Buommino E, Morelli F, Metafora S, Rossano F, Perfetto B, Baroni A, Tufano M A
CNR International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Area di Ricerca del C.N.R., Medical School, 2nd University of Naples, Italy.
Infect Immun. 1999 Sep;67(9):4794-800. doi: 10.1128/IAI.67.9.4794-4800.1999.
Micromolar concentrations of porin, purified from the outer membranes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, induced in vitro the classic morphological and biochemical signs of apoptosis in an epithelial cell line (SVC1) derived from the rat seminal vesicle secretory epithelium. The programmed cell death (PCD) was p53 independent and associated with significant decrease of bcl-2 expression, a marked increase of c-myc transcriptional activity, and an absence of the mRNA coding for tissue transglutaminase. The Ca(2+) influx, caused by the porin treatment of SVC1 cells, appears to play an important role in the triggering of apoptosis in our biological model. The possibility that the porin property of inducing PCD plays a role in the infertility of individuals chronically infected by gram-negative bacteria is discussed.
从铜绿假单胞菌外膜纯化得到的微摩尔浓度的孔蛋白,在体外诱导了源自大鼠精囊分泌上皮的上皮细胞系(SVC1)出现经典的凋亡形态学和生化特征。程序性细胞死亡(PCD)不依赖p53,与bcl-2表达显著降低、c-myc转录活性显著增加以及组织转谷氨酰胺酶编码mRNA缺失有关。孔蛋白处理SVC1细胞所引起的Ca(2+)内流,在我们的生物学模型中似乎在触发凋亡方面起重要作用。文中讨论了孔蛋白诱导PCD的特性在革兰氏阴性菌慢性感染个体不育中发挥作用的可能性。