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Achi SC, Karimilangi S, Lie D, Sayed IM, Das S. The WxxxE proteins in microbial pathogenesis. Crit Rev Microbiol 2023; 49:197-213. [PMID: 35287539 PMCID: PMC9737147 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2022.2046546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Effector proteins secreted by pathogens modulate various host cellular processes and help in bacterial pathogenesis. Some of these proteins, injected by enteric pathogens via Type Three Secretion System (T3SS) were grouped together based on a conserved signature motif (WxxxE) present in them. The presence of WxxxE motif is not limited to effectors released by enteric pathogens or the T3SS but has been detected in non-enteric pathogens, plant pathogens and in association with Type II and Type IV secretion systems. WxxxE effectors are involved in actin organization, inflammation regulation, vacuole or tubule formation, endolysosomal signalling regulation, tight junction disruption, and apoptosis. The WxxxE sequence has also been identified in TIR [Toll/interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor] domains of bacteria and host. In the present review, we have focussed on the established and predicted functions of WxxxE effectors secreted by several pathogens, including enteric, non-enteric, and plant pathogens.
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Launay A, Jolivet S, Clément G, Zarattini M, Dellero Y, Le Hir R, Jossier M, Hodges M, Expert D, Fagard M. DspA/E-Triggered Non-Host Resistance against E. amylovora Depends on the Arabidopsis GLYCOLATE OXIDASE 2 Gene. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23084224. [PMID: 35457046 PMCID: PMC9029980 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23084224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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DspA/E is a type three effector injected by the pathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora inside plant cells. In non-host Arabidopsis thaliana, DspA/E inhibits seed germination, root growth, de novo protein synthesis and triggers localized cell death. To better understand the mechanisms involved, we performed EMS mutagenesis on a transgenic line, 13-1-2, containing an inducible dspA/E gene. We identified three suppressor mutants, two of which belonged to the same complementation group. Both were resistant to the toxic effects of DspA/E. Metabolome analysis showed that the 13-1-2 line was depleted in metabolites of the TCA cycle and accumulated metabolites associated with cell death and defense. TCA cycle and cell-death associated metabolite levels were respectively increased and reduced in both suppressor mutants compared to the 13-1-2 line. Whole genome sequencing indicated that both suppressor mutants displayed missense mutations in conserved residues of Glycolate oxidase 2 (GOX2), a photorespiratory enzyme that we confirmed to be localized in the peroxisome. Leaf GOX activity increased in leaves infected with E. amylovora in a DspA/E-dependent manner. Moreover, the gox2-2 KO mutant was more sensitive to E. amylovora infection and displayed reduced JA-signaling. Our results point to a role for glycolate oxidase in type II non-host resistance and to the importance of central metabolic functions in controlling growth/defense balance.
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- Alban Launay
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000 Versailles, France; (A.L.); (S.J.); (G.C.); (M.Z.); (R.L.H.); (D.E.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000 Versailles, France; (A.L.); (S.J.); (G.C.); (M.Z.); (R.L.H.); (D.E.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000 Versailles, France; (A.L.); (S.J.); (G.C.); (M.Z.); (R.L.H.); (D.E.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000 Versailles, France; (A.L.); (S.J.); (G.C.); (M.Z.); (R.L.H.); (D.E.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France; (Y.D.); (M.J.); (M.H.)
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000 Versailles, France; (A.L.); (S.J.); (G.C.); (M.Z.); (R.L.H.); (D.E.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France; (Y.D.); (M.J.); (M.H.)
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France; (Y.D.); (M.J.); (M.H.)
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000 Versailles, France; (A.L.); (S.J.); (G.C.); (M.Z.); (R.L.H.); (D.E.)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000 Versailles, France; (A.L.); (S.J.); (G.C.); (M.Z.); (R.L.H.); (D.E.)
