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Wang T, Song X, Tan J, Xian W, Zhou X, Yu M, Wang X, Xu Y, Wu T, Yuan K, Ran Y, Yang B, Fan G, Liu X, Zhou Y, Zhu Y. Legionella effector LnaB is a phosphoryl AMPylase that impairs phosphosignalling. Nature 2024:10.1038/s41586-024-07573-z. [PMID: 38776962 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07573-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
AMPylation is a post-translational modification in which AMP is added to the amino acid side chains of proteins1,2. Here we show that, with ATP as the ligand and actin as the host activator, the effector protein LnaB of Legionella pneumophila exhibits AMPylase activity towards the phosphoryl group of phosphoribose on PRR42-Ub that is generated by the SidE family of effectors, and deubiquitinases DupA and DupB in an E1- and E2-independent ubiquitination process3-7. The product of LnaB is further hydrolysed by an ADP-ribosylhydrolase, MavL, to Ub, thereby preventing the accumulation of PRR42-Ub and ADPRR42-Ub and protecting canonical ubiquitination in host cells. LnaB represents a large family of AMPylases that adopt a common structural fold, distinct from those of the previously known AMPylases, and LnaB homologues are found in more than 20 species of bacterial pathogens. Moreover, LnaB also exhibits robust phosphoryl AMPylase activity towards phosphorylated residues and produces unique ADPylation modifications in proteins. During infection, LnaB AMPylates the conserved phosphorylated tyrosine residues in the activation loop of the Src family of kinases8,9, which dampens downstream phosphorylation signalling in the host. Structural studies reveal the actin-dependent activation and catalytic mechanisms of the LnaB family of AMPylases. This study identifies, to our knowledge, an unprecedented molecular regulation mechanism in bacterial pathogenesis and protein phosphorylation.
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- Ting Wang
- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study, Zhejiang University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Center, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Center, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine and College of Animal Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
- MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study, Zhejiang University, Shanghai, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Transvascular Implantation Devices, Hangzhou, China.
- MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Virology, Center for Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Yuan Y, Wang X, Jin J, Tang Z, Xian W, Zhang X, Fu J, He K, Liu X. The Salmonella Typhimurium Effector SpvB Subverts Host Membrane Trafficking by Targeting Clathrin and AP-1. Mol Cell Proteomics 2023; 22:100674. [PMID: 37924977 PMCID: PMC10696399 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
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Salmonella enterica, the etiological agent of gastrointestinal and systemic diseases, translocates a plethora of virulence factors through its type III secretion systems to host cells during infection. Among them, SpvB has been reported to harbor an ADP-ribosyltransferase domain in its C terminus, which destabilizes host cytoskeleton by modifying actin. However, whether this effector targets other host factors as well as the function of its N terminus still remains to be determined. Here, we found that SpvB targets clathrin and its adaptor AP-1 (adaptor protein 1) via interactions with its N-terminal domain. Notably, our data suggest that SpvB-clathrin/AP-1 associations disrupt clathrin-mediated endocytosis and protein secretion pathway as well. In addition, knocking down of AP-1 promotes Salmonella intracellular survival and proliferation in host cells.
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- Yi Yuan
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Pathogen Biology Center, Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Transplantation of the Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Pillay TD, Hettiarachchi SU, Gan J, Diaz-Del-Olmo I, Yu XJ, Muench JH, Thurston TL, Pearson JS. Speaking the host language: how Salmonella effector proteins manipulate the host. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2023; 169:001342. [PMID: 37279149 PMCID: PMC10333799 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Salmonella injects over 40 virulence factors, termed effectors, into host cells to subvert diverse host cellular processes. Of these 40 Salmonella effectors, at least 25 have been described as mediating eukaryotic-like, biochemical post-translational modifications (PTMs) of host proteins, altering the outcome of infection. The downstream changes mediated by an effector's enzymatic activity range from highly specific to multifunctional, and altogether their combined action impacts the function of an impressive array of host cellular processes, including signal transduction, membrane trafficking, and both innate and adaptive immune responses. Salmonella and related Gram-negative pathogens have been a rich resource for the discovery of unique enzymatic activities, expanding our understanding of host signalling networks, bacterial pathogenesis as well as basic biochemistry. In this review, we provide an up-to-date assessment of host manipulation mediated by the Salmonella type III secretion system injectosome, exploring the cellular effects of diverse effector activities with a particular focus on PTMs and the implications for infection outcomes. We also highlight activities and functions of numerous effectors that remain poorly characterized.
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- Timesh D. Pillay
- Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Caillaud MC. Tools for studying the cytoskeleton during plant cell division. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 27:1049-1062. [PMID: 35667969 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The plant cytoskeleton regulates fundamental biological processes, including cell division. How to experimentally perturb the cytoskeleton is a key question if one wants to understand the role of both actin filaments (AFs) and microtubules (MTs) in a given biological process. While a myriad of mutants are available, knock-out in cytoskeleton regulators, when nonlethal, often produce little or no phenotypic perturbation because such regulators are often part of a large family, leading to functional redundancy. In this review, alternative techniques to modify the plant cytoskeleton during plant cell division are outlined. The different pharmacological and genetic approaches already developed in cell culture, transient assays, or in whole organisms are presented. Perspectives on the use of optogenetics to perturb the plant cytoskeleton are also discussed.
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- Marie-Cécile Caillaud
- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, F-69342 Lyon, France.
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Stévenin V, Neefjes J. Control of host PTMs by intracellular bacteria: An opportunity toward novel anti-infective agents. Cell Chem Biol 2022; 29:741-756. [PMID: 35512694 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2022.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Intracellular bacteria have developed a multitude of mechanisms to influence the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of host proteins to pathogen advantages. The recent explosion of insights into the diversity and sophistication of host PTMs and their manipulation by infectious agents challenges us to formulate a comprehensive vision of this complex and dynamic facet of the host-pathogen interaction landscape. As new discoveries continue to shed light on the central roles of PTMs in infectious diseases, technological advances foster our capacity to detect old and new PTMs and investigate their control and impact during pathogenesis, opening new possibilities for chemical intervention and infection treatment. Here, we present a comprehensive overview of these pathogenic mechanisms and offer perspectives on how these insights may contribute to the development of a new class of therapeutics that are urgently needed to face rising antibiotic resistances.
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- Virginie Stévenin
- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands
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Chen D, Burford WB, Pham G, Zhang L, Alto LT, Ertelt JM, Winter MG, Winter SE, Way SS, Alto NM. Systematic reconstruction of an effector-gene network reveals determinants of Salmonella cellular and tissue tropism. Cell Host Microbe 2021; 29:1531-1544.e9. [PMID: 34536347 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The minimal genetic requirements for microbes to survive within multiorganism communities, including host-pathogen interactions, remain poorly understood. Here, we combined targeted gene mutagenesis with phenotype-guided genetic reassembly to identify a cooperative network of SPI-2 T3SS effector genes that are sufficient for Salmonella Typhimurium (STm) to cause disease in a natural host organism. Five SPI-2 effector genes support pathogen survival within the host cell cytoplasm by coordinating bacterial replication with Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV) division. Unexpectedly, this minimal genetic repertoire does not support STm systemic infection of mice. In vivo screening revealed a second effector-gene network, encoded by the spv operon, that expands the life cycle of STm from growth in cells to deep-tissue colonization in a murine model of typhoid fever. Comparison between Salmonella infection models suggests how cooperation between effector genes drives tissue tropism in a pathogen group.
