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Pruneda JN, Nguyen JV, Nagai H, Kubori T. Bacterial usurpation of the OTU deubiquitinase fold. FEBS J 2024; 291:3303-3316. [PMID: 36636866 PMCID: PMC10338644 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
The extensive cellular signalling events controlled by posttranslational ubiquitination are tightly regulated through the action of specialized proteases termed deubiquitinases. Among them, the OTU family of deubiquitinases can play very specialized roles in the regulation of discrete subtypes of ubiquitin signals that control specific cellular functions. To exert control over host cellular functions, some pathogenic bacteria have usurped the OTU deubiquitinase fold as a secreted virulence factor that interferes with ubiquitination inside infected cells. Herein, we provide a review of the function of bacterial OTU deubiquitinases during infection, the structural basis for their deubiquitinase activities and the bioinformatic approaches leading to their identification. Understanding bacterial OTU deubiquitinases holds the potential for discoveries not only in bacterial pathogenesis but in eukaryotic biology as well.
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- Jonathan N. Pruneda
- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
- Center for One Medicine Innovative Translational Research, Gifu University Institute for Advanced Study, Gifu, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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Bastidas RJ, Kędzior M, Davidson RK, Walsh SC, Dolat L, Sixt BS, Pruneda JN, Coers J, Valdivia RH. The acetylase activity of Cdu1 regulates bacterial exit from infected cells by protecting Chlamydia effectors from degradation. eLife 2024; 12:RP87386. [PMID: 38358795 PMCID: PMC10942603 DOI: 10.7554/elife.87386] [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] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Many cellular processes are regulated by ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation. Pathogens can regulate eukaryotic proteolysis through the delivery of proteins with de-ubiquitinating (DUB) activities. The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis secretes Cdu1 (ChlaDUB1), a dual deubiquitinase and Lys-acetyltransferase, that promotes Golgi remodeling and survival of infected host cells presumably by regulating the ubiquitination of host and bacterial proteins. Here, we determined that Cdu1's acetylase but not its DUB activity is important to protect Cdu1 from ubiquitin-mediated degradation. We further identified three C. trachomatis proteins on the pathogen-containing vacuole (InaC, IpaM, and CTL0480) that required Cdu1's acetylase activity for protection from degradation and determined that Cdu1 and these Cdu1-protected proteins are required for optimal egress of Chlamydia from host cells. These findings highlight a non-canonical mechanism of pathogen-mediated protection of virulence factors from degradation after their delivery into host cells and the coordinated regulation of secreted effector proteins.
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- Robert J Bastidas
- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke UniversityDurhamUnited States
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- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke UniversityDurhamUnited States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke UniversityDukeUnited States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke UniversityDukeUnited States
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- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke UniversityDurhamUnited States
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- Deparment of Molecular Biology, Umeå UniversityUmeåSweden
- The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå UniversityUmeåSweden
- Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandUnited States
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- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke UniversityDurhamUnited States
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke UniversityDukeUnited States
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- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke UniversityDurhamUnited States
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke UniversityDukeUnited States
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Spano D, Catara G. Targeting the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System and Recent Advances in Cancer Therapy. Cells 2023; 13:29. [PMID: 38201233 PMCID: PMC10778545 DOI: 10.3390/cells13010029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Ubiquitination is a reversible post-translational modification based on the chemical addition of ubiquitin to proteins with regulatory effects on various signaling pathways. Ubiquitination can alter the molecular functions of tagged substrates with respect to protein turnover, biological activity, subcellular localization or protein-protein interaction. As a result, a wide variety of cellular processes are under ubiquitination-mediated control, contributing to the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. It follows that the dysregulation of ubiquitination reactions plays a relevant role in the pathogenic states of human diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases, immune-related pathologies and cancer. In recent decades, the enzymes of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), including E3 ubiquitin ligases and deubiquitinases (DUBs), have attracted attention as novel druggable targets for the development of new anticancer therapeutic approaches. This perspective article summarizes the peculiarities shared by the enzymes involved in the ubiquitination reaction which, when deregulated, can lead to tumorigenesis. Accordingly, an overview of the main pharmacological interventions based on targeting the UPS that are in clinical use or still in clinical trials is provided, also highlighting the limitations of the therapeutic efficacy of these approaches. Therefore, various attempts to circumvent drug resistance and side effects as well as UPS-related emerging technologies in anticancer therapeutics are discussed.
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- Daniela Spano
- Institute for Endocrinology and Experimental Oncology “G. Salvatore”, National Research Council, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Boll V, Hermanns T, Uthoff M, Erven I, Hörner EM, Kozjak-Pavlovic V, Baumann U, Hofmann K. Functional and structural diversity in deubiquitinases of the Chlamydia-like bacterium Simkania negevensis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7335. [PMID: 37957213 PMCID: PMC10643670 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43144-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Besides the regulation of many cellular pathways, ubiquitination is important for defense against invading pathogens. Some intracellular bacteria have evolved deubiquitinase (DUB) effector proteins, which interfere with the host ubiquitin system and help the pathogen to evade xenophagy and lysosomal degradation. Most intracellular bacteria encode one or two DUBs, which are often linkage-promiscuous or preferentially cleave K63-linked chains attached to bacteria or bacteria-containing vacuoles. By contrast, the respiratory pathogen Legionella pneumophila possesses a much larger number of DUB effectors, including a K6-specific enzyme belonging to the OTU family and an M1-specific DUB uniquely found in this bacterium. Here, we report that the opportunistic pathogen Simkania negevensis, which is unrelated to Legionella but has a similar lifestyle, encodes a similarly large number of DUBs, including M1- and K6-specific enzymes. Simkania DUBs are highly diverse and include DUB classes never before seen in bacteria. Interestingly, the M1- and K6-specific DUBs of Legionella and Simkania are unrelated, suggesting that their acquisition occurred independently. We characterize the DUB activity of eight Simkania-encoded enzymes belonging to five different DUB classes. We also provide a structural basis for the M1-specificity of a Simkania DUB, which most likely evolved from a eukaryotic otubain-like precursor.
