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Incompatibility of Vibrio fischeri Strains during Symbiosis Establishment Depends on Two Functionally Redundant hcp Genes. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:JB.00221-19. [PMID: 31331977 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00221-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Bacteria that have the capacity to fill the same niche will compete with one another for the space and resources available within an ecosystem. Such competition is heightened among different strains of the same bacterial species. Nevertheless, different strains often inhabit the same host. The molecular mechanisms that impact competition between different strains within the same host are poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, the type VI secretion system (T6SS), which is a mechanism for bacteria to kill neighboring cells, was examined in the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri Different strains of V. fischeri naturally colonize the light organ of the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes The genome of FQ-A001, a T6SS-positive strain, features two hcp genes that are predicted to encode identical subunits of the T6SS. Coincubation assays showed that either hcp gene is sufficient for FQ-A001 to kill another strain via the T6SS in vitro Additionally, induction of hcp expression is sufficient to induce killing activity in an FQ-A001 mutant lacking both hcp genes. Squid colonization assays involving inocula of FQ-A001-derived strains mixed with ES114 revealed that both hcp genes must be deleted for FQ-A001 and ES114 to occupy the same space within the light organ. These experimental results provide insight into the genetic factors necessary for the T6SS of V. fischeri to function in vivo, thereby increasing understanding of the molecular mechanisms that impact strain diversity within a host.IMPORTANCE Different bacterial strains compete to occupy the same niche. The outcome of such competition can be affected by the type VI secretion system (T6SS), an intercellular killing mechanism of bacteria. Here an animal-bacterial symbiosis is used as a platform for study of the genetic factors that promote the T6SS-mediated killing of one strain by another. Identification of the molecular determinants of T6SS function in vivo contributes to the understanding of how different strains interact within a host.
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Bayer-Santos E, Cenens W, Matsuyama BY, Oka GU, Di Sessa G, Mininel IDV, Alves TL, Farah CS. The opportunistic pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia utilizes a type IV secretion system for interbacterial killing. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007651. [PMID: 31513674 PMCID: PMC6759196 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are a highly diversified but evolutionarily related family of macromolecule transporters that can secrete proteins and DNA into the extracellular medium or into target cells. It was recently shown that a subtype of T4SS harboured by the plant pathogen Xanthomonas citri transfers toxins into target cells. Here, we show that a similar T4SS from the multi-drug-resistant opportunistic pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is proficient in killing competitor bacterial species. T4SS-dependent duelling between S. maltophilia and X. citri was observed by time-lapse fluorescence microscopy. A bioinformatic search of the S. maltophilia K279a genome for proteins containing a C-terminal domain conserved in X. citri T4SS effectors (XVIPCD) identified twelve putative effectors and their cognate immunity proteins. We selected a putative S. maltophilia effector with unknown function (Smlt3024) for further characterization and confirmed that it is indeed secreted in a T4SS-dependent manner. Expression of Smlt3024 in the periplasm of E. coli or its contact-dependent delivery via T4SS into E. coli by X. citri resulted in reduced growth rates, which could be counteracted by expression of its cognate inhibitor Smlt3025 in the target cell. Furthermore, expression of the VirD4 coupling protein of X. citri can restore the function of S. maltophilia ΔvirD4, demonstrating that effectors from one species can be recognized for transfer by T4SSs from another species. Interestingly, Smlt3024 is homologous to the N-terminal domain of large Ca2+-binding RTX proteins and the crystal structure of Smlt3025 revealed a topology similar to the iron-regulated protein FrpD from Neisseria meningitidis which has been shown to interact with the RTX protein FrpC. This work expands our current knowledge about the function of bacteria-killing T4SSs and increases the panel of effectors known to be involved in T4SS-mediated interbacterial competition, which possibly contribute to the establishment of S. maltophilia in clinical and environmental settings.
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- Ethel Bayer-Santos
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Navarro-Garcia F, Ruiz-Perez F, Cataldi Á, Larzábal M. Type VI Secretion System in Pathogenic Escherichia coli: Structure, Role in Virulence, and Acquisition. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1965. [PMID: 31543869 PMCID: PMC6730261 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Bacterial pathogens utilize a myriad of mechanisms to invade mammalian hosts, damage tissue sites, and evade the immune system. One essential strategy of Gram-negative bacteria is the secretion of virulence factors through both inner and outer membranes to reach a potential target. Most secretion systems are harbored in mobile elements including transposons, plasmids, pathogenicity islands, and phages, and Escherichia coli is one of the more versatile bacteria adopting this genetic information by horizontal gene transfer. Additionally, E. coli is a bacterial species with members of the commensal intestinal microbiota and pathogens associated with numerous types of infections such as intestinal, urinary, and systemic in humans and other animals. T6SS cluster plasticity suggests evolutionarily divergent systems were acquired horizontally. T6SS is a secretion nanomachine that is extended through the bacterial double membrane; from this apparatus, substrates are conveyed straight from the cytoplasm of the bacterium into a target cell or to the extracellular space. This nanomachine consists of three main complexes: proteins in the inner membrane that are T4SS component-like, the baseplate complex, and the tail complex, which are formed by components evolutionarily related to contractile bacteriophage tails. Advances in the T6SS understanding include the functional and structural characterization of at least 13 subunits (so-called core components), which are thought to comprise the minimal apparatus. So far, the main role of T6SS is on bacterial competition by using it to kill neighboring non-immune bacteria for which antibacterial proteins are secreted directly into the periplasm of the bacterial target after cell-cell contact. Interestingly, a few T6SSs have been associated directly to pathogenesis, e.g., roles in biofilm formation and macrophage survival. Here, we focus on the advances on T6SS from the perspective of E. coli pathotypes with emphasis in the secretion apparatus architecture, the mechanisms of pathogenicity of effector proteins, and the events of lateral gene transfer that led to its spread.
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- Fernando Navarro-Garcia
- Department of Cell Biology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Laboratorio de Escherichia coli, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO) INTA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Escherichia coli, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO) INTA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Piel D, Bruto M, James A, Labreuche Y, Lambert C, Janicot A, Chenivesse S, Petton B, Wegner KM, Stoudmann C, Blokesch M, Le Roux F. Selection of
Vibrio crassostreae
relies on a plasmid expressing a type 6 secretion system cytotoxic for host immune cells. Environ Microbiol 2019; 22:4198-4211. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Damien Piel
- Unité Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes Marins ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070 Ifremer F‐29280 Plouzané France
- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F‐29688 Roscoff cedex France
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F‐29688 Roscoff cedex France
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- Unité Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes Marins ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070 Ifremer F‐29280 Plouzané France
- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F‐29688 Roscoff cedex France
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- Unité Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes Marins ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070 Ifremer F‐29280 Plouzané France
- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F‐29688 Roscoff cedex France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest‐Iroise – Rue Dumont d'Urville F‐29280 Plouzané France
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F‐29688 Roscoff cedex France
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F‐29688 Roscoff cedex France
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- Unité Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes Marins ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070 Ifremer F‐29280 Plouzané France
- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest‐Iroise – Rue Dumont d'Urville F‐29280 Plouzané France
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- AWI ‐ Alfred Wegener Institut, Helmholtz‐Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung, Coastal Ecology, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, 25992, Hafenstrasse 43, List Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH‐1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH‐1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Unité Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes Marins ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070 Ifremer F‐29280 Plouzané France
- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F‐29688 Roscoff cedex France
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An in situ high-throughput screen identifies inhibitors of intracellular Burkholderia pseudomallei with therapeutic efficacy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:18597-18606. [PMID: 31439817 PMCID: PMC6744847 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906388116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiologic agent of melioidosis, is an environmental organism that inhabits tropical soils and kills an estimated 90,000 people each year. Caused by an intracellular and often drug-resistant pathogen, melioidosis is notoriously difficult to treat, with mortality rates approaching 50% in some settings despite appropriate diagnosis and clinical management. Using a high-throughput, cell-based phenotypic screen we have discovered 2 antibiotic candidates with improved in vivo efficacy compared to the current standard of care: a fluoroquinolone analog, burkfloxacin, and an FDA-approved antifungal drug, flucytosine. As a widely used antifungal with a well-known safety profile, the potential to repurpose flucytosine for treating melioidosis may represent a rapid route to clinical translation. Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp) and Burkholderia mallei (Bm) are Tier-1 Select Agents that cause melioidosis and glanders, respectively. These are highly lethal human infections with limited therapeutic options. Intercellular spread is a hallmark of Burkholderia pathogenesis, and its prominent ties to virulence make it an attractive therapeutic target. We developed a high-throughput cell-based phenotypic assay and screened ∼220,000 small molecules for their ability to disrupt intercellular spread by Burkholderia thailandensis, a closely related BSL-2 surrogate. We identified 268 hits, and cross-species validation found 32 hits that also disrupt intercellular spread by Bp and/or Bm. Among these were a fluoroquinolone analog, which we named burkfloxacin (BFX), which potently inhibits growth of intracellular Burkholderia, and flucytosine (5-FC), an FDA-approved antifungal drug. We found that 5-FC blocks the intracellular life cycle at the point of type VI secretion system 5 (T6SS-5)-mediated cell–cell spread. Bacterial conversion of 5-FC to 5-fluorouracil and subsequently to fluorouridine monophosphate is required for potent and selective activity against intracellular Burkholderia. In a murine model of fulminant respiratory melioidosis, treatment with BFX or 5-FC was significantly more effective than ceftazidime, the current antibiotic of choice, for improving survival and decreasing bacterial counts in major organs. Our results demonstrate the utility of cell-based phenotypic screening for Select Agent drug discovery and warrant the advancement of BFX and 5-FC as candidate therapeutics for melioidosis in humans.
