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Evolutionary Conservation, Variability, and Adaptation of Type III Secretion Systems. J Membr Biol 2022; 255:599-612. [PMID: 35695900 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-022-00247-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Type III secretion (T3S) systems are complex bacterial structures used by many pathogens to inject proteins directly into the cytosol of the host cell. These secretion machines evolved from the bacterial flagella and they have been grouped into families by phylogenetic analysis. The T3S system is composed of more than 20 proteins grouped into five complexes: the cytosolic platform, the export apparatus, the basal body, the needle, and the translocon complex. While the proteins located inside the bacterium are conserved, those exposed to the external media present high variability among families. This suggests that the T3S systems have adapted to interact with different cells or tissues in the host, and/or have been subjected to the evolutionary pressure of the host immune defenses. Such adaptation led to changes in the sequence of the T3S needle tip and translocon suggesting differences in the mechanism of assembly and structure of this complex.
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Patro LPP, Rathinavelan T. STRIDER: Steric hindrance and metal coordination identifier. Comput Biol Chem 2022; 98:107686. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2022.107686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Nariya MK, Mallela A, Shi JJ, Deeds EJ. Robustness and the evolution of length control strategies in the T3SS and flagellar hook. Biophys J 2021; 120:3820-3830. [PMID: 34246629 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bacterial cells construct many structures, such as the flagellar hook and the type III secretion system (T3SS) injectisome, that aid in crucial physiological processes such as locomotion and pathogenesis. Both of these structures involve long extracellular channels, and the length of these channels must be highly regulated in order for these structures to perform their intended functions. There are two leading models for how length control is achieved in the flagellar hook and T3SS needle: the substrate switching model, in which the length is controlled by assembly of an inner rod, and the ruler model, in which a molecular ruler controls the length. Although there is qualitative experimental evidence to support both models, comparatively little has been done to quantitatively characterize these mechanisms or make detailed predictions that could be used to unambiguously test these mechanisms experimentally. In this work, we constructed a mathematical model of length control based on the ruler mechanism and found that the predictions of this model are consistent with experimental data-not just for the scaling of the average length with the ruler protein length, but also for the variance. Interestingly, we found that the ruler mechanism allows for the evolution of needles with large average lengths without the concomitant large increase in variance that occurs in the substrate switching mechanism. In addition to making further predictions that can be tested experimentally, these findings shed new light on the trade-offs that may have led to the evolution of different length control mechanisms in different bacterial species.
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- Maulik K Nariya
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Center for Computational Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
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Hajra D, Nair AV, Chakravortty D. An elegant nano-injection machinery for sabotaging the host: Role of Type III secretion system in virulence of different human and animal pathogenic bacteria. Phys Life Rev 2021; 38:25-54. [PMID: 34090822 DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2021.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Various Gram-negative bacteria possess a specialized membrane-bound protein secretion system known as the Type III secretion system (T3SS), which transports the bacterial effector proteins into the host cytosol thereby helping in bacterial pathogenesis. The T3SS has a special needle-like translocon that can sense the contact with the host cell membrane and translocate effectors. The export apparatus of T3SS recognizes these effector proteins bound to chaperones and translocates them into the host cell. Once in the host cell cytoplasm, these effector proteins result in modulation of the host system and promote bacterial localization and infection. Using molecular biology, bioinformatics, genetic techniques, electron microscopic studies, and mathematical modeling, the structure and function of the T3SS and the corresponding effector proteins in various bacteria have been studied. The strategies used by different human pathogenic bacteria to modulate the host system and thereby enhance their virulence mechanism using T3SS have also been well studied. Here we review the history, evolution, and general structure of the T3SS, highlighting the details of its comparison with the flagellar export machinery. Also, this article provides mechanistic details about the common role of T3SS in subversion and manipulation of host cellular processes. Additionally, this review describes specific T3SS apparatus and the role of their specific effectors in bacterial pathogenesis by considering several human and animal pathogenic bacteria.
