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We have investigated the binding of 125I-staphylococcal enterotoxin-B (SEB) in cultured human proximal tubular cells. We found that the binding of 125I-SEB to PT cells was time and concentration dependent and competitively inhibited by antibody against SEB. Preincubation of cells with trypsin and neuraminidase or with fetuin did not significantly impair the binding of 125I-SEB to such cells. In contrast, treatment with endoglycoceramidase completely inhibited the binding of 125I-SEB to cells. Neutral glycosphingolipids exerted a concentration-dependent inhibition of 125I-SEB binding to such cells, maximum inhibition (96% compared to control) occurred upon incubation of PT cells with neutral glycosphingolipids. Taken together, our studies indicate that SEB specifically binds to a neutral glycosphingolipid in PT cells. In contrast, staphylococcal enterotoxin-A and toxic shock toxin (TST-1) are bound to a protein in such cells.
Mol Cell Biochem 1992 Jul 06
PMID:Glycosphingolipids: the putative receptor for Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin-B in human kidney proximal tubular cells. 132 93

High yields of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1, from Staphylococcus aureus, have been purified (> 99%) using a novel, simple, two-step procedure involving dye ligand chromatography. Crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction work were obtained by vapour diffusion using ammonium sulphate and polyethylene glycol as precipitants. They belong to the orthorhombic space group C222(1), with unit cell dimensions a = 108.6 A, b = 177.6 A and c = 97.5 A, with three molecules per asymmetric unit. The crystals diffract to at least 2.5 A resolution and are suitable for three-dimensional X-ray structural analysis.
J Mol Biol 1992 Dec 05
PMID:Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 from Staphylococcus aureus. 146 31

A rapid and specific assay for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 gene (tst gene) detection in Staphylococcus aureus was developed using the polymerase chain reaction. A two-primer set and an oligonucleotide detection probe were synthesized. After 40 cycles of amplification, detection of a 160-bp amplified DNA fragment was carried out by agarose gel electrophoresis and Southern blot hybridization. This assay was sensitive since it was able to detect 1-10 bacteria. It was also specific since no amplification was documented with DNAs from enterotoxigenic S. aureus or Gram-negative bacteria devoid of the tst gene.
Mol Cell Probes 1991 Aug
PMID:Specific detection of the toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 gene using the polymerase chain reaction. 179 49

The majority of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus that produce toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) fail to express alpha-toxin, despite having a copy of the hla gene in the chromosome. The hla gene was cloned from an Hla- TSST-1+ strain, Todd 555, which had been isolated from a case of toxic shock syndrome in the USA. Of the 630 bases of the Todd 555 gene sequenced, 46 differed from the hla gene sequence of strain Wood 46. The defect in alpha-toxin expression was shown to be due to a nonsense mutation which converted a CAG glutamine codon in the equivalent position in the functional Wood 46 sequence to a TAG stop codon. The same mutation was present in the hla gene cloned from a human septicaemia strain (V37) isolated in Dublin. The nonsense mutation of Todd 555 was suppressed by the supE44 mutation in Escherichia coli resulting in haemolytic activity in cell lysates. Hybrid hla genes were formed by splicing fragments of hla from Todd 555 and Wood 46. Expression of one such chimaeric hla gene in S. aureus demonstrated that the Todd 555 hla gene has a functional agr-regulated promoter. The silent hla gene may be a cryptic gene in S. aureus.
Mol Microbiol 1990 Nov
PMID:Cryptic alpha-toxin gene in toxic shock syndrome and septicaemia strains of Staphylococcus aureus. 208 51

Thyroid hormones suppress transcription of the gene for the beta-subunit of thyrotropin (TSH beta). Since the TSH beta gene in both the mouse and the rat contains two start sites of transcription in exon 1, we have investigated whether expression of the gene from each start site is differentially regulated by thyroid hormones in each species. RNase protection analysis was used to assay the levels of mRNA specifically transcribed from the upstream (TSS 1) and downstream (TSS 2) transcription start sites in the mouse and rat pituitary. In euthyroid and hypothyroid pituitaries there was an approximately 5-fold and 2-fold greater abundance of mRNA derived from TSS 2 than TSS 1, respectively. Hypothyroidism induced an 18- and a 9-fold increase in TSH beta gene expression from TSS 1 and TSS 2, respectively. Treatment of hypothyroid animals for 1 day with triiodothyronine (T3) reduced expression from both start sites by about 50%; after 4 days of T3 treatment, TSH beta mRNAs derived from both start sites were below detectable levels. These results were confirmed in the rat by primer extension analysis. Expression from TSS 1 in the mouse was also shown to be dependent on thyroid status using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. In contrast to previous results from primer extension studies, PCR analysis demonstrated that alternative splicing of the TSH beta RNA primary transcript can occur when transcription is initiated at the upstream start site. We conclude that, in both the mouse and the rat pituitary, expression of the TSH beta gene from both transcription start sites is regulated by thyroid hormones.
Mol Cell Endocrinol 1990 Jul 09
PMID:Thyroid hormone regulates expression of the thyrotropin beta-subunit gene from both transcription start sites in the mouse and rat. 221 30

