This document discusses bacterial toxins, including endotoxins and exotoxins. It notes that endotoxins are lipopolysaccharides associated with the cell walls of gram-negative bacteria, while exotoxins are proteins released by pathogenic bacteria. The document provides detailed information on the structure and characteristics of endotoxins and exotoxins, how they contribute to virulence, and their roles in disease.
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2. TOXIGENESIS
Two types of bacterial toxins
1. Lipopolysaccharides: are associated with the cell walls of Gram-ve
bacteria.
The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) component of the Gram-ve bacterial
outer membrane bears the name endotoxin because of its association
with the cell wall of bacteria.
2. Proteins: may be released into the extracellular environment of pathogenic
bacteria.
Most of the protein toxins are thought of as exotoxins, since they are
"released" from the bacteria and act on host cells at a distance.
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3. 1. BACTERIAL PROTEIN TOXINS
The protein toxins are soluble proteins secreted by living bacteria during
exponential growth.
The production of protein toxins is specific to a particular bacterial species -
(e.g. only Clostridium tetani produces tetanus toxin.
- only Corynebacterium diphtheriae produces the diphtheria toxin.
Usually, virulent strains of the bacterium produce the toxin (or range of toxins)
while non-virulent strains do not.
Toxin is the major determinant of virulence.
Both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria produce soluble protein
toxins.
Bacterial protein toxins are the most potent poisons known and may show
activity at very high dilutions.
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4. 1. BACTERIAL PROTEIN TOXINS
The protein toxins resemble enzymes. Like enzymes, bacterial
exotoxins are:
proteins
denatured by heat, acid, proteolytic enzymes
have a high biological activity (most act catalytically)
exhibit specificity of action
Bacterial protein toxins are highly specific in the substrate
utilized and in their mode of action.
Usually the site of damage caused by the toxin indicates the
location of the substrate for that toxin.
Terms such as "enterotoxin", "neurotoxin", "leukocidin" or "hemolysin"
are used to indicate the target site of some well-defined protein toxins.
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5. BACTERIAL PROTEIN TOXINS
Certain protein toxins have very specific cytotoxic activity (i.e.,
they attack specific cells, for example, tetanus or botulinum toxins)
Some (as produced by staphylococci, streptococci, clostridia,
etc.) have fairly broad cytotoxic activity and cause nonspecific
death of tissues (necrosis).
Toxins that are phospholipases may be relatively nonspecific in
their cytotoxicity.
This is also true of pore-forming "hemolysins" and "leukocidins".
A few protein toxins cause death of the host and are known as
"lethal toxins",
(e.g. anthrax toxin).
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6. BACTERIAL PROTEIN TOXINS
Protein toxins are strongly antigenic.
In vivo, specific antibody (antitoxin) neutralizes the toxicity of
these bacterial proteins.
In vitro, specific antitoxin may not fully inhibit their enzymatic
activity.
Protein toxins are inherently unstable:
In time they lose their toxic properties but retain their antigenic ones.
Toxoids: are detoxified toxins which retain their antigenicity and
their immunizing capacity (first discovered by Ehrlich)
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7. BACTERIAL PROTEIN TOXINS
The formation of toxoids can be accelerated by:
treating toxins with a variety of reagents including formalin, iodine,
pepsin, ascorbic acid, ketones, etc.
The mixture is maintained at 37o at pH range 6 to 9 for several weeks.
Toxoids can be use for artificial immunization against diseases caused by
pathogens where the primary determinant of bacterial virulence is toxin
production.
E.g immunizing against diphtheria and tetanus that are part of the
DPT vaccine.
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8. 1. BACTERIAL PROTEIN TOXINS
A + B Subunit Arrangement of Protein Toxins
Many protein toxins, consist of two
components:
1. Subunit A: responsible for the enzymatic
activity of the toxin.
2. Subunit B: concerned with binding to a
specific receptor on the host cell
membrane and transferring the enzyme
across the membrane.
The enzymatic component is not active
until it is released from the native toxin.
Isolated A subunits are enzymatically
Tertiary structure of the
active and but lack binding and cell entry pertussis toxin produced by
capability. Bordetella pertussis. Pertussis
Isolated B subunits may bind to target toxin is a member of the A-B
bacterial toxin superfamily. It is
cells (and even block the binding of the
a hexameric protein comprising
native A+B toxin), but they are nontoxic. five distinct subunits,
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9. 2. ENDOTOXINS
Endotoxins are:
Part of the outer cell wall of bacteria.
Invariably associated with Gram-ve bacteria as constituents of
the outer membrane of the cell wall.
NB: Endotoxin:
Occasionally used to refer to any "cell-associated" bacterial toxin.
