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. 1986 Dec;54(3):695–704. doi: 10.1128/iai.54.3.695-704.1986

Specific attachment of Staphylococcus aureus to immobilized fibronectin.

I Maxe, C Rydén, T Wadström, K Rubin
PMCID: PMC260225  PMID: 3781623

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus cells have been shown to possess surface-associated proteins with affinity for soluble fibronectin. We have investigated the ability of these surface proteins to mediate attachment to immobilized fibronectin and collagen. Attachment was quantified by determination of bacterial ATP in a bioluminescence assay. The ability to attach to fibronectin- or collagen-coated plastic surfaces was investigated for four S. aureus strains: Cowan 1, Newman, SA113(83A), and Wood 46. Cells from the different strains varied in their attachment properties, but all cells except those of strain Wood 46 attached readily to substrates coated with fibronectin. Only cells from strain Cowan 1 attached reproducibly to collagen-coated substrates in the absence of fibronectin. The attachment of cells from strain SA113(83A) to fibronectin-coated surfaces was shown to be dependent on time, fibronectin concentration, and bacterial growth phase. Soluble fibronectin or NH2-terminal fibronectin fragment (Mr, 29,000) disturbed the attachment to surfaces coated with fibronectin bound to denatured collagen type I. The attachment process to such substrates was also effectively inhibited by preincubating the substrate with fibronectin-binding proteins isolated from S. aureus Newman and SA113 (83A) and purified with affinity chromatography.

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