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Roblin P, Dewitte F, Villeret V, Biondi EG, Bompard C. A Salmonella type three secretion effector/chaperone complex adopts a hexameric ring-like structure. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:688-98. [PMID: 25404693 PMCID: PMC4334183 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02294-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Many bacterial pathogens use type three secretion systems (T3SS) to inject virulence factors, named effectors, directly into the cytoplasm of target eukaryotic cells. Most of the T3SS components are conserved among plant and animal pathogens, suggesting a common mechanism of recognition and secretion of effectors. However, no common motif has yet been identified for effectors allowing T3SS recognition. In this work, we performed a biochemical and structural characterization of the Salmonella SopB/SigE chaperone/effector complex by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Our results showed that the SopB/SigE complex is assembled in dynamic homohexameric-ring-shaped structures with an internal tunnel. In this ring, the chaperone maintains a disordered N-terminal end of SopB molecules, in a good position to be reached and processed by the T3SS. This ring dimensionally fits the ring-organized molecules of the injectisome, including ATPase hexameric rings; this organization suggests that this structural feature is important for ATPase recognition by T3SS. Our work constitutes the first evidence of the oligomerization of an effector, analogous to the organization of the secretion machinery, obtained in solution. As effectors share neither sequence nor structural identity, the quaternary oligomeric structure could constitute a strategy evolved to promote the specificity and efficiency of T3SS recognition.
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- Pierre Roblin
- INRA Biopolymères, Interactions et Assemblages, Nantes, France Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, CNRS UMR8576, Université Lille Nord de France, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, CNRS UMR8576, Université Lille Nord de France, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, CNRS UMR8576, Université Lille Nord de France, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, CNRS UMR8576, Université Lille Nord de France, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Kakoschke T, Kakoschke S, Magistro G, Schubert S, Borath M, Heesemann J, Rossier O. The RNA chaperone Hfq impacts growth, metabolism and production of virulence factors in Yersinia enterocolitica. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86113. [PMID: 24454955 PMCID: PMC3893282 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To adapt to changes in environmental conditions, bacteria regulate their gene expression at the transcriptional but also at the post-transcriptional level, e.g. by small RNAs (sRNAs) which modulate mRNA stability and translation. The conserved RNA chaperone Hfq mediates the interaction of many sRNAs with their target mRNAs, thereby playing a global role in fine-tuning protein production. In this study, we investigated the significance of Hfq for the enteropathogen Yersina enterocolitica serotype O:8. Hfq facilitated optimal growth in complex and minimal media. Our comparative protein analysis of parental and hfq-negative strains suggested that Hfq promotes lipid metabolism and transport, cell redox homeostasis, mRNA translation and ATP synthesis, and negatively affects carbon and nitrogen metabolism, transport of siderophore and peptides and tRNA synthesis. Accordingly, biochemical tests indicated that Hfq represses ornithine decarboxylase activity, indole production and utilization of glucose, mannitol, inositol and 1,2-propanediol. Moreover, Hfq repressed production of the siderophore yersiniabactin and its outer membrane receptor FyuA. In contrast, hfq mutants exhibited reduced urease production. Finally, strains lacking hfq were more susceptible to acidic pH and oxidative stress. Unlike previous reports in other Gram-negative bacteria, Hfq was dispensable for type III secretion encoded by the virulence plasmid. Using a chromosomally encoded FLAG-tagged Hfq, we observed increased production of Hfq-FLAG in late exponential and stationary phases. Overall, Hfq has a profound effect on metabolism, resistance to stress and modulates the production of two virulence factors in Y. enterocolitica, namely urease and yersiniabactin.
