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Miyashita SI, Sagane Y, Uchino T, Karatsu S, Hosoya K, Huang I, Niwa K, Watanabe T, Niimura Y, Suzuki T. Atomic force microscopic image data of botulinum neurotoxin complexes with different molecular sizes. Data Brief 2019; 25:104193. [PMID: 31321275 PMCID: PMC6614086 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This data article provides atomic force microscopy (AFM) amplitude images of botulinum toxin complex (TC) molecules produced by Clostridium botulinum serotype D strain. C. botulinum produces different-sized TC molecules, such as a complex of botulinum neurotoxin and nontoxic nonhemagglutinin proteins (M-TC) and complex of M-TC and hemagglutinin subcomplex (L-TC). In this data article, the M and L-TC produced by serotype D strain 4947 were imaged by AFM. The M-TC molecule had a globular structure with a 30.5-nm diameter and a 2.1-nm height, while the L-TC molecule had a distinct structure in which several spheres were connected to a globular structure that was 40.7 nm in diameter and 3.5 nm in height.
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Light Chain Diversity among the Botulinum Neurotoxins. Toxins (Basel) 2018; 10:toxins10070268. [PMID: 30004421 PMCID: PMC6070880 DOI: 10.3390/toxins10070268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) are produced by several species of clostridium. There are seven immunologically unique BoNT serotypes (A⁻G). The Centers for Disease Control classifies BoNTs as 'Category A' select agents and are the most lethal protein toxins for humans. Recently, BoNT-like proteins have also been identified in several non-clostridia. BoNTs are di-chain proteins comprised of an N-terminal zinc metalloprotease Light Chain (LC) and a C-terminal Heavy Chain (HC) which includes the translocation and receptor binding domains. The two chains are held together by a disulfide bond. The LC cleaves Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs). The cleavage of SNAREs inhibits the fusion of synaptic vesicles to the cell membrane and the subsequent release of acetylcholine, which results in flaccid paralysis. The LC controls the catalytic properties and the duration of BoNT action. This review discusses the mechanism for LC catalysis, LC translocation, and the basis for the duration of LC action. Understanding these properties of the LC may expand the applications of BoNT as human therapies.
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Stabler RA, He M, Dawson L, Martin M, Valiente E, Corton C, Lawley TD, Sebaihia M, Quail MA, Rose G, Gerding DN, Gibert M, Popoff MR, Parkhill J, Dougan G, Wren BW. Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile 027 strains provides insight into the evolution of a hypervirulent bacterium. Genome Biol 2009; 10:R102. [PMID: 19781061 PMCID: PMC2768977 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-9-r102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2009] [Revised: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A genome comparison of non-epidemic and epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile reveals gene gains that could explain how a hypervirulent strain has emerged Background The continued rise of Clostridium difficile infections worldwide has been accompanied by the rapid emergence of a highly virulent clone designated PCR-ribotype 027. To understand more about the evolution of this virulent clone, we made a three-way genomic and phenotypic comparison of an 'historic' non-epidemic 027 C. difficile (CD196), a recent epidemic and hypervirulent 027 (R20291) and a previously sequenced PCR-ribotype 012 strain (630). Results Although the genomes are highly conserved, the 027 genomes have 234 additional genes compared to 630, which may contribute to the distinct phenotypic differences we observe between these strains relating to motility, antibiotic resistance and toxicity. The epidemic 027 strain has five unique genetic regions, absent from both the non-epidemic 027 and strain 630, which include a novel phage island, a two component regulatory system and transcriptional regulators. Conclusions A comparison of a series of 027 isolates showed that some of these genes appeared to have been gained by 027 strains over the past two decades. This study provides genetic markers for the identification of 027 strains and offers a unique opportunity to explain the recent emergence of a hypervirulent bacterium.
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- Richard A Stabler
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
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Suzuki T, Kouguchi H, Watanabe T, Hasegawa K, Yoneyama T, Niwa K, Nishikawa A, Lee JC, Oguma K, Ohyama T. Effect of Nicking the C-terminal Region of the Clostridium botulinum Serotype D Neurotoxin Heavy Chain on its Toxicity and Molecular Properties. Protein J 2007; 26:173-81. [PMID: 17200883 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-006-9059-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A unique strain of Clostridium botulinum serotype D 4947 produces toxin complexes that are composed of un-nicked components, including a neurotoxin (BoNT) and auxiliary proteins. This BoNT showed aberrant elution upon Superdex gel filtration, indicating a much lower molecular weight, due to hydrophobic interaction with the column. Limited trypsin proteolysis of BoNT produces two nicks; first nick yielded a BoNT 50 kDa light chain disulfide linked to a 100 kDa heavy chain (Hc), and a second nick arose in Hc C-terminal 10 kDa. The second nick occurred in the putative binding domain of the BoNT molecule and induced alterations in its secondary structure, leading to a significant reduction of mouse toxicity in comparison with that of the fully-activated singly nicked BoNT. These results help to clarify the role of the C-terminal half of the Hc in the oral toxicity of single-chain and more complex forms of BoNT.
