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Recruitment of plasminogen is an important infection strategy of the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae to invade host tissues. In Streptococcus aureus, triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) has been reported to bind plasminogen. In this study, the TPI of S. pneumoniae (TpiA) was identified through proteomic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from a murine pneumococcal pneumonia model. The binding kinetics of recombinant pneumococcal TpiA with plasminogen were characterized using surface plasmon resonance (SPR, Biacore), ligand blot analyses, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Enhanced plasminogen activation and subsequent degradation by plasmin were also shown. Release of TpiA into the culture medium was observed to be dependent on autolysin. These findings suggest that S. pneumoniae releases TpiA via autolysis, which then binds to plasminogen and promotes its activation, thereby contributing to tissue invasion via degradation of the extracellular matrix.
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