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- Didi Chen
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Inflammation and Tolerance, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Inflammation and Tolerance, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Inflammation and Tolerance, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Sun L, Yang S, Deng Q, Dong K, Li Y, Wu S, Huang R. Salmonella Effector SpvB Disrupts Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Integrity for Bacterial Translocation. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:606541. [PMID: 33392110 PMCID: PMC7773751 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.606541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Salmonella are common enteric bacterial pathogens that infect both humans and animals. Intestinal epithelial barrier, formed by a single layer of epithelial cells and apical junctional complex (AJC), plays a crucial role in host defense against enteric pathogens to prevent bacterial translocation. However, the underlying mechanisms of intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction caused by Salmonella are poorly understood. It is found that a locus termed Salmonella plasmid virulence (spv) gene exists extensively in clinically important Salmonella serovars. SpvB is a key effector encoded within this locus, and closely related to Salmonella pathogenicity such as interfering with autophagy and iron homeostasis. To investigate the interaction between SpvB and intestinal epithelial barrier and elucidate the underlying molecular mechanism, we used the typical foodborne disease agent Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (Salmonella typhimurium) carrying spvB or not to construct infection models in vivo and in vitro. C57BL/6 mice were orally challenged with S. typhimurium wild-type strain SL1344 or spvB-deficient mutant strain SL1344-ΔspvB. Caco-2 cell monolayer model, as a widely used model to mimic the human intestinal epithelium in vitro, was infected with SL1344, SL1344-ΔspvB, or spvB complementary strain SL1344-c-ΔspvB, respectively. The results showed that SpvB enhanced bacterial pathogenicity during S. typhimurium infection in vivo, and contributed to intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction in both infection systems. This SpvB-mediated barrier dysfunction was attributed to the cellular redistribution of Claudin-1, Occludin, and E-cadherin junctional proteins. Moreover, by using pharmacological inhibitors, we found that F-actin rearrangement and suppression of protein kinase C (PKC) signaling pathway were involved in SpvB-mediated barrier dysfunction. In conclusion, the study reveals the contribution of Salmonella effector SpvB to the dysfunction of intestinal epithelial barrier integrity, which facilitates bacterial translocation via the paracellular route to promote Salmonella systemic dissemination. Our findings broaden the understanding of host–pathogen interactions in salmonellosis, and provide new strategies for the therapy in limiting bacterial dissemination during infection.
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- Lanqing Sun
- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Bao H, Wang S, Zhao JH, Liu SL. Salmonella secretion systems: Differential roles in pathogen-host interactions. Microbiol Res 2020; 241:126591. [PMID: 32932132 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The bacterial genus Salmonella includes a large group of food-borne pathogens that cause a variety of gastrointestinal or systemic diseases in hosts. Salmonella use several secretion devices to inject various effectors targeting eukaryotic hosts, or bacteria. In the past few years, considerable progress has been made towards understanding the structural features and molecular mechanisms of the secretion systems of Salmonella, particularly regarding their roles in host-pathogen interactions. In this review, we summarize the current advances about the main characteristics of the Salmonella secretion systems. Clarifying the roles of the secretion systems in the process of infecting various hosts will broaden our understanding of the importance of microbial interactions in maintaining human health and will provide information for developing novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Hongxia Bao
- Genomics Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; HMU-UCCSM Centre for Infection and Genomics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Translational Medicine Research and Cooperation Center of Northern China, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China.
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- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences (State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Genomics Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; HMU-UCCSM Centre for Infection and Genomics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Translational Medicine Research and Cooperation Center of Northern China, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Genomics Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; HMU-UCCSM Centre for Infection and Genomics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Translational Medicine Research and Cooperation Center of Northern China, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
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The Salmonella type III effector SpvC triggers the reverse transmigration of infected cells into the bloodstream. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226126. [PMID: 31815949 PMCID: PMC6901223 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Salmonella can appear in the bloodstream within CD18 expressing phagocytes following oral ingestion in as little as 15 minutes. Here, we provide evidence that the process underlying this phenomenon is reverse transmigration. Reverse transmigration is a normal host process in which dendritic cells can reenter the bloodstream by traversing endothelium in the basal to apical direction. We have developed an in vitro reverse transmigration assay in which dendritic cells are given the opportunity to cross endothelial monolayers in the basal to apical direction grown on membranes with small pores, modeling how such cells can penetrate the bloodstream. We demonstrate that exposing dendritic cells to microbial components negatively regulates reverse transmigration. We propose that microbial components normally cause the host to toggle between positively and negatively regulating reverse transmigration, balancing the need to resolve inflammation with inhibiting the spread of microbes. We show that Salmonella in part overcomes this negative regulation of reverse transmigration with the Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 encoded type III secretion system, which increases reverse transmigration by over an order of magnitude. The SPI-2 type III secretion system does this in part, but not entirely by injecting the type III effector SpvC into infected cells. We further demonstrate that SpvC greatly promotes early extra-intestinal dissemination in mice. This result combined with the previous observation that the spv operon is conserved amongst strains of non-typhoidal Salmonella capable of causing bacteremia in humans suggests that this pathway to the bloodstream could be important for understanding human infections.
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De Souza Santos M, Orth K. The Role of the Type III Secretion System in the Intracellular Lifestyle of Enteric Pathogens. Microbiol Spectr 2019; 7:10.1128/microbiolspec.bai-0008-2019. [PMID: 31152523 PMCID: PMC11026088 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.bai-0008-2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several pathogens have evolved to infect host cells from within, which requires subversion of many host intracellular processes. In the case of Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria, adaptation to an intracellular life cycle relies largely on the activity of type III secretion systems (T3SSs), an apparatus used to deliver effector proteins into the host cell, from where these effectors regulate important cellular functions such as vesicular trafficking, cytoskeleton reorganization, and the innate immune response. Each bacterium is equipped with a unique suite of these T3SS effectors, which aid in the development of an individual intracellular lifestyle for their respective pathogens. Some bacteria adapt to reside and propagate within a customized vacuole, while others establish a replicative niche in the host cytosol. In this article, we review the mechanisms by which T3SS effectors contribute to these different lifestyles. To illustrate the formation of a vacuolar and a cytosolic lifestyle, we discuss the intracellular habitats of the enteric pathogens Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Shigella flexneri, respectively. These represent well-characterized systems that function as informative models to contribute to our understanding of T3SS-dependent subversion of intracellular processes. Additionally, we present Vibrio parahaemolyticus, another enteric Gram-negative pathogen, as an emerging model for future studies of the cytosolic lifestyle.
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- Marcela De Souza Santos
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
- Department of Biochemistry and
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
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Martinez E, Siadous FA, Bonazzi M. Tiny architects: biogenesis of intracellular replicative niches by bacterial pathogens. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2018; 42:425-447. [PMID: 29596635 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuy013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Co-evolution of bacterial pathogens with their hosts led to the emergence of a stunning variety of strategies aiming at the evasion of host defences, colonisation of host cells and tissues and, ultimately, the establishment of a successful infection. Pathogenic bacteria are typically classified as extracellular and intracellular; however, intracellular lifestyle comes in many different flavours: some microbes rapidly escape to the cytosol whereas other microbes remain within vacuolar compartments and harness membrane trafficking pathways to generate their host-derived, pathogen-specific replicative niche. Here we review the current knowledge on a variety of vacuolar lifestyles, the effector proteins used by bacteria as tools to take control of the host cell and the main membrane trafficking signalling pathways targeted by vacuolar pathogens as source of membranes and nutrients. Finally, we will also discuss how host cells have developed countermeasures to sense the biogenesis of the aberrant organelles harbouring bacteria. Understanding the dialogue between bacterial and eukaryotic proteins is the key to unravel the molecular mechanisms of infection and in turn, this may lead to the identification of new targets for the development of new antimicrobials.
