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Molecular Organization and Assembly of the Export Apparatus of Flagellar Type III Secretion Systems. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2019; 427:91-107. [PMID: 31172377 DOI: 10.1007/82_2019_170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The bacterial flagellum is a supramolecular motility machine consisting of the basal body, the hook, and the filament. For construction of the flagellum beyond the cellular membranes, a type III protein export apparatus uses ATP and proton-motive force (PMF) across the cytoplasmic membrane as the energy sources to transport flagellar component proteins from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the growing flagellar structure. The protein export apparatus consists of a PMF-driven transmembrane export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase complex. In addition, the basal body C ring acts as a sorting platform for the cytoplasmic ATPase complex that efficiently brings export substrates and type III export chaperone-substrate complexes from the cytoplasm to the export gate complex. In this book chapter, we will summarize our current understanding of molecular organization and assembly of the flagellar type III protein export apparatus.
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Picking WD, Barta ML. The Tip Complex: From Host Cell Sensing to Translocon Formation. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2019; 427:173-199. [PMID: 31218507 DOI: 10.1007/82_2019_171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Type III secretion systems are used by some Gram-negative bacteria to inject effector proteins into targeted eukaryotic cells for the benefit of the bacterium. The type III secretion injectisome is a complex nanomachine comprised of four main substructures including a cytoplasmic sorting platform, an envelope-spanning basal body, an extracellular needle and an exposed needle tip complex. Upon contact with a host cell, secretion is induced, resulting in the formation of a translocon pore in the host membrane. Translocon formation completes the conduit needed for effector secretion into the host cell. Control of type III secretion occurs in response to environmental signals, with the final signal being host cell contact. Secretion control occurs primarily at two sites-the cytoplasmic sorting platform, which determines secretion hierarchy, and the needle tip complex, which is critical for sensing and responding to environmental signals. The best-characterized injectisomes are those from Yersinia, Shigella and Salmonella species where there is a wealth of information on the tip complex and the two translocator proteins. Of these systems, the best characterized from a secretion regulation standpoint is Shigella. In the Shigella system, the tip complex and the first secreted translocon both contribute to secretion control and, thus, both are considered components of the tip complex. In this review, all three of these type III secretion systems are described with discussion focused on the structure and formation of the injectisome tip complex and what is known of the transition from nascent tip complex to assembled translocon pore.
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- William D Picking
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2030 Becker Drive, Lawrence, 66047, KS, USA.
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- Higuchi Biosciences, 2099 Constant Ave., Lawrence, 66047, KS, USA.,Catalent Pharma Solutions, 10245 Hickman Mills Drive, Kansas City, 64137, MO, USA
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Halder PK, Roy C, Datta S. Structural and functional characterization of type three secretion system ATPase PscN and its regulator PscL from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proteins 2018; 87:276-288. [PMID: 30561072 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Pranab Kumar Halder
- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Kolkata West Bengal India
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Kolkata West Bengal India
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Kolkata West Bengal India
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Case HB, Mattock DS, Dickenson NE. Shutting Down Shigella Secretion: Characterizing Small Molecule Type Three Secretion System ATPase Inhibitors. Biochemistry 2018; 57:6906-6916. [PMID: 30460850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Many important human pathogens rely on one or more type three secretion systems (T3SSs) to inject bacterial effector proteins directly into the host cell cytoplasm. Secretion of protein through the needlelike type three secretion apparatus (T3SA) is essential for pathogen virulence and relies on a highly conserved ATPase at the base of the apparatus, making it an attractive target for anti-infective therapeutics. Here, we leveraged the ability to purify an active oligomeric Shigella T3SS ATPase to provide kinetic analyses of three T3SS ATPase inhibitors of Spa47. In agreement with in silico docking simulations, the inhibitors displayed noncompetitive inhibition profiles and efficiently reduced Spa47 ATPase activity with IC50s as low as 52 ± 3 μM. Two of the inhibitors functioned well in vivo, nearly abolishing effector protein secretion without significantly affecting the Shigella growth phenotype or HeLa cell viability. Furthermore, characterization of Spa47 complexes in vitro and Shigella T3SA formation in vivo showed that the inhibitors do not function through disruption of Spa47 oligomers or by preventing T3SA formation. Together, these findings suggest that inhibitors targeting Spa47 may be an effective means of combating Shigella infection by shutting down type three secretion without preventing presentation of the highly antigenic T3SA tip proteins that aid in clearing the infection and developing pan- Shigella immunological memory. In summary, this is the first report of Shigella T3SS ATPase inhibitors and one of only a small number of studies characterizing T3SS ATPase inhibition in general. The work presented here provides much-needed insight into T3SS ATPase inhibition mechanisms and provides a strong platform for developing and evaluating non-antibiotic therapeutics targeting Spa47 and other T3SS ATPases.
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- Heather B Case
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322 , United States
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Cryo-electron tomography of periplasmic flagella in Borrelia burgdorferi reveals a distinct cytoplasmic ATPase complex. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e3000050. [PMID: 30412577 PMCID: PMC6248999 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Periplasmic flagella are essential for the distinct morphology and motility of spirochetes. A flagella-specific type III secretion system (fT3SS) composed of a membrane-bound export apparatus and a cytosolic ATPase complex is responsible for the assembly of the periplasmic flagella. Here, we deployed cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to visualize the fT3SS machine in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. We show, for the first time, that the cytosolic ATPase complex is attached to the flagellar C-ring through multiple spokes to form the “spoke and hub” structure in B. burgdorferi. This structure not only strengthens structural rigidity of the round-shaped C-ring but also appears to rotate with the C-ring. Our studies provide structural insights into the unique mechanisms underlying assembly and rotation of the periplasmic flagella and may provide the basis for the development of novel therapeutic strategies against several pathogenic spirochetes. Cryo-electron tomography of periplasmic flagella in the Lyme disease bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi reveals it to have a distinct cytoplasmic ATPase complex and an atypical interaction with the flagellar C-ring. Type III secretion systems are widely utilized by gram-negative bacteria to assemble flagella or to transport virulence effectors into eukaryotic cells. The central component is known as a type III secretion machine, which consists of a membrane-bound export apparatus and a cytosolic ATPase complex. Powered by the proton motive force and ATP hydrolysis, the secretion machine is responsible for substrate recognition and export. Here, we use the Lyme disease spirochete B. burgdorferi as a model system to unveil unprecedented structural details of the intact flagellar secretion machine by high-throughput cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and subtomogram averaging. We provide the first structural evidence that the cytosolic ATPase complex is attached to the flagellar C-ring through multiple spokes to form the “spoke and hub” structure in B. burgdorferi. The novel architecture of the ATPase complex not only strengthens the flagellar C-ring but also enables an optimal translocation of substrates through the ATPase complex and the export apparatus.
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Park D, Lara-Tejero M, Waxham MN, Li W, Hu B, Galán JE, Liu J. Visualization of the type III secretion mediated Salmonella-host cell interface using cryo-electron tomography. eLife 2018; 7:39514. [PMID: 30281019 PMCID: PMC6175578 DOI: 10.7554/elife.39514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Many important gram-negative bacterial pathogens use highly sophisticated type III protein secretion systems (T3SSs) to establish complex host-pathogen interactions. Bacterial-host cell contact triggers the activation of the T3SS and the subsequent insertion of a translocon pore into the target cell membrane, which serves as a conduit for the passage of effector proteins. Therefore the initial interaction between T3SS-bearing bacteria and host cells is the critical step in the deployment of the protein secretion machine, yet this process remains poorly understood. Here, we use high-throughput cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to visualize the T3SS-mediated Salmonella-host cell interface. Our analysis reveals the intact translocon at an unprecedented level of resolution, its deployment in the host cell membrane, and the establishment of an intimate association between the bacteria and the target cells, which is essential for effector translocation. Our studies provide critical data supporting the long postulated direct injection model for effector translocation.
