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Raab JE, Hamilton DJ, Harju TB, Huynh TN, Russo BC. Pushing boundaries: mechanisms enabling bacterial pathogens to spread between cells. Infect Immun 2024; 92:e0052423. [PMID: 38661369 PMCID: PMC11385730 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00524-23] [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: 04/26/2024] Open
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For multiple intracellular bacterial pathogens, the ability to spread directly into adjacent epithelial cells is an essential step for disease in humans. For pathogens such as Shigella, Listeria, Rickettsia, and Burkholderia, this intercellular movement frequently requires the pathogens to manipulate the host actin cytoskeleton and deform the plasma membrane into structures known as protrusions, which extend into neighboring cells. The protrusion is then typically resolved into a double-membrane vacuole (DMV) from which the pathogen quickly escapes into the cytosol, where additional rounds of intercellular spread occur. Significant progress over the last few years has begun to define the mechanisms by which intracellular bacterial pathogens spread. This review highlights the interactions of bacterial and host factors that drive mechanisms required for intercellular spread with a focus on how protrusion structures form and resolve.
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- Julie E Raab
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Liu D, Bhunia AK. Anchorless Bacterial Moonlighting Metabolic Enzymes Modulate the Immune System and Contribute to Pathogenesis. ACS Infect Dis 2024; 10:2551-2566. [PMID: 39066728 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00323] [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] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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Moonlighting proteins (MPs), characterized by their ability to perform multiple physiologically unrelated functions without alterations to their primary structures, represent a fascinating class of biomolecules with significant implications for host-pathogen interactions. This Review highlights the emerging importance of metabolic moonlighting proteins (MetMPs) in bacterial pathogenesis, focusing on their non-canonical secretion and unconventional surface anchoring mechanisms. Despite lacking typical signal peptides and anchoring motifs, MetMPs such as acetaldehyde alcohol dehydrogenase (AdhE) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) are secreted and localized to the bacterial surface under stress conditions, facilitating host colonization and immune evasion. The secretion of MetMPs, often observed during conditions such as resource scarcity or infection, suggests a complex regulation akin to the overexpression of heat shock proteins in response to environmental stresses. This Review proposes two potential pathways for MetMP secretion: membrane damage-induced permeability and co-transportation with traditionally secreted proteins, highlighting a remarkable bacterial adaptability. Biophysically, surface anchoring of MetMPs is driven by electrostatic interactions, bypassing the need for conventional anchoring sequences. This mechanism is exemplified by the interaction between the bifunctional enzyme AdhE (known as Listeria adhesion protein, LAP) and the internalin B (InlB) in Listeria monocytogenes, which is mediated by charged residues facilitating adhesion to host tissues. Furthermore, MetMPs play critical roles in iron homeostasis, immune modulation, and evasion, underscoring their multifaceted roles in bacterial pathogenicity. The intricate dynamics of MetMP secretion and anchoring underline the need for further research to unravel the molecular mechanisms underpinning these processes, offering potential new targets for therapeutic intervention against bacterial infections.
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- Dongqi Liu
- Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Listeria monocytogenes Co-Opts the Host Exocyst Complex To Promote Internalin A-Mediated Entry. Infect Immun 2022; 90:e0032622. [PMID: 36255255 PMCID: PMC9753705 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00326-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes induces its internalization (entry) into intestinal epithelial cells through interaction of its surface protein, internalin A (InlA), with the human cell-cell adhesion molecule, E-cadherin. While InlA-mediated entry requires bacterial stimulation of actin polymerization, it remains unknown whether additional host processes are manipulated to promote internalization. Here, we show that interaction of InlA with E-cadherin induces the host membrane-trafficking process of polarized exocytosis, which augments uptake of Listeria. Imaging studies revealed that exocytosis is stimulated at sites of InlA-dependent internalization. Experiments inhibiting human N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) demonstrated that exocytosis is needed for efficient InlA-mediated entry. Polarized exocytosis is mediated by the exocyst complex, which comprises eight proteins, including Sec6, Exo70, and Exo84. We found that Exo70 was recruited to sites of InlA-mediated entry. In addition, depletion of Exo70, Exo84, or Sec6 by RNA interference impaired entry without affecting surface levels of E-cadherin. Similar to binding of InlA to E-cadherin, homophilic interaction of E-cadherin molecules mobilized the exocyst and stimulated exocytosis. Collectively, these results demonstrate that ligation of E-cadherin induces exocytosis that promotes Listeria entry, and they raise the possibility that the exocyst might also control the normal function of E-cadherin in cell-cell adhesion.
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Listeria monocytogenes-How This Pathogen Uses Its Virulence Mechanisms to Infect the Hosts. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11121491. [PMID: 36558825 PMCID: PMC9783847 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11121491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Listeriosis is a serious food-borne illness, especially in susceptible populations, including children, pregnant women, and elderlies. The disease can occur in two forms: non-invasive febrile gastroenteritis and severe invasive listeriosis with septicemia, meningoencephalitis, perinatal infections, and abortion. Expression of each symptom depends on various bacterial virulence factors, immunological status of the infected person, and the number of ingested bacteria. Internalins, mainly InlA and InlB, invasins (invasin A, LAP), and other surface adhesion proteins (InlP1, InlP4) are responsible for epithelial cell binding, whereas internalin C (InlC) and actin assembly-inducing protein (ActA) are involved in cell-to-cell bacterial spread. L. monocytogenes is able to disseminate through the blood and invade diverse host organs. In persons with impaired immunity, the elderly, and pregnant women, the pathogen can also cross the blood-brain and placental barriers, which results in the invasion of the central nervous system and fetus infection, respectively. The aim of this comprehensive review is to summarize the current knowledge on the epidemiology of listeriosis and L. monocytogenes virulence mechanisms that are involved in host infection, with a special focus on their molecular and cellular aspects. We believe that all this information is crucial for a better understanding of the pathogenesis of L. monocytogenes infection.