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- Tomonori Suzuki
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 196 Yasaka, Abashiri 099-2493, Japan
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Welch MJ, Purkiss JR, Foster KA. Sensitivity of embryonic rat dorsal root ganglia neurons to Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins. Toxicon 2000; 38:245-58. [PMID: 10665805 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(99)00153-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 328] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT) are zinc dependent endopeptidases which, once internalised into the neuronal cytosol, block neurotransmission by proteolysis of membrane-associated proteins putatively involved in synaptic vesicle docking and fusion with the plasma membrane. Although many studies have used a variety of cellular systems to study the neurotoxins, most require relatively large amounts of toxin or permeabilisation to internalise the neurotoxin. We present here a primary culture of embryonic rat dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons that exhibits calcium-dependent substance P secretion when depolarised with elevated extracellular potassium and is naturally BoNT sensitive. The DRG neurons showed a different IC50 for each of the toxins tested with a 1000 fold difference between the most and least potent neurotoxins (0.05, 0.3, 30 and approximately 60 nM for A, C, F and B, respectively). BoNT/A cleavage of SNAP-25 was seen as early as 2 h, but substance P secretion was not significantly inhibited until 4 h intoxication and the effects of BoNT/A were observed for as long as 15 days. This primary neuronal culture system represents a new and sensitive cellular model for the in vitro study of the botulinum neurotoxins.
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- M J Welch
- Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
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Gessler F, Böhnel H. Production and purification of Clostridium botulinum type C and D neurotoxin. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1999; 24:361-7. [PMID: 10397323 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.1999.tb01306.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Neurotoxins of Clostridium botulinum are needed in basic neurologic research, but as therapeutic agent for certain neuromuscular disorders like strabism as well. A method for the production and purification of botulinum neurotoxins C and D is reported using a two-step hollow-fiber cross flow filtration and a newly developed chromatographic purification procedure. Hollow-fiber filtration proved to be a rapid and safe concentration and pre-purification step, which can easily be scaled up. The chromatographic purification included hydrophobic interaction, anion exchange and size exclusion chromatography runs. Botulinum neurotoxins C and D could be recovered with an overall yield of 12.6% and 10.6%, respectively. A specific toxicity of 1.86 x 10(7) minimal lethal dose mg(-1) (type C) and 5.26 x 10(7) minimal lethal dose mg(-1) (type D) was determined in the mouse bioassay.
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- F Gessler
- Institute for Crop and Animal Production in the Tropics, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
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Ohyama T, Watanabe T, Fujinaga Y, Inoue K, Sunagawa H, Fujii N, Inoue K, Oguma K. Characterization of nontoxic-nonhemagglutinin component of the two types of progenitor toxin (M and L) produced by Clostridium botulinum type D CB-16. Microbiol Immunol 1995; 39:457-65. [PMID: 8569530 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb02229.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A 9.8-kbp DNA fragment which contained a neurotoxin gene and its upstream region was cloned from Clostridium botulinum type D strain CB-16. Nucleotide sequencing of the fragment revealed that genes encoding for hemagglutinin (HA) subcomponents and one for a nontoxic-nonhemagglutinin (NTNH) component were located upstream of the neurotoxin gene. This strain produced two toxins of different molecular size (approximately 300 kDa and 500 kDa) which were designated as progenitor toxins (M and L toxins). The molecular size of the NTNH component of L toxin was approximately 130 kDa on SDS-PAGE and its N-terminal amino acid sequence was M-D-I-N-D-D-L-N-I-N-S-P-V-D-N-K-N-V-V-I which agreed with that deduced from the nucleotide sequence. In contrast, the M toxin had a 115-kDa NTNH component whose N-terminal sequence was S-T-I-P-F-P-F-G-G-Y-R-E-T-N-Y-I-E, corresponding to the sequence from Ser141 of the deduced sequence. A 15-kDa fragment, which was found to be associated with an M toxin preparation, possessed the same N-terminal amino acid sequence as that of the 130-kDa NTNH component. Furthermore, five major fragments generated by limited proteolysis with V8 protease were shown to have N-terminal amino acid sequences identical to those deduced from the nucleotide sequence of 130-kDa NTNH. These results indicate that the 130-kDa NTNH of the L toxin is cleaved at a unique site, between Thr and Ser, leading to the 115-kDa NTNH of the M toxin.
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- T Ohyama
- Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Japan
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Moriishi K, Syuto B, Saito M, Oguma K, Fujii N, Abe N, Naiki M. Two different types of ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 from Clostridium botulinum type D lysogenized organisms. Infect Immun 1993; 61:5309-14. [PMID: 8225604 PMCID: PMC281316 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.12.5309-5314.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We examined production of ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 in 11 strains of Clostridium botulinum type C and D and their nontoxigenic derivatives. Antisera to C3 proteins of type C organisms divided C3 proteins roughly into at least two groups, bearing no relation to their bacterial types. The C3 gene of type D strain South African was isolated from a toxigenic phage library, and the complete sequence of the C3 gene was determined. The C3 protein of type D strain South African had 98% homology to the C3 protein of type C strain 003-9 and 66% homology to that of type D strain 1873. These results indicate that there are two types of C3 protein in type D organisms, as there are in type C organisms.
