Chapter title |
Clostridial Binary Toxins: Basic Understandings that Include Cell Surface Binding and an Internal “Coup de Grâce”
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Chapter number | 11 |
Book title |
Uptake and Trafficking of Protein Toxins
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Published in |
Current topics in microbiology and immunology, July 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/82_2016_11 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-958891-9, 978-3-31-958893-3
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Authors |
Stiles, Bradley G, Bradley G. Stiles, Stiles, Bradley G. |
Abstract |
Clostridium species can make a remarkable number of different protein toxins, causing many diverse diseases in humans and animals. The binary toxins of Clostridium botulinum, C. difficile, C. perfringens, and C. spiroforme are one group of enteric-acting toxins that attack the actin cytoskeleton of various cell types. These enterotoxins consist of A (enzymatic) and B (cell binding/membrane translocation) components that assemble on the targeted cell surface or in solution, forming a multimeric complex. Once translocated into the cytosol via endosomal trafficking and acidification, the A component dismantles the filamentous actin-based cytoskeleton via mono-ADP-ribosylation of globular actin. Knowledge of cell surface receptors and how these usurped, host-derived molecules facilitate intoxication can lead to novel ways of defending against these clostridial binary toxins. A molecular-based understanding of the various steps involved in toxin internalization can also unveil therapeutic intervention points that stop the intoxication process. Furthermore, using these bacterial proteins as medicinal shuttle systems into cells provides intriguing possibilities in the future. The pertinent past and state-of-the-art present, regarding clostridial binary toxins, will be evident in this chapter. |
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