Jost B H, Songer J G, Billington S J
Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
Infect Immun. 1999 Apr;67(4):1723-8. doi: 10.1128/IAI.67.4.1723-1728.1999.
Pyolysin (PLO), the hemolytic exotoxin expressed by Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes, is a member of the thiol-activated cytolysin family of bacterial toxins. Insertional inactivation of the plo gene results in loss of expression of PLO with a concomitant loss in hemolytic activity. The plo mutant, PLO-1, has an approximately 1. 8-log10 reduction in the 50% infectious dose compared to that for wild-type A. pyogenes in a mouse intraperitoneal infection model. Studies involving cochallenge of wild-type and PLO-1 bacteria resulted in recovery of similar numbers of both strains, suggesting that PLO production is required for survival in vivo. Recombinant, His-tagged PLO (His-PLO) is cytotoxic for mouse peritoneal macrophages and J774 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Protection against challenge with A. pyogenes could be afforded by vaccination with formalin-inactivated His-PLO, suggesting that PLO is a host-protective antigen, as well as a virulence determinant.
化脓隐秘杆菌(放线菌属)产生的溶血外毒素——化脓隐秘杆菌溶素(PLO),是细菌毒素硫醇激活溶细胞素家族的成员。plo基因的插入失活导致PLO表达缺失,同时溶血活性丧失。在小鼠腹腔感染模型中,plo突变体PLO-1的50%感染剂量与野生型化脓隐秘杆菌相比,降低了约1.8个对数10。涉及野生型和PLO-1细菌共同攻击的研究结果显示,两种菌株的恢复数量相似,这表明产生PLO是在体内存活所必需的。重组的、带有His标签的PLO(His-PLO)对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞和J774细胞具有剂量依赖性细胞毒性。用福尔马林灭活的His-PLO进行疫苗接种可提供针对化脓隐秘杆菌攻击的保护作用,这表明PLO既是一种宿主保护性抗原,也是一种毒力决定因素。