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- K Moriishi
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan
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Moriishi K, Syuto B, Yokosawa N, Oguma K, Saito M. Purification and characterization of ADP-ribosyltransferases (exoenzyme C3) of Clostridium botulinum type C and D strains. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:6025-9. [PMID: 1917836 PMCID: PMC208347 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.19.6025-6029.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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By cation-exchange column chromatography followed by gel filtration or hydroxylapatite column chromatography, ADP-ribosyltransferases (exoenzyme C3) were isolated from culture supernatants of Clostridium botulinum type C strains Stockholm (CST) and 6813 (C6813) and from type D strains South African (DSA) and 1873 (D1873), and their molecular properties were compared. The purified C3 enzymes were homogeneous in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The C3 enzymes existed as single-chain polypeptides with molecular masses of 25.0 to 25.5 kDa and transferred ADP-riboses to the same substrates in rat brain membrane extract. The C3 enzymes could be roughly classified into two groups with respect to amino acid composition, amino-terminal sequence, and antigenicity. One group contains the C3 enzymes of strains C6813 and DSA, and the other contains those of strains CST and D1873. The specific activity of the C3 enzyme of strain C6813 was about 15 times higher than that of the C3 enzyme of strain CST. These results indicate that the classification of the C3 molecules differs from that of the neurotoxin molecules.
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- K Moriishi
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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Kimura K, Fujii N, Tsuzuki K, Murakami T, Indoh T, Yokosawa N, Oguma K. Cloning of the structural gene for Clostridium botulinum type C1 toxin and whole nucleotide sequence of its light chain component. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:1168-72. [PMID: 2059039 PMCID: PMC182863 DOI: 10.1128/aem.57.4.1168-1172.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The toxigenicity of Clostridium botulinum type C1 is mediated by specific bacteriophages. DNA was extracted from one of these phages. Two DNA fragments, 3 and 7.8 kb, which produced the protein reacting with antitoxin serum were cloned by using bacteriophage lambda gt11 and Escherichia coli. Both DNA fragments were then subcloned into pUC118 plasmids and transferred into E. coli cells. The nucleotide sequences of the cloned DNA fragments were analyzed by the dideoxy chain termination method, and their gene products were analyzed by Western immunoblot. The 7.8-kb fragment coded for the entire light chain component and the N terminus of the heavy chain component of the toxin, whereas the 3-kb fragment coded for the remaining heavy chain component. The entire nucleotide sequence for the light chain component was determined, and the derived amino acid sequence was compared with that of tetanus toxin. It was found that the light chain component of C1 toxin possessed several amino acid regions, in addition to the N terminus, that were homologous to tetanus toxin.
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- K Kimura
- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan
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Yokosawa N, Tsuzuki K, Syuto B, Fujii N, Kimura K, Oguma K. Binding of botulinum type Cl, D and E neurotoxins to neuronal cell lines and synaptosomes. Toxicon 1991; 29:261-4. [PMID: 2048142 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(91)90110-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Clostridium botulinum 125I-labeled Cl neurotoxin bound to NG108 hybridoma cell line. Unlabeled type Cl neurotoxin inhibited the binding of the labeled Cl toxin but neither types D nor E toxin. 125I-labeled type D neurotoxin bound to rat brain synaptosomes but did not bind to NG108 cells. It is suggested that receptors for types C and D or E toxins on neuronal cell membranes are different.
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- N Yokosawa
- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan
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Kimura K, Fujii N, Tsuzuki K, Murakami T, Indoh T, Yokosawa N, Takeshi K, Syuto B, Oguma K. The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for botulinum type C1 toxin in the C-ST phage genome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 171:1304-11. [PMID: 2222445 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)90828-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Two DNA fragments, 3 kbp and 7.8kbp, which encode the type C1 botulinum neurotoxin gene, were obtained from toxigenic bacteriophage DNA by treatment with a restriction enzyme. They were cloned into the plasmid vectors for nucleotide sequence determination. The nucleotide sequence contained a single open reading frame coding for 1,291 amino acids corresponding to a polypeptide with a molecular weight of 149,000. The amino acid sequence of the C1 toxin has a few regions highly homologous with tetanus toxin.
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- K Kimura
- Department of Epidemiology, Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Hokkaido University, Japan
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Moriishi K, Syuto B, Kubo S, Oguma K. Molecular diversity of neurotoxins from Clostridium botulinum type D strains. Infect Immun 1989; 57:2886-91. [PMID: 2668193 PMCID: PMC313542 DOI: 10.1128/iai.57.9.2886-2891.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The molecular properties of Clostridium botulinum type D South African (D-SA) were compared with those of neurotoxins from type D strain 1873 (D-1873) and type C strains Stockholm and 6813. D-SA toxin, purified 610-fold from the culture supernatant in an overall yield of 30%, consisted of an intact peptide chain with a molecular weight of 140,000. Limited proteolysis of the toxin by trypsin formed a dichain structure consisting of a light chain (Mr, 50,000) and a heavy chain (Mr, 90,000) linked by a disulfide bond(s) and enhanced the lethal activity about fourfold. Antibodies against the D-SA toxin light chain reacted with D-1873 toxin but not with C1 toxins. On the other hand, antibodies against the heavy chain of D-SA toxin cross-reacted with type C strain Stockholm, D-1873, and type C strain 6813 toxins in that order. Amino-terminal sequences of heavy and light chains of D-SA and D-1873 toxins were similar but not identical. These results indicate that within the type D strains, neurotoxins differ in molecular structure and antigenicity.
