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Host-microbiota interactions and oncogenesis: Crosstalk and its implications in etiology. Microb Pathog 2023; 178:106063. [PMID: 36893903 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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A number of articles have discussed the potential of microbiota in oncogenesis. Several of these have evaluated the modulation of microbiota and its influence on cancer development. Even in recent past, a plethora of studies have gathered in order to understand the difference in microbiota population among different cancer and normal individuals. Although in majority of studies, microbiota mediated oncogenesis has been primarily attributed to the inflammatory mechanisms, there are several other ways through which microbiota can influence oncogenesis. These relatively less discussed aspects including the hormonal modulation through estrobolome and endobolome, production of cyclomodulins, and lateral gene transfer need more attention of scientific community. We prepared this article to discuss the role of microbiota in oncogenesis in order to provide concise information on these relatively less discussed microbiota mediated oncogenesis mechanisms.
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Xaplanteri P, Rodis N, Potsios C. Virulence Factors of Chlamydia Spp. Involving Human Infections. Infect Dis (Lond) 2023. [DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.109742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Chlamydia spp. are the culprit of many human infections with severe complications, especially involving human eye, reproductive system, and lungs. The scope of the project is to delineate the virulence factors of the bacterium that facilitate invasion in human tissues, their mechanism of action, the ability to hide from immune system and the complications of infection. Chlamydia spp. are obligate intracellular pathogens that in their evolution, they use multiple mechanisms to enter host cell, to form the inclusion body, and to promote intracellular replication and survival. The T3SS effectors, the inclusion membrane proteins (Incs), are not only structural components of the membrane but also interfere with the host cell pathways. They also have an atypical mechanism of cell division. Description of the mechanisms of pathogenicity may lead to the development of new ways to face this major pathogen.
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Bacterial nucleomodulins and cancer: An unresolved enigma. Transl Oncol 2020; 14:100922. [PMID: 33137543 PMCID: PMC7644672 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2020.100922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Recent studies in microbial pathogenesis have identified several bacterial proteins with the potential to influence host cell nuclei. This field of research is in its infancy, however it is rapidly growing. In particular, the role of bacterial nucleomodulins in animal oncogenesis is an area that requires attention. Earlier research has suggested the role of nucleomodulins in plant tumor development and these findings may provide us with a better understanding of the role of these proteins in human cancer development. This proposition is further supported by previous identification of nucleomodulins present in bacteria that have been associated with cancer development, but their role in human cancer is unclear. In this article, we provide an update on the status of these nucleomodulins and their role in cancer etiology. We collected information about known bacterial nucleomodulins and tried to relate their mechanistic implication with already known plant tumor development model. The present research indicates that bacterial nucleomodulins may be an important target in cancer etiology and knowledge of their role in human oncogenesis may help us to create suitable alternative cancer management strategies.
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Marschall MT, Simnacher U, Walther P, Essig A, Hagemann JB. The Putative Type III Secreted Chlamydia abortus Virulence-Associated Protein CAB063 Targets Lamin and Induces Apoptosis. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1059. [PMID: 32523581 PMCID: PMC7261910 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01059] [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: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Since intracellular survival of all chlamydiae depends on the manipulation of the host cell through type III secreted effector proteins, their characterization is crucial for the understanding of chlamydial pathogenesis. We functionally characterized the putative type III secreted Chlamydia abortus protein CAB063, describe its intracellular localization and identified pro- and eukaryotic binding partners. Based on an experimental infection model and plasmid transfections, we investigated the subcellular localization of CAB063 by immunofluorescence microscopy, immunoelectron microscopy, and Western blot analysis. Pro- and eukaryotic targets were identified by co-immunofluorescence, co-immunoprecipitation, and mass spectrometry. Transmission electron microscopy and flow cytometry were used for morphological and functional investigations on host cell apoptosis. CAB063 localized in the nuclear membrane of the host cell nucleus and we identified the chaperone HSP70 and lamin A/C as pro- and eukaryotic targets, respectively. CAB063-dependent morphological alterations of the host cell nucleus correlated with increased apoptosis rates of infected and CAB063-transfected cells. We provide evidence that CAB063 is a chaperone-folded type III secreted C. abortus virulence factor that targets lamin thereby altering the host cell nuclear membrane structure. This process may be responsible for an increased apoptosis rate at the end of the chlamydial developmental cycle, at which CAB063 is physiologically expressed.
