Bibliographic citations
Blancas, L., Chang, C. (2018). Regulación de la expresión de las toxinas CTX y STX: Estudio in vitro de regulación post-transcripcional de los genes ctx1ab y stx1ab de Vibrio cholerae y Shigella dysenteriae [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624945
Blancas, L., Chang, C. Regulación de la expresión de las toxinas CTX y STX: Estudio in vitro de regulación post-transcripcional de los genes ctx1ab y stx1ab de Vibrio cholerae y Shigella dysenteriae [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/624945
@misc{renati/367565,
title = "Regulación de la expresión de las toxinas CTX y STX: Estudio in vitro de regulación post-transcripcional de los genes ctx1ab y stx1ab de Vibrio cholerae y Shigella dysenteriae",
author = "Chang Blancas, Camila Fernanda",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2018"
}
Vibrio cholerae and Shigella dysenteriae, among other enteropathogenic bacteria, cause gastrointestinal diseases, the second cause of death in children under five years of age in the world. The events of gastroenteritis that trigger these microorganisms are mediated by the molecular action of secreted toxins of type AB, CTX and STX, respectively for V. cholerae and S. dysenteriae. These toxins cause ionic imbalances and cell lysis, generating dehydration, loss of electrolytes and nutrients. The correct functioning of both toxins requires a strict relationship of five subunits of protein B for each subunit A, however, the molecular mechanisms that regulate expression and maintain the 5: 1 ratio between the subunits are poorly understood. The objective of this study is to analyze the post transcriptional regulation of CTX and STX toxins by in vitro experimental approaches and using cell-free reactions, in a highly pure and controlled environment. Our in vitro results indicate that CTX is expressed more efficiently than STX. In the case of CTX, subunit B had greater expression than A, with a ratio close to 5: 1 as seen in previous studies conducted in vivo. In contrast, STX was synthesized with low efficiency regardless of the presence or absence of the region coding for STXA, deviating markedly from an active ratio of 5 B for each subunit A. The addition of ppGpp, a molecule involved in the stress response in bacteria, resulted in a slight decrease in the expression of both toxins. In conclusion, our results indicate that the ratio of 5 to 1 between B and A of CTX toxins of V. cholerae is regulated during protein synthesis. On the contrary, the absence of transcriptional or transcriptional STX regulation of the present in vitro study was also observed in in vivo studies, indicating that the cell may harbor other factors that could modulate the synthesis stoichiometry. Although both toxins, CTX and STX, belong to the same family of exotoxins, the results of the present study indicate that the regulation of their expression differs widely. The results reported here provide new perspectives for the development of inhibitory molecules, with special emphasis on disturbing the ribosome of V. cholerae, to provoke an imbalance in the synthesis of CTX toxin and thus to reduce the pathogenicity of the bacteria.
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