Interaction of Staphylococcal α-Toxin with Artificial and Natural Membranes

Interaction of streptolysin-O with natural and artificial membranes.

1. Kinetic studies on the binding of 125I-streptolysin-O exhibited immediate fixation of activation toxin to natural and artificial membranes. Once fixed to the membrane no release of Streptolysin-O or Streptolysin-O-lipid-complexes has been observed. 2. In contrast to activated toxin (free SH-groups!), oxidized Streptolysin-O was shown to become also fixed to membranes, however, with different...

study of dna interaction with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and sesamol food additives

برهمکنش dnaتیموس گاوی طبیعی (ct-dna) با اتیلن دی آمین تترااستات (edta)در بافرtris-hcl با 8/7 ph ( دراین ph،edta به نمک دی سدیم تبدیل می شود) وسسامول در بافر tris-hcl با4/7 ph مورد بررسی قرار گرفته است. edta و سسامول استفاده فراوانی در تکنولوژی غذایی و صنعت شیمیایی دارند. مدل اتصال dna مربوط بهedta بوسیله اسپکتروفتومتری جذب، دورنگ نمایی حلقوی(cd)، ویسکومتری وژل الکتروفورز بررسی شده است. طیفuv ...

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Interaction of pertussis toxin with cells and model membranes.

The interaction of pertussis toxin (PT) with cells and model membranes was investigated by examining PT-induced intoxication of Chinese hamster ovary cells and by studying the binding of PT and its subunits to phospholipid vesicles. Since certain bacterial toxins require an acidic environment for efficient interaction with membranes and subsequent entry into the cell, the requirement for an aci...

Interaction of staphylococcal alpha toxin and the estrogenic hormone diethylstilbestrol.

Previous work in this laboratory showed that diethylstilbestrol was capable of suppressing induced furunculosis in rabbits. The present study indicates that the synthetic estrogenic hormone diethylstilbestrol which is used for acne, estrogen deficiency, cancer, and other disorders, can reduce the cytolytic action of staphylococcal alpha toxin. The cytotoxic action of purified alpha toxin for ti...