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Pathogenic Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated From Patients With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis
Sepsis caused by Clostridium perfringens infection is rare but often fatal. The most serious complication leading to poor prognosis is massive intravascular hemolysis (MIH). However, the molecular mechanism underlying this fulminant form of hemolysis is unclear. In the present study, we employed 11...
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author | Suzaki, Ai Ohtani, Kaori Komine-Aizawa, Shihoko Matsumoto, Asami Kamiya, Shigeru Hayakawa, Satoshi |
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description | Sepsis caused by Clostridium perfringens infection is rare but often fatal. The most serious complication leading to poor prognosis is massive intravascular hemolysis (MIH). However, the molecular mechanism underlying this fulminant form of hemolysis is unclear. In the present study, we employed 11 clinical strains isolated from patients with C. perfringens septicemia and subdivided these isolates into groups H and NH: septicemia with (n = 5) or without (n = 6) MIH, respectively. To elucidate the major pathogenic factors of MIH, biological features were compared between these groups. The isolates of two groups did not differ in growth rate, virulence-related gene expression, or phospholipase C (CPA) production. Erythrocyte hemolysis was predominantly observed in culture supernatants of the strains in group H, and the human erythrocyte hemolysis rate was significantly correlated with perfringolysin O (PFO) production. Correlations were also found among PFO production, human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cytotoxicity, and production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) by human PBMCs. Analysis of proinflammatory cytokines showed that PFO induced tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), IL-5, IL-6, and IL-8 production more strongly than did CPA. PFO exerted potent cytotoxic and proinflammatory cytokine induction effects on human blood cells. PFO may be a major virulence factor of sepsis with MIH, and potent proinflammatory cytokine production induced by PFO may influence the rapid progression of this fatal disease caused by C. perfringens. |
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spelling | pubmed-83533892021-08-11 Pathogenic Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated From Patients With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis Suzaki, Ai Ohtani, Kaori Komine-Aizawa, Shihoko Matsumoto, Asami Kamiya, Shigeru Hayakawa, Satoshi Front Microbiol Microbiology Sepsis caused by Clostridium perfringens infection is rare but often fatal. The most serious complication leading to poor prognosis is massive intravascular hemolysis (MIH). However, the molecular mechanism underlying this fulminant form of hemolysis is unclear. In the present study, we employed 11 clinical strains isolated from patients with C. perfringens septicemia and subdivided these isolates into groups H and NH: septicemia with (n = 5) or without (n = 6) MIH, respectively. To elucidate the major pathogenic factors of MIH, biological features were compared between these groups. The isolates of two groups did not differ in growth rate, virulence-related gene expression, or phospholipase C (CPA) production. Erythrocyte hemolysis was predominantly observed in culture supernatants of the strains in group H, and the human erythrocyte hemolysis rate was significantly correlated with perfringolysin O (PFO) production. Correlations were also found among PFO production, human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cytotoxicity, and production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) by human PBMCs. Analysis of proinflammatory cytokines showed that PFO induced tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), IL-5, IL-6, and IL-8 production more strongly than did CPA. PFO exerted potent cytotoxic and proinflammatory cytokine induction effects on human blood cells. PFO may be a major virulence factor of sepsis with MIH, and potent proinflammatory cytokine production induced by PFO may influence the rapid progression of this fatal disease caused by C. perfringens. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8353389/ /pubmed/34385995 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.713509 Text en Copyright © 2021 Suzaki, Ohtani, Komine-Aizawa, Matsumoto, Kamiya and Hayakawa. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Microbiology Suzaki, Ai Ohtani, Kaori Komine-Aizawa, Shihoko Matsumoto, Asami Kamiya, Shigeru Hayakawa, Satoshi Pathogenic Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated From Patients With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis |
title | Pathogenic Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated From Patients With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis |
title_full | Pathogenic Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated From Patients With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis |
title_fullStr | Pathogenic Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated From Patients With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Pathogenic Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated From Patients With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis |
title_short | Pathogenic Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated From Patients With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis |
title_sort | pathogenic characterization of clostridium perfringens strains isolated from patients with massive intravascular hemolysis |
topic | Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8353389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34385995 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.713509 |
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