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- Dipasree Hajra
- Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, India
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- Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, India
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Protein Export via the Type III Secretion System of the Bacterial Flagellum. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11020186. [PMID: 33572887 PMCID: PMC7911332 DOI: 10.3390/biom11020186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The bacterial flagellum and the related virulence-associated injectisome system of pathogenic bacteria utilize a type III secretion system (T3SS) to export substrate proteins across the inner membrane in a proton motive force-dependent manner. The T3SS is composed of an export gate (FliPQR/FlhA/FlhB) located in the flagellar basal body and an associated soluble ATPase complex in the cytoplasm (FliHIJ). Here, we summarise recent insights into the structure, assembly and protein secretion mechanisms of the T3SS with a focus on energy transduction and protein transport across the cytoplasmic membrane.
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Torres‐Vargas CE, Kronenberger T, Roos N, Dietsche T, Poso A, Wagner S. The inner rod of virulence‐associated type III secretion systems constitutes a needle adapter of one helical turn that is deeply integrated into the system's export apparatus. Mol Microbiol 2019; 112:918-931. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Claudia E. Torres‐Vargas
- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT) University of Tübingen Elfriede‐Aulhorn‐Str. 6Tübingen 72076Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine VIII University Hospital Tübingen Otfried‐Müller‐Str. 14Tübingen 72076Germany
- School of Pharmacy University of Eastern Finland P.O. Box 1627Kuopio 70211Finland
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT) University of Tübingen Elfriede‐Aulhorn‐Str. 6Tübingen 72076Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT) University of Tübingen Elfriede‐Aulhorn‐Str. 6Tübingen 72076Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine VIII University Hospital Tübingen Otfried‐Müller‐Str. 14Tübingen 72076Germany
- School of Pharmacy University of Eastern Finland P.O. Box 1627Kuopio 70211Finland
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT) University of Tübingen Elfriede‐Aulhorn‐Str. 6Tübingen 72076Germany
- Partner‐Site Tübingen German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) Elfriede‐Aulhorn‐Str. 6Tübingen 72076Germany
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Ohgita T, Saito H. Biophysical Mechanism of Protein Export by Bacterial Type III Secretion System. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2019; 67:341-344. [PMID: 30930438 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c18-00947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Type III secretion system (T3SS) is a protein injection nano-machine consisting of syringe and needle-like structure spanning bacterial inner and outer membranes. Bacteria insert the tip of T3SS needle to host cell membranes, and deliver effector proteins directly into host cells via T3SS to prime the host cell environment for infection. Thus inhibition of T3SS would be a potent strategy for suppressing bacterial infection. We previously demonstrated that T3SS needle rotates by proton-motive force (PMF) with the same mechanism as two evolutionally related rotary protein motors, flagellum and ATP synthase (FASEB J., 27, 2013, Ohgita et al.). Inhibition of needle rotation resulted in suppression of effector secretion, indicating the requirement of needle rotation for effector export. Simulation analysis of protein export by the T3SS needle suggests the importance of a hydrophobic helical groove formed by the conserved aromatic residue in the needle components. Based on these results, we have proposed a novel model of protein export by the T3SS needle, in which effector proteins are exported by PMF-dependent needle rotation oppositely to the hydrophobic helical groove in the needle. Quantitative examinations of the correlation between the speeds of T3SS rotation and the amount of effector export support this model. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of T3SS, and discuss our novel model of the protein export mechanism of T3SS based on the needle rotation.
