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Toxins Flashcards

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Three categories of toxins

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Enzymes

Receptor proteins

Inappropriate immune responses

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Exotoxins

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Are secreted by bacteria and are not integral parts of the bacterial structure

  • can act locally or systematically

Ex: diphtheria, cholera, botulinum, shiga, anthrax etc.

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Exotoxins

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Membrane bound toxins that are on bacteria and are integral parts oft heir membrane

  • can act on the host cell structure
  • can act as super antigens
  • can hydrologic enzymes that splice host enzymes

Ex: LPS and pore forming proteins

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Exotoxin subtypes/categories

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B subunit: mediates adherence of the toxin to the host cell or aids in allow the toxin to enter the host cell

A subunit: actually produces the toxic affect

can either be synthesized together and then cleaved or separately pending on the bacteria

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LPS

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Gram negative bacteria endotoxins that is associated with the cell membrane

  • possesses a lipid A portion that induces fever and release of IL-1/TNF of macrophages (induce inflammation)
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Bacillus anthracis

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Gram positive,non motile, facultative anaerobic (but prefers aerobic), spore forming, rod

  • is the etiological agent of anthrax*

Produce their virulence factors via plasmid production

Possesses three proteins as the toxins

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Bordetella pertussis

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Gram negative aerobic coccobacillus

  • causative agent of whopping cough*

Possesses two main toxins

  • Pertussis toxin (PT)
  • hydrolysis cellar NAD+ = inactivates G proteins
  • protein vaccinated against*
  • Adenylate Cyclase toxin (ACT)
  • generates pores in red blood cells = hemolysis
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Corynebacterium diphtheria

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Gram positive rod

causative agent of diphtheria

Produces 1 major toxin (diphtheria toxin)
- inhibits peptide chain elongation factor (EF-2) = causes inhibition of ribosomes and cell death

  • causes new bacterial membrane formation in throat mucosa and leads to suffocation if not fixed*
  • high levels of inorganic iron limits growth rate*
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Clostridium tetanus

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Anaerobic gram positive rod

  • causative agent of tetanus*
  • contaminates open wounds

Possesses one major toxin (tetanospasmin)

  • binds to receptors on presynaptic membranes of motor neurons
  • ultimately degrades synaptobrevin which is required for docking of neurotransmitter vesicles on inhibitory presynaptic neurons = spastic paralysis and suffocation
  • requires immunization with tetanus toxoid*
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Clostridium botulinum

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Anaerobic gram-positive spore forming

causative agent of botulinum poisoning

MOST POTENT TOXIN = botulinum toxin

  • is heat liable
  • absorbed from the gut
  • toxin moves to target function similarly to tetanus except it functions differently

Functions to inhibit release of acetylcholine at synapse of presynaptic motor neurons.
- induces flaccid paralysis

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Clostridium perfringens

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Anaerobic gram positive spore-forming

Are introduced into wounds by contaminated soil of feces

Produces several different toxins but all lead to gas gangrene of the wound

  • spores produce gas via replication and digestion of carbohydrates in the host cells
  • Also limits blood flow due to the site causing necrosis/hypoxia
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Toxins produced by clostridium perfringens

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Alpha/beta/epsilon/iota/ enterotoxin

Necrotic B-like

Collagenases and DNAses

Alpha toxin (CPA)

  • lecithinase which damages cell membranes by splitting lecithin
  • main culprits of gas gangrene in adults *

CPB (gas gangrene in babies) and CPE (food poisoning)

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Staph aureus

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Gram positive non-motile cocci

Colonies are everywhere and have multiple infections

Produces 5 virulence factors

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Virulence factors of staph aureus

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Panton- valentine leukocidin (PVL)
- lysis human white blood cells

Alpha- hemolysis (alpha toxin)
- forms pores in all cells

Phenol-soluble modeling (PSMs)
- amphipathic proteins that lyse human cells

ACME and agr proteins
- controls expression of toxins

lysing cells cause release of iron which promotes invasiveness of infection and replication

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Staphylococcal enterotoxin

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Special type of staph aureus toxin that is absorbed by the gut
-when absorbed, stimulates vagus nerve receptors which induce vomiting

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Streptococcus species

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Gram positive cocci

Group A are the most dangerous

  • (beta) hemolytic and produce pyrogenic exotoxins
  • also produce streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B which cleaves antibodies

All produce streptolysin S/O which are pore forming

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What is the most potent toxin?

