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Wątor E, Wilk P, Kochanowski P, Grudnik P. Structural characterization of the (deoxy)hypusination in Trichomonas vaginalis questions the bifunctionality of deoxyhypusine synthase. FEBS J 2024. [PMID: 38923395 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
Abstract
Trichomonas vaginalis, the causative agent of trichomoniasis, is a prevalent anaerobic protozoan parasite responsible for the most common nonviral sexually transmitted infection globally. While metronidazole and its derivatives are approved drugs for this infection, rising resistance necessitates the exploration of new antiparasitic therapies. Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) play crucial roles in cellular processes, and among them, hypusination, involving eukaryotic translation factor 5A (eIF5A), has profound implications. Despite extensive studies in various organisms, the role of hypusination in T. vaginalis and its potential impact on parasite biology and pathogenicity remain poorly understood. This study aims to unravel the structural basis of the hypusination pathway in T. vaginalis using X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. The results reveal high structural homology between T. vaginalis and human orthologs, providing insights into the molecular architecture of eIF5A and deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) and their interaction. Contrary to previous suggestions of bifunctionality, our analyses indicate that the putative hydroxylation site in tvDHS is nonfunctional, and biochemical assays demonstrate exclusive deoxyhypusination capability. These findings challenge the notion of tvDHS functioning as both deoxyhypusine synthase and hydroxylase. The study enhances understanding of the hypusination pathway in T. vaginalis, shedding light on its functional relevance and potential as a drug target, and contributing to the development of novel therapeutic strategies against trichomoniasis.
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- Elżbieta Wątor
- Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
- Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Embry A, Baggett NS, Heisler DB, White A, de Jong MF, Kocsis BL, Tomchick DR, Alto NM, Gammon DB. Exploiting bacterial effector proteins to uncover evolutionarily conserved antiviral host machinery. PLoS Pathog 2024; 20:e1012010. [PMID: 38753575 PMCID: PMC11098378 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Arboviruses are a diverse group of insect-transmitted pathogens that pose global public health challenges. Identifying evolutionarily conserved host factors that combat arbovirus replication in disparate eukaryotic hosts is important as they may tip the balance between productive and abortive viral replication, and thus determine virus host range. Here, we exploit naturally abortive arbovirus infections that we identified in lepidopteran cells and use bacterial effector proteins to uncover host factors restricting arbovirus replication. Bacterial effectors are proteins secreted by pathogenic bacteria into eukaryotic hosts cells that can inhibit antimicrobial defenses. Since bacteria and viruses can encounter common host defenses, we hypothesized that some bacterial effectors may inhibit host factors that restrict arbovirus replication in lepidopteran cells. Thus, we used bacterial effectors as molecular tools to identify host factors that restrict four distinct arboviruses in lepidopteran cells. By screening 210 effectors encoded by seven different bacterial pathogens, we identify several effectors that individually rescue the replication of all four arboviruses. We show that these effectors encode diverse enzymatic activities that are required to break arbovirus restriction. We further characterize Shigella flexneri-encoded IpaH4 as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that directly ubiquitinates two evolutionarily conserved proteins, SHOC2 and PSMC1, promoting their degradation in insect and human cells. We show that depletion of either SHOC2 or PSMC1 in insect or human cells promotes arbovirus replication, indicating that these are ancient virus restriction factors conserved across invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Collectively, our study reveals a novel pathogen-guided approach to identify conserved antimicrobial machinery, new effector functions, and conserved roles for SHOC2 and PSMC1 in virus restriction.
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- Aaron Embry
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United State of America
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Qian P, Wang S, Zhang T, Wu J. Transcriptional Expression of Histone Acetyltransferases and Deacetylases During the Recovery of Acute Exercise in Mouse Hippocampus. J Mol Neurosci 2024; 74:34. [PMID: 38565829 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-024-02215-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Protein acetylation, which is dynamically maintained by histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and deacetylases (HDACs), might play essential roles in hippocampal exercise physiology. However, whether HATs/HDACs are imbalanced during the recovery phase following acute exercise has not been determined. Groups of exercised mice with different recovery periods after acute exercise (0 h, 0.5 h, 1 h, 4 h, 7 h, and 24 h) were constructed, and a group of sham-exercised mice was used as the control. The mRNA levels of HATs and HDACs were detected via real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Lysine acetylation on the total proteins and some specific locations on histones were detected via western blotting, as were various acylation modifications on the total proteins. Except for four unaffected genes (Hdac4, Ncoa1, Ncoa2, and Sirt1), the mRNA expression trajectories of 21 other HATs or HDACs affected by exercise could be categorized into three clusters. The genes in Cluster 1 increased quickly following exercise, with a peak at 0.5 h and/or 1 h, and remained at high levels until 24 h. Cluster 2 genes presented a gradual increase with a delayed peak at 4 h or 7 h postexercise before returning to baseline. The expression of Cluster 3 genes decreased at 0.5 h and/or 1 h, with some returning to overexpression (Hdac1 and Sirt3). Although most HATs were upregulated and half of the affected HDACs were downregulated at 0.5 h postexercise, the global or residue-specific histone acetylation levels were unchanged. In contrast, the levels of several metabolism-related acylation products of total proteins, including acetylation, succinylation, 2-hydroxyisobutyryllysine, β-hydroxybutyryllysine, and lactylation, decreased and mainly occurred on nonhistones immediately after exercise. During the 24-h recovery phase after acute exercise, the transcriptional trajectory of HATs or the same class of HDACs in the hippocampus exhibited heterogeneity. Although acute exercise did not affect the selected sites on histone lysine residues, it possibly incurred changes in acetylation and other acylation on nonhistone proteins.
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- Ping Qian
- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, 100020, China
- Department of Internal Medicine, Affiliated Children Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, 100020, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, 100020, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, 100020, China.
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, 100020, China.
- Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, China.
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Embry A, Baggett NS, Heisler DB, White A, de Jong MF, Kocsis BL, Tomchick DR, Alto NM, Gammon DB. Exploiting Bacterial Effector Proteins to Uncover Evolutionarily Conserved Antiviral Host Machinery. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.29.577891. [PMID: 38352400 PMCID: PMC10862796 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.29.577891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
Abstract
Arboviruses are a diverse group of insect-transmitted pathogens that pose global public health challenges. Identifying evolutionarily conserved host factors that combat arbovirus replication in disparate eukaryotic hosts is important as they may tip the balance between productive and abortive viral replication, and thus determine virus host range. Here, we exploit naturally abortive arbovirus infections that we identified in lepidopteran cells and use bacterial effector proteins to uncover host factors restricting arbovirus replication. Bacterial effectors are proteins secreted by pathogenic bacteria into eukaryotic hosts cells that can inhibit antimicrobial defenses. Since bacteria and viruses can encounter common host defenses, we hypothesized that some bacterial effectors may inhibit host factors that restrict arbovirus replication in lepidopteran cells. Thus, we used bacterial effectors as molecular tools to identify host factors that restrict four distinct arboviruses in lepidopteran cells. By screening 210 effectors encoded by seven different bacterial pathogens, we identify six effectors that individually rescue the replication of all four arboviruses. We show that these effectors encode diverse enzymatic activities that are required to break arbovirus restriction. We further characterize Shigella flexneri-encoded IpaH4 as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that directly ubiquitinates two evolutionarily conserved proteins, SHOC2 and PSMC1, promoting their degradation in insect and human cells. We show that depletion of either SHOC2 or PSMC1 in insect or human cells promotes arbovirus replication, indicating that these are ancient virus restriction factors conserved across invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Collectively, our study reveals a novel pathogen-guided approach to identify conserved antimicrobial machinery, new effector functions, and conserved roles for SHOC2 and PSMC1 in virus restriction.
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- Aaron Embry
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Adejor J, Tumukunde E, Li G, Lin H, Xie R, Wang S. Impact of Lysine Succinylation on the Biology of Fungi. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2024; 46:1020-1046. [PMID: 38392183 PMCID: PMC10888112 DOI: 10.3390/cimb46020065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) play a crucial role in protein functionality and the control of various cellular processes and secondary metabolites (SMs) in fungi. Lysine succinylation (Ksuc) is an emerging protein PTM characterized by the addition of a succinyl group to a lysine residue, which induces substantial alteration in the chemical and structural properties of the affected protein. This chemical alteration is reversible, dynamic in nature, and evolutionarily conserved. Recent investigations of numerous proteins that undergo significant succinylation have underscored the potential significance of Ksuc in various biological processes, encompassing normal physiological functions and the development of certain pathological processes and metabolites. This review aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying Ksuc and its diverse functions in fungi. Both conventional investigation techniques and predictive tools for identifying Ksuc sites were also considered. A more profound comprehension of Ksuc and its impact on the biology of fungi have the potential to unveil new insights into post-translational modification and may pave the way for innovative approaches that can be applied across various clinical contexts in the management of mycotoxins.