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- Vanessa Boll
- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Bayer AG, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, Biologics Research, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Chair of Microbiology, Biocenter, Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Chair of Microbiology, Biocenter, Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Bastidas RJ, Kędzior M, Davidson RK, Walsh SC, Dolat L, Sixt BS, Pruneda JN, Coers J, Valdivia RH. The acetylase activity of Cdu1 regulates bacterial exit from infected cells by protecting Chlamydia effectors from degradation. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.28.530337. [PMID: 36909574 PMCID: PMC10002621 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.28.530337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
Abstract
Many cellular processes are regulated by ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation. Pathogens can regulate eukaryotic proteolysis through the delivery of proteins with de-ubiquitinating (DUB) activities. The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis secretes Cdu1 (ChlaDUB1), a dual deubiquitinase and Lys-acetyltransferase, that promotes Golgi remodeling and survival of infected host cells presumably by regulating the ubiquitination of host and bacterial proteins. Here we determined that Cdu1's acetylase but not its DUB activity is important to protect Cdu1 from ubiquitin-mediated degradation. We further identified three C. trachomatis proteins on the pathogen-containing vacuole (InaC, IpaM, and CTL0480) that required Cdu1's acetylase activity for protection from degradation and determined that Cdu1 and these Cdu1-protected proteins are required for optimal egress of Chlamydia from host cells. These findings highlight a non-canonical mechanism of pathogen-mediated protection of virulence factors from degradation after their delivery into host cells and the coordinated regulation of secreted effector proteins.
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- Robert J. Bastidas
- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
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- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
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- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
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- Deparment of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
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- Department of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C 27708, USA
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Harumoto T. Self-stabilization mechanism encoded by a bacterial toxin facilitates reproductive parasitism. Curr Biol 2023; 33:4021-4029.e6. [PMID: 37673069 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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A wide variety of maternally transmitted endosymbionts in insects are associated with reproductive parasitism, whereby they interfere with host reproduction to increase the ratio of infected females and spread within populations.1,2 Recent successes in identifying bacterial factors responsible for reproductive parasitism3,4,5,6,7 as well as further omics approaches8,9,10,11,12 have highlighted the common appearance of deubiquitinase domains, although their biological roles-in particular, how they link to distinct manipulative phenotypes-remain poorly defined. Spiroplasma poulsonii is a helical and motile bacterial endosymbiont of Drosophila,13,14 which selectively kills male progeny with a male-killing toxin Spaid (S. poulsonii androcidin), which encodes an ovarian tumor (OTU) deubiquitinase domain.6 Artificial expression of Spaid in flies reproduces male-killing-associated pathologies that include abnormal apoptosis and neural defects during embryogenesis6,15,16,17,18,19; moreover, it highly accumulates on the dosage-compensated male X chromosome,20 congruent with cellular defects such as the DNA damage/chromatin bridge breakage specifically induced upon that chromosome.6,21,22,23 Here, I show that without the function of OTU, Spaid is polyubiquitinated and degraded through the host ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, leading to the attenuation of male-killing activity as shown previously.6 Furthermore, I find that Spaid utilizes its OTU domain to deubiquitinate itself in an intermolecular manner. Collectively, the deubiquitinase domain of Spaid serves as a self-stabilization mechanism to facilitate male killing in flies, optimizing a molecular strategy of endosymbionts that enables the efficient manipulation of the host at a low energetic cost.
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- Toshiyuki Harumoto
- Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Roberts CG, Franklin TG, Pruneda JN. Ubiquitin-targeted bacterial effectors: rule breakers of the ubiquitin system. EMBO J 2023; 42:e114318. [PMID: 37555693 PMCID: PMC10505922 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2023114318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Regulation through post-translational ubiquitin signaling underlies a large portion of eukaryotic biology. This has not gone unnoticed by invading pathogens, many of which have evolved mechanisms to manipulate or subvert the host ubiquitin system. Bacteria are particularly adept at this and rely heavily upon ubiquitin-targeted virulence factors for invasion and replication. Despite lacking a conventional ubiquitin system of their own, many bacterial ubiquitin regulators loosely follow the structural and mechanistic rules established by eukaryotic ubiquitin machinery. Others completely break these rules and have evolved novel structural folds, exhibit distinct mechanisms of regulation, or catalyze foreign ubiquitin modifications. Studying these interactions can not only reveal important aspects of bacterial pathogenesis but also shed light on unexplored areas of ubiquitin signaling and regulation. In this review, we discuss the methods by which bacteria manipulate host ubiquitin and highlight aspects that follow or break the rules of ubiquitination.
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- Cameron G Roberts
- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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Vozandychova V, Stojkova P, Hercik K, Rehulka P, Stulik J. The Ubiquitination System within Bacterial Host-Pathogen Interactions. Microorganisms 2021; 9:638. [PMID: 33808578 PMCID: PMC8003559 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9030638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Ubiquitination of proteins, like phosphorylation and acetylation, is an important regulatory aspect influencing numerous and various cell processes, such as immune response signaling and autophagy. The study of ubiquitination has become essential to learning about host-pathogen interactions, and a better understanding of the detailed mechanisms through which pathogens affect ubiquitination processes in host cell will contribute to vaccine development and effective treatment of diseases. Pathogenic bacteria (e.g., Salmonella enterica, Legionella pneumophila and Shigella flexneri) encode many effector proteins, such as deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs), targeting the host ubiquitin machinery and thus disrupting pertinent ubiquitin-dependent anti-bacterial response. We focus here upon the host ubiquitination system as an integral unit, its interconnection with the regulation of inflammation and autophagy, and primarily while examining pathogens manipulating the host ubiquitination system. Many bacterial effector proteins have already been described as being translocated into the host cell, where they directly regulate host defense processes. Due to their importance in pathogenic bacteria progression within the host, they are regarded as virulence factors essential for bacterial evasion. However, in some cases (e.g., Francisella tularensis) the host ubiquitination system is influenced by bacterial infection, although the responsible bacterial effectors are still unknown.
