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Benz PM, Frömel T, Laban H, Zink J, Ulrich L, Groneberg D, Boon RA, Poley P, Renne T, de Wit C, Fleming I. Cardiovascular Functions of Ena/VASP Proteins: Past, Present and Beyond. Cells 2023; 12:1740. [PMID: 37443774 PMCID: PMC10340426 DOI: 10.3390/cells12131740] [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: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Actin binding proteins are of crucial importance for the spatiotemporal regulation of actin cytoskeletal dynamics, thereby mediating a tremendous range of cellular processes. Since their initial discovery more than 30 years ago, the enabled/vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (Ena/VASP) family has evolved as one of the most fascinating and versatile family of actin regulating proteins. The proteins directly enhance actin filament assembly, but they also organize higher order actin networks and link kinase signaling pathways to actin filament assembly. Thereby, Ena/VASP proteins regulate dynamic cellular processes ranging from membrane protrusions and trafficking, and cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesions, to the generation of mechanical tension and contractile force. Important insights have been gained into the physiological functions of Ena/VASP proteins in platelets, leukocytes, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and cardiomyocytes. In this review, we summarize the unique and redundant functions of Ena/VASP proteins in cardiovascular cells and discuss the underlying molecular mechanisms.
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- Peter M. Benz
- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhein-Main, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, University of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
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- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhein-Main, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Cardiopulmonary Institute, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Centre of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Goethe-University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, VU University Medical Centre, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Physiologie, Universität zu Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, 55131 Mainz, Germany
- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, D02 VN51 Dublin, Ireland
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- Institut für Physiologie, Universität zu Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhein-Main, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Cardiopulmonary Institute, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Cho SY, Na HW, Oh H, Kwak YM, Song WS, Park S, Jeon WJ, Cho H, Oh BC, Park J, Kang S, Lee GS, Yoon SI. Structural basis of flagellar motility regulation by the MogR repressor and the GmaR antirepressor in Listeria monocytogenes. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:11315-11330. [PMID: 36283692 PMCID: PMC9638930 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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The pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes bacterium produces the flagellum as a locomotive organelle at or below 30°C outside the host, but it halts flagellar expression at 37°C inside the human host to evade the flagellum-induced immune response. Listeria monocytogenes GmaR is a thermosensor protein that coordinates flagellar expression by binding the master transcriptional repressor of flagellar genes (MogR) in a temperature-responsive manner. To understand the regulatory mechanism whereby GmaR exerts the antirepression activity on flagellar expression, we performed structural and mutational analyses of the GmaR-MogR system. At or below 30°C, GmaR exists as a functional monomer and forms a circularly enclosed multidomain structure via an interdomain interaction. GmaR in this conformation recognizes MogR using the C-terminal antirepressor domain in a unique dual binding mode and mediates the antirepressor function through direct competition and spatial restraint mechanisms. Surprisingly, at 37°C, GmaR rapidly forms autologous aggregates that are deficient in MogR neutralization capabilities.
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- So Yeon Cho
- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, College of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
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Kramer DA, Piper HK, Chen B. WASP family proteins: Molecular mechanisms and implications in human disease. Eur J Cell Biol 2022; 101:151244. [PMID: 35667337 PMCID: PMC9357188 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2022.151244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Proteins of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) family play a central role in regulating actin cytoskeletal dynamics in a wide range of cellular processes. Genetic mutations or misregulation of these proteins are tightly associated with many diseases. The WASP-family proteins act by transmitting various upstream signals to their conserved WH2-Central-Acidic (WCA) peptide sequence at the C-terminus, which in turn binds to the Arp2/3 complex to stimulate the formation of branched actin networks at membranes. Despite this common feature, the regulatory mechanisms and cellular functions of distinct WASP-family proteins are very different. Here, we summarize and clarify our current understanding of WASP-family proteins and how disruption of their functions is related to human disease.
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- Daniel A Kramer
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, 2437 Pammel Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, 2437 Pammel Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, 2437 Pammel Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Antimicrobial Activity of Ohelo Berry (Vaccinium calycinum) Juice against Listeria monocytogenes and Its Potential for Milk Preservation. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10030548. [PMID: 35336123 PMCID: PMC8953330 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10030548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen and causes illnesses with a high mortality rate in susceptible populations. Several dairy-related outbreaks have been attributed to contamination by L. monocytogenes, which requires antimicrobial interventions to enhance the safety of these products. This study aimed to determine the antimicrobial activity of the ohelo berry (Vaccinium calycinum), a Hawaiian wild relative of cranberry, against L. monocytogenes in culture media and milk products. The effect of ohelo berry juice at its sub-inhibitory concentrations on the physicochemical properties, biofilm formation, and gene expression of L. monocytogenes was also investigated. The minimum inhibitory concentration of ohelo berry juice against L. monocytogenes was 12.5%. The sub-inhibitory concentration of ohelo berry juice (6.25%) significantly increased the auto-aggregation and decreased the hydrophobicity, swimming motility, swarming motility, and biofilm formation capability of L. monocytogenes. The relative expression of genes for motility (flaA), biofilm formation and disinfectant resistance (sigB), invasion (iap), listeriolysin (hly), and phospholipase (plcA) was significantly downregulated in L. monocytogenes treated by the 6.25% juice. L. monocytogenes was significantly inhibited in whole and skim milk supplemented with 50% ohelo berry juice, regardless of the fat content. These findings highlight the potential of ohelo berry as a natural preservative and functional food to prevent L. monocytogenes infection.
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Two cases of listeria rhombencephalitis. IDCases 2017; 11:22-25. [PMID: 29255676 PMCID: PMC5726744 DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Listeria rhombencephalitis (LRE) is a rare encephalitis of the hindbrain that can present with a variety of neurological symptoms. It is a diagnostic challenge, but prompt antimicrobial therapy is important to prevent high rates of mortality and morbidity. We report two cases of LRE, with several contrasting clinical features and different disease courses. Despite being rare, it is important to consider listeria in patients with possible meningoencephalitis, even if cultures are negative. Empirical treatment of meningoencephalitis should provide coverage for listeria, especially if the patient is at risk of listeriosis or there is a potential history of listeria exposure.
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Cheng C, Jiang L, Ma T, Wang H, Han X, Sun J, Yang Y, Chen Z, Yu H, Hang Y, Liu F, Wang B, Fang W, Huang H, Fang C, Cai C, Freitag N, Song H. Carboxyl-Terminal Residues N478 and V479 Required for the Cytolytic Activity of Listeriolysin O Play a Critical Role in Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenicity. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1439. [PMID: 29163512 PMCID: PMC5671954 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular pathogen that secretes the cytolysin listeriolysin O (LLO), which enables the bacteria to cross the phagosomal membrane. L. monocytogenes regulates LLO activity in the phagosome and minimizes its activity in the host cytosol. Mutants that fail to compartmentalize LLO activity are cytotoxic and have attenuated virulence. Here, we showed that residues N478 and V479 of LLO are required for LLO hemolytic activity and bacterial virulence. A single N478A mutation (LLON478A) significantly increased the hemolytic activity of LLO at a neutral pH, while no difference was observed at the optimum acidic pH, compared with wild-type LLO. Conversely, the mutant LLOV479A exhibited lower hemolytic activity at the acidic pH, but not at the neutral pH. The double mutant LLON478AV479A showed a greater decrease in hemolytic activity at both the acidic and neutral pHs. Interestingly, strains producing LLON478A or LLOV479A lysed erythrocytes similarly to the wild-type strain. Surprisingly, bacteria-secreting LLON478AV479A had barely detectable hemolytic activity, but exhibited host cell cytotoxicity, escaped from the phagosome, grew intracellularly, and spread cell-to-cell with the same efficiency as the wild-type strain, but were highly attenuated in virulence in mice. These data demonstrate that these two residues are required for LLO hemolytic activity and pathogenicity in mice, but not for escape from the phagosome and cell-to-cell spreading. The finding that the nearly non-hemolytic LLON478AV479A mutant grew intracellularly indicates that mutagenesis of a virulence determinant is a novel approach for the development of live vaccine strains.