Insertion of the erythromycin-resistance transposon Tn551 into the Staphylococcus aureus chromosome at a site which maps between the purB and ilv loci has a pleiotrophic effect on the production of a number of extracellular proteins. Production of alpha, beta and delta hemolysin, toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1) and staphylokinase was depressed about fifty-fold while protein A production was elevated twenty-fold. Hybridization analysis showed that the defect in expression of TSST-1 and alpha hemolysin was at the transcriptional level. Inability of the mutant strain to express either a cloned TSST-1 gene or the chromosomal gene indicates that the transposon has inactivated a trans-active positive control element. This element has been designated agr for accessory gene regulator.
Mol Gen Genet 1986 Jan
PMID:Regulation of exoprotein gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus by agar. 300 38

The genes encoding streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin type A (SPE A) and staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) were stably cloned and expressed in Bacillus subtilis. In the non-pathogenic Bacillus background, the recombinant speA clone expressed 32-fold more SPE A than the native streptococcus, and similarly, the recombinant plasmid harboring tst expressed 4-fold more TSST-1 in Bacillus than in the native Staphylococcus aureus. The Bacillus-derived products were secreted into the culture fluid, were resistant to proteolytic degradation and their biological activities mimicked native preparations.
Mol Gen Genet 1987 Jun
PMID:Cloning and expression of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A and staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 in Bacillus subtilis. 311 26

A method is proposed for isolation and purification of the staphylococcal toxin causing the toxic shock syndrome (TSS). The method includes three steps: aggregation of protein from the cultural filtrate of Staphylococcus aureus strain 1169 in the presence of 0.025% sodium hexametaphosphate at pH 3.0; gel filtration of the concentrated material on the sephadex G75; ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE 32 cellulose. The proposed method permits to obtain the purified biologically active preparation of toxin with the yield about 40%. The obtained preparations are homogeneous in polyacrylamide electrophoresis and as analyzed by immunochemical methods. The mol mass of the isolated protein is 24 kD, it is not immunologically identical to staphylococcal toxins A-D and is lethal for New Zealand white rabbits and chinchilla rabbits. Interferon inducing activity of the protein is identical to the one of staphylococcal enterotoxin type A.
Mol Gen Mikrobiol Virusol 1987 Jul
PMID:[Preparation and properties of the staphylococcal toxin causing the toxic shock syndrome]. 367 Mar 20

We studied the effects of SEB on [14C]-choline transport and metabolism of choline containing phospholipids in cultured human kidney proximal tubular (PT) cells. SEB increased the uptake of [14C]-choline in PT cells as a function of toxin concentration, incubation time, and pH. The maximum increase in uptake (3.5-5-fold compared to control) was observed at a toxin concentration of 10 micrograms/10(4) cells, at 4 h and at pH 7.4. Two toxins structurally related to SEB, Staphylococcal enterotoxin-A and toxic shock toxin (TST-1) failed to alter [14C]-choline uptake in PT cells, a finding which indicates that SEB-mediated alteration in choline uptake in PT cells has high specificity. We found that SEB markedly and significantly increased the incorporation of [14C]-choline into phosphatidylcholine, Iysophosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin, but not into phosphatidylethanolamine. Maximum increase in the incorporation of [14C]-choline into phosphatidylcholine (3-fold compared to control) was observed at 4 h after incubation with toxin. In contrast, SEB did not alter the incorporation of [14C]-choline in phosphatidylethanolamine. The cellular level of phosphatidylcholine was also increased (2-fold compared to control) in PT cells incubated with SEB. This was accompanied by a 3-to-4-fold increase in CTP; phosphocholine, cytidyltransferase activity. In sum, SEB specifically stimulates phosphatidylcholine synthesis in PT cells by increasing choline uptake or by activating CTP: phosphocholine, cytidyltransferase, or both. We believe this is the first-ever report indicating that a toxin can increase phosphatidylcholine synthesis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Mol Cell Biochem 1995 May 24
PMID:Staphylococcal enterotoxin-B (SEB) alters [14C]-choline transport and phosphatidylcholine metabolism in cultured human kidney proximal tubular cells. 756 40

Staphylococcus enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) are members of the family of staphylococcal exoproteins (SE) which binds specifically to HLA class II molecules and certain V beta T cell receptor phenotypes. These bacterial products have been termed "superantigens" due to their capacity to stimulate a greater proportion of T lymphocytes than peptide antigens without a requirement for antigen processing. The SE stimulate monocytes to secrete IL-1 and TNF-alpha and affect B lymphocyte proliferation in response to anti-human IgM and Ig production by PBMC. The current study concerns the transmission of signals in human B lymphocytes following fixation of TSST-1. Activation of both PLC and PKC are observed while intracellular calcium levels remain unchanged. Levels of HLA class II mRNA were increased suggesting that a pathway leading to activation was triggered. This study therefore identifies some of the second messengers involved after SE fixation on HLA class II molecules and suggests that the signals transmitted via class II antigens as well as those via the TCR may have a role in the physiological responses to bacterial superantigens.
Mol Immunol 1994 Jun
PMID:Bacterial superantigen signaling via HLA class II on human B lymphocytes. 802 2


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