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The expression of Clostridium perfringens consensus beta2 toxin is associated with bovine enterotoxaemia syndrome
Lebrun, Maud; Filée, Patrice; Mousset, Bénédicte et al.
2007In Veterinary Microbiology, 120 (1-2), p. 151-157
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Keywords :
Clostridium perfringens; bovine enterotoxaemia; beta2-toxin; atypic allele; expression
Abstract :
[en] Clostridium perfringens has been implicated in a broad array of enteric infections including the fatal haemorrhagic enteritis/enterotoxaemia syndrome in cattle. The beta2 toxin (CPB2), encoded by cpb2, is suspected to be implicated in this syndrome. However, among C. perfringens isolates from cattle suspected of clostridial disease, an atypical allele was recently found to predominate at the cpb2 locus and atypical corresponding CPB2 proteins were shown to be poorly expressed, thus arguing against a biologically significant role of the beta2 toxin in clostridial diseases in cattle. This study compared genotype and phenotype of the beta2 toxin between C. perfringens isolates from a group of healthy calves (n = 14, 87 isolates) and from a group of enterotoxaemic calves (n = 8,41 isolates). PCR results revealed the exclusive presence of the typical "consensus" cpb2 in the enterotoxaernic group. Western blot analysis demonstrated that the typical variant of CPB2 was often expressed in isolates from enterotoxaemic calves (43.9%) and infrequently in isolates from healthy cattle (6.9%). These data suggest that the typical variant of the CPB2 toxin may play a role in the pathogenesis of cattle enterotoxaemia. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Lebrun, Maud;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires
Filée, Patrice ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre d'ingénierie des protéines
Mousset, Bénédicte ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Bactériologie et pathologie des maladies bactériennes
Desmecht, Daniel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de morphologie et pathologie > Pathologie spéciale et autopsies
Galleni, Moreno ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Macromolécules biologiques
Mainil, Jacques ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Bactériologie et pathologie des maladies bactériennes
Linden, Annick  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Santé et pathologies de la faune sauvage
Language :
English
Title :
The expression of Clostridium perfringens consensus beta2 toxin is associated with bovine enterotoxaemia syndrome
Publication date :
2007
Journal title :
Veterinary Microbiology
ISSN :
0378-1135
eISSN :
1873-2542
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
120
Issue :
1-2
Pages :
151-157
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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