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- Eric Martinez
- IRIM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- IRIM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France
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Stradal TEB, Schelhaas M. Actin dynamics in host-pathogen interaction. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:3658-3669. [PMID: 29935019 PMCID: PMC6282728 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton and Rho GTPase signaling to actin assembly are prime targets of bacterial and viral pathogens, simply because actin is involved in all motile and membrane remodeling processes, such as phagocytosis, macropinocytosis, endocytosis, exocytosis, vesicular trafficking and membrane fusion events, motility, and last but not least, autophagy. This article aims at providing an overview of the most prominent pathogen‐induced or ‐hijacked actin structures, and an outlook on how future research might uncover additional, equally sophisticated interactions.
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- Theresia E B Stradal
- Department of Cell Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular Virology, ZMBE, University of Münster, Germany
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赖 华, 陈 强, 李 红, 朱 春, 易 丽, 周 菁, 胡 清, 余 晓. [Role of p38MAPK signaling pathway in autophagy of Henle-407 cells induced by spvB of Salmonella typhimurium]. NAN FANG YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO = JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2018; 38:268-273. [PMID: 29643031 PMCID: PMC6744177 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-4254.2018.03.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of p38MAPK signaling pathway in autophagy of intestinal epithelial cells induced by spvB of S.typhimurium. METHODS Henle-407 cells in exponential growth were infected with wild-type S.typhimurium strain STM-211 (with spvB gene), spvB mutated strain STM-delata;spvB, or with delata;spvB-complemented strain STM-c-spvB after treatment of the cells with the p38MAPK inhibitor SB203580. At different time points of co-culture, the cells were collected and the intracellular bacteria were counted. Western blotting was performed to detect the expressions of phosphorylated p38 and autophagy-related proteins LC3 and p62; immunofluorescence staining was used to observe the expression and distribution of LC3. RESULTS At 1, 2 and 4 h after the infection, the phosphorylation levels of p38 in STM-211 group and STM-c-spvB group were significantly lower than that in STM-delata;spvB group (P<0.05). At 2 and 4 h of co-culture, the intracellular bacterial counts were significantly greater in STM-211 and STM-c-spvB infection groups than in STM-delata;spvB group (P<0.05). Pretreatment with p38 inhibitor SB203580 did no significantly affect the expression levels of LC3 II or P62 in STM-211 and STM-c-spvB groups, but caused significant reduction in their expressions in STM-delata;spvB group at 1 h (P<0.05), and such changes were more obvious at 3 h (P<0.05). CONCLUSION The inhibitory effect of spvB gene on autophagy in intestinal epithelial cells is related with the negative regulation of p38MAPK signaling pathway.
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- 华毅 赖
- 南昌大学研究生院医学部,江西 南昌 330006Medical Board of Nanchang University's Graduate Institute, Nanchang 330006, China
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- 江西省儿童医院,江西 南昌 330006Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- 江西省儿童医院,江西 南昌 330006Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- 江西省儿童医院,江西 南昌 330006Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- 江西省儿童医院,江西 南昌 330006Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- 江西省儿童医院,江西 南昌 330006Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- 江西省儿童医院,江西 南昌 330006Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- 江西省儿童医院,江西 南昌 330006Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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Lüscher B, Bütepage M, Eckei L, Krieg S, Verheugd P, Shilton BH. ADP-Ribosylation, a Multifaceted Posttranslational Modification Involved in the Control of Cell Physiology in Health and Disease. Chem Rev 2017; 118:1092-1136. [PMID: 29172462 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) regulate protein functions and interactions. ADP-ribosylation is a PTM, in which ADP-ribosyltransferases use nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) to modify target proteins with ADP-ribose. This modification can occur as mono- or poly-ADP-ribosylation. The latter involves the synthesis of long ADP-ribose chains that have specific properties due to the nature of the polymer. ADP-Ribosylation is reversed by hydrolases that cleave the glycosidic bonds either between ADP-ribose units or between the protein proximal ADP-ribose and a given amino acid side chain. Here we discuss the properties of the different enzymes associated with ADP-ribosylation and the consequences of this PTM on substrates. Furthermore, the different domains that interpret either mono- or poly-ADP-ribosylation and the implications for cellular processes are described.
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- Bernhard Lüscher
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University , 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University , 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University , 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University , 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University , 52057 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University , 52057 Aachen, Germany.,Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario , Medical Sciences Building Room 332, London, Ontario Canada N6A 5C1
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Aktories K, Schwan C, Lang AE. ADP-Ribosylation and Cross-Linking of Actin by Bacterial Protein Toxins. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2017; 235:179-206. [PMID: 27316913 DOI: 10.1007/164_2016_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Actin and the actin cytoskeleton play fundamental roles in host-pathogen interactions. Proper function of the actin cytoskeleton is crucial for innate and acquired immune defense. Bacterial toxins attack the actin cytoskeleton by targeting regulators of actin. Moreover, actin is directly modified by various bacterial protein toxins and effectors, which cause ADP-ribosylation or cross-linking of actin. Modification of actin can result in inhibition or stimulation of actin polymerization. Toxins, acting directly on actin, are reviewed.
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- Klaus Aktories
- Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany. .,Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany.
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- Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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Knuff K, Finlay BB. What the SIF Is Happening-The Role of Intracellular Salmonella-Induced Filaments. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:335. [PMID: 28791257 PMCID: PMC5524675 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A common strategy among intracellular bacterial pathogens is to enter into a vacuolar environment upon host cell invasion. One such pathogen, Salmonella enterica, resides within the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV) inside epithelial cells and macrophages. Salmonella hijacks the host endosomal system to establish this unique intracellular replicative niche, forming a highly complex and dynamic network of Salmonella-induced filaments (SIFs). SIFs radiate outwards from the SCV upon onset of bacterial replication. SIF biogenesis is dependent on the activity of bacterial effector proteins secreted by the Salmonella-pathogenicity island-2 (SPI-2) encoded type III secretion system. While the presence of SIFs has been known for almost 25 years, their precise role during infection remains elusive. This review summarizes our current knowledge of SCV maturation and SIF biogenesis, and recent advances in our understanding of the role of SIFs inside cells.
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- Katelyn Knuff
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada
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DeActs: genetically encoded tools for perturbing the actin cytoskeleton in single cells. Nat Methods 2017; 14:479-482. [PMID: 28394337 PMCID: PMC5419720 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton is essential for many fundamental biological processes, but tools for directly manipulating actin dynamics are limited to cell-permeable drugs that preclude single-cell perturbations. Here we describe DeActs, genetically encoded actin-modifying polypeptides, which effectively induce actin disassembly in eukaryotic cells. We demonstrate that DeActs are universal tools for studying the actin cytoskeleton in single cells in culture, tissues, and multicellular organisms including various neurodevelopmental model systems.
