title: [The in-vitro effect of the leukocytic cationic protein preparation Intercide on Escherichia coli].
abstract: Intercide is a cationic protein with the molecular weight of 11.0-11.5 kD from human leukocytes. The in vitro effect of its different concentrations (0.6 to 1.8 mg/ml) on populations of Escherichia coli M17 and K12 and 120 E.coli isolates from various sources such as water, feces of healthy humans and patients with extraintestinal escherichiosis was studied. The experiments with the bacterial suspensions and broth cultures demonstrated that Intercide had an antibacterial action on both the stationary and growing cells. However, some strains of E.coli were resistant to the lethal effect of Intercide. It was observed for the first time that in a concentration of 1.8 mg/ml Intercide was able to stimulate the biomass growth of some E.coli strains in broth culture. The factor analysis showed that the Intercide stimulating effect was more often evident with respect to extraintestinal escherichiosis pathogens with high anti-Intercide and antilysozyme activities.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Orenburg.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Bukharin
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Gritsenko
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000737:chemistry; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013997:Time Factors; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001798:Blood Proteins