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- Changyong Cheng
- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China.,Zhejiang University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biological and Environmental Science, Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Hubei, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China.,School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- College of Animal Science and Technology of Zhejiang A&F University, China-Australian Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Animal Health Inspection & Internet Technology, Lin'an, China
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Fayemi PO, Öztürk I, Özcan C, Muguruma M, Yetim H, Sakata R, Ahhmed A. Antimicrobial activity of extracts of Callistemon citrinus flowers and leaves against Listeria monocytogenes in beef burger. JOURNAL OF FOOD MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11694-017-9464-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lamellipodin Is Important for Cell-to-Cell Spread and Actin-Based Motility in Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun 2015; 83:3740-8. [PMID: 26169271 PMCID: PMC4534642 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00193-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen capable of invading a broad range of cell types and replicating within the host cell cytoplasm. This paper describes the colocalization of host cell lamellipodin (Lpd) with intracellular L. monocytogenes detectable 6 h postinfection of epithelial cells. The association was mediated via interactions between both the peckstrin homology (PH) domain in Lpd and phosphatidylinositol (3,4)-bisphosphate [PI(3,4)P2] on the bacterial surface and by interactions between the C-terminal EVH1 (Ena/VASP [vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein] homology domain 1) binding domains of Lpd and the host VASP (vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein) recruited to the bacterial cell surface by the listerial ActA protein. Depletion of Lpd by short interfering RNA (siRNA) resulted in reduced plaque size and number, indicating a role for Lpd in cell-to-cell spread. In contrast, overexpression of Lpd resulted in an increase in the number of L. monocytogenes-containing protrusions (listeriopods). Manipulation of the levels of Lpd within the cell also affected the intracellular velocity of L. monocytogenes, with a reduction in Lpd corresponding to an increase in intracellular velocity. These data, together with the observation that Lpd accumulated at the interface between the bacteria and the developing actin tail at the initiation of actin-based movement, indicate a possible role for Lpd in the actin-based movement and the cell-to-cell spread of L. monocytogenes.
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Osanai A, Li SJ, Asano K, Sashinami H, Hu DL, Nakane A. Fibronectin-binding protein, FbpA, is the adhesin responsible for pathogenesis ofListeria monocytogenesinfection. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 57:253-62. [DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Arihiro Osanai
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki; Aomori; 036-8562; Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki; Aomori; 036-8562; Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki; Aomori; 036-8562; Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki; Aomori; 036-8562; Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki; Aomori; 036-8562; Japan
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Moffatt CE, Inaba H, Hirano T, Lamont RJ. Porphyromonas gingivalis SerB-mediated dephosphorylation of host cell cofilin modulates invasion efficiency. Cell Microbiol 2012; 14:577-88. [PMID: 22212282 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01743.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Porphyromonas gingivalis, a host-adapted opportunistic pathogen, produces a serine phosphatase, SerB, known to affect virulence, invasion and persistence within the host cell. SerB induces actin filament rearrangement in epithelial cells, but the mechanistic basis of this is not fully understood. Here we investigated the effects of SerB on the actin depolymerizing host protein cofilin. P. gingivalis infection resulted in the dephosphorylation of cofilin in gingival epithelial cells. In contrast, a SerB-deficient mutant of P. gingivalis was unable to cause cofilin dephosphorylation. The involvement of cofilin in P. gingivalis invasion was determined by quantitative image analysis of epithelial cells in which cofilin had been knocked down or knocked in with various cofilin constructs. siRNA-silencing of cofilin led to a significant decrease in numbers of intracellular P. gingivalis marked by an absence of actin colocalization. Transfection with wild-type cofilin or constitutively active cofilin both increased numbers of intracellular bacteria, while constitutively inactive cofilin abrogated invasion. Expression of LIM kinase resulted in reduced P. gingivalis invasion, an effect that was reversed by expression of constitutively active cofilin. These results show that P. gingivalis SerB activity induces dephosphorylation of cofilin, and that active cofilin is required for optimal invasion into gingival epithelial cells.
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- Catherine E Moffatt
- Center for Oral Health and Systemic Disease, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Srikanta D, Yang M, Williams M, Doering TL. A sensitive high-throughput assay for evaluating host-pathogen interactions in Cryptococcus neoformans infection. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22773. [PMID: 21829509 PMCID: PMC3145667 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cryptococcus neoformans causes serious disease in immunocompromised individuals, leading to over 600,000 deaths per year worldwide. Part of this impact is due to the organism's ability to thwart what should be the mammalian hosts' first line of defense against cryptococcal infection: internalization by macrophages. Even when C. neoformans is engulfed by host phagocytes, it can survive and replicate within them rather than being destroyed; this ability is central in cryptococcal virulence. It is therefore critical to elucidate the interactions of this facultative intracellular pathogen with phagocytic cells of its mammalian host. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To accurately assess initial interactions between human phagocytic cells and fungi, we have developed a method using high-throughput microscopy to efficiently distinguish adherent and engulfed cryptococci and quantitate each population. This method offers significant advantages over currently available means of assaying host-fungal cell interactions, and remains statistically robust when implemented in an automated fashion appropriate for screening. It was used to demonstrate the sensitivity of human phagocytes to subtle changes in the cryptococcal capsule, a major virulence factor of this pathogen. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our high-throughput method for characterizing interactions between C. neoformans and mammalian phagocytic cells offers a powerful tool for elucidating the relationship between these cell types during pathogenesis. This approach will be useful for screens of this organism and has potentially broad applications for investigating host-pathogen interactions.
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- Deepa Srikanta
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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LipA, a tyrosine and lipid phosphatase involved in the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun 2011; 79:2489-98. [PMID: 21444667 DOI: 10.1128/iai.05073-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Intracellular bacterial pathogens manipulate host cell functions by producing enzymes that stimulate or antagonize signal transduction. The Listeria monocytogenes genome contains a gene, lmo1800, encoding a protein with a conserved motif of conventional tyrosine phosphatases. Here, we report that the lmo1800-encoded protein LipA is secreted by Listeria and displays tyrosine as well as lipid phosphatase activity in vitro. Bacteria lacking LipA are severely attenuated in virulence in vivo, thus revealing a so-far-undescribed enzymatic activity involved in Listeria infection.
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Torello CO, de Souza Queiroz J, Oliveira SC, Queiroz ML. Immunohematopoietic modulation by oral β-1,3-glucan in mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes. Int Immunopharmacol 2010; 10:1573-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2010.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2010] [Revised: 09/15/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Queiroz ML, Torello CO, Constantino AT, Ramos AL, de Souza Queiroz J. Angelica sinensisModulates Immunohematopoietic Response and Increases Survival of Mice Infected withListeria monocytogenes. J Med Food 2010; 13:1451-9. [DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Mary L.S. Queiroz
- Department of Pharmacology/Hemocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology/Hemocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology/Hemocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology/Hemocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology/Hemocenter, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Cerovic V, McDonald V, Nassar MA, Paulin SM, Macpherson GG, Milling SWF. New insights into the roles of dendritic cells in intestinal immunity and tolerance. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 272:33-105. [PMID: 19121816 DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)01602-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical key role in the initiation of immune responses to pathogens. Paradoxically, they also prevent potentially damaging immune responses being directed against the multitude of harmless antigens, to which the body is exposed daily. These roles are particularly important in the intestine, where only a single layer of epithelial cells provides a barrier against billions of commensal microorganisms, pathogens, and food antigens, over a huge surface area. In the intestine, therefore, DCs are required to perform their dual roles very efficiently to protect the body from the dual threats of invading pathogens and unwanted inflammatory reactions. In this review, we first describe the biology of DCs and their interactions with other cells types, paying particular attention to intestinal DCs. We, then, examine the ways in which this biology may become misdirected, resulting in inflammatory bowel disease. Finally, we discuss how DCs potentiate immune responses against viral, bacterial, parasitic infections, and their importance in the pathogenesis of prion diseases. We, therefore, provide an overview of the complex cellular interactions that affect intestinal DCs and control the balance between immunity and tolerance.
