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Cai X, Zhang J, Chen M, Wu Y, Wang X, Chen J, Zhang J, Shen X, Qu D, Jiang H. The effect of the potential PhoQ histidine kinase inhibitors on Shigella flexneri virulence. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23100. [PMID: 21853073 PMCID: PMC3154276 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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PhoQ/PhoP is an important two-component system that regulates Shigella virulence. We explored whether the PhoQ/PhoP system is a promising target for new antibiotics against S. flexneri infection. By using a high-throughput screen and enzymatic activity coupled assay, four compounds were found as potential PhoQ inhibitors. These compounds not only inhibited the activity of SF-PhoQc autophosphorylation but also displayed high binding affinities to the SF-PhoQc protein in the Surface Plasmon Resonance response. A S. flexneri cell invasion assay showed that three of these potential PhoQ inhibitors inhibit the invasion of HeLa cells by S. flexneri 9380. In a Mouse Sereny test, mice inoculated with S. flexneri 9380 pre-treated with the potential PhoQ inhibitors 1, 2, 3 or 4 displayed no inflammation, whereas mice inoculated with S. flexneri 9380 alone displayed severe keratoconjunctival inflammation. All four potential PhoQ inhibitors showed no significant cytotoxicity or hemolytic activity. These data suggest that the four potential PhoQ inhibitors inhibited the virulence of S. flexneri and that PhoQ/PhoP is a promising target for the development of drugs against S. flexneri infection.
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- Xia Cai
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (DQ); (HJ)
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- Drug Discovery and Design Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (DQ); (HJ)
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Watanabe H. [Regulation of expression of virulence-associated genes and pathogenesis of pathogenic bacteria ]. Nihon Saikingaku Zasshi 2011; 66:1-5. [PMID: 21498961 DOI: 10.3412/jsb.66.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Haruo Watanabe
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1, Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640
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Kaminski RW, Turbyfill KR, Oaks EV. Mucosal adjuvant properties of the Shigella invasin complex. Infect Immun 2006; 74:2856-66. [PMID: 16622224 PMCID: PMC1459713 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.5.2856-2866.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The Shigella invasin complex (Invaplex) is an effective mucosal vaccine capable of protecting against Shigella challenge in animal models. The major antigenic constituents of Invaplex are the Ipa proteins and lipopolysaccharide. The cell-binding capacity of the Ipa proteins prompted the investigation into the adjuvanticity of Invaplex. Using ovalbumin (OVA) as a model antigen, intranasal immunization with OVA combined with Invaplex was found to enhance anti-OVA serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA responses and induce OVA-specific mucosal antibody responses at sites located both proximal and distal to the immunization site. The immune responses induced with OVA and Invaplex were comparable in both magnitude and duration to the immune responses induced after immunization with OVA and cholera toxin. The OVA-specific immune response was characterized by high levels of serum IgG1 and increased production of interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-5, or IL-10 from lymphoid cells of immunized animals, suggesting a Th2 response. In addition to enhancing the immunogenicity of OVA, Invaplex-specific immune responses were also induced, indicating the potential for the development of a combination vaccine consisting of Invaplex and other immunogens. Preexisting Invaplex-specific immunity did not interfere with the capacity to enhance the immunogenicity of a second, unrelated vaccine antigen, suggesting that Invaplex could be used as a mucosal adjuvant in multiple vaccine regimens.
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- Robert W Kaminski
- Department of Enteric Infections, Division of Communicable Diseases and Immunology, The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
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Miura M, Terajima J, Izumiya H, Mitobe J, Komano T, Watanabe H. OspE2 of Shigella sonnei is required for the maintenance of cell architecture of bacterium-infected cells. Infect Immun 2006; 74:2587-95. [PMID: 16622194 PMCID: PMC1459745 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.5.2587-2595.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The OspE2 product of Shigella spp., the expression of which is regulated by the mxiE gene, is secreted through a type III secretion system into host cells. We investigated the function of OspE2 of Shigella sonnei by using cultured epithelial cells. Cells invaded by an ospE2 deletion mutant altered their morphology into the rounding shape, which was not due to cell death, whereas cells invaded by the wild-type strain kept their cell shape intact. The ospE2 mutation did not affect initial cell entry and multiplication in cells, but the mutant formed smaller-than-normal plaques on cell monolayers, indicating a deficiency in cell-to-cell spread by the bacteria. An mxiE deletion mutant also showed changes in cell morphology and deficiency in bacterial spread to adjacent cells. In cells invaded by the ospE2 mutant, disturbance of actin stress fibers was prominent at 3 h after invasion. Analysis of OspE2 localization indicated that the OspE2 protein accumulated on focal contact-like structures in the infected host cells. These results suggest that colocalization of the OspE2 protein in the focal contacts of infected cells may function to maintain an intact cell morphology. The morphological change induced by invasion of the ospE2 mutant may affect secondary bacterial transmission.
