Modification of epithelial cell barrier permeability and intercellular junctions by Clostridium sordellii lethal toxins

C Boehm, M Gibert, B Geny, MR Popoff… - Cellular …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin (LT) is a glucosyltransferase which inactivates small
GTPases from the Rho and Ras families. In the present work, we studied the effects of two …

Rac1 inactivation by lethal toxin from Clostridium sordellii modifies focal adhesions upstream of actin depolymerization

B Geny, A Grassart, M Manich, G Chicanne… - Cellular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Inactivation of different small GTPases upon their glucosylation by lethal toxin from
Clostridium sordellii strain IP82 (LT‐82) is already known to lead to cell rounding, adherens …

[HTML][HTML] Inactivation of Ras by Clostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin-catalyzed Glucosylation (∗)

I Just, J Selzer, F Hofmann, GA Green… - Journal of Biological …, 1996 - ASBMB
The lethal toxin (LT) from Clostridium sordellii belongs to the family of large clostridial
cytotoxins causing morphological alterations in cultured cell lines accompanied by …

Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin kills mice by inducing a major increase in lung vascular permeability

B Geny, H Khun, C Fitting, L Zarantonelli… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
When intraperitoneally injected into Swiss mice, Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin reproduces
the fatal toxic shock syndrome observed in humans and animals after natural infection. This …

Clostridium sordellii lethal-toxin autoprocessing and membrane localization activities drive GTPase glucosylation profiles in endothelial cells

R Craven, DB Lacy - Msphere, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clostridium sordellii infections cause gangrene and edema in humans and gastrointestinal
infections in livestock. One of the principle virulence factors is TcsL, a large protein toxin …

[HTML][HTML] Ras, Rap, and Rac Small GTP-binding Proteins Are Targets for Clostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin Glucosylation (∗)

MR Popoff, E Chaves-Olarte, E Lemichez… - Journal of Biological …, 1996 - ASBMB
Lethal toxin (LT) from Clostridium sordellii is one of the high molecular mass clostridial
cytotoxins. On cultured cells, it causes a rounding of cell bodies and a disruption of actin …

[HTML][HTML] The Tip of the Four N-Terminal α-Helices of Clostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin Contains the Interaction Site with Membrane Phosphatidylserine Facilitating …

C Varela Chavez, GM Haustant, B Baron, P England… - Toxins, 2016 - mdpi.com
Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin (TcsL) is a powerful virulence factor responsible for severe
toxic shock in man and animals. TcsL belongs to the large clostridial glucosylating toxin …

pH-Enhanced Cytopathic Effects ofClostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin

M Qa'Dan, LM Spyres, JD Ballard - Infection and immunity, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin (TcsL) is a large clostridial toxin (LCT) that glucosylates Ras,
Rac, and Ral. TcsL differs from other LCTs because it modifies Ras, which does not cycle …

Haemorrhagic toxin and lethal toxin from Clostridium sordellii strain vpi9048: molecular characterization and comparative analysis of substrate specificity of the large …

H Genth, S Pauillac, I Schelle, P Bouvet… - Cellular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Large clostridial glucosylating toxins (LCGTs) are produced by toxigenic strains of C
lostridium difficile, C lostridium perfringens, C lostridium novyi and C lostridium sordellii …

[HTML][HTML] A Novel Cytotoxin from Clostridium difficileSerogroup F Is a Functional Hybrid between Two Other Large Clostridial Cytotoxins

E Chaves-Olarte, P Löw, E Freer, T Norlin… - Journal of Biological …, 1999 - ASBMB
The large clostridial cytotoxins (LCTs) constitute a group of high molecular weight clostridial
cytotoxins that inactivate cellular small GTP-binding proteins. We demonstrate that a novel …