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- Vuk Cerovic
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Souza Queiroz J, Torello CO, Palermo-Neto J, Valadares MC, Queiroz MLS. Hematopoietic response of rats exposed to the impact of an acute psychophysiological stressor on responsiveness to an in vivo challenge with Listeria monocytogenes: modulation by Chlorella vulgaris prophylactic treatment. Brain Behav Immun 2008; 22:1056-1065. [PMID: 18420376 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2007] [Revised: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/09/2008] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the hematopoietic response of rats pretreated with CV and exposed to the impact of acute escapable, inescapable or psychogenical stress on responsiveness to an in vivo challenge with Listeria monocytogenes. No consistent changes were observed after exposure to escapable footshock. Conversely, the impact of uncontrollable stress (inescapable and psychogenical) was manifested by an early onset and increased severity and duration of myelossuppression produced by the infection. Small size CFU-GM colonies and increased numbers of clusters were observed, concurrently to a greater expansion in the more mature population of bone marrow granulocytes. No differences were observed between the responses of both uncontrollable stress regimens. CV prevented the myelossuppression caused by stress/infection due to increased numbers of CFU-GM in the bone marrow. Colonies of cells tightly packed, with a very condensed nucleus; in association with a greater expansion in the more immature population of bone marrow granulocytes were observed. Investigation of the production of colony-stimulating factors revealed increased colony-stimulating activity (CSA) in the serum of normal and infected/stressed rats treated with the algae. CV treatment restored/enhanced the changes produced by stress/infection in total and differential bone marrow and peripheral cells counts. Further studies demonstrated that INF-gamma is significantly reduced, whereas IL-10 is significantly increased after exposure to uncontrollable stress. Treatment with CV significantly increased INF-gamma levels and diminished the levels of IL-10. Uncontrollable stress reduced the protection afforded by CV to a lethal dose of L. monocytogenes, with survival rates being reduced from (50%) in infected rats to 20% in infected/stressed rats. All together, our results suggest Chlorella treatment as an effective tool for the prophylaxis of post-stress myelossupression, including the detrimental effect of stress on the course and outcome of infections.
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- Julia Souza Queiroz
- Departamento de Farmacologia and Hemocentro, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), C.P. 6111, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil; Laboratório de Farmacologia Aplicada e Toxicologia, Escola de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia and Hemocentro, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), C.P. 6111, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia Aplicada e Toxicologia, Escola de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Toxicologia Celular, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia and Hemocentro, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), C.P. 6111, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Stockinger S, Decker T. Novel functions of type I interferons revealed by infection studies with Listeria monocytogenes. Immunobiology 2008; 213:889-97. [PMID: 18926303 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2008.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Infection of cells and mice with Listeria monocytogenes stimulates production of type I interferons (IFN). These in turn sensitise the Listeria host to lethal sequelae of infection with these bacteria. Here, we summarise recent findings on the production and biological effects of type I IFN in the course of L. monocytogenes infection.
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- Silvia Stockinger
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Listeriolysin O (LLO) is a pore-forming toxin of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin family and a primary virulence factor of the gram-positive, facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. During the intracellular life cycle of L. monocytogenes, LLO is largely responsible for mediating rupture of the phagosomal membrane, thereby allowing the bacterium access to the host cytosol, its replicative niche. In the host cytosol, LLO activity is controlled at numerous levels to prevent perforation of the plasma membrane and loss of the intracellular environment. In this review, we focus primarily on the role of LLO in phagosomal escape and the multiple regulatory mechanisms that control LLO activity in the host cytosol.
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- Pamela Schnupf
- Graduate Group in Microbiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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Ebersbach G, Jacobs-Wagner C. Exploration into the spatial and temporal mechanisms of bacterial polarity. Trends Microbiol 2007; 15:101-8. [PMID: 17275310 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2006] [Revised: 01/04/2007] [Accepted: 01/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The recognition of bacterial asymmetry is not new: the first high-resolution microscopy studies revealed that bacteria come in a multitude of shapes and sometimes carry asymmetrically localized external structures such as flagella on the cell surface. Even so, the idea that bacteria could have an inherent overall polarity, which affects not only their outer appearance but also many of their vital processes, has only recently been appreciated. In this review, we focus on recent advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the establishment of polarized functions and cell polarity in bacteria.
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- Gitte Ebersbach
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Desvaux M, Hébraud M. The protein secretion systems in Listeria: inside out bacterial virulence. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2006; 30:774-805. [PMID: 16911044 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes, the etiologic agent of listeriosis, remains a serious public health concern with its frequent occurrence in food coupled with a high mortality rate. The capacity of a bacterium to secrete proteins to or beyond the bacterial cell surface is of crucial importance in the understanding of biofilm formation and bacterial pathogenesis to further develop defensive strategies. Recent findings in protein secretion in Listeria together with the availability of complete genome sequences of several pathogenic L. monocytogenes strains, as well as nonpathogenic Listeria innocua Clip11262, prompted us to summarize the listerial protein secretion systems. Protein secretion would rely essentially on the Sec (Secretion) pathway. The twin-arginine translocation pathway seems encoded in all but one sequenced Listeria. In addition, a functional flagella export apparatus, a fimbrilin-protein exporter, some holins and a WXG100 secretion system are encoded in listerial genomes. This critical review brings new insights into the physiology and virulence of Listeria species.
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- Mickaël Desvaux
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre de Recherche Clermont-Ferrand-Theix-Lyon, UR 454 Microbiologie, Equipe Qualité et Sécurité des Aliments (QuaSA), Saint-Genès Champanelle, France.
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Kayal S, Charbit A. Listeriolysin O: a key protein ofListeria monocytogeneswith multiple functions. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2006; 30:514-29. [PMID: 16774585 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00021.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDCs) are produced by a large number of pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria. Most of these single-chain proteins are secreted in the extracellular medium. Among the species producing CDCs, only two species belonging to the genus Listeria (Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii) are able to multiply intracellularly and release their toxins in the phagosomal compartment of the infected host cell. This review provides an updated overview on the importance of listeriolysin O (LLO) in the pathogenicity of L. monocytogenes, focusing mainly on two aspects: (1) the structure-function relationship of LLO and (2) its role in intra- and extracellular signalling. We first examine the specific sequence determinants, or protein domains, that make this cytolysin so well adapted to the intracellular lifestyle of L. monocytogenes. The roles that LLO has in cellular signalling events in the context of relations to pathogenesis are also discussed.
