Porenbildende Toxine und mucosale Integrität
Roland Bücker, Michael Fromm, Jörg-Dieter Schulzke · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2012 · Heft 01
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Abstract This short communication focuses on the role of hemolysins from barrier-breaking bacteria in mucosal damaging. Pore-forming toxins (PFTs), produced by hemolytic bacteria, are secreted proteins that integrate into the membrane of host cells and form pores, which are frequently cytolytic. But beyond these cytolytic effects, PFTs can induce a variety of defined pathogenic processes. Depending on the toxin, intestinal epithelial function can be impaired by e.g. secretion, induction of lesions or tight junction disturbance. The latter was shown as leak flux mechanism in diarrhea, by which water and small sol…