Streptococcal DNase B is immunologically identical to superantigen SpeF but involves separate domains

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Eriksson, A [1 ]
Eriksson, B
Holm, SE
Norgren, M
机构
[1] Umea Univ, Dept Clin Bacteriol, S-90185 Umea, Sweden
[2] Huddinge Hosp, Karolinska Inst, Dept Immunol, Div Infect Dis, S-14186 Huddinge, Sweden
[3] Huddinge Hosp, Karolinska Inst, Dept Microbiol, Div Infect Dis, S-14186 Huddinge, Sweden
[4] Huddinge Hosp, Karolinska Inst, Dept Pathobiol, Div Infect Dis, S-14186 Huddinge, Sweden
[5] Huddinge Hosp, Karolinska Inst, Dept Infect Dis, Div Infect Dis, S-14186 Huddinge, Sweden
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10.1128/CDLI.6.1.133-136.1999
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
The previous suggestion that streptococcal superantigen SpeF might be identical to DNase B was confirmed in this study. Polyclonal SpeF-specific antisera were able to inhibit depolymerization of methyl-green DNA by DNase B. However, T-cell mitogenicity and: nuclease activity appear to involve separate immune epitopes on SpeF, since sera with the capacity to neutralize the mitogenic activity of SpeF did not always inhibit the DNase activity.
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