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
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- Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
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Bugalhão JN, Mota LJ. The multiple functions of the numerous Chlamydia trachomatis secreted proteins: the tip of the iceberg. MICROBIAL CELL 2019; 6:414-449. [PMID: 31528632 PMCID: PMC6717882 DOI: 10.15698/mic2019.09.691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chlamydia trachomatis serovars are obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens mainly causing ocular and urogenital infections that affect millions of people worldwide and which can lead to blindness or sterility. They reside and multiply intracellularly within a membrane-bound vacuolar compartment, known as inclusion, and are characterized by a developmental cycle involving two morphologically and physiologically distinct chlamydial forms. Completion of the developmental cycle involves the secretion of > 70 C. trachomatis proteins that function in the host cell cytoplasm and nucleus, in the inclusion membrane and lumen, and in the extracellular milieu. These proteins can, for example, interfere with the host cell cytoskeleton, vesicular and non-vesicular transport, metabolism, and immune signalling. Generally, this promotes C. trachomatis invasion into, and escape from, host cells, the acquisition of nutrients by the chlamydiae, and evasion of cell-autonomous, humoral and cellular innate immunity. Here, we present an in-depth review on the current knowledge and outstanding questions about these C. trachomatis secreted proteins.
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- Joana N Bugalhão
- UCIBIO, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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Yang Z, Tang L, Shao L, Zhang Y, Zhang T, Schenken R, Valdivia R, Zhong G. The Chlamydia-Secreted Protease CPAF Promotes Chlamydial Survival in the Mouse Lower Genital Tract. Infect Immun 2016; 84:2697-702. [PMID: 27382018 PMCID: PMC4995919 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00280-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Despite the extensive in vitro characterization of CPAF (chlamydial protease/proteasome-like activity factor), its role in chlamydial infection and pathogenesis remains unclear. We now report that a Chlamydia trachomatis strain deficient in expression of CPAF (L2-17) is no longer able to establish a successful infection in the mouse lower genital tract following an intravaginal inoculation. The L2-17 organisms were cleared from the mouse lower genital tract within a few days, while a CPAF-sufficient C. trachomatis strain (L2-5) survived in the lower genital tract for more than 3 weeks. However, both the L2-17 and L2-5 organisms maintained robust infection courses that lasted up to 4 weeks when they were directly delivered into the mouse upper genital tract. The CPAF-dependent chlamydial survival in the lower genital tract was confirmed in multiple strains of mice. Thus, we have demonstrated a critical role of CPAF in promoting C. trachomatis survival in the mouse lower genital tracts. It will be interesting to further investigate the mechanisms of the CPAF-dependent chlamydial pathogenicity.
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- Zhangsheng Yang
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Clinic Diagnosis, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Duke Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Yang Z, Tang L, Zhou Z, Zhong G. Neutralizing antichlamydial activity of complement by chlamydia-secreted protease CPAF. Microbes Infect 2016; 18:669-674. [PMID: 27436813 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ascending infection by sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis is required for chlamydial induction of tubal pathology. To achieve ascension, the C. trachomatis organisms may have to spread from cell to cell, which inevitably exposes the organisms to extracellular mucosal effectors such as complement factors that are known to possess strong antichlamydial activities. Here, we report that the chlamydia-secreted protease CPAF efficiently neutralized complement factor C3-dependent antichlamydial activity. The neutralization was dependent on the proteolytic activity of CPAF and correlated with the CPAF-mediated degradation of complement factor C3 and factor B. As a result, CPAF preferentially inhibited the alternative complement activation pathway. The significance and limitation of these observations were discussed.
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- Zhangsheng Yang
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Department of Clinic Diagnosis, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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Messinger JE, Nelton E, Feeney C, Gondek DC. Chlamydia Infection Across Host Species Boundaries Promotes Distinct Sets of Transcribed Anti-Apoptotic Factors. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2015; 5:96. [PMID: 26779446 PMCID: PMC4688367 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Chlamydiae, obligate intracellular bacteria, cause significant human and veterinary associated diseases. Having emerged an estimated 700-million years ago, these bacteria have twice adapted to humans as a host species, causing sexually transmitted infection (C. trachomatis) and respiratory associated disease (C. pneumoniae). The principle mechanism of host cell defense against these intracellular bacteria is the induction of cell death via apoptosis. However, in the "arms race" of co-evolution, Chlamydiae have developed mechanisms to promote cell viability and inhibit cell death. Herein we examine the impact of Chlamydiae infection across multiple host species on transcription of anti-apoptotic genes. We found mostly distinct patterns of gene expression (Mcl1 and cIAPs) elicited by each pathogen-host pair indicating Chlamydiae infection across host species boundaries does not induce a universally shared host response. Understanding species specific host-pathogen interactions is paramount to deciphering how potential pathogens become emerging diseases.
