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TBK1 is part of a galectin 8 dependent membrane damage recognition complex and drives autophagy upon Adenovirus endosomal escape. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010736. [PMID: 35857795 PMCID: PMC9342788 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Intracellular pathogens cause membrane distortion and damage as they enter host cells. Cells perceive these membrane alterations as danger signals and respond by activating autophagy. This response has primarily been studied during bacterial invasion, and only rarely in viral infections. Here, we investigate the cellular response to membrane damage during adenoviral entry. Adenoviruses and their vector derivatives, that are an important vaccine platform against SARS-CoV-2, enter the host cell by endocytosis followed by lysis of the endosomal membrane. We previously showed that cells mount a locally confined autophagy response at the site of endosomal membrane lysis. Here we describe the mechanism of autophagy induction: endosomal membrane damage activates the kinase TBK1 that accumulates in its phosphorylated form at the penetration site. Activation and recruitment of TBK1 require detection of membrane damage by galectin 8 but occur independently of classical autophagy receptors or functional autophagy. Instead, TBK1 itself promotes subsequent autophagy that adenoviruses need to take control of. Deletion of TBK1 reduces LC3 lipidation during adenovirus infection and restores the infectivity of an adenovirus mutant that is restricted by autophagy. By comparing adenovirus-induced membrane damage to sterile lysosomal damage, we implicate TBK1 in the response to a broader range of types of membrane damage. Our study thus highlights an important role for TBK1 in the cellular response to adenoviral endosome penetration and places TBK1 early in the pathway leading to autophagy in response to membrane damage. Rapid detection of invading pathogens is crucial for cell survival. Membrane alterations in this process are detected by cells but are rarely studied in the context of viral infections. TBK1 is an important kinase driving innate immunity and autophagy in response to pathogen invasion. Here we report that TBK1 promotes autophagy in response to membrane penetration by adenoviruses. We demonstrate that TBK1 is rapidly activated and recruited to virus membrane penetration sites, and promotes autophagy through its kinase activity. We show that TBK1 recruitment depends on membrane damage recognition via galectin 8 but occurs independently of classical autophagy receptors or functional autophagy. Moreover, we demonstrate that TBK1 activation is part of a wider cellular response to endo-lysosomal damage. Our work highlights a prominent role for TBK1 in the swift cellular response to membrane damage and the downstream activation of autophagy.
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Cai D, Gao W, Li Z, Zhang Y, Xiao L, Xiao Y. Current Development of Nano-Drug Delivery to Target Macrophages. Biomedicines 2022; 10:1203. [PMID: 35625939 PMCID: PMC9139084 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10051203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Macrophages are the most important innate immune cells that participate in various inflammation-related diseases. Therefore, macrophage-related pathological processes are essential targets in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Since nanoparticles (NPs) can be preferentially taken up by macrophages, NPs have attracted most attention for specific macrophage-targeting. In this review, the interactions between NPs and the immune system are introduced to help understand the pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of NPs in immune cells. The current design and strategy of NPs modification for specific macrophage-targeting are investigated and summarized.
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- Donglin Cai
- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (D.C.); (W.G.); (Z.L.)
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (D.C.); (W.G.); (Z.L.)
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (D.C.); (W.G.); (Z.L.)
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (D.C.); (W.G.); (Z.L.)
- Australia-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave., Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Technologies, School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; (D.C.); (W.G.); (Z.L.)
- Australia-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave., Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
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Tingting W, Tianqi F, Xinyu W, Can Z, Xue S, Xuming D, Jianfeng W. Amentoflavone attenuates Listeria monocytogenes pathogenicity through an LLO-dependent mechanism. Br J Pharmacol 2022; 179:3839-3858. [PMID: 35229287 DOI: 10.1111/bph.15827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background and purpose L. monocytogenes remain a leading cause of foodborne infection. Listeriolysin O (LLO), an indispensable virulence determinant involved in diverse pathogenic mechanisms of L. monocytogenes infection, represents a promising therapeutic target. In this study, we sought to identify an effective inhibitor of LLO pore formation and its mechanism of action in the treatment of L. monocytogenes infection. Experimental approach Hemolysis assay was carried out to screen an effective LLO inhibitor. The interaction between candidate and LLO was investigated using SPR assay and MD. The effect of candidate on LLO-mediated cytotoxicity, barrier disruption and immune response were investigated. Finally, the in vivo effect of candidate on mice challenged with L. monocytogenes was examined. Key results Amentoflavone, a natural flavone broadly present in traditional Chinese herbs, effectively inhibited LLO pore formation by engaging the residues Lys93, Asp416, Tyr469 and Lys505 in LLO. Amentoflavone dose-dependently reduced L. monocytogenes-induced cell injury in an LLO-dependent manner. In the Caco-2 monolayer model, amentoflavone maintained the integrity of the epithelial barrier exposed to LLO. Additionally, amentoflavone inhibited the inflammatory response evoked by L. monocytogenes in an LLO-dependent manner, and such inhibition was attributed to its ability to block perforation-associated K+ efflux and Ca2+ influx. In mice infection model, amentoflavone treatment significantly reduced bacterial burdens and pathological lesions in target organs, with a significant increase in the survival rate. Conclusions and implications Amentoflavone reduced the pathogenicity of L. monocytogenes by specifically inhibiting LLO pore formation, and this natural compound may present a potential candidate treatment for L. monocytogenes infection.
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- Wang Tingting
- State Key Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Food Science, College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Riazanski V, Mauleon G, Zimnicka AM, Chen S, Nelson DJ. Phagosomal chloride dynamics in the alveolar macrophage. iScience 2022; 25:103636. [PMID: 35024579 PMCID: PMC8733233 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Acidification in intracellular organelles is tightly linked to the influx of Cl- counteracting proton translocation by the electrogenic V-ATPase. We quantified the dynamics of Cl- transfer accompanying cargo incorporation into single phagosomes in alveolar macrophages (AMs). Phagosomal Cl- concentration and acidification magnitude were followed in real time with maximal acidification achieved at levels of approximately 200 mM. Live cell confocal microscopy verified that phagosomal Cl- influx utilized predominantly the Cl- channel CFTR. Relative levels of elemental chlorine (Cl) in hard X-ray fluorescence microprobe (XFM) analysis within single phagosomes validated the increase in Cl- content. XFM revealed the complex interplay between elemental K content inside the phagosome and changes in Cl- during phagosomal particle uptake. Cl- -dependent changes in phagosomal membrane potential were obtained using second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy. These studies provide a mechanistic insight for screening studies in drug development targeting pulmonary inflammatory disease.
