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Introducción: Bacillus cereus es una bacteria contaminante de alimentos y patógena en humanos, cuya toxina emética o cereúlida (Ces) causa el síndrome emético y las enterotoxinas hemolítica o hemolisina BL (Hbl), no hemolítica (Nhe) y citotoxina K (CytK), el síndrome diarreico. Objetivo: Determinar la presencia de genes toxigénicos de Bacillus cereus en muestras de ADN obtenido directamente de fécula de maíz y de harina de trigo, mediante reacción en cadena de la polimerasa múltiple. Materiales y métodos: Se determinaron los genes toxigénicos de Bacillus cereus en muestras de ADN extraído directamente de fécula de maíz y harina de trigo, utilizando una reacción en cadena de la polimerasa múltiple específica para los genes cesB, hblC, nheA y cytK. Resultados: De 76 muestras de fécula de maíz, el 60,5% presentó los genes toxigénicos de Bacillus cereus, que fueron agrupados en seis consorcios: I: hblC, cytK (30,4%), II: nheA, hblC, cytK (21,7%), III: hblC (19,6%), IV: nheA (15,2%), V: nheA, hblC (10,9%), VI: nheA, hblC, cytK, cesB (2,2%). De 79 muestras de harina de trigo, el 65,8% presentó los genes toxigénicos de Bacillus cereus, que se agruparon en cuatro consorcios: I: nheA, hblC, cytK (80,8%), II: hblC, cytK (11,5%), III: hblC (5,8%), IV: nheA, hblC (1,9%)...
Introduction: Bacillus cereus is a human pathogen that causes two kinds of foodborne diseases, the emetic syndrome caused by emetic toxin or cereulide (Ces), and the diarrheal syndrome caused by three different enterotoxins, the hemolytic enterotoxin or hemolysin BL (Hbl), the nonhemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe) and the cytotoxin K (CytK). Objective: To determine the presence of toxigenic genes of Bacillus cereus in DNA samples directly obtained from corn starch and wheat flour using multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Material and methods: The presence of toxigenic genes of Bacillus cereus were determinedin DNA samples directly extracted from corn starch and wheat flour, using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction technique specific for cesB, hblC, nheA and cytK genes. Results: From a total of 76 corn starch samples, 60.5% had toxigenic genes of Bacillus cereus and were grouped in six consortia: I: hblC, cytK (30.4%), II: nheA, hblC, cytK (21.7%), III: hblC (19.6%), IV: nheA (15.2%), V: nheA, hblC (10.9%) and VI: nheA, hblC, cytK, cesB (2.2%). From 79 wheat flour samples tested, 65.8% had toxigenic genes of Bacillus cereus and were grouped into four consortia: I: nheA, hblC, cytK (80.8%), II: hblC, cytK (11.5%), III: hblC (5.8%) and IV: nheA, hblC (1.9%)...
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Humanos , Bacillus cereus , Enterotoxinas , Inspeção de Alimentos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase MultiplexRESUMO
The epithelium of the cervix uteri has been reported to be frequently coinfected with both human papillomaviruses (HPV) and helper virus-dependent adenoassociated viruses (AAV). Seroepidemiological data suggest that AAV infection could inhibit cervical cancer that is caused by specific ("high-risk") types of papillomaviruses. In vitro, infection with AAV type 2 (AAV-2) or transfection of AAV-2 early (rep) genes has been shown to inhibit transformation by papillomaviruses. To analyze the effects of AAV on HPV in vivo, we studied the influence of AAV-2 infection on the promoter activity of high-risk HPV type 18 (HPV-18) in mice, transgenic for sequences of the upstream regulatory region (URR) of HPV-18 controlling transcription of the reporter gene, lacZ. Transgenic animals (or tongue cells thereof, explanted and grown in culture) were treated with dexamethasone to induce the HPV-18 promoter. Simultaneously they were (i) infected with AAV, (ii) inoculated with AAV virus-like particles (VLPs; empty capsids), or (iii) mock infected. Inoculation with AAV-2 or VLPs inhibited activation of the HPV-18 promoter. In vitro, in baby hamster kidney cells transfected with the HPV-18-lacZ construct, tissue extracts from AAV-infected animals suppressed the HPV-18 URR to a similar extent as AAV infection did. Down-regulation of the HPV-18 promoter was less efficient with extracts from animals inoculated with VLPs and was not observed with extracts from uninfected or dexamethasone-treated animals. This indicates that AAV induces cellular factor(s) in vivo capable of mediating down-regulation of the HPV-18 promoter also in cells in vitro. In contrast, promoters of the low-risk HPV types (HPV-6, HPV-11) were not influenced by AAV infection as opposed to promoters of the high-risk types (HPV-18 and HPV-16).