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Ning N, Xie X, Yu H, Mei J, Li Q, Zuo S, Wu H, Liu W, Li Z. Plant Peroxisome-Targeting Effector MoPtep1 Is Required for the Virulence of Magnaporthe oryzae. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:2515. [PMID: 35269662 PMCID: PMC8910473 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most serious fungous diseases in rice. In the past decades, studies have reported that numerous M. oryzae effectors were secreted into plant cells to facilitate inoculation. Effectors target host proteins to assist the virulence of pathogens via the localization of specific organelles, such as the nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, chloroplast, etc. However, studies on the pathogenesis of peroxisome-targeting effectors are still limited. In our previous study, we analyzed the subcellular localization of candidate effectors from M. oryzae using the agrobacterium-mediated transient expression system in tobacco and found that MoPtep1 (peroxisomes-targeted effector protein 1) localized in plant peroxisomes. Here, we proved that MoPtep1 was induced in the early stage of the M. oryzae infection and positively regulated the pathogenicity, while it did not affect the vegetative growth of mycelia. Subcellular localization results showed that MoPtep1 was localized in the plant peroxisomes with a signal peptide and a cupredoxin domain. Sequence analysis indicated that the homologous protein of MoPtep1 in plant-pathogenic fungi was evolutionarily conserved. Furthermore, MoPtep1 could suppress INF1-induced cell death in tobacco, and the targeting host proteins were identified using the Y2H system. Our results suggested that MoPtep1 is an important pathogenic effector in rice blast.
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- Na Ning
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (N.N.); (X.X.)
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (H.Y.); (J.M.); (H.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (N.N.); (X.X.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (H.Y.); (J.M.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (H.Y.); (J.M.); (H.W.)
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (H.Y.); (J.M.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (H.Y.); (J.M.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (H.Y.); (J.M.); (H.W.)
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Olawole OI, Liu Q, Chen C, Gleason ML, Beattie GA. The Contributions to Virulence of the Effectors Eop1 and DspE Differ Between Two Clades of Erwinia tracheiphila Strains. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2021; 34:1399-1408. [PMID: 34505816 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-21-0149-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Strains of Erwinia tracheiphila, causal agent of bacterial wilt of cucurbits, are divided into distinct clades. Et-melo clade strains wilt Cucumis spp. but not Cucurbita spp., thus exhibiting host specificity, whereas Et-C1 clade strains wilt Cucurbita spp. more rapidly than Cucumis melo, thus exhibiting a host preference. This study investigated the contribution of the effector proteins Eop1 and DspE to E. tracheiphila pathogenicity and host adaptation. Loss of eop1 did not enable Et-melo strains to infect squash (Cucurbita pepo) or an Et-C1 strain to induce a more rapid wilt of muskmelon (Cucumis melo), indicating that Eop1 did not function in host specificity or preference as in the related pathogen E. amylovora. However, overexpression of eop1 from Et-melo strain MDCuke but not from Et-C1 strain BHKY increased the virulence of a BHKY eop1 deletion mutant on muskmelon, demonstrating that the Eop1 variants in the two clades are distinct in their virulence functions. Loss of dspE from Et-melo strains reduced but did not eliminate virulence on hosts muskmelon and cucumber, whereas loss of dspE from an Et-C1 strain eliminated pathogenicity on hosts squash, muskmelon, and cucumber. Thus, the centrality of DspE to virulence differs in the two clades. Et-melo mutants lacking the chaperone DspF exhibited similar virulence to mutants lacking DspE, indicating that DspF is the sole chaperone for DspE in E. tracheiphila, unlike in E. amylovora. Collectively, these results provide the first functional evaluation of effectors in E. tracheiphila and demonstrate clade-specific differences in the roles of Eop1 and DspE.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license.