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- Donghyun Park
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, United States.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States.,Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, United States
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SsaV Interacts with SsaL to Control the Translocon-to-Effector Switch in the Salmonella SPI-2 Type Three Secretion System. mBio 2018; 9:mBio.01149-18. [PMID: 30279280 PMCID: PMC6168863 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01149-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Salmonella Typhimurium is an intracellular pathogen that uses the SPI-2 type III secretion system to deliver virulence proteins across the vacuole membrane surrounding intracellular bacteria. This involves a tightly regulated hierarchy of protein secretion controlled by two molecular switches. We found that SPI-2-encoded proteins SsaP and SsaU are involved in the first but not the second secretion switch. We identify key amino acids of the inner membrane protein SsaV that are required to interact with the so-called gatekeeper protein SsaL and show that the dissociation of SsaV-SsaL causes the second switch, leading to delivery of effector proteins. Our results provide insights into the molecular events controlling virulence-associated type III secretion and suggest a broader model describing how the process is regulated. Nonflagellar type III secretion systems (nf T3SSs) form a cell surface needle-like structure and an associated translocon that deliver bacterial effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. This involves a tightly regulated hierarchy of protein secretion. A switch involving SctP and SctU stops secretion of the needle protein. The gatekeeper protein SctW is required for secretion of translocon proteins and controls a second switch to start effector secretion. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium encodes two T3SSs in Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) and SPI-2. The acidic vacuole containing intracellular bacteria stimulates assembly of the SPI-2 T3SS and its translocon. Sensing the nearly neutral host cytosolic pH is required for effector translocation. Here, we investigated the involvement of SPI-2-encoded proteins SsaP (SctP), SsaU (SctU), SsaV (SctV), and SsaL (SctW) in regulation of secretion. We found that SsaP and SsaU are involved in the first but not the second secretion switch. A random-mutagenesis screen identified amino acids of SsaV that regulate translocon and effector secretion. Single substitutions in subdomain 4 of SsaV or InvA (SPI-1-encoded SctV) phenocopied mutations of their corresponding gatekeepers with respect to translocon and effector protein secretion and host cell interactions. SsaL interacted with SsaV in bacteria exposed to low ambient pH but not after the pH was raised to 7.2. We propose that SsaP and SsaU enable the apparatus to become competent for a secretion switch and facilitate the SsaL-SsaV interaction. This mediates secretion of translocon proteins until neutral pH is sensed, which causes their dissociation, resulting in arrest of translocon secretion and derepression of effector translocation.
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Wagner S, Grin I, Malmsheimer S, Singh N, Torres-Vargas CE, Westerhausen S. Bacterial type III secretion systems: a complex device for the delivery of bacterial effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2018; 365:5068689. [PMID: 30107569 PMCID: PMC6140923 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Virulence-associated type III secretion systems (T3SS) serve the injection of bacterial effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. They are able to secrete a great diversity of substrate proteins in order to modulate host cell function, and have evolved to sense host cell contact and to inject their substrates through a translocon pore in the host cell membrane. T3SS substrates contain an N-terminal signal sequence and often a chaperone-binding domain for cognate T3SS chaperones. These signals guide the substrates to the machine where substrates are unfolded and handed over to the secretion channel formed by the transmembrane domains of the export apparatus components and by the needle filament. Secretion itself is driven by the proton motive force across the bacterial inner membrane. The needle filament measures 20-150 nm in length and is crowned by a needle tip that mediates host-cell sensing. Secretion through T3SS is a highly regulated process with early, intermediate and late substrates. A strict secretion hierarchy is required to build an injectisome capable of reaching, sensing and penetrating the host cell membrane, before host cell-acting effector proteins are deployed. Here, we review the recent progress on elucidating the assembly, structure and function of T3SS injectisomes.
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- Samuel Wagner
- University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner-site Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Hu J, Worrall LJ, Hong C, Vuckovic M, Atkinson CE, Caveney N, Yu Z, Strynadka NCJ. Cryo-EM analysis of the T3S injectisome reveals the structure of the needle and open secretin. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3840. [PMID: 30242280 PMCID: PMC6155069 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06298-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The bacterial type III secretion system, or injectisome, is a syringe shaped nanomachine essential for the virulence of many disease causing Gram-negative bacteria. At the core of the injectisome structure is the needle complex, a continuous channel formed by the highly oligomerized inner and outer membrane hollow rings and a polymerized helical needle filament which spans through and projects into the infected host cell. Here we present the near-atomic resolution structure of a needle complex from the prototypical Salmonella Typhimurium SPI-1 type III secretion system, with local masking protocols allowing for model building and refinement of the major membrane spanning components of the needle complex base in addition to an isolated needle filament. This work provides significant insight into injectisome structure and assembly and importantly captures the molecular basis for substrate induced gating in the giant outer membrane secretin portal family.
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- J Hu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada
- HRMEM facility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada
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- CryoEM Shared Resources, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, 20147, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada
- HRMEM facility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada
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- CryoEM Shared Resources, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, 20147, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, BC, Canada.
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Kooger R, Szwedziak P, Böck D, Pilhofer M. CryoEM of bacterial secretion systems. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2018; 52:64-70. [PMID: 30223223 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2018.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The need for bacteria to interact with their environment has driven the evolution of elaborate secretion systems. By virtue of their function, secretion systems are macromolecular complexes associated with the cell envelope and therefore inherently difficult to study by conventional structural biology techniques. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) has become an invaluable technique to study large membrane-embedded complexes and led to major advances in the mechanistic understanding of secretion systems. CryoEM comprises of two main modalities, namely single particle analysis and tomography. Here, we review how detailed structures retrieved by single particle analysis combine elegantly with tomography experiments in which the secretion systems are observed in their native cellular context.
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- Romain Kooger
- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Majewski DD, Worrall LJ, Strynadka NCJ. Secretins revealed: structural insights into the giant gated outer membrane portals of bacteria. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2018; 51:61-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2018.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Rapisarda C, Tassinari M, Gubellini F, Fronzes R. Using Cryo-EM to Investigate Bacterial Secretion Systems. Annu Rev Microbiol 2018; 72:231-254. [PMID: 30004822 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-090817-062702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bacterial secretion systems are responsible for releasing macromolecules to the extracellular milieu or directly into other cells. These membrane complexes are associated with pathogenicity and bacterial fitness. Understanding of these large assemblies has exponentially increased in the last few years thanks to electron microscopy. In fact, a revolution in this field has led to breakthroughs in characterizing the structures of secretion systems and other macromolecular machineries so as to obtain high-resolution images of complexes that could not be crystallized. In this review, we give a brief overview of structural advancements in the understanding of secretion systems, focusing in particular on cryo-electron microscopy, whether tomography or single-particle analysis. We describe how such techniques have contributed to knowledge of the mechanism of macromolecule secretion in bacteria and the impact they will have in the future.