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- Vera Vozandychova
- Department of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, 50001 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; (V.V.); (P.S.); (K.H.); (P.R.)
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- Department of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, 50001 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; (V.V.); (P.S.); (K.H.); (P.R.)
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- Department of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, 50001 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; (V.V.); (P.S.); (K.H.); (P.R.)
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 542/2, 16000 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, 50001 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; (V.V.); (P.S.); (K.H.); (P.R.)
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- Department of Molecular Pathology and Biology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, 50001 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; (V.V.); (P.S.); (K.H.); (P.R.)
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Intracellular Density of Wolbachia Is Mediated by Host Autophagy and the Bacterial Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Gene cifB in a Cell Type-Dependent Manner in Drosophila melanogaster. mBio 2021; 12:mBio.02205-20. [PMID: 33436431 PMCID: PMC7844536 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02205-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Autophagy is an intracellular degradation pathway involved in innate immunity. Pathogenic bacteria have evolved several mechanisms to escape degradation or exploit autophagy to acquire host nutrients. In the case of endosymbionts, which often have commensal or mutualistic interactions with the host, autophagy is not well characterized. We utilized tissue-specific autophagy mutants to determine if Wolbachia, a vertically transmitted obligate endosymbiont of Drosophila melanogaster, is regulated by autophagy in somatic and germ line cell types. Our analysis revealed core autophagy proteins Atg1 and Atg8 and a selective autophagy-specific protein Ref(2)p negatively regulate Wolbachia in the hub, a male gonad somatic cell type. Furthermore, we determined that the Wolbachia effector protein, CifB, modulates autophagy-Wolbachia interactions, identifying a new host-related pathway which these bacterial proteins interact with. In the female germ line, the cell type necessary for inheritance of Wolbachia through vertical transmission, we discovered that bulk autophagy mediated by Atg1 and Atg8 positively regulates Wolbachia density, whereas Ref(2)p had no effect. Global metabolomics of fly ovaries deficient in germ line autophagy revealed reduced lipid and carbon metabolism, implicating metabolites from these pathways as positive regulators of Wolbachia Our work provides further understanding of how autophagy affects bacteria in a cell type-dependent manner.IMPORTANCE Autophagy is a eukaryotic intracellular degradation pathway which can act as an innate immune response to eliminate pathogens. Conversely, pathogens can evolve proteins which modulate the autophagy pathway to subvert degradation and establish an infection. Wolbachia, a vertically transmitted obligate endosymbiont which infects up to 40% of insect species, is negatively regulated by autophagy in whole animals, but the specific molecular mechanism and tissue which govern this interaction remain unknown. Our studies use cell type-specific autophagy mutants to reveal that Wolbachia is negatively regulated by selective autophagy in the soma, while nonselective autophagy positively regulates Wolbachia in the female germ line. These data provide evidence that cell type can drive different basal autophagy programs which modulate intracellular microbes differently. Additionally, we identified that the Wolbachia effector CifB acts in the selective autophagy pathway to aid in intracellular bacterial survival, providing a new function for CifB beyond its previously identified role in reproductive manipulation.
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Shin D, Bhattacharya A, Cheng YL, Alonso MC, Mehdipour AR, van der Heden van Noort GJ, Ovaa H, Hummer G, Dikic I. Bacterial OTU deubiquitinases regulate substrate ubiquitination upon Legionella infection. eLife 2020; 9:58277. [PMID: 33185526 PMCID: PMC7690952 DOI: 10.7554/elife.58277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Legionella pneumophila causes a severe pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease. During the infection, Legionella injects more than 300 effector proteins into host cells. Among them are enzymes involved in altering the host-ubiquitination system. Here, we identified two LegionellaOTU (ovarian tumor)-like deubiquitinases (LOT-DUBs; LotB [Lpg1621/Ceg23] and LotC [Lpg2529]). The crystal structure of the LotC catalytic core (LotC14-310) was determined at 2.4 Å. Unlike the classical OTU-family, the LOT-family shows an extended helical lobe between the Cys-loop and the variable loop, which defines them as a unique class of OTU-DUBs. LotB has an additional ubiquitin-binding site (S1'), which enables the specific cleavage of Lys63-linked polyubiquitin chains. By contrast, LotC only contains the S1 site and cleaves different species of ubiquitin chains. MS analysis of LotB and LotC identified different categories of host-interacting proteins and substrates. Together, our results provide new structural insights into bacterial OTU-DUBs and indicate distinct roles in host-pathogen interactions.
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- Donghyuk Shin
- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany.,Department of Nano-Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Oncode Institute and Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany.,Institute of Biophysics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany
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Schubert AF, Nguyen JV, Franklin TG, Geurink PP, Roberts CG, Sanderson DJ, Miller LN, Ovaa H, Hofmann K, Pruneda JN, Komander D. Identification and characterization of diverse OTU deubiquitinases in bacteria. EMBO J 2020; 39:e105127. [PMID: 32567101 PMCID: PMC7396840 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020105127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Manipulation of host ubiquitin signaling is becoming an increasingly apparent evolutionary strategy among bacterial and viral pathogens. By removing host ubiquitin signals, for example, invading pathogens can inactivate immune response pathways and evade detection. The ovarian tumor (OTU) family of deubiquitinases regulates diverse ubiquitin signals in humans. Viral pathogens have also extensively co-opted the OTU fold to subvert host signaling, but the extent to which bacteria utilize the OTU fold was unknown. We have predicted and validated a set of OTU deubiquitinases encoded by several classes of pathogenic bacteria. Biochemical assays highlight the ubiquitin and polyubiquitin linkage specificities of these bacterial deubiquitinases. By determining the ubiquitin-bound structures of two examples, we demonstrate the novel strategies that have evolved to both thread an OTU fold and recognize a ubiquitin substrate. With these new examples, we perform the first cross-kingdom structural analysis of the OTU fold that highlights commonalities among distantly related OTU deubiquitinases.
