Jiménez de Bagüés María P, Terraza Annie, Gross Antoine, Dornand Jacques
Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Servicio de Investigación Agroalimentaria, Diputación General de Aragón, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain.
Infect Immun. 2004 Apr;72(4):2429-33. doi: 10.1128/IAI.72.4.2429-2433.2004.
By comparing smooth wild-type Brucella strains to their rough mutants, we show that the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O side chain of pathogenic Brucella has a dramatic impact on macrophage activation. It favors the development of virulent Brucella by preventing the synthesis of immune mediators, important for host defense. We conclude that this O chain property is firmly linked to Brucella virulence.
通过将光滑的野生型布鲁氏菌菌株与其粗糙突变体进行比较,我们发现致病性布鲁氏菌的脂多糖(LPS)O侧链对巨噬细胞激活有显著影响。它通过阻止对宿主防御至关重要的免疫介质的合成,有利于毒性布鲁氏菌的发展。我们得出结论,这种O链特性与布鲁氏菌的毒力密切相关。