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Kühn S, Mannherz HG. Actin: Structure, Function, Dynamics, and Interactions with Bacterial Toxins. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2016; 399:1-34. [PMID: 27848038 DOI: 10.1007/82_2016_45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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Actin is one of the most abundant proteins in any eukaryotic cell and an indispensable component of the cytoskeleton. In mammalian organisms, six highly conserved actin isoforms can be distinguished, which differ by only a few amino acids. In non-muscle cells, actin polymerizes into actin filaments that form actin structures essential for cell shape stabilization, and participates in a number of motile activities like intracellular vesicle transport, cytokinesis, and also cell locomotion. Here, we describe the structure of monomeric and polymeric actin, the polymerization kinetics, and its regulation by actin-binding proteins. Probably due to its conserved nature and abundance, actin and its regulating factors have emerged as prefered targets of bacterial toxins and effectors, which subvert the host actin cytoskeleton to serve bacterial needs.
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- Sonja Kühn
- Department of Cell Biology and Infection, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Embryology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany.
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Sheets J, Aktories K. Insecticidal Toxin Complexes from Photorhabdus luminescens. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2016; 402:3-23. [DOI: 10.1007/82_2016_55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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de Moraes MH, Teplitski M. Fast and efficient three-step target-specific curing of a virulence plasmid in Salmonella enterica. AMB Express 2015; 5:139. [PMID: 26272479 PMCID: PMC4536245 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-015-0139-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Virulence plasmids borne by serovars of Salmonella enterica carry genes involved in its pathogenicity, as well as other functions. Characterization of phenotypes associated with virulence plasmids requires a system for efficiently curing strains of their virulence plasmids. Here, we developed a 3-step protocol for targeted curing of virulence plasmids. The protocol involves insertion of an I-SecI restriction site linked to an antibiotic resistance gene into the target plasmid using λ-Red mutagenesis, followed by the transformation with a temperature-sensitive auxiliary plasmid which carries I-SecI nuclease expressed from a tetracycline-inducible promoter. Finally, the auxiliary plasmid is removed by incubation at 42 °C and the plasmid-less strains are verified on antibiotic-containing media. This method is fast and very efficient: over 90 % of recovered colonies lacked their virulence plasmid.
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Mutations of the functional ARH1 allele in tumors from ARH1 heterozygous mice and cells affect ARH1 catalytic activity, cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. Oncogenesis 2015; 4:e151. [PMID: 26029825 PMCID: PMC4753525 DOI: 10.1038/oncsis.2015.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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ADP-ribosylation results from transfer of the ADP-ribose moiety of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) to an acceptor with ADP-ribose-acceptor content determined by the activities of ADP-ribosyltransferases, which modify the acceptor, and ADP-ribose-acceptor hydrolase (ARH), which cleave the ADP-ribose-acceptor bond. ARH1 was discovered as an ADP-ribose(arginine)protein hydrolase. Previously, we showed that ARH1-knockout and ARH1 heterozygous mice spontaneously developed tumors. Further, ARH1-knockout and ARH1 heterozygous mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) produced tumors when injected into nude mice. In tumors arising in ARH1 heterozygous mice and MEFs, we found both loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the ARH1 gene and ARH1 gene mutations. In the present report, we found that these mutant ARH1 genes encode proteins with reduced ARH1 enzymatic activity. Moreover, MEFs transformed with ARH1 mutant genes exhibiting different levels of ARH1 activity showed altered rates of proliferation, anchorage-independent colony growth in soft agar, and tumorigenesis in nude mice. MEFs transformed with the wild-type (WT) gene, but expressing low levels of hydrolase activity were also tumorigenic. However, transformation with the WT gene was less likely to yield tumors than transformation with a mutant gene exhibiting similar hydrolase activity. Thus, control of protein-ADP-ribosylation by ARH1 is critical for tumorigenesis. In the human cancer database, LOH and mutations of the ARH1 gene were observed. Further, ARH1 gene mutations were located in exons 3 and 4, comparable to exons 2 and 3 of the murine ARH1 gene, which comprise the catalytic site. Thus, human ARH1 gene mutations similar to their murine counterparts may be involved in human cancers.
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Maudet C, Mano M, Sunkavalli U, Sharan M, Giacca M, Förstner KU, Eulalio A. Functional high-throughput screening identifies the miR-15 microRNA family as cellular restriction factors for Salmonella infection. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4718. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Gyles C, Boerlin P. Horizontally Transferred Genetic Elements and Their Role in Pathogenesis of Bacterial Disease. Vet Pathol 2013; 51:328-40. [DOI: 10.1177/0300985813511131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This article reviews the roles that laterally transferred genes (LTG) play in the virulence of bacterial pathogens. The features of LTG that allow them to be recognized in bacterial genomes are described, and the mechanisms by which LTG are transferred between and within bacteria are reviewed. Genes on plasmids, integrative and conjugative elements, prophages, and pathogenicity islands are highlighted. Virulence genes that are frequently laterally transferred include genes for bacterial adherence to host cells, type 3 secretion systems, toxins, iron acquisition, and antimicrobial resistance. The specific roles of LTG in pathogenesis are illustrated by specific reference to Escherichia coli, Salmonella, pyogenic streptococci, and Clostridium perfringens.
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- C. Gyles
- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Mesa-Pereira B, Medina C, Camacho EM, Flores A, Santero E. Novel tools to analyze the function of Salmonella effectors show that SvpB ectopic expression induces cell cycle arrest in tumor cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e78458. [PMID: 24205236 PMCID: PMC3804527 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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In order to further characterize its role in pathogenesis and to establish whether its overproduction can lead to eukaryotic tumor cell death, Salmonella strains able to express its virulence factor SpvB (an ADP-ribosyl transferase enzyme) in a salicylate-inducible way have been constructed and analyzed in different eukaryotic tumor cell lines. To do so, the bacterial strains bearing the expression system have been constructed in a ∆purD background, which allows control of bacterial proliferation inside the eukaryotic cell. In the absence of bacterial proliferation, salicylate-induced SpvB production resulted in activation of caspases 3 and 7 and apoptotic cell death. The results clearly indicated that controlled SpvB production leads to F-actin depolimerization and either G1/S or G2/M phase arrest in all cell lines tested, thus shedding light on the function of SpvB in Salmonella pathogenesis. In the first place, the combined control of protein production by salicylate regulated vectors and bacterial growth by adenine concentration offers the possibility to study the role of Salmonella effectors during eukaryotic cells infection. In the second place, the salicylate-controlled expression of SpvB by the bacterium provides a way to evaluate the potential of other homologous or heterologous proteins as antitumor agents, and, eventually to construct novel potential tools for cancer therapy, given that Salmonella preferentially proliferates in tumors.