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- John Adejor
- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Boys IN, Johnson AG, Quinlan MR, Kranzusch PJ, Elde NC. Structural homology screens reveal host-derived poxvirus protein families impacting inflammasome activity. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112878. [PMID: 37494187 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Viruses acquire host genes via horizontal transfer and can express them to manipulate host biology during infections. Some homologs retain sequence identity, but evolutionary divergence can obscure host origins. We use structural modeling to compare vaccinia virus proteins with metazoan proteomes. We identify vaccinia A47L as a homolog of gasdermins, the executioners of pyroptosis. An X-ray crystal structure of A47 confirms this homology, and cell-based assays reveal that A47 interferes with caspase function. We also identify vaccinia C1L as the product of a cryptic gene fusion event coupling a Bcl-2-related fold with a pyrin domain. C1 associates with components of the inflammasome, a cytosolic innate immune sensor involved in pyroptosis, yet paradoxically enhances inflammasome activity, suggesting differential modulation during infections. Our findings demonstrate the increasing power of structural homology screens to reveal proteins with unique combinations of domains that viruses capture from host genes and combine in unique ways.
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- Ian N Boys
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
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Callahan SM, Hancock TJ, Doster RS, Parker CB, Wakim ME, Gaddy JA, Johnson JG. A secreted sirtuin from Campylobacter jejuni contributes to neutrophil activation and intestinal inflammation during infection. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eade2693. [PMID: 37566649 PMCID: PMC10421069 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade2693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
Abstract
Histone modifications control numerous processes in eukaryotes, including inflammation. Some bacterial pathogens alter the activity or expression of host-derived factors, including sirtuins, to modify histones and induce responses that promote infection. In this study, we identified a deacetylase encoded by Campylobacter jejuni which has sirtuin activities and contributes to activation of human neutrophils by the pathogen. This sirtuin is secreted from the bacterium into neutrophils, where it associates with and deacetylates host histones to promote neutrophil activation and extracellular trap production. Using the murine model of campylobacteriosis, we found that a mutant of this bacterial sirtuin efficiently colonized the gastrointestinal tract but was unable to induce cytokine production, gastrointestinal inflammation, and tissue pathology. In conclusion, these results suggest that secreted bacterial sirtuins represent a previously unreported class of bacterial effector and that bacterial-mediated modification of host histones is responsible for the inflammation and pathology that occurs during campylobacteriosis.
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- Sean M. Callahan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN 37930, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Silva RDFE, Bassi G, Câmara NOS, Moretti NS. Sirtuins: Key pieces in the host response to pathogens' puzzle. Mol Immunol 2023; 160:150-160. [PMID: 37437515 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2023.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
Abstract
Global warming is changing the distribution of different pathogens around the globe, and humans are more susceptible to new or re-emerging infections. The human response to microbes is complex and involves different mechanisms of the immune system. Regulation of gene expression of immunity genes and of metabolism of immune cells are essential in this process. Both mechanisms could be regulated by protein lysine acetylation that will control chromatin structure affecting gene expression or key enzyme activity involved in cellular processes. Protein acetylation is crucial for the immunity and involves two families of enzymes: lysine acetyltransferases (KATs), which will promote protein acetylation, and lysine deacetylases (KDACs) that will reduce this modification. Lysine deacetylases are divided into Zinc-dependent or HDACs and NAD+ -dependent, or Sirtuins. These enzymes are in the nucleus, cytosol, and mitochondria of mammalian cells affecting different cellular pathways, such as metabolism, gene expression, DNA repair, cell proliferation, and apoptosis, opening the opportunity to explore these proteins as drug targets in different diseases, including cancer and neurodegenerative illness. Although widely explored in chronic diseases, very little is known about the role of Sirtuins during host response against microbes' infection. In this review we aim to explore the most recent literature evidencing a role for these enzymes during host responses to viruses, bacterial and protozoan infections, pointing out how these proteins can be manipulated by these pathogens to progress in the infection. Moreover, we will uncover the potential of host KDACs as therapeutic targets to prevent infections by activating effector immune functions.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Pathogens, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Pathogens, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Boys IN, Johnson AG, Quinlan M, Kranzusch PJ, Elde NC. Structural homology screens reveal poxvirus-encoded proteins impacting inflammasome-mediated defenses. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.26.529821. [PMID: 36909515 PMCID: PMC10002665 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.26.529821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
Abstract
Viruses acquire host genes via horizontal gene transfer and can express them to manipulate host biology during infections. Some viral and host homologs retain sequence identity, but evolutionary divergence can obscure host origins. We used structural modeling to compare vaccinia virus proteins with metazoan proteomes. We identified vaccinia A47L as a homolog of gasdermins, the executioners of pyroptosis. An X-ray crystal structure of A47 confirmed this homology and cell-based assays revealed that A47 inhibits pyroptosis. We also identified vaccinia C1L as the product of a cryptic gene fusion event coupling a Bcl-2 related fold with a pyrin domain. C1 associates with components of the inflammasome, a cytosolic innate immune sensor involved in pyroptosis, yet paradoxically enhances inflammasome activity, suggesting a benefit to poxvirus replication in some circumstances. Our findings demonstrate the potential of structural homology screens to reveal genes that viruses capture from hosts and repurpose to benefit viral fitness.
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- Ian N. Boys
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112 USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 20815, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112 USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 20815, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112 USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 20815, USA
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Li X, Lei C, Song Q, Bai L, Cheng B, Qin K, Li X, Ma B, Wang B, Zhou W, Chen X, Li J. Chemoproteomic profiling of O-GlcNAcylated proteins and identification of O-GlcNAc transferases in rice. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2023; 21:742-753. [PMID: 36577688 PMCID: PMC10037131 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
O-linked β-N-acetylglucosaminylation (O-GlcNAcylation) is a ubiquitous post-translation modification occurring in both animals and plants. Thousands of proteins along with their O-GlcNAcylation sites have been identified in various animal systems, yet the O-GlcNAcylated proteomes in plants remain poorly understood. Here, we report a large-scale profiling of protein O-GlcNAcylation in a site-specific manner in rice. We first established the metabolic glycan labelling (MGL) strategy with N-azidoacetylgalactosamine (GalNAz) in rice seedlings, which enabled incorporation of azides as a bioorthogonal handle into O-GlcNAc. By conjugation of the azide-incorporated O-GlcNAc with alkyne-biotin containing a cleavable linker via click chemistry, O-GlcNAcylated proteins were selectively enriched for mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. A total of 1591 unambiguous O-GlcNAcylation sites distributed on 709 O-GlcNAcylated proteins were identified. Additionally, 102 O-GlcNAcylated proteins were identified with their O-GlcNAcylation sites located within serine/threonine-enriched peptides, causing ambiguous site assignment. The identified O-GlcNAcylated proteins are involved in multiple biological processes, such as transcription, translation and plant hormone signalling. Furthermore, we discovered two O-GlcNAc transferases (OsOGTs) in rice. By expressing OsOGTs in Escherichia coli and Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, we confirmed their OGT enzymatic activities and used them to validate the identified rice O-GlcNAcylated proteins. Our dataset provides a valuable resource for studying O-GlcNAc biology in rice, and the MGL method should facilitate the identification of O-GlcNAcylated proteins in various plants.
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- Xilong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Peking‐Tsinghua Center for Life SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular EngineeringPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Peking‐Tsinghua Center for Life SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules CenterPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of EducationPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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Qian P, Ma F, Zhang W, Cao D, Li L, Liu Z, Pei P, Zhang T, Wang S, Wu J. Chronic exercise remodels the lysine acetylome in the mouse hippocampus. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:1023482. [PMID: 36385767 PMCID: PMC9650339 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1023482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Physical exercise benefits hippocampal function through various molecular mechanisms. Protein acetylation, a conserved and widespread post-translational modification, is involved in the synaptic plasticity and memory. However, whether exercise can change global acetylation and the role of acetylated proteins in the hippocampus have remained largely unknown. Herein, using healthy adult mice running for 6 weeks as exercise model and sedentary mice as control, we analyzed the hippocampal lysine acetylome and proteome by Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. As a result, we profiled the lysine acetylation landscape for the hippocampus and identified 3,876 acetyl sites and 1,764 acetylated proteins. A total of 272 acetyl sites on 252 proteins were differentially regulated by chronic exercise, among which 18.58% acetylated proteins were annotated in mitochondria. These proteins were dominantly deacetylated and mainly associated with carbon-related metabolism, the Hippo signaling pathway, ribosomes, and protein processing. Meanwhile, 21 proteins were significantly expressed and enriched in the pathway of complement and coagulation cascades. Our findings provide a new avenue for understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the benefits of exercise for hippocampal function and can contribute to the promotion of public health.
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- Ping Qian
- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Shan Wang,
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- Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Jianxin Wu,
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Wang M, Zhang Y, Komaniecki GP, Lu X, Cao J, Zhang M, Yu T, Hou D, Spiegelman NA, Yang M, Price IR, Lin H. Golgi stress induces SIRT2 to counteract Shigella infection via defatty-acylation. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4494. [PMID: 35918380 PMCID: PMC9345896 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32227-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Enzymes from pathogens often modulate host protein post-translational modifications (PTMs), facilitating survival and proliferation of pathogens. Shigella virulence factors IpaJ and IcsB induce proteolytic cleavage and lysine fatty acylation on host proteins, which cause Golgi stress and suppress innate immunity, respectively. However, it is unknown whether host enzymes could reverse such modifications introduced by pathogens' virulence factors to suppress pathogenesis. Herein, we report that SIRT2, a potent lysine defatty-acylase, is upregulated by the transcription factor CREB3 under Golgi stress induced by Shigella infection. SIRT2 in turn removes the lysine fatty acylation introduced by Shigella virulence factor IcsB to enhance host innate immunity. SIRT2 knockout mice are more susceptible to Shigella infection than wildtype mice, demonstrating the importance of SIRT2 to counteract Shigella infection.