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- Chiara Rapisarda
- Structure et Fonction des Nanomachines Bactériennes, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 33607 Pessac, France; , .,CNRS UMR5234, Université de Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Microbiologie Structurale, 75724 Paris, France; .,CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Microbiologie Structurale, 75724 Paris, France; .,CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- Structure et Fonction des Nanomachines Bactériennes, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 33607 Pessac, France; , .,CNRS UMR5234, Université de Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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Gao X, Mu Z, Yu X, Qin B, Wojdyla J, Wang M, Cui S. Structural Insight Into Conformational Changes Induced by ATP Binding in a Type III Secretion-Associated ATPase From Shigella flexneri. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1468. [PMID: 30013545 PMCID: PMC6036117 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gram-negative bacteria utilize the type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject effector proteins into the host cell cytoplasm, where they subvert cellular functions and assist pathogen invasion. The conserved type III-associated ATPase is critical for the separation of chaperones from effector proteins, the unfolding of effector proteins and translocating them through the narrow channel of the secretion apparatus. However, how ATP hydrolysis is coupled to the mechanical work of the enzyme remains elusive. Herein, we present a complete description of nucleoside triphosphate binding by surface presentation antigens 47 (Spa47) from Shigella flexneri, based on crystal structures containing ATPγS, a catalytic magnesium ion and an ordered water molecule. Combining the crystal structures of Spa47-ATPγS and unliganded Spa47, we propose conformational changes in Spa47 associated with ATP binding, the binding of ATP induces a conformational change of a highly conserved luminal loop, facilitating ATP hydrolysis by the Spa47 ATPase. Additionally, we identified a specific hydrogen bond critical for ATP recognition and demonstrated that, while ATPγS is an ideal analog for probing ATP binding, AMPPNP is a poor ATP mimic. Our findings provide structural insight pertinent for inhibitor design.
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- Xiaopan Gao
- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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High-Throughput Screening of Type III Secretion Determinants Reveals a Major Chaperone-Independent Pathway. mBio 2018; 9:mBio.01050-18. [PMID: 29921672 PMCID: PMC6016238 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01050-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Numerous Gram-negative bacterial pathogens utilize type III secretion systems (T3SSs) to inject tens of effector proteins directly into the cytosol of host cells. Through interactions with cognate chaperones, type III effectors are defined and recruited to the sorting platform, a cytoplasmic component of these membrane-embedded nanomachines. However, notably, a comprehensive review of the literature reveals that the secretion of most type III effectors has not yet been linked to a chaperone, raising questions regarding the existence of unknown chaperones as well as the universality of chaperones in effector secretion. Here, we describe the development of the first high-throughput type III secretion (T3S) assay, a semiautomated solid-plate-based assay, which enables the side-by-side comparison of secretion of over 20 Shigella effectors under a multitude of conditions. Strikingly, we found that the majority of Shigella effectors are secreted at equivalent levels by wild-type and variants of Shigella that no longer encode one or all known Shigella T3S effector chaperones. In addition, we found that Shigella effectors are efficiently secreted from a laboratory strain of Escherichia coli expressing the core Shigella type III secretion apparatus (T3SA) but no other Shigella-specific proteins. Furthermore, we observed that the sequences necessary and sufficient to define chaperone-dependent and -independent effectors are fundamentally different. Together, these findings support the existence of a major, previously unrecognized, noncanonical chaperone-independent secretion pathway that is likely common to many T3SSs. Many bacterial pathogens use specialized nanomachines, including type III secretion systems, to directly inject virulence proteins (effectors) into host cells. Here, we present the first extensive analysis of chaperone dependence in the process of type III effector secretion, providing strong evidence for the existence of a previously unrecognized chaperone-independent pathway. This noncanonical pathway is likely common to many bacteria, as an extensive review of the literature reveals that the secretion of multiple type III effectors has not yet been knowingly linked to a chaperone. While additional studies will be required to discern the molecular details of this pathway, its prevalence suggests that it can likely serve as a new target for the development of antimicrobial agents.
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Rossmann FM, Beeby M. Insights into the evolution of bacterial flagellar motors from high-throughput in situ electron cryotomography and subtomogram averaging. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2018; 74:585-594. [PMID: 29872008 PMCID: PMC6096493 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798318007945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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In situ structural information on molecular machines can be invaluable in understanding their assembly, mechanism and evolution. Here, the use of electron cryotomography (ECT) to obtain significant insights into how an archetypal molecular machine, the bacterial flagellar motor, functions and how it has evolved is described. Over the last decade, studies using a high-throughput, medium-resolution ECT approach combined with genetics, phylogenetic reconstruction and phenotypic analysis have revealed surprising structural diversity in flagellar motors. Variations in the size and the number of torque-generating proteins in the motor visualized for the first time using ECT has shown that these variations have enabled bacteria to adapt their swimming torque to the environment. Much of the structural diversity can be explained in terms of scaffold structures that facilitate the incorporation of additional motor proteins, and more recent studies have begun to infer evolutionary pathways to higher torque-producing motors. This review seeks to highlight how the emerging power of ECT has enabled the inference of ancestral states from various bacterial species towards understanding how, and `why', flagellar motors have evolved from an ancestral motor to a diversity of variants with adapted or modified functions.
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- Florian M. Rossmann
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, England
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, England
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A unique cytoplasmic ATPase complex defines the Legionella pneumophila type IV secretion channel. Nat Microbiol 2018; 3:678-686. [PMID: 29784975 PMCID: PMC5970066 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0165-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are complex machines used by bacteria to deliver protein and DNA complexes into target host cells 1–5. Conserved ATPases are essential for T4SS function, but how they coordinate their activities to promote substrate transfer remains poorly understood. Here, we show that the DotB ATPase associates with the Dot/Icm T4SS at the Legionella cell pole through interactions with the DotO ATPase. The structure of the Dot/Icm apparatus was solved in situ by cryo-electron tomography at 3.5 nanometer resolution and the cytoplasmic complex was solved at 3.0 nanometer resolution. These structures revealed a cell-envelope-spanning channel that connects to the cytoplasmic complex. Further analysis revealed a hexameric assembly of DotO dimers associated with the inner membrane complex, and a DotB hexamer associated with the base of this cytoplasmic complex. The assembly of a DotB/DotO energy complex creates a cytoplasmic channel and directs the translocation of substrates through the T4SS. These data define distinct stages in Dot/Icm machine biogenesis, advance our understanding of channel activation, and identify an envelope-spanning T4SS channel.