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- Vladimir Riazanski
- The University of Chicago, Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, 947 E. 58th Street, MC 0926, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- The University of Chicago, Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, 947 E. 58th Street, MC 0926, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- The University of Chicago, Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, 947 E. 58th Street, MC 0926, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- The University of Chicago, Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, 947 E. 58th Street, MC 0926, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Banerji R, Karkee A, Kanojiya P, Saroj SD. Pore-forming toxins of foodborne pathogens. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2021; 20:2265-2285. [PMID: 33773026 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are water-soluble molecules that have been identified as the most crucial virulence factors during bacterial pathogenesis. PFTs disrupt the host cell membrane to internalize or to deliver other bacterial or virulence factors for establishing infections. Disruption of the host cell membrane by PFTs can lead to uncontrollable exchanges between the extracellular and the intracellular matrix, thereby disturbing the cellular homeostasis. Recent studies have provided insights into the molecular mechanism of PFTs during pathogenesis. Evidence also suggests the activation of several signal transduction pathways in the host cell on recognition of PFTs. Additionally, numerous distinctive host defense mechanisms as well as membrane repair mechanisms have been reported; however, studies reveal that PFTs aid in host immune evasion of the bacteria through numerous pathways. PFTs have been primarily associated with foodborne pathogens. Infection and death from diseases by consuming contaminated food are a constant threat to public health worldwide, affecting socioeconomic development. Moreover, the emergence of new foodborne pathogens has led to the rise of bacterial antimicrobial resistance affecting the population. Hence, this review focuses on the role of PFTs secreted by foodborne pathogens. The review highlights the molecular mechanism of foodborne bacterial PFTs, assisting bacterial survival from the host immune responses and understanding the downstream mechanism in the activation of various signaling pathways in the host upon PFT recognition. PFT research is a remarkable and an important field for exploring novel and broad applications of antimicrobial compounds as therapeutics.
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- Rajashri Banerji
- Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
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- Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
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- Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
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- Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
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Abundant Monovalent Ions as Environmental Signposts for Pathogens during Host Colonization. Infect Immun 2021; 89:IAI.00641-20. [PMID: 33526568 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00641-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Host colonization by a pathogen requires proper sensing and response to local environmental cues, to ensure adaptation and continued survival within the host. The ionic milieu represents a critical potential source of environmental cues, and indeed, there has been extensive study of the interplay between host and pathogen in the context of metals such as iron, zinc, and manganese, vital ions that are actively sequestered by the host. The inherent non-uniformity of the ionic milieu also extends, however, to "abundant" ions such as chloride and potassium, whose concentrations vary greatly between tissue and cellular locations, and with the immune response. Despite this, the concept of abundant ions as environmental cues and key players in host-pathogen interactions is only just emerging. Focusing on chloride and potassium, this review brings together studies across multiple bacterial and parasitic species that have begun to define both how these abundant ions are exploited as cues during host infection, and how they can be actively manipulated by pathogens during host colonization. The close links between ion homeostasis and sensing/response to different ionic signals, and the importance of studying pathogen response to cues in combination, are also discussed, while considering the fundamental insight still to be uncovered from further studies in this nascent area of inquiry.
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The molecular mechanisms of listeriolysin O-induced lipid membrane damage. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2021; 1863:183604. [PMID: 33722646 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular food-borne pathogen that causes listeriosis, a severe and potentially life-threatening disease. Listeria uses a number of virulence factors to proliferate and spread to various cells and tissues. In this process, three bacterial virulence factors, the pore-forming protein listeriolysin O and phospholipases PlcA and PlcB, play a crucial role. Listeriolysin O belongs to a family of cholesterol-dependent cytolysins that are mostly expressed by gram-positive bacteria. Its unique structural features in an otherwise conserved three-dimensional fold, such as the acidic triad and proline-glutamate-serine-threonine-like sequence, enable the regulation of its intracellular activity as well as distinct extracellular functions. The stability of listeriolysin O is pH- and temperature-dependent, and this provides another layer of control of its activity in cells. Moreover, many recent studies have demonstrated a unique mechanism of pore formation by listeriolysin O, i.e., the formation of arc-shaped oligomers that can subsequently fuse to form membrane defects of various shapes and sizes. During listerial invasion of host cells, these membrane defects can disrupt phagosome membranes, allowing bacteria to escape into the cytosol and rapidly multiply. The activity of listeriolysin O is profoundly dependent on the amount and accessibility of cholesterol in the lipid membrane, which can be modulated by the phospholipase PlcB. All these prominent features of listeriolysin O play a role during different stages of the L. monocytogenes life cycle by promoting the proliferation of the pathogen while mitigating excessive damage to its replicative niche in the cytosol of the host cell.
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Daussy CF, Wodrich H. "Repair Me if You Can": Membrane Damage, Response, and Control from the Viral Perspective. Cells 2020; 9:cells9092042. [PMID: 32906744 PMCID: PMC7564661 DOI: 10.3390/cells9092042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cells are constantly challenged by pathogens (bacteria, virus, and fungi), and protein aggregates or chemicals, which can provoke membrane damage at the plasma membrane or within the endo-lysosomal compartments. Detection of endo-lysosomal rupture depends on a family of sugar-binding lectins, known as galectins, which sense the abnormal exposure of glycans to the cytoplasm upon membrane damage. Galectins in conjunction with other factors orchestrate specific membrane damage responses such as the recruitment of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery to either repair damaged membranes or the activation of autophagy to remove membrane remnants. If not controlled, membrane damage causes the release of harmful components including protons, reactive oxygen species, or cathepsins that will elicit inflammation. In this review, we provide an overview of current knowledge on membrane damage and cellular responses. In particular, we focus on the endo-lysosomal damage triggered by non-enveloped viruses (such as adenovirus) and discuss viral strategies to control the cellular membrane damage response. Finally, we debate the link between autophagy and inflammation in this context and discuss the possibility that virus induced autophagy upon entry limits inflammation.
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Bianchi F, van den Bogaart G. Vacuolar escape of foodborne bacterial pathogens. J Cell Sci 2020; 134:134/5/jcs247221. [PMID: 32873733 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.247221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The intracellular pathogens Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus are major causes of foodborne illnesses. Following the ingestion of contaminated food or beverages, pathogens can invade epithelial cells, immune cells and other cell types. Pathogens survive and proliferate intracellularly via two main strategies. First, the pathogens can remain in membrane-bound vacuoles and tailor organellar trafficking to evade host-cell defenses and gain access to nutrients. Second, pathogens can rupture the vacuolar membrane and proliferate within the nutrient-rich cytosol of the host cell. Although this virulence strategy of vacuolar escape is well known for L. monocytogenes and Shigella spp., it has recently become clear that S. aureus and Salmonella spp. also gain access to the cytosol, and that this is important for their survival and growth. In this Review, we discuss the molecular mechanisms of how these intracellular pathogens rupture the vacuolar membrane by secreting a combination of proteins that lyse the membranes or that remodel the lipids of the vacuolar membrane, such as phospholipases. In addition, we also propose that oxidation of the vacuolar membrane also contributes to cytosolic pathogen escape. Understanding these escape mechanisms could aid in the identification of new therapeutic approaches to combat foodborne pathogens.
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- Frans Bianchi
- Department of Molecular Immunology and Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9722GR Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Immunology and Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9722GR Groningen, The Netherlands .,Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 9625GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Interaction of Macrophages and Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins: The Impact on Immune Response and Cellular Survival. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12090531. [PMID: 32825096 PMCID: PMC7551085 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12090531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDCs) are key virulence factors involved in many lethal bacterial infections, including pneumonia, necrotizing soft tissue infections, bacterial meningitis, and miscarriage. Host responses to these diseases involve myeloid cells, especially macrophages. Macrophages use several systems to detect and respond to cholesterol-dependent cytolysins, including membrane repair, mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling, phagocytosis, cytokine production, and activation of the adaptive immune system. However, CDCs also promote immune evasion by silencing and/or destroying myeloid cells. While there are many common themes between the various CDCs, each CDC also possesses specific features to optimally benefit the pathogen producing it. This review highlights host responses to CDC pathogenesis with a focus on macrophages. Due to their robust plasticity, macrophages play key roles in the outcome of bacterial infections. Understanding the unique features and differences within the common theme of CDCs bolsters new tools for research and therapy.
