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Staphylococcus aureus secretes a number of host-injurious toxins, among the most prominent of which is the small β-barrel pore-forming toxin α-hemolysin. Initially named based on its properties as a red blood cell lytic toxin, early studies suggested a far greater complexity of α-hemolysin action as nucleated cells also exhibited distinct responses to intoxication. The hemolysin, most aptly referred to as α-toxin based on its broad range of cellular specificity, has long been recognized as an important cause of injury in the context of both skin necrosis and lethal infection. The recent identification of ADAM10 as a cellular receptor for α-toxin has provided keen insight on the biology of toxin action during disease pathogenesis, demonstrating the molecular mechanisms by which the toxin causes tissue barrier disruption at host interfaces lined by epithelial or endothelial cells. This review highlights both the historical studies that laid the groundwork for nearly a century of research on α-toxin and key findings on the structural and functional biology of the toxin, in addition to discussing emerging observations that have significantly expanded our understanding of this toxin in S. aureus disease. The identification of ADAM10 as a proteinaceous receptor for the toxin not only provides a greater appreciation of truths uncovered by many historic studies, but now affords the opportunity to more extensively probe and understand the role of α-toxin in modulation of the complex interaction of S. aureus with its human host.
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- Bryan J. Berube
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, 920 E. 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637, USA; E-Mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, 920 E. 58th Street Chicago, IL 60637, USA; E-Mail:
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, 5721 S. Maryland Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-773-834-9763; Fax: +1-773-834-8150
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Vécsey-Semjén B, Kwak YK, Högbom M, Möllby R. Channel-forming abilities of spontaneously occurring alpha-toxin fragments from Staphylococcus aureus. J Membr Biol 2010; 234:171-81. [PMID: 20339841 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-010-9244-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pore formation by four spontaneously occurring alpha-toxin fragments from Staphylococcus aureus were investigated on liposome and erythrocyte membranes. All the isolated fragments bound to the different types of membranes and formed transmembrane channels in egg-phosphatidyl glycerol vesicles. Fragments of amino acids (aa) 9-293 (32 kD) and aa 13-293 (31 kD) formed heptamers, similar to the intact toxin, while the aa 72-293 (26 kD) fragment formed heptamers, octamers, and nonamers, as judged by gel electrophoresis of the liposomes. All isolated fragments induced release of chloride ions from large unilamellar vesicles. Channel formation was promoted by acidic pH and negatively charged lipid head groups. Also, the fragments' hemolytic activity was strongly decreased under neutral conditions but could be partially restored by acidification of the medium. We paid special attention to the 26-kD fragment, which, despite the loss of about one-fourth of the N-terminal part of alpha-toxin, did form transmembrane channels in liposomes. In light of the available data on channel formation by alpha-toxin, our results suggest that proteolytic degradation might be better tolerated than previously reported. Channel opening could be inhibited and open channels could be closed by zinc in the medium. Channel closure could be reversed by addition of EDTA. In contrast, digestion at the C terminus led to premature oligomerization and resulted in species with strongly diminished activity and dependent on protonation.
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- Beatrix Vécsey-Semjén
- House of Science, Alba Nova University Centre, Royal Institute of Technology, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Literature Alerts. J Microencapsul 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/02652048709021827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ribeiro-Sobrinho AP, Rabelo FLA, Figueiredo CB, Alvarez-Leite JI, Nicoli JR, Uzeda M, Vieira LQ. Bacteria recovered from dental pulp induce apoptosis of lymph node cells. J Med Microbiol 2005; 54:413-416. [PMID: 15770029 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45728-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Apoptosis is critical in the pathogenesis of several infectious diseases. The induction of apoptosis was assessed in mouse lymph node cells by four bacteria recovered from infected human dental pulp: Gemella morbillorum, Clostridium butyricum, Fusobacterium nucleatum and Bifidobacterium adolescentis. Smaller lymph nodes and smaller numbers of cells were observed after experimental dental pulp infection with C. butyricum, suggesting that this bacterium induces cell death. Apoptosis was evaluated by determination of cell ploidy and detection of DNA degradation in cells cultured with killed bacteria. Paraformaldehyde-killed C. butyricum and heat-killed G. morbillorum induced substantial cell death, while F. nucleatum and B. adolescentis induced cell death at lower levels. No bacterial preparations induced apoptosis in cells from mice genetically deficient for tumour necrosis factor receptor p55 (TNFRp55), implicating this receptor directly or indirectly as a mediator in the process. It was concluded that apoptosis may be induced during periapical lesions of pulpal origin.
