Leptospira interagem com diversos reguladores negativos do sistema complemento. Ensaios de competição demonstram que estes reguladores interagem simultaneamente com as proteínas através de sítios distintos. A caracterização funcional de proteínas e a descoberta de novos mecanismos utilizados por esse patógeno para sobreviver no hospedeiro podem auxiliar nossa compreensão no que diz respeito a aspectos relacionados à clínica e à prevenção da leptospirose.
Title in English
Interaction of surface proteins from Leptospira with human vitronectin.
Keywords in English
Leptospira
Complement system
Immune evasion
Leptospirosis
Vitronectin
Abstract in English
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira that have strategies to escape the action of the complement system interacting with several negative regulators, such as vitronectin. In this project, we evaluated the interaction of vitronectin with three Leptospira membrane proteins: LigA, LigB and LcpA. It has been found that such interactions occur at the C-terminal portions of these proteins and the heparin binding domain of vitronectin. These proteins also bind to C9 and are capable of preventing the formation of the pore in vitro and the formation of MAC in a classical test of hemolysis. These proteins interact with various Leptospira negative regulators of the complement system. Competition assays demonstrated that both interact with these regulatory proteins through distinct sites. The functional characterization of these proteins and the discovery of new mechanisms used by this pathogen to survive in the host may help our understanding with regard to clinical aspects and prevention of leptospirosis.
 
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2017-03-09
 
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