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- K Moriishi
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
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Yokosawa N, Kurokawa Y, Tsuzuki K, Syuto B, Fujii N, Kimura K, Oguma K. Binding of Clostridium botulinum type C neurotoxin to different neuroblastoma cell lines. Infect Immun 1989; 57:272-7. [PMID: 2535834 PMCID: PMC313087 DOI: 10.1128/iai.57.1.272-277.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Binding of type C neurotoxin (C1 toxin) from Clostridium botulinum (strain Stockholm) to neuroblastoma cell lines was studied by using biotinylated anti-toxin antibody and avidin-biotinylated peroxidase complex. The neurotoxin bound with high efficiency to mouse neuroblastoma (NS-20Y and NIE-115) cells and to hybridomas of rat glioblastoma and mouse neuroblastoma (NG108-C15) cells. The toxin bound little to human neuroblastoma, rat astrocytoma, and nonneural cell lines. Binding of the neurotoxin to NG108-C15 cells was inhibited by gangliosides (GT1b and GM1) and by monoclonal antibodies (CA-12 and C-9), although inhibition was not complete. Sequential preincubation of C1 toxin with GT1b and CA-12 caused complete inhibition. A Scatchard plot of binding of 125I-labeled C1 toxin to NG108-C15 cells showed a hyperbolic curve. Monoclonal antibody CA-12 but not C-9 neutralized the lethal activity of the toxin toward mice. Only C-9 clearly inhibited toxin binding to GT1b. These results suggest that NG108-C15 cells have at least two kinds of receptors for C1 toxin. From the results of binding tests with neuraminidase-, pronase-, and trypsin-treated NG108-C15 cells, the chemical nature of the high-affinity site was presumed to be a glycoprotein containing sialic acid. GT1b may have an important role in low-affinity sites.
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- N Yokosawa
- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan
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Tsuzuki K, Yokosawa N, Syuto B, Ohishi I, Fujii N, Kimura K, Oguma K. Establishment of a monoclonal antibody recognizing an antigenic site common to Clostridium botulinum type B, C1, D, and E toxins and tetanus toxin. Infect Immun 1988; 56:898-902. [PMID: 2450068 PMCID: PMC259387 DOI: 10.1128/iai.56.4.898-902.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The partial amino acid sequence of the light-chain (Lc) component of Clostridium botulinum type C1 toxin was determined. The sequence was quite similar to those of the other types of botulinum and tetanus toxins. Nine monoclonal antibodies against botulinum type E toxin were established by immunizing BALB/c mice with type E toxoid or its Lc component. Six antibodies reacted with the heavy-chain component and three reacted with the Lc component of the toxin. One of the latter three antibodies reacted with botulinum type B, C1, and D toxins and tetanus toxin, as well as botulinum type E toxin. This antibody recognized the Lc components of these toxins, indicating that there exists one common antigenic determinant on the Lc regions of these toxins.
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- K Tsuzuki
- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan
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Melling J, Hambleton P, Shone CC. Clostridium botulinum toxins: nature and preparation for clinical use. Eye (Lond) 1988; 2 ( Pt 1):16-23. [PMID: 3410136 DOI: 10.1038/eye.1988.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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C. botulinum neurotoxins are acutely toxic materials and act by inhibiting release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. The specific nature of this inhibition is discussed and the preparation and purification of Type A toxin specifically for clinical use is described.
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- J Melling
- Vaccine Research and Production Laboratory, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, Wiltshire
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Matsuoka I, Syoto B, Kurihara K, Kubo S. ADP-ribosylation of specific membrane proteins in pheochromocytoma and primary-cultured brain cells by botulinum neurotoxins type C and D. FEBS Lett 1987; 216:295-9. [PMID: 3108037 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80709-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Type C1 and D toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum caused ADP-ribosylation of a protein of 24 kDa in membrane preparations of rat clonal pheochromocytoma cells (PC12) and of proteins of 25 and 26 kDa in neuron-rich culture of fetal rat brain cells. The ADP-ribosylation reaction was dependent on the presence of MgCl2, GTP and GTP gamma S. The results obtained suggested that the ADP-ribosylation reaction is responsible for the development of the biological activity of the botulinum neurotoxins and that the target of this reaction may be novel GTP-binding proteins localized on cell membranes.
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Matsuda M, Ozutsumi K, Pei-Ying D, Sugimoto N. Rapid method for purification of Clostridium botulinuh type C neurotoxin by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC ). Eur J Epidemiol 1986; 2:265-271. [PMID: 29464575 DOI: 10.1007/bf00419490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The culture supernatant of Clostridium botulinum type C, concentrated by addition of RNA, acid precipitation and subsequent protamine treatment was used as starting material for rapid purification of L toxin (mol. wt. ca. 500K) and M toxin (mol. wt. ca. 350K) of C1 neurotoxin by ion-exchange chromatography on a Mono S column by fast performance liquid chromatography (FPLC). L and M toxins were highly purified further by gel permeation chromatography through a TSK G3000SW column at pH 6.0 by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Purified S toxin (mol. wt. ca. 150K, Cl neurotoxin without a nontoxic component) was then obtained from L toxin rapidly by gel permeation chromatography at pH 7.3 through a TSK G3000SW column by HPLC. Purified S toxin was also obtained rapidly from M and L toxins by ion-exchange chromatography on a Mono Q column at pH 8.0 using an FPLC system. The purified preparations of L, M and S toxins gave single bands on conventional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and had specific activities of 2.8, 6.7, and 14-21 × 107 LD50/mg N, respectively, in mice. On immunoelectrophoresis, purified S toxin gave a single arc against anti-crude toxin serum. The yield of toxicity as L and M toxins was 73.1% (32.5% as L toxin and 40.6% as M toxin) from the protamine-treated concentrated culture supernatant. The recovery of toxicity as S toxin from purified L or M toxin was almost 100% (97.6-100% of L toxin and 97.5% of M toxin). These procedures provide a rapid method for purifying L and M toxins, which have stable toxicities. The method will also be very useful for rapid preparation of the toxic component (S toxin) of C1 neurotoxin, which is unstable, in small amounts from the L and M toxins just before its use in experiments.