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Forward Genetic Dissection of Biofilm Development by Fusobacterium nucleatum: Novel Functions of Cell Division Proteins FtsX and EnvC. mBio 2018; 9:mBio.00360-18. [PMID: 29691334 PMCID: PMC5915739 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00360-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Fusobacterium nucleatum is a key member of the human oral biofilm. It is also implicated in preterm birth and colorectal cancer. To facilitate basic studies of fusobacterial virulence, we describe here a versatile transposon mutagenesis procedure and a pilot screen for mutants defective in biofilm formation. Out of 10 independent biofilm-defective mutants isolated, the affected genes included the homologs of the Escherichia coli cell division proteins FtsX and EnvC, the electron transport protein RnfA, and four proteins with unknown functions. Next, a facile new gene deletion method demonstrated that nonpolar, in-frame deletion of ftsX or envC produces viable bacteria that are highly filamentous due to defective cell division. Transmission electron and cryo-electron microscopy revealed that the ΔftsX and ΔenvC mutant cells remain joined with apparent constriction, and scanning electron microscopy (EM) uncovered a smooth cell surface without the microfolds present in wild-type cells. FtsX and EnvC proteins interact with each other as well as a common set of interacting partners, many with unknown function. Last, biofilm development is altered when cell division is blocked by MinC overproduction; however, unlike the phenotypes of ΔftsX and ΔenvC mutants, a weakly adherent biofilm is formed, and the wild-type rugged cell surface is maintained. Therefore, FtsX and EnvC may perform novel functions in Fusobacterium cell biology. This is the first report of an unbiased approach to uncover genetic determinants of fusobacterial biofilm development. It points to an intriguing link among cytokinesis, cell surface dynamics, and biofilm formation, whose molecular underpinnings remain to be elucidated. Little is known about the virulence mechanisms and associated factors in F. nucleatum, due mainly to the lack of convenient genetic tools for this organism. We employed two efficient genetic strategies to identify F. nucleatum biofilm-defective mutants, revealing FtsX and EnvC among seven biofilm-associated factors. Electron microscopy established cell division defects of the ΔftsX and ΔenvC mutants, accompanied with a smooth cell surface, unlike the microfold, rugged appearance of wild-type bacteria. Proteomic studies demonstrated that FtsX and EnvC interact with each other as well as a set of common and unique interacting proteins, many with unknown functions. Importantly, blocking cell division by MinC overproduction led to formation of a weakly adherent biofilm, without alteration of the wild-type cell surface. Thus, this work links cell division and surface dynamics to biofilm development and lays a foundation for future genetic and biochemical investigations of basic cellular processes in this clinically significant pathogen.
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Tang Y, Romano FB, Breña M, Heuck AP. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion translocator PopB assists the insertion of the PopD translocator into host cell membranes. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:8982-8993. [PMID: 29685888 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Revised: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens use a type III secretion system to infect eukaryotic cells. The injection of bacterial toxins or protein effectors via this system is accomplished through a plasma membrane channel formed by two bacterial proteins, termed translocators, whose assembly and membrane-insertion mechanisms are currently unclear. Here, using purified proteins we demonstrate that the translocators PopB and PopD in Pseudomonas aeruginosa assemble heterodimers in membranes, leading to stably inserted hetero-complexes. Using site-directed fluorescence labeling with an environment-sensitive probe, we found that hydrophobic segments in PopD anchor the translocator to the membrane, but without adopting a typical transmembrane orientation. A fluorescence dual-quenching assay revealed that the presence of PopB changes the conformation adopted by PopD segments in membranes. Furthermore, analysis of PopD's interaction with human cell membranes revealed that PopD adopts a distinctive conformation when PopB is present. An N-terminal region of PopD is only exposed to the host cytosol when PopB is present. We conclude that PopB assists with the proper insertion of PopD in cell membranes, required for the formation of a functional translocon and host infection.
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- Yuzhou Tang
- From the Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and
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- From the Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and
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- From the Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and .,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
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Earl LA, Falconieri V, Subramaniam S. Microbiology catches the cryo-EM bug. Curr Opin Microbiol 2018; 43:199-207. [PMID: 29656089 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Over the past few years, the advances in technology and methods that have revolutionized cryo-EM are allowing for key insights in a variety of areas in biology, and microbiology is no exception. A wide range of important macromolecular assemblies in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, as well as intact viruses, have now become accessible to investigation by new methods in 3D electron microscopy. We focus here on selected examples that illustrate this breadth, and review the application of methods in single particle cryo-EM and cryo-electron tomography to progress in the structural biology of CRISPR systems, visualization of small molecule drugs in membrane proteins, in situ visualization of bacterial nanomachines, and the analysis of antigen-antibody interactions to drive vaccine design.
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- Lesley A Earl
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Case HB, Dickenson NE. MxiN Differentially Regulates Monomeric and Oligomeric Species of the Shigella Type Three Secretion System ATPase Spa47. Biochemistry 2018; 57:2266-2277. [PMID: 29595954 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Shigella rely entirely on the action of a single type three secretion system (T3SS) to support cellular invasion of colonic epithelial cells and to circumvent host immune responses. The ATPase Spa47 resides at the base of the Shigella needle-like type three secretion apparatus (T3SA), supporting protein secretion through the apparatus and providing a likely means for native virulence regulation by Shigella and a much needed target for non-antibiotic therapeutics to treat Shigella infections. Here, we show that MxiN is a differential regulator of Spa47 and that its regulatory impact is determined by the oligomeric state of the Spa47 ATPase, with which it interacts. In vitro and in vivo characterization shows that interaction of MxiN with Spa47 requires the six N-terminal residues of Spa47 that are also necessary for stable Spa47 oligomer formation and activation. This interaction with MxiN negatively influences the activity of Spa47 oligomers while upregulating the ATPase activity of monomeric Spa47. Detailed kinetic analyses of monomeric and oligomeric Spa47 in the presence and absence of MxiN uncover additional mechanistic insights into the regulation of Spa47 by MxiN, suggesting that the MxiN/Spa47 species resulting from interaction with monomeric and oligomeric Spa47 are functionally distinct and that both could be involved in Shigella T3SS regulation. Uncovering regulation of Spa47 by MxiN addresses an important gap in the current understanding of how Shigella controls T3SA activity and provides the first description of differential T3SS ATPase regulation by a native T3SS protein.
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- Heather B Case
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Utah State University , Logan , Utah 84322 , United States
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Cyrklaff M, Frischknecht F, Kudryashev M. Functional insights into pathogen biology from 3D electron microscopy. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2018; 41:828-853. [PMID: 28962014 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fux041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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In recent years, novel imaging approaches revolutionised our understanding of the cellular and molecular biology of microorganisms. These include advances in fluorescent probes, dynamic live cell imaging, superresolution light and electron microscopy. Currently, a major transition in the experimental approach shifts electron microscopy studies from a complementary technique to a method of choice for structural and functional analysis. Here we review functional insights into the molecular architecture of viruses, bacteria and parasites as well as interactions with their respective host cells gained from studies using cryogenic electron tomography and related methodologies.
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- Marek Cyrklaff
- Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.,Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue Strasse 17, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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Weiss GL, Medeiros JM, Pilhofer M. In Situ Imaging of Bacterial Secretion Systems by Electron Cryotomography. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1615:353-375. [PMID: 28667625 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7033-9_27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The unique property of electron cryotomography (ECT) is its capability to resolve the structure of macromolecular machines in their cellular context. The integration of ECT data with high-resolution structures of purified subcomplexes and live-cell fluorescence light microscopy can generate pseudo-atomic models that lead to a mechanistic understanding across size and time scales. Recent advances in electron detection, sample thinning, data acquisition, and data processing have significantly enhanced the applicability and performance of ECT. Here we describe a detailed workflow for an ECT experiment, including cell culture, vitrification, data acquisition, data reconstruction, tomogram analysis, and subtomogram averaging. This protocol provides an entry point to the technique for students and researchers and indicates the many possible variations arising from specific target properties and the available instrumentation.