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- Miao Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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Sindbis Macrodomain Poly-ADP-Ribose Hydrolase Activity Is Important for Viral RNA Synthesis. J Virol 2022; 96:e0151621. [PMID: 35297669 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01516-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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ADP-ribosylation is a highly dynamic posttranslational modification frequently studied in stress response pathways with recent attention given to its role in response to viral infection. Notably, the alphaviruses encode catalytically active macrodomains capable of ADP-ribosylhydrolase (ARH) activities, implying a role in remodeling the cellular ADP-ribosylome. This report decouples mono- and poly-ARH contributions to macrodomain function using a newly engineered Sindbis virus (SINV) mutant with attenuated poly-ARH activity. Our findings indicate that viral poly-ARH activity is uniquely required for high titer replication in mammalian systems. Despite translating incoming genomic RNA as efficiently as WT virus, mutant viruses have a reduced capacity to establish productive infection, offering a more complete understanding of the kinetics and role of the alphavirus macrodomain with important implications for broader ADP-ribosyltransferase biology. IMPORTANCE Viral macrodomains have drawn attention in recent years due to their high degree of conservation in several virus families (e.g., coronaviruses and alphaviruses) and their potential druggability. These domains erase mono- or poly-ADP-ribose, posttranslational modifications written by host poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) proteins, from undetermined host or viral proteins to enhance replication. Prior work determined that efficient alphavirus replication requires catalytically active macrodomains; however, which form of the modification requires removal and from which protein(s) had not been determined. Here, we present evidence for the specific requirement of poly-ARH activity to ensure efficient productive infection and virus replication.
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A New Chemical Trick to Prevent House from Collapsing by Bacterial Pathogens. Chem Res Chin Univ 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-022-2028-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fu J, Zhou M, Gritsenko MA, Nakayasu ES, Song L, Luo ZQ. Legionella pneumophila modulates host energy metabolism by ADP-ribosylation of ADP/ATP translocases. eLife 2022; 11:73611. [PMID: 35084332 PMCID: PMC8820735 DOI: 10.7554/elife.73611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila delivers more than 330 effectors into host cells by its Dot/Icm secretion system. Those effectors direct the biogenesis of the Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV) that permits its intracellular survival and replication. It has long been documented that the LCV is associated with mitochondria and a number of Dot/Icm effectors have been shown to target to this organelle. Yet, the biochemical function and host cell target of most of these effectors remain unknown. Here, we found that the Dot/Icm substrate Ceg3 (Lpg0080) is a mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase that localizes to the mitochondria in host cells where it attacks ADP/ATP translocases by ADP-ribosylation, and blunts their ADP/ATP exchange activity. The modification occurs on the second arginine residue in the -RRRMMM- element, which is conserved among all known ADP/ATP carriers from different organisms. Our results reveal modulation of host energy metabolism as a virulence mechanism for L. pneumophila.
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- Jiaqi Fu
- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States
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- Environmental and Molecular Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
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- Biological Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
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- Biological Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States
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Iyer S, Das C. The unity of opposites: Strategic interplay between bacterial effectors to regulate cellular homeostasis. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101340. [PMID: 34695417 PMCID: PMC8605245 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is a facultative intracellular pathogen that uses the Dot/Icm Type IV secretion system (T4SS) to translocate many effectors into its host and establish a safe, replicative lifestyle. The bacteria, once phagocytosed, reside in a vacuolar structure known as the Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV) within the host cells and rapidly subvert organelle trafficking events, block inflammatory responses, hijack the host ubiquitination system, and abolish apoptotic signaling. This arsenal of translocated effectors can manipulate the host factors in a multitude of different ways. These proteins also contribute to bacterial virulence by positively or negatively regulating the activity of one another. Such effector-effector interactions, direct and indirect, provide the delicate balance required to maintain cellular homeostasis while establishing itself within the host. This review summarizes the recent progress in our knowledge of the structure-function relationship and biochemical mechanisms of select effector pairs from Legionella that work in opposition to one another, while highlighting the diversity of biochemical means adopted by this intracellular pathogen to establish a replicative niche within host cells.
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- Shalini Iyer
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
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The abundance, localization, modifications, and protein-protein interactions of many host cell and virus proteins can change dynamically throughout the course of any viral infection. Studying these changes is critical for a comprehensive understanding of how viruses replicate and cause disease, as well as for the development of antiviral therapeutics and vaccines. Previously, we developed a mass spectrometry-based technique called quantitative temporal viromics (QTV), which employs isobaric tandem mass tags (TMTs) to allow precise comparative quantification of host and virus proteomes through a whole time course of infection. In this review, we discuss the utility and applications of QTV, exemplified by numerous studies that have since used proteomics with a variety of quantitative techniques to study virus infection through time. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Virology, Volume 8 is September 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom;
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Robertin S, Mostowy S. The history of septin biology and bacterial infection. Cell Microbiol 2021; 22:e13173. [PMID: 32185906 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.13173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Investigation of cytoskeleton during bacterial infection has significantly contributed to both cell and infection biology. Bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Shigella flexneri are widely recognised as paradigms for investigation of the cytoskeleton during bacterial entry, actin-based motility, and cell-autonomous immunity. At the turn of the century, septins were a poorly understood component of the cytoskeleton mostly studied in the context of yeast cell division and human cancer. In 2002, a screen performed in the laboratory of Pascale Cossart identified septin family member MSF (MLL septin-like fusion, now called SEPT9) associated with L. monocytogenes entry into human epithelial cells. These findings inspired the investigation of septins during L. monocytogenes and S. flexneri infection at the Institut Pasteur, illuminating important roles for septins in host-microbe interactions. In this review, we revisit the history of septin biology and bacterial infection, and discuss how the comparative study of L. monocytogenes and S. flexneri has been instrumental to understand septin roles in cellular homeostasis and host defence.
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- Stevens Robertin
- Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Grishin A, Voth K, Gagarinova A, Cygler M. Structural biology of the invasion arsenal of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. FEBS J 2021; 289:1385-1427. [PMID: 33650300 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In the last several years, there has been a tremendous progress in the understanding of host-pathogen interactions and the mechanisms by which bacterial pathogens modulate behavior of the host cell. Pathogens use secretion systems to inject a set of proteins, called effectors, into the cytosol of the host cell. These effectors are secreted in a highly regulated, temporal manner and interact with host proteins to modify a multitude of cellular processes. The number of effectors varies between pathogens from ~ 30 to as many as ~ 350. The functional redundancy of effectors encoded by each pathogen makes it difficult to determine the cellular effects or function of individual effectors, since their individual knockouts frequently produce no easily detectable phenotypes. Structural biology of effector proteins and their interactions with host proteins, in conjunction with cell biology approaches, has provided invaluable information about the cellular function of effectors and underlying molecular mechanisms of their modes of action. Many bacterial effectors are functionally equivalent to host proteins while being structurally divergent from them. Other effector proteins display new, previously unobserved functionalities. Here, we summarize the contribution of the structural characterization of effectors and effector-host protein complexes to our understanding of host subversion mechanisms used by the most commonly investigated Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. We describe in some detail the enzymatic activities discovered among effector proteins and how they affect various cellular processes.
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- Andrey Grishin
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Retanal C, Ball B, Geddes-McAlister J. Post-Translational Modifications Drive Success and Failure of Fungal-Host Interactions. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7020124. [PMID: 33572187 PMCID: PMC7914884 DOI: 10.3390/jof7020124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) change the structure and function of proteins and regulate a diverse array of biological processes. Fungal pathogens rely on PTMs to modulate protein production and activity during infection, manipulate the host response, and ultimately, promote fungal survival. Given the high mortality rates of fungal infections on a global scale, along with the emergence of antifungal-resistant species, identifying new treatment options is critical. In this review, we focus on the role of PTMs (e.g., phosphorylation, acetylation, ubiquitination, glycosylation, and methylation) among the highly prevalent and medically relevant fungal pathogens, Candida spp., Aspergillus spp., and Cryptococcus spp. We explore the role of PTMs in fungal stress response and host adaptation, the use of PTMs to manipulate host cells and the immune system upon fungal invasion, and the importance of PTMs in conferring antifungal resistance. We also provide a critical view on the current knowledgebase, pose questions key to our understanding of the intricate roles of PTMs within fungal pathogens, and provide research opportunities to uncover new therapeutic strategies.