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- Olakunle I Olawole
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, U.S.A
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King M, Kubo A, Kafer L, Braga R, McLeod D, Khanam S, Conway T, Patrauchan MA. Calcium-Regulated Protein CarP Responds to Multiple Host Signals and Mediates Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence by Calcium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e00061-21. [PMID: 33674436 PMCID: PMC8117776 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00061-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen causing life-threatening infections. Previously, we showed that elevated calcium (Ca2+) levels increase the production of virulence factors in P. aeruginosa In an effort to characterize the Ca2+ regulatory network, we identified a Ca2+-regulated β-propeller protein, CarP, and showed that expression of the encoding gene is controlled by the Ca2+-regulated two-component system CarSR. Here, by using a Galleria melonella model, we showed that CarP plays a role in regulating P. aeruginosa virulence. By using transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq), reverse transcription (RT)-PCR, quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR), and promoter fusions, we determined that carP is transcribed into at least two transcripts and regulated by several bacterial and host factors. The transcription of carP is elevated in response to Ca2+ in P. aeruginosa cystic fibrosis isolates and PAO1 laboratory strain. Elevated Fe2+ also induces carP The simultaneous addition of Ca2+ and Fe2+ increased the carP promoter activity synergistically, which requires the presence of CarR. In silico analysis of the intergenic sequence upstream of carP predicted recognition sites of RhlR/LasR, OxyR, and LexA, suggesting regulation by quorum sensing (QS) and oxidative stress. In agreement, the carP promoter was activated in response to stationary-phase PAO1 supernatant and required the presence of elevated Ca2+ and CarR but remained silent in the triple mutant lacking rhlI, lasI, and pqsA synthases. We also showed that carP transcription is regulated by oxidative stress and that CarP contributes to P. aeruginosa Ca2+-dependent H2O2 tolerance. The multifactorial regulation of carP suggests that CarP plays an important role in P. aeruginosa adaptations to host environments.IMPORTANCEP. aeruginosa is a human pathogen causing life-threatening infections. It is particularly notorious for its ability to adapt to diverse environments within the host. Understanding the signals and the signaling pathways enabling P. aeruginosa adaptation is imperative for developing effective therapies to treat infections caused by this organism. One host signal of particular importance is calcium. Previously, we identified a component of the P. aeruginosa calcium-signaling network, CarP, whose expression is induced by elevated levels of calcium. Here, we show that carP plays an important role in P. aeruginosa virulence and is upregulated in P. aeruginosa strains isolated from sputa of patients with cystic fibrosis. We also identified several bacterial and host factors that regulate the transcription of carP Such multifactorial regulation highlights the interconnectedness between regulatory circuits and, together with the pleotropic effect of CarP on virulence, suggests the importance of this protein in P. aeruginosa adaptations to the host.
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- Michelle King
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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Deb D, Mackey D, Opiyo SO, McDowell JM. Application of alignment-free bioinformatics methods to identify an oomycete protein with structural and functional similarity to the bacterial AvrE effector protein. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195559. [PMID: 29641586 PMCID: PMC5895030 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Diverse plant pathogens export effector proteins to reprogram host cells. One of the most challenging goals in the molecular plant-microbe field is to functionally characterize the complex repertoires of effectors secreted by these pathogens. For bacterial pathogens, the predominant class of effectors is delivered to host cells by Type III secretion. For oomycetes, the predominant class of effectors is defined by a signal peptide that mediates secretion from the oomycete and a conserved RxLR motif. Downy mildew pathogens and Phytophthora species maintain hundreds of candidate RxLR effector genes in their genomes. Although no primary sequence similarity is evident between bacterial Type III effectors (T3Es) and oomycete RXLR effectors, some bacterial and oomycete effectors have convergently evolved to target the same host proteins. Such effectors might have evolved domains that are functionally similar but sequence-unrelated. We reasoned that alignment-free bioinformatics approaches could be useful to identify structural similarities between bacterial and oomycete effectors. To test this approach, we used partial least squares regression, alignment-free bioinformatics methods to identify effector proteins from the genome of the oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis that are similar to the well-studied AvrE1 effector from Pseudomonas syringae. This approach identified five RxLR proteins with putative structural similarity to AvrE1. We focused on one, HaRxL23, because it is an experimentally validated effector and it is conserved between distantly related oomycetes. Several experiments indicate that HaRxL23 is functionally similar to AvrE1, including the ability to partially rescue an AvrE1 loss-of-function mutant. This study provides an example of how an alignment-free bioinformatics approach can identify functionally similar effector proteins in the absence of primary sequence similarity. This approach could be useful to identify effectors that have convergently evolved regardless of whether the shared host target is known.
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- Devdutta Deb
- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Departments of Horticulture and Crop Science and Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Molecular and Cellular Imaging Center-Columbus, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SOO); (JMM)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SOO); (JMM)
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Degrave A, Siamer S, Boureau T, Barny MA. The AvrE superfamily: ancestral type III effectors involved in suppression of pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2015; 16:899-905. [PMID: 25640649 PMCID: PMC6638435 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The AvrE superfamily of type III effectors (T3Es) is widespread among type III-dependent phytobacteria and plays a crucial role during bacterial pathogenesis. Members of the AvrE superfamily are vertically inherited core effectors, indicating an ancestral acquisition of these effectors in bacterial plant pathogens. AvrE-T3Es contribute significantly to virulence by suppressing pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity. They inhibit salicylic acid-mediated plant defences, interfere with vesicular trafficking and promote bacterial growth in planta. AvrE-T3Es elicit cell death in both host and non-host plants independent of any known plant resistance protein, suggesting an original interaction with the plant immune system. Recent studies in yeast have indicated that they activate protein phosphatase 2A and inhibit serine palmitoyl transferase, the first enzyme of the sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway. In this review, we describe the current picture that has emerged from studies of the different members of this fascinating large family.