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- A P Ribeiro-Sobrinho
- Dental School1, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology/ICB2 and Department of Microbiology/ICB3, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), CP 486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4Department of Microbiology - Institute of Microbiology 'Professor Paulo de Góes', UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Dental School1, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology/ICB2 and Department of Microbiology/ICB3, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), CP 486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4Department of Microbiology - Institute of Microbiology 'Professor Paulo de Góes', UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Dental School1, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology/ICB2 and Department of Microbiology/ICB3, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), CP 486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4Department of Microbiology - Institute of Microbiology 'Professor Paulo de Góes', UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Dental School1, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology/ICB2 and Department of Microbiology/ICB3, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), CP 486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4Department of Microbiology - Institute of Microbiology 'Professor Paulo de Góes', UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Dental School1, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology/ICB2 and Department of Microbiology/ICB3, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), CP 486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4Department of Microbiology - Institute of Microbiology 'Professor Paulo de Góes', UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Dental School1, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology/ICB2 and Department of Microbiology/ICB3, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), CP 486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4Department of Microbiology - Institute of Microbiology 'Professor Paulo de Góes', UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Dental School1, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology/ICB2 and Department of Microbiology/ICB3, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), CP 486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4Department of Microbiology - Institute of Microbiology 'Professor Paulo de Góes', UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Pany S, Vijayvargia R, Krishnasastry MV. Caveolin-1 binding motif of alpha-hemolysin: its role in stability and pore formation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 322:29-36. [PMID: 15313169 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We have identified a nine amino sequence in alpha-hemolysin (alpha-HL) of Staphylococcus aureus, which binds Caveolin-1. Surface plasmon resonance studies clearly show a concentration dependent interaction of alpha-HL with the scaffolding domain of Caveolin-1. Mutants of alpha-HL, devoid of Caveolin-1 recognition motif, exhibit an alpha-HL like proteinase K digestion profile but the resultant 'half-like' domains are highly susceptible to further proteolysis. They also had the same intrinsic fluorescence emission maxima as the native alpha-HL indicating normal folding. However, these mutants bind 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonic acid probably due to exposure of their hydrophobic core. Moreover, these mutants are non-lytic and do not undergo conformational changes on rabbit RBC membrane surface. Purified Caveolin-1 blocks the hemolysis of RBCs by alpha-HL. Our studies indicate that the Caveolin-1 binding motif of alpha-HL provides stability and shields the hydrophobic core of alpha-HL. The motif also acts as trigger point for initiation of conformational changes.
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- Satyabrata Pany
- National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India
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Chattopadhyay K, Banerjee KK. Unfolding of Vibrio cholerae hemolysin induces oligomerization of the toxin monomer. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:38470-5. [PMID: 12878594 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305965200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae hemolysin (HlyA) is a pore-forming toxin that exists in two stable forms: a hemolytically active water-soluble monomer with a native molecular weight of 65,000 and a hemolytically inactive SDS-stable heptamer with the configuration of a transmembrane diffusion channel. Transformation of the monomer into the oligomer is spontaneous but very slow in the absence of interaction with specific membrane components like cholesterol and sphingolipids. In this report, we show that mild disruption of the native tertiary structure of HlyA by 1.75 M urea triggered rapid and quantitative conversion of the monomer to an oligomer. Furthermore, the HlyA monomer when unfolded in 8 M urea refolded and reconstituted on renaturation into the oligomer biochemically and functionally similar to the heptamer formed in target lipid bilayer, suggesting that the HlyA polypeptide had a strong propensity to adopt the oligomer as the stable native state in preference to the monomer. On the basis of our results, we propose that (a) the hemolytically active HlyA monomer represents a quasi-stable conformation corresponding to a local free energy minimum and the transmembrane heptameric pore represents a stable conformation corresponding to an absolute free energy minimum and (b) any perturbation of the native tertiary structure of the HlyA monomer causing relaxation of conformational constraints tends to promote self-assembly to the oligomer with membrane components playing at most an accessory role.