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Wen D, Cui J, Li P, Xiong Q, Chen G, Wu C. Syndecan-4 assists Mycobacterium tuberculosis entry into lung epithelial cells by regulating the Cdc42, N-WASP, and Arp2/3 signaling pathways. Microbes Infect 2022; 24:104931. [PMID: 35026388 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2022.104931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Syndecan-4 (SDC4) is a transmembrane heparin sulfate proteoglycan that regulates inflammatory responses, cell motility, cell adhesion and intracellular signaling. In this study, we found that overexpression of SDC4 promoted the infection efficiency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), whereas knockdown of SDC4 reduced the infection efficiency, suggesting that SDC4 assisted Mtb infection of epithelial cells. We also observed that Mtb infection affected the F-actin/G-actin ratio, which was also correlated with SDC4 expression levels. Analysis of the Cdc42, N-WASP, and Arp2/3 signaling pathways during Mtb infection revealed that knockdown of Cdc42 and N-WASP or the addition of ZCL278, Wiskostatin or CK636 (blockers of Cdc42, N-WASP, and Arp2/3, respectively) significantly exacerbated Mtb infection in lung epithelial cells. Taken together, our data indicate that SDC4 assists Mtb infection of epithelial cells by regulating the Cdc42, N-WASP, and Arp2/3 signaling pathways, which regulate the polymerization of the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Da Wen
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; Department of Microbiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; Key Lab of Medical Molecular Cell Biology of Shanxi Province, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; The Provincial Key Laboratories for Prevention and Treatment of Major Infectious Diseases, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China.
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Ireton K, Mortuza R, Gyanwali GC, Gianfelice A, Hussain M. Role of internalin proteins in the pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:1407-1419. [PMID: 34704304 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne bacterium that causes gastroenteritis, meningitis, or abortion. L. monocytogenes induces its internalization (entry) into human cells and either spreads laterally in tissues or transcytoses to traverse anatomical barriers. In this review, we discuss mechanisms by which five structurally related proteins of the "internalin" family of L. monocytogenes (InlA, InlB, InlC, InlF, and InlP) interact with distinct host receptors to promote infection of human cells and/or crossing of the intestinal, blood-brain, or placental barriers. We focus on recent results demonstrating that the internalin proteins InlA, InlB, and InlC exploit exocytic pathways to stimulate transcytosis, entry, or cell-to-cell spread, respectively. We also discuss evidence that InlA-mediated transcytosis contributes to traversal of the intestinal barrier, whereas InlF promotes entry into endothelial cells to breach the blood-brain barrier. InlB also facilitates the crossing of the blood-brain barrier, but does so by extending the longevity of infected monocytes that may subsequently act as a "Trojan horse" to transfer bacteria to the brain. InlA, InlB, and InlP each contribute to fetoplacental infection by targeting syncytiotrophoblast or cytotrophoblast layers of the placenta. This work highlights the diverse functions of internalins and the complex mechanisms by which these structurally related proteins contribute to disease.
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- Keith Ireton
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Helicobacter pylori CagA Induces Cortactin Y-470 Phosphorylation-Dependent Gastric Epithelial Cell Scattering via Abl, Vav2 and Rac1 Activation. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13164241. [PMID: 34439396 PMCID: PMC8391897 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13164241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Various microbial pathogens target the actin-binding protein cortactin to promote their own uptake, proliferation and spread, and exhibit proposed roles in human cancerogenesis. We aimed to study the molecular mechanisms of how the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori hijacks cortactin phosphorylation via tyrosine kinase Abl to trigger cancer-related signal transduction events. We discovered that cortactin phosphorylated at Y-470 recruits the signaling factor Vav2 to activate the small Rho GTPase Rac1, and finally, a cancer cell motility phenotype. We also demonstrate that phosphorylation of cortactin at Y-470 can be completely inhibited by the well-known Abl inhibitor imatinib. Imatinib is an established oral chemotherapy medication, employed for efficient systemic treatment of various cancers. These results reveal a comprehensive novel pathway for how precisely H. pylori manipulates host signaling in gastric disease development, and may pave the way for new opportunities of treatment of the outcome of infections with this pathogen, i.e., through using imatinib. Abstract The pathogen Helicobacter pylori is the first reported bacterial type-1 carcinogen playing a role in the development of human malignancies, including gastric adenocarcinoma. Cancer cell motility is an important process in this scenario, however, the molecular mechanisms are still not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that H. pylori subverts the actin-binding protein cortactin through its type-IV secretion system and injected oncoprotein CagA, e.g., by inducing tyrosine phosphorylation of cortactin at Y-470, which triggers gastric epithelial cell scattering and motility. During infection of AGS cells, cortactin was discovered to undergo tyrosine dephosphorylation at residues Y-421 and Y-486, which is mediated through inactivation of Src kinase. However, H. pylori also profoundly activates tyrosine kinase Abl, which simultaneously phosphorylates cortactin at Y-470. Phosphorylated cortactin interacts with the SH2-domain of Vav2, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the Rho-family of GTPases. The cortactin/Vav2 complex then stimulates a previously unrecognized activation cascade including the small GTPase Rac1, to effect actin rearrangements and cell scattering. We hypothesize that injected CagA targets cortactin to locally open the gastric epithelium in order to get access to certain nutrients. This may disturb the cellular barrier functions, likely contributing to the induction of cell motility, which is important in gastric cancer development.
