Immune response to the iron-deprivation-induced proteins of Salmonella typhi in typhoid fever.

AUTOR(ES)

Fernandez-Beros, M E

RESUMO

Iron starvation conditions limited the growth of Salmonella typhi, as evidenced by an increase in the lag phase of a culture and a decrease in the number of bacteria reached in the stationary phase. The analysis of the outer membrane of bacteria grown under these conditions identified new protein components with apparent molecular weights of 83,000, 78,000, and 69,000. The extent of induction of these proteins was regulated by increased iron deprivation. Immunoblot analysis showed that the serum of patients with typhoid fever exhibited an immunoglobulin G response to these iron-deprivation-induced proteins. The results of bioassays and DNA-DNA hybridization experiments indicated that pathogenic strains of S. typhi produced enterochelin but not aerobactin. Immunodetection with an anti-FepA antiserum confirmed that one of the induced proteins is the S. typhi analog of the Escherichia coli fepA gene product. These studies suggest a role for iron uptake in the pathogenesis of typhoid fever and confirm the immunogenicity of some of the outer membrane proteins of this pathogen.

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