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- Beatriz Mesa-Pereira
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo/ CSIC/ Universidad Pablo de Olavide/ Junta de Andalucía. Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo/ CSIC/ Universidad Pablo de Olavide/ Junta de Andalucía. Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo/ CSIC/ Universidad Pablo de Olavide/ Junta de Andalucía. Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo/ CSIC/ Universidad Pablo de Olavide/ Junta de Andalucía. Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo/ CSIC/ Universidad Pablo de Olavide/ Junta de Andalucía. Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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Genome and transcriptome adaptation accompanying emergence of the definitive type 2 host-restricted Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium pathovar. mBio 2013; 4:e00565-13. [PMID: 23982073 PMCID: PMC3760250 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00565-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium definitive type 2 (DT2) is host restricted to Columba livia (rock or feral pigeon) but is also closely related to S. Typhimurium isolates that circulate in livestock and cause a zoonosis characterized by gastroenteritis in humans. DT2 isolates formed a distinct phylogenetic cluster within S. Typhimurium based on whole-genome-sequence polymorphisms. Comparative genome analysis of DT2 94-213 and S. Typhimurium SL1344, DT104, and D23580 identified few differences in gene content with the exception of variations within prophages. However, DT2 94-213 harbored 22 pseudogenes that were intact in other closely related S. Typhimurium strains. We report a novel in silico approach to identify single amino acid substitutions in proteins that have a high probability of a functional impact. One polymorphism identified using this method, a single-residue deletion in the Tar protein, abrogated chemotaxis to aspartate in vitro. DT2 94-213 also exhibited an altered transcriptional profile in response to culture at 42°C compared to that of SL1344. Such differentially regulated genes included a number involved in flagellum biosynthesis and motility. Whereas Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium can infect a wide range of animal species, some variants within this serovar exhibit a more limited host range and altered disease potential. Phylogenetic analysis based on whole-genome sequences can identify lineages associated with specific virulence traits, including host adaptation. This study represents one of the first to link pathogen-specific genetic signatures, including coding capacity, genome degradation, and transcriptional responses to host adaptation within a Salmonella serovar. We performed comparative genome analysis of reference and pigeon-adapted definitive type 2 (DT2) S. Typhimurium isolates alongside phenotypic and transcriptome analyses, to identify genetic signatures linked to host adaptation within the DT2 lineage.
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Menzel S, Rissiek B, Haag F, Goldbaum FA, Koch-Nolte F. The art of blocking ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs): nanobodies as experimental and therapeutic tools to block mammalian and toxin ARTs. FEBS J 2013; 280:3543-50. [PMID: 23627412 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In 1901, the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Emil von Behring for his ground-breaking discovery of serum therapy: serum from horses vaccinated with toxin-containing culture medium of Corynebacterium diphtheriae contained life-saving 'antitoxins'. The molecular nature of the ADP-ribosylating toxin and the neutralizing antibodies were unraveled only 50 years later. Today, von Behring's antibody therapy is being refined with a new generation of recombinant antibodies and antibody fragments. Nanobodies, which are single-domain antibodies derived from the peculiar heavy-chain antibodies of llamas and other camelids, are emerging as a promising new class of highly specific enzyme inhibitors. In this review, we illustrate the potential of nanobodies as tools to block extracellular and intracellular ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs), using the toxin-related membrane-bound mammalian ecto-enzyme ARTC2 and the actin-ADP-ribosylating Salmonella virulence plasmid factor B toxin of Salmonella enterica as examples.
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- Stephan Menzel
- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Ramos-Morales F. Impact of Salmonella enterica Type III Secretion System Effectors on the Eukaryotic Host Cell. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.5402/2012/787934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Type III secretion systems are molecular machines used by many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens to inject proteins, known as effectors, directly into eukaryotic host cells. These proteins manipulate host signal transduction pathways and cellular processes to the pathogen’s advantage. Salmonella enterica possesses two virulence-related type III secretion systems that deliver more than forty effectors. This paper reviews our current knowledge about the functions, biochemical activities, host targets, and impact on host cells of these effectors. First, the concerted action of effectors at the cellular level in relevant aspects of the interaction between Salmonella and its hosts is analyzed. Then, particular issues that will drive research in the field in the near future are discussed. Finally, detailed information about each individual effector is provided.
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- Francisco Ramos-Morales
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Schleker S, Garcia-Garcia J, Klein-Seetharaman J, Oliva B. Prediction and comparison of Salmonella-human and Salmonella-Arabidopsis interactomes. Chem Biodivers 2012; 9:991-1018. [PMID: 22589098 PMCID: PMC3407687 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201100392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Salmonellosis caused by Salmonella bacteria is a food-borne disease and a worldwide health threat causing millions of infections and thousands of deaths every year. This pathogen infects an unusually broad range of host organisms including human and plants. A better understanding of the mechanisms of communication between Salmonella and its hosts requires identifying the interactions between Salmonella and host proteins. Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are the fundamental building blocks of communication. Here, we utilize the prediction platform BIANA to obtain the putative Salmonella-human and Salmonella-Arabidopsis interactomes based on sequence and domain similarity to known PPIs. A gold standard list of Salmonella-host PPIs served to validate the quality of the human model. 24,726 and 10,926 PPIs comprising interactions between 38 and 33 Salmonella effectors and virulence factors with 9,740 human and 4,676 Arabidopsis proteins, respectively, were predicted. Putative hub proteins could be identified, and parallels between the two interactomes were discovered. This approach can provide insight into possible biological functions of so far uncharacterized proteins. The predicted interactions are available via a web interface which allows filtering of the database according to parameters provided by the user to narrow down the list of suspected interactions. The interactions are available via a web interface at http://sbi.imim.es/web/SHIPREC.php.
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- Sylvia Schleker
- Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-5), 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Structural Bioinformatics Group (GRIB-IMIM). Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona Research Park of Biomedicine (PRBB), Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain (phone: +34 933 160 509; fax: +34 933 160 550
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-5), 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA (phone: +1 412 383 7325; fax: +1 412 648 8998
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- Structural Bioinformatics Group (GRIB-IMIM). Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona Research Park of Biomedicine (PRBB), Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain (phone: +34 933 160 509; fax: +34 933 160 550
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Figueira R, Holden DW. Functions of the Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2) type III secretion system effectors. Microbiology (Reading) 2012; 158:1147-1161. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.058115-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Rita Figueira
- Section of Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, Armstrong Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, Armstrong Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Tzeng JI, Chu CH, Chen SW, Yeh CM, Chiu CH, Chiou CS, Lin JH, Chu C. Reduction of Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis carrying large virulence plasmids after the foot and mouth disease outbreak in swine in southern Taiwan, and their independent evolution in human and pig. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND INFECTION = WEI MIAN YU GAN RAN ZA ZHI 2011; 45:418-25. [PMID: 22209685 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Revised: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis (S. Choleraesuis) is a highly invasive zoonotic pathogen that causes bacteremia in humans and pigs. The prevalence of S. Choleraesuis in man has gradually decreased since the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in pigs in 1997 in southern Taiwan. The goal of this study was to investigate the change in prevalence of S. Choleraesuis carrying the virulence plasmid (pSCV) in human and swine isolates collected in 1995-2005 and characterize these. METHODS 380 isolates were collected from human and swine blood samples. Large pSCVs were determined by PCR and Southern blot analysis. Antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance genes, and the phylogenetic association of these large pSCV were analyzed. RESULTS The number of isolates harboring the large pSCV was significantly reduced, and their prevalence differed between human and swine isolates. These large pSCVs were a recombinant of original 50-kb pSCV and R plasmid. In addition, some large pSCVs lacked two pSCV-specific deletion regions from pef to repC and from traT to samA. These large pSCVs carried the resistance genes bla(TEM,)aadA2, and sulI, as well as class I integrons of 0.65 and/or 1.9 kb in size, but were inconjugatible. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the large pSCV evolves independently in human and swine isolates. CONCLUSION S. Choleraesuis with large pSCV was significantly reduced after the foot and mouth disease outbreak and may evolve in human and swine specific isolates.
