title: Studies on the functional site on staphylococcal enterotoxin A responsible for production of murine gamma interferon.
abstract: To identify the functional region(s) associated with induction of gamma interferon on the staphylococcal enterotoxin A molecule, native staphylococcal enterotoxin A molecules and 12 various synthetic peptides corresponding to different regions of entire staphylococcal enterotoxin A were compared to induce gamma interferon production in murine spleen cells. The native staphylococcal enterotoxin A molecule induced gamma interferon production, whereas all of the 12 synthetic peptides did not. Pre-treatment of the murine spleen cells with synthetic peptide A-9 (corresponding to amino acid residues 161-180) significantly inhibited the staphylococcal enterotoxin A-induced gamma interferon production, whereas those with other synthetic peptides did not. When native staphylococcal enterotoxin A was pre-treated with either anti-staphylococcal enterotoxin A serum or anti-peptide sera, anti-staphylococcal enterotoxin A serum and antisera to peptides A-1 (1-20), A-7 (121-140), A-8 (141-160), A-9 (161-180) and A-10 (181-200) inhibited the staphylococcal enterotoxin A-induced gamma interferon production. From these findings, the amino acid residues 161-180 on the staphylococcal enterotoxin A molecule may be an essential region for murine gamma interferon production. Furthermore, the neutralizing epitopes may be also located on regions of amino acid residues 1-20, 121-140, 141-160 and 181-200 on the staphylococcal enterotoxin A molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omoe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugii
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinagawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D001665:Binding Sites; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007369:Interferon Inducers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D018089:Superantigens / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D004768:Enterotoxins; D007369:Interferon Inducers; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D018089:Superantigens; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal; D007371:Interferon-gamma