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- Takashi Ohgita
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
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El Hajjami N, Moussa S, Houssa J, Monteyne D, Perez-Morga D, Botteaux A. The inner-rod component of Shigella flexneri type 3 secretion system, MxiI, is involved in the transmission of the secretion activation signal by its interaction with MxiC. Microbiologyopen 2017; 7. [PMID: 29194994 PMCID: PMC5822323 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The virulence of Shigella mainly resides in the use of a Type 3 Secretion System (T3SS) to inject several proteins inside the host cell. Three categories of proteins are hierarchically secreted: (1) the needle components (MxiH and MxiI), (2) the translocator proteins which form a pore (translocon) inside the host cell membrane, and (3) the effectors interfering with the host cell signaling pathways. In the absence of host cell contact, the T3SS is maintained in an “off” state by the presence of a tip complex. We have previously identified a gatekeeper protein, MxiC, which sequesters effectors inside the bacteria probably by interacting with MxiI, the inner‐rod component. Upon cell contact and translocon insertion, a signal is most likely transmitted from the top of the needle to the base, passing through the needle and allowing effectors release. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the transmission of the activation signal through the needle is still poorly understood. In this work, we investigate the role of MxiI in the activation of the T3SS by performing a mutational study. Interestingly we have shown that mutations of a single residue in MxiI (T82) induce an mxiC‐like phenotype and prevent the interaction with MxiC. Moreover, we have shown that the L26A mutation significantly reduces T3 secretion. The L26A mutation impairs the interaction between MxiI and Spa40, a keystone component of the switch between needle assembly and translocators secretion. The L26A mutation also sequesters MxiC. All these results highlight the crucial role of MxiI in regulating the secretion and transmitting the activation signal of the T3SS.
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- Nargisse El Hajjami
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Charleroi, Belgium.,Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging-CMMI, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Charleroi, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are protein transport nanomachines that are found in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens and symbionts. Resembling molecular syringes, T3SSs form channels that cross the bacterial envelope and the host cell membrane, which enable bacteria to inject numerous effector proteins into the host cell cytoplasm and establish trans-kingdom interactions with diverse hosts. Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy and integrative imaging have provided unprecedented views of the architecture and structure of T3SSs. Furthermore, genetic and molecular analyses have elucidated the functions of many effectors and key regulators of T3SS assembly and secretion hierarchy, which is the sequential order by which the protein substrates are secreted. As essential virulence factors, T3SSs are attractive targets for vaccines and therapeutics. This Review summarizes our current knowledge of the structure and function of this important protein secretion machinery. A greater understanding of T3SSs should aid mechanism-based drug design and facilitate their manipulation for biotechnological applications.
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Nariya MK, Israeli J, Shi JJ, Deeds EJ. Mathematical Model for Length Control by the Timing of Substrate Switching in the Type III Secretion System. PLoS Comput Biol 2016; 12:e1004851. [PMID: 27078235 PMCID: PMC4831731 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Type III Secretion Systems (T3SS) are complex bacterial structures that provide gram-negative pathogens with a unique virulence mechanism whereby they grow a needle-like structure in order to inject bacterial effector proteins into the cytoplasm of a host cell. Numerous experiments have been performed to understand the structural details of this nanomachine during the past decade. Despite the concerted efforts of molecular and structural biologists, several crucial aspects of the assembly of this structure, such as the regulation of the length of the needle itself, remain unclear. In this work, we used a combination of mathematical and computational techniques to better understand length control based on the timing of substrate switching, which is a possible mechanism for how bacteria ensure that the T3SS needles are neither too short nor too long. In particular, we predicted the form of the needle length distribution based on this mechanism, and found excellent agreement with available experimental data from Salmonella typhimurium with only a single free parameter. Although our findings provide preliminary evidence in support of the substrate switching model, they also make a set of quantitative predictions that, if tested experimentally, would assist in efforts to unambiguously characterize the regulatory mechanisms that control the growth of this crucial virulence factor.
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- Maulik K. Nariya
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- Center for Computational Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
- Sante Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
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Reassessment of MxiH subunit orientation and fold within native Shigella T3SS needles using surface labelling and solid-state NMR. J Struct Biol 2015; 192:441-448. [PMID: 26439285 PMCID: PMC4658334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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T3SSs are essential virulence determinants of many Gram-negative bacteria, used to inject bacterial effectors of virulence into eukaryotic host cells. Their major extracellular portion, a ∼50 nm hollow, needle-like structure, is essential to host cell sensing and the conduit for effector secretion. It is formed of a small, conserved subunit arranged as a helical polymer. The structure of the subunit has been studied by electron cryomicroscopy within native polymers and by solid-state NMR in recombinant polymers, yielding two incompatible atomic models. To resolve this controversy, we re-examined the native polymer used for electron cryomicroscopy via surface labelling and solid-state NMR. Our data show the orientation and overall fold of the subunit within this polymer is as established by solid-state NMR for recombinant polymers.
