Murphy J R, Michel J L, Teng M
J Bacteriol. 1978 Aug;135(2):511-6. doi: 10.1128/jb.135.2.511-516.1978.
It has been known for several decades that iron inhibits the production of diphtheria toxin by Corynebacterium diphtheriae by preventing expression at maximal levels. We examined the inhibition kinetics of toxin production after the addition of either iron or rifampin to iron-limited cultures of C7 (betatox+). Iron-mediated inhibition of toxin production was found to be linear within the range of 16 nM to 16 micron. The inhibition kinetics following the addition of iron or rifampin was almost identical. [3H]RNA extracted from iron-limited toxigenic C. diphtheriae was found to hybridize to a greater extent to corynephage beta DNA than either [3H]RNA extracted from toxigenic C. diphtheriae before the onset of toxin production or [3H]RNA extracted from nonlysogenic, nontoxigenic C. diphtheriae.
几十年来人们一直知道,铁通过阻止白喉棒状杆菌达到最大表达水平来抑制其产生白喉毒素。我们在铁限制的C7(β毒素阳性)培养物中添加铁或利福平后,研究了毒素产生的抑制动力学。发现铁介导的毒素产生抑制在16 nM至16微米范围内呈线性。添加铁或利福平后的抑制动力学几乎相同。从铁限制的产毒白喉棒状杆菌中提取的[3H]RNA,与从毒素产生开始前的产毒白喉棒状杆菌中提取的[3H]RNA或从非溶原性、非产毒白喉棒状杆菌中提取的[3H]RNA相比,与棒状噬菌体β DNA的杂交程度更高。