Human mononuclear leukocyte transglutaminase activity is enhanced by streptococcal erythrogenic toxin and a staphylococcal mitogenic factor associated with toxic shock syndrome |
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Authors: | Judy G Zettergren Marian J Leifer Hideki Nakashima Kirk D Wuepper |
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Institution: | Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Transglutaminase activity in human peripheral lymphocytes is enhanced after incubation of the cells with concanavalin A. Streptococcal proliferative factor toxin (erythrogenic toxin) from Streptococcus pyogenes and Toxic shock syndrome toxin from Staphylococcus aureus were purified and tested for their ability to enhance transglutaminase activity. Mononuclear leukocyte transglutaminase activity was enhanced 3–5-fold 30 min after incubation with either toxin. Enhancement occurred only when toxin was incubated with intact cells; addition of toxin to cell lysates was without effect. Transglutaminase was not measurable extracellularly. Histamine and dansyl cadaverine, competitive substrates for transglutaminase, inhibited 3H]putrescine incoporation into casein and 3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. Incubation of lymphocytes with cycloheximide and either toxin or concanavalin A did not inhibit enzyme activity. These bacterial toxins, like phytomitogens, may perturb the cellular membrane and mediate their effect by transglutaminase-mediated cross-linking of membrane proteins. |
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Keywords: | Transglutaminase Streptococcal toxin Toxic shock syndrome (Human leukocyte) |
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