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- Samer Kayal
- Faculté de Médecine, Université René Descartes-Paris 5, INSERM U-570, Paris, France
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Paschen A, Song M, Schenk S, Janda J, Nguyen XD, Osen W, Schadendorf D, Geginat G. Identification of a cross-reactive HLA-DRB1*0301-restricted CD4 T cell response directed against cholesterol-binding cytolysins from two different pathogens. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:2034-43. [PMID: 16798043 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2006] [Revised: 02/28/2006] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cholesterol-binding cytolysins constitute an evolutionarily conserved family of pore-forming proteins expressed by different gram-positive pathogens. Listeriolysin O, one well-characterized member of the cytolysin family, is also known to induce specific CD4 and CD8 T cell responses upon infection of mice with Listeria monocytogenes. Here we describe an HLA-DRB1*0301-restricted listeriolysin O-derived T cell epitope that is conserved among several members of the cytolysin family. An HLA-DRB1*0301-restricted CD4+ T cell line, established from spleen lymphocytes of L. monocytogenes-infected HLA-DRB1*0301-transgenic mice, cross-reacted with a homologous peptide from perfringolysin O, a cytolysin expressed by Clostridium perfringens. Ex vivo analysis of infected mice revealed an even broader cross-reaction of T cells with homologous peptides derived from perfringolysin O, streptolysin O, and cereolysin O. Interestingly, a cross-reactive memory CD4+ T cell response against the homologous peptides derived from listeriolysin O and perfringolysin O could also be detected in the blood from healthy HLA-DRB1*0301+ human donors. Remarkably, this response was even present in donors who did not exhibit a memory T cell reactivity against a second, non-conserved HLA-DRB1*0301-restricted LLO-derived CD4 T cell epitope, suggesting that cytolysin-producing bacteria other than L. monocytogenes can stimulate a cross-reactive cytolysin-specific immunity.
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- Annette Paschen
- Skin Cancer Unit of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Faculty for Clinical Medicine Mannheim of the University Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
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Samarin SN. WASP family proteins act between cytoskeleton and cellular signaling pathways. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2006; 70:1305-9. [PMID: 16417451 DOI: 10.1007/s10541-005-0262-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This review considers the proteins of the WASP (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein) family and their role in the regulation of actin-based motility. It contains detailed classification of the WASP family proteins and data on their subcellular localization. Impairments of expression of the WASP family proteins cause certain cell pathologies. The review also deals with domain organization of these proteins and proteins interacting with various domains of the WASP proteins. Special attention is given to analysis of the role of the WASP family proteins in initiating directed actin assembly in the leading edge of the migrating cell and on the surface of some bacteria. Putative pathways of regulation of WASP proteins by various protein ligands and their links with cell signaling systems are considered.
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- S N Samarin
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia.
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Zhang Y, Tu Y, Gkretsi V, Wu C. Migfilin interacts with vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) and regulates VASP localization to cell-matrix adhesions and migration. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:12397-407. [PMID: 16531412 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512107200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cell migration is a complex process that is coordinately regulated by cell-matrix adhesion and actin cytoskeleton. We report here that migfilin, a recently identified component of cell-matrix adhesions, is a biphasic regulator of cell migration. Loss of migfilin impairs cell migration. Surprisingly, overexpression of migfilin also reduces cell migration. Molecularly, we have identified vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) as a new migfilin-binding protein. The interaction is mediated by the VASP EVH1 domain and a single L104PPPPP site located within the migfilin proline-rich domain. Migfilin and VASP form a complex in both suspended and adhered cells, and in the latter, they co-localize in cell-matrix adhesions. Functionally, migfilin facilitates VASP localization to cell-matrix adhesions. Using two different approaches (VASP-binding defective migfilin mutants and small interfering RNA-mediated VASP knockdown), we show that the interaction with VASP is crucially involved in migfilin-mediated regulation of cell migration. Our results identify migfilin as an important regulator of cell migration and provide new information on the mechanism by which migfilin regulates this process.
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- Yongjun Zhang
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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Eberlin S, dos Santos LMB, Queiroz MLS. Uncaria tomentosa extract increases the number of myeloid progenitor cells in the bone marrow of mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes. Int Immunopharmacol 2005; 5:1235-46. [PMID: 15914328 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2003] [Revised: 01/09/2004] [Accepted: 03/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this study, we demonstrated that Uncaria tomentosa extract (UTE) protects mice from a lethal dose of Listeria monocytogenes when administered prophylactically at 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg/kg for 7 days, with survival rates up to 35%. These doses also prevented the myelosuppression and the splenomegaly caused by a sublethal infection with L. monocytogenes, due to increased numbers of granulocyte-macrophage progenitors (CFU-GM) in the bone marrow. Non-infected mice treated with 100 mg/kg UTE also presented higher numbers of CFU-GM in the bone marrow than the controls. Investigation of the production of colony-stimulating factors revealed increased colony-stimulating activity (CSA) in the serum of normal and infected mice pre-treated with UTE. Moreover, stimulation of myelopoiesis and CSA occurred in a dose-dependent manner, a plateaux being reached with the dose of 100 mg/kg. Further studies to investigate the levels of factors such as IL-1 and IL-6 were undertaken. We observed increases in the levels of IL-1 and IL-6 in mice infected with L. monocytogenes and treated with 100 mg/kg of UTE. White blood cells (WBC) and differential counting were also performed, and our results demonstrated no significant changes in these data, when infected mice were pre-treated with 100 mg/kg of UTE. All together, our results suggest that UTE indirectly modulates immune activity and probably disengages Listeria-induced supression of these responses by inducing a higher reserve of myeloid progenitors in the bone marrow in consequence of biologically active cytokine release (CSFs, IL-1 and IL-6).
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- Samara Eberlin
- Departamento de Farmacologia/Hemocentro, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), C.P. 6111, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Stockinger S, Reutterer B, Schaljo B, Schellack C, Brunner S, Materna T, Yamamoto M, Akira S, Taniguchi T, Murray PJ, Müller M, Decker T. IFN regulatory factor 3-dependent induction of type I IFNs by intracellular bacteria is mediated by a TLR- and Nod2-independent mechanism. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 173:7416-25. [PMID: 15585867 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.12.7416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Like viruses, intracellular bacteria stimulate their host cells to produce type I IFNs (IFN-alpha and IFN-beta). In our study, we investigated the signals and molecules relevant for the synthesis of and response to IFN by mouse macrophages infected with Listeria monocytogenes. We report that IFN-beta is the critical immediate-early IFN made during infection, because the synthesis of all other type I IFN, expression of a subset of infection-induced genes, and the biological response to type I IFN was lost upon IFN-beta deficiency. The induction of IFN-beta mRNA and the IFN-beta-dependent sensitization of macrophages to bacteria-induced death, in turn, was absolutely dependent upon the presence of the transcription factor IFN regulatory factor 3 (IRF3). IFN-beta synthesis and signal transduction occurred in macrophages deficient for TLR or their adaptors MyD88, TRIF, or TRAM. Expression of Nod2, a candidate receptor for intracellular bacteria, increased during infection, but the protein was not required for Listeria-induced signal transduction to the Ifn-beta gene. Based on our data, we propose that IRF3 is a convergence point for signals derived from structurally unrelated intracellular pathogens, and that L. monocytogenes stimulates a novel TLR- and Nod2-independent pathway to target IRF3 and the type I IFN genes.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport/deficiency
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Humans
- Interferon Regulatory Factor-3
- Interferon-alpha/biosynthesis
- Interferon-alpha/physiology
- Interferon-beta/biosynthesis
- Interferon-beta/deficiency
- Interferon-beta/genetics
- Interferon-beta/physiology
- Intracellular Fluid/immunology
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Intracellular Fluid/microbiology
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/deficiency
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/physiology
- Listeria monocytogenes/immunology
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Macrophages/microbiology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/deficiency
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Membrane Proteins/deficiency
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
- Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein
- Protein Isoforms/biosynthesis
- Protein Isoforms/physiology
- Receptors, Cell Surface/deficiency
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic/deficiency
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Toll-Like Receptors
- Transcription Factors/deficiency
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/physiology
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- Silvia Stockinger
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University Department at the Vienna Biocenter, Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria
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Eppler E, Walch M, Latinovic-Golic S, Dumrese C, Filgueira L, Groscurth P. Human dendritic cells process and present Listeria antigens for in vitro priming of autologous CD4+ T lymphocytes. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 123:169-78. [PMID: 15812647 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0758-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/13/2004] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The role of human dendritic cells (DC) in the immune response toward intracellularly growing Listeria was analyzed under in vitro conditions using several morphological and functional methods. DC incubated with Listeria innocua and L. monocytogenes, respectively, readily phagocytosed the bacteria. Listeria did not impair viability and immunogenic potential of human DC. Listerial antigens were found to be processed within the lysosomal compartment of DC and colocalized with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules, as shown by fluorescence and transmission electron microscopy. DC challenged with apathogenic L. innocua were highly effective in priming autologous naive T cells (mainly CD4+) in vitro. The T cells strongly proliferated in the presence of DC incubated with L. innocua, which could be significantly inhibited by anti-MHC II mAb. L. innocua-primed T cells were also successfully stimulated by DC harboring the pathogenic L. monocytogenes, either the wild-type strain EGD or the p60 reduced mutant strain RIII. From our results, we conclude that human DC infected with nonpathogenic intracellular bacteria are able to efficiently prime naive T cells, which are then suitable for recognition of antigens derived from related virulent bacterial species. This in vitro human model provides an interesting tool for basic research in infectious immunology and possibly for a new immunotherapy.
