論文

査読有り
2017年1月

Construction of "Toxin Complex" in a Mutant Serotype C Strain of Clostridium botulinum Harboring a Defective Neurotoxin Gene

CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY
  • Tomonori Suzuki
  • ,
  • Thomas Nagano
  • ,
  • Koichi Niwa
  • ,
  • Masataka Uchino
  • ,
  • Motohiro Tomizawa
  • ,
  • Yoshimasa Sagane
  • ,
  • Toshihiro Watanabe

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開始ページ
49
終了ページ
54
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s00284-016-1150-5
出版者・発行元
SPRINGER

A non-toxigenic mutant of the toxigenic serotype C Clostridium botulinum strain Stockholm (C-St), C-N71, does not produce the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). However, the original strain C-St produces botulinum toxin complex, in which BoNT is associated with non-toxic non-hemagglutinin (NTNHA) and three hemagglutinin proteins (HA-70, HA-33, and HA-17). Therefore, in this study, we aimed to elucidate the effects of bont gene knockout on the formation of the "toxin complex." Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that a premature stop codon was introduced in the bont gene, whereas other genes were not affected by this mutation. Moreover, we successfully purified the "toxin complex" produced by C-N71. The "toxin complex" was identified as a mixture of NTNHA/HA-70/HA-17/HA-33 complexes with intact NTNHA or C-terminally truncated NTNHA, without BoNT. These results indicated that knockout of the bont gene does not affect the formation of the "toxin complex." Since the botulinum toxin complex has been shown to play an important role in oral toxin transport in the human and animal body, a non-neurotoxic "toxin complex" of C-N71 may be valuable for the development of an oral drug delivery system.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-016-1150-5
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000392061100008&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s00284-016-1150-5
  • ISSN : 0343-8651
  • eISSN : 1432-0991
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000392061100008

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