Abstract:
:An infection of any part of female reproductive tract can severely interfere with fertility and reproduction. The fluids and epithelium from the lumen of the female reproductive tract (uterus, oviduct and ovarian follicle) are a known source of antimicrobial action in several species. In this study, we compared the antimicrobial properties of fluids from the reproductive tract of a cow. After removal of small molecules, we demonstrated that there is an antimicrobial activity connected with a fraction of compounds with a molecular mass range between 3500 and 30,000. The most probable candidates responsible for the observed antimicrobial effect were subsequently identified by mass spectroscopy as histones H2A type 2-C, H2B type 1-K, H3.3, and H4. The antimicrobial role of histone H2B was further confirmed by using an antibody against this histone.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Dráb T,Kračmerová J,Hanzlíková E,Černá T,Litváková R,Pohlová A,Tichá M,Přikryl P,Liberda Jdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.12.077subject
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2014-01-17 00:00:00pages
987-90issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(13)02148-7journal_volume
443pub_type
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