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Dai J, Tang L, Chen J, Yu P, Chen Z, Zhong G. The p47phox deficiency significantly attenuates the pathogenicity of Chlamydia muridarum in the mouse oviduct but not uterine tissues. Microbes Infect 2015; 18:190-8. [PMID: 26645958 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 11/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The Chlamydia muridarum induction of the upper genital tract pathology in mice has been used to investigate the mechanisms of chlamydial pathogenesis. We report that the NCF1 (neutrophil cytosolic factor1)-encoded p47phox (phagocyte oxidase), an essential subunit of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-oxidase, contributes significantly to C. muridarum induction of hydrosalpinx. Mice lacking p47phox (p47phox-deficient) were no longer able to develop significant hydrosalpinx following an intravaginal infection with C. muridarum. However, there was no significant difference in uterine horn dilation (as a result of the endometrial glandular duct dilation) between the p47phox-deficient and -sufficient mice. Thus, the role of NADPH oxidase in chlamydial pathogenesis is restricted to the oviduct tissue rather than the entire upper genital tract. Interestingly, both the p47phox-deficient and -sufficient mice displayed similar levels of chlamydial live organism shedding from the lower genital tract, suggesting that the NADPH oxidase is not required for the mouse control of chlamydial infection in the lower genital tract. Furthermore, the p47phox deficiency did not affect the infectious organism burden in the upper genital tract tissues, indicating that the NADPH-oxidase activity is not necessary for the mouse prevention of chlamydial ascension from the lower to upper genital tracts. However, the p47phox-defieicnt mice displayed a significantly reduced chronic inflammatory infiltration in the oviduct but not uterine tissues, supporting the finding that the NADPH oxidase activity is required for chlamydial induction of dilation in the oviduct but not the endometrial glandular duct. Thus, we have demonstrated a significant role of the host NADPH oxidase in promoting chronic inflammatory pathology in the oviduct following chlamydial infection.
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- Jin Dai
- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, 36 Lushan Rd., Changsha 410081, Hunan Province, PR China; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Second Xiangya Hospital, No. 139 Renmin Rd., Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, PR China
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- Second Xiangya Hospital, No. 139 Renmin Rd., Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, PR China
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- Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 88 Xiangya Rd., Changsha 410008, Hunan Province, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, 36 Lushan Rd., Changsha 410081, Hunan Province, PR China.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
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Porter BW, Yuen CYL, Christopher DA. Dual protein trafficking to secretory and non-secretory cell compartments: clear or double vision? PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 234:174-9. [PMID: 25804820 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Approximately 18% of Arabidopsis thaliana proteins encode a signal peptide for translocation to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the gateway of the eukaryotic secretory pathway. However, it was recently discovered that some ER proteins can undergo both co-translational import into the ER/secretory pathway and trafficking to compartments outside of the secretory pathway. This phenomenon is observed among members of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family, which are traditionally regarded as ER enzymes involved in protein folding. Although classical PDIs possess an N-terminal signal peptide and a C-terminal ER retention signal, some also dual localize to secretory and non-secretory compartments, including mammalian PDI ERp57, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii PDI RB60, and A. thaliana AtPDI2. ERp57 is present in both the ER and nucleus where it influences gene transcription. RB60 localizes to the ER and chloroplast where it modulates the redox state of polyadenylate-binding protein RB47. AtPDI2, which interacts with transcription factor MEE8, localizes to the ER-secretory pathway and the nucleus. A model proposing secretory trafficking of AtPDI2 and nuclear co-translocation of an AtPDI2-MEE8 complex illustrates the diversity of dual targeting mechanisms, the multifunctional roles of some PDIs, and the potential co-translocation of other proteins to multiple subcellular compartments.