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Liu L, Wang H, Rao X, Yu Y, Li W, Zheng P, Zhao L, Zhou C, Pu J, Yang D, Fang L, Ji P, Song J, Wei H, Xie P. Comprehensive analysis of the lysine acetylome and succinylome in the hippocampus of gut microbiota-dysbiosis mice. J Adv Res 2020; 30:27-38. [PMID: 34026284 PMCID: PMC8132208 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Introduction Major depressive disorder is caused by gene–environment interactions, and the host microbiome has been recognized as an important environmental factor. However, the underlying mechanisms of the host–microbiota interactions that lead to depression are complex and remain poorly understood. Objectives The present study aimed to explore the possible mechanisms underlying gut microbiota dysbiosis-induced depressive-like behaviors. Methods We used high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to analyze alterations in the hippocampal lysine acetylome and succinylome in male mice that had received gut microbiota from fecal samples of either patients with major depressive disorder or healthy controls. This was followed by bioinformatic analyses. Results A total of 315 acetylation sites on 223 proteins and 624 succinylation sites on 494 proteins were differentially expressed in the gut microbiota-dysbiosis mice. The significantly acetylated proteins were primarily associated with carbon metabolism disruption and gene transcription suppression, while the synaptic vesicle cycle and protein translation were the most significantly altered functions for succinylated proteins. Additionally, our findings suggest that gut microbiota dysbiosis disturbs mitochondria-mediated biological processes and the MAPK signaling pathway through crosstalk between acetylation and succinylation on relevant proteins. Conclusions This is the first study to demonstrate modifications in acetylation and succinylation in gut microbiota-dysbiosis mice. Our findings provide new avenues for exploring the pathogenesis of gut microbiota dysbiosis-related depression, and highlight potential targets for depression treatment.
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- Lanxiang Liu
- Department of Neurology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402160, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.,Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- College of Stomatology and Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 401147, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.,College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.,Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402160, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.,Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402160, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402160, China
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- College of Stomatology and Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 401147, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory for Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing 401147, China
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- College of Stomatology and Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 401147, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory for Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing 401147, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 402160, China.,College of Stomatology and Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 401147, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.,Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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Sukumaran A, Woroszchuk E, Ross T, Geddes-McAlister J. Proteomics of host-bacterial interactions: new insights from dual perspectives. Can J Microbiol 2020; 67:213-225. [PMID: 33027598 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2020-0324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mass-spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics is a powerful and robust platform for studying the interactions between biological systems during health and disease. Bacterial infections represent a significant threat to global health and drive the pursuit of novel therapeutic strategies to combat emerging and resistant pathogens. During infection, the interplay between a host and pathogen determines the ability of the microbe to survive in a hostile environment and promotes an immune response by the host as a protective measure. It is the protein-level changes from either biological system that define the outcome of infection, and MS-based proteomics provides a rapid and effective platform to identify such changes. In particular, proteomics detects alterations in protein abundance, quantifies protein secretion and (or) release, measures an array of post-translational modifications that influence signaling cascades, and profiles protein-protein interactions through protein complex and (or) network formation. Such information provides new insight into the role of known and novel bacterial effectors, as well as the outcome of host cell activation. In this Review, we highlight the diverse applications of MS-based proteomics in profiling the relationship between bacterial pathogens and the host. Our work identifies a plethora of strategies for exploring mechanisms of infection from dual perspectives (i.e., host and pathogen), and we suggest opportunities to extrapolate the current knowledgebase to other biological systems for applications in therapeutic discovery.
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- Arjun Sukumaran
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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Li W, Yin Y, Meng Y, Zhou H, Ma Z, Lin H, Fan H. Proteomic analysis of bEnd.3 cells infected with wild-type and stk-deficient strains of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 reveals protein and pathway regulation. J Proteomics 2020; 230:103983. [PMID: 32961345 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2) is a zoonotic pathogen causing meningitis in humans and pigs. However, information on the comparative protein expression of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) following SS2 infection is limited. Deletion of the serine/threonine kinase (stk) gene can decrease the ability of SS2 to invade the BBB. In the present study, bEnd.3 cells were used as the BBB model, and a SILAC comparative quantitative proteomic study of bEnd.3 cells infected with the SS2 ZY05719 or Δstk strain was performed to determine the differences between these strains infections. Compared with ZY05719-infected cells, 241 proteins were highly upregulated, and 81 were significantly downregulated in Δstk-infected cells. The obtained data revealed major changes in the proteins involved in RNA process, host cytoskeleton, tight junction disruption and immune response. Some differentially expressed proteins were screened by quantitative real-time PCR to examine their regulation at the transcriptional level, and western blot analysis was used to validate the changes of some selected proteins at the translational level. The results obtained in this study may be useful to understand the host response to SS2 infection and provide crucial clues to decipher how STK expression in SS2 helps the bacteria penetrate the BBB. SIGNIFICANCE: A SILAC comparative quantitative proteomic assay was performed in bEnd.3 cells infected with the SS2 ZY05719 or Δstk strain. 241 upregulated and 81 downregulated differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified. DEPs are involved in RNA process, host cytoskeleton, tight junction disruption and immune response. Some DEPs were examined by qPCR and western blot assays, which were similar to those of their corresponding proteins in the quantitative proteomics analysis.
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- Weiyi Li
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.
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Bacterial virulence mediated by orthogonal post-translational modification. Nat Chem Biol 2020; 16:1043-1051. [PMID: 32943788 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-020-0638-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Many bacterial pathogens secrete virulence factors, also known as effector proteins, directly into host cells. These effectors suppress pro-inflammatory host signaling while promoting bacterial infection. A particularly interesting subset of effectors post-translationally modify host proteins using novel chemistry that is not otherwise found in the mammalian proteome, which we refer to as 'orthogonal post-translational modification' (oPTM). In this Review, we profile oPTM chemistry for effectors that catalyze serine/threonine acetylation, phosphate β-elimination, phosphoribosyl-linked ubiquitination, glutamine deamidation, phosphocholination, cysteine methylation, arginine N-acetylglucosaminylation, and glutamine ADP-ribosylation on host proteins. AMPylation, a PTM that could be considered orthogonal until only recently, is also discussed. We further highlight known cellular targets of oPTMs and their resulting biological consequences. Developing a complete understanding of oPTMs and the host cell processes they hijack will illuminate critical steps in the infection process, which can be harnessed for a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic, and synthetic applications.
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Tascón I, Li X, Lucas M, Nelson D, Vidaurrazaga A, Lin YH, Rojas AL, Hierro A, Machner MP. Structural insight into the membrane targeting domain of the Legionella deAMPylase SidD. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008734. [PMID: 32853279 PMCID: PMC7480848 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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AMPylation, the post-translational modification with adenosine monophosphate (AMP), is catalyzed by effector proteins from a variety of pathogens. Legionella pneumophila is thus far the only known pathogen that, in addition to encoding an AMPylase (SidM/DrrA), also encodes a deAMPylase, called SidD, that reverses SidM-mediated AMPylation of the vesicle transport GTPase Rab1. DeAMPylation is catalyzed by the N-terminal phosphatase-like domain of SidD. Here, we determined the crystal structure of full length SidD including the uncharacterized C-terminal domain (CTD). A flexible loop rich in aromatic residues within the CTD was required to target SidD to model membranes in vitro and to the Golgi apparatus within mammalian cells. Deletion of the loop (Δloop) or substitution of its aromatic phenylalanine residues rendered SidD cytosolic, showing that the hydrophobic loop is the primary membrane-targeting determinant of SidD. Notably, deletion of the two terminal alpha helices resulted in a CTD variant incapable of discriminating between membranes of different composition. Moreover, a L. pneumophila strain producing SidDΔloop phenocopied a L. pneumophila ΔsidD strain during growth in mouse macrophages and displayed prolonged co-localization of AMPylated Rab1 with LCVs, thus revealing that membrane targeting of SidD via its CTD is a critical prerequisite for its ability to catalyze Rab1 deAMPylation during L. pneumophila infection.
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- Igor Tascón
- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro, Bilbao, Spain
- * E-mail: (AH); (MPM)
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: (AH); (MPM)
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Catalytic activity regulation through post-translational modification: the expanding universe of protein diversity. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2020; 122:97-125. [PMID: 32951817 PMCID: PMC7320668 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2020.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein composition is restricted by the genetic code to a relatively small number of natural amino acids. Similarly, the known three-dimensional structures adopt a limited number of protein folds. However, proteins exert a large variety of functions and show a remarkable ability for regulation and immediate response to intracellular and extracellular stimuli. To some degree, the wide variability of protein function can be attributed to the post-translational modifications. Post-translational modifications have been observed in all kingdoms of life and give to proteins a significant degree of chemical and consequently functional and structural diversity. Their importance is partly reflected in the large number of genes dedicated to their regulation. So far, hundreds of post-translational modifications have been observed while it is believed that many more are to be discovered along with the technological advances in sequencing, proteomics, mass spectrometry and structural biology. Indeed, the number of studies which report novel post translational modifications is getting larger supporting the notion that their space is still largely unexplored. In this review we explore the impact of post-translational modifications on protein structure and function with emphasis on catalytic activity regulation. We present examples of proteins and protein families whose catalytic activity is substantially affected by the presence of post translational modifications and we describe the molecular basis which underlies the regulation of the protein function through these modifications. When available, we also summarize the current state of knowledge on the mechanisms which introduce these modifications to protein sites.
