title: The mode of action of Vibrio cholerae cytolysin. The influences on both erythrocytes and planar lipid bilayers.
abstract: The interaction with erythrocytes of cholera cytolysin (CC) obtained from a non-01 Vibrio cholerae strain results in the osmotic rupture of target cells upon formation by CC of the waterfilled pores in their membranes. The aggregation of several toxin monomers is required for the formation of one CC channel with a radius of 0.9-1.0 nm. The investigations using planar bilayer lipid membranes suggest that the CC-induced pore is an interprotein anion selective channel carrying a fixed positive charge. The role of the charge was supported by the influence of pH on the selectivity, single conductance and voltage gating of the CC channels. The ability of the CC to modify both model and natural membranes has a maximum at pH 6.0-7.0. It was found that CC channels insert into the membrane asymmetrically. The effect of proteolytic treatment of the channel by papain also indicates that the two entrances of the channel protrude from the plane of the membrane into the solution for different distances. It is proposed that the biological effects of the non-01 V. cholera cytolysin are based on its channel-forming activity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology and Biophysics, Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Krasilnikov
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Muratkhodjaev
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Zitzer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000187:drug effects*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry; D010206:Papain / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003603:Cytotoxins; D007473:Ion Channels; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010206:Papain