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- Alexandre Degrave
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), 49045, Angers, France
- UMR1345, IRHS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 49071, Beaucouzé, France
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- Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- UMR1345, IRHS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 49071, Beaucouzé, France
- UMR1345, IRHS, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES l'UNAM, 49045, Angers, France
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- UMR1392, INRA, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Bât á 7ème Etage Case 237, 7 Quai St.-Bernard, 75252, Paris, France
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Genomic characterisation of the effector complement of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:923. [PMID: 25342461 PMCID: PMC4213498 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background The potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida has biotrophic interactions with its host. The nematode induces a feeding structure – the syncytium – which it keeps alive for the duration of the life cycle and on which it depends for all nutrients required to develop to the adult stage. Interactions of G. pallida with the host are mediated by effectors, which are produced in two sets of gland cells. These effectors suppress host defences, facilitate migration and induce the formation of the syncytium. Results The recent completion of the G. pallida genome sequence has allowed us to identify the effector complement from this species. We identify 128 orthologues of effectors from other nematodes as well as 117 novel effector candidates. We have used in situ hybridisation to confirm gland cell expression of a subset of these effectors, demonstrating the validity of our effector identification approach. We have examined the expression profiles of all effector candidates using RNAseq; this analysis shows that the majority of effectors fall into one of three clusters of sequences showing conserved expression characteristics (invasive stage nematode only, parasitic stage only or invasive stage and adult male only). We demonstrate that further diversity in the effector pool is generated by alternative splicing. In addition, we show that effectors target a diverse range of structures in plant cells, including the peroxisome. This is the first identification of effectors from any plant pathogen that target this structure. Conclusion This is the first genome scale search for effectors, combined to a life-cycle expression analysis, for any plant-parasitic nematode. We show that, like other phylogenetically unrelated plant pathogens, plant parasitic nematodes deploy hundreds of effectors in order to parasitise plants, with different effectors required for different phases of the infection process. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-923) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Siamer S, Guillas I, Shimobayashi M, Kunz C, Hall MN, Barny MA. Expression of the bacterial type III effector DspA/E in Saccharomyces cerevisiae down-regulates the sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway leading to growth arrest. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:18466-77. [PMID: 24828506 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.562769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Erwinia amylovora, the bacterium responsible for fire blight, relies on a type III secretion system and a single injected effector, DspA/E, to induce disease in host plants. DspA/E belongs to the widespread AvrE family of type III effectors that suppress plant defense responses and promote bacterial growth following infection. Ectopic expression of DspA/E in plant or in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is toxic, indicating that DspA/E likely targets a cellular process conserved between yeast and plant. To unravel the mode of action of DspA/E, we screened the Euroscarf S. cerevisiae library for mutants resistant to DspA/E-induced growth arrest. The most resistant mutants (Δsur4, Δfen1, Δipt1, Δskn1, Δcsg1, Δcsg2, Δorm1, and Δorm2) were impaired in the sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway. Exogenously supplied sphingolipid precursors such as the long chain bases (LCBs) phytosphingosine and dihydrosphingosine also suppressed the DspA/E-induced yeast growth defect. Expression of DspA/E in yeast down-regulated LCB biosynthesis and induced a rapid decrease in LCB levels, indicating that serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), the first and rate-limiting enzyme of the sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway, was repressed. SPT down-regulation was mediated by dephosphorylation and activation of Orm proteins that negatively regulate SPT. A Δcdc55 mutation affecting Cdc55-PP2A protein phosphatase activity prevented Orm dephosphorylation and suppressed DspA/E-induced growth arrest.
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- Sabrina Siamer
- From the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR1392, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Bât A 7ème Etage Case 237, 7 Quai St.-Bernard, 75252 Paris, France, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Sorbonne Universités, UMR1166, Institut National de la Santé et de la recherche médicale-UPMC, Pitié-Salpétrière University Hospital, F75013, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, UFR 927, F-75005 Paris, France, and Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR7245, Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- From the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR1392, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Bât A 7ème Etage Case 237, 7 Quai St.-Bernard, 75252 Paris, France,
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