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Kjellin J, Pränting M, Bach F, Vaid R, Edelbroek B, Li Z, Hoeppner MP, Grabherr M, Isberg RR, Hagedorn M, Söderbom F. Investigation of the host transcriptional response to intracellular bacterial infection using Dictyostelium discoideum as a host model. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:961. [PMID: 31823727 PMCID: PMC6902447 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6269-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During infection by intracellular pathogens, a highly complex interplay occurs between the infected cell trying to degrade the invader and the pathogen which actively manipulates the host cell to enable survival and proliferation. Many intracellular pathogens pose important threats to human health and major efforts have been undertaken to better understand the host-pathogen interactions that eventually determine the outcome of the infection. Over the last decades, the unicellular eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum has become an established infection model, serving as a surrogate macrophage that can be infected with a wide range of intracellular pathogens. In this study, we use high-throughput RNA-sequencing to analyze the transcriptional response of D. discoideum when infected with Mycobacterium marinum and Legionella pneumophila. The results were compared to available data from human macrophages. RESULTS The majority of the transcriptional regulation triggered by the two pathogens was found to be unique for each bacterial challenge. Hallmark transcriptional signatures were identified for each infection, e.g. induction of endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) and autophagy genes in response to M. marinum and inhibition of genes associated with the translation machinery and energy metabolism in response to L. pneumophila. However, a common response to the pathogenic bacteria was also identified, which was not induced by non-pathogenic food bacteria. Finally, comparison with available data sets of regulation in human monocyte derived macrophages shows that the elicited response in D. discoideum is in many aspects similar to what has been observed in human immune cells in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and L. pneumophila. CONCLUSIONS Our study presents high-throughput characterization of D. discoideum transcriptional response to intracellular pathogens using RNA-seq. We demonstrate that the transcriptional response is in essence distinct to each pathogen and that in many cases, the corresponding regulation is recapitulated in human macrophages after infection by mycobacteria and L. pneumophila. This indicates that host-pathogen interactions are evolutionary conserved, derived from the early interactions between free-living phagocytic cells and bacteria. Taken together, our results strengthen the use of D. discoideum as a general infection model.
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- Jonas Kjellin
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Present Address: ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,Present Address: Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.,Present Address: New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Section Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.,Life Sciences and Chemistry, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Group Ribogenetics, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Mathavarajah S, Flores A, Huber RJ. Dictyostelium discoideum
: A Model System for Cell and Developmental Biology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cpet.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Department of Biology, Trent University Peterborough Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biology, Trent University Peterborough Ontario Canada
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Bozzaro S, Peracino B, Eichinger L. Dictyostelium host response to legionella infection: strategies and assays. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 954:417-38. [PMID: 23150412 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-161-5_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The professional phagocyte Dictyostelium discoideum is a simple eukaryotic microorganism, whose natural habitat is deciduous forest soil and decaying leaves, where the amoebae feed on bacteria and grow as separate, independent, single cells. In the last decade, the organism has been successfully used as a host for several human pathogens, including Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium marinum,Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Salmonella typhimurium. To dissect the complex cross-talk between host and pathogen Dictyostelium offers easy cultivation, a high quality genome sequence and excellent molecular genetic and biochemical tools. Dictyostelium cells are also extremely suitable for cell biological studies, which in combination with in vivo expression of fluorescence-tagged proteins allow investigating the dynamics of bacterial uptake and infection. Inactivation of genes by homologous recombination as well as gene rescue and overexpression are well established and a large mutant collection is available at the Dictyostelium stock center, favoring identification of host resistance or susceptibility genes. Here, we briefly introduce the organism, address the value of Dictyostelium as model host, describe strategies to identify host cell factors important for infection followed by protocols for cell culture and storage, uptake and infection, and confocal microscopy of infected cells.
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- Salvatore Bozzaro
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy,
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Sultana H, Neelakanta G, Rivero F, Blau-Wasser R, Schleicher M, Noegel AA. Ectopic expression of cyclase associated protein CAP restores the streaming and aggregation defects of adenylyl cyclase a deficient Dictyostelium discoideum cells. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2012; 12:3. [PMID: 22239817 PMCID: PMC3316131 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-12-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Background Cell adhesion, an integral part of D. discoideum development, is important for morphogenesis and regulated gene expression in the multicellular context and is required to trigger cell-differentiation. G-protein linked adenylyl cyclase pathways are crucially involved and a mutant lacking the aggregation specific adenylyl cyclase ACA does not undergo multicellular development. Results Here, we have investigated the role of cyclase-associated protein (CAP), an important regulator of cell polarity and F-actin/G-actin ratio in the aca- mutant. We show that ectopic expression of GFP-CAP improves cell polarization, streaming and aggregation in aca- cells, but it fails to completely restore development. Our studies indicate a requirement of CAP in the ACA dependent signal transduction for progression of the development of unicellular amoebae into multicellular structures. The reduced expression of the cell adhesion molecule DdCAD1 together with csA is responsible for the defects in aca- cells to initiate multicellular development. Early development was restored by the expression of GFP-CAP that enhanced the DdCAD1 transcript levels and to a lesser extent the csA mRNA levels. Conclusions Collectively, our data shows a novel role of CAP in regulating cell adhesion mechanisms during development that might be envisioned to unravel the functions of mammalian CAP during animal embryogenesis.