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- Gregor L Weiss
- Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Rocha JM, Richardson CJ, Zhang M, Darch CM, Cai E, Diepold A, Gahlmann A. Single-molecule tracking in liveYersinia enterocoliticareveals distinct cytosolic complexes of injectisome subunits. Integr Biol (Camb) 2018; 10:502-515. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ib00075a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Single-molecule tracking of bound (blue trajectories) and diffusive (red trajectories) injectisome subunits reveals the formation of distinct cytosolic complexes.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
- Charlottesville
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
- Charlottesville
- USA
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- Department of Ecophysiology
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
- Marburg
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
- Charlottesville
- USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Charlottesville
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Structural Biology in Situ Using Cryo-Electron Subtomogram Analysis. BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL PHYSICS, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68997-5_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Scheibner F, Hartmann N, Hausner J, Lorenz C, Hoffmeister AK, Büttner D. The Type III Secretion Chaperone HpaB Controls the Translocation of Effector and Noneffector Proteins From Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2018; 31:61-74. [PMID: 28771395 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-17-0138-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Pathogenicity of the gram-negative bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria depends on a type III secretion (T3S) system, which translocates effector proteins into plant cells. Effector proteins contain N-terminal T3S and translocation signals and interact with the T3S chaperone HpaB, which presumably escorts effectors to the secretion apparatus. The molecular mechanisms underlying the recognition of effectors by the T3S system are not yet understood. In the present study, we analyzed T3S and translocation signals in the type III effectors XopE2 and XopJ from X. campestris pv. vesicatoria. Both effectors contain minimal translocation signals, which are only recognized in the absence of HpaB. Additional N-terminal signals promote translocation of XopE2 and XopJ in the wild-type strain. The results of translocation and interaction studies revealed that the interaction of XopE2 and XopJ with HpaB and a predicted cytoplasmic substrate docking site of the T3S system is not sufficient for translocation. In agreement with this finding, we show that the presence of an artificial HpaB-binding site does not promote translocation of the noneffector XopA in the wild-type strain. Our data, therefore, suggest that the T3S chaperone HpaB not only acts as an escort protein but also controls the recognition of translocation signals.
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- Felix Scheibner
- Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Bernard AR, Jessop TC, Kumar P, Dickenson NE. Deoxycholate-Enhanced Shigella Virulence Is Regulated by a Rare π-Helix in the Type Three Secretion System Tip Protein IpaD. Biochemistry 2017; 56:6503-6514. [PMID: 29134812 PMCID: PMC5761661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Type three secretion systems (T3SS) are specialized nanomachines that support infection by injecting bacterial proteins directly into host cells. The Shigella T3SS has uniquely evolved to sense environmental levels of the bile salt deoxycholate (DOC) and upregulate virulence in response to DOC. In this study, we describe a rare i + 5 hydrogen bonding secondary structure element (π-helix) within the type three secretion system tip protein IpaD that plays a critical role in DOC-enhanced virulence. Specifically, engineered mutations within the π-helix altered the pathogen's response to DOC, with one mutant construct in particular exhibiting an unprecedented reduction in virulence following DOC exposure. Fluorescence polarization binding assays showed that these altered DOC responses are not the result of differences in affinity between IpaD and DOC, but rather differences in the DOC-dependent T3SS tip maturation resulting from binding of IpaD to translocator/effector protein IpaB. Together, these findings begin to uncover the complex mechanism of DOC-enhanced Shigella virulence while identifying an uncommon structural element that may provide a much needed target for non-antibiotic treatment of Shigella infection.
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- Abram R. Bernard
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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Liu Q, Yi J, Liang K, Zhang X, Liu Q. Salmonella Choleraesuis outer membrane vesicles: Proteomics and immunogenicity. J Basic Microbiol 2017; 57:852-861. [PMID: 28745825 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201700153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Salmonella enterica serotype Choleraesuis (S. Choleraesuis), Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen is capable of inducing the cholera in pigs whose symptoms manifest as fever, depression, septicemia, arthritis, and diarrhea. Infections with S. Choleraesuis has resulted in great economic loss for the swine breeding operations. Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) play an important role in pathogenicity and host-pathogen interaction. In this study, we purified OMVs released by S. Choleraesuis strain χ3545 and characterized their lipopolysaccharide (LPS) profile. The OMVs contained intact LPS molecules. By using LC-MS/MS, we identified 192 proteins in the OMVs. In addition, the subcellular location and biological functions of the vesicles was predicted. The proteins were mainly derived from outer membranes and cytoplasm. Several proteins were immunoreactive and associated with the secretion pathway. Some putative multi-drug resistance-associated proteins were also identified. Furthermore, immunization experiment via intranasal or intraperitoneal route in mice demonstrated that S. Choleraesuis OMVs could elicit strong humoral and mucosal immune responses. Although OMVs as vaccine did not provide strong protection against clinical strain of wild-type S. Choleraesuis, immunization of OMVs still prolonged the survival time of vaccinated mice after high dose of S. Choleraesuis infection. Overall, this study provides valuable fundamental information toward elucidating the pathogenicity and functions of OMVs secreted from S. Choleraesuis.
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- Qiong Liu
- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy/Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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A dynamic and adaptive network of cytosolic interactions governs protein export by the T3SS injectisome. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15940. [PMID: 28653671 PMCID: PMC5490264 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Many bacteria use a type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject effector proteins into host cells. Selection and export of the effectors is controlled by a set of soluble proteins at the cytosolic interface of the membrane spanning type III secretion ‘injectisome’. Combining fluorescence microscopy, biochemical interaction studies and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, we show that in live Yersinia enterocolitica bacteria these soluble proteins form complexes both at the injectisome and in the cytosol. Binding to the injectisome stabilizes these cytosolic complexes, whereas the free cytosolic complexes, which include the type III secretion ATPase, constitute a highly dynamic and adaptive network. The extracellular calcium concentration, which triggers activation of the T3SS, directly influences the cytosolic complexes, possibly through the essential component SctK/YscK, revealing a potential mechanism involved in the regulation of type III secretion. Bacterial type III secretion systems (T3SS) play important roles in pathogenesis. Here, Diepold et al. show the dynamic nature of complexes formed of essential T3SS components in live bacteria, and that extracellular calcium concentrations influence these cytosolic complexes likely via SctK/YscK.
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The bacterial type III secretion system is a specialized machine that injects effectors into eukaryotic cells to manipulate the host cell physiology. In this issue of Cell, Hu et al. use cryo-electron tomography to reveal an unprecedented level of details regarding the architecture of this machine and the conformational changes that occur during its assembly.
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In Situ Molecular Architecture of the Salmonella Type III Secretion Machine. Cell 2017; 168:1065-1074.e10. [PMID: 28283062 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Revised: 01/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Type III protein secretion systems have specifically evolved to deliver bacterially encoded proteins into target eukaryotic cells. The core elements of this multi-protein machine are the envelope-associated needle complex, the inner membrane export apparatus, and a large cytoplasmic sorting platform. Here, we report a high-resolution in situ structure of the Salmonella Typhimurium type III secretion machine obtained by high-throughput cryo-electron tomography and sub-tomogram averaging. Through molecular modeling and comparative analysis of machines assembled with protein-tagged components or from different deletion mutants, we determined the molecular architecture of the secretion machine in situ and localized its structural components. We also show that docking of the sorting platform results in significant conformational changes in the needle complex to provide the symmetry adaptation required for the assembly of the entire secretion machine. These studies provide major insight into the structure and assembly of a broadly distributed protein secretion machine.
