Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Uses Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase (Lpd) to Bind to the Human Terminal Pathway Regulators Vitronectin and Clusterin to Inhibit Terminal Pathway Complement Attack
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137630
Figure Lengend Snippet: A , Binding of clusterin to P . aeruginosa strain SG137 was assayed by flow cytometry. Bacteria were incubated with clusterin (5–25 μg/ml) and bound clusterin was detected with a monoclonal clusterin antibody and Alexa488-labeled mouse antiserum. Bacteria incubated with a monoclonal clusterin antibody and Alexa488-labeled mouse antiserum served as controls. B , Clusterin binds to intact P . aeruginosa and binding was dose-dependent. Four laboratory strains of P . aeruginosa were analyzed for clusterin binding using a whole cell ELISA. Whole bacteria were immobilized onto microtiter plates and clusterin (1–5 μg/ml) was added. Bound clusterin was detected with a monoclonal clusterin antibody followed by HRP-conjugated anti-mouse. C , Clusterin bind to P . aeruginosa . P . aeruginosa strains SG137, ATCC 27853, NCTC 10662 and PAO1 when incubated with NHS. Bacteria were washed, lysed, separated by SDS-PAGE and analysed by Western blotting. Bound clusterin was detected with a monoclonal clusterin antibody and HRP-conjugated anti-rabbit. A representative experiment of three is shown. D , Clusterin bound to both laboratory and clinical P . aeruginosa strains. Binding of clusterin (2.5 μg/ml) to immobilized bacteria (0.5x10 7 ) was assayed by ELISA. Bound clusterin was detected with a monoclonal clusterin antibody followed by HRP-conjugated anti-rabbit pAb. E , Binding of vitronectin and clusterin from NHS to immobilized P . aeruginosa were tested by whole cell ELISA. Bound vitronectin or clusterin was detected with the polyclonal vitronectin antiserum or monoclonal clusterin antibody followed by HRP-conjugated anti-rabbit or mouse pAb. The mean values of three independent experiments and standard deviations (SD) are presented. Statistical significance of differences was estimated using Student’s t test. *, p ≤ 0.05; **, p ≤ 0.01, ***, p ≤ 0.001.
Article Snippet: Polyclonal rabbit anti-human vitronectin and polyclonal goat anti-Factor H were obtained from Complement Technology (Tyler, TE) and polyclonal goat anti-plasminogen from Acris Antibodies GmbH (Herford, Germany).
Techniques: Binding Assay, Flow Cytometry, Incubation, Labeling, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, SDS Page, Western Blot