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Lee PC, Rietsch A. Fueling type III secretion. Trends Microbiol 2015; 23:296-300. [PMID: 25701111 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are complex nanomachines that export proteins from the bacterial cytoplasm across the cell envelope in a single step. They are at the core of the machinery used to assemble the bacterial flagellum, and the needle complex many Gram-negative pathogens use to inject effector proteins into host cells and cause disease. Several models have been put forward to explain how this export is energized, and the mechanism has been the subject of considerable debate. Here we present an overview of these models and discuss their relative merits. Recent evidence suggests that the proton motive force (pmf) is the primary energy source for type III secretion, although contribution from refolding of secreted proteins has not been ruled out. The mechanism by which the pmf is converted to protein export remains enigmatic.
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- Pei-Chung Lee
- Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4960, USA.
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Lee KI, Im W, Pastor RW. Langevin dynamics simulations of charged model phosphatidylinositol lipids in the presence of diffusion barriers: toward an atomic level understanding of corralling of PIP2 by protein fences in biological membranes. BMC BIOPHYSICS 2014; 7:13. [PMID: 25774289 PMCID: PMC4358915 DOI: 10.1186/s13628-014-0013-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND The polyvalent acidic lipid phosphatidylinositol, 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) is important for many cellular functions. It has been suggested that different pools of PIP2 exist in the cytoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane, and that such pooling could play a role in the regulation of PIP2. The mechanism of fencing, however, is not understood. RESULTS This study presents the results of Langevin dynamics simulations of PIP2 to elucidate some of the molecular level considerations that must be applied to models for fencing. For each simulation, a pool of PIP2 (modeled as charged spheres) was placed in containments with boundaries modeled as a single row of rods (steric or electrostatic) or rigid protein filaments. It is shown that even a small gap (20 Å, which is 1.85 times larger than the diameter of a PIP2 sphere) leads to poor steric blocking, and that electrostatic blockage is only effective at very high charge density. Filaments of human septin, yeast septin, and actin also failed to provide adequate blockage when placed on the membrane surface. The two septins do provide high blockage consistent with experiment and with phenomenological considerations of permeability when they are buried 9 Å and 12 Å below the membrane surface, respectively. In contrast, burial does not improve blockage by the "arch-shaped" actin filaments. Free energy estimates using implicit membrane-solvent models indicate that burial of the septins to about 10 Å can be achieved without penetration of charged residues into the hydrophobic region of the membrane. CONCLUSIONS These results imply that a functioning fence assembled from protein filaments must either be buried well below the membrane surface, have more than a single row, or contain additional components that fill small gaps in the filaments.
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- Kyu Il Lee
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS USA
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- Laboratory of Computational Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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Ohgita T, Hayashi N, Hama S, Tsuchiya H, Gotoh N, Kogure K. A novel effector secretion mechanism based on proton‐motive force‐dependent type III secretion apparatus rotation. FASEB J 2013; 27:2862-72. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-229054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Takashi Ohgita
- Department of Biophysical ChemistryKyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityKyotoJapan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control ScienceKyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityKyotoJapan
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- Department of Biophysical ChemistryKyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityKyotoJapan
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- Department of Biophysical ChemistryKyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityKyotoJapan
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control ScienceKyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityKyotoJapan
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- Department of Biophysical ChemistryKyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityKyotoJapan
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Protein export according to schedule: architecture, assembly, and regulation of type III secretion systems from plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2012; 76:262-310. [PMID: 22688814 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.05017-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Flagellar and translocation-associated type III secretion (T3S) systems are present in most gram-negative plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria and are often essential for bacterial motility or pathogenicity. The architectures of the complex membrane-spanning secretion apparatuses of both systems are similar, but they are associated with different extracellular appendages, including the flagellar hook and filament or the needle/pilus structures of translocation-associated T3S systems. The needle/pilus is connected to a bacterial translocon that is inserted into the host plasma membrane and mediates the transkingdom transport of bacterial effector proteins into eukaryotic cells. During the last 3 to 5 years, significant progress has been made in the characterization of membrane-associated core components and extracellular structures of T3S systems. Furthermore, transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulators that control T3S gene expression and substrate specificity have been described. Given the architecture of the T3S system, it is assumed that extracellular components of the secretion apparatus are secreted prior to effector proteins, suggesting that there is a hierarchy in T3S. The aim of this review is to summarize our current knowledge of T3S system components and associated control proteins from both plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria.
