CATION FLUX STUDIES OF THE LESION-INDUCED IN HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE-MEMBRANES BY THE THERMOSTABLE DIRECT HEMOLYSIN OF VIBRIO-PARAHAEMOLYTICUS

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作者
HUNTLEY, JS [1 ]
HALL, AC [1 ]
SATHYAMOORTHY, V [1 ]
HALL, RH [1 ]
机构
[1] US FDA, CTR FOOD SAFETY & APPL NUTR, DIV VIRULENCE ASSESSMENT, WASHINGTON, DC 20204 USA
基金
英国惠康基金;
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D O I
10.1128/IAI.61.10.4326-4332.1993
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Vibrio parahaemolyticus, an important agent of seafood-borne gastroenteritis, expresses several putative virulence factors that could account for the disease symptoms of infected humans, namely, diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal cramps. The pathogenicity of V. parahaemolyticus correlates well with the Kanagawa phenomenon (the hemolytic ability of strains grown on Wagatsuma blood agar), implicating the thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) as the predominant toxin responsible for pathogenicity. TDH-induced hemolysis could be inhibited by the addition of the osmolyte sorbitol to the extracellular solution, supporting the hypothesis that hemolysis occurs through colloid osmosis secondary to an increase in the cation permeability of the membrane. The effect of TDH on cation permeability was investigated by measuring K+ (congener, Rb-86+) influx into human erythrocytes in which the endogenous cation transporters had been blocked (by use of ouabain, bumetanide, and nitrendipine). TDH increased K+ influx into these cells; this increase was rapid in onset and constant in magnitude, suggesting a direct action by TDH on the membrane. The kinetics of leak generation were examined; the relationship between counts accumulated and hematocrit indicated that the TDH-induced lesion is multihit in nature. TDH-induced K+ influx was sensitive to Zn2+. Time courses of hemolysis in isosmotic solutions of monovalent cation chlorides were used to obtain the selectivity series for the TDH-induced leak: Cs+ > Li+ > K+ > Rb+ > Na+. Both the Zn2+ sensitivity and this selectivity series were obtained for crude culture supernatants, suggesting that TDH is the predominant leak-inducing agent. Thus, we have identified several features of the TDH-induced leak likely to be important in the diarrhetic action of V. parahaemolyticus in the human intestine.
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