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- Jann-Inn Tzeng
- Department of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Yong Kang City, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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Schleker S, Sun J, Raghavan B, Srnec M, Müller N, Koepfinger M, Murthy L, Zhao Z, Klein-Seetharaman J. The current Salmonella-host interactome. Proteomics Clin Appl 2011; 6:117-33. [PMID: 22213674 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201100083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2011] [Revised: 09/26/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Salmonella bacteria cause millions of infections and thousands of deaths every year. This pathogen has an unusually broad host range including humans, animals, and even plants. During infection, Salmonella expresses a variety of virulence factors and effectors that are delivered into the host cell triggering cellular responses through protein-protein interactions (PPI) with host cell proteins which make the pathogen's invasion and replication possible. To speed up proteomic efforts in elucidating Salmonella-host interactomes, we carried out a survey of the currently published Salmonella-host PPI. Such a list can serve as the gold standard for computational models aimed at predicting Salmonella-host interactomes through integration of large-scale biological data sources. Manual literature and database search of >2200 journal articles and >100 databases resulted in a gold standard list of currently 62 PPI, including primarily interactions of Salmonella proteins with human and mouse proteins. Only six of these interactions were directly retrievable from PPI databases and 16 were highlighted in databases featuring literature extracts. Thus, the literature survey resulted in the most complete interactome available to date for Salmonella. Pathway analysis using Ingenuity and Broad Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) software revealed among general pathways such as MAPK signaling in particular those related to cell death as well as cell morphology, turnover, and interactions, in addition to response to not only Salmonella but also other pathogenic - viral and bacterial - infections. The list of interactions is available at http://www.shiprec.org/indicationslist.htm.
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- Sylvia Schleker
- Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Complex Systems, Jülich, Germany
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Barth H, Aktories K. New insights into the mode of action of the actin ADP-ribosylating virulence factors Salmonella enterica SpvB and Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin. Eur J Cell Biol 2011; 90:944-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2010] [Revised: 11/19/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Acquisition of antimicrobial resistance determinants by virulence plasmids specific for nontyphoid serovars of Salmonella enterica. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1097/mrm.0b013e328346d87d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dean P. Functional domains and motifs of bacterial type III effector proteins and their roles in infection. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011; 35:1100-25. [PMID: 21517912 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00271.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A key feature of the virulence of many bacterial pathogens is the ability to deliver effector proteins into eukaryotic cells via a dedicated type three secretion system (T3SS). Many bacterial pathogens, including species of Chlamydia, Xanthomonas, Pseudomonas, Ralstonia, Shigella, Salmonella, Escherichia and Yersinia, depend on the T3SS to cause disease. T3SS effectors constitute a large and diverse group of virulence proteins that mimic eukaryotic proteins in structure and function. A salient feature of bacterial effectors is their modular architecture, comprising domains or motifs that confer an array of subversive functions within the eukaryotic cell. These domains/motifs therefore represent a fascinating repertoire of molecular determinants with important roles during infection. This review provides a snapshot of our current understanding of bacterial effector domains and motifs where a defined role in infection has been demonstrated.
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- Paul Dean
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
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Aktories K, Lang AE, Schwan C, Mannherz HG. Actin as target for modification by bacterial protein toxins. FEBS J 2011; 278:4526-43. [PMID: 21466657 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08113.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Various bacterial protein toxins and effectors target the actin cytoskeleton. At least three groups of toxins/effectors can be identified, which directly modify actin molecules. One group of toxins/effectors causes ADP-ribosylation of actin at arginine-177, thereby inhibiting actin polymerization. Members of this group are numerous binary actin-ADP-ribosylating exotoxins (e.g. Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin) as well as several bacterial ADP-ribosyltransferases (e.g. Salmonella enterica SpvB) which are not binary in structure. The second group includes toxins that modify actin to promote actin polymerization and the formation of actin aggregates. To this group belongs a toxin from the Photorhabdus luminescens Tc toxin complex that ADP-ribosylates actin at threonine-148. A third group of bacterial toxins/effectors (e.g. Vibrio cholerae multifunctional, autoprocessing RTX toxin) catalyses a chemical crosslinking reaction of actin thereby forming oligomers, while blocking the polymerization of actin to functional filaments. Novel findings about members of these toxin groups are discussed in detail.
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- Klaus Aktories
- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany.
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Eulalio A, Fröhlich KS, Mano M, Giacca M, Vogel J. A candidate approach implicates the secreted Salmonella effector protein SpvB in P-body disassembly. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17296. [PMID: 21390246 PMCID: PMC3046968 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 01/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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P-bodies are dynamic aggregates of RNA and proteins involved in several post-transcriptional regulation processes. P-bodies have been shown to play important roles in regulating viral infection, whereas their interplay with bacterial pathogens, specifically intracellular bacteria that extensively manipulate host cell pathways, remains unknown. Here, we report that Salmonella infection induces P-body disassembly in a cell type-specific manner, and independently of previously characterized pathways such as inhibition of host cell RNA synthesis or microRNA-mediated gene silencing. We show that the Salmonella-induced P-body disassembly depends on the activation of the SPI-2 encoded type 3 secretion system, and that the secreted effector protein SpvB plays a major role in this process. P-body disruption is also induced by the related pathogen, Shigella flexneri, arguing that this might be a new mechanism by which intracellular bacterial pathogens subvert host cell function.
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- Ana Eulalio
- RNA Biology Group, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
- * E-mail: (JV); (AE)
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- Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany
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- Molecular Medicine Laboratory, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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- Molecular Medicine Laboratory, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
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- RNA Biology Group, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JV); (AE)
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Shah DH, Zhou X, Addwebi T, Davis MA, Orfe L, Call DR, Guard J, Besser TE. Cell invasion of poultry-associated Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis isolates is associated with pathogenicity, motility and proteins secreted by the type III secretion system. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2011; 157:1428-1445. [PMID: 21292746 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.044461-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is a major cause of food-borne gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Poultry and poultry products are considered the major vehicles of transmission to humans. Using cell invasiveness as a surrogate marker for pathogenicity, we tested the invasiveness of 53 poultry-associated isolates of S. Enteritidis in a well-differentiated intestinal epithelial cell model (Caco-2). The method allowed classification of the isolates into low (n = 7), medium (n = 18) and high (n = 30) invasiveness categories. Cell invasiveness of the isolates did not correlate with the presence of the virulence-associated gene spvB or the ability of the isolates to form biofilms. Testing of representative isolates with high and low invasiveness in a mouse model revealed that the former were more invasive in vivo and caused more and earlier mortalities, whereas the latter were significantly less invasive in vivo, causing few or no mortalities. Further characterization of representative isolates with low and high invasiveness showed that most of the isolates with low invasiveness had impaired motility and impaired secretion of either flagella-associated proteins (FlgK, FljB and FlgL) or type III secretion system (TTSS)-secreted proteins (SipA and SipD) encoded on Salmonella pathogenicity island-1. In addition, isolates with low invasiveness had impaired ability to invade and/or survive within chicken macrophages. These data suggest that not all isolates of S. Enteritidis recovered from poultry may be equally pathogenic, and that the pathogenicity of S. Enteritidis isolates is associated, in part, with both motility and secretion of TTSS effector proteins.
