Vibrio vulnificus: understanding this pathogenic bacterium

EI Quiñones-Ramírez… - … and Research in …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
vulnificus produces three haemolysins, each with a different molecular mass, 50, 56, and
36 kDa [45] . Cytolysin (haemolysin) activity is involved in red blood cell … from mast cells and …

An Exocellular Cytolysin Produced by Vibrio vulnificus CDC B3547, a Clinical Isolate in Biotype 2 (Serovar E)

S Miyoshi, A Morita, T Teranishi… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
… kinds of eukaryotic cells including erythrocytes and mast cells, and … hydrophilic while
maintaining comparable cytolytic activity. … When the toxin was injected into the dorsal skin of a rat, …

Vibrio vulnificus cytolysin induces apoptosis in HUVEC, SGC-7901 and SMMC-7721 cells via caspase-9/3-dependent pathway

J Zhao, A Sun, P Ruan, X Zhao, M Lu, J Yan - Microbial pathogenesis, 2009 - Elsevier
Vibrio vulnificus cytolysin (VVC) is known to be a pore-forming toxin which shows cytotoxicity
for mammalian cells in culture and induces apoptosis in endothelial cells. … a hemolysin but …

Construction and Phenotypic Evaluation of aVibrio vulnificus vvpE Mutant for Elastolytic Protease

KC Jeong, HS Jeong, JH Rhee, SE Lee… - Infection and …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
… It is interesting that a mutation in the cytolytic hemolysin of V. … by stimulating histamine
release from mast cells (27) and by … less vascular permeability in rat skin and exhibited lower …

Oligomerization is essential for apoptotic activity of Vibrio vulnificus hemolysin

T Kashimoto, S Ueno, H Ehara, S Fukudome… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… against a variety of mammalian cells such as mast cells and endothelial cells [7, 16]. On the
… in ECV304 epithelial cells at 0.5 hemolytic unit (HU) [7]. In the case of alpha-hemolysin from …

Simple Purification Method for a Vibrio vulnificus Hemolysin by a Hydrophobic Column Chromatography in the Presence of a Detergent

E Oh, Y Tamanoi, A Toyoda, K Usui… - Microbiology and …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
… Among these, hemolysin ( V. vulnificus hemolysin: VVH) is known to disrupt erythrocyte …
various mammalians and to possess cytolytic potential against Chinese hamster ovary cells (5,8,…

Inactivation of Vibrio vulnificus hemolysin through mutation of the N-or C-terminus of the lectin-like domain

S Miyoshi, Y Abe, M Senoh, T Mizuno, Y Maehara… - Toxicon, 2011 - Elsevier
Vibrio vulnificus strain CDC B3547 isolated from human leg ulcer was used in the present
… to other bacterial hemolytic/cytolytic toxins including those produced by human pathogenic …

Inhibition of binding of Vibrio vulnificus hemolysin (VVH) by MβCD

H Sugiyama, T Kashimoto, S Ueno… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Vibrio vulnificus hemolysin (VVH) is a possible virulence factor which is produced by V. …
Cytolytic action of Vibrio vulnificus haemolysin on mast cells from rat peritoneal cavity. J. Med. …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of the membrane-permeabilizing activities of mastoparans and related histamine-releasing agents in bacteria, erythrocytes, and mast cells

S Nakao, K Komagoe, T Inoue, T Katsu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2011 - Elsevier
… types of cells; rat peritoneal mast cells, human erythrocytes, and Staphylococcus aureus …
Mast cells were collected from the peritoneal cavities of male Wistar rats (300–350 g) and …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial metalloproteases and pathogenesis

S Miyoshi, S Shinoda - Microbes and infection, 2000 - Elsevier
… processed into mature hemolysin after cleavage of the N-… to the release of histamine from
mast cells, because permeability … and cytolysis of peritoneal macrophage and macrophage cell