Cloning, expression, and molecular characterization of the dermonecrotic toxin gene of Bordetella spp.

AUTOR(ES)

Pullinger, G D

RESUMO

A cosmid library of random fragments of Bordetella bronchiseptica genomic DNA was prepared and screened with oligonucleotides designed from the sequence of the B. pertussis dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) gene. Two cosmid clones which apparently contained the complete B. bronchiseptica DNT gene were identified, but they did not express the toxin. A 5-kb fragment containing the DNT gene was subcloned from one of the cosmid clones onto a high-copy-number plasmid, and this resulted in low-level expression of the toxin. The expression level was increased by deletion of a small region upstream of the coding sequence. Assays for biological activity, including the infant mouse dermonecrosis assay, confirmed that the product of the cloned gene was DNT. The complete sequence of the B. bronchiseptica DNT gene was determined and was more than 99% homologous to the DNT gene of B. pertussis. A putative purine nucleotide-binding motif was shown to be important for toxic activity. Extracts containing the recombinant or the native toxin induced DNA synthesis in Swiss 3T3 cells but inhibited cell division leading to binucleation.

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