Affiliation:
1. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, St. John's Cardiovascular Research Center, LAC-Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90509, USA.
Abstract
Thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein (tPMP) is a small, cationic, antimicrobial peptide released from rabbit platelets when stimulated with thrombin. We studied the relationship between staphylococcal transmembrane potential (delta psi) and tPMP staphylocidal activity. A genetically related pair of Staphylococcus aureus strains, 6850 and JB1, which differ in delta psi generation (-143 and -97 mV, respectively) were used. Mutant JB-1 was substantially less susceptible to tPMP than the parental strain, 6850. Menadione supplementation, which normalized the delta psi of strain JB-1, did not restore JB-1 tPMP susceptibility. These findings suggest that the staphylocidal activities of tPMP require factors other than or in addition to an intact delta psi.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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