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Turton KB, Ingram RJ, Valvano MA. Macrophage dysfunction in cystic fibrosis: Nature or nurture? J Leukoc Biol 2020; 109:573-582. [PMID: 32678926 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.4ru0620-245r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) affect the homeostasis of chloride flux by epithelial cells. This has deleterious consequences, especially in respiratory epithelia, where the defect results in mucus accumulation distinctive of cystic fibrosis. CFTR is, however, also expressed in phagocytic cells, like macrophages. Immune cells are highly sensitive to conditioning by their environment; thus, CFTR dysfunction in epithelia influences macrophages by affecting the lung milieu, but the mutations also appear to be directly consequential for intrinsic macrophage functions. Particular mutations can alter CFTR's folding, traffic of the protein to the membrane and function. As such, understanding the intrinsic effects of CFTR mutation requires distinguishing the secondary effects of misfolded CFTR on cell stress pathways from the primary defect of CFTR dysfunction/absence. Investigations into CFTR's role in macrophages have exploited various models, each with their own advantages and limitations. This review summarizes these methodologic approaches, discussing their physiological correspondence and highlighting key findings. The controversy surrounding CFTR-dependent acidification is used as a case study to highlight difficulties in commensurability across model systems. Recent work in macrophage biology, including polarization and host-pathogen interaction studies, brought into the context of CFTR research, offers potential explanations for observed discrepancies between studies. Moreover, the rapid advancement of novel gene editing technologies and new macrophage model systems makes this assessment of the field's models and methodologies timely.
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- Keren B Turton
- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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The Gram-positive pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is able to promote its entry into a diverse range of mammalian host cells by triggering plasma membrane remodeling, leading to bacterial engulfment. Upon cell invasion, L. monocytogenes disrupts its internalization vacuole and translocates to the cytoplasm, where bacterial replication takes place. Subsequently, L. monocytogenes uses an actin-based motility system that allows bacterial cytoplasmic movement and cell-to-cell spread. L. monocytogenes therefore subverts host cell receptors, organelles and the cytoskeleton at different infection steps, manipulating diverse cellular functions that include ion transport, membrane trafficking, post-translational modifications, phosphoinositide production, innate immune responses as well as gene expression and DNA stability.
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Lu G, Xu L, Zhang T, Deng X, Wang J. A potential bio-control agent from baical skullcap root against listeriosis via the inhibition of sortase A and listeriolysin O. J Cell Mol Med 2019; 23:2042-2051. [PMID: 30585434 PMCID: PMC6378236 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a classical model intracellular pathogen and the leading cause of listeriosis, which has long been a global public health issue. The successful infection of LM is related to a series of virulence factors, such as the transpeptidase enzyme sortase A (SrtA) and listeriolysin O (LLO), which are crucial for bacterial internalization and escape from phagosomes respectively. It is speculated that targeting multiple virulence factors may be due to a synergistic effect on listeriosis therapy. In this study, an active flavonoids component of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, baicalein, was found to potently block both listerial SrtA catalyzed activity and LLO hemolytic activity within 16 μg/mL. After pretreatment with baicalein, 86.30 (±11.35) % of LM failed to associate with Caco-2 cells compared to the LM without preincubation (regarded as 100% internalization). Furthermore, baicalein addition may aid in bacterial degradation and clearance in macrophagocytes. During a 5 h observation, LM in cells incubated with baicalein showed significantly decreased vacuole escapes and sluggish endocellular growth. In addition, baicalein directly prevented LM-induced cells injury and mice fatality (survival rate from 10.00% to 54.55% in 4 days post-intraperitoneal injection). Taken together, as an antagonist against SrtA and LLO, baicalein can be further developed into a biotherapeutic agent for listeriosis.
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- Gejin Lu
- Center of Infection and Immunity, First HospitalJilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130021China
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of EducationInstitute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130062China
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- Center of Infection and Immunity, First HospitalJilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130021China
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of EducationInstitute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130062China
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- Center of Infection and Immunity, First HospitalJilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130021China
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of EducationInstitute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130062China
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- Center of Infection and Immunity, First HospitalJilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130021China
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of EducationInstitute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130062China
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- Center of Infection and Immunity, First HospitalJilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130021China
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of EducationInstitute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin UniversityChangchunJilin, 130062China
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Osborne SE, Brumell JH. Listeriolysin O: from bazooka to Swiss army knife. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018. [PMID: 28630160 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen. Infections in humans can lead to listeriosis, a systemic disease with a high mortality rate. One important mechanism of Lm dissemination involves cell-to-cell spread after bacteria have entered the cytosol of host cells. Listeriolysin O (LLO; encoded by the hly gene) is a virulence factor present in Lm that plays a central role in the cell-to-cell spread process. LLO is a member of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin (CDC) family of toxins that were initially thought to promote disease largely by inducing cell death and tissue destruction-essentially acting like a 'bazooka'. This view was supported by structural studies showing CDCs can form large pores in membranes. However, it is now appreciated that LLO has many subtle activities during Lm infection of host cells, and many of these likely do not involve large pores, but rather small membrane perforations. It is also appreciated that membrane repair pathways of host cells play a major role in limiting membrane damage by LLO and other toxins. LLO is now thought to represent a 'Swiss army knife', a versatile tool that allows Lm to induce many membrane alterations and cellular responses that promote bacterial dissemination during infection.This article is part of the themed issue 'Membrane pores: from structure and assembly, to medicine and technology'.
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- Suzanne E Osborne
- Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X8
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- Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X8 .,Sickkids IBD Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X8.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8.,Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8
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Ribeiro CMP, Lubamba BA. Role of IRE1α/XBP-1 in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Inflammation. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18010118. [PMID: 28075361 PMCID: PMC5297752 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18010118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) pulmonary disease is characterized by chronic airway infection and inflammation. The infectious and inflamed CF airway environment impacts on the innate defense of airway epithelia and airway macrophages. The CF airway milieu induces an adaptation in these cells characterized by increased basal inflammation and a robust inflammatory response to inflammatory mediators. Recent studies have indicated that these responses depend on activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR). This review discusses the contribution of airway epithelia and airway macrophages to CF airway inflammatory responses and specifically highlights the functional importance of the UPR pathway mediated by IRE1/XBP-1 in these processes. These findings suggest that targeting the IRE1/XBP-1 UPR pathway may be a therapeutic strategy for CF airway disease.