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- Tamara Kakoschke
- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Protein Analysis Unit, Adolf-Butenandt Institute, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Kannaiah S, Amster-Choder O. Protein targeting via mRNA in bacteria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1843:1457-65. [PMID: 24263243 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2013] [Revised: 11/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Proteins of all living organisms must reach their subcellular destination to sustain the cell structure and function. The proteins are transported to one of the cellular compartments, inserted into the membrane, or secreted across the membrane to the extracellular milieu. Cells have developed various mechanisms to transport proteins across membranes, among them localized translation. Evidence for targeting of Messenger RNA for the sake of translation of their respective protein products at specific subcellular sites in many eukaryotic model organisms have been accumulating in recent years. Cis-acting RNA localizing elements, termed RNA zip-codes, which are embedded within the mRNA sequence, are recognized by RNA-binding proteins, which in turn interact with motor proteins, thus coordinating the intracellular transport of the mRNA transcripts. Despite the rareness of conventional organelles, first and foremost a nucleus, pieces of evidence for mRNA localization to specific subcellular domains, where their protein products function, have also been obtained for prokaryotes. Although the underlying mechanisms for transcript localization in bacteria are yet to be unraveled, it is now obvious that intracellular localization of mRNA is a common mechanism to spatially localize proteins in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein trafficking and secretion in bacteria. Guest Editors: Anastassios Economou and Ross Dalbey.
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- Shanmugapriya Kannaiah
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, The Hebrew University - Faculty of Medicine, P.O.Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, The Hebrew University - Faculty of Medicine, P.O.Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Schriefer EM, Hoffmann-Thoms S, Schmid FX, Schmid A, Heesemann J. Yersinia enterocolitica and Photorhabdus asymbiotica β-lactamases BlaA are exported by the twin-arginine translocation pathway. Int J Med Microbiol 2012; 303:16-24. [PMID: 23276548 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In general, β-lactamases of medically important Gram-negative bacteria are Sec-dependently translocated into the periplasm. In contrast, β-lactamases of Mycobacteria spp. (BlaC, BlaS) and the Gram-negative environmental bacteria Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (L2) and Xanthomonas campestris (Bla(XCC-1)) have been reported to be secreted by the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system. Yersinia enterocolitica carries 2 distinct β-lactamase genes (blaA and blaB) encoding BlaA(Ye) and the AmpC-like β-lactamase BlaB, respectively. By using the software PRED-TAT for prediction and discrimination of Sec from Tat signal peptides, we identified a functional Tat signal sequence for Yersinia BlaA(Ye). The Tat-dependent translocation of BlaA(Ye) could be clearly demonstrated by using a Y. enterocolitica tatC-mutant and cell fractionation. Moreover, we could demonstrate a unique unusual temperature-dependent activity profile of BlaA(Ye) ranging from 15 to 60 °C and a high 'melting temperature' (T(M)=44.3°) in comparison to the related Sec-dependent β-lactamase TEM-1 (20-50°C, T(M)=34.9 °C). Strikingly, the blaA gene of Y. enterocolitica is present in diverse environmental Yersinia spp. and a blaA homolog gene could be identified in the closely related Photorhabdus asymbiotica (BlaA(Pa); 69% identity to BlaA(Ye)). For BlaA(Pa) of P. asymbiotica, we could also demonstrate Tat-dependent secretion. These results suggest that Yersinia BlaA-related β-lactamases may be the prototype of a large Tat-dependent β-lactamase family, which originated from environmental bacteria.