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- Masashi Miura
- Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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Picking WL, Nishioka H, Hearn PD, Baxter MA, Harrington AT, Blocker A, Picking WD. IpaD of Shigella flexneri is independently required for regulation of Ipa protein secretion and efficient insertion of IpaB and IpaC into host membranes. Infect Immun 2005; 73:1432-40. [PMID: 15731041 PMCID: PMC1064949 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.3.1432-1440.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Shigella flexneri causes human dysentery after invading the cells of the colonic epithelium. The best-studied effectors of Shigella entry into colonocytes are the invasion plasmid antigens IpaC and IpaB. These proteins are exported via a type III secretion system (TTSS) to form a pore in the host membrane that may allow the translocation of other effectors into the host cytoplasm. TTSS-mediated secretion of IpaD is also required for translocation pore formation, bacterial invasion, and virulence, but the mechanistic role of this protein is unclear. IpaD is also known to be involved in controlling Ipa protein secretion, but here it is shown that this activity can be separated from its requirement for cellular invasion. Amino acids 40 to 120 of IpaD are not essential for IpaD-dependent invasion; however, deletions in this region still lead to constitutive IpaB/IpaC secretion. Meanwhile, a central deletion causes only a partial loss of control of Ipa secretion but completely eliminates IpaD's invasion function, indicating that IpaD's role in invasion is not a direct outcome of its ability to control Ipa secretion. As shigellae expressing ipaD N-terminal deletion mutations have reduced contact-mediated hemolysis activity and are less efficient at introducing IpaB and IpaC into erythrocyte membranes, it is possible that IpaD is responsible for insertion of IpaB/IpaC pores into target cell membranes. While efficient insertion of IpaB/IpaC pores is needed for optimal invasion efficiency, it may be especially important for Ipa-dependent membrane disruption and thus for efficient vacuolar escape and intercellular spread.
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- Wendy L Picking
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
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IpaC of Shigella is essential for initial bacterial entry into epithelial cells. We report here that IpaC interacts with beta-catenin and destabilizes the cadherin-mediated cell adhesion complex. Using a yeast two-hybrid system, we identified beta-catenin as a binding partner of IpaC within the host cell after cell entry, but not in the initial entry. Co-immunoprecipitation, confocal microscopy, and GST pull-down experiments confirmed the intracellular and cell-free interactions between these two proteins. The interaction sites were mapped to the ninth armadillo repeat of beta-catenin and to the C-terminus of IpaC. IpaC-associated beta-catenin was phosphorylated at tyrosine residues. This phosphorylation led to the destabilization of the functional cadherin-catenin complex, which could be a mechanism whereby the epithelial cell-cell tight adhesion is disrupted. These events may facilitate the further basolateral invasion of bacteria through the disrupted space and/or modulate the cell-to-cell spread of Shigella.
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- Nurmohammad Shaikh
- Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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Kueltzo LA, Osiecki J, Barker J, Picking WL, Ersoy B, Picking WD, Middaugh CR. Structure-function analysis of invasion plasmid antigen C (IpaC) from Shigella flexneri. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:2792-8. [PMID: 12427760 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208383200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Shigella flexneri causes a self-limiting gastroenteritis in humans, characterized by severe localized inflammation and ulceration of the colonic mucosa. Shigellosis most often targets young children in underdeveloped countries. Invasion plasmid antigen C (IpaC) has been identified as the primary effector protein for Shigella invasion of epithelial cells. Although an initial model of IpaC function has been developed, no detailed structural information is available that could assist in a better understanding of the molecular basis for its interactions with the host cytoskeleton and phospholipid membrane. We have therefore initiated structural studies of IpaC, IpaC I', (residues 101-363 deleted), and IpaC Delta H (residues 63-170 deleted). The secondary and tertiary structure of the protein was examined as a function of temperature, employing circular dichroism and high resolution derivative absorbance techniques. ANS (8-anilino-1-napthalene sulfonic acid) was used to probe the exposure of the hydrophobic surfaces under different conditions. The interaction of IpaC and these mutants with a liposome model (liposomes with entrapped fluorescein) was also examined. Domain III (residues 261-363) was studied using linker-scanning mutagenesis. It was shown that domain III contains periodic, sequence-dependent activity, suggesting helical structure in this section of the protein. In addition to these structural studies, investigation into the actin nucleation properties of IpaC was conducted, and actin nucleation by IpaC and some of the mutants was exhibited. Structure-function relationships of IpaC are discussed.