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- Carla M P Ribeiro
- Marsico Lung Institute/Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
- Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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- Marsico Lung Institute/Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Quereda JJ, Sachse M, Balestrino D, Grenier T, Fredlund J, Danckaert A, Aulner N, Shorte S, Enninga J, Cossart P, Pizarro-Cerdá J. Assessing Vacuolar Escape of Listeria Monocytogenes. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1535:173-195. [PMID: 27914079 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6673-8_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterial pathogen which invades and multiplies within non-professional phagocytes. Signaling cascades involved in cellular entry have been extensively analyzed, but the events leading to vacuolar escape remain less clear. In this chapter, we detail a microscopy FRET-based assay which allows quantitatively measuring L. monocytogenes infection and escape from its internalization vacuole, as well as a correlative light/electron microscopy method to investigate the morphological features of the vacuolar compartments containing L. monocytogenes.
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- Juan J Quereda
- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, 75015, France
- INSERM, U604, Paris, 75015, France
- INRA, USC2020, Paris, 75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Ultrapole-CITech, Paris, 75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, 75015, France
- INSERM, U604, Paris, 75015, France
- INRA, USC2020, Paris, 75015, France
- UMR CNRS 6023, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, 75015, France
- INSERM, U604, Paris, 75015, France
- INRA, USC2020, Paris, 75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Dynamique des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, Paris, 75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Imagopole-CITech, Paris, 75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Imagopole-CITech, Paris, 75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Dynamique des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, Paris, 75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, 75015, France
- INSERM, U604, Paris, 75015, France
- INRA, USC2020, Paris, 75015, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, 75015, France.
- INSERM, U604, Paris, 75015, France.
- INRA, USC2020, Paris, 75015, France.
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Liu B, Teng Z, Wang J, Lu G, Deng X, Li L. Inhibition of listeriolysin O oligomerization by lutein prevents Listeria monocytogenes infection. Fitoterapia 2016; 116:45-50. [PMID: 27884571 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2016.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The foodborne pathogenic bacterial species Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) has caused incalculable damages to public health, and its successful infection requires various virulence factors, including Listeriolysin O (LLO). By forming pores in phagosomal membranes and even in some organelles, LLO plays an indispensable role in the ability of L. monocytogenes to escape from host immune attacks. Because of its critical role, LLO offers an appropriate therapeutic target against L. monocytogenes infection. Here, lutein, a natural small molecule existing widely in fruits and vegetables, is demonstrated as an effective inhibitor of LLO that works by blocking its oligomerization during invasion without showing significant bacteriostatic activity. Further assays applying lutein in cell culture models of invasion and in animal models showed that lutein could effectively inhibit L. monocytogenes infection. Overall, our results indicate that lutein may represent a promising and novel therapeutic agent against L. monocytogenes infection.
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- Bowen Liu
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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The impact of impaired macrophage functions in cystic fibrosis disease progression. J Cyst Fibros 2016; 16:443-453. [PMID: 27856165 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The underlying cause of morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF) is the decline in lung function, which results in part from chronic inflammation. Inflammation and infection occur early in infancy in CF and the role of innate immune defense in CF has been highlighted in the last years. Once thought simply to be consumers of bacteria, macrophages have emerged as highly sensitive immune cells that are located at the balance point between inflammation and resolution of this inflammation in CF pathophysiology. In order to assess the potential role of macrophage in CF, we review the evidence that: (1) CF macrophage has a dysregulated inflammatory phenotype; (2) CF macrophage presents altered phagocytosis capacity and bacterial killing; and (3) lipid disorders in CF macrophage affect its function. These alterations of macrophage weaken innate defense of CF patients and may be involved in CF disease progression and lung damage.
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Mu H, Niu H, Wang D, Sun F, Sun Y, Duan J. Chitosan conjugation enables intracellular bacteria susceptible to aminoglycoside antibiotic. Glycobiology 2016; 26:1190-1197. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Mitchell G, Chen C, Portnoy DA. Strategies Used by Bacteria to Grow in Macrophages. Microbiol Spectr 2016; 4:10.1128/microbiolspec.MCHD-0012-2015. [PMID: 27337444 PMCID: PMC4922531 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.mchd-0012-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Intracellular bacteria are often clinically relevant pathogens that infect virtually every cell type found in host organisms. However, myeloid cells, especially macrophages, constitute the primary cells targeted by most species of intracellular bacteria. Paradoxically, macrophages possess an extensive antimicrobial arsenal and are efficient at killing microbes. In addition to their ability to detect and signal the presence of pathogens, macrophages sequester and digest microorganisms using the phagolysosomal and autophagy pathways or, ultimately, eliminate themselves through the induction of programmed cell death. Consequently, intracellular bacteria influence numerous host processes and deploy sophisticated strategies to replicate within these host cells. Although most intracellular bacteria have a unique intracellular life cycle, these pathogens are broadly categorized into intravacuolar and cytosolic bacteria. Following phagocytosis, intravacuolar bacteria reside in the host endomembrane system and, to some extent, are protected from the host cytosolic innate immune defenses. However, the intravacuolar lifestyle requires the generation and maintenance of unique specialized bacteria-containing vacuoles and involves a complex network of host-pathogen interactions. Conversely, cytosolic bacteria escape the phagolysosomal pathway and thrive in the nutrient-rich cytosol despite the presence of host cell-autonomous defenses. The understanding of host-pathogen interactions involved in the pathogenesis of intracellular bacteria will continue to provide mechanistic insights into basic cellular processes and may lead to the discovery of novel therapeutics targeting infectious and inflammatory diseases.
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- Gabriel Mitchell
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Mellouk N, Enninga J. Cytosolic Access of Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens: The Shigella Paradigm. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2016; 6:35. [PMID: 27092296 PMCID: PMC4820437 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Shigella is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen, which causes bacillary dysentery in humans. A crucial step of Shigella infection is its invasion of epithelial cells. Using a type III secretion system, Shigella injects several bacterial effectors ultimately leading to bacterial internalization within a vacuole. Then, Shigella escapes rapidly from the vacuole, it replicates within the cytosol and spreads from cell-to-cell. The molecular mechanism of vacuolar rupture used by Shigella has been studied in some detail during the recent years and new paradigms are emerging about the underlying molecular events. For decades, bacterial effector proteins were portrayed as main actors inducing vacuolar rupture. This includes the effector/translocators IpaB and IpaC. More recently, this has been challenged and an implication of the host cell in the process of vacuolar rupture has been put forward. This includes the bacterial subversion of host trafficking regulators, such as the Rab GTPase Rab11. The involvement of the host in determining bacterial vacuolar integrity has also been found for other bacterial pathogens, particularly for Salmonella. Here, we will discuss our current view of host factor and pathogen effector implications during Shigella vacuolar rupture and the steps leading to it.
