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. 1990 Sep;58(9):3015–3019. doi: 10.1128/iai.58.9.3015-3019.1990

Bacterial infection of wounds: fibronectin-mediated adherence group A and C streptococci to fibrin thrombi in vitro.

G S Chhatwal 1, P Valentin-Weigand 1, K N Timmis 1
PMCID: PMC313604  PMID: 2201643

Abstract

Adherence of group A, B, and C streptococci to fibrin thrombi was studied by using a novel fluorochrome microassay carried out in microdilution plates in which fibrin thrombi had been prepared by clotting citrated human, cattle, or horse plasma. Substantial adherence was observed with various strains of group A and C streptococci, whereas little was observed with group B streptococci. Adherence of all group A and C streptococcal strains decreased by up to 40% when fibronectin was depleted from the plasmas used for preparing fibrin thrombi, and fibronectin repletion increased adherence of streptococci in a dose-dependent manner. Addition of the 210-kilodalton C-terminal fragment of fibronectin to fibronectin-depleted plasma restored the adherence of group C but not group A streptococci, whereas addition of the 29-kilodalton N-terminal fragment was without any effect for all tested streptococcal strains. Prior incubation of group A and C streptococcal strains with fibronectin markedly increased their adherence, but treatment with proteases abolished their ability to adhere to fibrin thrombi. Adherence of group B streptococci was not affected by either fibronectin depletion or proteolytic digestion. These results indicate that both fibronectin incorporated into the fibrin matrix of thrombi and soluble fibronectin can mediate adherence of group A and C streptococci to fibrin thrombi and that binding sites for fibronectin located on the bacterial surface mediate this adherence.

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