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Shahid AD, Lu Y, Iqbal MA, Lin L, Huang S, Jiang X, Chen S. Listeria monocytogenes crosses blood brain barrier through Rho GTPases induced migration of macrophages and inflammatory interleukin expression. Microb Pathog 2021; 159:105143. [PMID: 34400281 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes crossing the blood-brain barrier in the form of "Trojan Horse" is of great significance for the establishment of bacterial encephalitis and meningitis. Induction of cell migration and crossing the blood-brain barrier is very important to understand the Listeria pathogenesis. The Rho GTPases family is considered a key factor in regulating cell migration. This study was designed to investigate the expression of Rho GTPases and their effect on the behavior of cell migration and the stimulation of immune factors. Selective Rho GTPases were investigated by real-time PCR and Western blot. Among these, the expression of RhoA was significantly increased following the infection of Listeria monocytogenes in macrophages. Further, we found that RhoA improves the migration of macrophages and expression of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α. The expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α possibly facilitates the migration and adhesion of macrophages to cross the blood-brain barrier. This study provides preliminary ground to investigate the detailed mechanism of Listeria monocytogenes crossing the blood-brain barrier.
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- School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yixing People's Hospital, Affiliated Jiangsu University, Wuxi, 214200, China
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- School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
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Huang YP, Hou PY, Chen IH, Hsu YH, Tsai CH, Cheng CP. Dissecting the role of a plant-specific Rab5 small GTPase NbRabF1 in Bamboo mosaic virus infection. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:6932-6944. [PMID: 32926136 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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NbRabF1, a small GTPase from Nicotiana benthamiana and a homolog of Arabidopsis thaliana Ara6, plays a key role in regulating Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) movement by vesicle transport between endosomal membranes. Reducing the expression of NbRabF1 in N. benthamiana by virus-induced gene silencing decreased the accumulation of BaMV, and with smaller infection foci on inoculated leaves, but had no effect in protoplasts. Furthermore, transient expression of NbRabF1 increased the accumulation of BaMV in inoculated leaves. Thus, NbRabF1 may be involved in the cell-to-cell movement of BaMV. The potential acyl modification sites at the second and third amino acid positions of NbRabF1 were crucial for membrane targeting and BaMV accumulation. The localization of mutant forms of NbRabF1 with the GDP-bound (donor site) and GTP-bound (acceptor site) suggested that NbRabF1 might regulate vesicle trafficking between the Golgi apparatus and plasma membrane. Furthermore, GTPase activity could also be involved in BaMV cell-to-cell movement. Overall, in this study, we identified a small GTPase, NbRabF1, from N. benthamiana that interacts with its activation protein NbRabGAP1 and regulates vesicle transport from the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane. We suggest that the BaMV movement complex might move from cell to cell through this vesicle trafficking route.
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- Ying-Ping Huang
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Research Center for Sustainable Energy and Nanotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Paone S, D'Alessandro S, Parapini S, Celani F, Tirelli V, Pourshaban M, Olivieri A. Characterization of the erythrocyte GTPase Rac1 in relation to Plasmodium falciparum invasion. Sci Rep 2020; 10:22054. [PMID: 33328606 PMCID: PMC7744522 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79052-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Malaria is still a devastating disease with 228 million cases globally and 405,000 lethal outcomes in 2018, mainly in children under five years of age. The threat of emerging malaria strains resistant to currently available drugs has made the search for novel drug targets compelling. The process by which Plasmodium falciparum parasites invade the host cell has been widely studied, but only a few erythrocyte proteins involved in this process have been identified so far. The erythrocyte protein Rac1 is a GTPase that plays an important role in host cell invasion by many intracellular pathogens. Here we show that Rac1 is recruited in proximity to the site of parasite entry during P. falciparum invasion process and that subsequently localizes to the parasitophorous vacuole membrane. We also suggest that this GTPase may be involved in erythrocyte invasion by P. falciparum, by testing the effect of specific Rac1 inhibitory compounds. Finally, we suggest a secondary role of the erythrocyte GTPase also in parasite intracellular development. We here characterize a new erythrocyte protein potentially involved in P. falciparum invasion of the host cell and propose the human GTPase Rac1 as a novel and promising antimalarial drug target.
