Properties of hemolysin and protease produced by Aeromonas trota.
We examined the properties of exotoxins produced by Aeromonas trota (A. enteropelogenes), one of the diarrheagenic species of Aeromonadaceae. Nine of 19 A. trota isolates that grew on solid media containing erythrocytes showed hemolytic activity. However, the hemolytic activities of the culture supe...
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doaj-5ce4b0896bd547728c292b00013996b92020-11-25T01:18:48ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0193e9114910.1371/journal.pone.0091149Properties of hemolysin and protease produced by Aeromonas trota.Eizo TakahashiHaruka OzakiYoshio FujiiHidetomo KobayashiHiroyasu YamanakaSakae ArimotoTomoe NegishiKeinosuke OkamotoWe examined the properties of exotoxins produced by Aeromonas trota (A. enteropelogenes), one of the diarrheagenic species of Aeromonadaceae. Nine of 19 A. trota isolates that grew on solid media containing erythrocytes showed hemolytic activity. However, the hemolytic activities of the culture supernatants of these hemolytic strains of A. trota were markedly lower than those of A. sobria when cultured in liquid medium, and the amount of hemolysin detected by immunoblotting using antiserum against the hemolysin produced by A. sobria was also low. A mouse intestine loop assay using living bacterial cells showed that A. trota 701 caused the significant accumulation of fluid, and antiserum against the hemolysin produced suppressed the enterotoxic action of A. trota 701. These results indicated that A. trota 701 was diarrheagenic and the hemolysin produced was the causative agent of the enterotoxic activity of A. trota. The hemolysin in A. sobria was previously shown to be secreted in a preform (inactive form) and be activated when the carboxy-terminal domain was cleaved off by proteases in the culture supernatant. Since mature hemolysin was detected in the culture supernatants of A. trota, we analyzed the extracellular protease produced by A. trota. Fifteen of 19 A. trota isolates that grew on solid media containing skim milk showed proteolytic activity. We subsequently found that most A. trota isolates possessed the serine protease gene, but not the metalloprotease gene. Therefore, we determined the nucleotide sequence of the serine protease gene and its chaperone A. trota gene. The results obtained revealed that the deduced amino acid sequences of serine protease and the chaperone were homologous to those of A. sobria with identities of 83.0% and 75.8%, respectively.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3954626?pdf=render |
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Eizo Takahashi Haruka Ozaki Yoshio Fujii Hidetomo Kobayashi Hiroyasu Yamanaka Sakae Arimoto Tomoe Negishi Keinosuke Okamoto |
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Eizo Takahashi Haruka Ozaki Yoshio Fujii Hidetomo Kobayashi Hiroyasu Yamanaka Sakae Arimoto Tomoe Negishi Keinosuke Okamoto Properties of hemolysin and protease produced by Aeromonas trota. PLoS ONE |
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Eizo Takahashi Haruka Ozaki Yoshio Fujii Hidetomo Kobayashi Hiroyasu Yamanaka Sakae Arimoto Tomoe Negishi Keinosuke Okamoto |
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Properties of hemolysin and protease produced by Aeromonas trota. |
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Properties of hemolysin and protease produced by Aeromonas trota. |
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Properties of hemolysin and protease produced by Aeromonas trota. |
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Properties of hemolysin and protease produced by Aeromonas trota. |
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Properties of hemolysin and protease produced by Aeromonas trota. |
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properties of hemolysin and protease produced by aeromonas trota. |
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We examined the properties of exotoxins produced by Aeromonas trota (A. enteropelogenes), one of the diarrheagenic species of Aeromonadaceae. Nine of 19 A. trota isolates that grew on solid media containing erythrocytes showed hemolytic activity. However, the hemolytic activities of the culture supernatants of these hemolytic strains of A. trota were markedly lower than those of A. sobria when cultured in liquid medium, and the amount of hemolysin detected by immunoblotting using antiserum against the hemolysin produced by A. sobria was also low. A mouse intestine loop assay using living bacterial cells showed that A. trota 701 caused the significant accumulation of fluid, and antiserum against the hemolysin produced suppressed the enterotoxic action of A. trota 701. These results indicated that A. trota 701 was diarrheagenic and the hemolysin produced was the causative agent of the enterotoxic activity of A. trota. The hemolysin in A. sobria was previously shown to be secreted in a preform (inactive form) and be activated when the carboxy-terminal domain was cleaved off by proteases in the culture supernatant. Since mature hemolysin was detected in the culture supernatants of A. trota, we analyzed the extracellular protease produced by A. trota. Fifteen of 19 A. trota isolates that grew on solid media containing skim milk showed proteolytic activity. We subsequently found that most A. trota isolates possessed the serine protease gene, but not the metalloprotease gene. Therefore, we determined the nucleotide sequence of the serine protease gene and its chaperone A. trota gene. The results obtained revealed that the deduced amino acid sequences of serine protease and the chaperone were homologous to those of A. sobria with identities of 83.0% and 75.8%, respectively. |
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