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Sun WS, Torrens G, ter Beek J, Cava F, Berntsson RPA. Breaking barriers: pCF10 type 4 secretion system relies on a self-regulating muramidase to modulate the cell wall. mBio 2024; 15:e0048824. [PMID: 38940556 PMCID: PMC11323569 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00488-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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Conjugative type 4 secretion systems (T4SSs) are the main driver for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors in bacteria. To deliver the DNA substrate to recipient cells, it must cross the cell envelopes of both donor and recipient bacteria. In the T4SS from the enterococcal conjugative plasmid pCF10, PrgK is known to be the active cell wall degrading enzyme. It has three predicted extracellular hydrolase domains: metallo-peptidase (LytM), soluble lytic transglycosylase (SLT), and cysteine, histidine-dependent amidohydrolases/peptidases (CHAP). Here, we report the structure of the LytM domain and show that its active site is degenerate and lacks the active site metal. Furthermore, we show that only the predicted SLT domain is functional in vitro and that it unexpectedly has a muramidase instead of a lytic transglycosylase activity. While we did not observe any peptidoglycan hydrolytic activity for the LytM or CHAP domain, we found that these domains downregulated the SLT muramidase activity. The CHAP domain was also found to be involved in PrgK dimer formation. Furthermore, we show that PrgK interacts with PrgL, which likely targets PrgK to the rest of the T4SS. The presented data provides important information for understanding the function of Gram-positive T4SSs.IMPORTANCEAntibiotic resistance is a large threat to human health and is getting more prevalent. One of the major contributors to the spread of antibiotic resistance among different bacteria is type 4 secretion systems (T4SS). However, mainly T4SSs from Gram-negative bacteria have been studied in detail. T4SSs from Gram-positive bacteria, which stand for more than half of all hospital-acquired infections, are much less understood. The significance of our research is in identifying the function and regulation of a cell wall hydrolase, a key component of the pCF10 T4SS from Enterococcus faecalis. This system is one of the best-studied Gram-positive T4SSs, and this added knowledge aids in our understanding of horizontal gene transfer in E. faecalis as well as other medically relevant Gram-positive bacteria.
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- Wei-Sheng Sun
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, SciLifeLab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, SciLifeLab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Mok CY, Chu HY, Lam WWL, Au SWN. Structural insights into the assembly pathway of the Helicobacter pylori CagT4SS outer membrane core complex. Structure 2024:S0969-2126(24)00237-5. [PMID: 39032488 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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Cag type IV secretion system (CagT4SS) translocates oncoprotein cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) into host cells and plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori. The structure of the outer membrane core complex (OMCC) in CagT4SS consists of CagX, CagY, CagM, CagT, and Cag3 in a stoichiometric ratio of 1:1:2:2:5 with 14-fold symmetry. However, the assembly pathway of OMCC remains elusive. Here, we report the crystal structures of CagT and Cag3-CagT complex, and the structural dynamics of Cag3 and CagT using hydrogen deuterium exchange-mass spectrometry (HDX-MS). The interwoven interaction of Cag3 and CagT involves conformational changes of CagT and β strand swapping. In conjunction with biochemical and biophysical assays, we further demonstrate the different oligomerization states of Cag3 and Cag3-CagT complex. Additionally, the association with CagM requires the pre-formation of Cag3-CagT complex. These results demonstrate the generation of different intermediate sub-assemblies and their structural flexibility, potentially representing different building blocks for OMCC assembly.
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- Chin Yu Mok
- Center for Protein Science and Crystallography, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Protein Science and Crystallography, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Protein Science and Crystallography, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Protein Science and Crystallography, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
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Roberts JR, Tran SC, Frick-Cheng AE, Bryant KN, Okoye CD, McDonald WH, Cover TL, Ohi MD. Subdomains of the Helicobacter pylori Cag T4SS outer membrane core complex exhibit structural independence. Life Sci Alliance 2024; 7:e202302560. [PMID: 38631913 PMCID: PMC11024343 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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The Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system (Cag T4SS) has an important role in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer. The Cag T4SS outer membrane core complex (OMCC) is organized into three regions: a 14-fold symmetric outer membrane cap (OMC) composed of CagY, CagX, CagT, CagM, and Cag3; a 17-fold symmetric periplasmic ring (PR) composed of CagY and CagX; and a stalk with unknown composition. We investigated how CagT, CagM, and a conserved antenna projection (AP) region of CagY contribute to the structural organization of the OMCC. Single-particle cryo-EM analyses showed that complexes purified from ΔcagT or ΔcagM mutants no longer had organized OMCs, but the PRs remained structured. OMCCs purified from a CagY antenna projection mutant (CagY∆AP) were structurally similar to WT OMCCs, except for the absence of the α-helical antenna projection. These results indicate that CagY and CagX are sufficient for maintaining a stable PR, but the organization of the OMC requires CagY, CagX, CagM, and CagT. Our results highlight an unexpected structural independence of two major subdomains of the Cag T4SS OMCC.
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- Jacquelyn R Roberts
- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Bosch TCG, Blaser MJ, Ruby E, McFall-Ngai M. A new lexicon in the age of microbiome research. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20230060. [PMID: 38497258 PMCID: PMC10945402 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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At a rapid pace, biologists are learning the many ways in which resident microbes influence, and sometimes even control, their hosts to shape both health and disease. Understanding the biochemistry behind these interactions promises to reveal completely novel and targeted ways of counteracting disease processes. However, in our protocols and publications, we continue to describe these new results using a language that originated in a completely different context. This language developed when microbial interactions with hosts were perceived to be primarily pathogenic, as threats that had to be vanquished. Biomedicine had one dominating thought: winning this war against microorganisms. Today, we know that beyond their defensive roles, host tissues, especially epithelia, are vital to ensuring association with the normal microbiota, the communities of microbes that persistently live with the host. Thus, we need to adopt a language that better encompasses the newly appreciated importance of host-microbiota associations. We also need a language that frames the onset and progression of pathogenic conditions within the context of the normal microbiota. Such a reimagined lexicon should make it clear, from the very nature of its words, that microorganisms are primarily vital to our health, and only more rarely the cause of disease. This article is part of the theme issue 'Sculpting the microbiome: how host factors determine and respond to microbial colonization'.
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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McClain MS, Boeglin WE, Algood HMS, Brash AR. Fatty acids of Helicobacter pylori lipoproteins CagT and Lpp20. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0047024. [PMID: 38501821 PMCID: PMC11064636 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00470-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
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Bacterial lipoproteins are post-translationally modified by the addition of acyl chains that anchor the protein to bacterial membranes. This modification includes two ester-linked and one amide-linked acyl chain on lipoproteins from Gram-negative bacteria. Helicobacter pylori lipoproteins have important functions in pathogenesis (including delivering the CagA oncoprotein to mammalian cells) and are recognized by host innate and adaptive immune systems. The number and variety of acyl chains on lipoproteins impact the innate immune response through Toll-like receptor 2. The acyl chains added to lipoproteins are derived from membrane phospholipids. H. pylori membrane phospholipids have previously been shown to consist primarily of C14:0 and C19:0 cyclopropane-containing acyl chains. However, the acyl composition of H. pylori lipoproteins has not been determined. In this study, we characterized the acyl composition of two representative H. pylori lipoproteins, Lpp20 and CagT. Fatty acid methyl esters were prepared from both purified lipoproteins and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. For comparison, we also analyzed H. pylori phospholipids. Consistent with previous studies, we observed that the H. pylori phospholipids contain primarily C14:0 and C19:0 cyclopropane-containing fatty acids. In contrast, both the ester-linked and amide-linked fatty acids found in H. pylori lipoproteins were observed to be almost exclusively C16:0 and C18:0. A discrepancy between the acyl composition of membrane phospholipids and lipoproteins as reported here for H. pylori has been previously reported in other bacteria including Borrelia and Brucella. We discuss possible mechanisms.IMPORTANCEColonization of the stomach by Helicobacter pylori is an important risk factor in the development of gastric cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. H. pylori persists in the stomach despite an immune response against the bacteria. Recognition of lipoproteins by TLR2 contributes to the innate immune response to H. pylori. However, the role of H. pylori lipoproteins in bacterial persistence is poorly understood. As the host response to lipoproteins depends on the acyl chain content, defining the acyl composition of H. pylori lipoproteins is an important step in characterizing how lipoproteins contribute to persistence.