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Guan H, Fu J, Yu T, Wang Z, Gan N, Huang Y, Perčulija V, Li Y, Luo Z, Ouyang S. Molecular Basis of Ubiquitination Catalyzed by the Bacterial Transglutaminase MavC. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:2000871. [PMID: 32596129 PMCID: PMC7312448 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202000871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The Legionella pneumophila effector MavC is a transglutaminase that carries out atypical ubiquitination of the host ubiquitin (Ub)-conjugation enzyme UBE2N by catalyzing the formation of an isopeptide bond between Gln40Ub and Lys92UBE2N, which leads to inhibition of signaling in the NF-κB pathway. In the absence of UBE2N, MavC deamidates Ub at Gln40 or catalyzes self-ubiquitination. However, the mechanisms underlying these enzymatic activities of MavC are poorly understood at the molecular level. This study reports the structure of the MavC-UBE2N-Ub ternary complex representing a snapshot of MavC-catalyzed crosslinking of UBE2N and Ub, which reveals the way by which UBE2N-Ub binds to the Insertion and Tail domains of MavC. Based on the structural and experimental data, the catalytic mechanism for the deamidase and transglutaminase activities of MavC is proposed. Finally, by comparing the structures of MavC and MvcA, the homologous protein that reverses MavC-induced UBE2N ubiquitination, several essential regions and two key residues (Trp255MavC and Phe268MvcA) responsible for their respective enzymatic activities are identified. The results provide insights into the mechanisms for substrate recognition and ubiquitination mediated by MavC as well as explanations for the opposite activity of MavC and MvcA in terms of regulation of UBE2N ubiquitination.
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- Hongxin Guan
- The Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian ProvinceProvincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic RegulationBiomedical Research Center of South ChinaKey Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of EducationCollege of Life SciencesFujian Normal UniversityFuzhou350117China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and BiotechnologyPilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)Qingdao266237China
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- Purdue Institute for InflammationImmunology and Infectious Disease and Department of Biological SciencesPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteIN47907USA
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- The Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian ProvinceProvincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic RegulationBiomedical Research Center of South ChinaKey Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of EducationCollege of Life SciencesFujian Normal UniversityFuzhou350117China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and BiotechnologyPilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)Qingdao266237China
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- The Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian ProvinceProvincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic RegulationBiomedical Research Center of South ChinaKey Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of EducationCollege of Life SciencesFujian Normal UniversityFuzhou350117China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and BiotechnologyPilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)Qingdao266237China
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- Purdue Institute for InflammationImmunology and Infectious Disease and Department of Biological SciencesPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteIN47907USA
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- The Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian ProvinceProvincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic RegulationBiomedical Research Center of South ChinaKey Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of EducationCollege of Life SciencesFujian Normal UniversityFuzhou350117China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and BiotechnologyPilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)Qingdao266237China
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- The Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian ProvinceProvincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic RegulationBiomedical Research Center of South ChinaKey Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of EducationCollege of Life SciencesFujian Normal UniversityFuzhou350117China
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- The Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian ProvinceProvincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic RegulationBiomedical Research Center of South ChinaKey Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of EducationCollege of Life SciencesFujian Normal UniversityFuzhou350117China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and BiotechnologyPilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)Qingdao266237China
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- Purdue Institute for InflammationImmunology and Infectious Disease and Department of Biological SciencesPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteIN47907USA
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- The Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian ProvinceProvincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic RegulationBiomedical Research Center of South ChinaKey Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of EducationCollege of Life SciencesFujian Normal UniversityFuzhou350117China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and BiotechnologyPilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)Qingdao266237China
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Manzano-Román R, Fuentes M. Relevance and proteomics challenge of functional posttranslational modifications in Kinetoplastid parasites. J Proteomics 2020; 220:103762. [PMID: 32244008 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Protozoan parasitic infections are health, social and economic issues impacting both humans and animals, with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Protozoan parasites have complicated life cycles with both intracellular and extracellular forms. As a consequence, protozoan adapt to changing environments in part through a dynamic enzyme-catalyzed process leading to reversible posttranslational modifications (PTMs). The characterization by proteomics approaches reveals the critical role of the PTMs of the proteins involved in host-pathogen interaction. The complexity of PTMs characterization is increased by the high diversity, stoichiometry, dynamic and also co-existence of several PTMs in the same moieties which crosstalk between them. Here, we review how to understand the complexity and the essential role of PTMs crosstalk in order to provide a new hallmark for vaccines developments, immunotherapies and personalized medicine. In addition, the importance of these motifs in the biology and biological cycle of kinetoplastid parasites is highlighted with key examples showing the potential to act as targets against protozoan diseases.
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- R Manzano-Román
- Proteomics Unit, Cancer Research Centre (IBMCC/CSIC/USAL/IBSAL), 37007, Salamanca, Spain..
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- Proteomics Unit, Cancer Research Centre (IBMCC/CSIC/USAL/IBSAL), 37007, Salamanca, Spain.; Proteomics Unit, Cancer Research Centre (IBMCC/CSIC/USAL/IBSAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain; Department of Medicine and General Cytometry Service-Nucleus, Cancer Research Centre (IBMCC/CSIC/USAL/IBSAL), 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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Sreelatha A, Nolan C, Park BC, Pawłowski K, Tomchick DR, Tagliabracci VS. A Legionella effector kinase is activated by host inositol hexakisphosphate. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:6214-6224. [PMID: 32229585 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The transfer of a phosphate from ATP to a protein substrate, a modification known as protein phosphorylation, is catalyzed by protein kinases. Protein kinases play a crucial role in virtually every cellular activity. Recent studies of atypical protein kinases have highlighted the structural similarity of the kinase superfamily despite notable differences in primary amino acid sequence. Here, using a bioinformatics screen, we searched for putative protein kinases in the intracellular bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila and identified the type 4 secretion system effector Lpg2603 as a remote member of the protein kinase superfamily. Employing an array of biochemical and structural biology approaches, including in vitro kinase assays and isothermal titration calorimetry, we show that Lpg2603 is an active protein kinase with several atypical structural features. Importantly, we found that the eukaryote-specific host signaling molecule inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) is required for Lpg2603 kinase activity. Crystal structures of Lpg2603 in the apo-form and when bound to IP6 revealed an active-site rearrangement that allows for ATP binding and catalysis. Our results on the structure and activity of Lpg2603 reveal a unique mode of regulation of a protein kinase, provide the first example of a bacterial kinase that requires IP6 for its activation, and may aid future work on the function of this effector during Legionella pathogenesis.
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- Anju Sreelatha
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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- Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw 02-787, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390; Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390; Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390.
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Marcelino I, Colomé-Calls N, Holzmuller P, Lisacek F, Reynaud Y, Canals F, Vachiéry N. Sweet and Sour Ehrlichia: Glycoproteomics and Phosphoproteomics Reveal New Players in Ehrlichia ruminantium Physiology and Pathogenesis. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:450. [PMID: 30930869 PMCID: PMC6429767 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Unraveling which proteins and post-translational modifications (PTMs) affect bacterial pathogenesis and physiology in diverse environments is a tough challenge. Herein, we used mass spectrometry-based assays to study protein phosphorylation and glycosylation in Ehrlichia ruminantium Gardel virulent (ERGvir) and attenuated (ERGatt) variants and, how they can modulate Ehrlichia biological processes. The characterization of the S/T/Y phosphoproteome revealed that both strains share the same set of phosphoproteins (n = 58), 36% being overexpressed in ERGvir. The percentage of tyrosine phosphorylation is high (23%) and 66% of the identified peptides are multi-phosphorylated. Glycoproteomics revealed a high percentage of glycoproteins (67% in ERGvir) with a subset of glycoproteins being specific to ERGvir (n = 64/371) and ERGatt (n = 36/343). These glycoproteins are involved in key biological processes such as protein, amino-acid and purine biosynthesis, translation, virulence, DNA repair, and replication. Label-free quantitative analysis revealed over-expression in 31 proteins in ERGvir and 8 in ERGatt. While further PNGase digestion confidently localized 2 and 5 N-glycoproteins in ERGvir and ERGatt, respectively, western blotting suggests that many glycoproteins are O-GlcNAcylated. Twenty-three proteins were detected in both the phospho- and glycoproteome, for the two variants. This work represents the first comprehensive assessment of PTMs on Ehrlichia biology, rising interesting questions regarding ER–host interactions. Phosphoproteome characterization demonstrates an increased versatility of ER phosphoproteins to participate in different mechanisms. The high number of glycoproteins and the lack of glycosyltransferases-coding genes highlight ER dependence on the host and/or vector cellular machinery for its own protein glycosylation. Moreover, these glycoproteins could be crucial to interact and respond to changes in ER environment. PTMs crosstalk between of O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation could be used as a major cellular signaling mechanism in ER. As little is known about the Ehrlichia proteins/proteome and its signaling biology, the results presented herein provide a useful resource for further hypothesis-driven exploration of Ehrlichia protein regulation by phosphorylation and glycosylation events. The mass spectrometry proteomics data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium with the data set identifier PXD012589.