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- Lisa A Kueltzo
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Osiecki JC, Barker J, Picking WL, Serfis AB, Berring E, Shah S, Harrington A, Picking WD. IpaC from Shigella and SipC from Salmonella possess similar biochemical properties but are functionally distinct. Mol Microbiol 2001; 42:469-81. [PMID: 11703668 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02654.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Invasion plasmid antigen C (IpaC) is secreted via the type III secretion system (TTSS) of Shigella flexneri and serves as an essential effector molecule for epithelial cell invasion. The only homologue of IpaC identified thus far is Salmonella invasion protein C (SipC/SspC), which is essential for enterocyte invasion by Salmonella typhimurium. To explore the biochemical and functional relatedness of IpaC and SipC, recombinant derivatives of both proteins were purified so that their in vitro biochemical properties could be compared. Both proteins were found to: (i) enhance the entry of wild-type S. flexneri and S. typhimurium into cultured cells; (ii) interact with phospholipid membranes; and (iii) oligomerize in solution; however, IpaC appeared to be more efficient in carrying out several of the biochemical properties examined. Overall, the data indicate that purified IpaC and SipC are biochemically similar, although not identical with respect to their in vitro activities. To extend these observations, complementation analyses were conducted using S. flexneri SF621 and S. typhimurium SB220, neither of which is capable of invading epithelial cells because of non-polar null mutations in ipaC and sipC respectively. Interestingly, both ipaC and sipC restored invasiveness to SB220 whereas only ipaC restored invasiveness to SF621, suggesting that SipC lacks an activity possessed by IpaC. This functional difference is not at the level of secretion because IpaC and SipC are both secreted by SF621 and it does not appear to be because of SipC dependency on this native chaperone as coexpression of sipC and sicA in SF621 still failed to restore detectable invasiveness. Taken together, the data suggest that IpaC and SipC differ in either their ability to be translocated into host cells or in their function as effectors of host cell invasion. Because IpaB shares significant sequence homology with the YopB translocator of Yersinia species, the ability for IpaC and SipC to associate with this protein was explored as a potential indicator of translocation function. Both proteins were found to bind to purified IpaB with an apparent dissociation constant in the nanomolar range, suggesting that they may differ with respect to effector function. Interestingly, whereas SB220 expressing sipC behaved like wild-type Salmonella, in that it remained within its membrane-bound vacuole following entry into host cells, SB220 expressing ipaC was found in the cytoplasm of host cells. This observation indicates that IpaC and SipC are responsible for a major difference in the invasion strategies of Shigella and Salmonella, that is, they escape into the host cell cytoplasm. The implications of the role of each protein's biochemistry relative to its in vivo function is discussed.
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- J C Osiecki
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Picking WL, Coye L, Osiecki JC, Barnoski Serfis A, Schaper E, Picking WD. Identification of functional regions within invasion plasmid antigen C (IpaC) of Shigella flexneri. Mol Microbiol 2001; 39:100-11. [PMID: 11123692 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02210.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Shigella flexneri causes bacillary dysentery with symptoms resulting from the inflammation that accompanies bacterial entry into the cells of the colonic epithelium. The effectors of S. flexneri invasion are the Ipa proteins, particularly IpaB and IpaC, which are secreted at the host-pathogen interface following bacterial contact with a host cell. Of the purified Ipa proteins, only IpaC has been shown to possess quantifiable in vitro activities that are related to cellular invasion. In this study, ipaC deletion mutants were generated to identify functional regions within the IpaC protein. From these data, we now know that the N-terminus and an immunogenic central region are not required for IpaC-dependent enhancement of cellular invasion by S. flexneri. However, to restore invasiveness to an ipaC null mutant of S. flexneri, the N-terminus is essential, because IpaC mutants lacking the N-terminus are not secreted by the bacterium. Deletion of the central hydrophobic region eliminates IpaC's ability to interact with phospholipid membranes, and fusion of this region to a modified form of green fluorescent protein converts it into an efficient membrane-associating protein. Meanwhile, deletion of the C-terminus eliminates the mutant protein's ability to establish protein-protein contacts with full-length IpaC. Interestingly, the mutant form of ipaC that restores partial invasiveness to the S. flexneri ipaC null mutant also restores full contact-mediated haemolysis activity to this bacterium. These data support a model in which IpaC possesses a distinct functional organization that is important for bacterial invasion. This information will be important in defining the precise role of IpaC in S. flexneri pathogenesis and in exploring the potential effects of purified IpaC at mucosal surfaces.
