Sarac Miroslav S, Cameron Angus, Lindberg Iris
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans 70112, USA.
Infect Immun. 2002 Dec;70(12):7136-9. doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.7136-7139.2002.
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (PEA) protein requires furin-mediated cleavage for manifestation of toxicity. We show here that the small stable furin inhibitor hexa-D-arginine amide effectively blocks PEA-induced cell lysis and is itself noncytotoxic. Administration of hexa-D-arginine to PEA-treated mice significantly improves their survival rate and also decreases circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha.
铜绿假单胞菌外毒素A(PEA)蛋白需要弗林蛋白酶介导的切割才能表现出毒性。我们在此表明,小的稳定弗林蛋白酶抑制剂六-D-精氨酸酰胺可有效阻断PEA诱导的细胞裂解,且其本身无细胞毒性。给经PEA处理的小鼠施用六-D-精氨酸可显著提高其存活率,并降低肿瘤坏死因子α的循环水平。