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Staphylococcus Aureus α-hemolysin Promotes Platelet-Neutrophil Aggregate Formation

Staphylococcus Aureus α-hemolysin Promotes Platelet-Neutrophil Aggregate Formation

Tanyalak Parimon, Zhi Li, Devin D Bolz, Eric R McIndoo, Clifford R Bayer, Dennis L Stevens, Amy E Bryant

J Infect Dis. 2013 Sep 1;208(5):761-70.

PMID: 23698812

Abstract:

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) causes severe hemorrhagic necrotizing pneumonia associated with high mortality. Exotoxins have been implicated in the pathogenesis of this infection; however, the cellular mechanisms responsible remain largely undefined. Because platelet-neutrophil aggregates (PNAs) can dysregulate inflammatory responses and contribute to tissue destruction, we investigated whether exotoxins from MRSA could stimulate formation of PNAs in human whole blood. Strong PNA formation was stimulated by toxins from stationary phase but not log phase CA-MRSA, and α-hemolysin was singularly identified as the mediator of this activity. MRSA exotoxins also caused neutrophil (polymorphonuclear leukocyte) activation, as measured by increased CD11b expression, although platelet binding was not driven by this mechanism; rather, α-hemolysin-induced PNA formation was solely platelet P-selectin dependent. These findings suggest a role for S. aureus α-hemolysin-induced PNA formation in alveolar capillary destruction in hemorrhagic/necrotizing pneumonia caused by CA-MRSA and offer novel targets for intervention.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP94716946	α-Hemolysin from Staphylococcus aureus		94716-94-6	Price

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