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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
卷 183, 期 10, 页码 3108-3116出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.10.3108-3116.2001
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI406645, R01 AI021548, AI21548, R56 AI021548] Funding Source: Medline
It was previously proposed that autolgsin's primary role in the virulence of pneumococci was to release pneumolysin to an extracellular location. This interpretation came into question when pneumolysin was observed to be released in significant amounts from some pneumococci during log-phase growth, because autolysis was not believed to occur at this time. We have reexamined this phenomenon in detail for one such strain, WU2. This study found that the extracellular release of pneumolysin from WU2 was not dependent on autolysin action, A mutant lacking autolysin showed the same pattern of pneumolysin release as the wild-type strain. Addition of mitomycin C to a growing WU2 culture did not induce I, sis, indicating the absence of resident bacteriophages that could potentially harbor lytA-like genes, Furthermore, release of pneumolysin was unaltered by growth in 2% choline, a condition which is reported to inactivate autolysin, as well as most known pneumococcal phage lysins. Profiles of total proteins in the cytoplasm and in the supernatant media supported the hypothesis that release of pneumolysin is independent of pneumococcal I! sis. Finally, under some infection conditions, mutations in pneumolysin and autolysin had different effects on virulence.
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