But should be reserved for the lipopolysaccharide complex associated
with the outer envelope of Gram-ve bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella,
Shigella, Pseudomonas, Neisseria, Haemophilus, and other leading
pathogens.
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) participates:
in a number of outer membrane functions essential for bacterial growth
and survival, especially within the context of a host-parasite interaction.
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10. 2. ENDOTOXINS
The biological activity of endotoxin is associated with the
lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Toxicity is associated with the lipid component (Lipid A) and
Immunogenicity (antigenicity) is associated with the polysaccharide
components.
The cell wall antigens (O antigens) of Gram-negative bacteria are
components of LPS.
LPS activates complement by the alternative (properdin) pathway and may be
a part of the pathology of most Gram-negative bacterial infections.
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11. 2. ENDOTOXINS
NB 2: Most part of endotoxins remain associated with the cell
wall until disintegration of the bacteria.
In vivo, this results from autolysis, external lysis, and phagocytic
digestion of bacterial cells.
Small amounts of endotoxin may be released in a soluble form,
especially by young cultures.
Compared to the classic exotoxins of bacteria, endotoxins
are less potent and less specific in their action, since they do
not act enzymatically.
Endotoxins are heat stable (boiling for 30 min does not
destabilize endotoxin).
but certain powerful oxidizing agents such as , superoxide, peroxide
and hypochlorite degrade them.
Endotoxins, although strongly antigenic, cannot be converted
to toxoids.
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12. CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIAL ENDOTOXINS AND EXOTOXINS
PROPERTY ENDOTOXIN EXOTOXIN
Lipopolysaccharide (mw =
Chemical nature Protein (mw = 50-1000kDa)
10kDa)
Relationship to cell Part of outer membrane Extracellular, diffusible
Denatured by boiling No Usually
Antigenic Yes Yes
Form toxoid No Yes
Potency Relatively low (>100ug) Relatively high (1 ug)
Specificity Low degree High degree
Enzymatic activity No Usually
Pyrogenicity Yes Occasionally
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13. 2. ENDOTOXINS
Lipopolysaccharides:
Are complex amphiphilic molecules with a mw of about 10kDa,
that vary widely in chemical composition both between and among
bacterial species.
In a basic ground plan common to all endotoxins, LPS consists
of three components:
(1) Lipid A
(2) Core polysaccharide
(3) O polysaccharide
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15. 2. ENDOTOXINS
1. Lipid A :
Lipid component of LPS.
Contains the hydrophobic, membrane-anchoring region of LPS.
Lipid A consists of a phosphorylated N-acetylglucosamine (NAG)
dimer with 6 or 7 fatty acids (FA) attached.
6 FA are found. All FA in Lipid A are saturated.
Some FA are attached directly to the NAG dimer and others are
esterified to the 3-hydroxy fatty acids that are characteristically present.
The structure of Lipid A is highly conserved among Gram-ve bacteria.
Among Enterobacteriaceae Lipid A is virtually constant
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16. 2. ENDOTOXINS
2. Core (R) polysaccharide:
Is attached to the 6 position of one NAG.
The R antigen consists of a short chain of sugars.
For example: KDO - Hep - Hep - Glu - Gal - Glu - GluNAc.
Two unusual sugars - present
Heptose and
2-keto-3-deoxyoctonoic acid (KDO), in the core polysaccharide.
KDO is unique and invariably present in LPS and so has been an
indicator in assays for LPS (endotoxin).
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17. 2. ENDOTOXINS
Core polysaccharide is common to all members of a
bacterial genus with minor variations (e.g. Salmonella).
but it is structurally distinct in other genera of Gram-negative
bacteria.
Salmonella, Shigella and Escherichia have similar but not
identical cores.
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18. 2. ENDOTOXINS
3. O polysaccharide (also referred to as the O antigen or O side chain):
Is attached to the core polysaccharide.
Consists of repeating oligosaccharide subunits made up of 3-5
sugars.
The individual chains vary in length ranging up to 40 repeat
units.
O polysaccharide is much longer than the core polysaccharide
and it maintains the hydrophilic domain of the LPS molecule.
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19. 2. ENDOTOXINS
A unique group of sugars, called dideoxyhexoses, occurs in the
O polysaccharide.
A major antigenic determinant (antibody-combining site) of the
Gram-negative cell wall resides in the O polysaccharide.
Great variation occurs in the composition of the sugars in the O
side chain between species and even strains of Gram-negative
bacteria.
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20. 2. ENDOTOXINS
LPS and virulence of Gram-negative bacteria
Endotoxins are toxic to most mammals.
They are strong antigens but they seldom elicit immune responses
which give full protection to the animal against secondary challenge
with the endotoxin.
