Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Génie Enzymatique des Lipases, ENIS Route de Soukra, 3038 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia.
Lipids Health Dis. 2011 Jan 12;10:4. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-10-4.
The presence of chicken group-IIA PLA2 (ChPLA2-IIA) in the intestinal secretion suggests that this enzyme plays an important role in systemic bactericidal defence. We have analyzed the bactericidal activity of purified ChPLA2-IIA, on several gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria by using the diffusion well and dilution methods.
ChPLA2-IIA displays potent bactericidal activity against gram-positive bacteria but lacks bactericidal activity against gram negative ones. We have also demonstrated a synergic action of ChPLA2-IIA with lysozyme when added to the bacteria culture prior to ChPLA2-IIA. The bactericidal efficiency of ChPLA2-IIA was shown to be dependent upon the presence of calcium ions and then a correlation could be made to its hydrolytic activity of membrane phospholipids. Interestingly ChPLA2-IIA displays a higher dependence to Ca²+ ions than to Mg²+ ions.
We conclude that the main physiological role of ChPLA2-IIA could be the defence of the intestine against bacterial invasions.
肠道分泌物中存在鸡 IIA 组 PLA2(ChPLA2-IIA)表明这种酶在全身杀菌防御中发挥重要作用。我们使用扩散孔和稀释方法分析了纯化的 ChPLA2-IIA 对几种革兰氏阳性和革兰氏阴性细菌的杀菌活性。
ChPLA2-IIA 对革兰氏阳性菌显示出强大的杀菌活性,但对革兰氏阴性菌没有杀菌活性。我们还证明了 ChPLA2-IIA 与溶菌酶协同作用,当在添加 ChPLA2-IIA 之前加入细菌培养物中时。ChPLA2-IIA 的杀菌效率取决于钙离子的存在,然后可以将其与膜磷脂的水解活性相关联。有趣的是,ChPLA2-IIA 对 Ca²+离子的依赖性高于对 Mg²+离子的依赖性。
我们得出结论,ChPLA2-IIA 的主要生理作用可能是防御肠道免受细菌入侵。