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- Kausik Chattopadhyay
- Division of Immunology and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Cholera And Enteric Diseases, Kolkata 700010, India
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Chattopadhyay K, Bhattacharyya D, Banerjee KK. Vibrio cholerae hemolysin. Implication of amphiphilicity and lipid-induced conformational change for its pore-forming activity. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:4351-8. [PMID: 12199714 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03137.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vibrio cholerae hemolysin (HlyA), a water-soluble protein with a native monomeric relative molecular mass of 65 000, forms transmembrane pentameric channels in target biomembranes. The HlyA binds to lipid vesicles nonspecifically and without saturation; however, self-assembly is triggered specifically by cholesterol. Here we show that the HlyA partitioned quantitatively to amphiphilic media irrespective of their compositions, indicating that the toxin had an amphiphilic surface. Asialofetuin, a beta1-galactosyl-terminated glycoprotein, which binds specifically to the HlyA in a lectin-glycoprotein type of interaction and inhibits carbohydrate-independent interaction of the toxin with lipid, reduced effective amphiphilicity of the toxin significantly. Resistance of the HlyA to proteases together with the tryptophan fluorescence emission spectrum suggested a compact structure for the toxin. Fluorescence energy transfer from the HlyA to dansyl-phosphatidylethanolamine required the presence of cholesterol in the lipid bilayer and was synchronous with oligomerization. Phospholipid bilayer without cholesterol caused a partial unfolding of the HlyA monomer as indicated by the transfer of tryptophan residues from the nonpolar core of the protein to a more polar region. These observations suggested: (a) partitioning of the HlyA to lipid vesicles is driven by the tendency of the amphiphilic toxin to reduce energetically unfavorable contacts with water and is not affected significantly by the composition of the vesicles; and (b) partial unfolding of the HlyA at the lipid-water interface precedes and promotes cholesterol-induced oligomerization to an insertion-competent configuration.
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- Kausik Chattopadhyay
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata 700 010, India; Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Moss JE, Aliprantis AO, Zychlinsky A. The regulation of apoptosis by microbial pathogens. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1999; 187:203-59. [PMID: 10212981 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62419-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In the past few years, there has been remarkable progress unraveling the mechanism and significance of eukaryotic programmed cell death (PCD), or apoptosis. Not surprisingly, it has been discovered that numerous, unrelated microbial pathogens engage or circumvent the host's apoptotic program. In this chapter, we briefly summarize apoptosis, emphasizing those studies which assist the reader in understanding the subsequent discussion on PCD and pathogens. We then examine the relationship between virulent bacteria and apoptosis. This section is organized to reflect both common and diverse mechanisms employed by bacteria to induce PCD. A short discussion of parasites and fungi is followed by a detailed description of the interaction of viral pathogens with the apoptotic machinery. Throughout the review, apoptosis is considered within the broader contexts of pathogenesis, virulence, and host defense. Our goals are to update the reader on this rapidly expanding field and identify topics in the current literature which demand further investigation.