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- Elisabeth Eppler
- Division of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, Zurich 8057, Switzerland.
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Brzoza KL, Rockel AB, Hiltbold EM. Cytoplasmic entry of Listeria monocytogenes enhances dendritic cell maturation and T cell differentiation and function. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:2641-51. [PMID: 15294981 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.4.2641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Protective immunity to the intracellular bacterial pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes, is mediated by a vigorous T cell response. In particular, CD8(+) cytolytic T cells provide essential effector function in the clearance of bacterial infection. The cytoplasmic entry of Listeria facilitated by listeriolysin O is an essential feature not only of the bacteria's virulence, but of the ability of the bacteria to elicit protective immunity in the host. To determine how cytoplasmic entry of Listeria regulates the development of protective immunity, we examined the effects of this process on the maturation of murine dendritic cells (DC) and on their ability to prime naive CD8(+) T cell responses. Costimulatory molecules (CD40, CD80, and CD86) were induced by listerial infection only when the bacteria invaded the cytoplasm. In addition, the production of IL-12, IL-10, IL-6, and TNF-alpha was most efficiently triggered by cytosolic Listeria. Naive T cells primed by peptide-loaded DC infected with either wild-type or nonhemolytic mutant Listeria proliferated equivalently, but a much larger proportion of those primed by wild-type Listeria monocytogenes produced IFN-gamma. Costimulatory molecules induced by cytosolic entry regulated T cell proliferation and, as a result, the number of functional T cells generated. DC-produced cytokines (specifically IL-12 and IL-10) were the major factors determining the proportion of T cells producing IFN-gamma. These data highlight the requirement for listerial cytoplasmic invasion for the optimal priming of T cell cytokine production and attest to the importance of this event to the development of protective CTL responses to this pathogen.
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- Kristina L Brzoza
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Bonnemain C, Raynaud C, Réglier-Poupet H, Dubail I, Frehel C, Lety MA, Berche P, Charbit A. Differential roles of multiple signal peptidases in the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51:1251-66. [PMID: 14982622 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.03916.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Most bacteria contain one type I signal peptidase (Spase I) for cleavage of signal peptides from exported and secreted proteins. Here, we identified a locus encoding three contiguous Spase I genes in the genome of Listeria monocytogenes. The deduced Sip proteins (denoted SipX, SipY and SipZ) are significantly similar to SipS and SipT, the major SPase I proteins of Bacillus subtilis (38% to 44% peptidic identity). We studied the role of these multiple signal peptidases in bacterial pathogenicity by constructing a series of single- and double-chromosomal knock-out mutants. Inactivation of sipX did not affect intracellular multiplication of L. monocytogenes but significantly reduced bacterial virulence (approximately 100-fold). Inactivation of sipZ impaired the secretion of phospholipase C (PC-PLC) and listeriolysin O (LLO), restricted intracellular multiplication and almost abolished virulence (LD(50) of 10(8.3)), inactivation of sipY had no detectable effects. Most importantly, a mutant expressing only SipX was impaired in intracellular survival and strongly attenuated in the mouse (LD(50) of 10(7.2)), whereas, a mutant expressing only SipZ behaved like wild-type EGD in all the assays performed. The data establish that SipX and SipZ perform distinct functions in bacterial pathogenicity and that SipZ is the major Spase I of L. monocytogenes. This work constitutes the first report on the differential role of multiple Spases I in a pathogenic bacterium and suggests a possible post-translational control mechanism of virulence factors expression.
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- Claire Bonnemain
- INSERM U-570, CHU Necker-Enfants Malades, 156, rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15-France
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Samuelsson P, Hang L, Wullt B, Irjala H, Svanborg C. Toll-like receptor 4 expression and cytokine responses in the human urinary tract mucosa. Infect Immun 2004; 72:3179-86. [PMID: 15155619 PMCID: PMC415697 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.6.3179-3186.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mucosal pathogens trigger a local innate host response by activating epithelial cells. Bacterial adherence and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling have been implicated as key events in this process. This study addressed the molecular basis of the epithelial response to gram-negative infection in the human urinary tract. Mucosal biopsies were obtained from kidneys, ureters, and bladders of patients undergoing urinary tract surgery, and epithelial TLR4 and CD14 expression was examined by immunohistochemistry. TLR4 was detected in epithelial cells lining the entire urinary tract and in the renal tubular epithelium. CD14, in contrast, was completely absent from the epithelial tissue. The response of the epithelial cells to infection was studied by in vitro challenge of the biopsies with uropathogenic Escherichia coli bacteria. A rapid cytokine response was observed, with production of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6, and IL-8 but not of IL-4 or gamma interferon. Adhering, P- or type 1-fimbriated E. coli activated IL-6 and IL-8 production more efficiently than the nonfimbriated control, as shown by cellular staining and analysis of secreted cytokines. The results demonstrate that human uroepithelial cells possess the molecular machinery needed to respond to uropathogenic E. coli. This includes recognition receptors for fimbriae and TLR4 for transmembrane signaling. We speculate that the lack of membrane-bound CD14 allows the epithelium to regulate its sensitivity to lipopolysaccharide and to discriminate between more-virulent and less-virulent strains.
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- Patrik Samuelsson
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Schubert WD, Heinz DW. Structural aspects of adhesion to and invasion of host cells by the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Chembiochem 2004; 4:1285-91. [PMID: 14661268 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Wolf-Dieter Schubert
- Department of Structural Biology, German Research Center for Biotechnology (GBF), Mascheroder Weg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Bierne H, Garandeau C, Pucciarelli MG, Sabet C, Newton S, Garcia-del Portillo F, Cossart P, Charbit A. Sortase B, a new class of sortase in Listeria monocytogenes. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:1972-82. [PMID: 15028680 PMCID: PMC374393 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.7.1972-1982.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2003] [Accepted: 12/02/2003] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Sortases are transamidases that covalently link proteins to the peptidoglycan of gram-positive bacteria. The genome of the pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes encodes two sortases genes, srtA and srtB. The srtA gene product anchors internalin and some other LPXTG-containing proteins to the listerial surface. Here, we focus on the role of the second sortase, SrtB. Whereas SrtA acts on most of the proteins in the peptidoglycan fraction, SrtB appears to target minor amounts of surface polypeptides. We identified one of the SrtB-anchored proteins as the virulence factor SvpA, a surface-exposed protein which does not contain the LPXTG motif. Therefore, as in Staphylococcus aureus, the listerial SrtB represents a second class of sortase in L. monocytogenes, involved in the attachment of a subset of proteins to the cell wall, most likely by recognizing an NXZTN sorting motif. The DeltasrtB mutant strain does not have defects in bacterial entry, growth, or motility in tissue-cultured cells and does not show attenuated virulence in mice. SrtB-mediated anchoring could therefore be required to anchor surface proteins involved in the adaptation of this microorganism to different environmental conditions.