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- Mark S. McClain
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Costa TRD, Patkowski JB, Macé K, Christie PJ, Waksman G. Structural and functional diversity of type IV secretion systems. Nat Rev Microbiol 2024; 22:170-185. [PMID: 37814112 PMCID: PMC11290344 DOI: 10.1038/s41579-023-00974-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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Considerable progress has been made in recent years in the structural and molecular biology of type IV secretion systems in Gram-negative bacteria. The latest advances have substantially improved our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the recruitment and delivery of DNA and protein substrates to the extracellular environment or target cells. In this Review, we aim to summarize these exciting structural and molecular biology findings and to discuss their functional implications for substrate recognition, recruitment and translocation, as well as the biogenesis of extracellular pili. We also describe adaptations necessary for deploying a breadth of processes, such as bacterial survival, host-pathogen interactions and biotic and abiotic adhesion. We highlight the functional and structural diversity that allows this extremely versatile secretion superfamily to function under different environmental conditions and in different bacterial species. Additionally, we emphasize the importance of further understanding the mechanism of type IV secretion, which will support us in combating antimicrobial resistance and treating type IV secretion system-related infections.
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- Tiago R D Costa
- Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK.
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- Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck and UCL, London, UK
- Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR), Université de Rennes and CNRS, Rennes, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck and UCL, London, UK.
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Shuman JHB, Lin AS, Westland MD, Bryant KN, Piazuelo MB, Reyzer ML, Judd AM, McDonald WH, McClain MS, Schey KL, Algood HMS, Cover TL. Remodeling of the gastric environment in Helicobacter pylori-induced atrophic gastritis. mSystems 2024; 9:e0109823. [PMID: 38059647 PMCID: PMC10805037 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01098-23] [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] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori colonization of the human stomach is a strong risk factor for gastric cancer. To investigate H. pylori-induced gastric molecular alterations, we used a Mongolian gerbil model of gastric carcinogenesis. Histologic evaluation revealed varying levels of atrophic gastritis (a premalignant condition characterized by parietal and chief cell loss) in H. pylori-infected animals, and transcriptional profiling revealed a loss of markers for these cell types. We then assessed the spatial distribution and relative abundance of proteins in the gastric tissues using imaging mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. We detected striking differences in the protein content of corpus and antrum tissues. Four hundred ninety-two proteins were preferentially localized to the corpus in uninfected animals. The abundance of 91 of these proteins was reduced in H. pylori-infected corpus tissues exhibiting atrophic gastritis compared with infected corpus tissues exhibiting non-atrophic gastritis or uninfected corpus tissues; these included numerous proteins with metabolic functions. Fifty proteins localized to the corpus in uninfected animals were diffusely delocalized throughout the stomach in infected tissues with atrophic gastritis; these included numerous proteins with roles in protein processing. The corresponding alterations were not detected in animals infected with a H. pylori ∆cagT mutant (lacking Cag type IV secretion system activity). These results indicate that H. pylori can cause loss of proteins normally localized to the gastric corpus as well as diffuse delocalization of corpus-specific proteins, resulting in marked changes in the normal gastric molecular partitioning into distinct corpus and antrum regions.IMPORTANCEA normal stomach is organized into distinct regions known as the corpus and antrum, which have different functions, cell types, and gland architectures. Previous studies have primarily used histologic methods to differentiate these regions and detect H. pylori-induced alterations leading to stomach cancer. In this study, we investigated H. pylori-induced gastric molecular alterations in a Mongolian gerbil model of carcinogenesis. We report the detection of numerous proteins that are preferentially localized to the gastric corpus but not the antrum in a normal stomach. We show that stomachs with H. pylori-induced atrophic gastritis (a precancerous condition characterized by the loss of specialized cell types) exhibit marked changes in the abundance and localization of proteins normally localized to the gastric corpus. These results provide new insights into H. pylori-induced gastric molecular alterations that are associated with the development of stomach cancer.
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- Jennifer H. B. Shuman
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Al-Jumaily AY, Al-Haddad A, Al-Jubori SS. New strategies for Helicobacter pylori isolation and sequencing analysis for virulence genes contributing to its pathogenicity. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:95. [PMID: 38194007 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-09038-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori is a fastidious pathogen that is required a complicated medium for growth. Invading epithelial cells of the stomach. H. pylori virulence factors are classified by function, acidic resistivity, adhesion, chemotaxis and motility, molecular mimicry, immunological invasion and modulation, and toxins formation such as cytotoxin-associated genes A (cagA) and vacuolating cytotoxin A (vacA). This study aims to determine a simple and innovative technique to isolate H. pylori from gastric biopsies and assess pathogenicity by virulence factor gene detection. METHODS A total of 200 patients who were suspected of having H. pylori infection had two antral gastric biopsies undertaken. A rapid urease test (RUT) was used for one, and Brain Heart Infusion broth (BHI) was used to cultivate the other. The molecular study included diagnostics utilizing the 16sRNA housekeeping gene along with the identification of the virulence factors genes (cagA, cagT, and vacA) and sequencing, RESULT: Of the 200 antral gastric biopsies collected, 135 were positive rapid urease tests, and 17 H. pylori isolates were successfully obtained from 135 biopsies. The 16SrRNA as a housekeeping gene is confirmed, and about 53%, 70.5%, and 82.3% of the 17 isolates show carrying cagA, cagT, and vacA genes, respectively. All peptic ulcer isolates have the cagA gene, while Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and non-peptic ulcer disease (NPUD) isolates show the lack of the cagA gene. All bacteria, which were isolated from peptic ulcer, nodular gastritis, and gastritis patients, have a vacA gene. CONCLUSION The effective method for isolating H. pylori is centrifuging the transport broth after 24 h of incubation. The cagA toxin causes peptic ulcer while vacA toxin induces several histopathological changes in the stomach. Three virulence genes were present in all peptic ulcer-causing bacteria, while only one or none were present in the GERD and NPUD biopsy isolates.
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- Asma Yahya Al-Jumaily
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, 10046, Iraq
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, 10046, Iraq
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- Branch of Biotechnology, Department of Biology, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, POX 10244, Baghdad, Iraq.