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- Nora Mellouk
- Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions Unit, Institut Pasteur Paris, France
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- Dynamics of Host-Pathogen Interactions Unit, Institut Pasteur Paris, France
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Ahmad L, Hung TL, Mat Akhir NA, Mohamed R, Nathan S, Firdaus-Raih M. Characterization of Burkholderia pseudomallei protein BPSL1375 validates the Putative hemolytic activity of the COG3176 N-Acyltransferase family. BMC Microbiol 2015; 15:270. [PMID: 26597807 PMCID: PMC4657338 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0604-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There are still numerous protein subfamilies within families and superfamilies that do not yet have conclusive empirical experimental evidence providing a specific function. These proteins persist in databases with the annotation of a specific 'putative' function made by association with discernible features in the protein sequence. RESULTS Here, we report the characterization of one such protein produced by the pathogenic soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, BPSL1375, which provided evidence for putative hemolysins in the COG3176 family to have experimentally validated hemolytic activity. BPSL1375 can be classified into the N-acyltransferase superfamily, specifically to members of the COG3176 family. Sequence alignments identified seven highly conserved residues (Arg54, Phe58, Asp75, Asp78, Arg99, Glu132 and Arg135), of which several have been implicated with N-acyltransferase activity in previously characterized examples. Using the 3D model of an N-acyltransferase example as a reference, an acyl homoserine lactone synthase, we generated 3D structure models for mutants of six of the seven N-acyltransferase conserved residues (R54, D75, D78, R99, E132 and R135). Both the R99 and R135 mutants resulted in a loss of hemolytic activity while mutations at the other five positions resulted in either reduction or increment in hemolytic activity. CONCLUSIONS The implication of residues previously characterized to be important for N-acyltransferase activity to hemolytic activity for the COG3176 family members of the N-acyltransferase provides validation of the correct placement of the hemolytic capability annotation within the N-acyltransferase superfamily.
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- Laziana Ahmad
- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Malaysia Genome Institute, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
- INTI International University, Bandar Baru Nilai, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, 71800, Malaysia.
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
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A Dual Microscopy-Based Assay To Assess Listeria monocytogenes Cellular Entry and Vacuolar Escape. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 82:211-7. [PMID: 26497455 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02302-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium and a facultative intracellular pathogen that invades mammalian cells, disrupts its internalization vacuole, and proliferates in the host cell cytoplasm. Here, we describe a novel image-based microscopy assay that allows discrimination between cellular entry and vacuolar escape, enabling high-content screening to identify factors specifically involved in these two steps. We first generated L. monocytogenes and Listeria innocua strains expressing a β-lactamase covalently attached to the bacterial cell wall. These strains were then incubated with HeLa cells containing the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) probe CCF4 in their cytoplasm. The CCF4 probe was cleaved by the bacterial surface β-lactamase only in cells inoculated with L. monocytogenes but not those inoculated with L. innocua, thereby demonstrating bacterial access to the host cytoplasm. Subsequently, we performed differential immunofluorescence staining to distinguish extracellular versus total bacterial populations in samples that were also analyzed by the FRET-based assay. With this two-step analysis, bacterial entry can be distinguished from vacuolar rupture in a single experiment. Our novel approach represents a powerful tool for identifying factors that determine the intracellular niche of L. monocytogenes.
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Nichols DP, Chmiel JF. Inflammation and its genesis in cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol 2015; 50 Suppl 40:S39-56. [PMID: 26335954 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.23242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2015] [Revised: 06/07/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The host inflammatory response in cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease has long been recognized as a central pathological feature and an important therapeutic target. Indeed, many believe that bronchiectasis results largely from the oxidative and proteolytic damage comprised within an exuberant airway inflammatory response that is dominated by neutrophils. In this review, we address the longstanding argument of whether or not the inflammatory response is directly attributable to impairment of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator or only secondary to airway obstruction and chronic bacterial infection and challenge the importance of this distinction in the context of therapy. We also review the centrality of neutrophils in CF lung pathophysiology and highlight more recent data that suggest the importance of other cell types and signaling beyond NF-κB activation. We discuss how protease and redox imbalance are critical factors in CF airway inflammation and end by reviewing some of the more promising therapeutic approaches now under development.
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- David P Nichols
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.,Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.,National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
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Mellouk N, Weiner A, Aulner N, Schmitt C, Elbaum M, Shorte SL, Danckaert A, Enninga J. Shigella subverts the host recycling compartment to rupture its vacuole. Cell Host Microbe 2015; 16:517-30. [PMID: 25299335 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Revised: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Shigella enters epithlial cells via internalization into a vacuole. Subsequent vacuolar membrane rupture allows bacterial escape into the cytosol for replication and cell-to-cell spread. Bacterial effectors such as IpgD, a PI(4,5)P2 phosphatase that generates PI(5)P and alters host actin, facilitate this internalization. Here, we identify host proteins involved in Shigella uptake and vacuolar membrane rupture by high-content siRNA screening and subsequently focus on Rab11, a constituent of the recycling compartment. Rab11-positive vesicles are recruited to the invasion site before vacuolar rupture, and Rab11 knockdown dramatically decreases vacuolar membrane rupture. Additionally, Rab11 recruitment is absent and vacuolar rupture is delayed in the ipgD mutant that does not dephosphorylate PI(4,5)P₂ into PI(5)P. Ultrastructural analyses of Rab11-positive vesicles further reveal that ipgD mutant-containing vacuoles become confined in actin structures that likely contribute to delayed vacular rupture. These findings provide insight into the underlying molecular mechanism of vacuole progression and rupture during Shigella invasion.
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- Nora Mellouk
- Institut Pasteur, Dynamics of Host-Pathogen interactions Unit, 25 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Dynamics of Host-Pathogen interactions Unit, 25 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Imagopole, 28 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Imagopole, 28 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Sciences, 234 Herzl Street, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Institut Pasteur, Imagopole, 28 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Imagopole, 28 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Dynamics of Host-Pathogen interactions Unit, 25 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France.
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Organelle targeting during bacterial infection: insights from Listeria. Trends Cell Biol 2015; 25:330-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ni I, Ji C, Vij N. Second-hand cigarette smoke impairs bacterial phagocytosis in macrophages by modulating CFTR dependent lipid-rafts. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0121200. [PMID: 25794013 PMCID: PMC4368805 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Introduction First/Second-hand cigarette-smoke (FHS/SHS) exposure weakens immune defenses inducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Hence, we evaluated if SHS induced changes in membrane/lipid-raft (m-/r)-CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) expression/activity is a potential mechanism for impaired bacterial phagocytosis in COPD. Methods RAW264.7 murine macrophages were exposed to freshly prepared CS-extract (CSE) containing culture media and/or Pseudomonas-aeruginosa-PA01-GFP for phagocytosis (fluorescence-microscopy), bacterial survival (colony-forming-units-CFU), and immunoblotting assays. The CFTR-expression/activity and lipid-rafts were modulated by transient-transfection or inhibitors/inducers. Next, mice were exposed to acute/sub-chronic-SHS or room-air (5-days/3-weeks) and infected with PA01-GFP, followed by quantification of bacterial survival by CFU-assay. Results We investigated the effect of CSE treatment on RAW264.7 cells infected by PA01-GFP and observed that CSE treatment significantly (p<0.01) inhibits PA01-GFP phagocytosis as compared to the controls. We also verified this in murine model, exposed to acute/sub-chronic-SHS and found significant (p<0.05, p<0.02) increase in bacterial survival in the SHS-exposed lungs as compared to the room-air controls. Next, we examined the effect of impaired CFTR ion-channel-activity on PA01-GFP infection of RAW264.7 cells using CFTR172-inhibitor and found no significant change in phagocytosis. We also similarly evaluated the effect of a CFTR corrector-potentiator compound, VRT-532, and observed no significant rescue of CSE impaired PA01-GFP phagocytosis although it significantly (p<0.05) decreases CSE induced bacterial survival. Moreover, induction of CFTR expression in macrophages significantly (p<0.03) improves CSE impaired PA01-GFP phagocytosis as compared to the control. Next, we verified the link between m-/r-CFTR expression and phagocytosis using methyl-β-cyclodextran (CD), as it is known to deplete CFTR from membrane lipid-rafts. We observed that CD treatment significantly (p<0.01) inhibits bacterial phagocytosis in RAW264.7 cells and adding CSE further impairs phagocytosis suggesting synergistic effect on CFTR dependent lipid-rafts. Conclusion Our data suggest that SHS impairs bacterial phagocytosis by modulating CFTR dependent lipid-rafts.
