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| Ludovico,Marilucia Santos; Martins,Luciano Moura; Bianco,Juares Ednaldo Romero; Andrade,Célia Guadalupe Tardelli de Jesus; Falcon,Rosabel; Joazeiro,Paulo Pinto; Gatti,Maria Silvia Viccari; Yano,Tomomasa. |
| ABSTRACT Plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from water in Brazil was previously described as a hemorrhagic heat-labile cytotoxic-enterotoxin producer. We purified this toxin from culture supernatants using ion metallic affinity chromatography (IMAC) followed by molecular exclusion chromatography. The pure toxin presented molecular mass of 50 kDa and isoelectric point (pI) around 6.9 by 2D electrophoresis. When injected intravenously, the purified cytotoxic-enterotoxin induced also severe spasms followed by sudden death of mice. Hence, we entitled it as lethal cytotoxic-enterotoxin (LCE). The presence of membrane vesicles (MVs) on cell surfaces of P. shigelloides was observed by scan electron microscopy (SEM). From these MVs the LCE toxin was extracted and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Lethal cytotoxic enterotoxin (LCE); Membrane vesicles (MVs); Plesiomonas shigelloides; Toxin transportation; Virulence factors. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702016000600546 |
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| Aragão,Annelize Zambon Barbosa; Teocchi,Marcelo Ananias; Fregolente,Maria Clara Duarte; Gatti,Maria Silvia Viccari; Pires,Alexandre Vaz; Yano,Tomomasa. |
| Twenty seven (48.2%) culture supernatants of 56 Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheic lamb feces (7 to 10 days old) in São Paulo State, Brazil, presented positive results to suckling mice assay (fluid accumulation) but none caused cytopathic effects on Vero and CHO cells, indicating that these strains did not produced LT or VT toxins. PCR assays showed that these 27 E. coli strains harbored estA, that codifies for STa, but not for stx1, stx2 or cnf genes. The positive STa strains were checked for genes that codify for F41, F17 and K99 fimbriae, wich are considered colonization factors in ETEC. Only F17 was detect in two samples (7.4%). Twelve of 27 STa positive carried hlyA gene and presented hemolytic activity in blood Agar. Presence of rotavirus was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Lambs; STa; Colibacillosis; Escherichia coli. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782012000500015 |
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