TY - JOUR
T1 - Peptidoglycan recognition proteins are a new class of human bactericidal proteins
AU - Lu, Xiaofeng
AU - Wang, Minhui
AU - Qi, Jin
AU - Wang, Haitao
AU - Li, Xinna
AU - Gupta, Dipika
AU - Dziarski, Roman
PY - 2006/3/3
Y1 - 2006/3/3
N2 - Skin and mucous membranes come in contact with external environment and protect tissues from infections by producing antimicrobial peptides. We report that human peptidoglycan recognition proteins 3 and 4 (PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4) are secreted as 89-115-kDa disulfide-linked homo- and heterodimers and are bactericidal against several pathogenic and nonpathogenic transient, but not normal flora, Gram-positive bacteria. PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4 are also bacteriostatic toward all other tested bacteria, which include Gram-negative bacteria and normal flora Gram-positive bacteria. PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4 are also active in vivo and protect mice against experimental lung infection. In contrast to antimicrobial peptides, PGLYRPs kill bacteria by interacting with their cell wall peptidoglycan, rather than permeabilizing their membranes. PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4 are expressed in the skin, eyes, salivary glands, throat, tongue, esophagus, stomach, and intestine. Thus, we have identified the function of mammalian PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4, and show that they are a new class of bactericidal and bacteriostatic proteins that have different structures, mechanism of actions, and expression patterns than antimicrobial peptides.
AB - Skin and mucous membranes come in contact with external environment and protect tissues from infections by producing antimicrobial peptides. We report that human peptidoglycan recognition proteins 3 and 4 (PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4) are secreted as 89-115-kDa disulfide-linked homo- and heterodimers and are bactericidal against several pathogenic and nonpathogenic transient, but not normal flora, Gram-positive bacteria. PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4 are also bacteriostatic toward all other tested bacteria, which include Gram-negative bacteria and normal flora Gram-positive bacteria. PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4 are also active in vivo and protect mice against experimental lung infection. In contrast to antimicrobial peptides, PGLYRPs kill bacteria by interacting with their cell wall peptidoglycan, rather than permeabilizing their membranes. PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4 are expressed in the skin, eyes, salivary glands, throat, tongue, esophagus, stomach, and intestine. Thus, we have identified the function of mammalian PGLYRP3 and PGLYRP4, and show that they are a new class of bactericidal and bacteriostatic proteins that have different structures, mechanism of actions, and expression patterns than antimicrobial peptides.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M511631200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M511631200
M3 - Article
C2 - 16354652
AN - SCOPUS:33646850266
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 281
SP - 5895
EP - 5907
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 9
ER -