In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Pyocin
AUTOR(ES)
Higerd, Thomas B.
RESUMO
Pyocin, a bacteriocin obtained from lysates of ultraviolet-induced cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was characterized in vitro and in vivo after 1,000-fold purification by chemical, column, and differential centrifugation procedures. Electron micrographs of negatively stained pyocin preparations contained rod-shaped particles which resembled the contractile tail protein of the T-even phages of Escherichia coli. Although two separate and distinct pyocin fractions were eluted from diethylaminoethyl cellulose (pH 7.5) during the purification procedure, the particles appeared identical. In addition, the two fractions exhibited a close correlation between their titers and the particle numbers as observed in the electron microscope. The particles were approximately 20 by 90 mμ with a core diameter of 5 mμ and a sheath length of 50 mμ. Neither intact phage nor ghosts were seen in any of the preparations, although ringlets of two different diameters, which appeared to correspond to the diameters of the sheath and inner core, were observed. Other studies indicated that, although crude preparations were stable to freezing and thawing, purified preparations lost all of their activity under similar treatment. However, the addition of 50% glycerol to purified preparations completely protected activity. Conversely, aged normal human or rabbit sera enhanced the antibacterial activity of pyocin approximately fourfold, although serum albumin and hemoglobin had no effect. In vivo studies indicated that purified pyocin was not lethal for mice when injected intraperitoneally in concentrations of 28,000 to 1,400,000 units (5.6 to 276 μg of protein), nor was 7,200 to 36,000 units dermonecrotic for rabbits.
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