title: In vivo and in vitro effects of lactoferrin on Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
abstract: Iron is a growth requirement for virtually all microbes. In the human body, extracellular iron is sequestered from microbes by binding to proteins such as lactoferrin. In this study the effect of lactoferrin and human milk on Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was investigated. Its growth in vitro was inhibited by iron-free, but not iron saturated, pure lactoferrin or human milk. Iron-free human milk and to a less extent normal human milk were bactericidal for Y. pseudotuberculosis cells that were suspended in deionized water. The in vivo studies also show that iron-saturated lactoferrin enhanced growth, whereas, the viable count was reduced by iron-free pure lactoferrin and EDDA. Nine envelope proteins were decreased or disappeared upon growth in iron-deficient medium, whereas one new high molecular weight protein appeared under the same conditions.
authors.affiliation: Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Salamah
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: al-Obaidi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D007781:Lactoferrin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D013997:Time Factors; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D002614:Chelating Agents; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; C020748:ferrous sulfate; C026058:EDDA; D004492:Edetic Acid; D007501:Iron; D007781:Lactoferrin