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- Silvio Paone
- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.,Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Per La Salute, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
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Alvarez-Dominguez C, Salcines-Cuevas D, Teran-Navarro H, Calderon-Gonzalez R, Tobes R, Garcia I, Grijalvo S, Paradela A, Seoane A, Sangari FJ, Fresno M, Calvo-Montes J, Pérez Del Molino Bernal IC, Yañez-Diaz S. Epitopes for Multivalent Vaccines Against Listeria, Mycobacterium and Streptococcus spp: A Novel Role for Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:573348. [PMID: 33194812 PMCID: PMC7657268 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.573348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The glycolytic enzyme and bacterial virulence factor of Listeria monocytogenes, the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH, Lmo2459), ADP-ribosylated the small GTPase, Rab5a, and blocked phagosome maturation. This inhibitory activity localized within the NAD binding domain of GAPDH at the N-terminal 1–22 peptides, also conferred listeriosis protection when used in dendritic cell-based vaccines. In this study, we explore GAPDH of Listeria, Mycobacterium, and Streptococcus spp. taxonomic groups to search for epitopes that confer broad protection against pathogenic strains of these bacteria. GAPDH multivalent epitopes are selected if they induce inhibitory actions and wide-ranging immune responses. Proteomic isolation of GAPDH from dendritic cells infected with Listeria, Mycobacterium, or Streptococcus confirmed similar enzymatic, Rab5a inhibitory and immune stimulation abilities. We identified by bioinformatics and functional analyses GAPDH N-terminal 1–22 peptides from Listeria, Mycobacterium, and Streptococcus that shared 95% sequence homology, enzymatic activity, and B and T cell immune domains. Sera obtained from patients or mice infected with hypervirulent pathogenic Listeria, Mycobacterium, or Streptococcus presented high levels of anti-GAPDH 1–22 antibodies and Th2 cytokines. Monocyte derived dendritic cells from healthy donors loaded with GAPDH 1–22 peptides from Listeria, Mycobacterium, or Streptococcus showed activation patterns that correspond to cross-immunity abilities. In summary, GAPDH 1–22 peptides appeared as putative candidates to include in multivalent dendritic based vaccine platforms for Listeria, Mycobacterium, or Streptococcus.
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- Carmen Alvarez-Dominguez
- Grupo de Oncología y Nanovacunas, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.,Facultad de Educación, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Grupo de Oncología y Nanovacunas, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Grupo de Oncología y Nanovacunas, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Grupo de Oncología y Nanovacunas, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain.,CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Surfactants and Nanobiotechnology, Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnologia de Cantabria (IBBTEC, CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria-SODERCAN), Santander, Spain.,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnologia de Cantabria (IBBTEC, CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria-SODERCAN), Santander, Spain.,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, DIOMUNE S.L., Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Grupo de Oncología y Nanovacunas, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.,Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.,Departamento de Medicina y Cirugia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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Ost GS, Wirth C, Bogdanović X, Kao WC, Schorch B, Aktories PJK, Papatheodorou P, Schwan C, Schlosser A, Jank T, Hunte C, Aktories K. Inverse control of Rab proteins by Yersinia ADP-ribosyltransferase and glycosyltransferase related to clostridial glucosylating toxins. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaaz2094. [PMID: 32195351 PMCID: PMC7065874 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz2094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
We identified a glucosyltransferase (YGT) and an ADP-ribosyltransferase (YART) in Yersinia mollaretii, highly related to glucosylating toxins from Clostridium difficile, the cause of antibiotics-associated enterocolitis. Both Yersinia toxins consist of an amino-terminal enzyme domain, an autoprotease domain activated by inositol hexakisphosphate, and a carboxyl-terminal translocation domain. YGT N-acetylglucosaminylates Rab5 and Rab31 at Thr52 and Thr36, respectively, thereby inactivating the Rab proteins. YART ADP-ribosylates Rab5 and Rab31 at Gln79 and Gln64, respectively. This activates Rab proteins by inhibiting GTP hydrolysis. We determined the crystal structure of the glycosyltransferase domain of YGT (YGTG) in the presence and absence of UDP at 1.9- and 3.4-Å resolution, respectively. Thereby, we identified a previously unknown potassium ion-binding site, which explains potassium ion-dependent enhanced glycosyltransferase activity in clostridial and related toxins. Our findings exhibit a novel type of inverse regulation of Rab proteins by toxins and provide new insights into the structure-function relationship of glycosyltransferase toxins.
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- G. Stefan Ost
- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Institut für Biologie, Fakultät für Biologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum für Experimentelle Biomedizin, Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- CIBSS–Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Corresponding author.
