Zinc regulates the function of two superantigens.
- 15 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 89 (12) , 5507-5511
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.89.12.5507
Abstract
Staphylococcal enterotoxins bind with high affinity to class II major histocompatibility complex proteins and subsequently stimulate large numbers of T cells via the V beta portion of the T-cell receptor. Binding of enterotoxin A and enterotoxin E to HLA-DR was completely abolished by low levels of EDTA, whereas binding of toxic shock toxin was unaffected. Addition of Zn2+ to as little as 2 microM excess over EDTA completely reconstituted binding, but Ca2+, Mg2+, Cu2+, Fe2+, and Mn2+ had no effect. The dissociation constant (Kd) of 65Zn2+ binding to a single site on purified enterotoxin A was 2 microM, and addition of purified HLA-DR1 did not alter the Kd, indicating that the binding site was exclusive to enterotoxin A. In the presence of saturating levels of zinc the Kd for enterotoxin A binding to purified HLA-DR1 was 25 nM. Thus, zinc binding is an essential first step in the formation of the major histocompatibility complex binding domain of at least two bacterial superantigens. Given the measured Kd of zinc binding to enterotoxin A, serum levels of free zinc (0.2-1.0 microM) may well regulate the toxic sequelae by these two superantigens.Keywords
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