TY - JOUR
T1 - Human monoclonal antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus surface antigens recognize in vitro and in vivo biofilm
AU - de Vor, Lisanne
AU - van Dijk, Bruce
AU - van Kessel, Kok
AU - Kavanaugh, Jeffrey S.
AU - de Haas, Carla
AU - Aerts, Piet C.
AU - Viveen, Marco C.
AU - Boel, Edwin C.
AU - Fluit, Ad C.
AU - Kwiecinski, Jakub M.
AU - Krijger, Gerard C.
AU - Ramakers, Ruud M.
AU - Beekman, Freek J.
AU - Dadachova, Ekaterina
AU - Lam, Marnix G. E. H.
AU - Vogely, H. Charles
AU - van der Wal, Bart C. H.
AU - van Strijp, Jos A. G.
AU - Horswill, Alexander R.
AU - Weinans, Harrie
AU - Rooijakkers, Suzan H. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors greatly thank Reindert Nijland (Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands) and Fernanda Paganelli (Department of Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht) for assistance with biofilm work; Miquel Ekkelenkamp and Sebastian van Marm (Department of Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht) for providing S. aureus clinical isolates; Astrid Hendriks (Department of Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht), Nina van Sorge (Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands), and Jeroen Codee (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands) for providing WTA glycosylated beads; Frank Beurskens (Genmab BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands) for help with selection of mAbs; Sonja von Aulock and Siegfried Morath (Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany) for providing LTA preparates. LdV and BvD were supported by a grant from Health~Holland (LSHM17026 to JvS and HW). FJB and RMR were supported by the research grant QUARAT: Quantitative Universal Radiotracer Tomography (TTW16885, Dutch Research Council (NWO)). ARH was supported by a merit award (BX002711) from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and grant AI083211 from the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
The authors greatly thank Reindert Nijland (Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands) and Fernanda Paganelli (Department of Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht) for assistance with biofilm work; Miquel Ekkelenkamp and Sebastian van Marm (Department of Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht) for providing S. aureus clinical isolates; Astrid Hendriks (Department of Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht), Nina van Sorge (Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands), and Jeroen Codee (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands) for providing WTA glyco-sylated beads; Frank Beurskens (Genmab BV, Utrecht, The Netherlands) for help with selection of mAbs; Sonja von Aulock and Siegfried Morath (Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany) for providing LTA preparates. LdV and BvD were supported by a grant from Health~Holland (LSHM17026 to JvS and HW). FJB and RMR were supported by the research grant QUARAT: Quantitative Universal Radiotracer Tomography (TTW16885, Dutch Research Council (NWO)). ARH was supported by a merit award (BX002711) from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and grant AI083211 from the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/1/6
Y1 - 2022/1/6
N2 - Implant-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections are difficult to treat because of biofilm formation. Bacteria in a biofilm are often insensitive to antibiotics and host immunity. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) could provide an alternative approach to improve the diagnosis and potential treatment of biofilm-related infections. Here, we show that mAbs targeting common surface components of S. aureus can recognize clinically relevant biofilm types. The mAbs were also shown to bind a collection of clinical isolates derived from different biofilm-associated infections (endocarditis, prosthetic joint, catheter). We identify two groups of antibodies: one group that uniquely binds S. aureus in biofilm state and one that recognizes S. aureus in both biofilm and planktonic state. Furthermore, we show that a mAb recognizing wall teichoic acid (clone 4497) specifically localizes to a subcutaneously implanted pre-colonized catheter in mice. In conclusion, we demonstrate the capacity of several human mAbs to detect S. aureus biofilms in vitro and in vivo.
AB - Implant-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections are difficult to treat because of biofilm formation. Bacteria in a biofilm are often insensitive to antibiotics and host immunity. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) could provide an alternative approach to improve the diagnosis and potential treatment of biofilm-related infections. Here, we show that mAbs targeting common surface components of S. aureus can recognize clinically relevant biofilm types. The mAbs were also shown to bind a collection of clinical isolates derived from different biofilm-associated infections (endocarditis, prosthetic joint, catheter). We identify two groups of antibodies: one group that uniquely binds S. aureus in biofilm state and one that recognizes S. aureus in both biofilm and planktonic state. Furthermore, we show that a mAb recognizing wall teichoic acid (clone 4497) specifically localizes to a subcutaneously implanted pre-colonized catheter in mice. In conclusion, we demonstrate the capacity of several human mAbs to detect S. aureus biofilms in vitro and in vivo.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85123640653
U2 - 10.7554/eLife.67301
DO - 10.7554/eLife.67301
M3 - Article
C2 - 34989676
SN - 2050-084X
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 25
JO - eLife
JF - eLife
M1 - e67301
ER -