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J G Zettergren, M J Leifer, H Nakashima

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta

|December 20, 1984

Abstract:

Transglutaminase activity in human peripheral lymphocytes is enhanced after incubation of the cells with concanavalin A. Streptococcal proliferative factor toxin (erythrogenic toxin) from Streptococcus pyogenes and Toxic shock syndrome toxin from Staphylococcus aureus were purified and tested for their ability to enhance transglutaminase activity. Mononuclear leukocyte transglutaminase activity was enhanced 3-5-fold 30 min after incubation with either toxin. Enhancement occurred only when toxin was incubated with intact cells; addition of toxin to cell lysates was without effect. Transglutaminase was not measurable extracellularly. Histamine and dansyl cadaverine, competitive substrates for transglutaminase, inhibited [3H]putrescine incorporation into casein and [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. Incubation of lymphocytes with cycloheximide and either toxin or concanavalin A did not inhibit enzyme activity. These bacterial toxins, like phytomitogens, may perturb the cellular membrane and mediate their effect by transglutaminase-mediated cross-linking of membrane proteins.

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