Interaction of streptococcal cell wall components with fibrinogen. I. adsorption of fibrinogen by immobilized T-proteins of streptococcus pyogenes

Immunobiology. 1981;158(4):330-7. doi: 10.1016/S0171-2985(81)80004-6.

Abstract

Immobilized streptococcal T1-, T3- and T4-proteins to AH-Sepharose 4B were tested for their ability to absorb human fibrinogen. Purified fibrinogen and plasma samples were used for affinity chromatography. T1-protein was able to retain specifically fibrinogen from plasma. T4-protein bound fibrinogen in a similar manner, but it was not as specific as T1-protein. T3-protein failed to bind purified fibrinogen as well as fibrinogen from plasma. Adsorption of fibrinogen was accomplished using a 0.05 M phosphate/0.2 M NaCl/0.02% NaN3/pH 7.0 buffer system followed by elution with 0.05 M PO4/1 M NaCl/0.02% NaN3 to remove non specifically bound components. Retained components were eluted with 8 M Urea/0.025 M NaOAc, pH 5 and the fractions analyzed for fibrinogen content by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The presence of fibrinogen was determined by observations of the characteristic A alpha, B beta and gamma chain bands.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology*
  • Binding Sites
  • Cell Wall / immunology
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Fibrinogen / immunology*
  • Fibrinogen / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / immunology*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Fibrinogen