Abstract:
:There is a direct correlation between the level of GBS beta-hemolysin expression and the ability of GBS to injury lung epithelial cells. Electron microscopy suggest the hemolysin acts as a pore-forming cytolysin. beta-hemolysin-associated lung epithelial cell injury is inhibited by surfactant phospholipid, a substance in which high-risk premature infants are deficient. We have now shown that loss of GBS hemolysin activity is associated with decreased animal virulence following intrathoracic inoculation of the organism. Further, a knockout of a putative GBS beta-hemolysin gene from the literature suggests it is not the major GBS hemolysin determinant. Cloning and sequencing analysis of the Tn916 (or Tn916DE) insertions in three of our nonhemolytic GBS mutants show identical integration sites in a distinct chromosomal locus. Finally, a putative 11-kd hemolysin species is identified by comparative analysis of protein extracts from isogenic hemolysin mutants.
journal_name
Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Nizet V,Gibson RL,Rubens CEdoi
10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_146subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-01-01 00:00:00pages
627-30eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
418pub_type
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