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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Calum
dc.contributor.authorInverarity, Donald
dc.contributor.authorSlack, Mary
dc.contributor.authorDiggle, Mathew
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Timothy
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-08T03:15:02Z
dc.date.available2018-05-08T03:15:02Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn0022-2615
dc.identifier.doi10.1099/jmm.0.063479-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/172024
dc.description.abstractStreptococcus pneumoniae diseases are a rare but increasingly recognized trigger of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in young children and associated with a higher mortality rate than diarrhoea-associated HUS. This study aimed to determine the importance of neuraminidase A (NanA) and genomic diversity in the pathogenesis of pneumococcal HUS (pHUS). We investigated the nanA gene sequence, gene expression, neuraminidase activity and comparative genomic hybridization of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) isolates from patients with pHUS and control strains matched by serotype and sequence type (ST), isolated from patients with IPD but not pHUS. The nanA sequence of 33 isolates was determined and mutations at 142 aa positions were identified. High levels of diversity were observed within the NanA protein, with mosaic blocks, insertions and repeat regions present. When comparing nanA allelic diversity with ST and disease profile in the isolates tested, nanA alleles clustered mostly by ST. No particular nanA allele was associated with pHUS. There was no significant difference in overall neuraminidase activity between pHUS isolates and controls when induced/uninduced with N-acetylneuraminic acid. Comparative genomic hybridization showed little difference in genetic content between the pHUS isolates and the controls. Results of gene expression studies identified 12 genes differentially regulated in all pHUS isolates compared with the control. Although neuraminidase enzyme activity may be important in pHUS progression and contribute to pathogenesis, the lack of a distinction between pHUS isolates and controls suggests that host factors, such as acquired abnormalities of the alternative complement cascade in young children, may play a more significant role in the outcome of pHUS.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1735
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1742
dc.relation.ispartofissuePART 11
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Medical Microbiology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume62
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320299
dc.titleInvestigating the role of pneumococcal neuraminidase A activity in isolates from pneumococcal haemolytic uraemic syndrome
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSlack, Mary P.


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