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WWW.NATURE.COM/NATURE | 1 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION doi:10.1038/nature12655 Supplementary Table 1. Oligonucleotides used in this study Name Sequence (5’-3’) Construction of pTX hld Delta Bam CTAGATCACAGAGATGTGATGGATCCTAGTTGATGAGTTG Delta Mlu GTTGGGATGGCTTAATAACGCGTACTTTTAGTACTATACG Construction of S. epidermidis hld mutant HLDATT1 GGGGACAAGTTTGTACAAAAAAGCAGGCTTGGTACTTCTGGTTC GTCAAAGTAAGAGGCACA HLDATT2 GGGGACCACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGGTGGCACTTCTGGTTCG TCAAAGTAAGAAGCACA HLD1 CGAAAGGAGTGAAGTTATAATAGCAGCAGATATC HLD2 GATATCTGCTGCTATTATAACTTCACTCCTTTCG Integration of P3-lux in the S. aureus genome P3prEco CAATTTTACACCACTCTCCTCACTGGAATTCCATTATACG P3prBam ATGCGGATCCCTCATCAACTATTTTCCATCACATCTCTGT luxBamHI ATGCGGATCCTGCAGATGAAGCAAGAGGAG luxSalI ATGCGTCGACGCAGCGGTATTTTTCGATCA luxArvseq AAGGCGCGACTGTTATTCAT

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Supplementary Table 1. Oligonucleotides used in this study Name Sequence (5’-3’) Construction of pTX hld Delta Bam CTAGATCACAGAGATGTGATGGATCCTAGTTGATGAGTTG Delta Mlu GTTGGGATGGCTTAATAACGCGTACTTTTAGTACTATACG Construction of S. epidermidis hld mutant

HLDATT1 GGGGACAAGTTTGTACAAAAAAGCAGGCTTGGTACTTCTGGTTCGTCAAAGTAAGAGGCACA

HLDATT2 GGGGACCACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGGTGGCACTTCTGGTTCGTCAAAGTAAGAAGCACA

HLD1 CGAAAGGAGTGAAGTTATAATAGCAGCAGATATC HLD2 GATATCTGCTGCTATTATAACTTCACTCCTTTCG Integration of P3-lux in the S. aureus genome P3prEco CAATTTTACACCACTCTCCTCACTGGAATTCCATTATACG P3prBam ATGCGGATCCCTCATCAACTATTTTCCATCACATCTCTGT luxBamHI ATGCGGATCCTGCAGATGAAGCAAGAGGAG luxSalI ATGCGTCGACGCAGCGGTATTTTTCGATCA luxArvseq AAGGCGCGACTGTTATTCAT Nunez_supplementary Table 1

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Supplementary Figure 1. Culture supernatant from S. aureus induces MCdegranulation. (a) -hexosaminidase activity from supernatants of fetal skin-derived MC (FSMC) cultures stimulated with medium alone (Control), DNP-IgEalone, DNP-IgE plus DNP, ionomycin, ATP and indicated concentrations ofculture supernatant from S. aureus (8325-4). (b) -hexosaminidase activity fromsupernatants of MC/9 cell cultures stimulated with indicated stimuli. (c) -hexosaminidase activity from supernatants of MC/9 cells stimulated with 10 %culture supernatant of indicated Staphylococcus species. Data represent means ±s.d. of triplicate cultures. *P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001, two-tailed Student’s t-test. (d)MC/9 cells were incubated 60 min in medium (Control), 10% S. aureus culturesupernatant (8325-4) or medium containing Nigericin (10 M, used as a positivecontrol). Percentage of propidium iodide (PI) positive cells were measured by flowcytometry. Data are representative of at least two independent experiments

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Supplementary Figure 3. Amount of -toxin in S. aureus supernatant. (a) MCdegranulation activity of supernatants of MC/9 cells stimulated with 2% of culturesupernatant of S. aureus strains. Data represent means± s.d. of triplicate cultures. NS; nosignificant, *P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001, two-tailed Student’s t-test. (b) -toxin expressionsof filtrated supernatants from S.aureus strains (SA113, LAC and 8325-4) detected by RP-HPLC/ESI-MS. ND; not detected. Bars represent the means. (c) -toxin expressions ofsupernatants from S. aureus wild-type (LAC (pTxΔ16)), -toxin deletion (LAC Δhld(pTxΔ16)) and complemented strain (LAC Δhld (pTxΔhld)) detected by extracted ionchromatograms. Chromatography was performed as described previously15. Data arerepresentative of three independent experiments.