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Crisan CV, Chande AT, Williams K, Raghuram V, Rishishwar L, Steinbach G, Watve SS, Yunker P, Jordan IK, Hammer BK. Analysis of Vibrio cholerae genomes identifies new type VI secretion system gene clusters. Genome Biol 2019; 20:163. [PMID: 31405375 PMCID: PMC6691524 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1765-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Like many bacteria, Vibrio cholerae deploys a harpoon-like type VI secretion system (T6SS) to compete against other microbes in environmental and host settings. The T6SS punctures adjacent cells and delivers toxic effector proteins that are harmless to bacteria carrying cognate immunity factors. Only four effector/immunity pairs encoded on one large and three auxiliary gene clusters have been characterized from largely clonal, patient-derived strains of V. cholerae. RESULTS We sequence two dozen V. cholerae strain genomes from diverse sources and develop a novel and adaptable bioinformatics tool based on hidden Markov models. We identify two new T6SS auxiliary gene clusters and describe Aux 5 here. Four Aux 5 loci are present in the host strain, each with an atypical effector/immunity gene organization. Structural prediction of the putative effector indicates it is a lipase, which we name TleV1 (type VI lipase effector Vibrio). Ectopic TleV1 expression induces toxicity in Escherichia coli, which is rescued by co-expression of the TliV1a immunity factor. A clinical V. cholerae reference strain expressing the Aux 5 cluster uses TleV1 to lyse its parental strain upon contact via its T6SS but is unable to kill parental cells expressing the TliV1a immunity factor. CONCLUSION We develop a novel bioinformatics method and identify new T6SS gene clusters in V. cholerae. We also show the TleV1 toxin is delivered in a T6SS manner by V. cholerae and can lyse other bacterial cells. Our web-based tool can be modified to identify additional novel T6SS genomic loci in diverse bacterial species.
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- Cristian V Crisan
- Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
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- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta, GA, USA
- PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
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- Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
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- Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
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- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta, GA, USA
- PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
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- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta, GA, USA
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta, GA, USA
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA
- Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta, GA, USA
- PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
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- Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA.
- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA.
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0230, USA.
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Jana B, Fridman CM, Bosis E, Salomon D. A modular effector with a DNase domain and a marker for T6SS substrates. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3595. [PMID: 31399579 PMCID: PMC6688995 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11546-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Bacteria deliver toxic effectors via type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to dominate competitors, but the identity and function of many effectors remain unknown. Here we identify a Vibrio antibacterial T6SS effector that contains a previously undescribed, widespread DNase toxin domain that we call PoNe (Polymorphic Nuclease effector). PoNe belongs to a diverse superfamily of PD-(D/E)xK phosphodiesterases, and is associated with several toxin delivery systems including type V, type VI, and type VII. PoNe toxicity is antagonized by cognate immunity proteins (PoNi) containing DUF1911 and DUF1910 domains. In addition to PoNe, the effector contains a domain of unknown function (FIX domain) that is also found N-terminal to known toxin domains and is genetically and functionally linked to T6SS. FIX sequences can be used to identify T6SS effector candidates with potentially novel toxin domains. Our findings underline the modular nature of bacterial effectors harboring delivery or marker domains, specific to a secretion system, fused to interchangeable toxins. Bacteria deliver toxic effectors via type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to dominate competitors. Here, the authors identify a Vibrio antibacterial effector that contains a new DNase toxin domain and a domain of unknown function that can be used as a marker to identify new T6SS effectors.
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- Biswanath Jana
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude College of Engineering, 2161002, Karmiel, Israel.
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Wu CF, Santos MNM, Cho ST, Chang HH, Tsai YM, Smith DA, Kuo CH, Chang JH, Lai EM. Plant-Pathogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens Strains Have Diverse Type VI Effector-Immunity Pairs and Vary in In-Planta Competitiveness. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:961-971. [PMID: 30830835 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-01-19-0021-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is used by gram-negative bacteria to translocate effectors that can antagonize other bacterial cells. Models predict the variation in collections of effector and cognate immunity genes determine competitiveness and can affect the dynamics of populations and communities of bacteria. However, the outcomes of competition cannot be entirely explained by compatibility of effector-immunity (EI) pairs. Here, we characterized the diversity of T6SS loci of plant-pathogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens and showed that factors other than EI pairs can impact interbacterial competition. All examined strains encode T6SS active in secretion and antagonism against Escherichia coli. The spectra of EI pairs as well as compositions of gene neighborhoods are diverse. Almost 30 in-planta competitions were tested between different genotypes of A. tumefaciens. Fifteen competitions between members of different species-level groups resulted in T6SS-dependent suppression in in-planta growth of prey genotypes. In contrast, ten competitions between members within species-level groups resulted in no significant effect on the growth of prey genotypes. One strain was an exceptional case and, despite encoding a functional T6SS and toxic effector protein, could not compromise the growth of the four tested prey genotypes. The data suggest T6SS-associated EI pairs can influence the competitiveness of strains of A. tumefaciens, but genetic features have a significant role on the efficacy of interbacterial antagonism.
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- Chih-Feng Wu
- 1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
- 2Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A
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- 1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- 1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- 1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- 1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- 2Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A
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- 1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- 2Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A
- 3Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University
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- 1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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McCarthy RR, Yu M, Eilers K, Wang Y, Lai E, Filloux A. Cyclic di-GMP inactivates T6SS and T4SS activity in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Mol Microbiol 2019; 112:632-648. [PMID: 31102484 PMCID: PMC6771610 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a bacterial nanomachine that delivers effector proteins into prokaryotic and eukaryotic preys. This secretion system has emerged as a key player in regulating the microbial diversity in a population. In the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens, the signalling cascades regulating the activity of this secretion system are poorly understood. Here, we outline how the universal eubacterial second messenger cyclic di-GMP impacts the production of T6SS toxins and T6SS structural components. We demonstrate that this has a significant impact on the ability of the phytopathogen to compete with other bacterial species in vitro and in planta. Our results suggest that, as opposed to other bacteria, c-di-GMP turns down the T6SS in A. tumefaciens thus impacting its ability to compete with other bacterial species within the rhizosphere. We also demonstrate that elevated levels of c-di-GMP within the cell decrease the activity of the Type IV secretion system (T4SS) and subsequently the capacity of A. tumefaciens to transform plant cells. We propose that such peculiar control reflects on c-di-GMP being a key second messenger that silences energy-costing systems during early colonization phase and biofilm formation, while low c-di-GMP levels unleash T6SS and T4SS to advance plant colonization.
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- Ronan R. McCarthy
- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life SciencesImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
- Division of Biosciences, Department of Life SciencesCollege of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University LondonUxbridgeUB8 3PHUK
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial BiologyAcademia SinicaTaipei11529Taiwan
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life SciencesImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial BiologyAcademia SinicaTaipei11529Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial BiologyAcademia SinicaTaipei11529Taiwan
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life SciencesImperial College LondonLondonSW7 2AZUK
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Wettstadt S, Wood TE, Fecht S, Filloux A. Delivery of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Phospholipase Effectors PldA and PldB in a VgrG- and H2-T6SS-Dependent Manner. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1718. [PMID: 31417515 PMCID: PMC6684961 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses three type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to drive a multitude of effector proteins into eukaryotic or prokaryotic target cells. The T6SS is a supramolecular nanomachine, involving a set of 13 core proteins, which resembles the contractile tail of bacteriophages and whose tip is considered as a puncturing device helping to cross membranes. Effectors can attach directly to the T6SS spike which is composed of a VgrG (valine-glycine-rich proteins) trimer, of which P. aeruginosa produces several. We have previously shown that the master regulator RsmA controls the expression of all three T6SS gene clusters (H1-, H2- and H3-T6SS) and a range of remote vgrG and effector genes. We also demonstrated that specific interactions between VgrGs and various T6SS effectors are prerequisite for effector delivery in a process we called "à la carte delivery." Here, we provide an in-depth description on how the two H2-T6SS-dependent effectors PldA and PldB are delivered via their cognate VgrGs, VgrG4b and VgrG5, respectively. We show that specific recognition of the VgrG C terminus is required and effector specificity can be swapped by exchanging these C-terminal domains. Importantly, we established that effector recognition by a cognate VgrG is not always sufficient to achieve successful secretion, but it is crucial to provide effector stability. This study highlights the complexity of effector adaptation to the T6SS nanomachine and shows how the VgrG tip can possibly be manipulated to achieve effector delivery.