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- Alexander F Schubert
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular BiologyCambridgeUK
- Present address:
Department of Structural BiologyGenentech Inc.South San FranciscoCAUSA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Oncode Institute & Department of Cell and Chemical BiologyLeiden University Medical CentreLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Oncode Institute & Department of Cell and Chemical BiologyLeiden University Medical CentreLeidenThe Netherlands
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- Institute for GeneticsUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular BiologyCambridgeUK
- Department of Molecular Microbiology & ImmunologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortlandORUSA
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular BiologyCambridgeUK
- Ubiquitin Signalling DivisionThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleVICAustralia
- Department of Medical BiologyThe University of MelbourneMelbourneVICAustralia
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Cong Y, Dinesh Kumar N, Mauthe M, Verlhac P, Reggiori F. Manipulation of selective macroautophagy by pathogens at a glance. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:133/10/jcs240440. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.240440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Macroautophagy (hereafter autophagy) is a highly conserved catabolic pathway, which mediates the delivery of unwanted cytoplasmic structures and organelles to lysosomes for degradation. In numerous situations, autophagy is highly selective and exclusively targets specific intracellular components. Selective types of autophagy are a central element of our cell-autonomous innate immunity as they can mediate the turnover of viruses or bacteria, that gain access to the cytoplasm of the cell. Selective autophagy also modulates other aspects of our immunity by turning over specific immunoregulators. Throughout evolution, however, the continuous interaction between this fundamental cellular pathway and pathogens has led several pathogens to develop exquisite mechanisms to inhibit or subvert selective types of autophagy, to promote their intracellular multiplication. This Cell Science at a Glance article and the accompanying poster provides an overview of the selective autophagy of both pathogens, known as xenophagy, and of immunoregulators, and highlights a few archetypal examples that illustrate molecular strategies developed by viruses and bacteria to manipulate selective autophagy for their own benefit.
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- Yingying Cong
- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 AV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 AV, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 AV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 AV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 AV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 AV, The Netherlands
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Berglund J, Gjondrekaj R, Verney E, Maupin-Furlow JA, Edelmann MJ. Modification of the host ubiquitome by bacterial enzymes. Microbiol Res 2020; 235:126429. [PMID: 32109687 PMCID: PMC7369425 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Attachment of ubiquitin molecules to protein substrates is a reversible post-translational modification (PTM), which occurs ubiquitously in eukaryotic cells and controls most cellular processes. As a consequence, ubiquitination is an attractive target of pathogen-encoded virulence factors. Pathogenic bacteria have evolved multiple mechanisms to hijack the host's ubiquitin system to their advantage. In this review, we discuss the bacteria-encoded E3 ligases and deubiquitinases translocated to the host for an addition or removal of eukaryotic ubiquitin modification, effectively hijacking the host's ubiquitination processes. We review bacterial enzymes homologous to host proteins in sequence and functions, as well as enzymes with novel mechanisms in ubiquitination, which have significant structural differences in comparison to the mammalian E3 ligases. Finally, we will also discuss examples of molecular "counter-weapons" - eukaryotic proteins, which counteract pathogen-encoded E3 ligases. The many examples of the pathogen effector molecules that catalyze eukaryotic ubiquitin modification bring to light the intricate pathways involved in the pathogenesis of some of the most virulent bacterial infections with human pathogens. The role of these effector molecules remains an essential determinant of bacterial virulence in terms of infection, invasion, and replication. A comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms dictating the mimicry employed by bacterial pathogens is of vital importance in developing new strategies for therapeutic approaches.
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- Jennifer Berglund
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 1355 Museum Drive, Gainesville, 32611-0700, FL USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 1355 Museum Drive, Gainesville, 32611-0700, FL USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 1355 Museum Drive, Gainesville, 32611-0700, FL USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 1355 Museum Drive, Gainesville, 32611-0700, FL USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 1355 Museum Drive, Gainesville, 32611-0700, FL USA.
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Bacterial DUBs: deubiquitination beyond the seven classes. Biochem Soc Trans 2020; 47:1857-1866. [PMID: 31845741 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Protein ubiquitination is a posttranslational modification that regulates many aspects of cellular life, including proteostasis, vesicular trafficking, DNA repair and NF-κB activation. By directly targeting intracellular bacteria or bacteria-containing vacuoles to the lysosome, ubiquitination is also an important component of cell-autonomous immunity. Not surprisingly, several pathogenic bacteria encode deubiquitinases (DUBs) and use them as secreted effectors that prevent ubiquitination of bacterial components. A systematic overview of known bacterial DUBs, including their cleavage specificities and biological roles, suggests multiple independent acquisition events from host-encoded DUBs and other proteases. The widely used classification of DUBs into seven well-defined families should only be applied to eukaryotic DUBs, since several bacterial DUBs do not follow this classification.
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Ma K, Zhen X, Zhou B, Gan N, Cao Y, Fan C, Ouyang S, Luo ZQ, Qiu J. The bacterial deubiquitinase Ceg23 regulates the association of Lys-63-linked polyubiquitin molecules on the Legionella phagosome. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:1646-1657. [PMID: 31907282 PMCID: PMC7008378 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent of the lung malady Legionnaires' disease, it modulates host function to create a niche termed the Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV) that permits intracellular L. pneumophila replication. One important aspect of such modulation is the co-option of the host ubiquitin network with a panel of effector proteins. Here, using recombinantly expressed and purified proteins, analytic ultracentrifugation, structural analysis, and computational modeling, along with deubiquitinase (DUB), and bacterial infection assays, we found that the bacterial defective in organelle trafficking/intracellular multiplication effector Ceg23 is a member of the ovarian tumor (OTU) DUB family. We found that Ceg23 displays high specificity toward Lys-63-linked polyubiquitin chains and is localized on the LCV, where it removes ubiquitin moieties from proteins ubiquitinated by the Lys-63-chain type. Analysis of the crystal structure of a Ceg23 variant lacking two putative transmembrane domains at 2.80 Å resolution revealed that despite very limited homology to established members of the OTU family at the primary sequence level, Ceg23 harbors a catalytic motif resembling those associated with typical OTU-type DUBs. ceg23 deletion increased the association of Lys-63-linked polyubiquitin with the bacterial phagosome, indicating that Ceg23 regulates Lys-63-linked ubiquitin signaling on the LCV. In summary, our findings indicate that Ceg23 contributes to the regulation of the association of Lys-63 type polyubiquitin with the Legionella phagosome. Future identification of host substrates targeted by Ceg23 could clarify the roles of these polyubiquitin chains in the intracellular life cycle of L. pneumophila and Ceg23's role in bacterial virulence.
