| Literature DB >> 2508273 |
K Aktories1, K H Reuner, P Presek, M Bärmann.
Abstract
Botulinum C2 toxin ADP-ribosylates actin in intact chicken embryo cells in a concentration-dependent manner. This effect correlates with an enhancement in the inhibitory potency of the respective cell lysates on DNAse I activity, indicating an increase in the cellular G-actin content of toxin-treated cells. The data support our view, that ADP-ribosylation of cellular actin with subsequent depolymerization of cytoskeleton-associated F-actin to monomeric G-actin is involved in the cytotoxic effects of botulinum C2 toxin. A model of the cytopathic action of actin-ADP-ribosylating toxins is presented.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2508273 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(89)90149-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Toxicon ISSN: 0041-0101 Impact factor: 3.033