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- Eva-Maria Schriefer
- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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Volkmann M, Skiebe E, Kerrinnes T, Faber F, Lepka D, Pfeifer Y, Holland G, Bannert N, Wilharm G. Orbus hercynius gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from faeces of wild boar, is most closely related to members of the orders 'Enterobacteriales' and Pasteurellales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 60:2601-2605. [PMID: 20023064 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.019026-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel gammaproteobacterium, strain CN3(T), was isolated from the faeces of wild boar. Strain CN3(T) was facultatively anaerobic and appeared coccoid or rod-shaped. The partial 16S rRNA gene sequence determined for strain CN3(T) suggested a distant relationship with members of the orders 'Enterobacteriales' and Pasteurellales. The gene sequence showed highest similarity (90.3 %) with Obesumbacterium proteus DSM 2777(T), a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The closest relatives outside the order 'Enterobacteriales' according to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis were members of the order Pasteurellales with 88.7 % similarity (Mannheimia haemolytica NCTC 9380(T) and Actinobacillus lignieresii NCTC 4189(T)). In contrast to most members of the order 'Enterobacteriales', strain CN3(T) was oxidase-positive. The pattern of fatty acids, in particular the high relative abundance of C(18 : 1)ω7c (38.5 %), was clearly distinct from the conserved pattern found for members of the order Pasteurellales. EcoRI ribotyping of strain CN3(T) yielded no significant similarity to existing database entries. The major ubiquinone of strain CN3(T) was Q-8. The DNA G+C content was 36.4 mol%. Strain CN3(T) hosted a phage and secreted considerable amounts of three proteins into the culture supernatant. A spontaneous mutant of strain CN3(T) was isolated which formed long filaments. Microscopic studies revealed the presence of a capsule that the mutant strain was unable to partition after cell division. Strain CN3(T) thus represents a novel species within a new genus, for which the name Orbus hercynius gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is CN3(T) (=DSM 22228(T)=CCUG 57622(T)). Classification of the novel species to the family and order level will require further investigations.
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- Maria Volkmann
- Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, ZBS 4, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, ZBS 4, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany
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Adding to Yersinia enterocolitica gene pool diversity: two cryptic plasmids from a biotype 1A isolate. J Biomed Biotechnol 2009; 2009:398434. [PMID: 19834620 PMCID: PMC2760160 DOI: 10.1155/2009/398434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2009] [Revised: 06/21/2009] [Accepted: 07/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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We report the nucleotide sequence of two novel cryptic plasmids (4357 and 14 662 base pairs) carried by a Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A strain isolated from pork. As distinguished from most biotype 1A strains, this isolate, designated 07-04449, exhibited adherence to eukaryotic cells. The smaller plasmid pYe4449-1 carries five attributable open reading frames (ORFs) encoding the first CcdA/CcdB-like antitoxin/toxin system described for a Yersinia plasmid, a RepA-like replication initiation protein, and mobilizing factors MobA and MobC. The deduced amino acid sequences showed highest similarity to proteins described in Salmonella (CcdA/B), Klebsiella (RepA), and Plesiomonas (MobA/C) indicating genomic fluidity among members of the Enterobacteriaceae. One additional ORF with unknown function, termed ORF5, was identified with an ancestry distinct from the rest of the plasmid. While the C+G content of ORF5 is 38.3%, the rest of pYe4449-1 shows a C+G content of 55.7%. The C+G content of the larger plasmid pYe4449-2 (54.9%) was similar to that of pYe4449-1 (53.7%) and differed from that of the Y. enterocolitica genome (47.3%). Of the 14 ORFs identified on pYe4449-2, only six ORFs showed significant similarity to database entries. For three of these ORFs likely functions could be ascribed: a TnpR-like resolvase and a phage replication protein, localized each on a low C+G island, and DNA primase TraC. Two ORFs of pYe4449-2, ORF3 and ORF7, seem to encode secretable proteins. Epitope-tagging of ORF3 revealed protein expression at 4 degrees C but not at or above 27 degrees C suggesting adaptation to a habitat outside swine. The hypothetical protein encoded by ORF7 is the member of a novel repeat protein family sharing the DxxGN(x)(n)DxxGN motif. Our findings illustrate the exceptional gene pool diversity within the species Y. enterocolitica driven by horizontal gene transfer events.