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- Kelong Ma
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian Province, Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, Biomedical Research Center of South China, Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian Province, Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, Biomedical Research Center of South China, Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Center of Growth, Metabolism and Aging, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology of Fujian Province, Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation, Biomedical Research Center of South China, Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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- Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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Emerging insights into bacterial deubiquitinases. Curr Opin Microbiol 2019; 47:14-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Fischer A, Rudel T. Safe haven under constant attack-The Chlamydia-containing vacuole. Cell Microbiol 2018; 20:e12940. [PMID: 30101516 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chlamydia belong to the group of obligate intracellular bacteria that reside in a membrane bound vacuole during the entire intracellular phase of their life cycle. This vacuole called inclusion shields the bacteria from adverse influences in the cytosol of the host cell like the destructive machinery of the cell-autonomous defence system. The inclusion thereby prevents the digestion and eradication in specialised compartments of the intact and viable cell called phagolysosomes or autophagolysosomes. It is becoming more and more evident that keeping the inclusion intact also prevents the onset of cell intrinsic cell death programmes that are activated upon damage of the inclusion and direct the cell to destruct itself and the pathogen inside. Chlamydia secrete numerous proteins into the inclusion membrane to protect and stabilise their unique niche inside the host cell. We will focus in this review on the diverse attack strategies of the host aiming at the destruction of the Chlamydia-containing inclusion and will summarise the current knowledge on the protection mechanisms elaborated by the bacteria to maintain the integrity of their replication niche.
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- Annette Fischer
- Department of Microbiology, University of Würzburg Biocenter, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Würzburg Biocenter, Würzburg, Germany
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Gillespie JJ, Driscoll TP, Verhoeve VI, Rahman MS, Macaluso KR, Azad AF. A Tangled Web: Origins of Reproductive Parasitism. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:2292-2309. [PMID: 30060072 PMCID: PMC6133264 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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While typically a flea parasite and opportunistic human pathogen, the presence of Rickettsia felis (strain LSU-Lb) in the non-blood-feeding, parthenogenetically reproducing booklouse, Liposcelis bostrychophila, provides a system to ascertain factors governing not only host transitions but also obligate reproductive parasitism (RP). Analysis of plasmid pLbAR, unique to R. felis str. LSU-Lb, revealed a toxin–antitoxin module with similar features to prophage-encoded toxin–antitoxin modules utilized by parasitic Wolbachia strains to induce another form of RP, cytoplasmic incompatibility, in their arthropod hosts. Curiously, multiple deubiquitinase and nuclease domains of the large (3,841 aa) pLbAR toxin, as well the entire antitoxin, facilitated the detection of an assortment of related proteins from diverse intracellular bacteria, including other reproductive parasites. Our description of these remarkable components of the intracellular mobilome, including their presence in certain arthropod genomes, lends insight on the evolution of RP, while invigorating research on parasite-mediated biocontrol of arthropod-borne viral and bacterial pathogens.
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- Joseph J Gillespie
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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- Vector-borne Disease Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Kubori T, Kitao T, Ando H, Nagai H. LotA, a Legionella deubiquitinase, has dual catalytic activity and contributes to intracellular growth. Cell Microbiol 2018. [PMID: 29543380 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12840] [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]
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The intracellular bacterial pathogen, Legionella pneumophila, establishes the replicative niche as a result of the actions of a large array of effector proteins delivered via the Legionella Type 4 secretion system. Many effector proteins are expected to be involved in biogenesis and regulation of the Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV) that is highly decorated with ubiquitin. Here, we identified a Legionella deubiquitinase, designated LotA, by carrying out a genome analysis to find proteins resembling the eukaryotic ovarian tumour superfamily of cysteine proteases. LotA exhibits a dual ability to cleave ubiquitin chains that is dependent on 2 distinctive catalytic cysteine residues in the eukaryotic ovarian tumour domains. One cysteine dominantly contributes to the removal of ubiquitin from the LCVs by its polyubiquitin cleavage activity. The other specifically cleaves conjugated Lys6-linked ubiquitin. After delivered by the Type 4 secretion system, LotA localises on the LCVs via its PI(3)P-binding domain. The lipid-binding ability of LotA is crucial for ubiquitin removal from the vacuoles. We further analysed the functional interaction of the protein with the recently reported noncanonical ubiquitin ligases of L. pneumophila, revealing that the effector proteins are involved in coordinated regulation that contributes to bacterial growth in the host cells.
