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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
Anthrax lethal toxin consists of two separate proteins, protective antigen and lethal factor (LF). Certain macrophages and a mouse macrophage-like cell line, J774A.1, are lysed by low concentrations of lethal toxin. In contrast, another macrophage cell line, IC-21, and all other cell types tested were resistant to this toxin. To discover the basis for this difference, each step in the intoxication process was examined. No differences between sensitive and resistant cells were found in receptor binding or proteolytic activation of protective antigen, steps that are required prior to LF binding. To determine whether resistance results from a defect in translocation to the cytosol, we introduced LF into J774A.1 and IC-21 cells and a nonmacrophage cell line (L6 myoblast) by osmotic lysis of pinocytic vesicles. Only J774A.1 cells were lysed; no effect was observed in IC-21 and L6 cells. These results suggest that resistant cells either lack the intracellular target of LF or fail to process LF to an active form. The relatively low potency of LF introduced into J774A.1 cells by osmotic lysis suggests that protective antigen may also be required at a stage subsequent to endocytosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
264
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11099-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Antigens, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Bacillus anthracis, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Endocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-L-Lactate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Organelles, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Osmosis, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Peptide Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Pinocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:2500434-Rats
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Internalization and processing of Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin by toxin-sensitive and -resistant cells.
pubmed:affiliation
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 21701-5011.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article