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- Hameeda Sultana
- Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Köln, Germany.
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RpkA, a highly conserved GPCR with a lipid kinase domain, has a role in phagocytosis and anti-bacterial defense. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27311. [PMID: 22073313 PMCID: PMC3206951 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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RpkA (Receptor phosphatidylinositol kinase A) is an unusual seven-helix transmembrane protein of Dictyostelium discoideum with a G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signature and a C-terminal lipid kinase domain (GPCR-PIPK) predicted as a phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase. RpkA-homologs are present in all so far sequenced Dictyostelidae as well as in several other lower eukaryotes like the oomycete Phytophthora, and in the Legionella host Acanthamoeba castellani. Here we show by immunofluorescence that RpkA localizes to endosomal membranes and is specifically recruited to phagosomes. RpkA interacts with the phagosomal protein complex V-ATPase as proteins of this complex co-precipitate with RpkA-GFP as well as with the GST-tagged PIPK domain of RpkA. Loss of RpkA leads to a defect in phagocytosis as measured by yeast particle uptake. The uptake of the pathogenic bacterium Legionella pneumophila was however unaltered whereas its intra-cellular replication was significantly enhanced in rpkA-. The difference between wild type and rpkA- was even more prominent when L. hackeliae was used. When we investigated the reason for the enhanced susceptibility for L. pneumophila of rpkA- we could not detect a difference in endosomal pH but rpkA- showed depletion of phosphoinositides (PIP and PIP2) when we compared metabolically labeled phosphoinositides from wild type and rpkA-. Furthermore rpkA- exhibited reduced nitrogen starvation tolerance, an indicator for a reduced autophagy rate. Our results indicate that RpkA is a component of the defense system of D. discoideum as well as other lower eukaryotes.
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Bozzaro S, Eichinger L. The professional phagocyte Dictyostelium discoideum as a model host for bacterial pathogens. Curr Drug Targets 2011; 12:942-54. [PMID: 21366522 PMCID: PMC3267156 DOI: 10.2174/138945011795677782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The use of simple hosts such as Dictyostelium discoideum in the study of host pathogen interactions offers a number of advantages and has steadily increased in recent years. Infection-specific genes can often only be studied in a very limited way in man and even in the mouse model their analysis is usually expensive, time consuming and technically challenging or sometimes even impossible. In contrast, their functional analysis in D. discoideum and other simple model organisms is often easier, faster and cheaper. Because host-pathogen interactions necessarily involve two organisms, it is desirable to be able to genetically manipulate both the pathogen and its host. Particularly suited are those hosts, like D. discoideum, whose genome sequence is known and annotated and for which excellent genetic and cell biological tools are available in order to dissect the complex crosstalk between host and pathogen. The review focusses on host-pathogen interactions of D. discoideum with Legionella pneumophila, mycobacteria, and Salmonella typhimurium which replicate intracellularly.
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- Salvatore Bozzaro
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Ospedale S. Luigi, 10043 Orbassano, Italy.
