Thomas D D, Comstock L E
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
Infect Immun. 1989 Apr;57(4):1324-6. doi: 10.1128/iai.57.4.1324-1326.1989.
The association of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, with cultured human endothelial cells was investigated. Attachment was time and temperature dependent, with optimal adherence occurring after 4 h of incubation at 37 degrees C. Pretreatment of borreliae with heat, immune human serum, or monoclonal antibodies directed against outer surface protein B (OspB) reduced the attachment of organisms to host cell monolayers. These results suggest that the adherence of B. burgdorferi may be mediated, at least in part, by borrelial surface proteins.
对莱姆病螺旋体——伯氏疏螺旋体与培养的人内皮细胞之间的关联进行了研究。黏附具有时间和温度依赖性,在37摄氏度孵育4小时后出现最佳黏附。用热、免疫人血清或针对外表面蛋白B(OspB)的单克隆抗体对疏螺旋体进行预处理,可减少微生物与宿主细胞单层的黏附。这些结果表明,伯氏疏螺旋体的黏附可能至少部分地由疏螺旋体表面蛋白介导。