Pharmacological targeting of host chaperones protects from pertussis toxin in vitro and in vivo
K. Ernst, A.-K. Mittler, V. Winkelmann, N. Eberhardt, A. Anastasia, M. Sonnabend, R. Lochbaum, J. Wirsching, C. Skerry, N. H. Carbonetti, M. Frick, H. Barth
The paper investigates how host chaperones facilitate pertussis toxin uptake and shows that pharmacological inhibition of these chaperones protects cells from PT toxicity.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2020Pharmacology & Toxicology