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- Sarah Wettstadt
- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Cherrak Y, Flaugnatti N, Durand E, Journet L, Cascales E. Structure and Activity of the Type VI Secretion System. Microbiol Spectr 2019; 7:10.1128/microbiolspec.psib-0031-2019. [PMID: 31298206 PMCID: PMC10957189 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.psib-0031-2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a multiprotein machine that uses a spring-like mechanism to inject effectors into target cells. The injection apparatus is composed of a baseplate on which is built a contractile tail tube/sheath complex. The inner tube, topped by the spike complex, is propelled outside of the cell by the contraction of the sheath. The injection system is anchored to the cell envelope and oriented towards the cell exterior by a trans-envelope complex. Effectors delivered by the T6SS are loaded within the inner tube or on the spike complex and can target prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic cells. Here we summarize the structure, assembly, and mechanism of action of the T6SS. We also review the function of effectors and their mode of recruitment and delivery.
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- Yassine Cherrak
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7255, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
- Y.C. and N.F. contributed equally to this review
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7255, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
- Y.C. and N.F. contributed equally to this review
- Present address: Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7255, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7255, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7255, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Chen C, Yang X, Shen X. Confirmed and Potential Roles of Bacterial T6SSs in the Intestinal Ecosystem. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1484. [PMID: 31316495 PMCID: PMC6611333 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The contact-dependent type VI secretion system (T6SS) in diverse microbes plays crucial roles in both inter-bacterial and bacteria-host interactions. As numerous microorganisms inhabit the intestinal ecosystem at a high density, it is necessary to consider the functions of T6SS in intestinal bacteria. In this mini-review, we discuss T6SS-dependent functions in intestinal microbes, including commensal microbes and enteric pathogens, and list experimentally verified species of intestinal bacteria containing T6SS clusters. Several seminal studies have shown that T6SS plays crucial antibacterial roles in colonization resistance, niche occupancy, activation of host innate immune responses, and modulation of host intestinal mechanics. Some potential roles of T6SS in the intestinal ecosystem, such as targeting of single cell eukaryotic competitors, competition for micronutrients, and stress resistance are also discussed. Considering the distinct activities of T6SS in diverse bacteria residing in the intestine, we suggest that T6SS research in intestinal microbes may be beneficial for the future development of new medicines and clinical treatments.
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- Can Chen
- Institute of Food and Drug Inspection, College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Pena RT, Blasco L, Ambroa A, González-Pedrajo B, Fernández-García L, López M, Bleriot I, Bou G, García-Contreras R, Wood TK, Tomás M. Relationship Between Quorum Sensing and Secretion Systems. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1100. [PMID: 31231316 PMCID: PMC6567927 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a communication mechanism between bacteria that allows specific processes to be controlled, such as biofilm formation, virulence factor expression, production of secondary metabolites and stress adaptation mechanisms such as bacterial competition systems including secretion systems (SS). These SS have an important role in bacterial communication. SS are ubiquitous; they are present in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and in Mycobacterium sp. To date, 8 types of SS have been described (T1SS, T2SS, T3SS, T4SS, T5SS, T6SS, T7SS, and T9SS). They have global functions such as the transport of proteases, lipases, adhesins, heme-binding proteins, and amidases, and specific functions such as the synthesis of proteins in host cells, adaptation to the environment, the secretion of effectors to establish an infectious niche, transfer, absorption and release of DNA, translocation of effector proteins or DNA and autotransporter secretion. All of these functions can contribute to virulence and pathogenesis. In this review, we describe the known types of SS and discuss the ones that have been shown to be regulated by QS. Due to the large amount of information about this topic in some pathogens, we focus mainly on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio spp.
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- Rocio Trastoy Pena
- Deapartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Deapartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Deapartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Deapartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Deapartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Deapartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Deapartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Deapartamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (INIBIC), Universidad de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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Berni B, Soscia C, Djermoun S, Ize B, Bleves S. A Type VI Secretion System Trans-Kingdom Effector Is Required for the Delivery of a Novel Antibacterial Toxin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1218. [PMID: 31231326 PMCID: PMC6560169 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa has evolved multiple strategies to disarm and take advantage of its host. For this purpose, this opportunist pathogen has particularly developed protein secretion in the surrounding medium or injection into host cells. Among this, the type VI secretion system (T6SS) is utilized to deliver effectors into eukaryotic host as well as target bacteria. It assembles into a contractile bacteriophage tail-like structure that functions like a crossbow, injecting an arrow loaded with effectors into the target cell. The repertoire of T6SS antibacterial effectors of P. aeruginosa is remarkably broad to promote environmental adaptation and survival in various bacterial communities, and presumably in the eukaryotic host too. Here, we report the discovery of a novel pair of antibacterial effector and immunity of P. aeruginosa, Tle3 and Tli3. Tli3 neutralizes the toxicity of Tle3 in the periplasm to protect from fratricide intoxication. The characterization of the secretion mechanism of Tle3 indicates that it requires a cytoplasmic adaptor, Tla3, to be targeted and loaded onto the VgrG2b spike and thus delivered by the H2-T6SS machinery. Tla3 is different from the other adaptors discovered so far and defines a novel family among T6SS with a DUF2875. Interestingly, this led us to discover that VgrG2b that we previously characterized as an anti-eukaryotic effector possesses an antibacterial activity as well, as it is toxic towards Escherichia coli. Excitingly Tli3 can counteract VgrG2b toxicity. VgrG2b is thus a novel trans-kingdom effector targeting both bacteria and eukaryotes. VgrG2b represents an interesting target for fighting against P. aeruginosa in the environment and in the context of host infection.
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- LISM, IMM (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée), CNRS and Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, France
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Coulthurst S. The Type VI secretion system: a versatile bacterial weapon. Microbiology (Reading) 2019; 165:503-515. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Sarah Coulthurst
- Division of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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The Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a protein nanomachine that is widespread in Gram-negative bacteria and is used to translocate effector proteins directly into neighbouring cells. It represents a versatile bacterial weapon that can deliver effectors into distinct classes of target cells, playing key roles in inter-bacterial competition and bacterial interactions with eukaryotic cells. This versatility is underpinned by the ability of the T6SS to deliver a vast array of effector proteins, with many distinct activities and modes of interaction with the secretion machinery. Recent work has highlighted the importance and diversity of interactions mediated by T6SSs within polymicrobial communities, and offers new molecular insights into effector delivery and action in target cells.
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- Sarah Coulthurst
- Division of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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Zong B, Zhang Y, Wang X, Liu M, Zhang T, Zhu Y, Zheng Y, Hu L, Li P, Chen H, Tan C. Characterization of multiple type-VI secretion system (T6SS) VgrG proteins in the pathogenicity and antibacterial activity of porcine extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli. Virulence 2019; 10:118-132. [PMID: 30676217 PMCID: PMC6363058 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2019.1573491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Porcine extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) causes great economic losses to the pig industry and poses a serious threat to public health worldwide. Some secreted virulence factors have been reported to be involved in the pathogenicity of the infection caused by ExPEC. Type-VI secretion system (T6SS) is discovered in many Gram-negative bacteria and contributes to the virulence of pathogenic bacteria. Valine-glycine repeat protein G (VgrG) has been reported as an important component of the functional T6SS. In our previous studies, a functional T6SS was identified in porcine ExPEC strain PCN033. Further analysis of the PCN033 genome identified two putative vgrGs genes (vgrG1 and 0248) located inside T6SS cluster and another two (vgrG2 and 1588) outside it. This study determined the function of the four putative VgrG proteins by constructing a series of mutants and complemented strains. In vitro, the VgrG1 protein was observed to be involved in the antibacterial ability and the interactions with cells. The animal model experiment showed that the deletion of vgrG1 significantly led to the decrease in the multiplication capacity of PCN033. However, the deletion of 0248 and/or the deletion of vgrG2 and 1588 had no effect on the pathogenicity of PCN033. The study of four putative VgrGs in PCN033 indicated that only VgrG1 plays an important role in the interaction between PCN033 and other bacteria or host cells. This study can provide a novel perspective to the pathogenesis of PCN033 and lay the foundation for discovering potential T6SS effectors.
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- Bingbing Zong
- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- e Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre , Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Wuhan Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,b Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province , The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,c Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products , Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China.,d International Research Center for Animal Disease, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China , Wuhan , Hubei , China
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Dutta P, Jijumon AS, Mazumder M, Dileep D, Mukhopadhyay AK, Gourinath S, Maiti S. Presence of actin binding motif in VgrG-1 toxin of Vibrio cholerae reveals the molecular mechanism of actin cross-linking. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 133:775-785. [PMID: 31002899 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Type VI secretion systems (T6SS) plays a crucial role in Vibrio cholerae mediated pathogenicity. Tip of T6SS is homologous to gp27/gp5 complex or tail spike of T4 bacteriophage. VgrG-1 of V. cholerae T6SS is unusual among other VgrG because its effector domain is trans-located into the cytosol of eukaryotic cells with an additional actin cross-linking domain (ACD) at its C terminal end. ACD of VgrG-1 (VgrG-1-ACD) causes T6SS dependent host cell cytotoxicity through actin cytoskeleton disruption to prevent bacterial engulfment by macrophages. ACD mediated actin cross-linking promotes survival of the bacteria in the small intestine of humans, along with other virulence factors; establishes successful infection with the onset of diarrhoea in humans. Our studies demonstrated VgrG-1-ACD can bind to actin besides actin cross-linking activity. Computational analysis of ACD revealed the presence of actin binding motif (ABM). Mutations in ABM lead to loss of actin binding in vitro. VgrG-1-ACD having the mutated ABM cannot cross-link actin efficiently in vitro and manifests less actin cytoskeleton disruption when transfected in HeLa cells.
