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Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin
The ability to produce enterohemolysin is regarded as a potential virulence factor for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and is frequently associated with severe human diseases such as hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The responsible toxin, which has also bee...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31470552 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11090502 |
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author | Schwidder, Maike Heinisch, Laura Schmidt, Herbert |
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description | The ability to produce enterohemolysin is regarded as a potential virulence factor for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and is frequently associated with severe human diseases such as hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The responsible toxin, which has also been termed EHEC-hemolysin (EHEC-Hly, syn. Ehx), belongs to the Repeats in Toxin (RTX)-family of pore-forming cytolysins and is characterized by the formation of incomplete turbid lysis zones on blood agar plates containing defibrinated sheep erythrocytes. Besides the expression of Shiga toxins (Stx) and the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE), EHEC-Hly is a commonly used marker for the detection of potential pathogenic E. coli strains, although its exact role in pathogenesis is not completely understood. Based on the current knowledge of EHEC-Hly, this review describes the influence of various regulator proteins, explains the different mechanisms leading to damage of target cells, discusses the diagnostic role, and gives an insight of the prevalence and genetic evolution of the toxin. |
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spelling | pubmed-67842362019-10-16 Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin Schwidder, Maike Heinisch, Laura Schmidt, Herbert Toxins (Basel) Review The ability to produce enterohemolysin is regarded as a potential virulence factor for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and is frequently associated with severe human diseases such as hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The responsible toxin, which has also been termed EHEC-hemolysin (EHEC-Hly, syn. Ehx), belongs to the Repeats in Toxin (RTX)-family of pore-forming cytolysins and is characterized by the formation of incomplete turbid lysis zones on blood agar plates containing defibrinated sheep erythrocytes. Besides the expression of Shiga toxins (Stx) and the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE), EHEC-Hly is a commonly used marker for the detection of potential pathogenic E. coli strains, although its exact role in pathogenesis is not completely understood. Based on the current knowledge of EHEC-Hly, this review describes the influence of various regulator proteins, explains the different mechanisms leading to damage of target cells, discusses the diagnostic role, and gives an insight of the prevalence and genetic evolution of the toxin. MDPI 2019-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6784236/ /pubmed/31470552 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11090502 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Schwidder, Maike Heinisch, Laura Schmidt, Herbert Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin |
title | Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin |
title_full | Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin |
title_fullStr | Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin |
title_full_unstemmed | Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin |
title_short | Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin |
title_sort | genetics, toxicity, and distribution of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli hemolysin |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31470552 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11090502 |
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