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The Host GTPase Arf1 and Its Effectors AP1 and PICK1 Stimulate Actin Polymerization and Exocytosis To Promote Entry of Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun 2020; 88:IAI.00578-19. [PMID: 31740529 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00578-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne bacterium that causes gastroenteritis, meningitis, or abortion. Listeria induces its internalization (entry) into some human cells through interaction of the bacterial surface protein InlB with its host receptor, the Met tyrosine kinase. InlB and Met promote entry through stimulation of localized actin polymerization and exocytosis. How actin cytoskeletal changes and exocytosis are controlled during entry is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate important roles for the host GTPase Arf1 and its effectors AP1 and PICK1 in actin polymerization and exocytosis during InlB-dependent uptake. Depletion of Arf1 by RNA interference (RNAi) or inhibition of Arf1 activity using a dominant-negative allele impaired InlB-dependent internalization, indicating an important role for Arf1 in this process. InlB stimulated an increase in the GTP-bound form of Arf1, demonstrating that this bacterial protein activates Arf1. RNAi and immunolocalization studies indicated that Arf1 controls exocytosis and actin polymerization during entry by recruiting the effectors AP1 and PICK1 to the plasma membrane. In turn, AP1 and PICK1 promoted plasma membrane translocation of both Filamin A (FlnA) and Exo70, two host proteins previously found to mediate exocytosis during InlB-dependent internalization (M. Bhalla, H. Van Ngo, G. C. Gyanwali, and K. Ireton, Infect Immun 87:e00689-18, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00689-18). PICK1 mediated recruitment of Exo70 but not FlnA. Collectively, these results indicate that Arf1, AP1, and PICK1 stimulate exocytosis by redistributing FlnA and Exo70 to the plasma membrane. We propose that Arf1, AP1, and PICK1 are key coordinators of actin polymerization and exocytosis during infection of host cells by Listeria.
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CYRI/FAM49B negatively regulates RAC1-driven cytoskeletal remodelling and protects against bacterial infection. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:1516-1531. [PMID: 31285585 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0484-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Salmonella presents a global public health concern. Central to Salmonella pathogenicity is an ability to subvert host defences through strategically targeting host proteins implicated in restricting infection. Therefore, to gain insight into the host-pathogen interactions governing Salmonella infection, we performed an in vivo genome-wide mutagenesis screen to uncover key host defence proteins. This revealed an uncharacterized role of CYRI (FAM49B) in conferring host resistance to Salmonella infection. We show that CYRI binds to the small GTPase RAC1 through a conserved domain present in CYFIP proteins, which are known RAC1 effectors that stimulate actin polymerization. However, unlike CYFIP proteins, CYRI negatively regulates RAC1 signalling, thereby attenuating processes such as macropinocytosis, phagocytosis and cell migration. This enables CYRI to counteract Salmonella at various stages of infection, including bacterial entry into non-phagocytic and phagocytic cells as well as phagocyte-mediated bacterial dissemination. Intriguingly, to dampen its effects, the bacterial effector SopE, a RAC1 activator, selectively targets CYRI following infection. Together, this outlines an intricate host-pathogen signalling interplay that is crucial for determining bacterial fate. Notably, our study also outlines a role for CYRI in restricting infection mediated by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Listeria monocytogenes. This provides evidence implicating CYRI cellular functions in host defence beyond Salmonella infection.
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Wei H, Zhou L, Wu S, Li D, Deng S, Peng H. Host cell Rac1 GTPase facilitates Toxoplasma gondii invasion. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2019; 63:610-612. [PMID: 31222548 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-019-9564-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Haixia Wei
- Department of Pathogen Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
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Zhao S, Xi D, Cai J, Chen W, Xiang J, Peng N, Wang J, Jiang Y, Mei Z, Liu J. Rab20 is critical for bacterial lipoprotein tolerization-enhanced bactericidal activity in macrophages during bacterial infection. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2019; 63:401-409. [PMID: 31152389 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-019-9527-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bacterial cell wall component-induced tolerance represents an important protective mechanism during microbial infection. Tolerance induced by the TLR2 agonist bacterial lipoprotein (BLP) has been shown to attenuate the inflammatory response, and simultaneously to augment antimicrobial function, thereby conferring its protection against microbial sepsis. However, the underlying mechanism by which BLP tolerance augments bactericidal activity has not been fully elucidated. Here, we reported that the induction of BLP tolerance in murine macrophages upregulated the expression of Rab20, a membrane trafficking regulator, at both the mRNA and protein levels upon bacterial infection. The knockdown of Rab20 with Rab20 specific siRNA (siRab20) did not affect the phagocytosis of Escherichia coli (E. coli), but substantially impaired the intracellular killing of the ingested E. coli in BLP-tolerized macrophages. Furthermore, Rab20 was associated with GFP-E. coli containing phagosomes, and BLP tolerization resulted in the enhanced maturation of GFP-E. coli-containing phagosomes associated with Rab20 and strong lysosomal acidification. The knockdown of Rab20 substantially diminished lysosome acidification and disturbed the fusion of GFP-E. coli containing phagosomes with lysosomes in BLP-tolerized macrophages. These results demonstrate that Rab20 plays a critical role in BLP tolerization-induced augmentation of bactericidal activity via promoting phagosome maturation and the fusion of bacteria containing phagosomes with lysosomes.
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- Shuqi Zhao
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.