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- Priyanka Dutta
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, Nadia, West Bengal, India.
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Ben-Yaakov R, Salomon D. The regulatory network of Vibrio parahaemolyticus type VI secretion system 1. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:2248-2260. [PMID: 30882997 PMCID: PMC6618117 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) are widespread, tightly regulated, protein delivery apparatuses used by Gram‐negative bacteria to outcompete their neighbours. The pathogen, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, encodes two T6SSs. These T6SSs are differentially regulated by external conditions. T6SS1, an antibacterial system predominantly found in pathogenic isolates, requires warm marine‐like conditions and surface sensing for activation. The regulatory network that governs this activation is not well understood. In this work, we devised a screening methodology that allows us to easily monitor the outcome of bacterial competitions and thus to identify mutants that are defective in T6SS1‐mediated bacterial killing. The methodology, termed Bacterial Competition Fluorescence (BaCoF), relies on detection of a fluorescent signal as an indicator of the survival and growth of a T6SS‐sensitive, GFP‐expressing prey that has been co‐cultured with mutants derived from a T6SS+ attacker of interest. Using BaCoF, we screened a random transposon insertion mutant library and identified genes required for V. parahaemolyticus T6SS1 activation, among them TfoY and Tmk. We used epistasis experiments to determine the relationships between the newly identified components and other regulators that were previously described. Thus, we present here a detailed biological understanding of the T6SS1 regulatory network.
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- Rotem Ben-Yaakov
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Hoggarth A, Weaver A, Pu Q, Huang T, Schettler J, Chen F, Yuan X, Wu M. Mechanistic research holds promise for bacterial vaccines and phage therapies for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. DRUG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY 2019; 13:909-924. [PMID: 30936684 PMCID: PMC6431001 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s189847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Vaccines for Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been of longstanding interest to immunologists, bacteriologists, and clinicians, due to the widespread prevalence of hospital-acquired infection. As P. aeruginosa becomes increasingly antibiotic resistant, there is a dire need for novel treatments and preventive vaccines. Despite intense efforts, there currently remains no vaccine on the market to combat this dangerous pathogen. This article summarizes current and past vaccines under development that target various constituents of P. aeruginosa. Targeting lipopolysaccharides and O-antigens have shown some promise in preventing infection. Recombinant flagella and pili that target TLR5 have been utilized to combat P. aeruginosa by blocking its motility and adhesion. The type 3 secretion system components, such as needle-like structure PcrV or exotoxin PopB, are also potential vaccine targets. Outer membrane proteins including OprF and OprI are newer representatives of vaccine candidates. Live attenuated vaccines are a focal point in this review, and are also considered for novel vaccines. In addition, phage therapy is revived as an effective option for treating refractory infections after failure with antibiotic treatment. Many of the aforementioned vaccines act on a single target, thus lacking a broad range of protection. Recent studies have shown that mixtures of vaccines and combination approaches may significantly augment immunogenicity, thereby increasing their preventive and therapeutic potential.
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- Austin Hoggarth
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA,
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA,
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA,
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA, .,Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA,
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- Pulmonary and Allergy Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Southwestern Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Pulmonary and Allergy Institute, Affiliated Hospital of Southwestern Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA,
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Many bacteria have evolved specialized nanomachines with the remarkable ability to inject multiple bacterially encoded effector proteins into eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells. Known as type III, type IV, and type VI secretion systems, these machines play a central role in the pathogenic or symbiotic interactions between multiple bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts, or in the establishment of bacterial communities in a diversity of environments. Here we focus on recent progress elucidating the structure and assembly pathways of these machines. As many of the interactions shaped by these machines are of medical importance, they provide an opportunity to develop novel therapeutic approaches to combat important human diseases.
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- Jorge E Galán
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Lennings J, West TE, Schwarz S. The Burkholderia Type VI Secretion System 5: Composition, Regulation and Role in Virulence. Front Microbiol 2019; 9:3339. [PMID: 30687298 PMCID: PMC6335564 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The soil saprophyte and Tier I select agent Burkholderia pseudomallei can cause rapidly fatal infections in humans and animals. The capability of switching to an intracellular life cycle during infection appears to be a decisive trait of B. pseudomallei for causing disease. B. pseudomallei harbors multiple type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) orthologs of which are present in the surrogate organism Burkholderia thailandensis. Upon host cell entry and vacuolar escape into the cytoplasm, B. pseudomallei and B. thailandensis manipulate host cells by utilizing the T6SS-5 (also termed T6SS1) to form multinucleated giant cells for intercellular spread. Disruption of the T6SS-5 in B. thailandensis causes a drastic attenuation of virulence in wildtype but not in mice lacking the central innate immune adapter protein MyD88. This result suggests that the T6SS-5 is deployed by the bacteria to overcome innate immune responses. However, important questions in this field remain unsolved including the mechanism underlying T6SS-5 activity and its physiological role during infection. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the components and regulation of the T6SS-5 as well as its role in virulence in mammalian hosts.
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- Jan Lennings
- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Spiewak HL, Shastri S, Zhang L, Schwager S, Eberl L, Vergunst AC, Thomas MS. Burkholderia cenocepacia utilizes a type VI secretion system for bacterial competition. Microbiologyopen 2019; 8:e00774. [PMID: 30628184 PMCID: PMC6612558 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Burkholderia cenocepacia is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that poses a significant threat to individuals with cystic fibrosis by provoking a strong inflammatory response within the lung. It possesses a type VI secretion system (T6SS), a secretory apparatus that can perforate the cellular membrane of other bacterial species and/or eukaryotic targets, to deliver an arsenal of effector proteins. The B. cenocepacia T6SS (T6SS-1) has been shown to be implicated in virulence in rats and contributes toward actin rearrangements and inflammasome activation in B. cenocepacia-infected macrophages. Here, we present bioinformatics evidence to suggest that T6SS-1 is the archetype T6SS in the Burkholderia genus. We show that B. cenocepacia T6SS-1 is active under normal laboratory growth conditions and displays antibacterial activity against other Gram-negative bacterial species. Moreover, B. cenocepacia T6SS-1 is not required for virulence in three eukaryotic infection models. Bioinformatics analysis identified several candidate T6SS-dependent effectors that may play a role in the antibacterial activity of B. cenocepacia T6SS-1. We conclude that B. cenocepacia T6SS-1 plays an important role in bacterial competition for this organism, and probably in all Burkholderia species that possess this system, thereby broadening the range of species that utilize the T6SS for this purpose.
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- Helena L. Spiewak
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical SchoolThe University of SheffieldSheffieldUK,Present address:
Northern Genetics Service, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Genetic MedicineInternational Centre for LifeNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical SchoolThe University of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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- VBMI, INSERM, Université de MontpellierNîmesFrance,Present address:
Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological SciencesUniversity of California, San DiegoLa JollaCalifornia
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- Department of Plant and Microbial BiologyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland,Present address:
Analytical ChemistrySynthes GmbHOberdorf BLSwitzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial BiologyUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The Medical SchoolThe University of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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Transcriptome and Comparative Genomics Analyses Reveal New Functional Insights on Key Determinants of Pathogenesis and Interbacterial Competition in Pectobacterium and Dickeya spp. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.02050-18. [PMID: 30413477 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02050-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Soft-rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE), typified by Pectobacterium and Dickeya genera, are phytopathogenic bacteria inflicting soft-rot disease in crops worldwide. By combining genomic information from 100 SRE with whole-transcriptome data sets, we identified novel genomic and transcriptional associations among key pathogenicity themes in this group. Comparative genomics revealed solid linkage between the type I secretion system (T1SS) and the carotovoricin bacteriophage (Ctv) conserved in 96.7% of Pectobacterium genomes. Moreover, their coactivation during infection indicates a novel functional association involving T1SS and Ctv. Another bacteriophage-borne genomic region, mostly confined to less than 10% of Pectobacterium strains, was found, presumably comprising a novel lineage-specific prophage in the genus. We also detected the transcriptional coregulation of a previously predicted toxin/immunity pair (WHH and SMI1_KNR4 families), along with the type VI secretion system (T6SS), which includes hcp and/or vgrG genes, suggesting a role in disease development as T6SS-dependent effectors. Further, we showed that another predicted T6SS-dependent endonuclease (AHH family) exhibited toxicity in ectopic expression assays, indicating antibacterial activity. Additionally, we report the striking conservation of the group 4 capsule (GFC) cluster in 100 SRE strains which consistently features adjacently conserved serotype-specific gene arrays comprising a previously unknown organization in GFC clusters. Also, extensive sequence variations found in gfcA orthologs suggest a serotype-specific role in the GfcABCD machinery.IMPORTANCE Despite the considerable loss inflicted on important crops yearly by Pectobacterium and Dickeya diseases, investigations on key virulence and interbacterial competition assets relying on extensive comparative genomics are still surprisingly lacking for these genera. Such approaches become more powerful over time, underpinned by the growing amount of genomic information in public databases. In particular, our findings point to new functional associations among well-known genomic themes enabling alternative means of neutralizing SRE diseases through disruption of pivotal virulence programs. By elucidating novel transcriptional and genomic associations, this study adds valuable information on virulence candidates that could be decisive in molecular applications in the near future. The utilization of 100 genomes of Pectobacterium and Dickeya strains in this study is unprecedented for comparative analyses in these taxa, and it provides novel insights on the biology of economically important plant pathogens.