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Tran SC, Bryant KN, Cover TL. The Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island as a determinant of gastric cancer risk. Gut Microbes 2024; 16:2314201. [PMID: 38391242 PMCID: PMC10896142 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2314201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori strains can be broadly classified into two groups based on whether they contain or lack a chromosomal region known as the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI). Colonization of the human stomach with cag PAI-positive strains is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease, compared to colonization with cag PAI-negative strains. The cag PAI encodes a secreted effector protein (CagA) and components of a type IV secretion system (Cag T4SS) that delivers CagA and non-protein substrates into host cells. Animal model experiments indicate that CagA and the Cag T4SS stimulate a gastric mucosal inflammatory response and contribute to the development of gastric cancer. In this review, we discuss recent studies defining structural and functional features of CagA and the Cag T4SS and mechanisms by which H. pylori strains containing the cag PAI promote the development of gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease.
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- Sirena C. Tran
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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Zehra M, Heo J, Chung JM, Durie CL. Comparative Analysis of T4SS Molecular Architectures. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 33:1543-1551. [PMID: 37528551 PMCID: PMC10772558 DOI: 10.4014/jmb.2307.07006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
Abstract
The recently published high-resolution R388 T4SS structure provides exciting new details about the complete complex of T4SS, including the components making up the stalk and arches, numerous symmetry mismatches between regions of the complex, and an intriguing interpretation of the closed stalk and radial symmetry of the inner membrane complex, which is related to pilus biogenesis assembly. However, there are a few unidentified densities in the electron microscopy map and portions of the identified component sequences for which the structure is not yet known. It is also unclear how well this minimized DNA-transporting T4SS predicts the structure of other T4SSs, such as expanded systems and those that transport proteins rather than DNA. In this review, we evaluate what can be inferred from the recent high-resolution structure of the R388 T4SS with respect to the Cag and Dot/Icm systems. These systems were selected because, given what is currently known about these systems, we expect them to present most structural differences compared to the R388 T4SS structure. Furthermore, we discuss bacterial physiology and diversity, the T4SS structures and their variations between different bacterial species. These insights may prove beneficial for researchers who elucidate the structure and functions of T4SS in different bacterial species.
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- Mishghan Zehra
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si 14662, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si 14662, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Cabezón E, Valenzuela-Gómez F, Arechaga I. Primary architecture and energy requirements of Type III and Type IV secretion systems. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1255852. [PMID: 38089815 PMCID: PMC10711112 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1255852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Many pathogens use Type III and Type IV protein secretion systems to secrete virulence factors from the bacterial cytosol into host cells. These systems operate through a one-step mechanism. The secreted substrates (protein or nucleo-protein complexes in the case of Type IV conjugative systems) are guided to the base of the secretion channel, where they are directly delivered into the host cell in an ATP-dependent unfolded state. Despite the numerous disparities between these secretion systems, here we have focused on the structural and functional similarities between both systems. In particular, on the structural similarity shared by one of the main ATPases (EscN and VirD4 in Type III and Type IV secretion systems, respectively). Interestingly, these ATPases also exhibit a structural resemblance to F1-ATPases, which suggests a common mechanism for substrate secretion. The correlation between structure and function of essential components in both systems can provide significant insights into the molecular mechanisms involved. This approach is of great interest in the pursuit of identifying inhibitors that can effectively target these systems.
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- Elena Cabezón
- Departamento de Biología Molecular and Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), Universidad de Cantabria- CSIC, Santander, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular and Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), Universidad de Cantabria- CSIC, Santander, Spain
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López-Luis MA, Soriano-Pérez EE, Parada-Fabián JC, Torres J, Maldonado-Rodríguez R, Méndez-Tenorio A. A Proposal for a Consolidated Structural Model of the CagY Protein of Helicobacter pylori. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16781. [PMID: 38069104 PMCID: PMC10706595 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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CagY is the largest and most complex protein from Helicobacter pylori's (Hp) type IV secretion system (T4SS), playing a critical role in the modulation of gastric inflammation and risk for gastric cancer. CagY spans from the inner to the outer membrane, forming a channel through which Hp molecules are injected into human gastric cells. Yet, a tridimensional structure has been reported for only short segments of the protein. This intricate protein was modeled using different approaches, including homology modeling, ab initio, and deep learning techniques. The challengingly long middle repeat region (MRR) was modeled using deep learning and optimized using equilibrium molecular dynamics. The previously modeled segments were assembled into a 1595 aa chain and a 14-chain CagY multimer structure was assembled by structural alignment. The final structure correlated with published structures and allowed to show how the multimer may form the T4SS channel through which CagA and other molecules are translocated to gastric cells. The model confirmed that MRR, the most polymorphic and complex region of CagY, presents numerous cysteine residues forming disulfide bonds that stabilize the protein and suggest this domain may function as a contractile region playing an essential role in the modulating activity of CagY on tissue inflammation.
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- Mario Angel López-Luis
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología y Bioinformática Genómica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico City 11340, Mexico; (M.A.L.-L.); (E.E.S.-P.); (J.C.P.-F.); (R.M.-R.)
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología y Bioinformática Genómica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico City 11340, Mexico; (M.A.L.-L.); (E.E.S.-P.); (J.C.P.-F.); (R.M.-R.)
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología y Bioinformática Genómica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico City 11340, Mexico; (M.A.L.-L.); (E.E.S.-P.); (J.C.P.-F.); (R.M.-R.)
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatría, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City 06720, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología y Bioinformática Genómica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico City 11340, Mexico; (M.A.L.-L.); (E.E.S.-P.); (J.C.P.-F.); (R.M.-R.)
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología y Bioinformática Genómica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico City 11340, Mexico; (M.A.L.-L.); (E.E.S.-P.); (J.C.P.-F.); (R.M.-R.)
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Tran SC, McClain MS, Cover TL. Role of the CagY antenna projection in Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system activity. Infect Immun 2023; 91:e0015023. [PMID: 37638724 PMCID: PMC10501215 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00150-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori strains containing the cag pathogenicity island (PAI) are associated with the development of gastric adenocarcinoma and peptic ulcer disease. The cag PAI encodes a secreted effector protein (CagA) and a type IV secretion system (Cag T4SS). Cag T4SS activity is required for the delivery of CagA and non-protein substrates into host cells. The Cag T4SS outer membrane core complex (OMCC) contains a channel-like domain formed by helix-loop-helix elements (antenna projections, AP) from 14 copies of the CagY protein (a VirB10 ortholog). Similar VirB10 antenna regions are present in T4SS OMCCs from multiple bacterial species and are predicted to span the outer membrane. In this study, we investigated the role of the CagY antenna region in Cag T4SS OMCC assembly and Cag T4SS function. An H. pylori mutant strain with deletion of the entire CagY AP (∆AP) retained the capacity to produce CagY and assemble an OMCC, but it lacked T4SS activity (CagA translocation and IL-8 induction in AGS gastric epithelial cells). In contrast, a mutant strain with Gly-Ser substitutions in the unstructured CagY AP loop retained Cag T4SS activity. Mutants containing CagY AP loops with shortened lengths were defective in CagA translocation and exhibited reduced IL-8-inducing activity compared to control strains. These data indicate that the CagY AP region is required for Cag T4SS activity and that Cag T4SS activity can be modulated by altering the length of the CagY AP unstructured loop.