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Sucgang R, Kuo A, Tian X, Salerno W, Parikh A, Feasley CL, Dalin E, Tu H, Huang E, Barry K, Lindquist E, Shapiro H, Bruce D, Schmutz J, Salamov A, Fey P, Gaudet P, Anjard C, Babu MM, Basu S, Bushmanova Y, van der Wel H, Katoh-Kurasawa M, Dinh C, Coutinho PM, Saito T, Elias M, Schaap P, Kay RR, Henrissat B, Eichinger L, Rivero F, Putnam NH, West CM, Loomis WF, Chisholm RL, Shaulsky G, Strassmann JE, Queller DC, Kuspa A, Grigoriev IV. Comparative genomics of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum and Dictyostelium purpureum. Genome Biol 2011; 12:R20. [PMID: 21356102 PMCID: PMC3188802 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-2-r20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2010] [Revised: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background The social amoebae (Dictyostelia) are a diverse group of Amoebozoa that achieve multicellularity by aggregation and undergo morphogenesis into fruiting bodies with terminally differentiated spores and stalk cells. There are four groups of dictyostelids, with the most derived being a group that contains the model species Dictyostelium discoideum. Results We have produced a draft genome sequence of another group dictyostelid, Dictyostelium purpureum, and compare it to the D. discoideum genome. The assembly (8.41 × coverage) comprises 799 scaffolds totaling 33.0 Mb, comparable to the D. discoideum genome size. Sequence comparisons suggest that these two dictyostelids shared a common ancestor approximately 400 million years ago. In spite of this divergence, most orthologs reside in small clusters of conserved synteny. Comparative analyses revealed a core set of orthologous genes that illuminate dictyostelid physiology, as well as differences in gene family content. Interesting patterns of gene conservation and divergence are also evident, suggesting function differences; some protein families, such as the histidine kinases, have undergone little functional change, whereas others, such as the polyketide synthases, have undergone extensive diversification. The abundant amino acid homopolymers encoded in both genomes are generally not found in homologous positions within proteins, so they are unlikely to derive from ancestral DNA triplet repeats. Genes involved in the social stage evolved more rapidly than others, consistent with either relaxed selection or accelerated evolution due to social conflict. Conclusions The findings from this new genome sequence and comparative analysis shed light on the biology and evolution of the Dictyostelia.
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- Richard Sucgang
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Novel Concepts About the Role of Lectins in the Plant Cell. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011; 705:271-94. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7877-6_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Shina MC, Müller R, Blau-Wasser R, Glöckner G, Schleicher M, Eichinger L, Noegel AA, Kolanus W. A cytohesin homolog in Dictyostelium amoebae. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9378. [PMID: 20186335 PMCID: PMC2826412 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Dictyostelium, an amoeboid motile cell, harbors several paralogous Sec7 genes that encode members of three distinct subfamilies of the Sec7 superfamily of Guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Among them are proteins of the GBF/BIG family present in all eukaryotes. The third subfamily represented with three members in D. discoideum is the cytohesin family that has been thought to be metazoan specific. Cytohesins are characterized by a Sec7 PH tandem domain and have roles in cell adhesion and migration. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Dictyostelium SecG exhibits highest homologies to the cytohesins. It harbors at its amino terminus several ankyrin repeats that are followed by the Sec7 PH tandem domain. Mutants lacking SecG show reduced cell-substratum adhesion whereas cell-cell adhesion that is important for development is not affected. Accordingly, multicellular development proceeds normally in the mutant. During chemotaxis secG(-) cells elongate and migrate in a directed fashion towards cAMP, however speed is moderately reduced. SIGNIFICANCE The data indicate that SecG is a relevant factor for cell-substrate adhesion and reveal the basic function of a cytohesin in a lower eukaryote.
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- Maria Christina Shina
- Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz-Lipmann-Institute e.V., Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Muenchen, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
- * E-mail: (AAN); (WK)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, LIMES Institute of the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- * E-mail: (AAN); (WK)
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Lannoo N, Van Damme EJM. Nucleocytoplasmic plant lectins. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2009; 1800:190-201. [PMID: 19647040 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2009.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2009] [Revised: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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During the last decade it was unambiguously shown that plants synthesize minute amounts of carbohydrate-binding proteins upon exposure to stress situations like drought, high salt, hormone treatment, pathogen attack or insect herbivory. In contrast to the 'classical' plant lectins, which are typically found in storage vacuoles or in the extracellular compartment this new class of lectins is located in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Based on these observations the concept was developed that lectin-mediated protein-carbohydrate interactions in the cytoplasm and the nucleus play an important role in the stress physiology of the plant cell. Hitherto, six families of nucleocytoplasmic lectins have been identified. This review gives an overview of our current knowledge on the occurrence of nucleocytoplasmic plant lectins. The carbohydrate-binding properties of these lectins and potential ligands in the nucleocytoplasmic compartment are discussed in view of the physiological role of the lectins in the plant cell.
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- Nausicaä Lannoo
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Funakoshi Y, Suzuki T. Glycobiology in the cytosol: the bitter side of a sweet world. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2008; 1790:81-94. [PMID: 18952151 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2008.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2008] [Revised: 08/03/2008] [Accepted: 09/11/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Progress in glycobiology has undergone explosive growth over the past decade with more of the researchers now realizing the importance of glycan chains in various inter- and intracellular processes. However, there is still an area of glycobiology awaiting exploration. This is especially the case for the field of "glycobiology in the cytosol" which remains rather poorly understood. Yet evidence is accumulating to demonstrate that the glycoconjugates and their recognition molecules (i.e. lectins) are often present in this subcellular compartment.
