Expression of Cholera Toxin Under Non-AKI Conditions in Vibrio Cholerae El Tor Induced by Increasing the Exposed Surface of Cultures

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2004 Feb 20

PMID 14973024

Citations 13

Authors

Joaquin Sanchez

Gerardo Medina

Thomas Buhse

Jan Holmgren

Gloria Soberon-Chavez

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Abstract

The regulatory systems controlling expression of the ctxAB genes encoding cholera toxin (CT) in the classical and El Tor biotypes of pathogenic Vibrio cholerae have been characterized and found to be almost identical. Notwithstanding this, special in vitro conditions, called AKI conditions, are required for El Tor bacteria to produce CT. The AKI conditions involve biphasic cultures. In phase 1 the organism is grown in a still tube for 4 h. In phase 2 the medium is poured into a flask to continue growth with shaking. Virtually no expression of CT occurs if this protocol is not followed. Here we demonstrated that CT expression takes place in single-phase still cultures if the volume-to-surface-area ratio is decreased, both under air and under an inert atmosphere. The expression of key genes involved in the regulation of CT production was analyzed, and we found that the expression pattern closely resembles the in vivo expression pattern.

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