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- M Matsuda
- Department of Tuberculosis Research I, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, 565, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Tuberculosis Research I, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, 565, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Tuberculosis Research I, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, 565, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Tuberculosis Research I, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, 565, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Matsuda M, Ozutsumi K, Du PY, Sugimoto N. Rapid method for purification of Clostridium botulinum type C neurotoxin by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Eur J Epidemiol 1986; 2:265-71. [PMID: 3542554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The culture supernatant of Clostridium botulinum type C, concentrated by addition of RNA, acid precipitation and subsequent protamine treatment was used as starting material for rapid purification of L toxin (mol. wt. ca. 500K) and M toxin (mol. wt. ca. 350K) of C1 neurotoxin by ion-exchange chromatography on a Mono S column by fast performance liquid chromatography (FPLC). L and M toxins were highly purified further by gel permeation chromatography through a TSK G3000SW column at pH 6.0 by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Purified S toxin (mol. wt. ca. 150K, C1 neurotoxin without a nontoxic component) was then obtained from L toxin rapidly by gel permeation chromatography at pH 7.3 through a TSK G3000SW column by HPLC. Purified S toxin was also obtained rapidly from M and L toxins by ion-exchange chromatography on a Mono Q column at pH 8.0 using an FPLC system. The purified preparations of L, M and S toxins gave single bands on conventional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and had specific activities of 2.8, 6.7, and 14-21 X 10(7) LD50/mg N, respectively, in mice. On immunoelectrophoresis, purified S toxin gave a single arc against anti-crude toxin serum. The yield of toxicity as L and M toxins was 73.1% (32.5% as L toxin and 40.6% as M toxin) from the protamine-treated concentrated culture supernatant. The recovery of toxicity as S toxin from purified L or M toxin was almost 100% (97.6-100% of L toxin and 97.5% of M toxin). These procedures provide a rapid method for purifying L and M toxins, which have stable toxicities.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Donovan JJ, Middlebrook JL. Ion-conducting channels produced by botulinum toxin in planar lipid membranes. Biochemistry 1986; 25:2872-6. [PMID: 2424493 DOI: 10.1021/bi00358a020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The interaction of botulinum neurotoxin (Botx) with planar lipid membranes was studied by measuring the ability of the toxin to form ion-conducting channels. Channel formation was pH dependent. At physiological pH, Botx formed no channels, whereas at pH 6.6, the toxin formed channels with a unit conductance of 12 pS in 0.1 M NaCl. The rate of channel formation increased with decreasing pH, reaching a maximum at pH 6.1, and then decreased at lower values of pH. The channels, once formed, were permanent entities in the membrane throughout the course of an experiment and fluctuated between an open and a closed state. The rate of channel formation depended upon the square of the toxin concentration, suggesting an aggregation step is involved in channel formation. The data were consistent with the hypothesis that Botx enters cells through endocytosis, followed by its release into the cytoplasm at low pH.
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Kurazono H, Shimozawa K, Hosokawa M, Sakaguchi G. Procedures for large-scale production and purification ofClostridium botulinumC1 toxin for preparation of toxoid. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1985. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1985.tb00983.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Shone CC, Hambleton P, Melling J. Inactivation of Clostridium botulinum type A neurotoxin by trypsin and purification of two tryptic fragments. Proteolytic action near the COOH-terminus of the heavy subunit destroys toxin-binding activity. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 151:75-82. [PMID: 3896784 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb09070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Limited treatment of Clostridium botulinum type A neurotoxin with trypsin resulted in the cleavage of the heavy (95000 Da) subunit at approximately the mid-position and a loss of toxic activity. The rate of toxicity loss was considerably faster than that of mid-chain cleavage; thus a loss of toxicity in excess of 90% was accompanied by only 30-35% mid-chain cleavage of the heavy subunit. A study of the binding of 125I-labelled neurotoxin to rat brain synaptosomes showed the loss of toxicity on trypsin treatment to be paralleled by a loss of toxin binding to rat brain synaptosomes suggesting the presence of at least two sites of tryptic action on the 95000-Da binding subunit. Prolonged treatment of the neurotoxin with trypsin resulted in the complete digestion of a 46000-Da fragment of the heavy subunit, leaving intact a soluble fragment of approximately 105000 Da containing the light subunit linked to the remaining (49000-Da) portion of the heavy subunit. This fragment exhibited less than 0.01% of the original toxicity and gave immunoprecipitation reactions indistinguishable from the native toxin. The 49000-Da portion of the heavy chain was purified from the 105000-Da fragment of the toxin and the sequence of the first 35 amino acids determined. The sequence of the first 10 residues was found to be identical to that previously reported for the heavy subunit showing that the 49000-Da fragment represents the NH2-terminal portion of the heavy chain and that this region is resistant to tryptic action. It is suggested that the primary site(s) of tryptic action on the heavy subunit of botulinum type A neurotoxin is close to the COOH terminus and that cleavage of the polypeptide chain in this region results in a loss of toxic activity mediated by the destruction of the neurotoxin-binding site.
