The Cytolethal Distending Toxin of Haemophilus ducreyi Inhibits Endothelial Cell Proliferation

AUTOR(ES)

Svensson, Liselott A.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Haemophilus ducreyi, the etiologic agent of the sexually transmitted disease chancroid, produces a cytolethal distending toxin (HdCDT) that inhibits mammalian cell proliferation. We investigated the effects of HdCDT on normal human endothelial cells and on tubule formation in an in vitro model of angiogenesis. Endothelial cells were arrested in the G2 phase of the cell cycle, and tubule formation was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. The antiproliferative activities of HdCDT on endothelial cells might contribute to the characteristic slow healing and persistence of chancroid ulcers.

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