Vero response to a cytotoxin of Escherichia coli

Infect Immun. 1977 Dec;18(3):775-9. doi: 10.1128/iai.18.3.775-779.1977.

Abstract

A cytotoxin was found in culture filtrates of a number of Escherichia coli strains that differed from the known heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins of E. coli. It was cytotoxic for Vero but not for Y-1 or CHO cells, and its effect on Vero was distinctly different from that of heat-labile enterotoxin. It was labile to heat and antigenically different from heat-labile enterotoxin, and membrane filtration indicated a molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000.

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Toxins / immunology
  • Bacterial Toxins / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line
  • Cytotoxins / immunology
  • Cytotoxins / pharmacology*
  • Escherichia coli* / immunology
  • Hot Temperature
  • Molecular Weight
  • Neutralization Tests

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Cytotoxins