ACTION OF DIPHTHERIA-TOXIN DOES NOT DEPEND ON THE INDUCTION OF LARGE, STABLE PORES ACROSS BIOLOGICAL-MEMBRANES

被引:13
作者
ALDER, GM
BASHFORD, CL
PASTERNAK, CA
机构
[1] Division of Biochemistry, Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London
关键词
cadmium (Cd[!sup]2+[!/sup]); diphtheria toxin; liposomes; planar bilayers; Vero cells;
D O I
10.1007/BF01869607
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Vero cells exposed to diphtheria toxin at pH 4.5 leak monovalent cations but not amino acids or phosphorylated metabolites; affected cells do not take up trypan blue. Monovalent cation leakage is inhibited by 1 mmCd2+, but not by 1 mmZn2+ or Ca2+. Cd2+ blocks calcein leakage from liposomes and closes diphtheria toxin-induced channels in lipid bilayers. It is concluded that translocation of the A fragment of diphtheria toxin across biological membranes does not depend on the formation of large stable pores, but that small Cd2+-sensitive pores may play a role. © 1990 Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
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页数:8
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