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The Host Scaffolding Protein Filamin A and the Exocyst Complex Control Exocytosis during InlB-Mediated Entry of Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun 2018; 87:IAI.00689-18. [PMID: 30348826 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00689-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne bacterium that causes gastroenteritis, meningitis, or abortion. Listeria induces its internalization (entry) into some human cells through interaction of the bacterial surface protein InlB with its host receptor, the Met tyrosine kinase. InlB and Met promote entry, in part, through stimulation of localized exocytosis. How exocytosis is upregulated during entry is not understood. Here, we show that the human signaling proteins mTOR, protein kinase C-α (PKC-α), and RalA promote exocytosis during entry by controlling the scaffolding protein Filamin A (FlnA). InlB-mediated uptake was accompanied by PKC-α-dependent phosphorylation of serine 2152 in FlnA. Depletion of FlnA by RNA interference (RNAi) or expression of a mutated FlnA protein defective in phosphorylation impaired InlB-dependent internalization. These findings indicate that phosphorylation of FlnA by PKC-α contributes to entry. mTOR and RalA were found to mediate the recruitment of FlnA to sites of InlB-mediated entry. Depletion of PKC-α, mTOR, or FlnA each reduced exocytosis during InlB-mediated uptake. Because the exocyst complex is known to mediate polarized exocytosis, we examined if PKC-α, mTOR, RalA, or FlnA affects this complex. Depletion of PKC-α, mTOR, RalA, or FlnA impaired recruitment of the exocyst component Exo70 to sites of InlB-mediated entry. Experiments involving knockdown of Exo70 or other exocyst proteins demonstrated an important role for the exocyst complex in uptake of Listeria Collectively, our results indicate that PKC-α, mTOR, RalA, and FlnA comprise a signaling pathway that mobilizes the exocyst complex to promote infection by Listeria.
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Ireton K, Van Ngo H, Bhalla M. Interaction of microbial pathogens with host exocytic pathways. Cell Microbiol 2018; 20:e12861. [PMID: 29797532 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Many microbial pathogens co-opt or perturb host membrane trafficking pathways. This review covers recent examples in which microbes interact with host exocytosis, the fusion of intracellular vesicles with the plasma membrane. The bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus subvert recycling endosomal pathways of exocytosis in order to induce their entry into human cells. By contrast, entry of the protozoan pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi or the virus adenovirus into host cells involves exploitation of lysosomal exocytosis. Toxins produced by Bacillus anthracis or Vibrio cholerae interfere with exocytosis pathways mediated by the GTPase Rab11 and the exocyst complex. By doing so, anthrax or cholera toxins impair recycling of cadherins to cell-cell junctions and disrupt the barrier properties of endothelial cells or intestinal epithelial cells, respectively. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is expelled from bladder epithelial cells through two different exocytic routes that involve sensing of bacteria in vacuoles by host Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) or monitoring of the pH of lysosomes harbouring UPEC. The TLR4 pathway is mediated by multiple Rab GTPases and the exocyst, whereas the other pathway involves exocytosis of lysosomes. Expulsion of UPEC through these pathways is thought to benefit the host.
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- Keith Ireton
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Sviridov D, Mukhamedova N. Cdc42 - A tryst between host cholesterol metabolism and infection. Small GTPases 2018; 9:237-241. [PMID: 27580266 DOI: 10.1080/21541248.2016.1223533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Emerging evidence points to an important connection between pathogenesis of intracellular infections and host cholesterol metabolism. In our study we demonstrated that human cytomegalovirus exploits host small GTPase Cdc42 to hijack cellular cholesterol efflux pathway. It appears that the virus uses host machinery to stimulate cholesterol efflux by modifying lipid rafts and altering properties of plasma membrane, but the altered pathway is controlled by the viral protein US28 instead of the host ATP binding cassette transporter A1. We speculate that virus-controlled remodeling of plasma membrane facilitates immune evasion, exocytosis of viral proteins and cell-to-cell transmission of human cytomegalovirus. These mechanisms may be not unique for the cytomegalovirus and subverting reverse cholesterol transport pathway may be a generic mechanism used by pathogens to alter properties of host plasma membrane adapting it for their purposes-to hide and disseminate.
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- Dmitri Sviridov
- a Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute , Melbourne , Australia
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Prashar A, Ortiz ME, Lucarelli S, Barker E, Tabatabeiyazdi Z, Shamoun F, Raju D, Antonescu C, Guyard C, Terebiznik MR. Small Rho GTPases and the Effector VipA Mediate the Invasion of Epithelial Cells by Filamentous Legionella pneumophila. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:133. [PMID: 29774203 PMCID: PMC5943596 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila (Lp) exhibits different morphologies with varying degrees of virulence. Despite their detection in environmental sources of outbreaks and in respiratory tract secretions and lung autopsies from patients, the filamentous morphotype of Lp remains poorly studied. We previously demonstrated that filamentous Lp invades lung epithelial cells (LECs) and replicates intracellularly in a Legionella containing vacuole. Filamentous Lp activates β1integrin and E-cadherin receptors at the surface of LECs leading to the formation of actin-rich cell membrane structures we termed hooks and membrane wraps. These structures entrap segments of an Lp filament on host cell surface and mediate bacterial internalization. Here we investigated the molecular mechanisms responsible for the actin rearrangements needed for the formation and elongation of these membrane wraps and bacterial internalization. We combined genetic and pharmacological approaches to assess the contribution of signaling downstream of β1integrin and E-cadherin receptors, and Lp Dot/Icm secretion system- translocated effectors toward the invasion process. Our studies demonstrate a multi-stage mechanism of LEC invasion by filamentous Lp. Bacterial attachment to host cells depends on signaling downstream of β1integrin and E-cadherin activation, leading to Rho GTPases-dependent activation of cellular actin nucleating proteins, Arp2/3 and mDia. This mediates the formation of primordial membrane wraps that entrap the filamentous bacteria on the cell surface. Following this, in a second phase of the invasion process the Dot/Icm translocated effector VipA mediates rapid membrane wrap elongation, leading to the engulfment of the filamentous bacteria by the LECs. Our findings provide the first description of Rho GTPases and a Dot/Icm effector VipA regulating the actin dynamics needed for the invasion of epithelial cells by Lp.
