Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown 26506.
Abstract
The calcium requirement for hemolytic activity of Escherichia coli hemolysin was investigated by using hemolytic assays and immunoblotting of toxin-treated erythrocytes. The hemolytic activity of cell culture supernatants obtained during growth of E. coli in Luria-Bertani (LB) broth or calcium-free LB broth was calcium dependent. The hemolytic activity of culture supernatants obtained during growth in LB broth supplemented with calcium was calcium independent. Osmotic protection experiments using Dextran 4 to prevent cell lysis indicated that calcium was required for the binding of hemolysin to erythrocytes at both 4 and 37 degrees C. The binding efficiency at 4 degrees C was 50% of that occurring at 37 degrees C. The calcium-dependent binding was confirmed by immunoblotting saline-washed, toxin-treated erythrocytes with a monoclonal antibody after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis separation of membrane proteins. Bound hemolysin increased the calcium permeability of the cell membranes as evidenced by calcium-induced membrane protein alterations. The alterations in membrane proteins did not directly cause lysis of the cells. The results were consistent with a mechanism of lysis involving the formation of cation-selective pores in the membranes of target cells.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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