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Visualization and characterization of individual type III protein secretion machines in live bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:6098-6103. [PMID: 28533372 PMCID: PMC5468683 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705823114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Type III protein secretion machines have evolved to deliver bacterially encoded effector proteins into eukaryotic cells. Although electron microscopy has provided a detailed view of these machines in isolation or fixed samples, little is known about their organization in live bacteria. Here we report the visualization and characterization of the Salmonella type III secretion machine in live bacteria by 2D and 3D single-molecule switching superresolution microscopy. This approach provided access to transient components of this machine, which previously could not be analyzed. We determined the subcellular distribution of individual machines, the stoichiometry of the different components of this machine in situ, and the spatial distribution of the substrates of this machine before secretion. Furthermore, by visualizing this machine in Salmonella mutants we obtained major insights into the machine's assembly. This study bridges a major resolution gap in the visualization of this nanomachine and may serve as a paradigm for the examination of other bacterially encoded molecular machines.
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Thomassin JL, Santos Moreno J, Guilvout I, Tran Van Nhieu G, Francetic O. The trans-envelope architecture and function of the type 2 secretion system: new insights raising new questions. Mol Microbiol 2017; 105:211-226. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Jenny-Lee Thomassin
- Department of structural biology and chemistry, Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit; Institut Pasteur; 28 rue du Dr Roux 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); ERL6002 75724 Paris France
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- Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7) Sorbonne Paris Cité; Paris France
- Laboratory of Intercellular Communication and Microbial Infections; CIRB, Collège de France; 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot 75005 Paris France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm) U1050; 75005 Paris France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7241; 75005 Paris France
- MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Sciences et Lettres; 75005 Paris France
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- Department of structural biology and chemistry, Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit; Institut Pasteur; 28 rue du Dr Roux 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); ERL6002 75724 Paris France
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- Laboratory of Intercellular Communication and Microbial Infections; CIRB, Collège de France; 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot 75005 Paris France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm) U1050; 75005 Paris France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7241; 75005 Paris France
- MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Sciences et Lettres; 75005 Paris France
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- Department of structural biology and chemistry, Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit; Institut Pasteur; 28 rue du Dr Roux 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); ERL6002 75724 Paris France
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Tu J, Park T, Morado DR, Hughes KT, Molineux IJ, Liu J. Dual host specificity of phage SP6 is facilitated by tailspike rotation. Virology 2017; 507:206-215. [PMID: 28456019 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bacteriophage SP6 exhibits dual-host adsorption specificity. The SP6 tailspikes are recognized as important in host range determination but the mechanisms underlying dual host specificity are unknown. Cryo-electron tomography and sub-tomogram classification were used to analyze the SP6 virion with a particular focus on the interaction of tailspikes with host membranes. The SP6 tail is surrounded by six V-shaped structures that interconnect in forming a hand-over-hand hexameric garland. Each V-shaped structure consists of two trimeric tailspike proteins: gp46 and gp47, connected through the adaptor protein gp37. SP6 infection of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium and Newport results in distinguishable changes in tailspike orientation, providing the first direct demonstration how tailspikes can confer dual host adsorption specificity. SP6 also infects S. Typhimurium strains lacking O antigen; in these infections tailspikes have no apparent specific role and the phage tail must therefore interact with a distinct host receptor to allow infection.
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- Jiagang Tu
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Role of the virulence plasmid in acid resistance of Shigella flexneri. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46465. [PMID: 28440329 PMCID: PMC5404508 DOI: 10.1038/srep46465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Virulence plasmid (VP) acquisition was a key step in the evolution of Shigella from a non-pathogenic Escherichia coli ancestor to a pathogenic genus. In addition, the co-evolution and co-ordination of chromosomes and VPs was also a very important step in the evolutionary process. To investigate the cross-talk between VPs and bacterial chromosomes, we analyzed the expression profiles of protein complexes and protein monomers in three wild-type Shigella flexneri strains and their corresponding VP deletion mutants. A non-pathogenic wild-type E. coli strain and mutant E. coli strains harboring three Shigella VPs were also analyzed. Comparisons showed that the expression of chromosome-encoded proteins GadA/B and AtpA/D, which are associated with intracellular proton flow and pH tuning of bacterial cells, was significantly altered following acquisition or deletion of the VP. The acid tolerance of the above strains was also compared, and the results confirmed that the presence of the VP reduced the bacterial survival rate in extremely acidic environments, such as that in the host stomach. These results further our understanding of the evolution from non-pathogenic E. coli to Shigella, and highlight the importance of co-ordination between heterologous genes and the host chromosome in the evolution of bacterial species.
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Electron cryotomography (ECT) provides three-dimensional views of macromolecular complexes inside cells in a native frozen-hydrated state. Over the last two decades, ECT has revealed the ultrastructure of cells in unprecedented detail. It has also allowed us to visualize the structures of macromolecular machines in their native context inside intact cells. In many cases, such machines cannot be purified intact for in vitro study. In other cases, the function of a structure is lost outside the cell, so that the mechanism can be understood only by observation in situ. In this review, we describe the technique and its history and provide examples of its power when applied to cell biology. We also discuss the integration of ECT with other techniques, including lower-resolution fluorescence imaging and higher-resolution atomic structure determination, to cover the full scale of cellular processes.
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- Catherine M Oikonomou
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125; ,
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125; , .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, California 91125
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are protein transport nanomachines that are found in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens and symbionts. Resembling molecular syringes, T3SSs form channels that cross the bacterial envelope and the host cell membrane, which enable bacteria to inject numerous effector proteins into the host cell cytoplasm and establish trans-kingdom interactions with diverse hosts. Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy and integrative imaging have provided unprecedented views of the architecture and structure of T3SSs. Furthermore, genetic and molecular analyses have elucidated the functions of many effectors and key regulators of T3SS assembly and secretion hierarchy, which is the sequential order by which the protein substrates are secreted. As essential virulence factors, T3SSs are attractive targets for vaccines and therapeutics. This Review summarizes our current knowledge of the structure and function of this important protein secretion machinery. A greater understanding of T3SSs should aid mechanism-based drug design and facilitate their manipulation for biotechnological applications.
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Ghosal D, Chang YW, Jeong KC, Vogel JP, Jensen GJ. In situ structure of the Legionella Dot/Icm type IV secretion system by electron cryotomography. EMBO Rep 2017; 18:726-732. [PMID: 28336774 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201643598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are large macromolecular machines that translocate protein and DNA and are involved in the pathogenesis of multiple human diseases. Here, using electron cryotomography (ECT), we report the in situ structure of the Dot/Icm type IVB secretion system (T4BSS) utilized by the human pathogen Legionella pneumophila This is the first structure of a type IVB secretion system, and also the first structure of any T4SS in situ While the Dot/Icm system shares almost no sequence similarity with type IVA secretion systems (T4ASSs), its overall structure is seen here to be remarkably similar to previously reported T4ASS structures (those encoded by the R388 plasmid in Escherichia coli and the cag pathogenicity island in Helicobacter pylori). This structural similarity suggests shared aspects of mechanism. However, compared to the negative-stain reconstruction of the purified T4ASS from the R388 plasmid, the L. pneumophila Dot/Icm system is approximately twice as long and wide and exhibits several additional large densities, reflecting type-specific elaborations and potentially better structural preservation in situ.
