Cyclo(Phe-Pro) modulates the expression of ompU in Vibrio spp.

Vibrio cholerae ToxR Downregulates Virulence Factor Production in Response to Cyclo(Phe-Pro)

UNLABELLED Vibrio cholerae is an aquatic organism that causes the severe acute diarrheal disease cholera. The ability of V. cholerae to cause disease is dependent upon the production of two critical virulence determinants, cholera toxin (CT) and the toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP). The expression of the genes that encode for CT and TCP production is under the control of a hierarchical regulatory ...

Vibrio cholerae Porin OmpU Induces Pro-Inflammatory Responses, but Down-Regulates LPS-Mediated Effects in RAW 264.7, THP-1 and Human PBMCs

Vibrio cholerae porin OmpU plays a crucial role in the survival of the organism in the human gut. Various observations suggest critical involvement of OmpU in V. cholerae pathogenesis. However, OmpU is poorly characterized in terms of its ability to evoke cellular responses, particularly in the context of host immune system. Therefore, towards characterizing V. cholerae OmpU for its host immuno...

Immune response in Lutjanus erythropterus induced by the major outer membrane protein (OmpU) of Vibrio alginolyticus.

The outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of the marine aquatic animal pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus play an important role in the virulence of the bacterium and are potential candidates for vaccine development. In this study, the major 35.6 kDa OMP of V. alginolyticus was isolated by gel excision from the crude OMP fraction from V. alginolyticus. The sequence of the first 27 amino acid residues from ...

The cyclic dipeptide cyclo ( Phe - Pro ) inhibits cholera toxin and toxin coregulated pilus 1 production in O 1 El Tor Vibrio

Role for the major outer-membrane protein from Vibrio anguillarum in bile resistance and biofilm formation.

Vibrio anguillarum, a fish pathogen, produces a 38 kDa major outer-membrane porin, which may be involved in environmental adaptation. The gene encoding the 38 kDa porin was cloned and deleted. The deduced protein sequence was 75 % identical to that of the major outer-membrane protein (OMP), OmpU, from Vibrio cholerae. LacZ expression from an ompU : : lacZ transcriptional gene fusion was increas...