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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
A 10-amino-acid repeating sequence of the hemagglutinating portion of Clostridium difficile toxin A has been synthesized and used to produce antisera in rabbits. Antipeptide antibody inhibited toxin A-mediated hemagglutination and neutralized cytotoxic activity. Immunoblot analysis with the antipeptide antibody revealed cross-reactivity with native toxin, a recombinant protein containing the toxin A repeats, and a glucan-binding protein from Streptococcus mutans whose primary structure has repeating amino acid motifs similar to those of the synthetic peptide. A polyclonal antibody against the glucan-binding protein, which cross-reacted with purified toxin A, also inhibited toxin A-mediated hemagglutination and neutralized cytotoxic activity. We recently identified toxin A and the glucan-binding protein as members of a novel family of clostridial and streptococcal binding proteins based on conserved repeating amino acid motifs at the C-terminal region of the molecules. This study provides immunological and functional evidence of the predicted relationship between toxin A and the glucan-binding protein and further implicates the repeating subunits as ligand-binding domains in this family of proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3151-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Clostridium difficile, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Cross Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Enterotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Glucans, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Hemagglutination, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Lectins, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Streptococcus mutans, pubmed-meshheading:1715320-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Antigenic cross-reactivity and functional inhibition by antibodies to Clostridium difficile toxin A, Streptococcus mutans glucan-binding protein, and a synthetic peptide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't