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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 183, Issue 3, Pages 435-443Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/318080
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The Shiga toxins Stx1 and Stx2 contribute to the development of enterohemorrhagic O157: H7 Escherichia coli-mediated colitis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome in humans. The Stx2 B subunit, which binds to globotriaosylceramide (GB3) receptors on target cells, was cloned. This involved replacing the Stx2 B subunit leader peptide nucleotide sequences with those from the Stx1 B subunit. The construct was expressed in the TOPP3 E. coli strain. The Stx2 B subunits from this strain assembled into a pentamer and bound to a GB3 receptor analogue. The cloned Stx2 B subunit was not cytotoxic to Vero cells or apoptogenic in Burkitt's lymphoma cells. Although their immune response to the Stx2 B subunit was variable, rabbits that developed Stx2 B subunit-specific antibodies, as determined by immunoblot and in vitro cytotoxicity neutralization assays, survived a challenge with Stx2 holotoxin. This is thought to be the first demonstration of the immunoprophylactic potential of the Stx2 B subunit.
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