CONTRIBUTION OF BLUE-GREEN PIGMENTS TO HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA CULTURAL FLUID


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Aim. To assess the contribution of blue-green pigments of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to hemolytic activity of its cultural fluid. Materials and methods . Eight hospital strains and reference strain ATCC 15442 were used. Growth dynamics of strains as well as features of accumulation of hemolytic and phospholipase activity were studied. Purified samples of pyoverdin and pyocyanin were extracted by gel-chromatography and chloroform extraction methods. Hemolytic and lecitinase activities of the samples as well as effect of active oxygen scavengers and chelating agents on these activities were studied. Results. Dynamics of accumulation of hemolytic activity significantly differed from that of phospholipase activity when strains were grown in liquid medium. Chromatographic separation of the pigments from cultural fluid supernatants sharply reduced its hemolytic activity. Purified samples of pyoverdin and pyocyanin were capable to lyse erythrocytes and chicken egg lecitin. These characteristics of the pigments were inhibited by nitroblue tetrazolium and sensitive to chelating agents. Conclusion . Pyoverdin and pyocyanin of pathogenic strains of P. aeruginosa are capable to lyse erythrocytes and suspension of purified chicken egg lecitin, they contribute to total hemolytic activity of pathogenic strains of Pseudomonas , which is not determined only by phospholipase C produced by microorganism. Lytic activity of the pigments is blocked by nitroblue tetrazolium and susceptible to some chelating agents. Apparently, this activity is mediated by superoxide radical and determined by presence of metals with transient valence in pigments’ molecules.

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ВКЛАД СИНЕ-ЗЕЛЕНЫХ ПИГМЕНТОВ PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA В ГЕМОЛИТИЧЕСКУЮ АКТИВНОСТЬ КУЛЬТУРАЛЬНОЙ ЖИДКОСТИ
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A. E Pyzh

Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbio- logy, Minsk, Belarus

V. N Nikandrov

Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbio- logy, Minsk, Belarus

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