Anti-lactoferrin activity (AlfA) is one of the factors contributing to the persistence of V. cholerae in human body in formation of human vibriocarriers. It is shown that in the AlfA mechanism cholera vibrio lectins are participating as an initial link specifically binding to lactoferrin at the surface of microbial cells, providing for subsequent cleavage of this protein with the help of V. cholerae exoproteases. Lectins are proteins or glycoproteins of non-immune class, capable to reversibly bind to the carbohydrate fraction of glycoconjugates without breaking the covalent structure of any of the recognizable glycosyl ligands. As glycoproteins, lectins ensure the complementary highly specific carbohydrate-protein binding of the active sites of target cells (namely lactoferrin). It is proved that all V. cholerae El Tor and Bengal strains possess hexose-specific lectin receptors (especially mannose). Atoxigenic V. cholerae O1 and O139 strains possess, in addition to hexose receptors, lectins specific to aminosugars.
Represented are the results of studies on variability of properties characterizing persistent potential of V. cholerae in biofilm communities under the long-term cultivation in river water. Demonstrated is the fact that in the cold water epidemically significant cholera vibrios form thin biofilms and do not survive for the most part. But atoxigenic strains, isolated from the water, can survive in the environment both in the cold and warm time of the year due to formation of thick biofilm and realization of the persistent activity. Expressiveness of the properties studied, except antilysozyme activity (ALA), directly correlate with biofilm formation intensity. In case of ALA one observes inverse correlation.
Роль кадавеРина в адаптации холеРных вибРионов к стРессу, обусловленному гипоксией ФКУЗ «Ростовский-на-Дону научно-исследовательский противочумный институт», Ростов-на-Дону, Российская Федерация Цель. Изучение роли кадаверина в адаптации холерных вибрионов к стрессу, обусловленному гипоксией. Материалы и методы. В работе использовано 18 штаммов V.cholerae с различным набором детерминант патогенности, выделенные от больных и из речной воды. Результаты и выводы. Показано, что при экспериментальном моделировании газовой среды кишечника, холерные вибрионы реагируют на неблагоприятные условия окружающей среды путем продукции кадаверина. При этом его количество коррелирует с патогенностью культур (оно выше у эпидемически значимых штаммов, чем у штаммов, лишенных генов токсино-и пилепродукции). Установлено, что уровень продукции внеклеточного кадаверина выше, чем внутриклеточного, но соотношение этих показателей зависит от концентрации кислорода и углекислоты в окружающей среде. Внутриклеточный кадаверин образуется, в основном, при условии высокой концентрации кислорода (10-12 %), при выраженной гипоксии (<1 % О 2) и повышении уровня углекислого газа (9-13 %) его количество резко снижается.
Anti-lactoferrin activity (AlfA) is one of the factors contributing to the persistence of V. cholerae in human body in formation of human vibriocarriers. It is shown that in the AlfA mechanism cholera vibrio lectins are participating as an initial link specifically binding to lactoferrin at the surface of microbial cells, providing for subsequent cleavage of this protein with the help of V. cholerae exoproteases. Lectins are proteins or glycoproteins of non-immune class, capable to reversibly bind to the carbohydrate fraction of glycoconjugates without breaking the covalent structure of any of the recognizable glycosyl ligands. As glycoproteins, lectins ensure the complementary highly specific carbohydrate-protein binding of the active sites of target cells (namely lactoferrin). It is proved that all V. cholerae El Tor and Bengal strains possess hexose-specific lectin receptors (especially mannose). Atoxigenic V. cholerae O1 and O139 strains possess, in addition to hexose receptors, lectins specific to aminosugars.
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