Activation of Human Platelets by Staphylococcus aureus Secreted Protease Staphopain A
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Reagents
2.2. Bacterial Strains Used
2.3. Ammonium Sulphate Precipitation of S. aureus Supernatant
2.4. Extraction and Purification of Staphopain A
2.5. Preparation of Platelet Rich Plasma
2.6. Human Washed Platelet Preparation
2.7. Light Transmission Aggregometry
2.8. Flow Cytometry
2.9. In Vitro Thrombus Formation
2.10. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Staphopain A Causes Platelet Activation
3.2. Staphopain A Protease Activity Is Required for Platelet Activation and Intracellular Signaling
3.3. Staphopain A Potentiates Thrombus Formation under Physiological Flow Conditions
3.4. Platelet Activation by Staphopain A Occurs via Protease Activated Receptors 1 and 4 (PAR-1 and -4)
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Waller, A.K.; Birch, K.; Gibbins, J.M.; Clarke, S.R. Activation of Human Platelets by Staphylococcus aureus Secreted Protease Staphopain A. Pathogens 2022, 11, 1237. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111237
Waller AK, Birch K, Gibbins JM, Clarke SR. Activation of Human Platelets by Staphylococcus aureus Secreted Protease Staphopain A. Pathogens. 2022; 11(11):1237. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111237
Chicago/Turabian StyleWaller, Amie K., Katie Birch, Jonathan M. Gibbins, and Simon R. Clarke. 2022. "Activation of Human Platelets by Staphylococcus aureus Secreted Protease Staphopain A" Pathogens 11, no. 11: 1237. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111237