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TOXINS
卷 6, 期 7, 页码 2162-2176出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins6072162
关键词
Clostridium difficile toxin; domain interaction; autoprocessing; cytotoxicity; microscale thermophoresis
资金
- Federal State of Lower Saxony, Niedersachsisches Vorab [VWZN2889]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB621]
- Hannover Medical School, Hochschulinterne Leistungsforderung (HiLF) project
Toxin A (TcdA) and B (TcdB) from Clostridium difficile enter host cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis. A prerequisite for proper toxin action is the intracellular release of the glucosyltransferase domain by an inherent cysteine protease, which is allosterically activated by inositol hexaphosphate (IP6). We found that in in vitro assays, the C-terminally-truncated TcdA(1-1065) was more efficient at IP6-induced cleavage compared with full-length TcdA. We hypothesized that the C-terminally-located combined repetitive oligopeptides (CROPs) interact with the N-terminal part of the toxin, thereby preventing autoproteolysis. Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) pull-down assays and microscale thermophoresis confirmed binding between the CROPs and the glucosyltransferase (TcdA(1-542)) or intermediate (TcdA(1102-1847)) domain of TcdA, respectively. This interaction between the N-and C-terminus was not found for TcdB. Functional assays revealed that TcdB was more susceptible to inactivation by extracellular IP6-induced cleavage. In vitro autoprocessing and inactivation of TcdA, however, significantly increased, either by acidification of the surrounding milieu or following exchange of its CROP domain by the homologous CROP domain of TcdB. Thus, TcdA CROPs contribute to the stabilization and protection of toxin conformation in addition to function as the main receptor binding domain.
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