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- Devendra H Shah
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- WSU-Zoonoses Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.,Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Egg Quality and Safety Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Kwon HJ, Cho SH. Pathogenicity of SG 9R, a rough vaccine strain against fowl typhoid. Vaccine 2010; 29:1311-8. [PMID: 21134445 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.11.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Revised: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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SG 9R, a rough vaccine strain of Salmonella gallinarum, has been used for the prevention of fowl typhoid and paratyphoid in the world despite the presence of residual virulence. SG 9R-like rough strains have been recently isolated from fowl typhoid cases; however, molecular markers to differentiate SG 9R from field strains are not well-characterized and the molecular mechanisms of SG 9R residual virulence are unclear. Therefore, we analyzed LPS biosynthesis (rfa gene cluster) and virulence genes (spv, SPI-2) of both SG 9R and S. gallinarum rough field strains. SG 9R carried a unique nonsense mutation in rfaJ (TCA to TAA) and a shared rfaZ mutation (G-deletion) by rough and smooth S. gallinarum strains. SG 9R also carried intact SPI-2 and spvC, B, A, and R (except deleted spvD). SG 9R-like rough strains (n=10) carried identical mutations in virulence-related genes to SG 9R. SG 9R and SG 9R-like rough strains did not demonstrate significant mortality or liver lesions under normal conditions. However, fowl typhoid was successfully reproduced in the present study by SG 9R inoculation to 1-day-old male brown layer chicks per os following starvation. Therefore, the LPS defect may be one of the major mechanisms of SG 9R attenuation, and the possession of intact SPI-2, spvC, B, A, and R virulence genes may be associated with residual SG 9R virulence.
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- Hyuk-Joon Kwon
- Zoonotic Disease Institute, Seoul National University, Shillim-Dong, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Alzogaray V, Danquah W, Aguirre A, Urrutia M, Berguer P, García Véscovi E, Haag F, Koch-Nolte F, Goldbaum FA. Single-domain llama antibodies as specific intracellular inhibitors of SpvB, the actin ADP-ribosylating toxin of Salmonella typhimurium. FASEB J 2010; 25:526-34. [PMID: 20940265 DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-162958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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ADP-ribosylation of host cell proteins is a common mode of cell intoxication by pathogenic bacterial toxins. Antibodies induced by immunization with inactivated ADP-ribosylating toxins provide efficient protection in case of some secreted toxins, e.g., diphtheria and pertussis toxins. However, other ADP-ribosylating toxins, such as Salmonella SpvB toxin, are secreted directly from the Salmonella-containing vacuole into the cytosol of target cells via the SPI-2 encoded bacterial type III secretion system, and thus are inaccessible to conventional antibodies. Small-molecule ADP-ribosylation inhibitors are fraught with potential side effects caused by inhibition of endogenous ADP-ribosyltransferases. Here, we report the development of a single-domain antibody from an immunized llama that blocks the capacity of SpvB to ADP-ribosylate actin at a molar ratio of 1:1. The single-domain antibody, when expressed as an intrabody, effectively protected cells from the cytotoxic activity of a translocation-competent chimeric C2IN-C/SpvB toxin. Transfected cells were also protected against cytoskeletal alterations induced by wild-type SpvB-expressing strains of Salmonella. This proof of principle paves the way for developing new antidotes against intracellular toxins.
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- Vanina Alzogaray
- Fundación Instituto Leloir, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Laing S, Unger M, Koch-Nolte F, Haag F. ADP-ribosylation of arginine. Amino Acids 2010; 41:257-69. [PMID: 20652610 PMCID: PMC3102197 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0676-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Arginine adenosine-5′-diphosphoribosylation (ADP-ribosylation) is an enzyme-catalyzed, potentially reversible posttranslational modification, in which the ADP-ribose moiety is transferred from NAD+ to the guanidino moiety of arginine. At 540 Da, ADP-ribose has the size of approximately five amino acid residues. In contrast to arginine, which, at neutral pH, is positively charged, ADP-ribose carries two negatively charged phosphate moieties. Arginine ADP-ribosylation, thus, causes a notable change in size and chemical property at the ADP-ribosylation site of the target protein. Often, this causes steric interference of the interaction of the target protein with binding partners, e.g. toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of actin at R177 sterically blocks actin polymerization. In case of the nucleotide-gated P2X7 ion channel, ADP-ribosylation at R125 in the vicinity of the ligand-binding site causes channel gating. Arginine-specific ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs) carry a characteristic R-S-EXE motif that distinguishes these enzymes from structurally related enzymes which catalyze ADP-ribosylation of other amino acid side chains, DNA, or small molecules. Arginine-specific ADP-ribosylation can be inhibited by small molecule arginine analogues such as agmatine or meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), which themselves can serve as targets for arginine-specific ARTs. ADP-ribosylarginine specific hydrolases (ARHs) can restore target protein function by hydrolytic removal of the entire ADP-ribose moiety. In some cases, ADP-ribosylarginine is processed into secondary posttranslational modifications, e.g. phosphoribosylarginine or ornithine. This review summarizes current knowledge on arginine-specific ADP-ribosylation, focussing on the methods available for its detection, its biological consequences, and the enzymes responsible for this modification and its reversal, and discusses future perspectives for research in this field.
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- Sabrina Laing
- Campus Forschung, 2. OG Rm 02.0058, Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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Post-translational modifications in host cells during bacterial infection. FEBS Lett 2010; 584:2748-58. [PMID: 20493189 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Post-translational modification of proteins is a widespread mechanism used by both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells to modify the activity of key factors that plays fundamental roles in cellular physiology. This review focuses on how bacterial pathogens can interfere with host post-translational modifications to promote their own survival and replication.
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The long-lived nature of clostridium perfringens iota toxin in mammalian cells induces delayed apoptosis. Infect Immun 2009; 77:5593-601. [PMID: 19805536 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00710-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Mono-ADP ribosylation of actin by bacterial toxins, such as Clostridium perfringens iota or Clostridium botulinum C2 toxins, results in rapid depolymerization of actin filaments and cell rounding. Here we report that treatment of African green monkey kidney (Vero) cells with iota toxin resulted in delayed caspase-dependent death. Unmodified actin did not reappear in toxin-treated cells, and enzyme-active toxin was detectable in the cytosol for at least 24 h. C2 toxin showed comparable, long-lived effects in cells, while a C2 toxin control lacking ADP-ribosyltransferase activity did not induce cell death. To address whether the remarkable stability of the iota and C2 toxins in cytosol was crucial for inducing cell death, we treated cells with C/SpvB, the catalytic domain of Salmonella enterica SpvB. Although C/SpvB also mono-ADP ribosylates actin as do the iota and C2 toxins, cells treated with a cell-permeating C/SpvB fusion toxin became rounded but recovered and remained viable. Moreover, unmodified actin reappeared in these cells, and ADP-ribosyltransferase activity due to C/SpvB was not detectable in the cytosol after 24 h, a result most likely due to degradation of C/SpvB. Repeated application of C/SpvB prevented recovery of cells and reappearance of unmodified actin. In conclusion, a complete but transient ADP ribosylation of actin was not sufficient to trigger apoptosis, implying that long-term stability of actin-ADP-ribosylating toxins, such as iota and C2, in the cytosol is crucial for inducing delayed, caspase-dependent cell death.
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Ibarra JA, Steele-Mortimer O. Salmonella--the ultimate insider. Salmonella virulence factors that modulate intracellular survival. Cell Microbiol 2009; 11:1579-86. [PMID: 19775254 PMCID: PMC2774479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01368.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a common facultative intracellular pathogen that causes food-borne gastroenteritis in millions of people worldwide. Intracellular survival and replication are important virulence determinants and the bacteria can be found in a variety of phagocytic and non-phagocytic cells in vivo. Invasion of host cells and intracellular survival are dependent on two type III secretion systems, T3SS1 and T3SS2, each of which translocates a distinct set of effector proteins. However, other virulence factors including ion transporters, superoxide dismutase, flagella and fimbriae are also involved in accessing and utilizing the intracellular niche.