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Ohishi I, Miyake M. Binding of the two components of C2 toxin to epithelial cells and brush borders of mouse intestine. Infect Immun 1985; 48:769-75. [PMID: 3888843 PMCID: PMC261258 DOI: 10.1128/iai.48.3.769-775.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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C2 toxin elaborated by Clostridium botulinum types C and D is composed of two nonlinked protein components and has enterotoxic activity, for which the cooperation of these two components is necessary. In the present study, the binding of components I and II, the two components of C2 toxin, to isolated epithelial cells and brush borders of mouse intestine was examined. Immunofluorescence studies showed that component II, either trypsinized (T-II) or untrypsinized (UT-II), bound to the cells and the brush borders of mouse intestine, whereas component I alone did not. The binding of I was observed only when the cells and the brush borders were reacted with T-II, but not when they were reacted with UT-II. These results are consistent with the fact that the biological activities of C2 toxin are elicited by the combination of I and T-II, but not of I and UT-II. The in vitro binding of I and II to isolated brush borders of mouse intestinal cells also showed similar binding characteristics. The binding of I and II to brush borders was rapid and not temperature dependent. Ultracentrifugal analysis revealed that both I and T-II bound to microvillous membranes of the intestinal cells. The data from the present study indicate that the enterotoxic activity of C2 toxin is initiated by the binding of T-II to the microvillous membrane of intestinal cells followed by that of I, for which the site of the cell membrane is induced by the binding of T-II, but not of UT-II.
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Terajima J, Syuto B, Ochanda JO, Kubo S. Purification and characterization of neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum type C 6813. Infect Immun 1985; 48:312-7. [PMID: 3988338 PMCID: PMC261306 DOI: 10.1128/iai.48.2.312-317.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum type C 6813 (C-6813) was purified 1,009-fold from the culture supernatant in an overall yield of 30%. The specific toxicity was 1.1 X 10(7) mouse minimum lethal doses per mg of protein. The toxin had a molecular weight of 144,000, composed of the light and heavy chains with molecular weights of 52,000 and 92,000, respectively, linked by one or two disulfide bond(s). The purified C-6813 toxin heavy and light chains reacted strongly with anti-type D heavy chain immunoglobulin G and anti-type C1 light chain immunoglobulin G, respectively. The amino acid compositions of C-6813 toxin heavy and light chains were more similar to those of type D heavy chain and type C1 light chain than to those of type C1 heavy chain and type D light chain, respectively. These results suggest that in the toxin produced by the type C strain at least two subtypes exist.
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Murayama S, Syuto B, Oguma K, Iida H, Kubo S. Comparison of Clostridium botulinum toxins type D and C1 in molecular property, antigenicity and binding ability to rat-brain synaptosomes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1984; 142:487-92. [PMID: 6468375 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1984.tb08312.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Botulinum type D neurotoxin was purified 950-fold from the culture supernatant with an overall yield of 32%. The purified toxin had a specific toxicity of 5.8 X 10(7) mouse minimal lethal dose per mg of protein and a relative molecular mass of 140000. The purified toxin had a di-chain structure consisting of heavy and light chains with relative molecular masses of 85000 and 55000, respectively, linked by one disulfide bond. These subunits had different amino acid compositions and antigenicities. A similarity in molecular constructions and amino acid compositions was observed between type D and type C1 toxins as well as between their subunits. Among the seven kinds of monoclonal antibodies against type D toxin, six reacted with the heavy chain of type D toxin, while one of the six also reacted with the heavy chain of type C1 toxin and neutralized the toxicities of the two toxins. The other one of monoclonal antibodies reacted with the light chains of both toxins. This evidence indicates that both toxins have common antigenic sites on their heavy and light chains and that the antigenic site on the heavy chain may contribute to the neutralization of both toxins by antibody. The binding of type D toxin to rat brain synaptosomes was examined by use of 125I-labelled type D toxin. The binding was competitively inhibited not only by unlabelled type D and C1 toxins, but also by the heavy chains of both toxins, however, it was not inhibited by the light chain of type D toxin. These results suggest that the toxin receptors on synaptosomal membrane are common for type D and C1 toxins, and that the heavy chain contributes to the binding of toxin to synaptosomes and the structure of the binding sites on the heavy chains of both toxins is quite similar.
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Ochanda JO, Syuto B, Oguma K, Iida H, Kubo S. Comparison of antigenicity of toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum type C and D strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 1984; 47:1319-22. [PMID: 6204594 PMCID: PMC240232 DOI: 10.1128/aem.47.6.1319-1322.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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C1 neurotoxin of Clostridium botulinum strains C-Stockholm (C-ST), C beta-Yoichi, C-468, CD6F, and C-CB19 and type D toxin of strains D-1873 and D-CB16 were purified by gel filtration, ion exchange, and affinity chromatographies. The purified toxins had di-chain structure made of heavy and light chains. The toxins of C beta-Yoichi, C-468, CD6F, and C-CB19 reacted with anti-C-ST heavy chain and anti-C-ST light chain in immunodiffusion tests and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, whereas D-CB16 toxin reacted with anti-D-1873 heavy chain and anti-D-1873 light chain. However, C-6813 toxin reacted with anti-D-1873 heavy chain and anti-C-ST light chain but not with anti-C-ST heavy chain or anti-D-1873 light chain immunoglobulin G. These results indicate common antigens in the heavy chains of C-6813 and D-1873 toxins and in the light chains of C-6813 and C-ST toxins. Further, they provide evidence for heterogeneity within type C1 toxin subunits.