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- Tomoko Kubori
- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.,Department of Infectious Disease Control, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.,Department of Infectious Disease Control, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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da Cunha M, Pais SV, Bugalhão JN, Mota LJ. The Chlamydia trachomatis type III secretion substrates CT142, CT143, and CT144 are secreted into the lumen of the inclusion. PLoS One 2017. [PMID: 28622339 PMCID: PMC5473537 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Chlamydia trachomatis is a human bacterial pathogen causing ocular and genital infections. It multiplies exclusively within an intracellular membrane-bound vacuole, the inclusion, and uses a type III secretion system to manipulate host cells by injecting them with bacterially-encoded effector proteins. In this work, we characterized the expression and subcellular localization in infected host cells of the C. trachomatis CT142, CT143, and CT144 proteins, which we previously showed to be type III secretion substrates. Transcriptional analyses in C. trachomatis confirmed the prediction that ct142, ct143 and ct144 are organized in an operon and revealed that their expression is likely driven by the main σ factor, σ66. In host cells infected by C. trachomatis, production of CT142 and CT143 could be detected by immunoblotting from 20–26 h post-infection. Immunofluorescence microscopy of infected cells revealed that from 20 h post-infection CT143 appeared mostly as globular structures outside of the bacterial cells but within the lumen of the inclusion. Furthermore, immunofluorescence microscopy of cells infected by C. trachomatis strains carrying plasmids producing CT142, CT143, or CT144 under the control of the ct142 promoter and with a C-terminal double hemagglutinin (2HA) epitope tag revealed that CT142-2HA, CT143-2HA or CT144-2HA showed an identical localization to chromosomally-encoded CT143. Moreover, CT142-2HA or CT144-2HA and CT143 produced by the same bacteria co-localized in the lumen of the inclusion. Overall, these data suggest that the CT142, CT143, and CT144 type III secretion substrates are secreted into the lumen of the inclusion where they might form a protein complex.
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- Maria da Cunha
- UCIBIO—REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- UCIBIO—REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO—REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO—REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Fischer A, Harrison KS, Ramirez Y, Auer D, Chowdhury SR, Prusty BK, Sauer F, Dimond Z, Kisker C, Hefty PS, Rudel T. Chlamydia trachomatis-containing vacuole serves as deubiquitination platform to stabilize Mcl-1 and to interfere with host defense. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28347402 PMCID: PMC5370187 DOI: 10.7554/elife.21465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Obligate intracellular Chlamydia trachomatis replicate in a membrane-bound vacuole called inclusion, which serves as a signaling interface with the host cell. Here, we show that the chlamydial deubiquitinating enzyme (Cdu) 1 localizes in the inclusion membrane and faces the cytosol with the active deubiquitinating enzyme domain. The structure of this domain revealed high similarity to mammalian deubiquitinases with a unique α-helix close to the substrate-binding pocket. We identified the apoptosis regulator Mcl-1 as a target that interacts with Cdu1 and is stabilized by deubiquitination at the chlamydial inclusion. A chlamydial transposon insertion mutant in the Cdu1-encoding gene exhibited increased Mcl-1 and inclusion ubiquitination and reduced Mcl-1 stabilization. Additionally, inactivation of Cdu1 led to increased sensitivity of C. trachomatis for IFNγ and impaired infection in mice. Thus, the chlamydial inclusion serves as an enriched site for a deubiquitinating activity exerting a function in selective stabilization of host proteins and protection from host defense.
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- Annette Fischer
- Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, lawrence, United States
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- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, lawrence, United States
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- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, lawrence, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Azevedo CS, Guido BC, Pereira JL, Nolasco DO, Corrêa R, Magalhães KG, Motta FN, Santana JM, Grellier P, Bastos IMD. Revealing a Novel Otubain-Like Enzyme from Leishmania infantum with Deubiquitinating Activity toward K48-Linked Substrate. Front Chem 2017; 5:13. [PMID: 28386537 PMCID: PMC5362604 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) play an important role in regulating a variety of eukaryotic processes. In this context, exploring the role of deubiquitination in Leishmania infantum could be a promising alternative to search new therapeutic targets for leishmaniasis. Here we present the first characterization of a DUB from L. infantum, otubain (OtuLi), and its localization within parasite. The recombinant OtuLi (rOtuLi) showed improved activity on lysine 48 (K48)-linked over K63-linked tetra-ubiquitin (Ub) and site-directed mutations on amino acids close to the catalytic site (F82) or involved in Ub interaction (L265 and F182) caused structural changes as shown by molecular dynamics, resulting in a reduction or loss of enzyme activity, respectively. Furthermore, rOtuLi stimulates lipid droplet biogenesis (an inflammatory marker) and induces IL-6 and TNF-α secretion in peritoneal macrophages, both proinflammatory cytokines. Our findings suggest that OtuLi is a cytoplasmic enzyme with K48-linked substrate specificity that could play a part in proinflammatory response in stimulated murine macrophages.
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- Clênia S Azevedo
- Pathogen-Host Interface Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Pathogen-Host Interface Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Physics Course, Catholic University of BrasiliaBrasilia, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Catholic University of BrasiliaBrasilia, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- Pathogen-Host Interface Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, University of BrasiliaBrasilia, Brazil; Faculty of Ceilandia, University of BrasíliaBrasilia, Brazil
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- Pathogen-Host Interface Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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- UMR 7245 Centre Nationnal de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités Paris, France
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- Pathogen-Host Interface Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, University of Brasilia Brasilia, Brazil
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Anti-infective Activity of 2-Cyano-3-Acrylamide Inhibitors with Improved Drug-Like Properties against Two Intracellular Pathogens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016; 60:4183-96. [PMID: 27139470 DOI: 10.1128/aac.03021-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Due to the rise of antibiotic resistance and the small number of effective antiviral drugs, new approaches for treating infectious diseases are urgently needed. Identifying targets for host-based therapies represents an emerging strategy for drug discovery. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is a central mode of signaling in the eukaryotic cell and may be a promising target for therapies that bolster the host's ability to control infection. Deubiquitinase (DUB) enzymes are key regulators of the host inflammatory response, and we previously demonstrated that a selective DUB inhibitor and its derivative promote anti-infective activities in host cells. To find compounds with anti-infective efficacy but improved toxicity profiles, we tested a library of predominantly 2-cyano-3-acrylamide small-molecule DUB inhibitors for anti-infective activity in macrophages against two intracellular pathogens: murine norovirus (MNV) and Listeria monocytogenes We identified compound C6, which inhibited DUB activity in human and murine cells and reduced intracellular replication of both pathogens with minimal toxicity in cell culture. Treatment with C6 did not significantly affect the ability of macrophages to internalize virus, suggesting that the anti-infective activity interferes with postentry stages of the MNV life cycle. Metabolic stability and pharmacokinetic assays showed that C6 has a half-life in mouse liver microsomes of ∼20 min and has a half-life of approximately 4 h in mice when administered intravenously. Our results provide a framework for targeting the host ubiquitin system in the development of host-based therapies for infectious disease. Compound C6 represents a promising tool with which to elucidate the role of DUBs in the macrophage response to infection.
