title: Stimulation of DNA synthesis in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells by Bordetella bronchiseptica dermonecrotic toxin.
abstract: We investigated the effects of Bordetella bronchiseptica dermonecrotic toxin on DNA synthesis in MC3T3-E1 cells. The rate of [methyl-3H]thymidine incorporation increased in the toxin-treated cells more than 24 h after addition of the toxin under the serum-starved conditions. This effect was dependent on the toxin concentration ranging from 0.3 to 3 ng/ml and was eliminated by aphidicolin and hydroxyurea, inhibitors for DNA replication. In the toxin-treated culture, the number of cells did not increase but polynucleated cells appeared and their number increased to ca. 50% of the total number of cells 6 days after the toxin addition. From these results, we concluded that the toxin stimulates DNA replication in MC3T3-E1 cells without cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tuberculosis Research, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D016950:Bordetella bronchiseptica / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011503:Transglutaminases; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C060969:dermonecrotic toxin, Bordetella; D004247:DNA; D011503:Transglutaminases