Inhibitory effect of a Pichia anomala killer toxin on Pneumocystis carinii infectivity to the SCID mouse

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-116

  Séguy, Nathalie ^a   Cailliez, Jean Charles ^a,c   Polonelli, Luciano ^b   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^a,d   Camus, Daniel ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Centre de Génétique Chromosomique   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; MYCOTOXIN;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMYCETALES; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PICHIA ANOMALA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0030029510     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050080     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Aliouat EM, Cailliez JC, Séguy N, Dei-Cas E, Polonelli L, Gerloni M, Conti S, Camus D (1993a) Inhibitory effect of a yeast killer toxin to the in vitro Pneumocystis carinii attachment. Serodiagn Immunother Infect Dis 5:102-106
2. Aliouat EM, Dei-Cas E, Ouaissi A, Palluault F, Soulez B, Camus D (1993b) In vitro attachment of Pneumocystis carinii from mouse and rat origin. Biol Cell 77:209-217
3. Aliouat EM, Mazars E, Dei-Cas E, Cesbron JY, Camus D (1993c) Intranasal inoculation of mouse, rat or rabbit-derived Pneumocystis to SCID mice. J Protozool Res 3:94-98
4. Cailliez JC, Gerloni M, Morace G, Conti S, Cantelli C, Polonelli L (1992) Ultrastructural immunodetection of a Pichia anomala killer toxin: a preliminary study. Biol Cell 75:19-23
5. Cailliez JC, Séguy N, Aliouat EM, Polonelli L, Camus D, Dei-Cas E (1994) The yeast killer phenomenon: a hypothetical way to control Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Med Hypotheses 43:167-171
6. Polonelli L, Morace G (1986) Production and characterization of yeast killer toxin monoclonal antibodies. J Clin Microbiol 25:460-462
7. Polonelli L, Lorenzini R, De Bernardis F, Morace G (1986) Potential therapeutic effect of yeast killer toxin. Mycopathology 96:103-108
8. Polonelli L, Fanti F, Conti S, Campani L, Gerloni M, Castagnola M, Morace G, Chezzi C (1990) Detection by immunofluorescent anti-idiotypic antibodies of yeast killer toxin cell wall receptors of Candida albicans. J Immunol Methods 132:205-209
9. Polonelli L, Conti S, Gerloni M, Magliani W, Castagnola M, Morace G, Chezzi C (1991a) "Antibodies": antibiotic-like antiidiotypic antibodies. J Med Vet Mycol 29:235-242
10. Polonelli L, Conti S, Gerloni M, Magliani W, Chezzi C, Morace G (1991b) Interfaces of the yeast killer phenomenon. CRC Crit Rev Microbiol 18:47-87
11. Polonelli L, Conti S, Gerloni M, Magliani W, Morace G, Cailliez JC (1993) Imaging of the yeast killer phenomenon. In: Maresca B, Kobayashi G, Yamaguchi H (eds) Proceedings of the NATO workshop Molecular biology and its application to medical mycology, vol 69. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 141-148
12. Polonelli L, De Bernardis F, Conti S, Boccanera M, Gerloni M, Morace G, Magliani W, Chezzi C, Cassone A (1994) Idiotypic intravaginal vaccination to protect against candidal vaginitis by secretory, yeast killer toxin-like anti-idiotypic antibodies. J Immunol 152:3175-3182
13. Séguy N, Aliouat EM, Dei-Cas E, Polonelli L, Camus D, Cailliez JC (1994) Susceptibility of Pneumocystis carinii to a Pichia anomala killer toxin. J Euk Microbiol 41:109S
14. Stringer JR, Edman JC, Cushion MT, Richards FF, Watanabe J (1992) The fungal nature of Pneumocystis carinii. J Med Vet Mycol 30:271-278
15. Wakefield AE, Peters SE, Banerji S, Bridge PD, Hopkin JM (1992) Pneumocystis carinii shows DNA homology with the ustomycetous red yeast fungi. Mol Microbiol 6:1903-1911
16. Walker RE, Masur H (1994) Current regimens of therapy and prophylaxis. In: Walzer PD (ed) Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp 439-466