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- J E Moss
- Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York City 10016, USA
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Bortoleto RK, de Oliveira AH, Ruller R, Arni RK, Ward RJ. Tertiary structural changes of the alpha-hemolysin from Staphylococcus aureus on association with liposome membranes. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 351:47-52. [PMID: 9500849 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1997.0550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The interaction of alpha-hemolysin (also called alpha-toxin) from Staphylococcus aureus with mixed egg-yolk phosphatidylcholine/cholesterol liposomes has been investigated using the intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence emission (ITFE) signal. The ITFE intensity of alpha-hemolysin, which was obtained using a novel purification protocol, showed a triphasic increase on incubation with liposomes at low protein/lipid ratios. The first, rapid phase results in an increase in ITFE of 10%, which reflects rapid conformation changes in the alpha-hemolysin on association with the liposome membrane. The second phase of the ITFE increase is associated with a red shift from 334 to 339 nm in the maximum emission wavelength, suggesting the transition to a partially unfolded intermediate in the oligomerization process. The third phase of the ITFE intensity change demonstrates a temporal correlation with the appearance of SDS-stable oligomers. The results demonstrate the feasibility of identification of intermediate protein conformations in complex membrane-associated processes by manipulation of the liposomal membrane composition.
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- R K Bortoleto
- Department of Physics, IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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Lala AK, Raja SM. Photolabeling of a pore-forming toxin with the hydrophobic probe 2-[3H]diazofluorene. Identification of membrane-inserted segments of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:11348-57. [PMID: 7744772 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.19.11348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The identification of membrane-inserted segments of pore-forming soluble proteins is crucial to understanding the action of these proteins at the molecular level. A distinct member of this class of proteins is alpha-toxin, a 293-amino acid-long 33-kDa hemolytic toxin secreted by Staphylococcus aureus that can form pores in both artificial and natural membranes. We have studied the interaction of alpha-toxin with single bilayer vesicles prepared from asolectin using a hydrophobic photoactivable reagent, 2-[3H]diazofluorene ([3H]DAF) (Pradhan, D., and Lala, A. K. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 8242-8251). This reagent readily partitions into the membrane hydrophobic core and on photolysis labels the lipid and protein segments that penetrate the membrane. Current models on the mode of action of alpha-toxin indicate that, on interaction with membranes, alpha-toxin forms an oligomer, which represents the active pore. In keeping with these models, we observe that [3H]DAF photolabels the membrane-bound alpha-toxin oligomer. Cyanogen bromide fragmentation of [3H]DAF-labeled alpha-toxin gave several fragments, which were subjected to Edman degradation. We could thus sequence residues 1-19, 35-60, 114-139, 198-231, and 235-258. Radioactive analysis and phenylthiohydantoin-derivative analysis during sequencing permitted analysis of DAF insertion sites. The results obtained indicated that the N and C termini (residues 235-258) have been extensively labeled. The putative pore-forming glycine-rich central hinge region was poorly labeled, indicating that the apposing side of the lumen of the pore does not form the lipid-protein interface. The DAF labeling pattern indicated that the major structural motif in membrane-bound alpha-toxin was largely beta-sheet.
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- A K Lala
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai
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Jursch R, Hildebrand A, Hobom G, Tranum-Jensen J, Ward R, Kehoe M, Bhakdi S. Histidine residues near the N terminus of staphylococcal alpha-toxin as reporters of regions that are critical for oligomerization and pore formation. Infect Immun 1994; 62:2249-56. [PMID: 8188346 PMCID: PMC186505 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.6.2249-2256.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Chemical modification of histidine residues in staphylococcal alpha-toxin leads to loss of functional activity. Site-directed mutants of the toxin in which each of the four histidine residues was replaced by several amino acids were therefore produced. The mutant proteins were purified and characterized. Exchange of H-259 or H-144 was sometimes tolerated without reduction in hemolytic activity. These histidine residues are thus not essential for toxin function. Exchange of H-35 and H-48, however, had marked effects. H-35 mutant toxins bound with high affinity to rabbit erythrocytes but displayed faulty oligomerization and were unable to form pores. H-48 mutant toxins also had severely impaired hemolytic activity due probably to faulty hexamerization. We interpret these results to indicate that the N-terminal domain of alpha-toxin in the region of H-35 and H-48 is involved in protomer-protomer interactions that underlie the hexamerization and pore-forming process.