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Supplementary Figure 4. MC degranulation activity of -toxin is independent of formylation.(a) % LDH released from MC/9 cells stimulated by medium alone (Ctrl) and indicated concentrations(g ml-1) of PSMs for 15 or 60 min. (b) -hexosaminidase assay from supernatants of MC/9 cellsstimulated with indicated concentrations (g ml-1) of formylated PSMs. (c) -hexosaminidase assayfrom supernatants of MC/9 cells stimulated with indicated concentrations (g ml-1) of unformylated-toxin (-toxin) or formylated -toxin (f-toxin) (left panel). -hexosaminidase assay fromsupernatants of MC/9 cells stimulated with indicated concentrations (g ml-1) of unformylated -toxin (-toxin) or control peptide (right panel). (d) IL-8 secretion in cultured supernatant of humanneutrophils stimulated by indicated concentrations (g ml-1) of phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs).Data represent means ± s.d. of triplicate cultures. Data are representative of three independentexperiments.

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Supplementary Figure 5. Cell toxicity of -toxin. BMCMCs,BMM bone marrow derived macrophages), bone marrowneutrophils and primary keratinocytes isolated from mice werestimulated with PSM (10 g ml-1) or -toxin (10 or 100 g ml-1) forindicated times. Cell toxicity was measured by LDH assay. Datarepresent means± s.d. of triplicate cultures. NS; no significant, ***P< 0.001, one-way ANOVA with Tukey's post-hoc test for multiplecomparisons. Data are representative of two independent experiments.

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Supplementary Figure 7. δ-toxin in S. aureus culture supernatant induces MCdegranulation in vivo. (a) C57BL6 mice were injected intradermally into the left andright ears with 40% S. aureus culture supernatant from LAC wt, LAC Δhld and SA113or 40% TSB (as control), respectively. Culture supernatants were diluted by PBS.Three representative mice for each group are shown. Representative of at least 9 miceper group. (b) Quantification of Evans blue extracted from skin tissue of C57BL6 miceis shown. Dots represent individual ear samples pooled from three independentexperiments. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, Kruskal-Wallis test. Bars represent the means.

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Supplementary Figure 8. Mouse Fpr gene expression. Expressionof mouse Fpr genes in BMCMCs, MC/9 and bone marrow neutrophils.Expression is normalized to that of Gapdh. Data represent means ±s.d. of triplicate cultures. Data are representative of two independentexperiments.

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Supplementary Figure 9. MC degranulation activity induced by -toxin is inhibited by FPR antagonists. (a) MC degranulation activity (β-hexosaminidase assay) of supernatants of MC/9 cells pretreated withWRW4 peptide and then stimulated with δ-toxin (10 μg ml-1). (b)Quantification of Evans blue extracted from skin tissue of C57BL6 mice isshown. Mice were pretreated with or without WRW4 peptides (100 M).1h later, mice were injected intradermally into the ears with 40% culturesupernatant from S. aureus. Dots represent individual ear samples. (c) β-hexosaminidase assay of supernatants of MC/9 cells pretreated with FPR1antagonist (Cyclosporin H) and then stimulated with δ-toxin (10 μg ml-1)Data represent means± s.d. of triplicate cultures. In a,c, **P < 0.01, ***P< 0.001, two-tailed Student’s t-test. In b, NS; no significant, **P < 0.01,Kruskal-Wallis test. Bars represent the means. Data are representative ofthree independent experiments.

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Supplementary Figure 14. The number of bacteria and IL-4 levels in skin colonized withS. aureus. (a and b) Number of culturable bacteria and S. aureus in the skin of BALB/c mice1 week post inoculation with S. aureus. Results are mean±s.e.m. (n=5). (a) Swabbed sampleswere plated on TSB and Baird-Parker agar plates, and then colonies were counted 48 h later(b). Swabbed (surface) and skin homogenized (nonsurface) samples were plated on Baird-Parker agar plates, and then colonies were counted 48 h later. (c) IL-4 levels in skin of Balb/cmice inoculated with or without S. aureus (S.a. wt or S.a. Δhld) for 1 week. Dots representindividual mice. In a, b, NS; no significant, two-tailed Student’s t-test. ND; not detected. In c,NS; no significant; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, Kruskal-Wallis test. Data are representative of atleast two independent experiments.

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Supplementary Figure 20. The number of cutaneous MCs in the earpina detected by toluidine blue staining. (a) Ear histopathology ofC57BL6 (B6), KitW-sh/W-sh and MC-reconstituted KitW-sh/W-sh mice. Skinsections were stained with toluidine blue. Red arrow heads indicatetoluidine-positive MCs. Bar = 200 mm. Representative of at least 8mice per group. (b) The number of cutaneous MCs detected bytoluidine blue staining. Two low power fields (lpf) were counted permouse. Each dot represents the average of MCs per lpf from one mouse.Bars represent the means. The results were derived from two of thepooled experiments. **P < 0.01, Kruskal-Wallis test. Data arerepresentative of three independent experiments.

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