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A K Adamov

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Dermatonecrotic lesions in rabbits caused by neuraminidase.

In an attempt to study the role of neuraminidase in cholera vibrio pathogenesis, the dermatonecrotic effect of a purified neuraminidase preparation was studied in rabbits. The experiments demonstrated that dermatonecrotic lesions resulted from intracutaneous injection of a purified neuraminidase preparation (0.5 specific human dose or 1 NU) as well as significant doses of cholera toxoid containing the enzyme (4,12,18 specific human doses).

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[The effect of immune antibodies and the xanthine oxidase-xanthine enzymatic link on Vibrio cholerae].

As revealed in experiments on V. cholerae, highly diluted cholera antiserum enhanced the inhibitory action of the enzymatic link xanthine oxidase-xanthine-Fe2+ on the multiplication of V. cholerae, while low dilutions of the antiserum weakened this action. Normal rabbit serum produced no such effect. The antivibrionic effectiveness of the immune molecular cycle, viz. antiserum--the xanthine oxidase enzymatic link, was found to depend also on the concentration of xanthine. Immune antibodies to cholera antigens activated the bacteriostatic action of the enzymatic link at the concentration of xanthine oxidase equal to 0.0125 g/l and its bactericidal action at the concentration of xanthine oxidase equal to 0.025 g/l. In this article the values of the specificity indices of immune interaction and immunological effectiveness, characterizing the effectiveness of immune molecular cycles (antibodies--the xanthine oxidase enzymatic link), are presented.

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[The antimicrobial action of the xanthine oxidase-xanthine system on the causative agent of cholera].

As revealed in experiments on V. cholerae, the enzymatic link xanthine oxidase-xanthine produces a vibriostatic effect at the concentration of xanthine oxidase equal to 0.0125 g/l and a vibriocidal effect at the concentration of xanthine oxidase equal to 0.025 g/l in a medium with pH 7.5-7.6. In the presence of protein the antivibrionic activity of the xanthine oxidase link is decreased. The introduction of bivalent iron into the enzymatic link xanthine oxidase-xanthine enhances its vibriocidal action on V. cholerae.

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Antivibrionic activity of some glycolytic cycle enzymes of animal cells.

The antivibrionic activity of crystalline preparations of five enzymes of the glycolytic cycle of animals cells was investigated. Phosphorylase "a" (0.5 mg/ml), aldolase (15 mg/ml) and pyruvate kinase (0.1 mg/ml) were found to inhibit the proliferation of Vibrio cholerae cells; phosphoglucomutase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase at a concentration of 0.25 mg/ml were found to be vibriocidal. A mixture of these enzymes containing 0.062 mg/ml of phosphorylase "a" and 0.125 mg/ml of each phosphoglucomutase, aldolase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase showed vibriocidal activity.

Anti-Bacterial Agents

[Correlation of the antibody concentrations in the cells, subcellular structures and blood serum of rabbits immunized with cholera vaccine].

Experiments were conducted on animals. Following immunization with cholera vaccine there were revealed vibriocidal antibodies, sometimes -- agglutinating, but no vibriolysins in the cells of the mucosal epithelium of the small intestine, of the liver, the spleen and in the fractions obtained from the cells with the aid of differential centrifugation. This corresponds to the high titre of vibriocidal antibodies in the serum and a relatively low titre of the other types of antibodies. In parenteral immunization with various doses of cholera vaccine the concentration of vibriocidal antibodies reached 10(1)-10(7) per 1 mg of protein, which was millions of times less than in the blood serum.

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