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- Yoko Funakoshi
- Glycometabolome Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Endocytosis and the Actin Cytoskeleton in Dictyostelium discoideum. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 267:343-97. [DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)00633-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Phagocytosis and host-pathogen interactions in Dictyostelium with a look at macrophages. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 271:253-300. [PMID: 19081545 DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)01206-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Research into phagocytosis and host-pathogen interactions in the lower eukaryote Dictyostelium discoideum has flourished in recent years. This chapter presents a glimpse of where this research stands, with emphasis on the cell biology of the phagocytic process and on the wealth of molecular genetic data that have been gathered. The basic mechanistic machinery and most of the underlying genes appear to be evolutionarily conserved, reflecting the fact that phagocytosis arose as an efficient way to ingest food in single protozoan cells devoid of a rigid cell wall. In spite of some differences, the signal transduction pathways regulating phagosome biogenesis are also emerging as ultimately similar between Dictyostelium and macrophages. Both cell types are hosts for many pathogenic invasive bacteria, which exploit phagocytosis to grow intracellularly. We present an overwiew, based on the analysis of mutants, on how Dictyostelium contributes as a genetic model system to decipher the complexity of host-pathogen interactions.
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Steinert M, Heuner K, Buchrieser C, Albert-Weissenberger C, Glöckner G. Legionella pathogenicity: Genome structure, regulatory networks and the host cell response. Int J Med Microbiol 2007; 297:577-87. [PMID: 17467337 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2007] [Revised: 03/06/2007] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Legionella spp. the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease is naturally found in fresh water where the bacteria parasitize intracellularly within protozoa. Upon aerosol formation via man-made water systems, Legionella can enter the human lung and cause a severe form of pneumonia. Here we review results from systematic comparative genome analysis of Legionella species with different pathogenic potentials. The complete genomes reveal that horizontal gene transfer has played an important role during the evolution of Legionella and indicate the importance of secretion machineries for the intracellular lifestyle of this pathogen. Moreover, we highlight recent findings on the in vivo transcriptional program of L. pneumophila and the regulatory networks involved in the biphasic life cycle. In order to understand how Legionella effectively subvert host cell functions for its own benefit the transcriptional host cell response upon infection of the model amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum was studied. The use of this model organism made it possible to develop a roadmap of host cell factors which significantly contribute to the uptake of L. pneumophila and the establishment of an ER-associated replicative vacuole.
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- Michael Steinert
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Lück PC, Steinert M. Pathogenese, Diagnostik und Therapie der Legionella-Infektion. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2006; 49:439-49. [PMID: 16596363 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-006-1254-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Legionella species are ubiquitous in aquatic environments. About 50 years ago they entered the engineered (technical) environment, i.e. warm water systems with zones of stagnation. Since that time they represent a hygienic problem. After transmission to humans via aerosols legionellae might cause Legionella pneumonia (legionnaires' disease) or influenza-like respiratory infections (Pontiac fever). Epidemiological data suggest that Legionella strains might differ substantially in their virulence properties. Although the molecular basis is not understood L. pneumophila serogroup 1 especially MAb 3/1-positive strains cause the majority of infections. The main virulence feature is the ability to multiply intracellularly. After uptake into macrophages legionellae multiply in a specialized vacuole and finally lyse their host cells. Several bacterial factors like surface components, secretion systems and iron uptake systems are involved in this process. Since the clinical picture of Legionella pneumonia does not allow differentiation from pneumoniae caused by other pathogens, microbiological diagnostic methods are needed to establish the diagnosis. Cultivation of legionellae from clinical specimens, detection of antigens and DNA in patients' samples and detection of antibodies in serum samples are suitable methods. However, none of the diagnostic tests presently available offers the desired quality with respect to sensitivity and specificity. Therefore, the standard technique is to use several diagnostic tests in parallel. Advantages and disadvantages of the diagnostic procedures are discussed. Therapeutic options for Legionella infections are newer macrolides like azithromycin and chinolones (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin).
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- P C Lück
- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Nationales Konsiliarlabor für Legionellen, TU-Dresden, Fiedlerstrasse 42, 01307 Dresden.
