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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
ADP-ribosylation of host cell proteins is a common mode of cell intoxication by pathogenic bacterial toxins. Antibodies induced by immunization with inactivated ADP-ribosylating toxins provide efficient protection in case of some secreted toxins, e.g., diphtheria and pertussis toxins. However, other ADP-ribosylating toxins, such as Salmonella SpvB toxin, are secreted directly from the Salmonella-containing vacuole into the cytosol of target cells via the SPI-2 encoded bacterial type III secretion system, and thus are inaccessible to conventional antibodies. Small-molecule ADP-ribosylation inhibitors are fraught with potential side effects caused by inhibition of endogenous ADP-ribosyltransferases. Here, we report the development of a single-domain antibody from an immunized llama that blocks the capacity of SpvB to ADP-ribosylate actin at a molar ratio of 1:1. The single-domain antibody, when expressed as an intrabody, effectively protected cells from the cytotoxic activity of a translocation-competent chimeric C2IN-C/SpvB toxin. Transfected cells were also protected against cytoskeletal alterations induced by wild-type SpvB-expressing strains of Salmonella. This proof of principle paves the way for developing new antidotes against intracellular toxins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
526-34
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20940265-ADP Ribose Transferases, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Camelids, New World, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Salmonella typhimurium, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Vero Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20940265-Virulence Factors
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Single-domain llama antibodies as specific intracellular inhibitors of SpvB, the actin ADP-ribosylating toxin of Salmonella typhimurium.
pubmed:affiliation
Fundación Instituto Leloir, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't