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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
The Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae RTX-toxins ApxI, ApxII, and ApxIII are important virulence factors of this swine pathogen. It is hypothesized that the Apx toxins are deleterious to defense cells of the host, enabling the bacterium to infect the host. To confirm this, we studied the effect on porcine polymorphonuclear neutrophils of mutant strains of A. pleuropneumoniae that were devoid of Apx toxins. For this purpose, we developed a system for targeted mutagenesis of A. pleuropneumoniae based on the conditionally replicating plasmid pVE6063 and insertional mutagenesis by homologous recombination. Employing this system on the reference strain of serotype 1, a strain that secretes ApxI and ApxII, we generated mutant strains that were devoid of ApxI and/or ApxII. We compared the ability of the parent strain and the mutant strains to provoke an oxidative burst in porcine neutrophils and to kill these cells. The parent strain and mutants that secreted either ApxI or ApxII provoked an oxidative burst and killed the neutrophils, whereas mutant strains that were devoid of ApxI and ApxII did not. These experiments indicate the importance of ApxI and ApxII to these profound effects on neutrophils and emphasize the importance of ApxI and ApxII in pathogenesis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Drug Resistance, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Electroporation, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Hemolysin Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Mutagenesis, Insertional, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Neutrophil Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Respiratory Burst, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Transformation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7806365-Virulence
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Knockout mutants of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 that are devoid of RTX toxins do not activate or kill porcine neutrophils.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology, DLO-Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-DLO), Lelystad, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't