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- Inzer Ni
- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Foundational Sciences, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
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Knodler LA. Salmonella enterica: living a double life in epithelial cells. Curr Opin Microbiol 2015; 23:23-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fredlund J, Enninga J. Cytoplasmic access by intracellular bacterial pathogens. Trends Microbiol 2014; 22:128-37. [PMID: 24530174 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Entry into host cells is a strategy widely used by bacterial pathogens, after which they either remain within membrane-bound compartments or rupture the endocytic vacuole to reach the cytoplasm. During recent years, cytoplasmic access has been documented for an increasing number of pathogens. Here we review how classical cytoplasmic bacterial pathogens rupture their endocytic vacuoles as well as the mechanisms used to accomplish this task by bacterial species for which host cytoplasmic localization has only recently been identified. We also discuss the consequences for pathogenesis resulting from this change in intracellular localization, with a particular focus on the role of the host. What emerges is that cytoplasmic access plays an important role in the pathophysiology of an increasing number of intracellular bacterial pathogens.
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- Jennifer Fredlund
- Unité 'Dynamique des interactions hôte-pathogène', Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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- Unité 'Dynamique des interactions hôte-pathogène', Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, France.
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Seveau S. Multifaceted activity of listeriolysin O, the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin of Listeria monocytogenes. Subcell Biochem 2014; 80:161-95. [PMID: 24798012 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8881-6_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDCs) are a large family of pore-forming toxins that are produced by numerous Gram-positive bacterial pathogens. These toxins are released in the extracellular environment as water-soluble monomers or dimers that bind to cholesterol-rich membranes and assemble into large pore complexes. Depending upon their concentration, the nature of the host cell and membrane (cytoplasmic or intracellular) they target, the CDCs can elicit many different cellular responses. Among the CDCs, listeriolysin O (LLO), which is a major virulence factor of the facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, is involved in several stages of the intracellular lifecycle of the bacterium and displays unique characteristics. It has long been known that following L. monocytogenes internalization into host cells, LLO disrupts the internalization vacuole, enabling the bacterium to replicate into the host cell cytosol. LLO is then used by cytosolic bacteria to spread from cell to cell, avoiding bacterial exposure to the extracellular environment. Although LLO is continuously produced during the intracellular lifecycle of L. monocytogenes, several processes limit its toxicity to ensure the survival of infected cells. It was previously thought that LLO activity was limited to mediating vacuolar escape during bacterial entry and cell to cell spreading. This concept has been challenged by compelling evidence suggesting that LLO secreted by extracellular L. monocytogenes perforates the host cell plasma membrane, triggering important host cell responses. This chapter provides an overview of the well-established intracellular activity of LLO and the multiple roles attributed to LLO secreted by extracellular L. monocytogenes.
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- Stephanie Seveau
- Department of Microbiology, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, 484 West, 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210-1292, USA,
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Arnett E, Vadia S, Nackerman CC, Oghumu S, Satoskar AR, McLeish KR, Uriarte SM, Seveau S. The pore-forming toxin listeriolysin O is degraded by neutrophil metalloproteinase-8 and fails to mediate Listeria monocytogenes intracellular survival in neutrophils. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 192:234-44. [PMID: 24319266 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The pore-forming toxin listeriolysin O (LLO) is a major virulence factor secreted by the facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. This toxin facilitates L. monocytogenes intracellular survival in macrophages and diverse nonphagocytic cells by disrupting the internalization vesicle, releasing the bacterium into its replicative niche, the cytosol. Neutrophils are innate immune cells that play an important role in the control of infections, yet it was unknown if LLO could confer a survival advantage to L. monocytogenes in neutrophils. We report that LLO can enhance the phagocytic efficiency of human neutrophils and is unable to protect L. monocytogenes from intracellular killing. To explain the absence of L. monocytogenes survival in neutrophils, we hypothesized that neutrophil degranulation leads to the release of LLO-neutralizing molecules in the forming phagosome. In support of this, L. monocytogenes is a potent inducer of neutrophil degranulation, since its virulence factors, such as LLO, facilitate granule exocytosis. Within the first few minutes of interaction with L. monocytogenes, granules can fuse with the plasma membrane at the bacterial interaction site before closure of the phagosome. Furthermore, granule products directly degrade LLO, irreversibly inhibiting its activity. The matrix metalloproteinase-8, stored in secondary granules, was identified as an endoprotease that degrades LLO, and blocking neutrophil proteases increased L. monocytogenes intracellular survival. In conclusion, we propose that LLO degradation by matrix metalloproteinase-8 during phagocytosis protects neutrophil membranes from perforation and contributes to maintaining L. monocytogenes in a bactericidal phagosome from which it cannot escape.
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- Eusondia Arnett
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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A wide spectrum of pathogenic bacteria and protozoa has adapted to an intracellular life-style, which presents several advantages, including accessibility to host cell metabolites and protection from the host immune system. Intracellular pathogens have developed strategies to enter and exit their host cells while optimizing survival and replication, progression through the life cycle, and transmission. Over the last decades, research has focused primarily on entry, while the exit process has suffered from neglect. However, pathogen exit is of fundamental importance because of its intimate association with dissemination, transmission, and inflammation. Hence, to fully understand virulence mechanisms of intracellular pathogens at cellular and systemic levels, it is essential to consider exit mechanisms to be a key step in infection. Exit from the host cell was initially viewed as a passive process, driven mainly by physical stress as a consequence of the explosive replication of the pathogen. It is now recognized as a complex, strategic process termed "egress," which is just as well orchestrated and temporally defined as entry into the host and relies on a dynamic interplay between host and pathogen factors. This review compares egress strategies of bacteria, pathogenic yeast, and kinetoplastid and apicomplexan parasites. Emphasis is given to recent advances in the biology of egress in mycobacteria and apicomplexans.
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Role of pore-forming toxins in neonatal sepsis. Clin Dev Immunol 2013; 2013:608456. [PMID: 23710203 PMCID: PMC3655490 DOI: 10.1155/2013/608456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein toxins are important virulence factors contributing to neonatal sepsis. The major pathogens of neonatal sepsis, group B Streptococci, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus, secrete toxins of different molecular nature, which are key for defining the disease. Amongst these toxins are pore-forming exotoxins that are expressed as soluble monomers prior to engagement of the target cell membrane with subsequent formation of an aqueous membrane pore. Membrane pore formation is not only a means for immediate lysis of the targeted cell but also a general mechanism that contributes to penetration of epithelial barriers and evasion of the immune system, thus creating survival niches for the pathogens. Pore-forming toxins, however, can also contribute to the induction of inflammation and hence to the manifestation of sepsis. Clearly, pore-forming toxins are not the sole factors that drive sepsis progression, but they often act in concert with other bacterial effectors, especially in the initial stages of neonatal sepsis manifestation.
