Bacterial Toxins and Therapeutics Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 33, Room 1W20B, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Mol Aspects Med. 2009 Dec;30(6):439-55. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2009.07.003. Epub 2009 Jul 26.
Anthrax lethal toxin (LT) and edema toxin (ET) are the major virulence factors of anthrax and can replicate the lethality and symptoms associated with the disease. This review provides an overview of our current understanding of anthrax toxin effects in animal models and the cytotoxicity (necrosis and apoptosis) induced by LT in different cells. A brief reexamination of early historic findings on toxin in vivo effects in the context of our current knowledge is also presented.
炭疽致死毒素 (LT) 和水肿毒素 (ET) 是炭疽的主要毒力因子,可复制与疾病相关的致死性和症状。本文综述了我们目前对动物模型中炭疽毒素作用的理解,以及 LT 在不同细胞中诱导的细胞毒性(坏死和凋亡)。本文还简要回顾了早期历史上关于毒素体内作用的发现,并结合我们目前的知识进行了重新评估。