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Chlamydia spp. are important causes of human disease for which no effective vaccine exists. These obligate intracellular pathogens replicate in a specialized membrane compartment and use a large arsenal of secreted effectors to survive in the hostile intracellular environment of the host. In this Review, we summarize the progress in decoding the interactions between Chlamydia spp. and their hosts that has been made possible by recent technological advances in chlamydial proteomics and genetics. The field is now poised to decipher the molecular mechanisms that underlie the intimate interactions between Chlamydia spp. and their hosts, which will open up many exciting avenues of research for these medically important pathogens.
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Ronau JA, Beckmann JF, Hochstrasser M. Substrate specificity of the ubiquitin and Ubl proteases. Cell Res 2016; 26:441-56. [PMID: 27012468 PMCID: PMC4822132 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2016.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Conjugation and deconjugation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubls) to cellular proteins are highly regulated processes integral to cellular homeostasis. Most often, the C-termini of these small polypeptides are attached to lysine side chains of target proteins by an amide (isopeptide) linkage. Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) and Ubl-specific proteases (ULPs) comprise a diverse group of proteases that recognize and remove ubiquitin and Ubls from their substrates. How DUBs and ULPs distinguish among different modifiers, or different polymeric forms of these modifiers, remains poorly understood. The specificity of ubiquitin/Ubl-deconjugating enzymes for particular substrates depends on multiple factors, ranging from the topography of specific substrate features, as in different polyubiquitin chain types, to structural elements unique to each enzyme. Here we summarize recent structural and biochemical studies that provide insights into mechanisms of substrate specificity among various DUBs and ULPs. We also discuss the unexpected specificities of non-eukaryotic proteases in these families.
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- Judith A Ronau
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.,Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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The lifestyle of Chlamydiae is unique: the bacteria alternate between two morphologically distinct forms, an infectious non-replicative elementary body (EB), and a replicative, non-infectious reticulate body (RB). This review focuses on recent advances in understanding the structure and function of the infectious form of the best-studied member of the phylum, the human pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis. Once considered as an inert particle of little functional capacity, the EB is now perceived as a sophisticated entity that encounters at least three different environments during each infectious cycle. We review current knowledge on its composition and morphology, and emerging metabolic activities. These features confer resistance to the extracellular environment, the ability to penetrate a host cell and ultimately enable the EB to establish a niche enabling bacterial survival and growth. The bacterial and host molecules involved in these processes are beginning to emerge.
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Zhou Y, Zhu Y. Diversity of bacterial manipulation of the host ubiquitin pathways. Cell Microbiol 2014; 17:26-34. [PMID: 25339545 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ubiquitination is generally considered as a eukaryotic protein modification, which is catalysed by a three-enzyme cascade and is reversed by deubiquitinating enzymes. Ubiquitination directs protein degradation and regulates cell signalling, thereby plays key roles in many cellular processes including immune response, vesicle trafficking and cell cycle. Bacterial pathogens inject a series of virulent proteins, named effectors, into the host cells. Increasing evidence suggests that many effectors hijack the host ubiquitin pathways to benefit bacterial infection. This review summarizes the known functions and mechanisms of effectors from human bacterial pathogens including enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Chlamydia and Legionella, highlighting the diversity in their mechanisms for manipulating the host ubiquitin pathways. Many effectors adopt the molecular mimicry strategy to harbour similar structures or functional motifs with those of the host E3 ligases and deubiquitinases. On the other hand, a few of effectors evolve novel structures or new enzymatic activities to modulate various steps of the host ubiquitin pathways. The diversity in the mechanisms enhances the efficient exploitation of the host ubiquitination signalling by bacteria.
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- Yan Zhou
- Life Sciences Institute and Innovation Center for Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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Metcalf JA, Jo M, Bordenstein SR, Jaenike J, Bordenstein SR. Recent genome reduction of Wolbachia in Drosophila recens targets phage WO and narrows candidates for reproductive parasitism. PeerJ 2014; 2:e529. [PMID: 25165636 PMCID: PMC4137656 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Wolbachia are maternally transmitted endosymbionts that often alter their arthropod hosts’ biology to favor the success of infected females, and they may also serve as a speciation microbe driving reproductive isolation. Two of these host manipulations include killing males outright and reducing offspring survival when infected males mate with uninfected females, a phenomenon known as cytoplasmic incompatibility. Little is known about the mechanisms behind these phenotypes, but interestingly either effect can be caused by the same Wolbachia strain when infecting different hosts. For instance, wRec causes cytoplasmic incompatibility in its native host Drosophila recens and male killing in D. subquinaria. The discovery of prophage WO elements in most arthropod Wolbachia has generated the hypothesis that WO may encode genes involved in these reproductive manipulations. However, PCR screens for the WO minor capsid gene indicated that wRec lacks phage WO. Thus, wRec seemed to provide an example where phage WO is not needed for Wolbachia-induced reproductive manipulation. To enable investigation of the mechanism of phenotype switching in different host backgrounds, and to examine the unexpected absence of phage WO, we sequenced the genome of wRec. Analyses reveal that wRec diverged from wMel approximately 350,000 years ago, mainly by genome reduction in the phage regions. While it lost the minor capsid gene used in standard PCR screens for phage WO, it retained two regions encompassing 33 genes, several of which have previously been associated with reproductive parasitism. Thus, WO gene involvement in reproductive manipulation cannot be excluded and reliance on single gene PCR should not be used to rule out the presence of phage WO in Wolbachia. Additionally, the genome sequence for wRec will enable transcriptomic and proteomic studies that may help elucidate the Wolbachia mechanisms of altered reproductive manipulations associated with host switching, perhaps among the 33 remaining phage genes.