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Association of a protective monoclonal IgA with the O antigen of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium impacts type 3 secretion and outer membrane integrity. Infect Immun 2012; 80:2454-63. [PMID: 22473607 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00018-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Invasion of intestinal epithelial cells by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is an energetically demanding process, involving the transfer of effector proteins from invading bacteria into host cells via a specialized organelle known as the Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) type 3 secretion system (T3SS). By a mechanism that remains poorly understood, entry of S. Typhimurium into epithelial cells is inhibited by Sal4, a monoclonal, polymeric IgA antibody that binds an immunodominant epitope within the O-antigen (O-Ag) component of lipopolysaccharide. In this study, we investigated how the binding of Sal4 to the surface of S. Typhimurium influences T3SS activity, bacterial energetics, and outer membrane integrity. We found that Sal4 treatment impaired T3SS-mediated translocon formation and attenuated the delivery of tagged effector proteins into epithelial cells. Sal4 treatment coincided with a partial reduction in membrane energetics and intracellular ATP levels, possibly explaining the impairment in T3SS activity. Sal4's effects on bacterial secretion and energetics occurred concurrently with an increase in O-Ag levels in culture supernatants, alterations in outer membrane permeability, and changes in surface ultrastructure, as revealed by transmission electron microscopy and cryo-electron microscopy. We propose that Sal4, by virtue of its ability to bind and cross-link the O-Ag, induces a form of outer membrane stress that compromises the integrity of the S. Typhimurium cell envelope and temporarily renders the bacterium avirulent.
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Transient suppression of Shigella flexneri type 3 secretion by a protective O-antigen-specific monoclonal IgA. mBio 2011; 2:e00042-11. [PMID: 21610121 PMCID: PMC3101778 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00042-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Mucosal immunity to the enteric pathogen Shigella flexneri is mediated by secretory IgA (S-IgA) antibodies directed against the O-antigen (O-Ag) side chain of lipopolysaccharide. While secretory antibodies against the O-Ag are known to prevent bacterial invasion of the intestinal epithelium, the mechanisms by which this occurs are not fully understood. In this study, we report that the binding of a murine monoclonal IgA (IgAC5) to the O-Ag of S. flexneri serotype 5a suppresses activity of the type 3 secretion (T3S) system, which is necessary for S. flexneri to gain entry into intestinal epithelial cells. IgAC5’s effects on the T3S were rapid (5 to 15 min) and were coincident with a partial reduction in the bacterial membrane potential and a decrease in intracellular ATP levels. Activity of the T3S system returned to normal levels 45 to 90 min following antibody treatment, demonstrating that IgAC5’s effects were transient. Nonetheless, these data suggest a model in which the association of IgA with the O-Ag of S. flexneri partially de-energizes the T3S system and temporarily renders the bacterium incapable of invading intestinal epithelial cells. Secretory IgA (S-IgA) serves as the first line of defense against enteric infections. However, despite its well-recognized role in mucosal immunity, relatively little is known at the molecular level about how this class of antibody functions to prevent pathogenic bacteria from penetrating the epithelial barrier. It is generally assumed that S-IgA functions primarily by “immune exclusion,” a phenomenon in which the antibody binds to microbial surface antigens and thereby promotes bacterial agglutination, entrapment in mucus, and physical clearance from the gastrointestinal tract via peristalsis. The results of the present study suggest that in addition to serving as a physical barrier, S-IgA may have a direct impact on the ability of microbial pathogens to secrete virulence factors required for invasion of intestinal epithelial cells.
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