Abstract:
:The pathogenicities of three proteases from Serratia marcescens, two proteases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and one thermolysin from Bacillus stearothermophilus were examined. All proteases tested caused acute liquefactive necrosis of the cornea and descemetocele formation in guinea pig eyes after intrastromal injection, with the exception of the 60-kilodalton protease from S. marcescens, which produced only an opaque lesion. When injected into guinea pig skin, the protease also enhanced vascular permeability, which was followed by edema formation. The permeability-enhancing activity of the proteases increased in parallel with the concentration of the enzymes. When tested in vitro for its effect on these bacterial proteases, chicken egg white ovomacroglobulin (ovoM) inhibited the enzymatic activity of all the proteases after a short incubation period at an enzyme/inhibitor ratio (molar) of 1:1 to 1:4 or at a lower concentration after a longer incubation period. Such treatment of the proteases with chicken egg white ovoM before injection intrastromally into the eyes or intradermally into the clipped flanks of guinea pigs protected the cornea from destruction or completely prevented the permeability reaction and edema formation. No inhibitory effects of plasma protease inhibitors against these bacterial proteases were noted. Since the proteases are critical in the pathogenic processes caused by the bacteria, these results suggest a beneficial effect of ovoM against bacterial infections.
journal_name
Infect Immunjournal_title
Infection and immunityauthors
Molla A,Matsumura Y,Yamamoto T,Okamura R,Maeda Hdoi
10.1128/IAI.55.10.2509-2517.1987subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-10-01 00:00:00pages
2509-17issue
10eissn
0019-9567issn
1098-5522journal_volume
55pub_type
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/iai.70.8.4124-4131.2002
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更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00460-06
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/iai.70.1.177-184.2002
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.63.1.21-26.1995
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.41.3.1118-1131.1983
更新日期:1983-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1983-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1979-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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