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Schroll C, Huang K, Ahmed S, Kristensen BM, Pors SE, Jelsbak L, Lemire S, Thomsen LE, Christensen JP, Jensen PR, Olsen JE. The SPI-19 encoded type-six secretion-systems (T6SS) of Salmonella enterica serovars Gallinarum and Dublin play different roles during infection. Vet Microbiol 2019; 230:23-31. [PMID: 30827393 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands 19 (SPI19) encodes a type VI secretion system (T6SS). SPI19 is only present in few serovars of S. enterica, including the host-adapted serovar S. Dublin and the host-specific serovar S. Gallinarum. The role of the SPI19 encoded T6SS in virulence in these serovar is not fully understood. Here we show that during infection of mice, a SPI19/T6SS deleted strain of S. Dublin 2229 was less virulent than the wild type strain after oral challenge, but not after IP challenge. The mutant strain also competed significantly poorer than the wild type strain when co-cultured with strains of E. coli, suggesting that this T6SS plays a role in pathogenicity by killing competing bacteria in the intestine. No significant difference was found between wild type S. Gallinarum G9 and its ΔSPI19/T6SS mutant in infection, whether chicken were challenged orally or by the IP route, and the S. Gallinarum G9 ΔSPI19/T6SS strain competed equally well as the wild type strain against strains of E. coli. However, contrary to what was observed with S. Dublin, the wild type G9 strains was significantly more cytotoxic to monocyte derived primary macrophages from hens than the mutant, suggesting that SPI19/T6SS in S. Gallinarum mediates killing of eukaryotic cells. The lack of significant importance of SPI19/T6SS after oral and systemic challenge of chicken was confirmed by knocking out SPI19 in a second strain, J91. Together the results suggest that the T6SS encoded from SPI19 have different roles in the two serovars and that it is a virulence-factor after oral challenge of mice in S. Dublin, while we cannot confirm previous results that SPI19/T6SS influence virulence significantly in S. Gallinarum.
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- Casper Schroll
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Food, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Park YJ, Lacourse KD, Cambillau C, DiMaio F, Mougous JD, Veesler D. Structure of the type VI secretion system TssK-TssF-TssG baseplate subcomplex revealed by cryo-electron microscopy. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5385. [PMID: 30568167 PMCID: PMC6300606 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07796-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) translocate effectors into target cells and are made of a contractile sheath and a tube docked onto a multi-protein transmembrane complex via a baseplate. Although some information is available about the mechanisms of tail contraction leading to effector delivery, the detailed architecture and function of the baseplate remain unknown. Here, we report the 3.7 Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of an enteroaggregative Escherichia coli baseplate subcomplex assembled from TssK, TssF and TssG. The structure reveals two TssK trimers interact with a locally pseudo-3-fold symmetrical complex comprising two copies of TssF and one copy of TssG. TssF and TssG are structurally related to each other and to components of the phage T4 baseplate and of the type IV secretion system, strengthening the evolutionary relationships among these macromolecular machines. These results, together with bacterial two-hybrid assays, provide a structural framework to understand the T6SS baseplate architecture.
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- Young-Jun Park
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolecules Biologiques, Aix-Marseille Universite, CNRS, Campus de Luminy, Case 932, 13288, Marseille, Cedex 09, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
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Biessy A, Novinscak A, Blom J, Léger G, Thomashow LS, Cazorla FM, Josic D, Filion M. Diversity of phytobeneficial traits revealed by whole-genome analysis of worldwide-isolated phenazine-producing Pseudomonas spp. Environ Microbiol 2018; 21:437-455. [PMID: 30421490 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Plant-beneficial Pseudomonas spp. competitively colonize the rhizosphere and display plant-growth promotion and/or disease-suppression activities. Some strains within the P. fluorescens species complex produce phenazine derivatives, such as phenazine-1-carboxylic acid. These antimicrobial compounds are broadly inhibitory to numerous soil-dwelling plant pathogens and play a role in the ecological competence of phenazine-producing Pseudomonas spp. We assembled a collection encompassing 63 strains representative of the worldwide diversity of plant-beneficial phenazine-producing Pseudomonas spp. In this study, we report the sequencing of 58 complete genomes using PacBio RS II sequencing technology. Distributed among four subgroups within the P. fluorescens species complex, the diversity of our collection is reflected by the large pangenome which accounts for 25 413 protein-coding genes. We identified genes and clusters encoding for numerous phytobeneficial traits, including antibiotics, siderophores and cyclic lipopeptides biosynthesis, some of which were previously unknown in these microorganisms. Finally, we gained insight into the evolutionary history of the phenazine biosynthetic operon. Given its diverse genomic context, it is likely that this operon was relocated several times during Pseudomonas evolution. Our findings acknowledge the tremendous diversity of plant-beneficial phenazine-producing Pseudomonas spp., paving the way for comparative analyses to identify new genetic determinants involved in biocontrol, plant-growth promotion and rhizosphere competence.
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- Adrien Biessy
- Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Universidad de Málaga, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Soil Science, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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Kim BS. The Modes of Action of MARTX Toxin Effector Domains. Toxins (Basel) 2018; 10:toxins10120507. [PMID: 30513802 PMCID: PMC6315884 DOI: 10.3390/toxins10120507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens directly deliver numerous effector proteins from the bacterium to the host cell, thereby altering the target cell physiology. The already well-characterized effector delivery systems are type III, type IV, and type VI secretion systems. Multifunctional autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxins are another effector delivery platform employed by some genera of Gram-negative bacteria. These single polypeptide exotoxins possess up to five effector domains in a modular fashion in their central regions. Upon binding to the host cell plasma membrane, MARTX toxins form a pore using amino- and carboxyl-terminal repeat-containing arms and translocate the effector domains into the cells. Consequently, MARTX toxins affect the integrity of the host cells and often induce cell death. Thus, they have been characterized as crucial virulence factors of certain human pathogens. This review covers how each of the MARTX toxin effector domains exhibits cytopathic and/or cytotoxic activities in cells, with their structural features revealed recently. In addition, future directions for the comprehensive understanding of MARTX toxin-mediated pathogenesis are discussed.
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- Byoung Sik Kim
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, ELTEC College of Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea.
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Schultz LG, Tasic L, Fattori J. Chaperone-Assisted Secretion in Bacteria: Protein and DNA Transport via Cell Membranes. CURR PROTEOMICS 2018. [DOI: 10.2174/1570164615666180820154821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Bacteria use an impressive arsenal of secretion systems (1-7) to infect their host cells by exporting
proteins, DNA and DNA-protein complexes via cell membranes. They use chaperone-usher
pathways for host colonization as well. To be targeted for transportation across one (Gram-positive) or
two membranes (Gram-negative), clients must be selected, guided and unfolded to pass through type 3
(T3SS) or type 4 (T4SS) secretion systems. For these processes, bacteria count on secretory chaperones
that guide macromolecular transport via membranes. Moreover, if we know how these processes
occur, we might be able to stop them and avoid bacterial infections. Thus, structural and functional
characterizations of secretory chaperones become interesting, as these proteins are the perfect targets
for blocking bacteria action. Therefore, this review focuses on a story of known mechanisms of chaperone-
secretion assisted transport with special attention on virulence proteins and DNA transport in
bacteria.
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- Lilian Goulart Schultz
- Chemical Biology Laboratory, Organic Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, 13083-970, SP, Brazil
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- Chemical Biology Laboratory, Organic Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, 13083-970, SP, Brazil
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- Chemical Biology Laboratory, Organic Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, 13083-970, SP, Brazil
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Dix SR, Owen HJ, Sun R, Ahmad A, Shastri S, Spiewak HL, Mosby DJ, Harris MJ, Batters SL, Brooker TA, Tzokov SB, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Bullough PA, Rice DW, Thomas MS. Structural insights into the function of type VI secretion system TssA subunits. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4765. [PMID: 30420757 PMCID: PMC6232143 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07247-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a multi-protein complex that injects bacterial effector proteins into target cells. It is composed of a cell membrane complex anchored to a contractile bacteriophage tail-like apparatus consisting of a sharpened tube that is ejected by the contraction of a sheath against a baseplate. We present structural and biochemical studies on TssA subunits from two different T6SSs that reveal radically different quaternary structures in comparison to the dodecameric E. coli TssA that arise from differences in their C-terminal sequences. Despite this, the different TssAs retain equivalent interactions with other components of the complex and position their highly conserved N-terminal ImpA_N domain at the same radius from the centre of the sheath as a result of their distinct domain architectures, which includes additional spacer domains and highly mobile interdomain linkers. Together, these variations allow these distinct TssAs to perform a similar function in the complex. TssA is an important component of the bacterial type VI secretion system (T6SS). Here, Dix et al. integrate structural, phylogenetic and functional analysis of the TssA subunits, providing new insights into their role in T6SS assembly and function.
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- Samuel R Dix
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.,Northern Genetics Service, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Genetic Medicine, International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.,Department of Chemistry, King's College London, Britannia House, London, SE1 1DB, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.