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IgA response by oral infection with an attenuated Yersinia enterocolitica mutant: Implications for its use as oral carrier vaccine. Vaccine 2008; 26:6497-502. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2008] [Revised: 09/15/2008] [Accepted: 09/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The Yersinia enterocolitica type three secretion chaperone SycO is integrated into the Yop regulatory network and binds to the Yop secretion protein YscM1. BMC Microbiol 2007; 7:67. [PMID: 17612396 PMCID: PMC1933539 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2006] [Accepted: 07/05/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Pathogenic yersiniae (Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, Y. enterocolitica) share a virulence plasmid encoding a type three secretion system (T3SS). This T3SS comprises more than 40 constituents. Among these are the transport substrates called Yops (Yersinia outer proteins), the specific Yop chaperones (Sycs), and the Ysc (Yop secretion) proteins which form the transport machinery. The effectors YopO and YopP are encoded on an operon together with SycO, the chaperone of YopO. The characterization of SycO is the focus of this study. Results We have established the large-scale production of recombinant SycO in its outright form. We confirm that Y. enterocolitica SycO forms homodimers which is typical for Syc chaperones. SycO overproduction in Y. enterocolitica decreases secretion of Yops into the culture supernatant suggesting a regulatory role of SycO in type III secretion. We demonstrate that in vitro SycO interacts with YscM1, a negative regulator of Yop expression in Y. enterocolitica. However, the SycO overproduction phenotype was not mediated by YscM1, YscM2, YopO or YopP as revealed by analysis of isogenic deletion mutants. Conclusion We present evidence that SycO is integrated into the regulatory network of the Yersinia T3SS. Our picture of the Yersinia T3SS interactome is supplemented by identification of the SycO/YscM1 interaction. Further, our results suggest that at least one additional interaction partner of SycO has to be identified.
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Quenee LE, Schneewind O. Ubiquitin-Yop hybrids as probes for post-translational transport by the Yersinia type III secretion pathway. Mol Microbiol 2007; 65:386-400. [PMID: 17587230 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05793.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Yersinia enterocolitica uses type III secretion to transport Yop proteins into the cytoplasm of host cells. Previous work generated hypotheses for both co- and post-translational transport mechanisms in the Yersinia type III pathway. Here, we used ubiquitin (Ub) and UBP1, the Ub-specific protease, to examine whether Yops can be secreted when synthesized prior to recognition by the type III machinery. Fusion of Ub to the N-terminus of Yops blocked substrate recognition and secretion of hybrids generated with YopE, YopQ or YopR. UBP1 removed Ub from the N-terminus of these hybrids and allowed YopE, YopQ or YopR cleavage products to enter the secretion pathway. Following the release of Ub, Yersinia type III machines also transported the YopE cleavage product into the cytosol of tissue culture cells. Minimal secretion signals were also examined with the Ub/UBP1 system and some, but not all, of these signals promoted type III secretion even after polypeptides had been freed from Ub. These results suggest that recognition and secretion of Yop substrates by the type III machinery can occur by a post-translational mechanism.
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- Lauriane E Quenee
- Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Di Genaro MS, Cargnelutti DE, Castro DO, Eliçabe RJ, Gutiérrez JV, Correa SG, de Guzmán AMS. Yersinia-triggered arthritis in IL-12p40-deficient mice: relevant antigens and local expression of Toll-like receptor mRNA. Scand J Rheumatol 2007; 36:28-35. [PMID: 17454932 DOI: 10.1080/03009740600906651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To study the role of IL-12p40 at the onset of reactive arthritis (ReA) after Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infection, and analyse relevant microbial antigens and articular expression of Toll-like receptor (TLR) mRNA. METHODS Wild-type C57BL/6 and IL-12p40-deficient (IL-12p40-/-) mice were orogastrically infected with Y. enterocolitica O:3. Early (day 3) and late (day 21) after infection, the number of bacteria were determined in Peyer's patches (PP), mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN), the spleen, and joints. Histological studies of joints were performed. Collagen-specific and anti-Yersinia antibodies were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The presence of Yersinia antigens was studied by dot blot. Induction of articular mRNA of TLR2, TLR4, and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha was analysed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). TNFalpha protein levels were measured by ELISA. RESULTS At day 3, bacterial recovery in PP, MLN, and spleen was significantly increased in IL-12p40-/- mice. Histopathological changes were observed in IL-12p40-/- mice at day 21 after infection, and correlated with higher antibody response against type II collagen. Although live bacteria could not be isolated at day 21 after infection, articular microbial components, especially from the outer membrane (OM), were detected. Moreover, intra-articular immunoglobulins to Yersinia antigens were significantly higher in IL-12p40-/- mice. Furthermore, mRNA levels for TLR2, TLR4 and TNFalpha, and TNFalpha protein were increased in joints from IL-12p40-/- mice. CONCLUSIONS We concluded that IL-12p40 influences the resistance against Yersinia-triggered ReA. Bacterial products such as Yersinia OM could contribute to the ReA by induction of articular TLR expression, which results in an inflammatory response in the joint.