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- Sirena C. Tran
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Ryan ME, Damke PP, Bryant C, Sheedlo MJ, Shaffer CL. Architectural asymmetry enables DNA transport through the Helicobacter pylori cag type IV secretion system. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.25.550604. [PMID: 37546756 PMCID: PMC10402047 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.25.550604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Structural asymmetry within secretion system architecture is fundamentally important for apparatus diversification and biological function. However, the mechanism by which symmetry mismatch contributes to nanomachine assembly and interkingdom effector translocation are undefined. Here, we show that architectural asymmetry orchestrates dynamic substrate selection and enables trans-kingdom DNA conjugation through the Helicobacter pylori cag type IV secretion system (cag T4SS). Structural analyses of asymmetric units within the cag T4SS periplasmic ring complex (PRC) revealed intermolecular π-π stacking interactions that coordinate DNA binding and license trans-kingdom conjugation without disrupting the translocation of protein and peptidoglycan effector molecules. Additionally, we identified a novel proximal translocation channel gating mechanism that regulates cargo loading and governs substrate transport across the outer membrane. We thus propose a model whereby the organization and geometry of architectural symmetry mismatch exposes π-π interfaces within the PRC to facilitate DNA transit through the cag T4SS translocation channel.
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- Mackenzie E. Ryan
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, KY, 40546, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, KY, 40546, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, KY, 40546, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
- Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
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Ryan ME, Damke PP, Shaffer CL. DNA Transport through the Dynamic Type IV Secretion System. Infect Immun 2023; 91:e0043622. [PMID: 37338415 PMCID: PMC10353360 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00436-22] [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: 06/21/2023] Open
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The versatile type IV secretion system (T4SS) nanomachine plays a pivotal role in bacterial pathogenesis and the propagation of antibiotic resistance determinants throughout microbial populations. In addition to paradigmatic DNA conjugation machineries, diverse T4SSs enable the delivery of multifarious effector proteins to target prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, mediate DNA export and uptake from the extracellular milieu, and in rare examples, facilitate transkingdom DNA translocation. Recent advances have identified new mechanisms underlying unilateral nucleic acid transport through the T4SS apparatus, highlighting both functional plasticity and evolutionary adaptations that enable novel capabilities. In this review, we describe the molecular mechanisms underscoring DNA translocation through diverse T4SS machineries, emphasizing the architectural features that implement DNA exchange across the bacterial membrane and license transverse DNA release across kingdom boundaries. We further detail how recent studies have addressed outstanding questions surrounding the mechanisms by which nanomachine architectures and substrate recruitment strategies contribute to T4SS functional diversity.
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- Mackenzie E. Ryan
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Blanc M, Lettl C, Guérin J, Vieille A, Furler S, Briand-Schumacher S, Dreier B, Bergé C, Plückthun A, Vadon-Le Goff S, Fronzes R, Rousselle P, Fischer W, Terradot L. Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins provide insights into the structure and function of CagI and are potent inhibitors of CagA translocation by the Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion system. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011368. [PMID: 37155700 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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The bacterial human pathogen Helicobacter pylori produces a type IV secretion system (cagT4SS) to inject the oncoprotein CagA into gastric cells. The cagT4SS external pilus mediates attachment of the apparatus to the target cell and the delivery of CagA. While the composition of the pilus is unclear, CagI is present at the surface of the bacterium and required for pilus formation. Here, we have investigated the properties of CagI by an integrative structural biology approach. Using Alpha Fold 2 and Small Angle X-ray scattering, it was found that CagI forms elongated dimers mediated by rod-shape N-terminal domains (CagIN) prolonged by globular C-terminal domains (CagIC). Three Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins (DARPins) K2, K5 and K8 selected against CagI interacted with CagIC with subnanomolar affinities. The crystal structures of the CagI:K2 and CagI:K5 complexes were solved and identified the interfaces between the molecules, thereby providing a structural explanation for the difference in affinity between the two binders. Purified CagI and CagIC were found to interact with adenocarcinoma gastric (AGS) cells, induced cell spreading and the interaction was inhibited by K2. The same DARPin inhibited CagA translocation by up to 65% in AGS cells while inhibition levels were 40% and 30% with K8 and K5, respectively. Our study suggests that CagIC plays a key role in cagT4SS-mediated CagA translocation and that DARPins targeting CagI represent potent inhibitors of the cagT4SS, a crucial risk factor for gastric cancer development.
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- Marine Blanc
- UMR 5086 Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry CNRS-Université de Lyon, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, Lyon, France
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- UMR 5086 Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry CNRS-Université de Lyon, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, Lyon, France
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- UMR 5086 Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry CNRS-Université de Lyon, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, Lyon, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- UMR 5086 Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry CNRS-Université de Lyon, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, Lyon, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University of Lyon, CNRS UMR5305, Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory (LBTI), Lyon, France
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- European Institute of Chemistry and Biology, CNRS UMR 5234 Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, Univ. Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- University of Lyon, CNRS UMR5305, Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory (LBTI), Lyon, France
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- UMR 5086 Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry CNRS-Université de Lyon, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, Lyon, France
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McClain MS, Bryant KN, McDonald WH, Algood HMS, Cover TL. Identification of an Essential LolD-Like Protein in Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2023; 205:e0005223. [PMID: 36971548 PMCID: PMC10127691 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00052-23] [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] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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The localization of lipoprotein (Lol) system is used by Gram-negative bacteria to export lipoproteins to the outer membrane. Lol proteins and models of how Lol transfers lipoproteins from the inner to the outer membrane have been extensively characterized in the model organism Escherichia coli, but in numerous bacterial species, lipoprotein synthesis and export pathways deviate from the E. coli paradigm. For example, in the human gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori, a homolog of the E. coli outer membrane component LolB is not found, E. coli LolC and LolE correspond to a single inner membrane component (LolF), and a homolog of the E. coli cytoplasmic ATPase LolD has not been identified. In the present study, we sought to identify a LolD-like protein in H. pylori. We used affinity-purification mass spectrometry to identify interaction partners of the H. pylori ATP-binding cassette (ABC) family permease LolF and identified the ABC family ATP-binding protein HP0179 as its interaction partner. We engineered H. pylori to conditionally express HP0179 and showed that HP0179 and its conserved ATP binding and ATP hydrolysis motifs are essential for H. pylori growth. We then performed affinity purification-mass spectrometry using HP0179 as the bait and identified LolF as its interaction partner. These results indicate that H. pylori HP0179 is a LolD-like protein and provide a more complete understanding of lipoprotein localization processes in H. pylori, a bacterium in which the Lol system deviates from the E. coli paradigm. IMPORTANCE Lipoproteins are critical in Gram-negative-bacteria for cell surface assembly of LPS, insertion of outer membrane proteins, and sensing envelope stress. Lipoproteins also contribute to bacterial pathogenesis. For many of these functions, lipoproteins must localize to the Gram-negative outer membrane. Transporting lipoproteins to the outer membrane involves the Lol sorting pathway. Detailed analyses of the Lol pathway have been performed in the model organism Escherichia coli, but many bacteria utilize altered components or are missing essential components of the E. coli Lol pathway. Identifying a LolD-like protein in Helicobacter pylori is important to better understand the Lol pathway in diverse bacterial classes. This becomes particularly relevant as lipoprotein localization is targeted for antimicrobial development.
