title: Identification of the functional region on the superantigen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen responsible for induction of lymphocyte proliferation by using synthetic peptides.
abstract: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen (YPM) is the unique Gram-negative bacillary superantigen known. In order to identify the regions on the YPM molecule involved in its superantigenic activity, seven overlapping peptides of the entire YPM molecule were synthesized and tested to evaluate their effects on the YPM-induced proliferation of human peripheral blood lymphocytes. A peptide corresponding to the N-terminal amino acid sequence (1-23) was found to inhibit YPM-induced lymphocyte proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. The N-terminal peptide was found to show no inhibition of the proliferation induced by the other superantigen (staphylococcal enterotoxin B) or the other T-cell mitogen pertussis toxin, indicating that the inhibition is specific to YPM-induced proliferation. Thus, we have identified the N-terminal region (1-23) of the YPM as one of the functional regions responsible for its superantigenic activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases Research, National Children's Medical Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. unirinkai@nch.go.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Samejima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimonishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008934:Mitogens / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D018089:Superantigens / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D008934:Mitogens; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D018089:Superantigens; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C093313:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen; C031818:enterotoxin B, staphylococcal; D037342:Pertussis Toxin