PMID- 28408901 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 1664-302X (Print) IS - 1664-302X (Electronic) IS - 1664-302X (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2017 TI - Serine-Rich Repeat Adhesins Contribute to Streptococcus gordonii-Induced Maturation of Human Dendritic Cells. PG - 523 LID - 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00523 [doi] LID - 523 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role in the induction of immunity by recognition, capture, process, and presentation of antigens from infectious microbes. Streptococcus gordonii is able to cause life-threatening systemic diseases such as infective endocarditis. Serine-rich repeat (SRR) glycoproteins of S. gordonii are sialic acid-binding adhesins mediating the bacterial adherence to the host and the development of infective endocarditis. Thus, the SRR adhesins are potentially involved in the bacterial adherence to DCs and the maturation and activation of DCs required for the induction of immunity to S. gordonii. Here, we investigated the phenotypic and functional changes of human monocyte-derived DCs treated with wild-type S. gordonii or the SRR adhesin-deficient mutant. The mutant poorly bound to DCs and only weakly increased the expression of CD83, CD86, MHC class II, and PD-L1 on DCs compared with the wild-type. In addition, the mutant induced lower levels of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-12 than the wild-type in DCs. When DCs sensitized with the mutant were co-cultured with autologous T cells, they induced weaker proliferation and activation of T cells than DCs stimulated with the wild-type. Blockade of SRR adhesin with 3'-sialyllactose markedly reduced S. gordonii binding and internalization, causing attenuation of the bacterial immunostimulatory potency in DC maturation. Collectively, our results suggest that SRR adhesins of S. gordonii are important for maturation and activation of DCs. FAU - Ko, Eun Byeol AU - Ko EB AD - Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, DRI, and BK21 Plus Program, School of Dentistry, Seoul National UniversitySeoul, South Korea. FAU - Kim, Sun Kyung AU - Kim SK AD - Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, DRI, and BK21 Plus Program, School of Dentistry, Seoul National UniversitySeoul, South Korea. FAU - Seo, Ho Seong AU - Seo HS AD - Biotechnology Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteJeongeup, South Korea. FAU - Yun, Cheol-Heui AU - Yun CH AD - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National UniversitySeoul, South Korea. FAU - Han, Seung Hyun AU - Han SH AD - Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, DRI, and BK21 Plus Program, School of Dentistry, Seoul National UniversitySeoul, South Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170331 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Microbiol JT - Frontiers in microbiology JID - 101548977 PMC - PMC5374164 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Streptococcus gordonii OT - T cell activation OT - dendritic cells OT - maturation OT - serine-rich repeat adhesins EDAT- 2017/04/15 06:00 MHDA- 2017/04/15 06:01 PMCR- 2017/03/31 CRDT- 2017/04/15 06:00 PHST- 2016/09/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/04/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/04/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/04/15 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00523 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Microbiol. 2017 Mar 31;8:523. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00523. eCollection 2017.