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Worrall LJ, Hong C, Vuckovic M, Deng W, Bergeron JRC, Majewski DD, Huang RK, Spreter T, Finlay BB, Yu Z, Strynadka NCJ. Near-atomic-resolution cryo-EM analysis of the Salmonella T3S injectisome basal body. Nature 2016; 540:597-601. [DOI: 10.1038/nature20576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) afford Gram-negative bacteria an intimate means of altering the biology of their eukaryotic hosts--the direct delivery of effector proteins from the bacterial cytoplasm to that of the eukaryote. This incredible biophysical feat is accomplished by nanosyringe "injectisomes," which form a conduit across the three plasma membranes, peptidoglycan layer, and extracellular space that form a barrier to the direct delivery of proteins from bacterium to host. The focus of this chapter is T3SS function at the structural level; we will summarize the core findings that have shaped our understanding of the structure and function of these systems and highlight recent developments in the field. In turn, we describe the T3SS secretory apparatus, consider its engagement with secretion substrates, and discuss the posttranslational regulation of secretory function. Lastly, we close with a discussion of the future prospects for the interrogation of structure-function relationships in the T3SS.
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Functional Characterization of EscK (Orf4), a Sorting Platform Component of the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Injectisome. J Bacteriol 2016; 199:JB.00538-16. [PMID: 27795324 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00538-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a supramolecular machine used by many bacterial pathogens to translocate effector proteins directly into the eukaryotic host cell cytoplasm. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an important cause of infantile diarrheal disease in underdeveloped countries. EPEC virulence relies on a T3SS encoded within a chromosomal pathogenicity island known as the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE). In this work, we pursued the functional characterization of the LEE-encoded protein EscK (previously known as Orf4). We provide evidence indicating that EscK is crucial for efficient T3S and belongs to the SctK (OrgA/YscK/MxiK) protein family, whose members have been implicated in the formation of a sorting platform for secretion of T3S substrates. Bacterial fractionation studies showed that EscK localizes to the inner membrane independently of the presence of any other T3SS component. Combining yeast two-hybrid screening and pulldown assays, we identified an interaction between EscK and the C-ring/sorting platform component EscQ. Site-directed mutagenesis of conserved residues revealed amino acids that are critical for EscK function and for its interaction with EscQ. In addition, we found that T3S substrate overproduction is capable of compensating for the absence of EscK. Overall, our data suggest that EscK is a structural component of the EPEC T3SS sorting platform, playing a central role in the recruitment of T3S substrates for boosting the efficiency of the protein translocation process. IMPORTANCE The type III secretion system (T3SS) is an essential virulence determinant for enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) colonization of intestinal epithelial cells. Multiple EPEC effector proteins are injected via the T3SS into enterocyte cells, leading to diarrheal disease. The T3SS is encoded within a genomic pathogenicity island termed the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE). Here we unravel the function of EscK, a previously uncharacterized LEE-encoded protein. We show that EscK is central for T3SS biogenesis and function. EscK forms a protein complex with EscQ, the main component of the cytoplasmic sorting platform, serving as a docking site for T3S substrates. Our results provide a comprehensive functional analysis of an understudied component of T3SSs.
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Taylor WR, Matthews-Palmer TRS, Beeby M. Molecular Models for the Core Components of the Flagellar Type-III Secretion Complex. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164047. [PMID: 27855178 PMCID: PMC5113899 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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We show that by using a combination of computational methods, consistent three-dimensional molecular models can be proposed for the core proteins of the type-III secretion system. We employed a variety of approaches to reconcile disparate, and sometimes inconsistent, data sources into a coherent picture that for most of the proteins indicated a unique solution to the constraints. The range of difficulty spanned from the trivial (FliQ) to the difficult (FlhA and FliP). The uncertainties encountered with FlhA were largely the result of the greater number of helix packing possibilities allowed in a large protein, however, for FliP, there remains an uncertainty in how to reconcile the large displacement predicted between its two main helical hairpins and their ability to sit together happily across the bacterial membrane. As there is still no high resolution structural information on any of these proteins, we hope our predicted models may be of some use in aiding the interpretation of electron microscope images and in rationalising mutation data and experiments.
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- William R. Taylor
- Laboratory of Computational Cell and Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd., London NW1 1AT, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Computational Cell and Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd., London NW1 1AT, United Kingdom
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Imaging the motility and chemotaxis machineries in Helicobacter pylori by cryo-electron tomography. J Bacteriol 2016; 199:e00695-16. [PMID: 27849173 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00695-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a bacterial pathogen that can cause many gastrointestinal diseases including ulcers and gastric cancer. A unique chemotaxis-mediated motility is critical for H. pylori to colonize in the human stomach and to establish chronic infection, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Here we employ cryo-electron tomography to reveal detailed structures of the H. pylori cell envelope including the sheathed flagella and chemotaxis arrays. Notably, H. pylori possesses a distinctive periplasmic cage-like structure with 18-fold symmetry. We propose that this structure forms a robust platform for recruiting 18 torque generators, which likely provide the higher torque needed for swimming in high-viscosity environments. We also reveal a series of key flagellar assembly intermediates, providing structural evidence that flagellar assembly is tightly coupled with biogenesis of the membrane sheath. Finally, we determine the structure of putative chemotaxis arrays at the flagellar pole, which have implications for how direction of flagellar rotation is regulated. Together, our pilot cryo-ET studies provide novel structural insights into the unipolar flagella of H. pylori and lay a foundation for a better understanding of the unique motility of this organism. IMPORTANCE Helicobacter pylori is a highly motile bacterial pathogen that colonizes approximately 50% of the world's population. H. pylori can move readily within the viscous mucosal layer of the stomach. It has become increasingly clear that its unique flagella-driven motility is essential for successful gastric colonization and pathogenesis. Here we use advanced imaging techniques to visualize novel in situ structures with unprecedented detail in intact H. pylori cells. Remarkably, H. pylori possesses multiple unipolar flagella, which are driven by one of the largest flagellar motors found in bacteria. These large motors presumably provide higher torque needed by the bacterial pathogens to navigate in viscous environment of the human stomach.
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Burgess JL, Burgess RA, Morales Y, Bouvang JM, Johnson SJ, Dickenson NE. Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Spa47 Provides Mechanistic Insight into Type III Secretion System ATPase Activation and Shigella Virulence Regulation. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:25837-25852. [PMID: 27770024 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.755256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Like many Gram-negative pathogens, Shigella rely on a complex type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject effector proteins into host cells, take over host functions, and ultimately establish infection. Despite these critical roles, the energetics and regulatory mechanisms controlling the T3SS and pathogen virulence remain largely unclear. In this study, we present a series of high resolution crystal structures of Spa47 and use the structures to model an activated Spa47 oligomer, finding that ATP hydrolysis may be supported by specific side chain contributions from adjacent protomers within the complex. Follow-up mutagenesis experiments targeting the predicted active site residues validate the oligomeric model and determined that each of the tested residues are essential for Spa47 ATPase activity, although they are not directly responsible for stable oligomer formation. Although N-terminal domain truncation was necessary for crystal formation, it resulted in strictly monomeric Spa47 that is unable to hydrolyze ATP, despite maintaining the canonical ATPase core structure and active site residues. Coupled with studies of ATPase inactive full-length Spa47 point mutants, we find that Spa47 oligomerization and ATP hydrolysis are needed for complete T3SS apparatus formation, a proper translocator secretion profile, and Shigella virulence. This work represents the first structure-function characterization of Spa47, uniquely complementing the multitude of included Shigella T3SS phenotype assays and providing a more complete understanding of T3SS ATPase-mediated pathogen virulence. Additionally, these findings provide a strong platform for follow-up studies evaluating regulation of Spa47 oligomerization in vivo as a much needed means of treating and perhaps preventing shigellosis.