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Oguma K, Murayama S, Syuto B, Iida H, Kubo S. Analysis of antigenicity of Clostridium botulinum type C1 and D toxins by polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. Infect Immun 1984; 43:584-8. [PMID: 6198281 PMCID: PMC264338 DOI: 10.1128/iai.43.2.584-588.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Clostridium botulinum type C1 toxin was purified from C-Stockholm (C-ST), and D toxin was purified from D-1873 and D-South African. Polyclonal antibodies against these toxins were prepared in rabbits. Twenty-eight monoclonal antibodies to these toxins were also prepared with BALB/c myeloma cells. The antibodies were analyzed by both enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a toxin neutralization test. ELISA was performed with the three purified toxins and heavy-chain (Hc) and light-chain (Lc) components derived from C-ST and D-1873 toxins. A neutralization test was carried out with 11 toxin preparations (7 from type C and 4 from type D cultures). ELISA results indicated that there exists at least one common antigenic determinant on each of the Hc and Lc components of the three purified toxins. The results of the neutralization test also indicated that type C1 and D toxin preparations contain several common antigenic sites in their molecules. Some are common to toxins from several specific cultures, whereas others are common to toxins from a large number of cultures. It was speculated that toxins from two type C strains are composed of Hc and Lc components which are somewhat similar to those of D-1873 and C-ST toxins, respectively.
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Oguma K, Agui T, Syuto B, Kimura K, Iida H, Kubo S. Four different monoclonal antibodies against type C1 toxin of Clostridium botulinum. Infect Immun 1982; 38:14-20. [PMID: 6183207 PMCID: PMC347689 DOI: 10.1128/iai.38.1.14-20.1982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Monoclonal antibodies against type C1 toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum type C strain Stockholm (C-ST) were prepared by fusion of BALB/c myeloma cells P3X63-Ag8, with spleen cells from the mice immunized by C-ST toxoid. About 5% of single-cell colonies in wells were found to produce antibodies against the toxin as determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Four different hybridoma cell lines, no. 9, 12, 14, and 17, were established, cloned by limiting dilution, and intraperitoneally injected into mice to obtain the ascites fluids containing high-titered antibodies. The reactions of these antibodies to type C1 and D toxins of strains C-ST, D-1873, and D-South African (D-SA) were observed by both neutralization and ELISA tests. Three monoclonal antibodies, no. 9, 14, and 17, reacted with C-ST toxin, but only no. 17 highly neutralized the toxin. These antibodies did not react with type D toxins. On the contrary, no. 12 reacted with toxins of both C-ST and D-SA (but not of D-1873) and commonly neutralized these two toxins. This indicates that there is a common antigenic part between C-ST and D-SA toxin molecules which participates in the toxin-neutralizing reaction. The neutralization profiles of C-ST toxin by no. 12 and 17 antibodies were different in a time-to-death test of mice. The mechanisms of neutralization by no. 12 and 17 may be different.
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The purification and crystallization of type C botulinum toxin along with its physical characteristics are described. The shape of Clostridium botulinum type C toxin molecule is globular like a pressed ball with a 7.4 nm diameter and a 4.3 nm thickness. The molecular volume is approximately 185 nl and the molecular weight is 141000. The toxin molecule is composed of two parts, which are separable under appropriate conditions. These parts have some differences in the electrophoretic properties, amino acid distribution, immunological, and functional characteristics. The toxin molecule can be reconstituted by association of S-S bond between the two chains. The expression of the toxicity requires that the fragments of the polypeptide chain carrying the necessary information be functionally organized for the proper development of the specific tertiary structure for active conformation.
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Oguma K, Syuto B, Agui T, Iida H, Kubo S. Homogeneity and heterogeneity of toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum type C and D strains. Infect Immun 1981; 34:382-8. [PMID: 6171518 PMCID: PMC350878 DOI: 10.1128/iai.34.2.382-388.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Five Clostridium botulinum strains were used in the present work, two of type C, C-Stockholm (C-ST) and C-CB19, and three of type D, D-South African (D-SA), D-1873, and D-CB16. The toxins, except for those of C-CB19 and D-CB16, were purified, and antisera were prepared in rabbits. To clarify the antigenicity of the toxins, neutralization and agar gel double-diffusion tests were performed. Anti-C-ST toxin serum neutralized two kinds of type C(1) toxin to a similar extent. Antisera against D-SA and D-1873 toxins, however, showed different neutralizing activity toward three type D toxins. Precipitin lines formed between D-SA and D-1873 toxins, and their antisera spurred to each other. From anti-D-SA toxin serum, two neutralizing fractions, one which neutralized D-SA, D-1873, and D-CB16 and one which neutralized only D-SA, were obtained. These results indicate that the antigenicities of D-SA and D-1873 toxins are not identical. Anti-C-ST toxin serum produced cross-neutralization on type D toxins, although the neutralization titer differed depending on the kind of toxin used. A precipitin line was formed with D-SA toxin, but not with D-1873; the developed line spurred to the C-ST toxin precipitin line. Two anti-D toxin sera also caused cross-neutralization on type C(1) toxins. However, the neutralizing activity of each serum to the same type C(1) toxin was different, and only anti-D-SA toxin serum developed a precipitin line with C-ST toxin which spurred to the D-SA toxin precipitin line. From anti-D-SA toxin serum, two different fractions capable of neutralizing C(1) and D toxins were obtained; one neutralized C-ST, C-CB19, and D-SA toxins, but not D-1873 and D-CB16, and the other neutralized all five toxins. There may be at least two common parts among C-ST, C-CB16, and D-SA toxin molecules.