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A Genome-Wide Screen Identifies Genes in Rhizosphere-Associated Pseudomonas Required to Evade Plant Defenses. mBio 2018; 9:mBio.00433-18. [PMID: 30401768 PMCID: PMC6222131 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00433-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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While rhizosphere bacteria hold the potential to improve plant health and fitness, little is known about the bacterial genes required to evade host immunity. Using a model system consisting of Arabidopsis and a beneficial Pseudomonas sp. isolate, we identified bacterial genes required for both rhizosphere fitness and for evading host immune responses. This work advances our understanding of how evasion of host defenses contributes to survival in the rhizosphere. Pseudomonas fluorescens and related plant root (“rhizosphere”)-associated species contribute to plant health by modulating defenses and facilitating nutrient uptake. To identify bacterial fitness determinants in the rhizosphere of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, we performed a high-throughput transposon sequencing (Tn-Seq) screen using the biocontrol and growth-promoting strain Pseudomonas sp. WCS365. The screen, which was performed in parallel on wild-type and immunocompromised Arabidopsis plants, identified 231 genes that increased fitness in the rhizosphere of wild-type plants. A subset of these genes decreased fitness in the rhizosphere of immunocompromised plants. We hypothesized that these genes might be involved in avoiding plant defenses and verified 7 Pseudomonas sp. WCS365 candidate genes by generating clean deletions. We found that two of these deletion mutants, ΔmorA (encoding a putative diguanylate cyclase/phosphodiesterase) and ΔspuC (encoding a putrescine aminotransferase), formed enhanced biofilms and inhibited plant growth. We found that mutants ΔspuC and ΔmorA induced pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) as measured by induction of an Arabidopsis PTI reporter and FLS2/BAK1-dependent inhibition of plant growth. We show that MorA acts as a phosphodiesterase to inhibit biofilm formation, suggesting a possible role in biofilm dispersal. We found that both putrescine and its precursor arginine promote biofilm formation that is enhanced in the ΔspuC mutant, which cannot break down putrescine, suggesting that putrescine might serve as a signaling molecule in the rhizosphere. Collectively, this work identified novel bacterial factors required to evade plant defenses in the rhizosphere.
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Dar Y, Salomon D, Bosis E. The Antibacterial and Anti-Eukaryotic Type VI Secretion System MIX-Effector Repertoire in Vibrionaceae. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:md16110433. [PMID: 30400344 PMCID: PMC6267618 DOI: 10.3390/md16110433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Vibrionaceae is a widespread family of aquatic bacteria that includes emerging pathogens and symbionts. Many Vibrionaceae harbor a type VI secretion system (T6SS), which is a secretion apparatus used to deliver toxins, termed effectors, into neighboring cells. T6SSs mediate both antibacterial and anti-eukaryotic activities. Notably, antibacterial effectors are encoded together with a gene that encodes a cognate immunity protein so as to antagonize the toxicity of the effector. The MIX (Marker for type sIX effectors) domain has been previously defined as a marker of T6SS effectors carrying polymorphic C-terminal toxins. Here, we set out to identify the Vibrionaceae MIX-effector repertoire and to analyze the various toxin domains they carry. We used a computational approach to search for the MIX-effectors in the Vibrionaceae genomes, and grouped them into clusters based on the C-terminal toxin domains. We classified MIX-effectors as either antibacterial or anti-eukaryotic, based on the presence or absence of adjacent putative immunity genes, respectively. Antibacterial MIX-effectors carrying pore-forming, phospholipase, nuclease, peptidoglycan hydrolase, and protease activities were found. Furthermore, we uncovered novel virulence MIX-effectors. These are encoded by “professional MIXologist” strains that employ a cocktail of antibacterial and anti-eukaryotic MIX-effectors. Our findings suggest that certain Vibrionaceae adapted their antibacterial T6SS to mediate interactions with eukaryotic hosts or predators.
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- Yasmin Dar
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.
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- Department of Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel 2161002, Israel.
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Wang M, Cao H, Wang Q, Xu T, Guo X, Liu B. The Roles of Two Type VI Secretion Systems in Cronobacter sakazakii ATCC 12868. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2499. [PMID: 30405562 PMCID: PMC6204376 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS), which has been found in 25% of gram-negative bacteria, is a crucial virulence factor in several pathogens. Although T6SS gene loci have been discovered in Cronobacter species, one of the major opportunistic foodborne pathogens, its function has not been elucidated. In this study, the roles of two phylogenetically distinct T6SS gene clusters in Cronobacter sakazakii ATCC12868 were investigated. Analysis of 138 genome sequences of C. sakazakii strains, we found that one T6SS gene cluster (T6SS-1) was ubiquitous in all examined strains, whereas another (T6SS-2) was absent or degenerated in a large proportion of the strains (n = 97). In addition, we confirmed the T6SS-1 antibacterial function through an in-frame deletion in the vasK and hcp genes. Compared with the wild-type strain, the T6SS-2-deficient mutant presented a much stronger colonization of organs when infecting neonatal rats. Thus, we proposed that T6SS-2 plays a role in pathogenic processes. This is the first study to investigate the functions of T6SS in C. sakazakii, and the results will extend our understanding of the pathogenic and phylogenetic characteristics of C. sakazakii.
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- Min Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.,TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Biogenesis and structure of a type VI secretion baseplate. Nat Microbiol 2018; 3:1404-1416. [DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0260-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus RhsP represents a widespread group of pro-effectors for type VI secretion systems. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3899. [PMID: 30254227 PMCID: PMC6156420 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06201-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) translocate effector proteins, such as Rhs toxins, to eukaryotic cells or prokaryotic competitors. All T6SS Rhs-type effectors characterized thus far contain a PAAR motif or a similar structure. Here, we describe a T6SS-dependent delivery mechanism for a subset of Rhs proteins that lack a PAAR motif. We show that the N-terminal Rhs domain of protein RhsP (or VP1517) from Vibrio parahaemolyticus inhibits the activity of the C-terminal DNase domain. Upon auto-proteolysis, the Rhs fragment remains inside the cells, and the C-terminal region interacts with PAAR2 and is secreted by T6SS2; therefore, RhsP acts as a pro-effector. Furthermore, we show that RhsP contributes to the control of certain “social cheaters” (opaR mutants). Genes encoding proteins with similar Rhs and PAAR-interacting domains, but diverse C-terminal regions, are widely distributed among Vibrio species. It is unclear how Rhs toxins lacking a PAAR motif are secreted by Type VI secretion systems. Here, the authors show for one of these proteins that the mechanism requires removal of an N-terminal fragment by auto-proteolysis, followed by interaction with a PAAR protein and then secretion.
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Noreen Z, Jobichen C, Abbasi R, Seetharaman J, Sivaraman J, Bokhari H. Structural basis for the pathogenesis of Campylobacter jejuni Hcp1, a structural and effector protein of the Type VI Secretion System. FEBS J 2018; 285:4060-4070. [PMID: 30194714 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) provides enhanced virulence to Campylobacter jejuni and has been associated with a high incidence of bloody diarrhea. The hemolysin-coregulated protein (Hcp)-the hallmark of the T6SS-can act as a structural and effector protein. Unlike other T6SS-harboring bacteria, which possess multiple Hcp proteins each performing different functions, C. jejuni possesses only one Hcp protein, and its structural and functional role has not been elucidated previously. Here, we report the structure and functional studies of Hcp from C. jejuni. We found similarities between the hexameric ring structure of Hcp-Cj and that of Hcp3 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Through functional studies, we showed two roles for Hcp-Cj that is, in cytotoxicity toward HepG2 cells and in biofilm formation in C. jejuni. In structure-based mutational analyses, we showed that an Arg-to-Ala mutation at position 30 within the extended loop results in a significant decrease in cytotoxicity, suggesting a role for this loop in binding to the host cell. However, this mutation does not affect its biofilm formation function. Collectively, this study supports the dual role of Hcp-Cj as a structural and effector protein in C. jejuni.
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- Zobia Noreen
- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Giannakopoulou N, Mendis N, Zhu L, Gruenheid S, Faucher SP, Le Moual H. The Virulence Effect of CpxRA in Citrobacter rodentium Is Independent of the Auxiliary Proteins NlpE and CpxP. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:320. [PMID: 30280092 PMCID: PMC6153362 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Citrobacter rodentium is a murine pathogen used to model the intestinal infection caused by Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EPEC and EHEC), two diarrheal pathogens responsible for morbidity and mortality in developing and developed countries, respectively. During infection, these bacteria must sense and adapt to the gut environment of the host. In order to adapt to changing environmental cues and modulate expression of specific genes, bacteria can use two-component signal transduction systems (TCS). We have shown that the deletion of the Cpx TCS in C. rodentium leads to a marked attenuation in virulence in C3H/HeJ mice. In E. coli, the Cpx TCS is reportedly activated in response to signals from the outer-membrane lipoprotein NlpE. We therefore investigated the role of NlpE in C. rodentium virulence. We also assessed the role of the reported negative regulator of CpxRA, CpxP. We found that as opposed to the ΔcpxRA strain, neither the ΔnlpE, ΔcpxP nor the ΔnlpEΔcpxP strains were significantly attenuated, and had similar in vivo localization to wild-type C. rodentium. The in vitro adherence of the Cpx auxiliary protein mutants, ΔnlpE, ΔcpxP, ΔnlpEΔcpxP, was comparable to wild-type C. rodentium, whereas the ΔcpxRA strain showed significantly decreased adherence. To further elucidate the mechanisms behind the contrasting virulence phenotypes, we performed microarrays in order to define the regulon of the Cpx TCS. We detected 393 genes differentially regulated in the ΔcpxRA strain. The gene expression profile of the ΔnlpE strain is strikingly different than the profile of ΔcpxRA with regards to the genes activated by CpxRA. Further, there is no clear inverse correlation in the expression pattern of the ΔcpxP strain in comparison to ΔcpxRA. Taken together, these data suggest that in these conditions, CpxRA activates gene expression in a largely NlpE- and CpxP-independent manner. Compared to wildtype, 161 genes were downregulated in the ΔcpxRA strain, while being upregulated or unchanged in the Cpx auxiliary protein deletion strains. This group of genes, which we hypothesize may contribute to the loss of virulence of ΔcpxRA, includes T6SS components, ompF, the regulator for colanic acid synthesis, and several genes involved in maltose metabolism.