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- M S Di Genaro
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy, National University of San Luis, 5700 San Luis, Argentina.
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Lacoste MG, Tamashiro H, Correa SG, de Guzmán AMS, Di Genaro MS. Correlation between Yersinia enterocolitica and type I collagen reactivity in patients with arthropathies. Rheumatol Int 2006; 27:613-20. [PMID: 17143598 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0274-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We investigated the association with Yersinia infection in patients with arthropathies in our region. To assess the reactivity to articular antigens, the correlation of anti-Yersinia with anti-type I and type II collagen antibodies was studied. Sera from 124 patients with musculoskeletal symptoms, and 47 synovial fluids (SF) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthopathies (SpA) or osteoarthritis (OA) were examined. Immunoglobulins against Yersinia enterocolitica, type I and type II collagens were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Immunoglobulin (Ig) A to Yersinia lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was present in 13/124 sera (10%) and 3/47 SF (6%). By Western blot, IgA to Yersinia outer proteins (Yops) was found in 14/124 sera (11%) and 2/47 SF (4%). Yersinia DNA from SF was not amplified by polymerase chain reaction. We found a significant correlation with anti-collagen type I but not type II antibodies. These results suggest different reactivity to articular collagen in patients with Yersinia antibodies.
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- María G Lacoste
- Laboratory of Microbiology; Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy Faculty, National University of San Luis, Chacabuco y Pedernera, San Luis 5700, Argentina
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Neumayer W, Groll M, Lehmann V, Antoneka U, Kähler S, Heesemann J, Wilharm G. Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion chaperone SycH. Recombinant expression, purification, characterisation, and crystallisation. Protein Expr Purif 2005; 35:237-47. [PMID: 15135398 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2004] [Revised: 02/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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All pathogenic Yersinia species (Y. enterocolitica, Y. pestis, and Y. pseudotuberculosis) share a type three secretion system (TTSS) that allows translocation of effector proteins into host cells. Yersinia enterocolitica SycH is a chaperone assisting the transport of the effector YopH and two regulatory components of the TTSS, YscM1 and YscM2. We have recombinantly expressed SycH in Escherichia coli. Purification of tag-free SycH to near homogeneity was achieved by combining ammonium sulfate precipitation, anion exchange chromatography, and gel filtration. Functionality of purified SycH was proven by demonstrating binding to YopH. SycH crystals were grown that diffracted to 2.94A resolution. Preliminary crystallographic data and biochemical findings suggest that SycH forms homotetramers. SycH may therefore represent a novel class of TTSS chaperones. In addition, we found that YopH was enzymatically active in the presence of SycH. This implies that the function of the secretion chaperone SycH is not to keep YopH in a globally unfolded state prior to secretion.
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- Wibke Neumayer
- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Lehrstuhl für Bakteriologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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The type III secretion system (TTSS) of gram-negative bacteria is responsible for delivering bacterial proteins, termed effectors, from the bacterial cytosol directly into the interior of host cells. The TTSS is expressed predominantly by pathogenic bacteria and is usually used to introduce deleterious effectors into host cells. While biochemical activities of effectors vary widely, the TTSS apparatus used to deliver these effectors is conserved and shows functional complementarity for secretion and translocation. This review focuses on proteins that constitute the TTSS apparatus and on mechanisms that guide effectors to the TTSS apparatus for transport. The TTSS apparatus includes predicted integral inner membrane proteins that are conserved widely across TTSSs and in the basal body of the bacterial flagellum. It also includes proteins that are specific to the TTSS and contribute to ring-like structures in the inner membrane and includes secretin family members that form ring-like structures in the outer membrane. Most prominently situated on these coaxial, membrane-embedded rings is a needle-like or pilus-like structure that is implicated as a conduit for effector translocation into host cells. A short region of mRNA sequence or protein sequence in effectors acts as a signal sequence, directing proteins for transport through the TTSS. Additionally, a number of effectors require the action of specific TTSS chaperones for efficient and physiologically meaningful translocation into host cells. Numerous models explaining how effectors are transported into host cells have been proposed, but understanding of this process is incomplete and this topic remains an active area of inquiry.