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Tan S, Sukumar N, Abramovitch RB, Parish T, Russell DG. Mycobacterium tuberculosis responds to chloride and pH as synergistic cues to the immune status of its host cell. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003282. [PMID: 23592993 PMCID: PMC3616970 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to thrive in its phagosomal niche is critical for its establishment of a chronic infection. This requires that Mtb senses and responds to intraphagosomal signals such as pH. We hypothesized that Mtb would respond to additional intraphagosomal factors that correlate with maturation. Here, we demonstrate that [Cl⁻] and pH correlate inversely with phagosome maturation, and identify Cl⁻ as a novel environmental cue for Mtb. Mtb responds to Cl⁻ and pH synergistically, in part through the activity of the two-component regulator phoPR. Following identification of promoters responsive to Cl⁻ and pH, we generated a reporter Mtb strain that detected immune-mediated changes in the phagosomal environment during infection in a mouse model. Our study establishes Cl⁻ and pH as linked environmental cues for Mtb, and illustrates the utility of reporter bacterial strains for the study of Mtb-host interactions in vivo.
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- Shumin Tan
- Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Infectious Disease Research Institute, and Department of Global Health, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington United States of America
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- Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Phagocytosis and phagosome maturation are crucial processes in biology. Phagocytosis and the subsequent digestion of phagocytosed particles occur across a huge diversity of eukaryotes and can be achieved by many different cells within one organism. In parallel, diverse groups of pathogens have evolved mechanisms to avoid killing by phagocytic cells. The present review discusses a key innate immune cell, the macrophage, and highlights the myriad mechanisms microbes have established to escape phagocytic killing.
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- Leanne M Smith
- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K
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Bischofberger M, Iacovache I, van der Goot FG. Pathogenic pore-forming proteins: function and host response. Cell Host Microbe 2013; 12:266-75. [PMID: 22980324 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Organisms from all kingdoms produce pore-forming proteins, with the best-characterized being of bacterial origin. The last decade of research has revealed that the channels formed by these proteins can be very diverse, thus differentially affecting target cell-membrane permeability and consequent cellular outcome. The responses to these toxins are also extremely diverse due to multiple downstream effects of pore-induced changes in ion balance. Determining the secondary effects of pore-forming toxins is essential to understand their contribution to infection.
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- Mirko Bischofberger
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Global Health Institute, Station 15, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Hartl D, Gaggar A, Bruscia E, Hector A, Marcos V, Jung A, Greene C, McElvaney G, Mall M, Döring G. Innate immunity in cystic fibrosis lung disease. J Cyst Fibros 2012; 11:363-82. [PMID: 22917571 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2012.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Revised: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chronic lung disease determines the morbidity and mortality of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The pulmonary immune response in CF is characterized by an early and non-resolving activation of the innate immune system, which is dysregulated at several levels. Here we provide a comprehensive overview of innate immunity in CF lung disease, involving (i) epithelial dysfunction, (ii) pathogen sensing, (iii) leukocyte recruitment, (iv) phagocyte impairment, (v) mechanisms linking innate and adaptive immunity and (iv) the potential clinical relevance. Dissecting the complex network of innate immune regulation and associated pro-inflammatory cascades in CF lung disease may pave the way for novel immune-targeted therapies in CF and other chronic infective lung diseases.
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- D Hartl
- Department of Pediatrics I, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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Hamon MA, Ribet D, Stavru F, Cossart P. Listeriolysin O: the Swiss army knife of Listeria. Trends Microbiol 2012; 20:360-8. [PMID: 22652164 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2012] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Listeriolysin O (LLO) is a toxin produced by Listeria monocytogenes, an opportunistic bacterial pathogen responsible for the disease listeriosis. This disease starts with the ingestion of contaminated foods and mainly affects immunocompromised individuals, newborns, and pregnant women. In the laboratory, L. monocytogenes is used as a model organism to study processes such as cell invasion, intracellular survival, and cell-to-cell spreading, as this Gram-positive bacterium has evolved elaborate molecular strategies to subvert host cell functions. LLO is a major virulence factor originally shown to be crucial for bacterial escape from the internalization vacuole after entry into cells. However, recent studies are revisiting the role of LLO during infection and are revealing new insights into the action of LLO, in particular before bacterial entry. These latest findings along with their impact on the infectious process will be discussed.
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- Mélanie Anne Hamon
- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Infection, F-75015 Paris, France
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Lopez-Castejon G, Corbett D, Goldrick M, Roberts IS, Brough D. Inhibition of calpain blocks the phagosomal escape of Listeria monocytogenes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35936. [PMID: 22563421 PMCID: PMC3338540 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterium responsible for the food borne infection listeriosis, affecting principally the immunocompromised, the old, neonates and pregnant women. Following invasion L. monocytogenes escapes the phagosome and replicates in the cytoplasm. Phagosome escape is central to L. monocytogenes virulence and is required for initiating innate host-defence responses such as the secretion of the cytokine interleukin-1. Phagosome escape of L. monocytogenes is reported to depend upon host proteins such as γ-interferon-inducible lysosomal thiol reductase and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. The host cytosolic cysteine protease calpain is required in the life cycle of numerous pathogens, and previous research reports an activation of calpain by L. monocytogenes infection. Thus we sought to determine whether host calpain was required for the virulence of L. monocytogenes. Treatment of macrophages with calpain inhibitors blocked escape of L. monocytogenes from the phagosome and consequently its proliferation within the cytosol. This was independent of any direct effect on the production of bacterial virulence factors or of a bactericidal effect. Furthermore, the secretion of interleukin-1β, a host cytokine whose secretion induced by L. monocytogenes depends upon phagosome escape, was also blocked by calpain inhibition. These data indicate that L. monocytogenes co-opts host calpain to facilitate its escape from the phagosome, and more generally, that calpain may represent a cellular Achilles heel exploited by pathogens.
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Soldati T, Neyrolles O. Mycobacteria and the intraphagosomal environment: take it with a pinch of salt(s)! Traffic 2012; 13:1042-52. [PMID: 22462580 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2012.01358.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Ancient protozoan phagocytes and modern professional phagocytes of metazoans, such as macrophages, employ evolutionarily conserved mechanisms to kill microbes. These mechanisms rely on microbial ingestion, followed by maturation of the phagocytic vacuole, or so-called phagosome. Phagosome maturation includes a series of fusion and fission events with the host cell endosomes and lysosomes, leading to a rapid increase of the degradative properties of the vacuole and to the destruction of the ingested microbe within a very hostile intracellular compartment, the phagolysosome. Historically, the mechanisms and weapons used by phagocytes to kill microbes have been separated into different classes. Phagosomal acidification, together with the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, the selective manipulation of various ions in the phagosomal lumen, and finally the engagement of a battery of acidic hydrolases, are well-recognized players in this process. However, it is relatively recently that interconnections among these mechanisms have become apparent. In this review, we will focus on some emerging concepts about these interconnected aspects of the warfare at the host-pathogen interface, using mostly Mycobacterium tuberculosis as an example of intracellular pathogen. In particular, recent discoveries on the role of phagosomal ions and other chemicals in the control of pathogens, as well as mechanisms evolved by intracellular pathogens to circumvent or even exploit the weapons of the host cell will be discussed.