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Blanc C, Charette S, Cherix N, Lefkir Y, Cosson P, Letourneur F. A novel phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-binding domain targeting the Phg2 kinase to the membrane in Dictyostelium cells. Eur J Cell Biol 2005; 84:951-60. [PMID: 16325504 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2005.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2005] [Revised: 09/13/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Phg2 is a ser/thr kinase involved in adhesion, motility, actin cytoskeleton dynamics, and phagocytosis in Dictyostelium cells. In a search for Phg2 domains required for its localization to the plasma membrane, we identified a new domain interacting with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P(2)) and phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI(4)P) membrane phosphoinositides. Deletion of this domain prevented membrane recruitment of Phg2 and proper function of the protein in the phagocytic process. Moreover, the overexpression of this PI(4,5)P(2)-binding domain specifically had a dominant-negative effect by inhibiting phagocytosis. Therefore, plasma membrane recruitment of Phg2 is essential for its function. The PI(4,5)P(2)-binding domain fused to GFP (green fluorescent protein) (GFP-Nt-Phg2) was also used to monitor the dynamics of PI(4,5)P(2) during macropinocytosis and phagocytosis. GFP-Nt-Phg2 disappeared from macropinosomes immediately after their closure. During phagocytosis, PI(4,5)P(2) disappeared even before the sealing of phagosomes as it was already observed in mammalian cells. Together these results demonstrate that PI(4,5)P(2) metabolism regulates the dynamics and the function of Phg2.
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- Cédric Blanc
- IFR 128 BioSciences Lyon-Gerland, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, UMR5086, CNRS/Université Lyon I, France
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Khurana T, Brzostowski JA, Kimmel AR. A Rab21/LIM-only/CH-LIM complex regulates phagocytosis via both activating and inhibitory mechanisms. EMBO J 2005; 24:2254-64. [PMID: 15962002 PMCID: PMC1173156 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2005] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We have identified two LIM domain proteins, LimF and ChLim, from Dictyostelium that interact with each other and with the small, Rab5-related, Rab21 GTPase to collectively regulate phagocytosis. To investigate in vivo functions, we generated cell lines that lack or overexpress LimF and ChLim and strains that express activating or inhibiting variants of Rab21. Overexpression of LimF, loss of ChLim, or expression of constitutively active Rab21 increases the rate of phagocytosis above that of wild type. Conversely, loss of LimF, overexpression of ChLim, or expression of a dominant-negative Rab21 inhibits phagocytosis. Our studies using cells carrying multiple mutations in these genes further indicate that ChLim antagonizes the activating function of Rab21-GTP during phagocytosis; in turn, LimF is required for Rab21-GTP function. Finally, we demonstrate that ChLim and LimF localize to the phagocytic cup and phago-lysosomal vesicles. We suggest that LimF, ChLim, and activated Rab21-GTP participate as a novel signaling complex that regulates phagocytic activity.
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- Taruna Khurana
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, MMDS, Building 6/B1-22, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-2715, USA. Tel.: +1 301 496 3016; Fax: +1 301 496 5239; E-mail:
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The haploid social soil amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has been established as a host model for several pathogens including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Cryptococcus neoformans, Mycobacterium spp. and Legionella pneumophila. The research areas presently pursued include (i) the use of Dictyostelium wild-type cells as screening system for virulence of extracellular and intracellular pathogens and their corresponding mutants, (ii) the use of Dictyostelium mutant cells to identify genetic host determinants of susceptibility and resistance to infection and (iii) the use of reporter systems in Dictyostelium cells which allow the dissection of the complex host-pathogen cross-talk. The body of information presented in this review demonstrates that the availability of host cell markers, the knowledge of cell signalling pathways, the completion of the genome sequencing project and the tractability for genetic studies qualifies Dictyostelium for the study of fundamental cellular processes of pathogenesis.
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- Michael Steinert
- Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, 97070, Würzburg, Germany.
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Steinert M, Leippe M, Roeder T. Surrogate hosts: protozoa and invertebrates as models for studying pathogen-host interactions. Int J Med Microbiol 2003; 293:321-32. [PMID: 14695060 DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Animal models, primary cell culture systems and permanent cell lines have provided important information on virulence properties of pathogenic microorganisms. Recently, it has been shown that some inherent limitations of such models can be circumvented by using non-vertebrate hosts such as Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and Dictyostelium discoideum. These new models are helpful to follow infection processes at the molecular level. Persuasive support comes from the fact that processes such as phagocytosis, cell signaling or innate immunity can be studied in these surrogate hosts. This review describes the establishment and application of each of the three aforementioned and genetically tractable hosts. In addition, we will report on a number of approaches that led to the identification of host cell factors which influence the susceptibility of the hosts to infection.
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- Michael Steinert
- Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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