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- Partho Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0314, USA.
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The BvgAS virulence control system regulates the expression of type III secretion genes in Bordetella subspecies that infect humans and other mammals. We have identified five open reading frames, btrS, btrU, btrX, btrW and btrV, that are activated by BvgAS and encode regulatory factors that control type III secretion at the levels of transcription, protein expression and secretion. The btrS gene product bears sequence similarity to ECF (extracytoplasmic function) sigma factors and is required for transcription of the bsc locus. btrU, btrW and btrV encode proteins predicted to contain PP2C-like Ser phosphatase, HPK (His protein kinase)-like Ser kinase and STAS anti-sigma factor antagonist domains, respectively, which are characteristic of Gram-positive partner switching proteins in Bacillus subtilis. BtrU and BtrW are required for secretion of proteins that are exported by the bsc type III secretion system, whereas BtrV is specifically required for protein synthesis and/or stability. Bordetella species have thus evolved a unique cascade to differentially regulate type III secretion that combines a canonical phosphorelay system with an ECF sigma factor and a set of proteins with domain signatures that define partner switchers, which were traditionally thought to function only in Gram-positive bacteria. The presence of multiple layers and mechanisms of regulation most likely reflects the need to integrate multiple signals in controlling type III secretion. The bsc and btr loci are nearly identical between broad-host-range and human-specific Bordetella. Comparative analysis of Bordetella subspecies revealed that, whereas bsc and btr loci were transcribed in all subspecies, only broad-host-range strains expressed a functional type III secretion system in vitro. The block in type III secretion is post-transcriptional in human-adapted strains, and signal recognition appears to be a point of divergence between subspecies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Seema Mattoo
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1747, USA
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Wilharm G, Lehmann V, Krauss K, Lehnert B, Richter S, Ruckdeschel K, Heesemann J, Trülzsch K. Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion depends on the proton motive force but not on the flagellar motor components MotA and MotB. Infect Immun 2004; 72:4004-9. [PMID: 15213145 PMCID: PMC427454 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.7.4004-4009.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
The flagellum is believed to be the common ancestor of all type III secretion systems (TTSSs). In Yersinia enterocolitica, expression of the flagellar TTSS and the Ysc (Yop secretion) TTSS are inversely regulated. We therefore hypothesized that the Ysc TTSS may adopt flagellar motor components in order to use the pathogenicity-related translocon in a drill-like manner. As a prerequisite for this hypothesis, we first tested a requirement for the proton motive force by both systems using the protonophore carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP). Motility as well as type III-dependent secretion of Yop proteins was inhibited by CCCP. We deleted motAB, which resulted in an immotile phenotype. This mutant, however, secreted amounts of Yops to the supernatant comparable to those of the wild type. Translocation of Yops into host cells was also not affected by the motAB deletion. Virulence of the mutant was comparable to that of the wild type in the mouse oral infection model. Thus, the hypothesis that the Ysc TTSS might adopt flagellar motor components was not confirmed. The finding that, in addition to consumption of ATP, Ysc TTSS requires the proton motive force is discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gottfried Wilharm
- Bakteriologie, Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Pettenkoferstrasse 9a, D-80336 Munich, Germany.
