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Rim domain loops of staphylococcal β-pore forming bi-component toxin S-components recognize target human erythrocytes in a coordinated manner.
Journal of Biochemistry 2018 August 2
Staphylococcus aureus bi-component pore-forming toxins consist of S- and F-components, and form hetero-octameric beta-barrel pores on target blood cell membranes. Among them, γ-haemolysin (Hlg2 and F-component of Luk (LukF)) and LukED (LukE and LukD) possess haemolytic activity, whereas the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (LukS-PV and LukF-PV) does not lyse human erythrocytes. Here, we focussed on four loop structures in the rim domain of S-component, namely loops -1, -2, -3 and -4, and found that replacement of Loop-4 in both Hlg2 and LukE with that of LukS-PV abolished their haemolytic activity. Furthermore, LukS-PV gained haemolytic activity by Loop-4 exchange with Hlg2 or LukE, suggesting that Loop-4 of these S-components determined erythrocyte specificity. LOOP-1 and -2 enhanced the erythrocytes-binding ability of both components. Although Hlg2 and LukE recognize Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines on human erythrocytes, the ability of Loop-4 was not complementary between Hlg2 and LukE. Exchange of Hlg2 with LukE Loop-4 showed weaker activity than intact Hlg2, and LukE mutant with Hlg2 Loop-4 lost its haemolytic activity in combination of LukD. Interestingly, the haemolytic activities of these Loop-4 exchange mutants were affected by F-component, namely LukF enhanced haemolytic activities of these Hlg2 and LukE Loop-4 mutants, and also haemolytic activity of LukS-PV mutant with LukE Loop-4.
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