Short peptide for inhibiting Shiga toxin and application thereof
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- MICROBE EPIDEMIC DISEASE INST OF PLA MILITARY MEDICAL ACAD OF SCI
- Publication Date
- 2007-08-15
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention relates to a biological toxin inhibitor, in particular to a short peptide capable of inhibiting Shiga toxin, and also to a preparation method and application of the short peptide. Background technique
[0002] Shiga toxin (Stx) is a kind of bacterial exotoxin with enterotoxicity, cytotoxicity and neurotoxicity produced by enteropathogenic bacteria, and it is the most common cause of emerging enteropathogens such as acute bacillary dysentery, cholera O139, O157:H7, etc. A key potent virulence factor. Clinically, it causes serious complications such as hemorrhagic colitis (hemorrhagic colitis, HC), thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) with a mortality rate as high as 80-90%. Such diseases kill millions of people worldwide.
[0003] At present, there are no specific and effective preventive products and emergency treatment drugs for Shiga toxin. Antibiotic treatment commonly used in clinic...