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- R Jursch
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Mainz, Germany
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Jonas D, Walev I, Berger T, Liebetrau M, Palmer M, Bhakdi S. Novel path to apoptosis: small transmembrane pores created by staphylococcal alpha-toxin in T lymphocytes evoke internucleosomal DNA degradation. Infect Immun 1994; 62:1304-12. [PMID: 8132337 PMCID: PMC186275 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.4.1304-1312.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Peripheral-blood human T lymphocytes were treated with Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin. Membrane permeabilization was assessed by measuring efflux of K+ and Rb+ and influx of Na+, Ca2+, and propidium iodide. Cellular ATP and [3H]thymidine incorporation following lectin stimulation were measured as parameters for cell viability. Internucleosomal cleavage characteristic of programmed cell death was assessed by agarose gel electrophoresis and by quantifying low-molecular-weight, [3H]thymidine-labeled DNA fragments. Nanomolar concentrations of alpha-toxin evoked protracted, irreversible ATP depletion in both activated and resting T lymphocytes. Toxin-damaged cells also lost their ability to incorporate [3H]thymidine upon subsequent stimulation with phytohemagglutinin. These cells carried toxin hexamers, and their plasma membranes became permeable for monovalent ions but not for Ca2+ and propidium iodide. The permeabilization event was followed by internucleosomal DNA degradation characteristic of programmed cell death. Membranes of cells treated with high toxin doses (> 300 nM) became permeable to both Ca2+ and propidium iodide. In this case, ATP depletion occurred within minutes and no DNA degradation was observed. When cells were suspended in Na(+)-free buffer, alpha-toxin applied at low doses still bound and formed hexamers. However, these cells displayed neither DNA degradation nor loss of viability. The data indicate that formation of very small but not of large alpha-toxin pores may trigger programmed cell death in lymphocytes and that uncontrolled flux of Na+ ions may be an important event precipitating the suicide cascade.
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- D Jonas
- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Avdulov NA, Wood WG, Harris RA. Effects of ethanol on structural parameters of rat brain membranes: relationship to genetic differences in ethanol sensitivity. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1994; 18:53-9. [PMID: 8198227 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1994.tb00880.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Fluorescent probes located in different membrane regions were used to evaluate effects of ethanol (50 and 100 mM) on structural parameters (protein distribution, fluidity of total and annular lipid, and thickness of the bilayer) of synaptic plasma membranes (SPMs) from brain cortex of High-Alcohol Sensitivity (HAS) and Low-Alcohol Sensitivity (LAS) rats. An experimental procedure based on radiationless energy transfer from tryptophan of membrane proteins to pyrene, 1,3-bis-(1-pyrene)propane(pyr-C3-pyr), or 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH), as well as pyr-C3-pyr monomer-eximer formation and DPH polarization, and energy transfer from pyrene monomers to 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonic acid (ANSA) was utilized. The efficiency of energy transfer from tryptophan to pyrene was sensitive to protein clustering induced in SPMs by concanavalin A. Efficiency of energy transfer from pyrene monomers to ANSA was different for vesicles of dimyristoyl phosphatidyl choline, dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline, and distearoyl phosphatidyl choline, consistent with differences in the thickness of these lipid bilayers. Without ethanol, there were no significant differences between the structural parameters of SPMs from HAS and from LAS rats. Addition of ethanol (50 mM) changed protein distribution (increased clustering) only in membranes from HAS rats and had no effect on the structure of membranes from LAS rats. A larger concentration of ethanol (100 mM) changed the fluidity of annular and total lipid in both lines of rats, but changed protein distribution and decreased thickness of the membranes from HAS rats with no effect on these parameters in SPMs from LAS animals.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- N A Avdulov
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262
