title: Toxin(s), other than cholera toxin, produced by environmental non O1 non O139 Vibrio cholerae.
abstract: A total of 39 Vibrio cholerae non O1 non O139 strains were isolated from surface waters of different parts of Dhaka City, Bangladesh. All these strains showed lack of ctx or zot gene, as demonstrated by the PCR analysis. Eighteen representative strains were tested for enterotoxin production using a rabbit ileal loop model, of which live cells of 8 strains and culture filtrates of 6 strains produced fluid accumulation in ileal loops. However, none of them produced heat stable toxin (ST), as detected by suckling mouse assay. On the other hand, 15% of isolates produced cytotoxin as detected by the Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell assay. Fifty times concentrated culture filtrates of the representative strains did not give any precipitin band against the anti-cholera toxin, suggesting the strains produced an enterotoxin, which is antigenically different from known cholera toxin (CT). Eighty percent of the total isolates were found to be positive for heat labile haemolysin detected by tube method, whereas, 39% were found positive by the Christie-Atkins-Munch-Petersen (CAMP) method. However, 87% of the isolates were positive for haemagglutinin/protease and all of the strains were positive for mannose-sensitive-haemagglutinin assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Kohinur
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: Chowdhury R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ahsan
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansaruzzaman
authors.forename: Dilip K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Qazi S
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Kaisar A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Talukder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001459:Bangladesh; D016466:CHO Cells; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015941:Complement Hemolytic Activity Assay; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D007082:Ileum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D011817:Rabbits; D044163:Vibrio cholerae non-O1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D002772:Cholera Toxin