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J Med Microbiol 56 (2007), 1133-1137; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47086-0
© 2007 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae bind respiratory syncytial virus glycoprotein

Vasanthi Avadhanula1,2, Yan Wang1, Allen Portner1,2 and Elisabeth Adderson1,2,3

1 Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA

2 Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

3 Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

Correspondence
Elisabeth Adderson
Elisabeth.Adderson{at}stjude.org

Received 17 November 2006
Accepted 18 April 2007

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is associated with secondary bacterial infections caused by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and Streptococcus pneumoniae. The pathogenesis of these complications is not completely understood; however, viral infection of respiratory epithelial cells promotes colonization by these bacteria. In the present study, RSV virions associated with NTHi and pneumococci in an inoculum-dependent manner in a fluid-phase binding assay. Adherence of NTHi and S. pneumoniae to epithelial cells transiently expressing RSV G glycoprotein was 2- and 2.2-fold higher, respectively, than adhesion to cells transfected with the vector alone (P <0.01). Furthermore, 4.6- and 6.2-fold larger numbers of NTHi and pneumococci bound to cells expressing a membrane-bound full-length RSV G protein than to cells expressing a truncated non-membrane-bound protein (P ≤0.005). Pre-incubating cells expressing membrane-bound G protein with blocking anti-RSV G antibodies reduced bacterial adherence by 78–84 % (P ≤0.005). These studies demonstrate that RSV G protein is a receptor for both NTHi and S. pneumoniae. Strategies to prevent this interaction may reduce the incidence of secondary bacterial complications of RSV infection.

Abbreviations: CHO, Chinese hamster ovary; GFP, green fluorescent protein; NTHi, nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.






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