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. 1992 Jul;60(7):2952–2956. doi: 10.1128/iai.60.7.2952-2956.1992

Effects of iron limitation on production of a siderophore, outer membrane proteins, and hemolysin and on hydrophobicity, cell adherence, and lethality for mice of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

J H Dai 1, Y S Lee 1, H C Wong 1
PMCID: PMC257259  PMID: 1535342

Abstract

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the most important enteropathogens in Taiwan, Japan, and other coastal regions. The pathogenesis of V. parahaemolyticus disease is not clearly understood. The expression of some factors by V. parahaemolyticus in iron-rich and iron-limited media was analyzed. In the clinical hemolytic strains, the production of a siderophore, two outer membrane proteins (77 and 80 kDa), and thermostable direct hemolysin was significantly enhanced in iron-limited culture, and hemolytic activities, cell hydrophobicity, HEp-2 cell adherence, and lethality for mice were also enhanced. The environmental nonhemolytic strain CCRC12958 that was cultured in iron-limited medium exhibited lethal activity for mice, and other factors except hemolysis were also enhanced like the responses of clinical strains were. These results suggested that a virulent factor(s) of V. parahaemolyticus may be induced or enhanced under iron-limited conditions. The iron-regulated factors reported in this paper may be important in the pathogenesis of V. parahaemolyticus disease.

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