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Exploration of the role of the virulence factor ElrA during Enterococcus faecalis cell infection.


ABSTRACT: Enterococcus faecalis, an organism generally not pathogenic for healthy humans, has the potential to cause disease in susceptible hosts. While it seems to be equipped to interact with and circumvent host immune defense, most of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the enterococcal infectious process remain elusive. Here, we investigated the role of the Enterococcal Leucine Rich protein A (ElrA), an internalin-like protein of E. faecalis also known as a virulence factor. ElrA was previously shown to prevent adhesion to macrophages. We show that ElrA does not inhibit the basic phagocytic process, but is able to prevent sensing and migration of macrophages toward E. faecalis. Presence or absence of FHL2, a eukaryotic partner of ElrA, does not affect the ElrA-dependent mechanism preventing macrophage migration. However, we highlight a partial contribution of FHL2 in ElrA-mediated virulence in vivo. Our results indicate that ElrA plays at least a dual role of which anti-phagocytic activity may contribute to dissemination of extracellular E. faecalis during infection.

SUBMITTER: Nunez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5788860 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Exploration of the role of the virulence factor ElrA during Enterococcus faecalis cell infection.

Nunez Natalia N   Derré-Bobillot Aurélie A   Gaubert Stéphane S   Herry Jean-Marie JM   Deschamps Julien J   Wei Yu Y   Baranek Thomas T   Si-Tahar Mustapha M   Briandet Romain R   Serror Pascale P   Archambaud Cristel C  

Scientific reports 20180129 1


Enterococcus faecalis, an organism generally not pathogenic for healthy humans, has the potential to cause disease in susceptible hosts. While it seems to be equipped to interact with and circumvent host immune defense, most of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the enterococcal infectious process remain elusive. Here, we investigated the role of the Enterococcal Leucine Rich protein A (ElrA), an internalin-like protein of E. faecalis also known as a virulence factor. ElrA was prev  ...[more]

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