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Ding X, Zhang Q, Wang H, Quan G, Zhang D, Ren W, Liao Y, Xia P, Zhu G. The different roles of hcp 1 and hcp 2 of the type VI secretion system in Escherichia coli strain CE129. J Basic Microbiol 2018; 58:938-946. [PMID: 30247772 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201800156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Revised: 07/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a secretory system found in Gram-negative bacteria. One of the main structures for T6SS is Hcp (hemolysin co-regulation protein) pipeline. To investigate the role of Hcp major sub-unit genes hcp1 and hcp2 , we deleted hcp1 and hcp2 genes for constructing the in-frame gene deletion mutants. The properties of biofilm formation and the adhesion to chicken embryo fibroblasts cells (DF1 cells) were reduced in the hcp2 mutant. The knockout of hcp1 and hcp2 genes reduced the ability of the avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) strain CE129 to infect developing chicken embryos. The expression of quorum sensing (QS)-associated genes luxS, lsrR, and pfs were down-regulated in the hcp1 mutant, and the expression of type 1 fimbriae gene fimA and the adhesion-related genes fimC and papC were decreased in the hcp2 mutant, as well as the expression of anti-serum survival factor genes ompA and iss were inhibited in both hcp1 and hcp2 mutants. These results described above from this study help to further elaborate the role of HCP in APEC.
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- Xueyan Ding
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition Control, Institute of Subtropical Animal Nutrition and Feed, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Quentin D, Ahmad S, Shanthamoorthy P, Mougous JD, Whitney JC, Raunser S. Mechanism of loading and translocation of type VI secretion system effector Tse6. Nat Microbiol 2018; 3:1142-1152. [PMID: 30177742 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0238-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) primarily functions to mediate antagonistic interactions between contacting bacterial cells, but also mediates interactions with eukaryotic hosts. This molecular machine secretes antibacterial effector proteins by undergoing cycles of extension and contraction; however, how effectors are loaded into the T6SS and subsequently delivered to target bacteria remains poorly understood. Here, using electron cryomicroscopy, we analysed the structures of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa effector Tse6 loaded onto the T6SS spike protein VgrG1 in solution and embedded in lipid nanodiscs. In the absence of membranes, Tse6 stability requires the chaperone EagT6, two dimers of which interact with the hydrophobic transmembrane domains of Tse6. EagT6 is not directly involved in Tse6 delivery but is crucial for its loading onto VgrG1. VgrG1-loaded Tse6 spontaneously enters membranes and its toxin domain translocates across a lipid bilayer, indicating that effector delivery by the T6SS does not require puncturing of the target cell inner membrane by VgrG1. Eag chaperone family members from diverse Proteobacteria are often encoded adjacent to putative toxins with predicted transmembrane domains and we therefore anticipate that our findings will be generalizable to numerous T6SS-exported membrane-associated effectors.
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- Dennis Quentin
- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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- Michael DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Michael DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. .,Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany.
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Owen HJ, Sun R, Ahmad A, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Thomas MS, Rice DW. TssA from Burkholderia cenocepacia: expression, purification, crystallization and crystallographic analysis. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2018; 74:536-542. [PMID: 30198885 PMCID: PMC6130427 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x18009706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
TssA is a core component of the type VI secretion system, and phylogenetic analysis of TssA subunits from different species has suggested that these proteins fall into three distinct clades. Whilst representatives of two clades, TssA1 and TssA2, have been the subjects of investigation, no members of the third clade (TssA3) have been studied. Constructs of TssA from Burkholderia cenocepacia, a representative of clade 3, were expressed, purified and subjected to crystallization trials. Data were collected from crystals of constructs of the N-terminal and C-terminal domains. Analysis of the data from the crystals of these constructs and preliminary structure determination indicates that the C-terminal domain forms an assembly of 32 subunits in D16 symmetry, whereas the N-terminal domain is not involved in subunit assocation.
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- Hayley J. Owen
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, England
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, England
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, England
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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Dix SR, Sun R, Harris MJ, Batters SL, Sedelnikova SE, Baker PJ, Thomas MS, Rice DW. TssA from Aeromonas hydrophila: expression, purification and crystallographic studies. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2018; 74:578-582. [PMID: 30198891 PMCID: PMC6130423 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x18010439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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TssA is a core subunit of the type VI secretion system, which is a major player in interspecies competition in Gram-negative bacteria. Previous studies on enteroaggregative Escherichia coli TssA suggested that it is comprised of three putative domains: a conserved N-terminal domain, a middle domain and a ring-forming C-terminal domain. X-ray studies of the latter two domains have identified their respective structures. Here, the results of the expression and purification of full-length and domain constructs of TssA from Aeromonas hydrophila are reported, resulting in diffraction-quality crystals for the middle domain (Nt2) and a construct including the middle and C-terminal domains (Nt2-CTD).
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- Samuel R. Dix
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, England
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- Department of Chemistry, King’s College London, Britannia House, London SE1 1DB, England
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, England
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, England
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
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Gong Y, Zhang Z, Liu Y, Zhou X, Anwar MN, Li Z, Hu W, Li Y. A nuclease‐toxin and immunity system for kin discrimination inMyxococcus xanthus. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:2552-2567. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ya Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life ScienceShandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life ScienceShandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life ScienceShandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life ScienceShandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life ScienceShandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life ScienceShandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life ScienceShandong University Jinan 250100 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life ScienceShandong University Jinan 250100 China
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Identification of Novel Acinetobacter baumannii Type VI Secretion System Antibacterial Effector and Immunity Pairs. Infect Immun 2018; 86:IAI.00297-18. [PMID: 29735524 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00297-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a macromolecular machine that delivers protein effectors into host cells and/or competing bacteria. The effectors may be delivered as noncovalently bound cargo of T6SS needle proteins (VgrG/Hcp/PAAR) or as C-terminal extensions of these proteins. Many Acinetobacter baumannii strains produce a T6SS, but little is known about the specific effectors or how they are delivered. In this study, we show that A. baumannii AB307-0294 encodes three vgrG loci, each containing a vgrG gene, a T6SS toxic effector gene, and an antitoxin/immunity gene. Each of the T6SS toxic effectors could kill Escherichia coli when produced in trans unless the cognate immunity protein was coproduced. To determine the role of each VgrG in effector delivery, we performed interbacterial competitive killing assays using A. baumannii AB307-0294 vgrG mutants, together with Acinetobacter baylyi prey cells expressing pairs of immunity genes that protected against two toxic effectors but not a third. Using this approach, we showed that AB307-0294 produces only three T6SS toxic effectors capable of killing A. baylyi and that each VgrG protein is specific for the carriage of one effector. Finally, we analyzed a number of A. baumannii genomes and identified significant diversity in the range of encoded T6SS VgrG and effector proteins, with correlations between effector types and A. baumannii global clone lineages.
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Renault MG, Zamarreno Beas J, Douzi B, Chabalier M, Zoued A, Brunet YR, Cambillau C, Journet L, Cascales E. The gp27-like Hub of VgrG Serves as Adaptor to Promote Hcp Tube Assembly. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:3143-3156. [PMID: 30031895 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Contractile injection systems are multiprotein complexes that use a spring-like mechanism to deliver effectors into target cells. In addition to using a conserved mechanism, these complexes share a common core known as the tail. The tail comprises an inner tube tipped by a spike, wrapped by a contractile sheath, and assembled onto a baseplate. Here, using the type VI secretion system (T6SS) as a model of contractile injection systems, we provide molecular details on the interaction between the inner tube and the spike. Reconstitution into the Escherichia coli heterologous host in the absence of other T6SS components and in vitro experiments demonstrated that the Hcp tube component and the VgrG spike interact directly. VgrG deletion studies coupled to functional assays showed that the N-terminal domain of VgrG is sufficient to interact with Hcp, to initiate proper Hcp tube polymerization, and to promote sheath dynamics and Hcp release. The interaction interface between Hcp and VgrG was then mapped using docking simulations, mutagenesis, and cysteine-mediated cross-links. Based on these results, we propose a model in which the VgrG base serves as adaptor to recruit the first Hcp hexamer and initiates inner tube polymerization.
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- Melvin G Renault
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7255, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7255, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 7257, Campus de Luminy, Case 932, 13288 Marseille Cedex, 09, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7255, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7255, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7255, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 7257, Campus de Luminy, Case 932, 13288 Marseille Cedex, 09, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7255, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM), Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), Aix-Marseille Univ-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR7255, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France.