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- Hélène Bierne
- Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Cabanes D, Dussurget O, Dehoux P, Cossart P. Auto, a surface associated autolysin of Listeria monocytogenes required for entry into eukaryotic cells and virulence. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51:1601-14. [PMID: 15009888 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03945.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic food-borne human and animal pathogen. Several surface proteins expressed by this intracellular pathogen are critical for the infectious process. By in silico analysis we compared the surface protein repertories of L. monocytogenes and of the non-pathogenic species Listeria innocua and identified a gene encoding a surface protein of L. monocytogenes absent in L. innocua. This gene that we named aut encodes a protein (Auto) of 572 amino acids containing a signal sequence, a N-terminal autolysin domain and a C-terminal cell wall-anchoring domain made up of four GW modules. We show here that the aut gene is expressed independently of the virulence gene regulator PrfA and encodes a surface protein with an autolytic activity. We provide evidence that Auto is required for entry of L. monocytogenes into cultured non-phagocytic eukaryotic cells. The low invasiveness of an aut deletion mutant correlates with its reduced virulence following intravenous inoculation of mice and oral infection of guinea pigs. During infection, the autolytic activity of Auto may also be critical. Auto appears thus as a novel type of L. monocytogenes virulence factor.
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- Didier Cabanes
- Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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Arrunategui-Correa V, Kim HS. The role of CD1d in the immune response against Listeria infection. Cell Immunol 2004; 227:109-20. [PMID: 15135293 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2004.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2003] [Accepted: 02/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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To address the role of CD1d in mucosal immune regulation in bacterial infection, we infected CD1d KO mice with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). A higher systemic bacterial burden associated with inflammatory lymphocytic infiltrations within the intestine was found in CD1d KO compared with wild type (WT) mice. Lm induced strong IFN-gamma mRNA expression in the liver of WT and the intestine of CD1d KO mice, thus demonstrating the dual, opposing immune activities of IFN-gamma in Lm infection that is dependent on CD1d and/or NKT cells. Analysis of hepatic T cell population demonstrated a reduction of NK1.1(+)TCRbeta+ cells in both mice, followed by recovery only in WT mice. Last, the proportion of alpha4beta1 integrin on lung lymphocytes from CD1d KO was dramatically increased compared with WT mice. Thus, the absence of CD1d resulted in increased susceptibility towards Listeria infection, induced changes in NKT cells, and increased trafficking of alpha4beta1 molecule to inflamed lung.
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- Victor Arrunategui-Correa
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Serbina NV, Kuziel W, Flavell R, Akira S, Rollins B, Pamer EG. Sequential MyD88-independent and -dependent activation of innate immune responses to intracellular bacterial infection. Immunity 2004; 19:891-901. [PMID: 14670305 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(03)00330-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Microbial infections induce chemokine and cytokine cascades that coordinate innate immune defenses. Infection with the intracellular bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes induces CCR2-dependent monocyte recruitment and activation, an essential response for host survival. Herein we show that invasive L. monocytogenes, but not killed or noninvasive bacteria, induce secretion of MCP-1, the requisite chemokine for monocyte recruitment. Induction of MCP-1, but not TNF or IL-12, following L. monocytogenes infection is MyD88 independent. Consistent with these results, MyD88 deficiency does not impair monocyte recruitment to L. monocytogenes infected spleens, but prevents monocyte activation. Our results indicate that distinct microbial signals activate innate immune responses in an ordered, step-wise fashion, providing a mechanism to specify and modulate antimicrobial effector functions.
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- Natalya V Serbina
- Infectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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The molecular mechanisms underlying migration of pathogens across biological barriers remain poorly characterized. Following oral infection, the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii actively crosses non-permissive biological barriers such as the intestine, the blood-brain barrier and the placenta, thereby gaining access to tissues where it causes severe pathology. Recently, enhanced migration was found to be associated with virulent strains of Toxoplasma, suggesting that this phenotype contributes to pathogenesis. The migratory machinery appears to be morphologically and functionally well conserved within the phylum of apicomplexan parasites, however, the mechanisms for cellular traffic to breach biological barriers remain to be elucidated. As penetration of host tissue is a prerequisite for the establishment of infections by most apicomplexan parasites, understanding parasite migration is crucial for the development of new approaches to combat disease.
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- Antonio Barragan
- Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Réglier-Poupet H, Frehel C, Dubail I, Beretti JL, Berche P, Charbit A, Raynaud C. Maturation of lipoproteins by type II signal peptidase is required for phagosomal escape of Listeria monocytogenes. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:49469-77. [PMID: 12975369 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307953200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lipoproteins of Gram-positive bacteria are involved in a broad range of functions such as substrate binding and transport, antibiotic resistance, cell signaling, or protein export and folding. Lipoproteins are also known to initiate both innate and adaptative immune responses. However, their role in the pathogenicity of intracellular microorganisms is yet poorly understood. In Listeria monocytogenes, a Gram-positive facultative intracellular human pathogen, surface proteins have important roles in the interactions of the microorganism with the host cells. Among the putative surface proteins of L. monocytogenes, lipoproteins constitute the largest family. Here, we addressed the role of the signal peptidase (SPase II), responsible for the maturation of lipoproteins in listerial pathogenesis. We identified a gene, lsp, encoding a SPase II in the genome of L. monocytogenes and constructed a deltalsp chromosomal deletion mutant. The mutant strain fails to process several lipoproteins demonstrating that lsp encodes a genuine SPase II. This defect is accompanied by a reduced efficiency of phagosomal escape during infection of eucaryotic cells, and leads to an attenuated virulence. We show that lsp gene expression is strongly induced when bacteria are still entrapped inside phagosomes of infected macrophages. The data presented establish, thus, that maturation of lipoproteins is critical for efficient phagosomal escape of L. monocytogenes, a process temporally controlled by the regulation of Lsp production in infected cells.
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- Hélène Réglier-Poupet
- INSERM U570, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris cedex 15, France
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Bubb MR, Yarmola EG, Gibson BG, Southwick FS. Depolymerization of actin filaments by profilin. Effects of profilin on capping protein function. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:24629-35. [PMID: 12730212 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302796200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Profilin interacts with the barbed ends of actin filaments and is thought to facilitate in vivo actin polymerization. This conclusion is based primarily on in vitro kinetic experiments using relatively low concentrations of profilin (1-5 microm). However, the cell contains actin regulatory proteins with multiple profilin binding sites that potentially can attract millimolar concentrations of profilin to areas requiring rapid actin filament turnover. We have studied the effects of higher concentrations of profilin (10-100 microm) on actin monomer kinetics at the barbed end. Prior work indicated that profilin might augment actin filament depolymerization in this range of profilin concentration. At barbed-end saturating concentrations (final concentration, approximately 40 microm), profilin accelerated the off-rate of actin monomers by a factor of four to six. Comparable concentrations of latrunculin had no detectable effect on the depolymerization rate, indicating that profilin-mediated acceleration was independent of monomer sequestration. Furthermore, we have found that high concentrations of profilin can successfully compete with CapG for the barbed end and uncap actin filaments, and a simple equilibrium model of competitive binding could explain these effects. In contrast, neither gelsolin nor CapZ could be dissociated from actin filaments under the same conditions. These differences in the ability of profilin to dissociate capping proteins may explain earlier in vivo data showing selective depolymerization of actin filaments after microinjection of profilin. The finding that profilin can uncap actin filaments was not previously appreciated, and this newly discovered function may have important implications for filament elongation as well as depolymerization.