Cannot be toxoided.
Endotoxins released from multiplying or disintegrating bacteria
significantly contribute to the symptoms of Gram-ve bacteremia and
septicemia important pathogenic factors in Gram-ve
infections.
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21. 2. ENDOTOXINS
Regardless of the bacterial source
all endotoxins produce the same range of biological effects
in the animal host.
Injection of living or killed Gram-ve cells, or purified LPS,
into experimental animals wide spectrum of nonspecific
pathophysiological reactions related to inflammation such
as:
fever
changes in white blood cell counts
disseminated intravascular coagulation
tumor necrosis
hypotension
shock
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22. 2. ENDOTOXINS
The role of Lipid A
Physiological activities of endotoxins- mediated mainly by
the Lipid A component of LPS.
Lipid A is the toxic component of LPS.
Its biological activity depends on
a peculiar conformation determined by the glucosamine
disaccharide,
PO4 groups,
Acyl chains, and
KDO-containing inner core.
Lipid A is known to react at the surfaces of macrophages
release cytokines that mediate the pathophysiological
response to endotoxin.
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23. 2. ENDOTOXINS
The role of the O polysaccharide
Although nontoxic, the polysaccharide side chain (O antigen) of
LPS may act as a determinant of virulence in Gram-ve bacteria.
O polysaccharide is responsible for the property of
"smoothness" of bacterial cells, which may contribute to their
resistance to phagocytic engulfment.
O polysaccharide is hydrophilic and may allow diffusion or
delivery of the toxic lipid in the hydrophilic (in vivo) environment.
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24. 2. ENDOTOXINS
Long side chains of LPS afforded by the O polysaccharide may
prevent host complement from depositing on the bacterial cell
surface which would bring about bacterial cell lysis.
O polysaccharide may supply a bacterium with its specific
ligands (adhesins) for colonization which is essential for
expression of virulence.
O-polysaccharide is antigenic, and the usual basis for antigenic
variation in Gram-ve bacteria rests in differences in their O
polysaccharides.
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25. Pathogenicity Islands
Pathogenicity Islands (PAI):
Are a distinct class of genomic islands which are acquired by
horizontal gene transfer.
Incorporated in the genome of pathogenic bacteria
usually absent from non-pathogenic organisms of the same or closely
related species.
They occupy relatively large genomic regions ranging from
10-200 kb
encode genes which contribute to virulence of the pathogen.
Typical examples:
adhesins, toxins, iron uptake systems, invasins, etc.
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26. Pathogenicity Islands
One species of bacteria may have more than one pathogenicity
island.
For example, in Salmonella, five pathogenicity islands have been identified.
Found mainly in Gram-ve bacteria, but have been shown in a few
Gram-positives.
Found in pathogens that undergo gene transfer by plasmid, phage,
or a conjugative transposon and are typically transferred through
mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer (HGT).
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27. Pathogenicity Islands
May be located on the bacterial chromosome or may be a part of a
plasmid.
Are rich in Guanine + Cytosine content.
They are flanked by direct repeats i.e., the sequence of bases at
two ends are the same.
Are associated with tRNA genes, which target sites for the
integration of DNA.
Have characteristics of transposons in that they carry functional
genes
e.g. integrase, transposase, or part of insertion sequences
may move from one tRNA locus to another on the chromosome or plasmid.
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28. Pathogenicity Islands
Play a vital role in the virulence of bacterial pathogens of humans
, animals and plants.
The availability of a large number of genome sequences of
pathogenic bacteria and their nonpathogenic relatives
identification of novel pathogen-specific genomic islands.
PAI apparently -acquired during the speciation of pathogens from
their nonpathogenic or environmental ancestors.
The acquisition of PAI is an ancient evolutionary event that led to the
appearance of bacterial pathogens on a timescale of millions of years
May also represent a mechanism that contributes to the appearance of new
pathogens.
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29. Pathogenicity Islands
Knowledge about PAI, their structure, their mobility, and the
pathogenicity factors they encode is helpful:
a) In gaining a better understanding of bacterial evolution and interactions of
pathogens with eucaryotic host cells
b) Also may have important practical implications such as providing delivery
systems for vaccination and tools for the development of new strategies for
therapy of bacterial infections.
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30. Pathogenicity Islands
PAIs represent distinct genetic elements encoding virulence factors
of pathogenic bacteria
Belong to a more general class of genomic islands
Common genetic elements sharing a set of unifying features.
Genomic islands have been acquired by horizontal gene transfer.
In recent years many different genomic islands have been discovered in a
variety of pathogenic as well as non-pathogenic bacteria.
Because they promote genetic variability, genomic islands play an important
role in microbial evolution
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