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- Jason A Metcalf
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN , USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN , USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN , USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester , Rochester, NY , USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN , USA ; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN , USA
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Domman D, Collingro A, Lagkouvardos I, Gehre L, Weinmaier T, Rattei T, Subtil A, Horn M. Massive expansion of Ubiquitination-related gene families within the Chlamydiae. Mol Biol Evol 2014; 31:2890-904. [PMID: 25069652 PMCID: PMC4209131 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Gene loss, gain, and transfer play an important role in shaping the genomes of all organisms; however, the interplay of these processes in isolated populations, such as in obligate intracellular bacteria, is less understood. Despite a general trend towards genome reduction in these microbes, our phylogenomic analysis of the phylum Chlamydiae revealed that within the family Parachlamydiaceae, gene family expansions have had pronounced effects on gene content. We discovered that the largest gene families within the phylum are the result of rapid gene birth-and-death evolution. These large gene families are comprised of members harboring eukaryotic-like ubiquitination-related domains, such as F-box and BTB-box domains, marking the largest reservoir of these proteins found among bacteria. A heterologous type III secretion system assay suggests that these proteins function as effectors manipulating the host cell. The large disparity in copy number of members in these families between closely related organisms suggests that nonadaptive processes might contribute to the evolution of these gene families. Gene birth-and-death evolution in concert with genomic drift might represent a previously undescribed mechanism by which isolated bacterial populations diversify.
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- Daryl Domman
- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Unité de Biologie des Interactions Cellulaires, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Unité de Biologie des Interactions Cellulaires, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Ashida H, Kim M, Sasakawa C. Exploitation of the host ubiquitin system by human bacterial pathogens. Nat Rev Microbiol 2014; 12:399-413. [DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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da Cunha M, Milho C, Almeida F, Pais SV, Borges V, Maurício R, Borrego MJ, Gomes JP, Mota LJ. Identification of type III secretion substrates of Chlamydia trachomatis using Yersinia enterocolitica as a heterologous system. BMC Microbiol 2014; 14:40. [PMID: 24533538 PMCID: PMC3931295 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-40] [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: 10/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular human pathogen causing ocular and urogenital infections that are a significant clinical and public health concern. This bacterium uses a type III secretion (T3S) system to manipulate host cells, through the delivery of effector proteins into their cytosol, membranes, and nucleus. In this work, we aimed to find previously unidentified C. trachomatis T3S substrates. Results We first analyzed the genome of C. trachomatis L2/434 strain for genes encoding mostly uncharacterized proteins that did not appear to possess a signal of the general secretory pathway and which had not been previously experimentally shown to be T3S substrates. We selected several genes with these characteristics and analyzed T3S of the encoding proteins using Yersinia enterocolitica as a heterologous system. We identified 23 C. trachomatis proteins whose first 20 amino acids were sufficient to drive T3S of the mature form of β-lactamase TEM-1 by Y. enterocolitica. We found that 10 of these 23 proteins were also type III secreted in their full-length versions by Y. enterocolitica, providing additional support that they are T3S substrates. Seven of these 10 likely T3S substrates of C. trachomatis were delivered by Y. enterocolitica into host cells, further suggesting that they could be effectors. Finally, real-time quantitative PCR analysis of expression of genes encoding the 10 likely T3S substrates of C. trachomatis showed that 9 of them were clearly expressed during infection of host cells. Conclusions Using Y. enterocolitica as a heterologous system, we identified 10 likely T3S substrates of C. trachomatis (CT053, CT105, CT142, CT143, CT144, CT161, CT338, CT429, CT656, and CT849) and could detect translocation into host cells of CT053, CT105, CT142, CT143, CT161, CT338, and CT429. Therefore, we revealed several C. trachomatis proteins that could be effectors subverting host cell processes.
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- Infection Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Mehlitz A, Rudel T. Modulation of host signaling and cellular responses by Chlamydia. Cell Commun Signal 2013; 11:90. [PMID: 24267514 PMCID: PMC4222901 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-11-90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Modulation of host cell signaling and cellular functions is key to intracellular survival of pathogenic bacteria. Intracellular growth has several advantages e.g. escape from the humoral immune response and access to a stable nutrient rich environment. Growth in such a preferred niche comes at the price of an ongoing competition between the bacteria and the host as well as other microbes that compete for the very same host resources. This requires specialization and constant evolution of dedicated systems for adhesion, invasion and accommodation. Interestingly, obligate intracellular bacteria of the order Chlamydiales have evolved an impressive degree of control over several important host cell functions. In this review we summarize how Chlamydia controls its host cell with a special focus on signal transduction and cellular modulation.
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- Adrian Mehlitz
- University of Wuerzburg, Biocenter, Department of Microbiology, Am Hubland, D-97074, Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Members of the order Chlamydiales comprise a group of exquisitely evolved parasites of eukaryotic hosts that extends from single-celled amoeba to mammals. The most notable are human pathogens and include the agent of oculogenital disease Chlamydia trachomatis, the respiratory pathogen C. pneumoniae, and the zoonotic agent C. psittaci. All of these species are obligate intracellular bacteria that develop within parasitophorous vesicles termed inclusions. This demanding lifestyle necessitates orchestrated entry into nonphagocytic cells, creation of a privileged intracellular niche, and subversion of potent host defenses. All chlamydial genomes contain the coding capacity for a nonflagellar type III secretion system, and this mechanism has arisen as an essential contributor to chlamydial virulence. The emergence of tractable approaches to the genetic manipulation of chlamydiae raises the possibility of explosive progress in understanding this important contributor to chlamydial pathogenesis. This minireview considers challenges and recent advances that have revealed how chlamydiae have maintained conserved aspects of T3S while exploiting diversification to yield a system that exerts a fundamental role in the unique biology of Chlamydia species.
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