Affiliation:
1. National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Abstract
Penetration of Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase into CHO cells was monotonically inhibited by polylysines, with a minimum degree of polymerization of greater than 6 and less than or equal to 9 to 10. Above this level, inhibitory potency per lysyl residue was independent of polymer length; 50% inhibition was obtained with 60 microM lysine monomer. Other polycations were also potent inhibitors. The adenylate cyclase itself showed a biphasic (stimulation-inhibition) response, with a similar independence of polymer length above a certain minimum. Half-maximal inhibitory concentrations for cyclic AMP accumulation corresponded to half-maximal stimulatory concentrations of poly-L-lysine for the cyclase. The inhibitory effect of polylysines on cyclic AMP accumulation was not reversed by washing or enzymatic removal of neuraminic acid. We conclude that charge-charge interactions play an important role in the penetration of B. pertussis adenylate cyclase into host cells.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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