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- Brad W Porter
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1955 East-West Road, Agricultural Science Building Room 218, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1955 East-West Road, Agricultural Science Building Room 218, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1955 East-West Road, Agricultural Science Building Room 218, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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da Cunha M, Milho C, Almeida F, Pais SV, Borges V, Maurício R, Borrego MJ, Gomes JP, Mota LJ. Identification of type III secretion substrates of Chlamydia trachomatis using Yersinia enterocolitica as a heterologous system. BMC Microbiol 2014; 14:40. [PMID: 24533538 PMCID: PMC3931295 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular human pathogen causing ocular and urogenital infections that are a significant clinical and public health concern. This bacterium uses a type III secretion (T3S) system to manipulate host cells, through the delivery of effector proteins into their cytosol, membranes, and nucleus. In this work, we aimed to find previously unidentified C. trachomatis T3S substrates. Results We first analyzed the genome of C. trachomatis L2/434 strain for genes encoding mostly uncharacterized proteins that did not appear to possess a signal of the general secretory pathway and which had not been previously experimentally shown to be T3S substrates. We selected several genes with these characteristics and analyzed T3S of the encoding proteins using Yersinia enterocolitica as a heterologous system. We identified 23 C. trachomatis proteins whose first 20 amino acids were sufficient to drive T3S of the mature form of β-lactamase TEM-1 by Y. enterocolitica. We found that 10 of these 23 proteins were also type III secreted in their full-length versions by Y. enterocolitica, providing additional support that they are T3S substrates. Seven of these 10 likely T3S substrates of C. trachomatis were delivered by Y. enterocolitica into host cells, further suggesting that they could be effectors. Finally, real-time quantitative PCR analysis of expression of genes encoding the 10 likely T3S substrates of C. trachomatis showed that 9 of them were clearly expressed during infection of host cells. Conclusions Using Y. enterocolitica as a heterologous system, we identified 10 likely T3S substrates of C. trachomatis (CT053, CT105, CT142, CT143, CT144, CT161, CT338, CT429, CT656, and CT849) and could detect translocation into host cells of CT053, CT105, CT142, CT143, CT161, CT338, and CT429. Therefore, we revealed several C. trachomatis proteins that could be effectors subverting host cell processes.
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- Infection Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Ding H, Gong S, Tian Y, Yang Z, Brunham R, Zhong G. Transformation of sexually transmitted infection-causing serovars of chlamydia trachomatis using Blasticidin for selection. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80534. [PMID: 24303023 PMCID: PMC3841219 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Plasmid-free Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 organisms have been transformed with chlamydial plasmid-based shuttle vectors pGFP::SW2 and pBRCT using β-lactamase as a selectable marker. However, the recommendation of amoxicillin, a β-lactam antibiotics, as one of the choices for treating pregnant women with cervicitis due to C. trachomatis infection has made the existing shuttle vectors unsuitable for transforming sexually transmitted infection (STI)-causing serovars of C. trachomatis. Thus, in the current study, we modified the pGFP::SW2 plasmid by fusing a blasticidin S deaminase gene to the GFP gene to establish blasticidin resistance as a selectable marker and replacing the β-lactamase gene with the Sh ble gene to eliminate the penicillin resistance. The new vector termed pGFPBSD/Z::SW2 was used for transforming plasmid-free C. trachomatis serovar D organisms. Using blasticidin for selection, stable transformants were obtained. The GFP-BSD fusion protein was detected in cultures infected with the pGFPBSD/Z::SW2-trasnformed serovar D organisms. The transformation restored the plasmid property to the plasmid-free serovar D organisms. Thus, we have successfully modified the pGFP::SW2 transformation system for studying the biology and pathogenesis of other STI-causing serovars of C. trachomatis.
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- Honglei Ding
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- BC Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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A Conrad T, Yang Z, Ojcius D, Zhong G. A path forward for the chlamydial virulence factor CPAF. Microbes Infect 2013; 15:1026-32. [PMID: 24141088 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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CPAF is a conserved and secreted protease from obligate intracellular bacteria of the order Chlamydiales. Recently, it was demonstrated that most of its host targets are an artifact of inaccurate methods. This review aims to summarize key features of CPAF and propose new approaches for evaluating its role in chlamydial pathogenesis.
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- Turner A Conrad
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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