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- Isabel Marcelino
- CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, Petit-Bourg, France.,ASTRE, CIRAD, INRA, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Unitè TReD-Path (Transmission Rèservoirs et Diversitè des Pathogènes), Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Les Abymes, France
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Vall Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain
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- ASTRE, CIRAD, INRA, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, Montpellier, France
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- Proteome Informatics, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland.,Computer Science Department and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Unitè TReD-Path (Transmission Rèservoirs et Diversitè des Pathogènes), Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Les Abymes, France
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Vall Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain
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- ASTRE, CIRAD, INRA, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, Montpellier, France
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Moss SM, Taylor IR, Ruggero D, Gestwicki JE, Shokat KM, Mukherjee S. A Legionella pneumophila Kinase Phosphorylates the Hsp70 Chaperone Family to Inhibit Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis. Cell Host Microbe 2019; 25:454-462.e6. [PMID: 30827827 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Legionella pneumophila (L.p.), the microbe responsible for Legionnaires' disease, secretes ∼300 bacterial proteins into the host cell cytosol. A subset of these proteins affects a wide range of post-translational modifications (PTMs) to disrupt host cellular pathways. L.p. has 5 conserved eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr effector kinases, LegK1-4 and LegK7, which are translocated during infection. Using a chemical genetic screen, we identified the Hsp70 chaperone family as a direct host target of LegK4. Phosphorylation of Hsp70s at T495 in the substrate-binding domain disrupted Hsp70's ATPase activity and greatly inhibited its protein folding capacity. Phosphorylation of cytosolic Hsp70 by LegK4 resulted in global translation inhibition and an increase in the amount of Hsp70 on highly translating polysomes. LegK4's ability to inhibit host translation via a single PTM uncovers a role for Hsp70 in protein synthesis and directly links it to the cellular translational machinery.
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- Steven M Moss
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Hellen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; George Williams Hooper Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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El Qaidi S, Zhu C, McDonald P, Roy A, Maity PK, Rane D, Perera C, Hardwidge PR. High-Throughput Screening for Bacterial Glycosyltransferase Inhibitors. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:435. [PMID: 30619781 PMCID: PMC6305410 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli NleB proteins as well as the Salmonella enterica SseK proteins are type III secretion system effectors that function as glycosyltransferase enzymes to post-translationally modify host substrates on arginine residues. This modification is unusual because it occurs on the guanidinium groups of arginines, which are poor nucleophiles, and is distinct from the activity of the mammalian O-linked N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase. We conducted high-throughput screening assays to identify small molecules that inhibit NleB/SseK activity. Two compounds, 100066N and 102644N, both significantly inhibited NleB1, SseK1, and SseK2 activities. Addition of these compounds to cultured mammalian cells was sufficient to inhibit NleB1 glycosylation of the tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1-associated DEATH domain protein. These compounds were also capable of inhibiting Salmonella enterica strain ATCC 14028 replication in mouse macrophage-like cells. Neither inhibitor was significantly toxic to mammalian cells, nor showed in vitro cross-reactivity with the mammalian O-linked N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase. These compounds or derivatives generated from medicinal chemistry refinements may have utility as a potential alternative therapeutic strategy to antibiotics or as reagents to further the study of bacterial glycosyltransferases.
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- Samir El Qaidi
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- High Throughput Screening Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States
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- High Throughput Screening Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States
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- Synthetic Chemical Biology Core Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States
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- Synthetic Chemical Biology Core Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States
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- Synthetic Chemical Biology Core Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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Chambers KA, Abularrage NS, Scheck RA. Selectivity within a Family of Bacterial Phosphothreonine Lyases. Biochemistry 2018; 57:3790-3796. [PMID: 29792689 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Phosphothreonine lyases are bacterial effector proteins secreted into host cells to facilitate the infection process. This enzyme family catalyzes an irreversible elimination reaction that converts phosphothreonine or phosphoserine to dehydrobutyrine or dehydroalanine, respectively. Herein, we report a study of substrate selectivity for each of the four known phosphothreonine lyases. This was accomplished using a combination of mass spectrometry and enzyme kinetics assays for a series of phosphorylated peptides derived from the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation loop. These studies provide the first experimental evidence that VirA, a putative phosphothreonine lyase identified through homology, is indeed capable of catalyzing phosphate elimination. These studies further demonstrate that OspF is the most promiscuous phosphothreonine lyase, whereas SpvC is the most specific for the MAPK activation loop. Our studies reveal that phospholyases are dramatically more efficient at catalyzing elimination from phosphothreonine than from phosphoserine. Together, our data suggest that each enzyme likely has preferred substrates, either within the MAPK family or beyond. Fully understanding the extent of selectivity is key to understanding the impact of phosphothreonine lyases during bacterial infection and to exploiting their unique chemistry for a range of applications.
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- Kaitlin A Chambers
- Department of Chemistry , Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue , Medford , Massachusetts 02155 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue , Medford , Massachusetts 02155 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue , Medford , Massachusetts 02155 , United States
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García-Cano E, Hak H, Magori S, Lazarowitz SG, Citovsky V. The Agrobacterium F-Box Protein Effector VirF Destabilizes the Arabidopsis GLABROUS1 Enhancer/Binding Protein-Like Transcription Factor VFP4, a Transcriptional Activator of Defense Response Genes. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2018; 31:576-586. [PMID: 29264953 PMCID: PMC5953515 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-17-0188-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation not only represents a technology of choice to genetically manipulate plants, but it also serves as a model system to study mechanisms employed by invading pathogens to counter the myriad defenses mounted against them by the host cell. Here, we uncover a new layer of plant defenses that is targeted by A. tumefaciens to facilitate infection. We show that the Agrobacterium F-box effector VirF, which is exported into the host cell, recognizes an Arabidopsis transcription factor VFP4 and targets it for proteasomal degradation. We hypothesize that VFP4 resists Agrobacterium infection and that the bacterium utilizes its VirF effector to degrade VFP4 and thereby mitigate the VFP4-based defense. Indeed, loss-of-function mutations in VFP4 resulted in differential expression of numerous biotic stress-response genes, suggesting that one of the functions of VFP4 is to control a spectrum of plant defenses, including those against Agrobacterium tumefaciens. We identified one such gene, ATL31, known to mediate resistance to bacterial pathogens. ATL31 was transcriptionally repressed in VFP4 loss-of-function plants and activated in VFP4 gain-of-function plants. Gain-of-function lines of VFP4 and ATL31 exhibited recalcitrance to Agrobacterium tumorigenicity, suggesting that A. tumefaciens may utilize the host ubiquitin/proteasome system to destabilize transcriptional regulators of the host disease response machinery.
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- Elena García-Cano
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
- Corresponding author: Hagit Hak;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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Wang L, Yan J, Niu H, Huang R, Wu S. Autophagy and Ubiquitination in Salmonella Infection and the Related Inflammatory Responses. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:78. [PMID: 29594070 PMCID: PMC5861197 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Salmonellae are facultative intracellular pathogens that cause globally distributed diseases with massive morbidity and mortality in humans and animals. In the past decades, numerous studies were focused on host defenses against Salmonella infection. Autophagy has been demonstrated to be an important defense mechanism to clear intracellular pathogenic organisms, as well as a regulator of immune responses. Ubiquitin modification also has multiple effects on the host immune system against bacterial infection. It has been indicated that ubiquitination plays critical roles in recognition and clearance of some invading bacteria by autophagy. Additionally, the ubiquitination of autophagy proteins in autophagy flux and inflammation-related substance determines the outcomes of infection. However, many intracellular pathogens manipulate the ubiquitination system to counteract the host immunity. Salmonellae interfere with host responses via the delivery of ~30 effector proteins into cytosol to promote their survival and proliferation. Among them, some could link the ubiquitin-proteasome system with autophagy during infection and affect the host inflammatory responses. In this review, novel findings on the issue of ubiquitination and autophagy connection as the mechanisms of host defenses against Salmonella infection and the subverted processes are introduced.
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- Lidan Wang
- Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Teper D, Girija AM, Bosis E, Popov G, Savidor A, Sessa G. The Xanthomonas euvesicatoria type III effector XopAU is an active protein kinase that manipulates plant MAP kinase signaling. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1006880. [PMID: 29377937 PMCID: PMC5805367 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Gram-negative bacterium Xanthomonas euvesicatoria (Xe) is the causal agent of bacterial spot disease of pepper and tomato. Xe delivers effector proteins into host cells through the type III secretion system to promote disease. Here, we show that the Xe effector XopAU, which is conserved in numerous Xanthomonas species, is a catalytically active protein kinase and contributes to the development of disease symptoms in pepper plants. Agrobacterium-mediated expression of XopAU in host and non-host plants activated typical defense responses, including MAP kinase phosphorylation, accumulation of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins and elicitation of cell death, that were dependent on the kinase activity of the effector. XopAU-mediated cell death was not dependent on early signaling components of effector-triggered immunity and was also observed when the effector was delivered into pepper leaves by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, but not by Xe. Protein-protein interaction studies in yeast and in planta revealed that XopAU physically interacts with components of plant immunity-associated MAP kinase cascades. Remarkably, XopAU directly phosphorylated MKK2 in vitro and enhanced its phosphorylation at multiple sites in planta. Consistent with the notion that MKK2 is a target of XopAU, silencing of the MKK2 homolog or overexpression of the catalytically inactive mutant MKK2K99R in N. benthamiana plants reduced XopAU-mediated cell death and MAPK phosphorylation. Furthermore, yeast co-expressing XopAU and MKK2 displayed reduced growth and this phenotype was dependent on the kinase activity of both proteins. Together, our results support the conclusion that XopAU contributes to Xe disease symptoms in pepper plants and manipulates host MAPK signaling through phosphorylation and activation of MKK2.
