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TOXINS
卷 14, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins14090595
关键词
Staphylococcus aureus; staphylococcal enterotoxins; mitogenesis; neutralisation
资金
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG [839130, 844049]
Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen that can cause severe infections, with its exotoxins playing an important role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Genomic analysis and functional analysis can help identify disease-causing exotoxins and study their superantigenic properties.
Staphylococcus aureus is a human and animal pathogen as well as a commensal bacterium. It can be a causative agent of severe, life-threatening infections with high mortality, e.g., toxic shock syndrome, septic shock, and multi-organ failure. S. aureus strains secrete a number of toxins. Exotoxins/enterotoxins are considered important in the pathogenesis of the above-mentioned conditions. Exotoxins, e.g., superantigen toxins, cause uncontrolled and polyclonal T cell activation and unregulated activation of inflammatory cytokines. Here we show the importance of genomic analysis of infectious strains in order to identify disease-causing exotoxins. Further, we show through functional analysis of superantigenic properties of staphylococcal exotoxins that even very small amounts of a putative superantigenic contaminant can have a significant mitogenic effect. The results show expression and production of two distinct staphylococcal exotoxins, SEC and SEL, in several strains from clinical isolates. Antibodies against both toxins are required to neutralise the superantigenic activity of staphylococcal supernatants and purified staphylococcal toxins.
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