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- Akriti Prashar
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada.,Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada.,Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada.,Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Bioaster, Lyon, France.,Molecular Microbiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, ON, Canada.,Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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SNX8 mediates IFNγ-triggered noncanonical signaling pathway and host defense against Listeria monocytogenes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:13000-13005. [PMID: 29180417 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713462114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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IFNγ is a cytokine that plays a key role in host defense against intracellular pathogens. In addition to the canonical JAK-STAT1 pathway, IFNγ also activates an IKKβ-mediated noncanonical signaling pathway that is essential for induction of a subset of downstream effector genes. The molecular mechanisms and functional significance of this IFNγ-triggered noncanonical pathway remains enigmatic. Here, we identified sorting nexin 8 (SNX8) as an important component of the IFNγ-triggered noncanonical signaling pathway. SNX8-deficiency impaired IFNγ-triggered induction of a subset of downstream genes. Snx8-/- mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes exhibited lower serum cytokine levels and higher bacterial loads in the livers and spleens, resulting in higher lethality. Mechanistically, SNX8 interacted with JAK1 and IKKβ and promoted their association. IFNγ induced JAK1-mediated phosphorylation of SNX8 at Tyr95 and Tyr126, which promoted the recruitment of IKKβ to the JAK1 complex. SNX8-deficiency impaired IFNγ-induced oligomerization and autophosphorylation of IKKβ at Ser177, which is critical for selective induction of downstream genes. Our findings suggest that SNX8 acts as a link for IFNγ-triggered noncanonical signaling pathway, which induces a subset of downstream genes important for host defense against L. monocytogenes infection.
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Song OR, Queval CJ, Iantomasi R, Delorme V, Marion S, Veyron-Churlet R, Werkmeister E, Popoff M, Ricard I, Jouny S, Deboosere N, Lafont F, Baulard A, Yeramian E, Marsollier L, Hoffmann E, Brodin P. ArfGAP1 restricts Mycobacterium tuberculosis entry by controlling the actin cytoskeleton. EMBO Rep 2017; 19:29-42. [PMID: 29141986 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201744371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) with pulmonary epithelial cells is critical for early stages of bacillus colonization and during the progression of tuberculosis. Entry of Mtb into epithelial cells has been shown to depend on F-actin polymerization, though the molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Here, we demonstrate that mycobacterial uptake into epithelial cells requires rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton, which are regulated by ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (Arf1) and phospholipase D1 (PLD1), and is dependent on the M3 muscarinic receptor (M3R). We show that this pathway is controlled by Arf GTPase-activating protein 1 (ArfGAP1), as its silencing has an impact on actin cytoskeleton reorganization leading to uncontrolled uptake and replication of Mtb. Furthermore, we provide evidence that this pathway is critical for mycobacterial entry, while the cellular infection with other pathogens, such as Shigella flexneri and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, is not affected. Altogether, these results reveal how cortical actin plays the role of a barrier to prevent mycobacterial entry into epithelial cells and indicate a novel role for ArfGAP1 as a restriction factor of host-pathogen interactions.
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- Ok-Ryul Song
- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France.,Equipe ATIP AVENIR, CRCINA, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Angers, France.,CRCINA, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Angers, France.,Institute Pasteur Korea, Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France.,Institute Pasteur Korea, Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France.,CNRS, UMR8520, Institut d'électronique, de microélectronique et de nanotechnologie, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- Unité de Microbiologie Structurale, CNRS UMR3528, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Equipe ATIP AVENIR, CRCINA, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Angers, France .,CRCINA, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ. Lille, Lille, France .,Institute Pasteur Korea, Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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Sprenger M, Kasper L, Hensel M, Hube B. Metabolic adaptation of intracellular bacteria and fungi to macrophages. Int J Med Microbiol 2017; 308:215-227. [PMID: 29150190 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The mature phagosome of macrophages is a hostile environment for the vast majority of phagocytosed microbes. In addition to active destruction of the engulfed microbes by antimicrobial compounds, restriction of essential nutrients in the phagosomal compartment contributes to microbial growth inhibition and killing. However, some pathogenic microorganisms have not only developed various strategies to efficiently withstand or counteract antimicrobial activities, but also to acquire nutrients within macrophages for intracellular replication. Successful intracellular pathogens are able to utilize host-derived amino acids, carbohydrates and lipids as well as trace metals and vitamins during intracellular growth. This requires sophisticated strategies such as phagosome modification or escape, efficient nutrient transporters and metabolic adaptation. In this review, we discuss the metabolic adaptation of facultative intracellular bacteria and fungi to the intracellular lifestyle inside macrophages.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcel Sprenger
- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Microbiology, University Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany; Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care, University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
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Tang BL. Rab32/38 and the xenophagic restriction of intracellular bacteria replication. Microbes Infect 2016; 18:595-603. [PMID: 27256464 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Rab GTPases' subversion by intracellular pathogens during infection has been extensively documented. Recent findings have implicated a key intracellular bacterial restriction/containment function for Rab32/38 in Salmonella species in macrophages and Listeria monocytogenes in dendritic cells. Rab32/38 aids the phagolysosome maturation, and mediates a parallel xenophagy mechanism by engaging prohibitins.
