A novel function of botulinum toxin-associated proteins: HA proteins disrupt intestinal epithelial barrier to increase toxin absorption.
Fujinaga Y, Matsumura T, Jin Y, Takegahara Y, Sugawara Y.
Fujinaga Y, et al. Among authors: matsumura t.
Toxicon. 2009 Oct;54(5):583-6. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.11.014. Epub 2008 Dec 6.
Toxicon. 2009.
PMID: 19073205
We found that hemagglutinin (HA) proteins of type B BoNT complex play an important role in the intestinal absorption of BoNT, disrupting the paracellular barrier of intestinal epithelium, which facilitates transepithelial delivery of BoNT both in vitro and in vivo (Matsumura …
We found that hemagglutinin (HA) proteins of type B BoNT complex play an important role in the intestinal absorption of BoNT, disrupting the …