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- Mark S. McClain
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Dutka P, Liu Y, Maggi S, Ghosal D, Wang J, Carter SD, Zhao W, Vijayrajratnam S, Vogel JP, Jensen GJ. Structure and Function of the Dot/Icm T4SS. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.22.533729. [PMID: 36993699 PMCID: PMC10055428 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.22.533729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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The Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm type IV secretion system (T4SS) delivers effector proteins into host cells during infection. Despite its significance as a potential drug target, our current understanding of its atomic structure is limited to isolated subcomplexes. In this study, we used subtomogram averaging and integrative modeling to construct a nearly-complete model of the Dot/Icm T4SS accounting for seventeen protein components. We locate and provide insights into the structure and function of six new components including DotI, DotJ, DotU, IcmF, IcmT, and IcmX. We find that the cytosolic N-terminal domain of IcmF, a key protein forming a central hollow cylinder, interacts with DotU, providing insight into previously uncharacterized density. Furthermore, our model, in combination with analyses of compositional heterogeneity, explains how the cytoplasmic ATPase DotO is connected to the periplasmic complex via interactions with membrane-bound DotI/DotJ proteins. Coupled with in situ infection data, our model offers new insights into the T4SS-mediated secretion mechanism.
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- Przemysław Dutka
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Present address: Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Present address: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, School of Infection and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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Blasey N, Rehrmann D, Riebisch AK, Mühlen S. Targeting bacterial pathogenesis by inhibiting virulence-associated Type III and Type IV secretion systems. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 12:1065561. [PMID: 36704108 PMCID: PMC9872159 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1065561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Infections caused by Gram-negative pathogens pose a major health burden. Both respiratory and gastrointestinal infections are commonly associated with these pathogens. With the increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) over the last decades, bacterial infections may soon become the threat they have been before the discovery of antibiotics. Many Gram-negative pathogens encode virulence-associated Type III and Type IV secretion systems, which they use to inject bacterial effector proteins across bacterial and host cell membranes into the host cell cytosol, where they subvert host cell functions in favor of bacterial replication and survival. These secretion systems are essential for the pathogens to cause disease, and secretion system mutants are commonly avirulent in infection models. Hence, these structures present attractive targets for anti-virulence therapies. Here, we review previously and recently identified inhibitors of virulence-associated bacterial secretions systems and discuss their potential as therapeutics.
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Hall CE, Maegawa F, Patel AD, Lin E. Management of Gastric Cancer. Am Surg 2023:31348221148359. [PMID: 36609184 DOI: 10.1177/00031348221148359] [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: 01/09/2023]
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Gastric adenocarcinoma is a complex disease that requires a thorough multidisciplinary approach for appropriate management. Management strategies vary in different regions of the world and have changed over time. In spite of improvements in chemotherapy and surgical techniques and an improvement in outcomes over the last several decades, overall survival remains low. The best outcomes are likely related to early detection, preoperative reduction of tumor burden with immunochemotherapy, consistent surgical technique for resection, and postoperative eradication of tumor cells. We aim to describe the management for gastric cancer, from the specifics of staging and imaging workup to the tenets of surgical resection and reconstruction as well as the adjuvant treatment strategies in this broad review of gastric cancer management.
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- Caroline E Hall
- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal & General Surgery, 23034Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal & General Surgery, 23034Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal & General Surgery, 23034Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal & General Surgery, 23034Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Kato K, Okazaki S, Schmitt-Ulms C, Jiang K, Zhou W, Ishikawa J, Isayama Y, Adachi S, Nishizawa T, Makarova KS, Koonin EV, Abudayyeh OO, Gootenberg JS, Nishimasu H. RNA-triggered protein cleavage and cell growth arrest by the type III-E CRISPR nuclease-protease. Science 2022; 378:882-889. [PMID: 36423304 PMCID: PMC11126364 DOI: 10.1126/science.add7347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The type III-E CRISPR-Cas7-11 effector binds a CRISPR RNA (crRNA) and the putative protease Csx29 and catalyzes crRNA-guided RNA cleavage. We report cryo-electron microscopy structures of the Cas7-11-crRNA-Csx29 complex with and without target RNA (tgRNA), and demonstrate that tgRNA binding induces conformational changes in Csx29. Biochemical experiments revealed tgRNA-dependent cleavage of the accessory protein Csx30 by Csx29. Reconstitution of the system in bacteria showed that Csx30 cleavage yields toxic protein fragments that cause growth arrest, which is regulated by Csx31. Csx30 binds Csx31 and the associated sigma factor RpoE (RNA polymerase, extracytoplasmic E), suggesting that Csx30-mediated RpoE inhibition modulates the cellular response to infection. We engineered the Cas7-11-Csx29-Csx30 system for programmable RNA sensing in mammalian cells. Overall, the Cas7-11-Csx29 effector is an RNA-dependent nuclease-protease.
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- Kazuki Kato
- Structural Biology Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Structural Biology Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Structural Biology Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Structural Biology Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0027, Japan
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Structural Biology Division, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Inamori Research Institute for Science, 620 Suiginya-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8411, Japan
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Ansari S, Yamaoka Y. Helicobacter pylori Infection, Its Laboratory Diagnosis, and Antimicrobial Resistance: a Perspective of Clinical Relevance. Clin Microbiol Rev 2022; 35:e0025821. [PMID: 35404105 PMCID: PMC9491184 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00258-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Despite the recent decrease in overall prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, morbidity and mortality rates associated with gastric cancer remain high. The antimicrobial resistance developments and treatment failure are fueling the global burden of H. pylori-associated gastric complications. Accurate diagnosis remains the opening move for treatment and eradication of infections caused by microorganisms. Although several reports have been published on diagnostic approaches for H. pylori infection, most lack the data regarding diagnosis from a clinical perspective. Therefore, we provide an intensive, comprehensive, and updated description of the currently available diagnostic methods that can help clinicians, infection diagnosis professionals, and H. pylori researchers working on infection epidemiology to broaden their understanding and to select appropriate diagnostic methods. We also emphasize appropriate diagnostic approaches based on clinical settings (either clinical diagnosis or mass screening), patient factors (either age or other predisposing factors), and clinical factors (either upper gastrointestinal bleeding or partial gastrectomy) and appropriate methods to be considered for evaluating eradication efficacy. Furthermore, to cope with the increasing trend of antimicrobial resistance, a better understanding of its emergence and current diagnostic approaches for resistance detection remain inevitable.
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- Shamshul Ansari
- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu City, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu City, Oita, Japan
- Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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Bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are a versatile group of nanomachines that can horizontally transfer DNA through conjugation and deliver effector proteins into a wide range of target cells. The components of T4SSs in gram-negative bacteria are organized into several large subassemblies: an inner membrane complex, an outer membrane core complex, and, in some species, an extracellular pilus. Cryo-electron tomography has been used to define the structures of T4SSs in intact bacteria, and high-resolution structural models are now available for isolated core complexes from conjugation systems, the Xanthomonas citri T4SS, the Helicobacter pylori Cag T4SS, and the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm T4SS. In this review, we compare the molecular architectures of these T4SSs, focusing especially on the structures of core complexes. We discuss structural features that are shared by multiple T4SSs as well as evolutionary strategies used for T4SS diversification. Finally, we discuss how structural variations among T4SSs may confer specialized functional properties.