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- Thierry Soldati
- Départment de Biochimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Genève, Sciences II, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Genève-4, Switzerland.
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Listeria monocytogenes shows temperature-dependent and -independent responses to salt stress, including responses that induce cross-protection against other stresses. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:2602-12. [PMID: 22307309 DOI: 10.1128/aem.07658-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes experiences osmotic stress in many habitats, including foods and the gastrointestinal tract of the host. During transmission, L. monocytogenes is likely to experience osmotic stress at different temperatures and may adapt to osmotic stress in a temperature-dependent manner. To understand the impact of temperature on the responses this pathogen uses to adapt to osmotic stress, we assessed genome-wide changes in the L. monocytogenes H7858 transcriptome during short-term and long-term adaptation to salt stress at 7°C and 37°C. At both temperatures, the short-term response to salt stress included increased transcript levels of sigB and SigB-regulated genes, as well as mrpABCDEFG, encoding a sodium/proton antiporter. This antiporter was found to play a role in adaptation to salt stress at both temperatures; ΔmrpABCDEFG had a significantly longer lag phase than the parent strain in BHI plus 6% NaCl at 7°C and 37°C. The short-term adaptation to salt stress at 7°C included increased transcript levels of two genes encoding carboxypeptidases that modify peptidoglycan. These carboxypeptidases play a role in the short-term adaptation to salt stress only at 7°C, where the deletion mutants had significantly different lag phases than the parent strain. Changes in the transcriptome at both temperatures suggested that exposure to salt stress could provide cross-protection to other stresses, including peroxide stress. Short-term exposure to salt stress significantly increased H(2)O(2) resistance at both temperatures. These results provide information for the development of knowledge-based intervention methods against this pathogen, as well as provide insight into potential mechanisms of cross-protection.
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The Gram-positive bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes has become one of the best studied models in infection biology. This review will update our knowledge of Listeria virulence factors and highlight their role during the Listeria infection process.
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Lam GY, Czuczman MA, Higgins DE, Brumell JH. Interactions of Listeria monocytogenes with the Autophagy System of Host Cells. Adv Immunol 2012; 113:7-18. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394590-7.00008-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nüsse O. Biochemistry of the phagosome: the challenge to study a transient organelle. ScientificWorldJournal 2011; 11:2364-81. [PMID: 22194668 PMCID: PMC3236389 DOI: 10.1100/2011/741046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Phagocytes are specialized cells of the immune system, designed to engulf and destroy harmful microorganisms inside the newly formed phagosome. The latter is an intracellular organelle that is transformed into a toxic environment within minutes and disappears once the pathogen is destroyed. Reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species are produced inside the phagosome. Intracellular granules or lysosomes of the phagocyte fuse with the phagosome and liberate their destructive enzymes. This process of phagocytosis efficiently protects against most infections; however, some microorganisms avoid their destruction and cause severe damage. To understand such failure of phagosomal killing, we need to learn more about the actual destruction process in the phagosome. This paper summarizes methods to investigate the biochemistry of the phagosome and discusses some of their limitations. In accordance with the nature of the phagosome, the issue of localization and temporal dynamics is emphasized, and recent developments are highlighted.
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- Oliver Nüsse
- Département de Biologie, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 443, rue des Adeles, 91405 Orsay, France.
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Illuminating the landscape of host-pathogen interactions with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:19484-91. [PMID: 22114192 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112371108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes has, in 25 y, become a model in infection biology. Through the analysis of both its saprophytic life and infectious process, new concepts in microbiology, cell biology, and pathogenesis have been discovered. This review will update our knowledge on this intracellular pathogen and highlight the most recent breakthroughs. Promising areas of investigation such as the increasingly recognized relevance for the infectious process, of RNA-mediated regulations in the bacterium, and the role of bacterially controlled posttranslational and epigenetic modifications in the host will also be discussed.
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A small molecule deubiquitinase inhibitor increases localization of inducible nitric oxide synthase to the macrophage phagosome and enhances bacterial killing. Infect Immun 2011; 79:4850-7. [PMID: 21911458 DOI: 10.1128/iai.05456-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Macrophages are key mediators of antimicrobial defense and innate immunity. Innate intracellular defense mechanisms can be rapidly regulated at the posttranslational level by the coordinated addition and removal of ubiquitin by ubiquitin ligases and deubiquitinases (DUBs). While ubiquitin ligases have been extensively studied, the contribution of DUBs to macrophage innate immune function is incompletely defined. We therefore employed a small molecule DUB inhibitor, WP1130, to probe the role of DUBs in the macrophage response to bacterial infection. Treatment of activated bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM) with WP1130 significantly augmented killing of the intracellular bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. WP1130 also induced killing of phagosome-restricted bacteria, implicating a bactericidal mechanism associated with the phagosome, such as the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). WP1130 had a minimal antimicrobial effect in macrophages lacking iNOS, indicating that iNOS is an effector mechanism for WP1130-mediated bacterial killing. Although overall iNOS levels were not notably different, we found that WP1130 significantly increased colocalization of iNOS with the Listeria-containing phagosome during infection. Taken together, our data indicate that the deubiquitinase inhibitor WP1130 increases bacterial killing in macrophages by enhancing iNOS localization to the phagosome and suggest a potential role for ubiquitin regulation in iNOS trafficking.
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da Silva CV, Cruz L, Araújo NDS, Angeloni MB, Fonseca BB, Gomes ADO, Carvalho FDR, Gonçalves ALR, Barbosa BDF. A glance at Listeria and Salmonella cell invasion: different strategies to promote host actin polymerization. Int J Med Microbiol 2011; 302:19-32. [PMID: 21783413 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2010] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The facultative intracellular bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica have evolved multiple strategies to invade a large panel of mammalian cells. These pathogens use the host cell actin system for invasion and became a paradigm for the study of host-pathogen interactions and bacterial adaptation to mammalian hosts. The key signaling component that these pathogens use to orchestrate actin remodeling is the Arp2/3 complex, which is related to polymerization of actin filaments. These bacterial pathogens are able to trigger distinct invasion mechanisms. On the one hand, L. monocytogenes invade a host cell in a way dependent on the specific interactions between bacterial and host cell proteins, which in turn activate the host cell actin polymerizing machinery that culminates with bacterial internalization. Also, Listeria escapes from the newly formed parasitophorous vacuole and moves among adjacent cells by triggering actin polymerization. On the other hand, Salmonella invades a host cell by delivering into the cytoplasm virulence factors which directly interact with host regulators of actin polymerization which leads to bacterial uptake. Moreover, Salmonella avoids vacuole lyses and modulates the early and late endosomal markers presented in the vacuole membrane. This mini-review focuses on the different pathways that L. monocytogenes and S. enterica activate to modulate the actin cytoskeleton in order to invade, to form the parasitophorous vacuole, and to migrate inside host cells.
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- Claudio Vieira da Silva
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Imunologia e Parasitologia Aplicadas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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