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Syuto B, Kubo S. Separation and characterization of heavy and light chains from Clostridium botulinum type C toxin and their reconstitution. J Biol Chem 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)69513-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ohishi I, Iwasaki M, Sakaguchi G. Vascular permeability activity of botulinum C2 toxin elicited by cooperation of two dissimilar protein components. Infect Immun 1981; 31:890-5. [PMID: 7014465 PMCID: PMC351402 DOI: 10.1128/iai.31.3.890-895.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Botulinum C2 toxin has vascular permeability as well as lethal activities. Both activities are elicited by cooperation of two dissimilar protein components, designated components I and II, which individually have very low activities. The vascular permeability activity of C2 toxin, demonstrated as blueing response after intravenous injection of Evans blue, was markedly enhanced by treatment with trypsin and was abolished by neutralization with either anti-component I or II serum. Inflammatory reactions, such as edema, congestion, and hemorrhage, were found at the site of intradermal injection of trypsinized C2 toxin. No vascular permeability activity was demonstrated by the intradermal injection of the toxin of Clostridium botulinum types A through F. These results indicate that C2 toxin has a novel biological activity, which is not possessed by the neurotoxin elaborated by C. botulinum types A through F. This suggests that C2 toxin causes lethality in a different way from that of botulinum neurotoxin, which is known to inhibit the presynaptic release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction.
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Ohishi I, Iwasaki M, Sakaguchi G. Purification and characterization of two components of botulinum C2 toxin. Infect Immun 1980; 30:668-73. [PMID: 6785232 PMCID: PMC551367 DOI: 10.1128/iai.30.3.668-673.1980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Two dissimilar proteins, designated as components I and II, of botulinum C2 toxin elaborated by strain 92-13 were purified to a homogeneous state. The molecular weights determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis were 55,000 for component I and 105,000 for component II. Whereas each component showed no or feeble toxicity even after being treated with trypsin, the toxicity was elicited when these two components were mixed and trypsinized. The toxicity of the mixture of components I and II at a ratio of 1:2.5 on a protein basis was 2.2 X 10(4) mouse intraperitoneal 50% lethal doses per mg of protein and increased by 2,000 times or more when treated with trypsin. These results indicate that the molecular characteristics of botulinum C2 toxin differ from those of the toxin of Clostridium botulinum types A through F in that C2 toxin is constructed with two separate protein components, which are not covalently held together, and that its toxicity is elicited by cooperation of the two components.
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Oguma K, Syuto B, Iida H, Kubo S. Antigenic similarity of toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum type C and D strains. Infect Immun 1980; 30:656-60. [PMID: 6785231 PMCID: PMC551365 DOI: 10.1128/iai.30.3.656-660.1980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Antisera against purified type C1 toxin of Clostridium botulinum and its heavy-chain component cross-neutralized type D toxin. Antisera against partially purified type D toxin cross-neutralized type C1 toxin. From the latter serum, a component which neutralized only type D toxin and a component which equally neutralized both C1 and D toxins were obtained. We concluded that the cross-neutralization was not due to the fact that type C and D strains produce both C1 and D toxins but rather to the fact that the toxins have an antigen(s) common to their molecules. The results of the agar gel-double-diffusion test also supported this conclusion.
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DasGupta BR, Sugiyama H. Role of arginine residues in the structure and biological activity of botulinum neurotoxin types A and E. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1980; 93:369-75. [PMID: 6770849 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(80)91086-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Hayes S. Use of ganglioside affinity filters to identify toxigenic strains of Clostridium botulinum types C and D. Infect Immun 1979; 26:150-6. [PMID: 387601 PMCID: PMC414587 DOI: 10.1128/iai.26.1.150-156.1979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin is synthesized by toxic clones grown anaerobically on ganglioside affinity filters. The toxin binds to the filters and is detected by reaction with 125I-immunoglobulin G from type-specific antitoxin. Toxin spots from culture filtrates were similarly identified. The C. botulinum type C and D strains were selected for developing this affinity filter assay because synthesis of the C1 and D toxins is bacteriophage dependent. Toxigenic clones were distinguished from prophage-cured atoxigenic derivatives. These studies represent a first step toward the development of a general nonbiological screening procedure for identifying botulinal toxin and toxigenic cells. The affinity filter methodology should facilitate genetic analysis of the basis of C. botulinum toxicity.
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Oguma K, Nakane A, Iida H. Observations on toxin and hemagglutinin produced by Clostridium botulinum type C. Appl Environ Microbiol 1978; 35:462-4. [PMID: 205174 PMCID: PMC242856 DOI: 10.1128/aem.35.2.462-464.1978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the culture fluid of a hemagglutinin-positive strain of Clostridium botulinum type C, two toxins of different molecular size, hemagglutinin positive and negative, were separated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation.
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