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- Michael J. Sheedlo
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Singh P, Ali SA. Multifunctional Role of S100 Protein Family in the Immune System: An Update. Cells 2022; 11:cells11152274. [PMID: 35892571 PMCID: PMC9332480 DOI: 10.3390/cells11152274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
S100 is a broad subfamily of low-molecular weight calcium-binding proteins (9–14 kDa) with structural similarity and functional discrepancy. It is required for inflammation and cellular homeostasis, and can work extracellularly, intracellularly, or both. S100 members participate in a variety of activities in a healthy cell, including calcium storage and transport (calcium homeostasis). S100 isoforms that have previously been shown to play important roles in the immune system as alarmins (DAMPs), antimicrobial peptides, pro-inflammation stimulators, chemo-attractants, and metal scavengers during an innate immune response. Currently, during the pandemic, it was found that several members of the S100 family are implicated in the pathophysiology of COVID-19. Further, S100 family protein members were proposed to be used as a prognostic marker for COVID-19 infection identification using a nasal swab. In the present review, we compiled the vast majority of recent studies that focused on the multifunctionality of S100 proteins in the complex immune system and its associated activities. Furthermore, we shed light on the numerous molecular approaches and signaling cascades regulated by S100 proteins during immune response. In addition, we discussed the involvement of S100 protein members in abnormal defense systems during the pathogenesis of COVID-19.
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- Parul Singh
- Cell Biology and Proteomics Lab, Animal Biotechnology Center, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal 132001, India;
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- Cell Biology and Proteomics Lab, Animal Biotechnology Center, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal 132001, India;
- Division of Proteomics of Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +91-8708591790
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Lockwood DC, Amin H, Costa TRD, Schroeder GN. The Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm type IV secretion system and its effectors. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2022; 168. [PMID: 35639581 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
To prevail in the interaction with eukaryotic hosts, many bacterial pathogens use protein secretion systems to release virulence factors at the host–pathogen interface and/or deliver them directly into host cells. An outstanding example of the complexity and sophistication of secretion systems and the diversity of their protein substrates, effectors, is the Defective in organelle trafficking/Intracellular multiplication (Dot/Icm) Type IVB secretion system (T4BSS) of
Legionella pneumophila
and related species.
Legionella
species are facultative intracellular pathogens of environmental protozoa and opportunistic human respiratory pathogens. The Dot/Icm T4BSS translocates an exceptionally large number of effectors, more than 300 per
L. pneumophila
strain, and is essential for evasion of phagolysosomal degradation and exploitation of protozoa and human macrophages as replicative niches. Recent technological advancements in the imaging of large protein complexes have provided new insight into the architecture of the T4BSS and allowed us to propose models for the transport mechanism. At the same time, significant progress has been made in assigning functions to about a third of
L. pneumophila
effectors, discovering unprecedented new enzymatic activities and concepts of host subversion. In this review, we describe the current knowledge of the workings of the Dot/Icm T4BSS machinery and provide an overview of the activities and functions of the to-date characterized effectors in the interaction of
L. pneumophila
with host cells.
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- Daniel C Lockwood
- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
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Cheng E, Dorjsuren D, Lehman S, Larson CL, Titus SA, Sun H, Zakharov A, Rai G, Heinzen RA, Simeonov A, Machner MP. A Comprehensive Phenotypic Screening Strategy to Identify Modulators of Cargo Translocation by the Bacterial Type IVB Secretion System. mBio 2022; 13:e0024022. [PMID: 35258332 PMCID: PMC9040768 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00240-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are macromolecular machines that translocate effector proteins across multiple membranes into infected host cells. Loss of function mutations in genes encoding protein components of the T4SS render bacteria avirulent, highlighting the attractiveness of T4SSs as drug targets. Here, we designed an automated high-throughput screening approach for the identification of compounds that interfere with the delivery of a reporter-effector fusion protein from Legionella pneumophila into RAW264.7 mouse macrophages. Using a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based detection assay in a bacteria/macrophage coculture format, we screened a library of over 18,000 compounds and, upon vetting compound candidates in a variety of in vitro and cell-based secondary screens, isolated several hits that efficiently interfered with biological processes that depend on a functional T4SS, such as intracellular bacterial proliferation or lysosomal avoidance, but had no detectable effect on L. pneumophila growth in culture medium, conditions under which the T4SS is dispensable. Notably, the same hit compounds also attenuated, to varying degrees, effector delivery by the closely related T4SS from Coxiella burnetii, notably without impacting growth of this organism within synthetic media. Together, these results support the idea that interference with T4SS function is a possible therapeutic intervention strategy, and the emerging compounds provide tools to interrogate at a molecular level the regulation and dynamics of these virulence-critical translocation machines. IMPORTANCE Multi-drug-resistant pathogens are an emerging threat to human health. Because conventional antibiotics target not only the pathogen but also eradicate the beneficial microbiota, they often cause additional clinical complications. Thus, there is an urgent need for the development of "smarter" therapeutics that selectively target pathogens without affecting beneficial commensals. The bacterial type IV secretion system (T4SS) is essential for the virulence of a variety of pathogens but dispensable for bacterial viability in general and can, thus, be considered a pathogen's Achilles heel. By identifying small molecules that interfere with cargo delivery by the T4SS from two important human pathogens, Legionella pneumophila and Coxiella burnetii, our study represents the first step in our pursuit toward precision medicine by developing pathogen-selective therapeutics capable of treating the infections without causing harm to commensal bacteria.
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- Eric Cheng
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Coxiella Pathogenesis Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Coxiella Pathogenesis Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, USA
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Tegtmeyer N, Linz B, Yamaoka Y, Backert S. Unique TLR9 Activation by Helicobacter pylori Depends on the cag T4SS, But Not on VirD2 Relaxases or VirD4 Coupling Proteins. Curr Microbiol 2022; 79:121. [PMID: 35239059 PMCID: PMC8894178 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-022-02813-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The genomes of the gastric bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori harbor multiple type-IV secretion systems (T4SSs). Here we analyzed components of three T4SSs, the cytotoxin-associated genes (cag) T4SS, TFS3 and TFS4. The cag T4SS delivers the effector protein CagA and the LPS-metabolite ADP-heptose into gastric epithelial cells, which plays a pivotal role in chronic infection and development of gastric disease. In addition, the cag T4SS was reported to facilitate conjugative transport of chromosomal bacterial DNA into the host cell cytoplasm, where injected DNA activates intracellular toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) and triggers anti-inflammatory signaling. Canonical DNA-delivering T4SSs in a variety of bacteria are composed of 11 VirB proteins (VirB1-11) which assemble and engage VirD2 relaxase and VirD4 coupling proteins that mediate DNA processing and guiding of the covalently bound DNA through the T4SS channel. Nevertheless, the role of the latter components in H. pylori is unclear. Here, we utilized isogenic knockout mutants of various virB (virB9 and virB10, corresponding to cagX and cagY), virD2 (rlx1 and rlx2), virD4 (cag5, traG1/2) and xerD recombinase genes in H. pylori laboratory strain P12 and studied their role in TLR9 activation by reporter assays. While inactivation of the structural cag T4SS genes cagX and cagY abolished TLR9 activation, the deletion of rlx1, rlx2, cag5, traG or xerD genes had no effect. The latter mutants activated TLR9 similar to wild-type bacteria, suggesting the presence of a unique non-canonical T4SS-dependent mechanism of TLR9 stimulation by H. pylori that is not mediated by VirD2, VirD4 and XerD proteins. These findings were confirmed by the analysis of TLR9 activation by H. pylori strains of worldwide origin that possess different sets of T4SS genes. The exact mechanism of TLR9 activation should be explored in future studies.