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- J Antonio Ibarra
- Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, NIAID, NIH, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT, USA
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Bakowski MA, Braun V, Brumell JH. Salmonella-Containing Vacuoles: Directing Traffic and Nesting to Grow. Traffic 2008; 9:2022-31. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Guignot J, Servin AL. Maintenance of the Salmonella-containing vacuole in the juxtanuclear area: a role for intermediate filaments. Microb Pathog 2008; 45:415-22. [PMID: 18977288 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2008] [Revised: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 09/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Until recently, intermediate filaments (IF) were thought to be only involved in resistance to physical stress and mechanical integrity of cells and tissues. Recent data indicate that IF play a much more important role in cellular physiology including organelle structure and positioning within the cell. Here, we show that Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. typhimurium) induces in epithelial cells and macrophages the formation of an aggresome-like structure with a dramatic remodelling of cytoplasmic IF (vimentin and cytokeratin) networks and the adaptor proteins 14-3-3 which are recruited around intracellular S. typhimurium microcolonies. These rearrangements are not necessary for bacterial replication. Depletion of vimentin and cytokeratin by siRNA indicates that IF remodelling is required to maintain Salmonella microcolonies in the juxtanuclear area.
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- Julie Guignot
- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College of London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Heithoff DM, Shimp WR, Lau PW, Badie G, Enioutina EY, Daynes RA, Byrne BA, House JK, Mahan MJ. Human Salmonella clinical isolates distinct from those of animal origin. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:1757-66. [PMID: 18245251 PMCID: PMC2268321 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02740-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2007] [Accepted: 01/19/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The global trend toward intensive livestock production has led to significant public health risks and industry-associated losses due to an increased incidence of disease and contamination of livestock-derived food products. A potential factor contributing to these health concerns is the prospect that selective pressure within a particular host may give rise to bacterial strain variants that exhibit enhanced fitness in the present host relative to that in the parental host from which the strain was derived. Here, we assessed 184 Salmonella enterica human and animal clinical isolates for their virulence capacities in mice and for the presence of the Salmonella virulence plasmid encoding the SpvB actin cytotoxin required for systemic survival and Pef fimbriae, implicated in adherence to the murine intestinal epithelium. All (21 of 21) serovar Typhimurium clinical isolates derived from animals were virulent in mice, whereas many (16 of 41) serovar Typhimurium isolates derived from human salmonellosis patients lacked this capacity. Additionally, many (10 of 29) serovar Typhimurium isolates derived from gastroenteritis patients did not possess the Salmonella virulence plasmid, in contrast to all animal and human bacteremia isolates tested. Lastly, among serovar Typhimurium isolates that harbored the Salmonella virulence plasmid, 6 of 31 derived from human salmonellosis patients were avirulent in mice, which is in contrast to the virulent phenotype exhibited by all the animal isolates examined. These studies suggest that Salmonella isolates derived from human salmonellosis patients are distinct from those of animal origin. The characterization of these bacterial strain variants may provide insight into their relative pathogenicities as well as into the development of treatment and prophylactic strategies for salmonellosis.
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- Douglas M Heithoff
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Mazurkiewicz P, Thomas J, Thompson JA, Liu M, Arbibe L, Sansonetti P, Holden DW. SpvC is a Salmonella effector with phosphothreonine lyase activity on host mitogen-activated protein kinases. Mol Microbiol 2008; 67:1371-83. [PMID: 18284579 PMCID: PMC2268955 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06134.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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SpvC is encoded by the Salmonella virulence plasmid. We have investigated the biochemical function of SpvC and the mechanism by which it is secreted by bacteria and translocated into infected macrophages. We constructed a strain carrying a deletion in spvC and showed that the strain is attenuated for systemic virulence in mice. SpvC can be secreted in vitro by either the SPI-1 or SPI-2 type III secretion systems. Cell biological and genetic experiments showed that translocation of the protein into the cytosol of macrophages by intracellular bacteria is dependent on the SPI-2 T3SS. Using antibodies specific to phospho-amino acids and mass spectrometry we demonstrate that SpvC has phosphothreonine lyase activity on full-length phospho-Erk (pErk) and a synthetic 13-amino-acid phospho-peptide containing the TXY motif. A Salmonella strain expressing spvC from a plasmid downregulated cytokine release from infected cells.
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- Piotr Mazurkiewicz
- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, Armstrong Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Salmonellae are important causes of enteric diseases in all vertebrates. Characterization of the molecular mechanisms that underpin the interactions of salmonellae with their animal hosts has advanced greatly over the past decade, mainly through the study of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in tissue culture and animal models of infection. Knowledge of these bacterial processes and host responses has painted a dynamic and complex picture of the interaction between salmonellae and animal cells. This Review focuses on the molecular mechanisms of these host-pathogen interactions, in terms of their context, significance and future perspectives.
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Sano GI, Takada Y, Goto S, Maruyama K, Shindo Y, Oka K, Matsui H, Matsuo K. Flagella facilitate escape of Salmonella from oncotic macrophages. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:8224-32. [PMID: 17873035 PMCID: PMC2168665 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00898-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The intracellular parasite Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium causes a typhoid-like systemic disease in mice. Whereas the survival of Salmonella in phagocytes is well understood, little has been documented about the exit of intracellular Salmonella from host cells. Here we report that in a population of infected macrophages Salmonella induces "oncosis," an irreversible progression to eukaryotic cell death characterized by swelling of the entire cell body. Oncotic macrophages (OnMphis) are terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling negative and lack actin filaments (F-actin). The plasma membrane of OnMphis filled with bacilli remains impermeable, and intracellular Salmonella bacilli move vigorously using flagella. Eventually, intracellular Salmonella bacilli intermittently exit host cells in a flagellum-dependent manner. These results suggest that induction of macrophage oncosis and intracellular accumulation of flagellated bacilli constitute a strategy whereby Salmonella escapes from host macrophages.
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- Gen-ichiro Sano
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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Fehr D, Burr SE, Gibert M, d'Alayer J, Frey J, Popoff MR. Aeromonas Exoenzyme T of Aeromonas salmonicida Is a Bifunctional Protein That Targets the Host Cytoskeleton. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:28843-28852. [PMID: 17656370 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704797200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Type III protein secretion has been shown recently to be important in the virulence of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida. The ADP-ribosylating toxin Aeromonas exoenzyme T (AexT) is one effector protein targeted for secretion via this system. In this study, we identified muscular and nonmuscular actin as substrates of the ADP-ribosylating activity of AexT. Furthermore, we show that AexT also functions as a GTPase-activating protein (GAP), displaying GAP activity against monomeric GTPases of the Rho family, specifically Rho, Rac, and Cdc42. Transfection of fish cells with wild type AexT resulted in depolymerization of the actin cytoskeleton and cell rounding. Point mutations within either the GAP or the ADP-ribosylating active sites of AexT (Arg-143 as well as Glu-398 and Glu-401, respectively) abolished enzymatic activity, yet did not prevent actin filament depolymerization. However, inactivation of the two catalytic sites simultaneously did. These results suggest that both the GAP and ADP-ribosylating domains of AexT contribute to its biological activity. This is the first bacterial virulence factor to be described that has a specific actin ADP-ribosylation activity and GAP activity toward Rho, Rac, and Cdc42, both enzymatic activities contributing to actin filament depolymerization.
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- Désirée Fehr
- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Universität Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, Postfach, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland and
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- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Universität Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, Postfach, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland and
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- Unité des Bacteries Anaerobies et Toxines, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Plateforme d'Analyse et de Microsequençage des Protéines, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Universität Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, Postfach, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland and.
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- Unité des Bacteries Anaerobies et Toxines, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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