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- W L Picking
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 8047 Haworth, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
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Turbyfill KR, Hartman AB, Oaks EV. Isolation and characterization of a Shigella flexneri invasin complex subunit vaccine. Infect Immun 2000; 68:6624-32. [PMID: 11083774 PMCID: PMC97759 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.12.6624-6632.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The invasiveness and virulence of Shigella spp. are largely due to the expression of plasmid-encoded virulence factors, among which are the invasion plasmid antigens (Ipa proteins). After infection, the host immune response is directed primarily against lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the virulence proteins (IpaB, IpaC, and IpaD). Recent observations have indicated that the Ipa proteins (IpaB, IpaC, and possibly IpaD) form a multiprotein complex capable of inducing the phagocytic event which internalizes the bacterium. We have isolated a complex of invasins and LPS from water-extractable antigens of virulent shigellae by ion-exchange chromatography. Western blot analysis of the complex indicates that all of the major virulence antigens of Shigella, including IpaB, IpaC, and IpaD, and LPS are components of this macromolecular complex. Mice or guinea pigs immunized intranasally with purified invasin complex (invaplex), without any additional adjuvant, mounted a significant immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA antibody response against the Shigella virulence antigens and LPS. The virulence-specific response was very similar to that previously noted in primates infected with shigellae. Guinea pigs (keratoconjunctivitis model) or mice (lethal lung model) immunized intranasally on days 0, 14, and 28 and challenged 3 weeks later with virulent shigellae were protected from disease (P<0.01 for both animal models).
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- K R Turbyfill
- Department of Enteric Infections, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-7500, USA
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Hayward RD, McGhie EJ, Koronakis V. Membrane fusion activity of purified SipB, a Salmonella surface protein essential for mammalian cell invasion. Mol Microbiol 2000; 37:727-39. [PMID: 10972796 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02027.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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An early event in Salmonella infection is the invasion of non-phagocytic intestinal epithelial cells. The pathogen is taken up by macropinocytosis, induced by contact-dependent delivery of bacterial proteins that subvert signalling pathways and promote cytoskeletal rearrangement. SipB, a Salmonella protein required for delivery and invasion, was shown to localize to the cell surface of bacteria invading mammalian target cells and to fractionate with outer membrane proteins. To investigate the properties of SipB, we purified the native full-length protein following expression in recombinant Escherichia coli. Purified SipB assembled into hexamers via an N-terminal protease-resistant domain predicted to form a trimeric coiled coil, reminiscent of viral envelope proteins that direct homotypic membrane fusion. The SipB protein integrated into both mammalian cell membranes and phospholipid vesicles without disturbing bilayer integrity, and it induced liposomal fusion that was optimal at neutral pH and influenced by membrane lipid composition. SipB directed heterotypic fusion, allowing delivery of contents from E. coli-derived liposomes into the cytosol of living mammalian cells.
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- R D Hayward
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Tran N, Serfis AB, Osiecki JC, Picking WL, Coye L, Davis R, Picking WD. Interaction of Shigella flexneri IpaC with model membranes correlates with effects on cultured cells. Infect Immun 2000; 68:3710-5. [PMID: 10816532 PMCID: PMC97663 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.6.3710-3715.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Invasion of enterocytes by Shigella flexneri requires the properly timed release of IpaB and IpaC at the host-pathogen interface; however, only IpaC has been found to possess quantifiable activities in vitro. We demonstrate here that when added to cultured cells, purified IpaC elicits cytoskeletal changes similar to those that occur during Shigella invasion. This IpaC effect may correlate with its ability to interact with model membranes at physiological pH and to promote entry by an ipaC mutant of S. flexneri.
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- N Tran
- Department of Chemistry, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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