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Exopolysaccharide protects Vibrio cholerae from exogenous attacks by the type 6 secretion system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:7997-8002. [PMID: 30021850 PMCID: PMC6077691 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808469115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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This work demonstrates that exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by Vibrio cholerae can protect against exogenous type 6 secretion system (T6SS) attacks from different bacterial species. This protection does not affect the ability of the EPS-producing cell to use their own T6SS to attack other bacteria, indicating that EPS does not simply increase the physical distance between cells to afford protection. Furthermore, this protective effect does not depend on other genes involved in biofilm biogenesis, suggesting that EPSs can determine the outcomes of antagonistic bacterial–bacterial interactions independent of their typical function in biofilm formation. Thus, extracellular biopolymers of bacteria may play a role in modulating resistance to exogenous attacks by other bacteria as well as providing potential resistance to host innate immune mechanisms. The type 6 secretion system (T6SS) is a nanomachine used by many Gram-negative bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae, to deliver toxic effector proteins into adjacent eukaryotic and bacterial cells. Because the activity of the T6SS is dependent on direct contact between cells, its activity is limited to bacteria growing on solid surfaces or in biofilms. V. cholerae can produce an exopolysaccharide (EPS) matrix that plays a role in adhesion and biofilm formation. In this work, we investigated the effect of EPS production on T6SS activity between cells. We found that EPS produced by V. cholerae cells functions as a unidirectional protective armor that blocks exogenous T6SS attacks without interfering with its own T6SS functionality. This EPS armor is effective against both same-species and heterologous attackers. Mutations modulating the level of EPS biosynthesis gene expression result in corresponding modulation in V. cholerae resistance to exogenous T6SS attack. These results provide insight into the potential role of extracellular biopolymers, including polysaccharides, capsules, and S-layers in protecting bacterial cells from attacks involving cell-associated macromolecular protein machines that cannot readily diffuse through these mechanical defenses.
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Sun S, Noorian P, McDougald D. Dual Role of Mechanisms Involved in Resistance to Predation by Protozoa and Virulence to Humans. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1017. [PMID: 29867902 PMCID: PMC5967200 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Most opportunistic pathogens transit in the environment between hosts and the environment plays a significant role in the evolution of protective traits. The coincidental evolution hypothesis suggests that virulence factors arose as a response to other selective pressures rather for virulence per se. This idea is strongly supported by the elucidation of bacterial-protozoal interactions. In response to protozoan predation, bacteria have evolved various defensive mechanisms which may also function as virulence factors. In this review, we summarize the dual role of factors involved in both grazing resistance and human pathogenesis, and compare the traits using model intracellular and extracellular pathogens. Intracellular pathogens rely on active invasion, blocking of the phagosome and lysosome fusion and resistance to phagocytic digestion to successfully invade host cells. In contrast, extracellular pathogens utilize toxin secretion and biofilm formation to avoid internalization by phagocytes. The complexity and diversity of bacterial virulence factors whose evolution is driven by protozoan predation, highlights the importance of protozoa in evolution of opportunistic pathogens.
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- Shuyang Sun
- ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- ithree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Pan J, Zhao M, Huang Y, Li J, Liu X, Ren Z, Kan B, Liang W. Integration Host Factor Modulates the Expression and Function of T6SS2 in Vibrio fluvialis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:962. [PMID: 29867866 PMCID: PMC5963220 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Vibrio fluvialis, an emerging foodborne pathogen of increasing public health concern, contains two distinct gene clusters encoding type VI secretion system (T6SS), the most newly discovered secretion pathway in Gram-negative bacteria. Previously we have shown that one of the two T6SS clusters, namely VflT6SS2, is active and associates with anti-bacterial activity. However, how its activity is regulated is not completely understood. Here, we report that the global regulator integration host factor (IHF) positively modulates the expression and thus the function of VflT6SS2 through co-regulating its major cluster and tssD2-tssI2 (also known as hcp-vgrG) orphan clusters. Specifically, reporter gene activity assay showed that IHF transactivates the major and orphan clusters of VflT6SS2, while deletion of either ihfA or ihfB, the genes encoding the IHF subunits, decreased their promoter activities and mRNA levels of tssB2, vasH, and tssM2 for the selected major cluster genes and tssD2 and tssI2 for the selected orphan cluster genes. Subsequently, the direct bindings of IHF to the promoter regions of the major and orphan clusters were confirmed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). Site-directed mutagenesis combined with reporter gene activity assay or EMSA pinpointed the exact binding sites of IHF in the major and orphan cluster promoters, with two sites in the major cluster promoter, consisting with its two observed shifted bands in EMSA. Functional studies showed that the expression and secretion of hemolysin-coregulated protein (Hcp) and the VflT6SS2-mediated antibacterial virulence were severely abrogated in the deletion mutants of ΔihfA and ΔihfB, but restored when their trans-complemented plasmids were introduced, suggesting that IHF mostly contributes to environmental survival of V. fluvialis by directly binding and modulating the transactivity and function of VflT6SS2.
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- Jingjing Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China
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Effector⁻Immunity Pairs Provide the T6SS Nanomachine its Offensive and Defensive Capabilities. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23051009. [PMID: 29701633 PMCID: PMC6099711 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23051009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Type VI protein secretion systems (T6SSs) are specialized transport apparatus which can target both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and play key roles in host⁻pathogen⁻microbiota interactions. Therefore, T6SSs have attracted much attention as a research topic during the past ten years. In this review, we particularly summarized the T6SS antibacterial function, which involves an interesting offensive and defensive mechanism of the effector⁻immunity (E⁻I) pairs. The three main categories of effectors that target the cell wall, membranes, and nucleic acids during bacterial interaction, along with their corresponding immunity proteins are presented. We also discuss structural analyses of several effectors and E⁻I pairs, which explain the offensive and defensive mechanisms underpinning T6SS function during bacterial competition for niche-space, as well as the bioinformatics, proteomics, and protein⁻protein interaction (PPI) methods used to identify and characterize T6SS mediated E⁻I pairs. Additionally, we described PPI methods for verifying E⁻I pairs.
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Clemens DL, Lee BY, Horwitz MA. The Francisella Type VI Secretion System. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:121. [PMID: 29740542 PMCID: PMC5924787 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensisis subsp. tularensis is an intracellular bacterial pathogen and the causative agent of the life-threatening zoonotic disease tularemia. The Francisella Pathogenicity Island encodes a large secretion apparatus, known as a Type VI Secretion System (T6SS), which is essential for Francisella to escape from its phagosome and multiply within host macrophages and to cause disease in animals. The T6SS, found in one-quarter of Gram-negative bacteria including many highly pathogenic ones, is a recently discovered secretion system that is not yet fully understood. Nevertheless, there have been remarkable advances in our understanding of the structure, composition, and function of T6SSs of several bacteria in the past few years. The system operates like an inside-out headless contractile phage that is anchored to the bacterial membrane via a baseplate and membrane complex. The system injects effector molecules across the inner and outer bacterial membrane and into host prokaryotic or eukaryotic targets to kill, intoxicate, or in the case of Francisella, hijack the target cell. Recent advances include an atomic model of the contractile sheath, insights into the mechanics of sheath contraction, the composition of the baseplate and membrane complex, the process of assembly of the apparatus, and identification of numerous effector molecules and activities. While Francisella T6SS appears to be an outlier among T6SSs, with limited or no sequence homology with other systems, its structure and organization are strikingly similar to other systems. Nevertheless, we have only scratched the surface in uncovering the mysteries of the Francisella T6SS, and there are numerous questions that remain to be answered.
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- Daniel L. Clemens
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Chourashi R, Das S, Dhar D, Okamoto K, Mukhopadhyay AK, Chatterjee NS. Chitin-induced T6SS in Vibrio cholerae is dependent on ChiS activation. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2018; 164:751-763. [PMID: 29633936 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Vibrio cholerae regularly colonizes the chitinous exoskeleton of crustacean shells in the aquatic region. The type 6 secretion system (T6SS) in V. cholerae is an interbacterial killing device. This system is thought to provide a competitive advantage to V. cholerae in a polymicrobial community of the aquatic region under nutrient-poor conditions. V. cholerae chitin sensing is known to be initiated by the activation of a two-component sensor histidine kinase ChiS in the presence of GlcNAc2 (N,N'-diacetylchitobiose) residues generated by the action of chitinases on chitin. It is known that T6SS in V. cholerae is generally induced by chitin. However, the effect of ChiS activation on T6SS is unknown. Here, we found that ChiS inactivation resulted in impaired bacterial killing and reduced expression of T6SS genes. Active ChiS positively affected T6SS-mediated natural transformation in V. cholerae. ChiS depletion or inactivation also resulted in reduced colonization on insoluble chitin surfaces. Therefore, we have shown that V. cholerae colonization on chitinous surfaces activates ChiS, which promotes T6SS-dependent bacterial killing and horizontal gene transfer. We also highlight the importance of chitinases in T6SS upregulation.
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- Rhishita Chourashi
- Division of Biochemistry, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata 700010, India
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- Division of Biochemistry, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata 700010, India
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata 700010, India
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- Collaborative Research Center of Okayama University for Infectious Diseases at NICED, Kolkata, India
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- Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata 700010, India
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