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- Michael R Bubb
- The Research Service, Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA.
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Eriksson E, Dons L, Rothfuchs AG, Heldin P, Wigzell H, Rottenberg ME. CD44-regulated intracellular proliferation of Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun 2003; 71:4102-11. [PMID: 12819101 PMCID: PMC162026 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.7.4102-4111.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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CD44 has been implicated in immune and inflammatory processes. We have analyzed the role of CD44 in the outcome of Listeria monocytogenes infection in murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM). Surprisingly, a dramatically decreased intracellular survival of L. monocytogenes was observed in CD44(-/-) BMM. CD44(-/-) heart or lung fibroblast cultures also showed reduced bacterial levels. Moreover, livers from CD44(-/-)-infected mice showed diminished levels of L. monocytogenes. In contrast, intracellular growth of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was the same in CD44(-/-) and control BMM. The CD44-mediated increased bacterial proliferation was not linked to altered BMM differentiation or to secretion of soluble factors. CD44 did not mediate listerial uptake, and it played no role in bacterial escape from the primary phagosome or formation of actin tails. Furthermore, CD44-enhanced listerial proliferation occurred in the absence of intracellular bacterial spreading. Interestingly, coincubation of BMM with hyaluronidase or anti-CD44 antibodies that selectively inhibit hyaluronan binding increased intracellular listerial proliferation. Treatment of cells with hyaluronan, in contrast, diminished listerial growth and induced proinflammatory transcript levels. We suggest that L. monocytogenes takes advantage of the CD44-mediated signaling to proliferate intracellularly, although binding of CD44 to certain ligands will inhibit such response.
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- Emma Eriksson
- Microbiology & Tumorbiology Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rodríguez-Tovar LE, Wright GM, Wadowska DW, Speare DJ, Markham RJF. Ultrastructural study of the late stages of Loma salmonae development in the gills of experimentally infected rainbow trout. J Parasitol 2003; 89:464-74. [PMID: 12880243 DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0464:usotls]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The main objective of this investigation was to examine the ultrastructural features of gills from rainbow trout experimentally infected with Loma salmonae to determine the morphological events that occur during the late stages of development of this parasite. Peripheral distribution of the mature parasites inside round xenomas was observed at weeks 5 and 6 postexposure (PE), but eventually the parasite occupied the entire xenoma. Degenerative changes were observed only in immature parasites at week 7 PE, and eventually an inflammatory reaction with a cellular infiltration was directed against mature spores. Round, flattened, and irregular shaped xenomas were observed at week 8 PE. The round xenomas showed a severe inflammatory response with disintegration of the xenoma membrane. This event was accompanied by eversion of polar tubes within the attacked xenoma and by the simultaneous presence of 2 tubular appendages, the type I and II tubules. Flattened xenomas were observed below the endothelium of gill lamella arteries. The irregular xenomas were located in the connective tissue of the gill filament and showed multiple projections occupied by spores. Both flattened and irregular xenomas showed no evidence of inflammatory reaction. An earlier proposed hypothesis is expanded to explain how L. salmonae is implanted beneath lamellar endothelium and within filament connective tissue.
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- L E Rodríguez-Tovar
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 4P3, Canada
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Grenklo S, Geese M, Lindberg U, Wehland J, Karlsson R, Sechi AS. A crucial role for profilin-actin in the intracellular motility of Listeria monocytogenes. EMBO Rep 2003; 4:523-9. [PMID: 12776739 PMCID: PMC1319178 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We have examined the effect of covalently crosslinked profilin-actin (PxA), which closely matches the biochemical properties of ordinary profilin-actin and interferes with actin polymerization in vitro and in vivo, on Listeria monocytogenes motility. PxA caused a marked reduction in bacterial motility, which was accompanied by the detachment of bacterial tails. The effect of PxA was dependent on its binding to proline-rich sequences, as shown by the inability of PH133SxA, which cannot interact with such sequences, to impair Listeria motility. PxA did not alter the motility of a Listeria mutant that is unable to recruit Ena (Enabled)/VASP (vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein) proteins and profilin to its surface. Finally, PxA did not block the initiation of actin-tail formation, indicating that profilin-actin is only required for the elongation of actin filaments at the bacterial surface. Our findings provide further evidence that profilin-actin is important for actin-based processes, and show that it has a key function in Listeria motility.
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- Staffan Grenklo
- Department of Cell Biology, The Wenner–Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell Biology, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung (GBF), Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Wenner–Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell Biology, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung (GBF), Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Wenner–Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell Biology, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung (GBF), Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- Tel: +49 531 6181241; Fax: +49 531 6181444;
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Invasion causes cancer malignancy. We review recent data about cellular and molecular mechanisms of invasion, focusing on cross-talk between the invaders and the host. Cancer disturbs these cellular activities that maintain multicellular organisms, namely, growth, differentiation, apoptosis, and tissue integrity. Multiple alterations in the genome of cancer cells underlie tumor development. These genetic alterations occur in varying orders; many of them concomitantly influence invasion as well as the other cancer-related cellular activities. Examples discussed are genes encoding elements of the cadherin/catenin complex, the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Src, the receptor tyrosine kinases c-Met and FGFR, the small GTPase Ras, and the dual phosphatase PTEN. In microorganisms, invasion genes belong to the class of virulence genes. There are numerous clinical and experimental observations showing that invasion results from the cross-talk between cancer cells and host cells, comprising myofibroblasts, endothelial cells, and leukocytes, all of which are themselves invasive. In bone metastases, host osteoclasts serve as targets for therapy. The molecular analysis of invasion-associated cellular activities, namely, homotypic and heterotypic cell-cell adhesion, cell-matrix interactions and ectopic survival, migration, and proteolysis, reveal branching signal transduction pathways with extensive networks between individual pathways. Cellular responses to invasion-stimulatory molecules such as scatter factor, chemokines, leptin, trefoil factors, and bile acids or inhibitory factors such as platelet activating factor and thrombin depend on activation of trimeric G proteins, phosphoinositide 3-kinase, and the Rac and Rho family of small GTPases. The role of proteolysis in invasion is not limited to breakdown of extracellular matrix but also causes cleavage of proinvasive fragments from cell surface glycoproteins.
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- Marc Mareel
- Laboratory of Experimental Cancerology, Department of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
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Frehel C, Lety MA, Autret N, Beretti JL, Berche P, Charbit A. Capacity of ivanolysin O to replace listeriolysin O in phagosomal escape and in vivo survival of Listeria monocytogenes. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2003; 149:611-620. [PMID: 12634330 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25986-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Listeriolysin O (LLO, hly-encoded) is a major virulence factor secreted by the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. The amino acid sequence of LLO shows a high degree of similarity with that of ivanolysin O (ILO), the cytolysin secreted by the ruminant pathogen Listeria ivanovii. Here, it was tested whether ILO could functionally replace LLO by expressing the gene encoding ILO under the control of the hly promoter, in an hly-deleted strain of L. monocytogenes. It is shown that ILO allows efficient phagosomal escape of L. monocytogenes in both macrophages and hepatocytes. Moreover, expression of ILO is not cytotoxic and promotes normal intracellular multiplication. In vivo, the ILO-expressing strain can multiply and persist for several days in the liver of infected mice but is unable to survive in the spleen. This work underscores the key role played by the cytolysin in the virulence of pathogenic Listeria.