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- Bor Luen Tang
- Department of Biochemistry and NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Role of Host Type IA Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Pathway Components in Invasin-Mediated Internalization of Yersinia enterocolitica. Infect Immun 2016; 84:1826-1841. [PMID: 27068087 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00142-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Many bacterial pathogens subvert mammalian type IA phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) in order to induce their internalization into host cells. How PI3K promotes internalization is not well understood. Also unclear is whether type IA PI3K affects different pathogens through similar or distinct mechanisms. Here, we performed an RNA interference (RNAi)-based screen to identify components of the type IA PI3K pathway involved in invasin-mediated entry of Yersinia enterocolitica, an enteropathogen that causes enteritis and lymphadenitis. The 69 genes targeted encode known upstream regulators or downstream effectors of PI3K. A similar RNAi screen was previously performed with the food-borne bacterium Listeria monocytogenes The results of the screen with Y. enterocolitica indicate that at least nine members of the PI3K pathway are needed for invasin-mediated entry. Several of these proteins, including centaurin-α1, Dock180, focal adhesion kinase (FAK), Grp1, LL5α, LL5β, and PLD2 (phospholipase D2), were recruited to sites of entry. In addition, centaurin-α1, FAK, PLD2, and mTOR were required for remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton during entry. Six of the human proteins affecting invasin-dependent internalization also promote InlB-mediated entry of L. monocytogenes Our results identify several host proteins that mediate invasin-induced effects on the actin cytoskeleton and indicate that a subset of PI3K pathway components promote internalization of both Y. enterocolitica and L. monocytogenes.
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Conte F, Oti M, Dixon J, Carels CEL, Rubini M, Zhou H. Systematic analysis of copy number variants of a large cohort of orofacial cleft patients identifies candidate genes for orofacial clefts. Hum Genet 2015; 135:41-59. [PMID: 26561393 PMCID: PMC4698300 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-015-1606-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Orofacial clefts (OFCs) represent a large fraction of human birth defects and are one of the most common phenotypes affected by large copy number variants (CNVs). Due to the limited number of CNV patients in individual centers, CNV analyses of a large number of OFC patients are challenging. The present study analyzed 249 genomic deletions and 226 duplications from a cohort of 312 OFC patients reported in two publicly accessible databases of chromosome imbalance and phenotype in humans, DECIPHER and ECARUCA. Genomic regions deleted or duplicated in multiple patients were identified, and genes in these overlapping CNVs were prioritized based on the number of genes encompassed by the region and gene expression in embryonic mouse palate. Our analyses of these overlapping CNVs identified two genes known to be causative for human OFCs, SATB2 and MEIS2, and 12 genes (DGCR6, FGF2, FRZB, LETM1, MAPK3, SPRY1, THBS1, TSHZ1, TTC28, TULP4, WHSC1, WHSC2) that are associated with OFC or orofacial development. Additionally, we report 34 deleted and 24 duplicated genes that have not previously been associated with OFCs but are associated with the BMP, MAPK and RAC1 pathways. Statistical analyses show that the high number of overlapping CNVs is not due to random occurrence. The identified genes are not located in highly variable genomic regions in healthy populations and are significantly enriched for genes that are involved in orofacial development. In summary, we report a CNV analysis pipeline of a large cohort of OFC patients and identify novel candidate OFC genes.
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- Federica Conte
- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Medical Genetic Unit, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Medical Genetic Unit, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. .,Department of Human Genetics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Fattouh R, Kwon H, Czuczman MA, Copeland JW, Pelletier L, Quinlan ME, Muise AM, Higgins DE, Brumell JH. The diaphanous-related formins promote protrusion formation and cell-to-cell spread of Listeria monocytogenes. J Infect Dis 2014; 211:1185-95. [PMID: 25281757 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The Gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular pathogen whose virulence depends on its ability to spread from cell to cell within an infected host. Although the actin-related protein 2/3 (Arp2/3) complex is necessary and sufficient for Listeria actin tail assembly, previous studies suggest that other actin polymerization factors, such as formins, may participate in protrusion formation. Here, we show that Arp2/3 localized to only a minor portion of the protrusion. Moreover, treatment of L. monocytogenes-infected HeLa cells with a formin FH2-domain inhibitor significantly reduced protrusion length. In addition, the Diaphanous-related formins 1-3 (mDia1-3) localized to protrusions, and knockdown of mDia1, mDia2, and mDia3 substantially decreased cell-to-cell spread of L. monocytogenes. Rho GTPases are known to be involved in formin activation. Our studies also show that knockdown of several Rho family members significantly influenced bacterial cell-to-cell spread. Collectively, these findings identify a Rho GTPase-formin network that is critically involved in the cell-to-cell spread of L. monocytogenes.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California-Los Angeles
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- Cell Biology Program Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Paediatrics SickKids IBD Centre, Hospital for Sick Children Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cell Biology Program SickKids IBD Centre, Hospital for Sick Children Department of Molecular Genetics Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
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