Accession Number:

ADA426747

Title:

Detergent-Resistant Membrane Microdomains Facilitate Ib Oligomer Formation and Biological Activity of Clostridium perfringens Iota-Toxin

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Journal article

Corporate Author:

ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FORT DETRICK MD

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Report Date:

2004-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin consists of two separate proteins identified as a cell binding protein, iota b Ib, which forms high-molecular-weight complexes on cells generating NaK-permeable pores through which iota a Ia, an ADP-ribosyltransferase, presumably enters the cytosol. Identity of the cell receptor and membrane domains involved in Ib binding, oligomer formation, and internalization is currently unknown. In this study, Vero toxin-sensitive and MRC-5 toxin-resistant cells were incubated with Ib, after which detergent-resistant membrane microdomains DRMs were extracted with cold Triton X-100. Western blotting revealed that Ib oligomers localized in DRMs extracted from Vero, but not MRC-5, cells while monomeric Ib was detected in the detergent-soluble fractions of both cell types. The Ib protoxin, previously shown to bind Vero cells but not form oligomers or induce cytotoxicity, was detected only in the soluble fractions. Vero cells pretreated with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C before addition of Ib indicated that glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-anchored proteins were minimally involved in Ib binding or oligomer formation. While pretreatment of Vero cells with filipin which sequesters cholesterol had no effect, methyl-beta-cyclodextrin which extracts cholesterol reduced Ib binding and oligomer formation and delayed iota-toxin cytotoxicity. These studies showed that iota-toxin exploits DRMs for oligomer formation to intoxicate cells.

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Subject Categories:

  • Medicine and Medical Research
  • Microbiology

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APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


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