verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: lysed or ˈlysing
to cause or undergo lysis
Word origin
back-form. < lysis
-lyse in American English
(laɪz)
Chiefly British
-lyze
lyse in American English
(lais) (verblysed, lysing)
Immunology & Biochemistry
transitive verb
1.
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins
intransitive verb
2.
to undergo lysis
Word origin
[1925–30; back formation from lysin or lysis]
Examples of 'lyse' in a sentence
lyse
However, their ability to lyse and/or select persister cells remains largely unexplored so far.
Diana Gutiérrez, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Beatriz Martínez, Ana Rodríguez, Pilar García 2014, 'Effective Removal of Staphylococcal Biofilms by the Endolysin LysH5', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0107307. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Many cells lyse and some develop blebs containing cytoplasmic material along theirsides.
Jennifer D Hayden, Sarah E Ades 2008, 'The extracytoplasmic stress factor, sigmaE, is required to maintain cell envelopeintegrity in Escherichia coli.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2215328?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The secreted peptides lyse host cells and competing bacteria to facilitate infections.
Marie-Laure Pinel-Marie, Régine Brielle, Brice Felden 2014, 'Dual Toxic-Peptide-Coding Staphylococcus aureus RNA under Antisense Regulation TargetsHost Cells and Bacterial Rivals Unequally', Cell Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714001909. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Haemolysins are cytolytic toxins that lyse host cells disrupting the function of the plasma membrane.
Caroline A Magalhães, Sarita S Rossato, Ângela S Barbosa, Thiago O dos Santos, WaldirP Elias, Marcelo P Sircili, Roxane MF Piazza 2011, 'The ability of haemolysins expressed by atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia colito bind to extracellular matrix components', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000200005&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The released lysozyme retained its ability to lyse bacteria.
Azra Rajwani, Brendon Restall, Nathan J. Muller, Scott Roebuck, Stephanie M. Willerth 2017, 'An Affordable Microsphere-Based Device for Visual Assessment of Water Quality', Biosensorshttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/7/3/31. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Oncolytic viruses are replication competent, tumor selective and lyse cancer cells.
Robin J Prestwich, Fiona Errington, Kevin J. Harrington, Hardev S. Pandha, Peter Selby,Alan Melcher 2008, 'Oncolytic Viruses: Do They Have a Role in Anti-Cancer Therapy?', Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncologyhttps://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S416. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ltx has the ability to lyse white blood cells including neutrophils.
Josefine Hirschfeld, Helen M. Roberts, Iain L. C. Chapple, Marijo Parčina, Søren Jepsen,Anders Johansson, Rolf Claesson 2016, 'Effects of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin on neutrophil migrationand extracellular trap formation', Journal of Oral Microbiologyhttp://www.journaloforalmicrobiology.net/index.php/jom/article/view/33070/49731. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition to that, different disruption pressures are necessary to lyse bacteria and fungi.
Robert Starke, Nico Jehmlich, Trinidad Alfaro, Alice Dohnalkova, Petr Capek, SherylL. Bell, Kirsten S. Hofmockel 2019, 'Incomplete cell disruption of resistant microbes', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-019-42188-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)