Role of Ca2+-binding motif in cytotoxicity induced by Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin
Role of Ca2+-binding motif in cytotoxicity induced by Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin
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DOI:
10.1016/j.micpath.2007.10.010
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发表时间:
2008-04-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Sakurai, Jun
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作者:
Kobayashi, Keiko;Nagahama, Masahiro;Sakurai, Jun
Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin is a binary toxin composed of an enzymatic component (Ia) and a binding component (Ib). We investigated the role of the conserved Ca2+-binding motif of lb in the cytotoxicity of iota-toxin. The cytotoxicity of iota-toxin increased with all increase in the concentration of extracellular Ca2+. A surface plasnion resonance analysis showed that the binding of la to the oligomer of lb is dependent oil the concentration of Ca2+. However, the addition of Ca2+ had no effect on the binding of I-125-labeled lb to the cells. We replaced Asp-8, -10, and -12 in the Ca2+-binding motif of lb with alanine. D8A, D10A, and D12A bound to the cell and formed an oligomer at about half of the wild-type lb. The cytotoxicity of lb variants in the presence of la was about 500-fold less than that of wild-type lb. Immunofluorescence Study showed that these variants were internalized in the early endosomes like wild-type Ib. However, wild-type Ib-induced internalization of Ia in the cells, but these variants did not. The result indicates that the conserved Ca2+-binding motif in the N-terminal region of lb plays a role in the interaction of lb with la in the presence of Ca2+. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.