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- Claude Frehel
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INSERM U-570, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INSERM U-570, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INSERM U-570, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INSERM U-570, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INSERM U-570, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INSERM U-570, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Miller MA, Skeen MJ, Lavine CL, Kirk Ziegler H. IL-12-assisted immunization generates CD4+ T cell-mediated immunity to Listeria monocytogenes. Cell Immunol 2003; 222:1-14. [PMID: 12798303 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-8749(03)00083-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mice infected with virulent Listeria monocytogenes develop long-lived acquired immunity. We previously reported that acquired immunity to Listeria could also be elicited by immunizing mice with non-viable Listeria or listerial proteins/peptides in combination with IL-12. Here we show that this IL-12-assisted immunization strategy was effective in class I but not in class II MHC-deficient mice, suggesting that antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells are selectively generated using this adjuvant system. We have also evaluated the importance of endogenous production of IFN-gamma and IL-12 for the efficacy of IL-12-assisted immunization. IFN-gamma-deficient mice immunized with HKLM and IL-12 failed to produce effective Listeria-specific responses. In contrast, IL-12-deficient mice were able to generate protective antigen-specific T cell responses in response to immunization with HKLM and IL-12, indicating that exogenous IL-12 is sufficient to initiate a cytokine cascade that results in a potent T(H)1 response. IL-12-assisted immunization provides a model in which both the generation and effector mechanisms of anti-bacterial antigen-specific CD4(+) effector cells can be analyzed.
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- Mark A Miller
- Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 858 Madison Avenue, Molecular Sciences Building, Room 701F, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
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Gatfield J, Pieters J. Molecular Mechanisms of Host–Pathogen Interaction: Entry and Survival of Mycobacteria in Macrophages. Adv Immunol 2003; 81:45-96. [PMID: 14711053 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(03)81002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- John Gatfield
- Biozentrum der Universitaet Basel, Department of Biochemistry, Klingelbergstrasse 50-70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Foodborne infections are estimated to affect one in four Americans each year. Most these (67%) are caused by the Norwalk-like viruses, but Campylobacter and nontyphoidal Salmonellae together account for about one fourth of cases of illness in which a pathogen can be detected. Less common bacterial infections, such as with Listeria monocytogenes and the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, cause fewer infections but are important because of their severe complications or high mortality rate, or both. This review describes the recent development of a national surveillance system for foodborne illness, newer methods for molecular characterization of organisms for epidemiologic studies, and individual etiologic agents in the order of frequency of occurrence. Methods for decreasing the disease burden are discussed, including education of health care professionals and the public, modification of food-handling behaviors, the use of food irradiation, and the application of probiotics to foods.
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- Ying Mao
- Center for Vaccine Development, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Adams LG. The pathology of brucellosis reflects the outcome of the battle between the host genome and the Brucella genome. Vet Microbiol 2002; 90:553-61. [PMID: 12414171 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(02)00235-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The successful co-existence of each Brucella spp. with its preferred host is the outcome of ancient co-evolutionary relationships and selection pressures that often result in a stalemate where the pathogen has evolved to survive within the biological systems of the host, and the host has evolved innate and acquired immune systems which allow controlled survival of infection by the pathogen, ultimately supporting the survival of the host-pathogen system. In general, Brucella spp. have evolved a similar fundamental pathogenesis of facultative intracellular parasitism though the predominant route of natural exposure varies from oropharynx to genital tract, as does the preferred tissue and cellular tropism, e.g. non-professional placental trophoblasts, fetal lung, professional macrophages of reticulendothelial system, and the male and female reproductive tracts. The morphogenesis of the pyogranulomatous lesions stimulated by Brucella reflects the nature of the persistent parasitism, i.e. genome versus genome. The question is, how can this perplexing array of survival mechanisms be unraveled? Fortunately, the integration of real-time image analysis, cell biology, genome-wide analysis, proteomics and bioinformatics holds the most promise ever for the global analysis of the Brucella infectious process and the host:pathogen interface leading to a clearer understanding of the interactions of these biological systems. These discoveries will be expected to provide a frameshift in rationales for interrupting and/or controlling brucellosis at host and/or pathogen levels.
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- L Garry Adams
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA.
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Terasaki AG, Morikawa K, Suzuki H, Oshima K, Ohashi K. Characterization of Arp2/3 complex in chicken tissues. Cell Struct Funct 2002; 27:383-91. [PMID: 12502893 DOI: 10.1247/csf.27.383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Arp2/3 protein complex consists of seven subunits (Arp2, Arp3, p41-Arc, p34-Arc, p21-Arc, p20-Arc and p16-Arc) in apparent 1:1 stoichiometry. This complex has been shown to promote the formation of Y-branch structures of F-actin in cultured cells. We generated specific antibodies against chicken Arp2, Arp3, and p34-Arc to analyze the distribution of these subunits in chicken tissues. In whole samples of brain and gizzard, antibodies against each recombinant protein reacted with single bands of predicted molecular mass based on their cDNA sequences of the antigens. Anti-p34-Arc antibody detected at least two neighboring spots in 2D-PAGE, which might suggest the existence of isoforms or modified forms. Arp2/3 complex bound to an F-actin affinity column from gizzard extract. However, Arp2/3 complex did not tightly bind major actin cytoskeleton because the complex was extracted easily when gizzard smooth muscle was homogenized in PBS. Immunoblot analysis of various tissues revealed that the amounts of Arp2/3 subunits were lower in striated muscle than in non-muscle and smooth muscle tissues. Amounts and ratio of the three subunits varied in tissues, as estimated by quantitative immunoblotting. With immunofluorescence microscopy, we also observed localization of Arp3 and p34-Arc in frozen sections of gizzard with different staining patterns around blood vessels. These results suggest that the Arp2/3 complex exists also in places where rapid actin polymerization does not occur, and that a part of the subunits may exist in different forms from the complex containing the seven subunits in some tissues.
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- Asako G Terasaki
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
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Lety MA, Frehel C, Berche P, Charbit A. Critical role of the N-terminal residues of listeriolysin O in phagosomal escape and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2002; 46:367-79. [PMID: 12406215 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03176.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A putative PEST sequence was recently identified close to the N-terminus of listeriolysin O (LLO), a major virulence factor secreted by the pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes. The deletion of this motif did not affect the secretion and haemolytic activity of LLO, but abolished bacterial virulence. Here, we first tested whether the replacement of the PEST motif of LLO by two different sequences, with either a very high or no PEST score, would affect phagosomal escape, protein stability and, ultimately, the virulence of L. monocytogenes. Then, we constructed LLO mutants with an intact PEST sequence but carrying mutations on either side, or on both sides, of the PEST motif. The properties of these mutants prompted us to construct three LLO mutants carrying single amino acid substitutions in the distal portion of the PEST region (P49A, K50A and P52A; preprotein numbering). Our data demonstrate that the susceptibility of LLO to intracellular proteolytic degradation is not related to the presence of a high PEST score sequence and that the insertion of two residues immediately downstream of the intact PEST sequence is sufficient to impair phagosomal escape and abolish bacterial virulence. Furthermore, we show that single amino acid substitutions in the distal portion of the PEST motif are sufficient to attenuate bacterial -virulence significantly, unravelling the critical role of this region of LLO in the pathogenesis of L. -monocytogenes.
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- Marie-Annick Lety
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INSERUM U-570, Facultè de Mèdicine Necker, Paris, Cedex 15, France
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