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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 |
