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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Microbiol. 2019 Jan 15;21(3):e12988. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12988
Primary function in vivo K+ dependent MAPK activation Histone Modification Mitochondrial fragmentation deSUMOylation/Ubc9 degradation Caspase-1 activation Macrophage TLR4 activation Effects on cell adhesion Protein translocation Vacuolar Escape
CDC Organism
Listeriolysin O (LLO) Listeria monocytogenes Escape from the vacuole (Gonzalez et al., 2011; Tang, Rosenshine, Cossart, & Finlay, 1996) (Hamon et al., 2007) (Stavru et al., 2011) (Ribet et al., 2010) (Meixenberger et al., 2010; Sauer et al., 2010) (Park, Ng, Maeda, Rest, & Karin, 2004) (Drevets, 1997; Kayal et al., 1999; Krüll et al., 1997) (Sibelius et al., 1996) (Tilney, L. G., Portnoy, 1989)
Perfringolysin (PFO) Clostridium perfringens Disruption of neutrophil migration (Ellemor et al., 1999) (Hamon et al., 2007) (Ribet et al., 2010) (Park et al., 2004) (Bryant & Stevens, 1996; Rafii, Park, Bryant, Johnson, & Wagner, 2008) (O’Brien & Melville, 2004)
Pneumolysin (PLY) Streptococcus pneumoniae Epithelial barrier disruption (Rayner et al., 1995) Transmission (Zafar et al., 2017) (Aguilar et al., 2009) (Hamon et al., 2007) (Li et al., 2017; Ribet et al., 2010) (Fang et al., 2011; Hassane et al., 2017; Karmakar et al., 2015; Witzenrath et al., 2011) (Malley et al., 2003; Srivastava et al., 2005) (Nel et al., 2017; Thornton & McDaniel, 2005; Zhang et al., 2016)
Streptolysin O (SLO) Streptococcus pyogenes Cell killing by SPN translocation (Zhu et al., 2017) (Stassen et al., 2003) (Li et al., 2017) (Harder et al., 2009; Keyel et al., 2013) (Park et al., 2004) (Bryant et al., 2005; Zhang et al., 2016) (Madden et al., 2001)
Suilysin (SLY) Streptococcus suis (Bi et al., 2015) (Li et al., 2017) (Bi et al., 2015) (Zhang et al., 2016)
Anthrolysin O (ALO) Bacillus anthracis (Ratner et al., 2006) (Park et al., 2004) (Tonello & Zornetta, 2012)
Vaginolysin (VLY) Gardnerella vaginalis (Gelber, Aguilar, Lewis, & Ratner, 2008)
Other Pore-forming molecules
T3SS (Dortet et al., 2018) (Dortet et al., 2018) (McCoy, Koizumi, Higa, & Suzuki, 2010) (Wagner et al., 2018)
Aerolysin Aeromonas hydrophila (Gonzalez et al., 2011) (Hamon & Cossart, 2011) (Gurcel et al., 2006; McCoy et al., 2010)