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ArticlePloS one2010

Vibrio cholerae hemolysin is required for lethality, developmental delay, and intestinal vacuolation in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Hediye Nese Cinar, Mahendra Kothary, Atin R Datta, Ben D Tall, Robert Sprando, Kivanc Bilecen, Fitnat Yildiz, Barbara McCardell

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hediye Nese CinarDivision of Virulence Assessment, Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, USA. hediye.cinar@fda.hhs.gov
Mahendra Kothary
Atin R Datta
Ben D Tall
Robert Sprando
Kivanc Bilecen
Fitnat Yildiz
Barbara McCardell
United States Food and Drug Administration · USUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCholera toxin (CT) and toxin-co-regulated pili (TCP) are the major virulence factors of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 strains that contribute to the pathogenesis of disease during devastating cholera pandemics. However, CT and TCP negative V. cholerae strains are still able to cause severe diarrheal disease in humans through mechanisms that are not well understood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsTo determine the role of other virulence factors in V. cholerae pathogenesis, we used a CT and TCP independent infection model in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and identified the hemolysin A (hlyA) gene as a factor responsible for animal death and developmental delay. We demonstrated a correlation between the severity of infection in the nematode and the level of hemolytic activity in the V. cholerae biotypes. At the cellular level, V. cholerae infection induces formation of vacuoles in the intestinal cells in a hlyA dependent manner, consistent with the previous in vitro observations. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our data strongly suggest that HlyA is a virulence factor in C. elegans infection leading to lethality and developmental delay presumably through intestinal cytopathic changes.

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AnimalsBacterial ProteinsCaenorhabditis elegansHemolysin ProteinsIntestinesVacuolesVibrio choleraeVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsHemolysin Proteinshemolysin, VibrioVirulence Factors

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PMID20644623
PMCPMC2903476
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