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Botulinum

Diphtheria is lest potent but still very toxic

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Lipid A portion of endotoxins

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Parts of the endotoxins that causes fever

- does this by release IL-1 and TNF from macrophages and induces physiologic effects associated w/ inflammation

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Bacillus anthracis virulence factors and toxins

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Virulence factors = from plasmids

  • toxin production
  • capsule formation

Contains three toxins
Protective antigen (PA)
- binds to cell and permits entrance

  • Lethal factor (LF)
  • decreases MAPK which completely inhibits intracellular enzymes = hypoxia and necrosis
  • Edema Factor (EF)
  • Stimulates massive amounts of cAMP production within host cells = edema
  • protective antigen is target for vaccines*
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Bordetella pertussis toxins

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Pertussis toxin (PT) = hydrolyzes cellular NAD and transfers the released ADP-ribose to deactivate G-proteins

Adenylate Cyclase Toxin (ACT) = Forms pores to lyse RBCs

PT is the toxin used for vaccines

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Corynebacterium diptheriae toxin

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Encoded in a lysogenic temperate bacteriophage.

Toxin inhibits peptide chain elongation factor (EF-2) by attaching an adenosine diphosphate-ribosyl group
- B subunit allows entrance where as A subunit does the above toxic effect

  • toxin production is inversely related to iron availability*
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Clostridium tetani toxin

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Tetanospasm

  • binds to receptors on presynaptic membranes of motor neurons and enters inhibitory cells
  • once in the inhibitory cells, degrades synaptobrevin, which is required for inhibitory cells to work

immunizations w/ small amounts of the tetanus toxoid

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Clostridium botulinum toxin

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most potent toxin, heat labile and absorbed in the gut

  • Binds to receptor of presynaptic membranes of motor neurons and initiates proteolysis of target proteins in neurons (SNARE proteins)
  • heavy chain binds to the receptor
  • light chain actually does the cleaving of the SNARE proteins
  • ultimately inhibits release of acetylcholine at the synapses
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Clostridium perfringens toxin

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Alpha toxin (CPA) 
- main virulence factor called lecithinase which works to damage cell membranes by splitting lecithin to phosphorylcholine and diglyceride 
Beta toxin (CPB) 
- enterotoxemia primarily in neonatal patients

Enterotoxin (CPE)
- food poising causing agent

Also produces collagenases and DNAases

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Panton-valentine leukocidin (PVL)

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Is a virulence factos of staph aureus Lysis of human white blood cells

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Alpha-hemolysis (alpha-toxin) and hemolysis A

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Virulence factor and toxin of staphylococcus aureus respectively

Both Form pores in cells leading to cell lysis by using H1a subunits to generate pores in the membrane

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Phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs)

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Virulence factor for staphylococcus aureus

Lyse human neutrophils and RBCs by attaching to the cytoplasmic membrane and leading to membrane disintegration

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Staphylococcus aureus toxins

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All function to damage the cell membranes of host via two ways

  • degrade inter-cellar connections
  • modulate immune responses

Can induce enterotoxins
- function for food poising and act to stimulate vagus nerve receptors which induces vomiting

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Hemolysis B (sphingomyelinase C)

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Staphylococcus aureus toxin that affects human keratinocytes, polymorphonuclear leukocytes monocytes and T-lymphocytes

Poke holes in all of these cells

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Leukotoxins

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Group of Staph aureus toxins that focus on lysing WBCs

Includes but not limited to:

  • PVL
  • gamma-hemolysin
  • Leukotoxin ED
  • Leukotoxin AB/GH
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Exfoliative toxins

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Staph aureus toxins that focus on degrading skin cells by braking adhesions

Includes but not limited to the following:

  • epidermolytic toxins
  • specific serine proteases
  • hydrolyses cadherins
  • cleavage of keratinocyte junctions
  • induces skin peeling and blister formation
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Toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1)

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Toxin of select staphylococcus aureus species

Elicits superantigens which bind to MHC class 2 and dont let go.
- releases cytokine storms of IL-2, IN-y and TNFs
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Pyrogenic exotoxins A and C

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Toxins from Group A B-hemolytic streptococci

Act as superantigens toxins that are very similar to TSST-1

SSA and SmeZ act in similar fashions

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Streptolysin S and O

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GAS pore-forming toxins

S targets RBCs, Leukocytes, platelets and subcellular organelles

O targets macrophages, neutrophils, epithelial/endothelial cells
- impaired phagocytic clearance and is cholesterol- dependent

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Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins B (SpeB)

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GAS toxin

Cysteine/serine protease that cleaves IgG into Fc and Fab fragments (destroyed antibodies other than IgG and compliment)

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