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- Doron Teper
- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude College, Karmiel, Israel
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Nancy & Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Peng T, Hang HC. Chemical Proteomic Profiling of Protein Fatty-Acylation in Microbial Pathogens. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2018; 420:93-110. [PMID: 30128826 DOI: 10.1007/82_2018_126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Protein fatty-acylation describes the covalent modification of protein with fatty acids during or after translation. Chemical proteomic profiling methods have provided new opportunities to explore protein fatty-acylation in microbial pathogens. Recent studies suggest that protein fatty-acylation is essential to survival and pathogenesis of eukaryotic pathogens such as parasites and fungi. Moreover, fatty-acylation in host cells can be exploited or manipulated by pathogenic bacteria. Herein, we first review the prevalent classes of fatty-acylation in microbial pathogens and the chemical proteomic profiling methods for their global analysis. We then summarize recent fatty-acylation profiling studies performed in eukaryotic pathogens and during bacterial infections, highlighting how they contribute to functional characterization of fatty-acylation under these contexts.
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- Tao Peng
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
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Gupte R, Liu Z, Kraus WL. PARPs and ADP-ribosylation: recent advances linking molecular functions to biological outcomes. Genes Dev 2017; 31:101-126. [PMID: 28202539 PMCID: PMC5322727 DOI: 10.1101/gad.291518.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 473] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In this review, Gupte et al. discuss new findings on the diverse roles of PARPs in chromatin regulation, transcription, RNA biology, and DNA repair as well as recent advances that link ADP-ribosylation to stress responses, metabolism, viral infections, and cancer. The discovery of poly(ADP-ribose) >50 years ago opened a new field, leading the way for the discovery of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) family of enzymes and the ADP-ribosylation reactions that they catalyze. Although the field was initially focused primarily on the biochemistry and molecular biology of PARP-1 in DNA damage detection and repair, the mechanistic and functional understanding of the role of PARPs in different biological processes has grown considerably of late. This has been accompanied by a shift of focus from enzymology to a search for substrates as well as the first attempts to determine the functional consequences of site-specific ADP-ribosylation on those substrates. Supporting these advances is a host of methodological approaches from chemical biology, proteomics, genomics, cell biology, and genetics that have propelled new discoveries in the field. New findings on the diverse roles of PARPs in chromatin regulation, transcription, RNA biology, and DNA repair have been complemented by recent advances that link ADP-ribosylation to stress responses, metabolism, viral infections, and cancer. These studies have begun to reveal the promising ways in which PARPs may be targeted therapeutically for the treatment of disease. In this review, we discuss these topics and relate them to the future directions of the field.
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- Rebecca Gupte
- Laboratory of Signaling and Gene Regulation, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Division of Basic Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Laboratory of Signaling and Gene Regulation, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Division of Basic Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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- Laboratory of Signaling and Gene Regulation, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.,Division of Basic Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Intracellular bacterial pathogens survive and replicate within specialized eukaryotic cell organelles. To establish their intracellular niches these pathogens have adopted sophisticated strategies to control intracellular membrane trafficking. Since Rab-family GTPases are critical regulators of endocytic and secretory membrane trafficking events, many intracellular pathogens have evolved specific mechanisms to modulate or hijack Rab GTPases dynamics and trafficking functions. One such strategy is the delivery of bacterial effectors through specialized machines to specifically target Rab GTPases. Some of these effectors functionally mimic host proteins that regulate the Rab GTP cycle, while others regulate Rabs proteins through their post-translation modifications or proteolysis. In this review, we examine how the localization and function of Rab-family GTPases are altered during infection with 3 well-studied intracellular bacterial pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella enterica and Legionella pneumophila. We also discuss recent findings about specific mechanisms by which these intracellular pathogens target this protein family.
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- Stefania Spanò
- a Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen , Foresterhill , Aberdeen , UK
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- b Department of Microbial Pathogenesis , Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven , CT , USA
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Brown CW, Sridhara V, Boutz DR, Person MD, Marcotte EM, Barrick JE, Wilke CO. Large-scale analysis of post-translational modifications in E. coli under glucose-limiting conditions. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:301. [PMID: 28412930 PMCID: PMC5392934 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3676-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background Post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins is central to many cellular processes across all domains of life, but despite decades of study and a wealth of genomic and proteomic data the biological function of many PTMs remains unknown. This is especially true for prokaryotic PTM systems, many of which have only recently been recognized and studied in depth. It is increasingly apparent that a deep sampling of abundance across a wide range of environmental stresses, growth conditions, and PTM types, rather than simply cataloging targets for a handful of modifications, is critical to understanding the complex pathways that govern PTM deposition and downstream effects. Results We utilized a deeply-sampled dataset of MS/MS proteomic analysis covering 9 timepoints spanning the Escherichia coli growth cycle and an unbiased PTM search strategy to construct a temporal map of abundance for all PTMs within a 400 Da window of mass shifts. Using this map, we are able to identify novel targets and temporal patterns for N-terminal N α acetylation, C-terminal glutamylation, and asparagine deamidation. Furthermore, we identify a possible relationship between N-terminal N α acetylation and regulation of protein degradation in stationary phase, pointing to a previously unrecognized biological function for this poorly-understood PTM. Conclusions Unbiased detection of PTM in MS/MS proteomics data facilitates the discovery of novel modification types and previously unobserved dynamic changes in modification across growth timepoints. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3676-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Colin W Brown
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.,Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.,College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.,Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.,Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.,Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.,Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA. .,Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA. .,Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
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Zheng K, Jiang Y, He Z, Kitazato K, Wang Y. Cellular defence or viral assist: the dilemma of HDAC6. J Gen Virol 2017; 98:322-337. [PMID: 27959772 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a unique cytoplasmic deacetylase that regulates various important biological processes by preventing protein aggregation and deacetylating different non-histone substrates including tubulin, heat shock protein 90, cortactin, retinoic acid inducible gene I and β-catenin. Growing evidence has indicated a dual role for HDAC6 in viral infection and pathogenesis: HDAC6 may represent a host defence mechanism against viral infection by modulating microtubule acetylation, triggering antiviral immune response and stimulating protective autophagy, or it may be hijacked by the virus to enhance proinflammatory response. In this review, we will highlight current data illustrating the complexity and importance of HDAC6 in viral pathogenesis. We will summarize the structure and functional specificity of HDAC6, and its deacetylase- and ubiquitin-dependent activity in key cellular events in response to virus infection. We will also discuss how HDAC6 exerts its direct or indirect histone modification ability in viral lytic-latency switch.
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- Kai Zheng
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, PR China.,College of Life Science and Technology, Guangzhou Jinan Biomedicine Research and Development Center, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, PR China
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- Division of Molecular Pharmacology of Infectious Agents, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Guangzhou Jinan Biomedicine Research and Development Center, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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Eckei L, Krieg S, Bütepage M, Lehmann A, Gross A, Lippok B, Grimm AR, Kümmerer BM, Rossetti G, Lüscher B, Verheugd P. The conserved macrodomains of the non-structural proteins of Chikungunya virus and other pathogenic positive strand RNA viruses function as mono-ADP-ribosylhydrolases. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41746. [PMID: 28150709 PMCID: PMC5288732 DOI: 10.1038/srep41746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Human pathogenic positive single strand RNA ((+)ssRNA) viruses, including Chikungunya virus, pose severe health problems as for many neither efficient vaccines nor therapeutic strategies exist. To interfere with propagation, viral enzymatic activities are considered potential targets. Here we addressed the function of the viral macrodomains, conserved folds of non-structural proteins of many (+)ssRNA viruses. Macrodomains are closely associated with ADP-ribose function and metabolism. ADP-ribosylation is a post-translational modification controlling various cellular processes, including DNA repair, transcription and stress response. We found that the viral macrodomains possess broad hydrolase activity towards mono-ADP-ribosylated substrates of the mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases ARTD7, ARTD8 and ARTD10 (aka PARP15, PARP14 and PARP10, respectively), reverting this post-translational modification both in vitro and in cells. In contrast, the viral macrodomains possess only weak activity towards poly-ADP-ribose chains synthesized by ARTD1 (aka PARP1). Unlike poly-ADP-ribosylglycohydrolase, which hydrolyzes poly-ADP-ribose chains to individual ADP-ribose units but cannot cleave the amino acid side chain - ADP-ribose bond, the different viral macrodomains release poly-ADP-ribose chains with distinct efficiency. Mutational and structural analyses identified key amino acids for hydrolase activity of the Chikungunya viral macrodomain. Moreover, ARTD8 and ARTD10 are induced by innate immune mechanisms, suggesting that the control of mono-ADP-ribosylation is part of a host-pathogen conflict.