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- Nicole Tegtmeyer
- Department of Biology, Chair of Microbiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Chair of Microbiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Chair of Microbiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
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Shrestha R, Murata-Kamiya N, Imai S, Yamamoto M, Tsukamoto T, Nomura S, Hatakeyama M. Mouse Gastric Epithelial Cells Resist CagA Delivery by the Helicobacter pylori Type IV Secretion System. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23052492. [PMID: 35269634 PMCID: PMC8910101 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The initial step in bacterial infection is adherence of the bacterium to the target cell surface. Helicobacter pylori exploits the interaction of bacterial adhesin protein HopQ with human epithelial CEACAMs (CEACAM1, 5, and 6) to stably adhere to gastric epithelial cells, which is necessary for delivery of the H. pylori CagA oncoprotein into the epithelial cells via a type IV secretion system. In contrast to human CEACAMs, however, HopQ does not interact with Ceacam1 (mouse CEACAM1) in vitro or in CHO cells ectopically expressing Ceacam1. Since the mouse genome lacks Ceacam5 and Ceacam6, no significant HopQ–Ceacam interaction may occur in mouse gastric epithelial cells. Here, we found that the mouse stomach has a much lower expression level of Ceacam1 than the expression level of CEACAM1 in the human stomach. Consistently, mouse gastric epithelial cells resist CagA delivery by cagA-positive H. pylori, and the delivery is restored by ectopic expression of human CEACAM1 or CEACAM5 in mouse gastric epithelial cells. Thus, despite the fact that mice are routinely used for H. pylori infection studies, a low expression level of Ceacam1 in the mouse stomach together with the loss or greatly reduced interaction of HopQ with Ceacams make the mouse an inappropriate model for studying the role of H. pylori-delivered CagA in gastric pathogenesis, including the development of gastric cancer.
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- Rejina Shrestha
- Division of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; (R.S.); (N.M.-K.); (S.I.)
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- Division of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; (R.S.); (N.M.-K.); (S.I.)
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- Division of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; (R.S.); (N.M.-K.); (S.I.)
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- Division of Physiological Pathology, Department of Applied Science, School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan;
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Japan;
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan;
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- Division of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; (R.S.); (N.M.-K.); (S.I.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-3-5841-3404
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Liu X, Khara P, Baker ML, Christie PJ, Hu B. Structure of a type IV secretion system core complex encoded by multi-drug resistance F plasmids. Nat Commun 2022; 13:379. [PMID: 35046412 PMCID: PMC8770708 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28058-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are largely responsible for the proliferation of multi-drug resistance. We solved the structure of the outer-membrane core complex (OMCCF) of a T4SS encoded by a conjugative F plasmid at <3.0 Å resolution by cryoelectron microscopy. The OMCCF consists of a 13-fold symmetrical outer ring complex (ORC) built from 26 copies of TraK and TraV C-terminal domains, and a 17-fold symmetrical central cone (CC) composed of 17 copies of TraB β-barrels. Domains of TraV and TraB also bind the CC and ORC substructures, establishing that these proteins undergo an intraprotein symmetry alteration to accommodate the C13:C17 symmetry mismatch. We present evidence that other pED208-encoded factors stabilize the C13:C17 architecture and define the importance of TraK, TraV and TraB domains to T4SSF function. This work identifies OMCCF structural motifs of proposed importance for structural transitions associated with F plasmid dissemination and F pilus biogenesis.
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- Xiangan Liu
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Structural basis for effector recognition by an antibacterial type IV secretion system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2112529119. [PMID: 34983846 PMCID: PMC8740702 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2112529119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) have been studied for more than 70 y because of their roles in mediating horizontal DNA transfer, responsible for the spread of antibiotic resistance, and the injection of virulence factors into animal and plant hosts. Another important function is the contact-dependent injection of toxic effectors into competing bacteria of different species during bacterial warfare. The present study reveals how T4SSs use a specific domain of the VirD4 coupling protein to recruit antibacterial toxins for secretion by recognizing conserved carboxyl-terminal secretion signal domains. The molecular structure of the secretion signal domain described in this work will serve as a model for thousands of homologs encountered in several hundred distinct bacterial species. Many soil-, water-, and plant-associated bacterial species from the orders Xanthomonadales, Burkholderales, and Neisseriales carry a type IV secretion system (T4SS) specialized in translocating effector proteins into other gram-negative species, leading to target cell death. These effectors, known as X-Tfes, carry a carboxyl-terminal domain of ∼120 residues, termed XVIPCD, characterized by several conserved motifs and a glutamine-rich tail. Previous studies showed that the XVIPCD is required for interaction with the T4SS coupling protein VirD4 and for T4SS-dependent translocation. However, the structural basis of the XVIPCD–VirD4 interaction is unknown. Here, we show that the XVIPCD interacts with the central all-alpha domain of VirD4 (VirD4AAD). We used solution NMR spectroscopy to solve the structure of the XVIPCD of X-TfeXAC2609 from Xanthomonas citri and to map its interaction surface with VirD4AAD. Isothermal titration calorimetry and in vivo Xanthomonas citri versus Escherichia coli competition assays using wild-type and mutant X-TfeXAC2609 and X-TfeXAC3634 indicate that XVIPCDs can be divided into two regions with distinct functions: the well-folded N-terminal region contains specific conserved motifs that are responsible for interactions with VirD4AAD, while both N- and carboxyl-terminal regions are required for effective X-Tfe translocation into the target cell. The conformational stability of the N-terminal region is reduced at and below pH 7.0, a property that may facilitate X-Tfe unfolding and translocation through the more acidic environment of the periplasm.
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Amin H, Ilangovan A, Costa TRD. Architecture of the outer-membrane core complex from a conjugative type IV secretion system. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6834. [PMID: 34824240 PMCID: PMC8617172 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27178-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Conjugation is one of the most important processes that bacteria utilize to spread antibiotic resistance genes among bacterial populations. Interbacterial DNA transfer requires a large double membrane-spanning nanomachine called the type 4 secretion system (T4SS) made up of the inner-membrane complex (IMC), the outer-membrane core complex (OMCC) and the conjugative pilus. The iconic F plasmid-encoded T4SS has been central in understanding conjugation for several decades, however atomic details of its structure are not known. Here, we report the structure of a complete conjugative OMCC encoded by the pED208 plasmid from E. coli, solved by cryo-electron microscopy at 3.3 Å resolution. This 2.1 MDa complex has a unique arrangement with two radial concentric rings, each having a different symmetry eventually contributing to remarkable differences in protein stoichiometry and flexibility in comparison to other OMCCs. Our structure suggests that F-OMCC is a highly dynamic complex, with implications for pilus extension and retraction during conjugation.
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- Himani Amin
- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK.