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Ward RJ, Leonard K. The Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin channel complex and the effect of Ca2+ ions on its interaction with lipid layers. J Struct Biol 1992; 109:129-41. [PMID: 1288614 DOI: 10.1016/1047-8477(92)90044-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Using the techniques of two-dimensional crystallization on supported lipid bilayers together with computer image processing, two distinct two-dimensional crystal types of staphylococcal alpha-toxin complex are formed depending on the presence or absence of Ca2+ ions. Without Ca2+, these are hexagonally packed (in A, a = b = 89.5 +/- 2.5 A; theta = 119.7 degrees) With Ca2+ present, rectangular crystal packing is seen (in A, a = 114.8 +/- 1.6 A, b = 140.2 +/- 0.7 A; theta = 89.1 degrees). A third, banded crystal type is also seen which is interpreted as a side-to-side packing of regular tubules. We use these tubular crystals for cross-correlation searches with top and side-on views of the complex from single particle reconstructions, and with the repeating units from the two-dimensional crystal types. The results lead us to propose a model in which the different two-dimensional crystal types are formed as a result of alpha-toxin hexamers packing in different orientations. In the hexagonal crystals the hexamers lie end-on with a 6-fold axis in projection. On the addition of Ca2+, the hexamers reorient to lie tilted with respect to the support, thus giving rise to a rectangular projection.
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- R J Ward
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Influence of membrane fluidity on the assembly of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin, a channel-forming protein, in liposome membrane. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42223-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Tokunaga H, Nakae T. Calcium ion-mediated regulation of the alpha-toxin pore of Staphylococcus aureus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1105:125-30. [PMID: 1567891 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(92)90170-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The water-soluble alpha-toxin monomers of Staphylococcus aureus become hexamers forming the transmembrane pore when exposed to the membranes. This pore is freely permeable to small hydrophilic molecules, e.g. carboxyfluorescein, and becomes less permeable in the presence of calcium ions. Calcium ion-mediated decrease of the carboxyfluorescein leakage could not be eliminated by EDTA added in the medium, but the carboxyfluorescein could be freed by EDTA added in the intraliposomal space. This result suggests that the alpha-toxin pore changes its conformation as the calcium ion is bound and that the binding site is exposed to the intraliposomal side of the membrane. The interaction between the alpha-toxin hexamer and 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulfonic acid (ANS) was monitored by determining the fluorescence in the presence and absence of calcium chloride. The mean distances between the tryptophan residues of the alpha-toxin hexamer and the bound ANS were calculated to be 1.90 and 1.80 nm in the absence and presence, respectively, of calcium ions. The results showed the calcium ion mediated conformational change of the membrane-embedded alpha-toxin hexamer.
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- H Tokunaga
- Department of Cellular Information Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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Araki T, Sugawara Y, Hirao N, Iwamoto T, Yoshiura M, Iriyama K. Visualization of Protein Penetration from an Aqueous Subphase into a Lipid Monolayer at an Air–Water Interface by Gold Marker. CHEM LETT 1989. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.1989.329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ikigai H, Seki K, Nishihara S, Masuda S. Simplified method for preparation of concentrated exoproteins produced by Staphylococcus aureus grown on surface of cellophane bag containing liquid medium. Microbiol Immunol 1988; 32:225-8. [PMID: 3287108 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1988.tb01381.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
A simplified method for preparation of concentrated exoproteins including protein A and alpha-toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus was successfully devised. The concentrated proteins were obtained by cultivating S. aureus organisms on the surface of a liquid medium-containing cellophane bag enclosed in a sterilized glass flask. With the same amount of medium, the total amount of proteins obtained by the method presented here was identical with that obtained by conventional liquid culture. The concentration of proteins obtained by the method, however, was high enough to observe their distinct bands stained on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This method was considered quite useful not only for large-scale cultivation for the purification of staphylococcal proteins but also for small-scale study using the proteins. The precise description of the method was presented and its possible usefulness was discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- H Ikigai
- Department of Microbiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo
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