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- Jamie L Burgess
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322
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Gaytán MO, Martínez-Santos VI, Soto E, González-Pedrajo B. Type Three Secretion System in Attaching and Effacing Pathogens. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2016; 6:129. [PMID: 27818950 PMCID: PMC5073101 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and enterohemorrhagic E. coli are diarrheagenic bacterial human pathogens that cause severe gastroenteritis. These enteric pathotypes, together with the mouse pathogen Citrobacter rodentium, belong to the family of attaching and effacing pathogens that form a distinctive histological lesion in the intestinal epithelium. The virulence of these bacteria depends on a type III secretion system (T3SS), which mediates the translocation of effector proteins from the bacterial cytosol into the infected cells. The core architecture of the T3SS consists of a multi-ring basal body embedded in the bacterial membranes, a periplasmic inner rod, a transmembrane export apparatus in the inner membrane, and cytosolic components including an ATPase complex and the C-ring. In addition, two distinct hollow appendages are assembled on the extracellular face of the basal body creating a channel for protein secretion: an approximately 23 nm needle, and a filament that extends up to 600 nm. This filamentous structure allows these pathogens to get through the host cells mucus barrier. Upon contact with the target cell, a translocation pore is assembled in the host membrane through which the effector proteins are injected. Assembly of the T3SS is strictly regulated to ensure proper timing of substrate secretion. The different type III substrates coexist in the bacterial cytoplasm, and their hierarchical secretion is determined by specialized chaperones in coordination with two molecular switches and the so-called sorting platform. In this review, we present recent advances in the understanding of the T3SS in attaching and effacing pathogens.
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- Meztlli O Gaytán
- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Liu Q, Liu Q, Yi J, Liang K, Hu B, Zhang X, Curtiss R, Kong Q. Outer membrane vesicles from flagellin-deficient Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium induce cross-reactive immunity and provide cross-protection against heterologous Salmonella challenge. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34776. [PMID: 27698383 PMCID: PMC5048178 DOI: 10.1038/srep34776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) isolated from Salmonella Typhimurium are potentially useful for developing subunit vaccines because of high immunogenicity and protective efficacy. However, flagella might remain in OMV pellets following OMV purification, resulting in non-essential immune responses and counteraction of bacterial protective immune responses when developing a vaccine against infection of multiple serotypes Salmonella. In this study, a flagellin-deficient S. Typhimurium mutant was constructed. Lipopolysaccharide profiles, protein profiles and cryo-electron microscopy revealed that there were no significant differences between the wild-type and mutant OMVs, with the exception of a large amount of flagellin in the wild-type OMVs. Neither the wild-type OMVs nor the non-flagellin OMVs were toxic to macrophages. Mice immunized with the non-flagellin OMVs produced high concentrations of IgG. The non-flagellin OMVs elicited strong mucosal antibody responses in mice when administered via the intranasal route in addition to provoking higher cross-reactive immune responses against OMPs isolated from S. Choleraesuis and S. Enteritidis. Both intranasal and intraperitoneal immunization with the non-flagellin OMVs provided efficient protection against heterologous S. Choleraesuis and S. Enteritidis challenge. Our results indicate that the flagellin-deficient OMVs may represent a new vaccine platform that could be exploited to facilitate the production of a broadly protective vaccine.
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- Qiong Liu
- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.,Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5401, USA.,Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy/Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5401, USA
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.,Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5401, USA
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Makino F, Shen D, Kajimura N, Kawamoto A, Pissaridou P, Oswin H, Pain M, Murillo I, Namba K, Blocker AJ. The Architecture of the Cytoplasmic Region of Type III Secretion Systems. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33341. [PMID: 27686865 PMCID: PMC5043178 DOI: 10.1038/srep33341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are essential devices in the virulence of many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. They mediate injection of protein effectors of virulence from bacteria into eukaryotic host cells to manipulate them during infection. T3SSs involved in virulence (vT3SSs) are evolutionarily related to bacterial flagellar protein export apparatuses (fT3SSs), which are essential for flagellar assembly and cell motility. The structure of the external and transmembrane parts of both fT3SS and vT3SS is increasingly well-defined. However, the arrangement of their cytoplasmic and inner membrane export apparatuses is much less clear. Here we compare the architecture of the cytoplasmic regions of the vT3SSs of Shigella flexneri and the vT3SS and fT3SS of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium at ~5 and ~4 nm resolution using electron cryotomography and subtomogram averaging. We show that the cytoplasmic regions of vT3SSs display conserved six-fold symmetric features including pods, linkers and an ATPase complex, while fT3SSs probably only display six-fold symmetry in their ATPase region. We also identify other morphological differences between vT3SSs and fT3SSs, such as relative disposition of their inner membrane-attached export platform, C-ring/pods and ATPase complex. Finally, using classification, we find that both types of apparatuses can loose elements of their cytoplasmic region, which may therefore be dynamic.
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- Fumiaki Makino
- Schools of Cellular &Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, United Kingdom.,Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Japan
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- Schools of Cellular &Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, United Kingdom
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- Schools of Cellular &Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, United Kingdom.,Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Japan
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- Schools of Cellular &Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, United Kingdom
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- Schools of Cellular &Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, United Kingdom
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- Schools of Cellular &Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, United Kingdom
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- Schools of Cellular &Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, United Kingdom
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Japan
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- Schools of Cellular &Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, United Kingdom
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Moon KH, Zhao X, Manne A, Wang J, Yu Z, Liu J, Motaleb MA. Spirochetes flagellar collar protein FlbB has astounding effects in orientation of periplasmic flagella, bacterial shape, motility, and assembly of motors in Borrelia burgdorferi. Mol Microbiol 2016; 102:336-348. [PMID: 27416872 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, is a highly motile spirochete, and motility, which is provided by its periplasmic flagella, is critical for every part of the spirochete's enzootic life cycle. Unlike externally flagellated bacteria, spirochetes possess a unique periplasmic flagellar structure called the collar. This spirochete-specific novel component is linked to the flagellar basal body; however, nothing is known about the proteins encoding the collar or their function in any spirochete. To identify a collar protein and determine its function, we employed a comprehensive strategy that included genetic, biochemical, and microscopic analyses. We found that BB0286 (FlbB) is a novel flagellar motor protein, which is located around the flagellar basal body. Deletion of bb0286 has a profound effect on collar formation, assembly of other flagellar structures, morphology, and motility of the spirochete. Orientation of the flagella toward the cell body is critical for determination of wild-type spirochete's wave-like morphology and motility. Here, we provide the first evidence that FlbB is a key determinant of normal orientation of the flagella and collar assembly.
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- Ki Hwan Moon
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
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Rowlett VW, Margolin W. The bacterial divisome: ready for its close-up. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2016; 370:rstb.2015.0028. [PMID: 26370940 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacterial cells divide by targeting a transmembrane protein machine to the division site and regulating its assembly and disassembly so that cytokinesis occurs at the correct time in the cell cycle. The structure and dynamics of this machine (divisome) in bacterial model systems are coming more clearly into focus, thanks to incisive cell biology methods in combination with biochemical and genetic approaches. The main conserved structural element of the machine is the tubulin homologue FtsZ, which assembles into a circumferential ring at the division site that is stabilized and anchored to the inner surface of the cytoplasmic membrane by FtsZ-binding proteins. Once this ring is in place, it recruits a series of transmembrane proteins that ultimately trigger cytokinesis. This review will survey the methods used to characterize the structure of the bacterial divisome, focusing mainly on the Escherichia coli model system, as well as the challenges that remain. These methods include recent super-resolution microscopy, cryo-electron tomography and synthetic reconstitution.
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- Veronica W Rowlett
- Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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