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Wilharm G, Neumayer W, Heesemann J. Recombinant Yersinia enterocolitica YscM1 and YscM2: homodimer formation and susceptibility to thrombin cleavage. Protein Expr Purif 2004; 31:167-72. [PMID: 14550633 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-5928(03)00183-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pathogenic Yersinia species (Y. enterocolitica, Y. pestis, and Y. pseudotuberculosis) make use of a virulence plasmid-encoded type three secretion system (TTSS) to inject effector proteins into host cells. Y. enterocolitica YscM1 (LcrQ in Y. pestis and Y. pseudotuberculosis) and its homologue YscM2 are regulatory components of the TTSS that are also secreted by this transport apparatus. YscM1 and YscM2 share 57% identity and are believed to be functionally equivalent. We have recombinantly expressed and purified YscM1 and YscM2 in Escherichia coli. After expression as glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusions purification to near homogeneity was achieved by glutathione-Sepharose affinity chromatography followed by PreScission protease treatment to cleave off GST and gel filtration on a Superdex 75 column. Such recombinant YscM1 and YscM2 bound efficiently to the specific chaperone SycH, indicating proper folding of the purified proteins. Gel filtration analyses revealed that both YscM1 and YscM2 formed homodimers. The YscM1 and YscM2 homodimers could be dissociated at high ionic strength, indicating that salt bridges essentially contribute to the dimerization. We further demonstrated that YscM1 and YscM2 are susceptible to thrombin cleavage.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gottfried Wilharm
- Department of Bacteriology, Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Pettenkoferstr 9a, Munich D-80336, Germany.
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Wilharm G, Lehmann V, Neumayer W, Trček J, Heesemann J. Yersinia enterocolitica type III secretion: evidence for the ability to transport proteins that are folded prior to secretion. BMC Microbiol 2004; 4:27. [PMID: 15248901 PMCID: PMC471551 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2003] [Accepted: 07/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Pathogenic Yersinia species (Y. enterocolitica, Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis) share a type three secretion system (TTSS) which allows translocation of effector proteins (called Yops) into host cells. It is believed that proteins are delivered through a hollow needle with an inner diameter of 2–3 nm. Thus transport seems to require substrates which are essentially unfolded. Recent work from different groups suggests that the Yersinia TTSS cannot accommodate substrates which are folded prior to secretion. It was suggested that folding is prevented either by co-translational secretion or by the assistance of specific Yop chaperones (called Sycs). Results In this study we have fused YopE secretion signals of various length to the mouse dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) in order to analyse the DHFR folding state prior to secretion. We could demonstrate that secretion-deficient as well as secretion-competent YopE-DHFR fusions complexed to SycE can be efficiently purified from Yersinia cytosol by affinity chromatography using methotrexate-agarose. This implies the folding of the DHFR fusion moiety despite SycE binding and contradicts the previously presented model of folding inhibition by chaperone binding. Secretion-deficient YopE-DHFR fusions caused severe jamming of the TTSS. This observation contradicts the co-translational secretion model. Conclusions We present evidence that the Yersinia TTSS is familiar with the processing of transport substrates which are folded prior to secretion. We therefore predict that an unfoldase is involved in type III secretion.
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- Gottfried Wilharm
- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, Germany
- Limnos, Podlimbarskega 31, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, Germany
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Ramamurthi KS, Schneewind O. Substrate recognition by the Yersinia type III protein secretion machinery. Mol Microbiol 2004; 50:1095-102. [PMID: 14622401 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03777.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Type III secretion is the designation given to those protein secretion pathways, primarily in pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria, whose secretion machinery components share an amino acid sequence homology to components of the flagellar basal body. In Yersinia spp., these secretion machineries inject virulence proteins called Yops into the cytosol of target macrophages in an effort to evade phagocytic killing. To date, a clear mechanism by which Yops are recognized by the type III secretion machinery has not been elucidated. Unlike most, if not all, previously characterized protein sorting pathways, the information that identifies Yops as substrates for secretion seems not to be wholly encoded within the Yop peptide sequence. In fact, it appears that at least some of this information is contained within yop mRNAs. This review summarizes recent observations that have been made in this unusual field and proposes models by which proteins may be initiated into this pathway.
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- Kumaran S Ramamurthi
- Committee on Microbiology, University of Chicago, 920 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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