Stability and Resistance to Proteolysis of Enterotoxins SEC and SEL Produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus
- 1 January 2023
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Foodborne Pathogens & Disease
- Vol. 20 (1), 32-37
- https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2022.0059
Abstract
The only staphylococcal enterotoxins produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis include SECepi and SELepi, whereas Staphylococcus aureus produces orthologous SECs and SEL having different sequences. We compared S. epidermidis and S. aureus SECs and SELs in terms of resistance to proteolysis and both, thermal and chemical stability. We show that SECepi and SELepi produced by S. epidermidis have similar resistance to proteolysis if compared with their respective orthologues produced by S. aureus. Studied S. epidermidis and S. aureus SEC variants incubated with pepsin at pH 2.0 were found to be more resistant to proteolysis than SELs. SELs turned out to be more resistant than SECs to proteolysis with trypsin at pH 8.0. SECepi was found to be more resistant to thermal denaturation if compared with its S. aureus orthologues. The S. epidermidis and S. aureus SEC variants were found to have higher thermal stability than SELs. Our data indicate that, due to their high stability, the enterotoxins SECepi and SELepi produced in food by S. epidermidis may pose a food safety risk comparable with that posed by S. aureus enterotoxins.Keywords
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