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- Laura Eckei
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Computational Biomedicine, Institute for Advanced Simulation IAS-5 and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine INM-9, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,Department of Oncology, Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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The Molecular Basis for Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like Specificities in Bacterial Effector Proteases. Mol Cell 2016; 63:261-276. [PMID: 27425412 PMCID: PMC4961225 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Pathogenic bacteria rely on secreted effector proteins to manipulate host signaling pathways, often in creative ways. CE clan proteases, specific hydrolases for ubiquitin-like modifications (SUMO and NEDD8) in eukaryotes, reportedly serve as bacterial effector proteins with deSUMOylase, deubiquitinase, or, even, acetyltransferase activities. Here, we characterize bacterial CE protease activities, revealing K63-linkage-specific deubiquitinases in human pathogens, such as Salmonella, Escherichia, and Shigella, as well as ubiquitin/ubiquitin-like cross-reactive enzymes in Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Xanthomonas. Five crystal structures, including ubiquitin/ubiquitin-like complexes, explain substrate specificities and redefine relationships across the CE clan. Importantly, this work identifies novel family members and provides key discoveries among previously reported effectors, such as the unexpected deubiquitinase activity in Xanthomonas XopD, contributed by an unstructured ubiquitin binding region. Furthermore, accessory domains regulate properties such as subcellular localization, as exemplified by a ubiquitin-binding domain in Salmonella Typhimurium SseL. Our work both highlights and explains the functional adaptations observed among diverse CE clan proteins. Bacterial CE proteases exhibit distinct ubiquitin/ubiquitin-like specificities Substrate specificity is acquired through variability in three common regions Structural and functional data redefine CE clan relationships across kingdoms CE effectors are fitted with accessory domains that modulate function
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Inhibition of Nuclear Transport of NF-ĸB p65 by the Salmonella Type III Secretion System Effector SpvD. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005653. [PMID: 27232334 PMCID: PMC4883751 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica replicates in macrophages through the action of effector proteins translocated across the vacuolar membrane by a type III secretion system (T3SS). Here we show that the SPI-2 T3SS effector SpvD suppresses proinflammatory immune responses. SpvD prevented activation of an NF-ĸB-dependent promoter and caused nuclear accumulation of importin-α, which is required for nuclear import of p65. SpvD interacted specifically with the exportin Xpo2, which mediates nuclear-cytoplasmic recycling of importins. We propose that interaction between SpvD and Xpo2 disrupts the normal recycling of importin-α from the nucleus, leading to a defect in nuclear translocation of p65 and inhibition of activation of NF-ĸB regulated promoters. SpvD down-regulated pro-inflammatory responses and contributed to systemic growth of bacteria in mice. This work shows that a bacterial pathogen can manipulate host cell immune responses by interfering with the nuclear transport machinery. Salmonella Typhimurium replicates in macrophages through the action of effector proteins translocated into host cells by a type III secretion system (T3SS). We show that the T3SS effector SpvD targets the NF-ĸB pathway by interfering with nuclear translocation of p65. SpvD interacts with the exportin Xpo2. Perturbation of Xpo2 disrupts recycling of importin-α from the nucleus, leading to abrogation of p65 nuclear translocation. These data show that a bacterial pathogen manipulates host cell immune responses by interfering with nuclear transport machinery.
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Lee J, Manning AJ, Wolfgeher D, Jelenska J, Cavanaugh KA, Xu H, Fernandez SM, Michelmore RW, Kron SJ, Greenberg JT. Acetylation of an NB-LRR Plant Immune-Effector Complex Suppresses Immunity. Cell Rep 2015; 13:1670-82. [PMID: 26586425 PMCID: PMC4967551 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Modifications of plant immune complexes by secreted pathogen effectors can trigger strong immune responses mediated by the action of nucleotide binding-leucine-rich repeat immune receptors. Although some strains of the pathogen Pseudomonas syringae harbor effectors that individually can trigger immunity, the plant's response may be suppressed by other virulence factors. This work reveals a robust strategy for immune suppression mediated by HopZ3, an effector in the YopJ family of acetyltransferases. The suppressing HopZ3 effector binds to and can acetylate multiple members of the RPM1 immune complex, as well as two P. syringae effectors that together activate the RPM1 complex. These acetylations modify serine, threonine, lysine, and/or histidine residues in the targets. Through HopZ3-mediated acetylation, it is possible that the whole effector-immune complex is inactivated, leading to increased growth of the pathogen.
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- Jiyoung Lee
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- The Genome Center & Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- The Genome Center & Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- The Genome Center & Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Identification of Critical Amino Acids Conferring Lethality in VopK, a Type III Effector Protein of Vibrio cholerae: Lessons from Yeast Model System. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141038. [PMID: 26488395 PMCID: PMC4619451 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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VopK, a type III effector protein, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Vibrio cholerae strains belonging to diverse serogroups. Ectopic expression of this protein exhibits strong toxicity in yeast model system. In order to map critical residues in VopK, we scanned the primary sequence guided by available data on various toxins and effector proteins. Our in silico analysis of VopK indicated the presence of predicted MCF1-SHE (SHxxxE) serine peptidase domain at the C-terminus region of the protein. Substitution of each of the predicted catalytic triad residues namely Ser314, His353 and Glu357 with alanine resulted in recombinant VopK proteins varying in lethality as evaluated in yeast model system. We observed that replacement of glutamate357 to alanine causes complete loss in toxicity while substitutions of serine314 and histidine353 with alanine exhibited partial loss in toxicity without affecting the stability of variants. In addition, replacement of another conserved serine residue at position 354 (S354) within predicted S314H353E357 did not affect toxicity of VopK. In essence, combined in silico and site directed mutagenesis, we have identified critical amino acids contributing to the lethal activity of VopK in yeast model system.
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Westcott NP, Hang HC. Chemical reporters for exploring ADP-ribosylation and AMPylation at the host-pathogen interface. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2015; 23:56-62. [PMID: 25461386 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Revised: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Bacterial pathogens secrete protein toxins and effectors that hijack metabolites to covalently modify host proteins and interfere with their function during infection. Adenosine metabolites, such as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), have in particular been coopted by these secreted virulence factors to reprogram host pathways. While some host targets for secreted virulence factors have been identified, other toxin and effector substrates have been elusive, which require new methods for their characterization. In this review, we focus on chemical reporters based on NAD and ATP that should facilitate the discovery and characterization of adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation and adenylylation/AMPylation in bacterial pathogenesis and cell biology.
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Recent strategies and progress in identifying host factors involved in virus replication. Curr Opin Microbiol 2015; 26:79-88. [PMID: 26112615 PMCID: PMC7185747 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Viruses are completely dependent on their host cells for the successful production of progeny viruses. At each stage of the viral life cycle an intricate interplay between virus and host takes place with the virus aiming to usurp the host cell for its purposes and the host cell trying to block the intruder from propagation. In recent years these interactions have been studied on a global level by systems biology approaches, such as RNA interference screens, transcriptomic or proteomic methodologies, and exciting new insights into the pathogen-host relationship have been revealed. In this review, we summarize the available data, give examples for important findings from such studies and point out current limitations and potential future directions.
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Yu X, Decker KB, Barker K, Neunuebel MR, Saul J, Graves M, Westcott N, Hang H, LaBaer J, Qiu J, Machner MP. Host-pathogen interaction profiling using self-assembling human protein arrays. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:1920-36. [PMID: 25739981 DOI: 10.1021/pr5013015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Host-pathogen protein interactions are fundamental to every microbial infection, yet their identification has remained challenging due to the lack of simple detection tools that avoid abundance biases while providing an open format for experimental modifications. Here, we applied the Nucleic Acid-Programmable Protein Array and a HaloTag-Halo ligand detection system to determine the interaction network of Legionella pneumophila effectors (SidM and LidA) with 10 000 unique human proteins. We identified known targets of these L. pneumophila proteins and potentially novel interaction candidates. In addition, we applied our Click chemistry-based NAPPA platform to identify the substrates for SidM, an effector with an adenylyl transferase domain that catalyzes AMPylation (adenylylation), the covalent addition of adenosine monophosphate (AMP). We confirmed a subset of the novel SidM and LidA targets in independent in vitro pull-down and in vivo cell-based assays, and provided further insight into how these effectors may discriminate between different host Rab GTPases. Our method circumvents the purification of thousands of human and pathogen proteins, and does not require antibodies against or prelabeling of query proteins. This system is amenable to high-throughput analysis of effectors from a wide variety of human pathogens that may bind to and/or post-translationally modify targets within the human proteome.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaobo Yu
- †Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- ‡Unit on Microbial Pathogenesis, Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- †Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- ‡Unit on Microbial Pathogenesis, Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- †Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- †Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- §The Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- §The Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- †Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- †Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- ‡Unit on Microbial Pathogenesis, Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Mass spectrometry-based proteomic approaches to study pathogenic bacteria-host interactions. Protein Cell 2015; 6:265-74. [PMID: 25722051 PMCID: PMC4383758 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-015-0136-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying host-pathogen interactions is important for control and treatment of infectious diseases worldwide. Within the last decade, mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics has become a powerful and effective approach to better understand complex and dynamic host-pathogen interactions at the protein level. Herein we will review the recent progress in proteomic analyses towards bacterial infection of their mammalian host with a particular focus on enteric pathogens. Large-scale studies of dynamic proteomic alterations during infection will be discussed from the perspective of both pathogenic bacteria and host cells.
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