Müller-Alouf H, Proft T, Zollner T M, Gerlach D, Champagne E, Desreumaux P, Fitting C, Geoffroy-Fauvet C, Alouf J E, Cavaillon J M
Département de Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes, Institut Pasteur de Lille, France.
Infect Immun. 2001 Jun;69(6):4141-5. doi: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.4141-4145.2001.
Streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z (SMEZ), a superantigen derived from Streptococcus pyogenes, provoked expansion of human lymphocytes expressing the Vbeta 2, 4, 7 and 8 motifs of T-cell receptor. SMEZ was pyrogenic in rabbits and stimulated the expression of the T-cell activation markers CD69 and cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen. A variety of cytokines was released by human mononuclear leukocytes stimulated with SMEZ, which was 10-fold more active than streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A. Th2-derived cytokines were elicited only by superantigens and not by streptococcal cells.
链球菌促有丝分裂外毒素Z(SMEZ)是一种源自化脓性链球菌的超抗原,可促使表达T细胞受体Vβ2、4、7和8基序的人类淋巴细胞扩增。SMEZ对家兔有致热作用,并刺激T细胞活化标志物CD69和皮肤淋巴细胞相关抗原的表达。用SMEZ刺激人类单核白细胞可释放多种细胞因子,其活性比链球菌致热外毒素A高10倍。Th2衍生的细胞因子仅由超抗原诱导产生,而链球菌细胞则不能诱导产生。