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- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ UK
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In Situ Visualization of the pKM101-Encoded Type IV Secretion System Reveals a Highly Symmetric ATPase Energy Center. mBio 2021; 12:e0246521. [PMID: 34634937 PMCID: PMC8510550 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02465-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bacterial conjugation systems are members of the type IV secretion system (T4SS) superfamily. T4SSs can be classified as “minimized” or “expanded” based on whether they are composed of a core set of signature subunits or additional system-specific components. Prototypical minimized systems mediating Agrobacterium tumefaciens transfer DNA (T-DNA) and pKM101 and R388 plasmid transfer are built from subunits generically named VirB1 to VirB11 and VirD4. We visualized the pKM101-encoded T4SS in its native cellular context by in situ cryo-electron tomography (CryoET). The T4SSpKM101 is composed of an outer membrane core complex (OMCC) connected by a thin stalk to an inner membrane complex (IMC). The OMCC exhibits 14-fold symmetry and resembles that of the T4SSR388 analyzed previously by single-particle electron microscopy. The IMC is highly symmetrical and exhibits 6-fold symmetry. It is dominated by a hexameric collar in the periplasm and a cytoplasmic complex composed of a hexamer of dimers of the VirB4-like TraB ATPase. The IMC closely resembles equivalent regions of three expanded T4SSs previously visualized by in situ CryoET but differs strikingly from the IMC of the purified T4SSR388, whose cytoplasmic complex instead presents as two side-by-side VirB4 hexamers. Analyses of mutant machines lacking each of the three ATPases required for T4SSpKM101 function supplied evidence that TraBB4 as well as VirB11-like TraG contribute to distinct stages of machine assembly. We propose that the VirB4-like ATPases, configured as hexamers of dimers at the T4SS entrance, orchestrate IMC assembly and recruitment of the spatially dynamic VirB11 and VirD4 ATPases to activate the T4SS for substrate transfer.
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Burns DL. Secretion of Pertussis Toxin from Bordetella pertussis. Toxins (Basel) 2021; 13:toxins13080574. [PMID: 34437445 PMCID: PMC8402538 DOI: 10.3390/toxins13080574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Production and secretion of pertussis toxin (PT) is essential for the virulence of Bordetella pertussis. Due to the large oligomeric structure of PT, transport of the toxin across bacterial membrane barriers represents a significant hurdle that the bacteria must overcome in order to maintain pathogenicity. During the secretion process, PT undergoes a two-step transport process. The first step involves transport of the individual polypeptide chains of PT across the inner membrane utilizing a generalized secretion pathway, most likely the bacterial Sec system. The second step involves the use of a specialized apparatus to transport the toxin across the outer membrane of the bacterial cell. This apparatus, which has been termed the Ptl transporter and which is unique to the PT secretion pathway, is a member of the type IV family of bacterial transporters. Here, the current understanding of the PT secretion process is reviewed including a description of the Ptl proteins that assemble to form the transporter, the general structure of type IV transporters, the known similarities and differences between canonical type IV substrate transport and Ptl-mediated transport of PT, as well as the known sequence of events in the assembly and secretion of PT.
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- Drusilla L Burns
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA
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Baltierra-Uribe SL, Montañez-Barragán A, Romero-Ramírez H, Klimov-Kravtchenko K, Martínez-Pedro KI, Sánchez-Salguero E, Camorlinga-Ponce M, Torres J, Santos-Argumedo L. Colostrum IgA1 antibodies recognize antigens from Helicobacter pylori and prevent cytoskeletal changes in human epithelial cells. Eur J Immunol 2021; 51:2641-2650. [PMID: 34398472 DOI: 10.1002/eji.202049117] [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: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium found on the luminal surface of the gastric mucosa in at least 50% of the world's human population. The protective effect of breastfeeding against H. pylori infection has been extensively reported; however, the mechanisms behind this protection remain poorly understood. Human IgA from colostrum has reactivity against H. pylori antigens. Despite that IgA1 and IgA2 display structural and functional differences, their reactivity against H. pylori had not been previously determined. We attested titers and reactivity of human colostrum-IgA subclasses by ELISA, immunoblot, and flow cytometry. Colostrum samples from healthy mothers had higher titers of IgA; and IgA1 mostly recognized H. pylori antigens. Moreover, we found a correlation between IgA1 reactivity and their neutralizing effect determined by inhibition of cytoskeletal changes in AGS cells infected with H. pylori. In conclusion, colostrum-IgA reduces H. pylori infection of epithelial gastric cells, suggesting an important role in preventing the bacteria establishment during the first months of life. As a whole, these results suggest that IgA1 from human colostrum provides protection that may help in the development of the mucosal immune system of newborn children. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Shantal Lizbeth Baltierra-Uribe
- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico.,University Center of Biological and Agricultural Sciences (CUCBA), University of Guadalajara, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico.,"La Cañada" University (UNCA), Oaxaca, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Infectious and Parasitic Disease Medical Research Unit (UIMEIP) at Pediatric Hospital in National Medical Center (CMN- SIGLO XXI) Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Infectious and Parasitic Disease Medical Research Unit (UIMEIP) at Pediatric Hospital in National Medical Center (CMN- SIGLO XXI) Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
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Cover TL. Tracking bacterial effector protein delivery into host cells. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:724-728. [PMID: 34250669 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bacterial Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are a functionally heterogeneous group of nanomachines that can deliver substrates into a wide range of target cells. The Helicobacter pylori Cag T4SS has an important role in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer. CagA, the only effector protein known to be secreted by the H. pylori Cag T4SS, enters human gastric cells and causes alterations in intracellular signaling that are linked to cancer pathogenesis. Understanding the molecular mechanisms by which CagA is delivered into gastric cells has been hindered by the lack of robust methods for monitoring this process. A publication in this issue of Molecular Microbiology describes a split luciferase assay for monitoring T4SS-mediated translocation of CagA into host cells. The use of this translocation reporter allowed the quantification of CagA translocation in real-time assays, thereby facilitating the analysis of the kinetics of CagA delivery. This system also allowed the tracking of several types of CagA fusion proteins and confirmed that protein unfolding is important for secretion by the Cag T4SS. This commentary discusses T4SS-dependent delivery of H. pylori CagA into host cells and the use of the split luciferase system for monitoring bacterial protein secretion and delivery into target cells.
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- Timothy L Cover
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.,Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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Lettl C, Haas R, Fischer W. Kinetics of CagA type IV secretion by Helicobacter pylori and the requirement for substrate unfolding. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:794-807. [PMID: 34121254 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Type IV secretion of effector proteins is an important principle for interaction of human pathogens with their target cells. The corresponding secretion systems may transport a multitude of effector proteins that have to be deployed in the respective spatiotemporal context, or only a single translocated protein, as in the case of the CagA effector protein produced by the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. For a more detailed analysis of the kinetics and mode of action of CagA type IV secretion by H. pylori, we describe here, a novel, highly sensitive split luciferase-based translocation reporter which can be easily adapted to different end-point or real-time measurements. Using this reporter, we showed that H. pylori cells are able to rapidly inject a limited amount of their CagA supply into cultured gastric epithelial cells. We have further employed the reporter system to address the question whether CagA has to be unfolded prior to translocation by the type IV secretion system. We showed that protein domains co-translocated with CagA as protein fusions are more readily tolerated as substrates than in other secretion systems, but also provide evidence that unfolding of effector proteins is a prerequisite for their transport.
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- Clara Lettl
- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical Faculty, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Partner Site Munich, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical Faculty, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Partner Site Munich, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical Faculty, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Partner Site Munich, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich, Germany
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Toll-like Receptor 5 Activation by the CagY Repeat Domains of Helicobacter pylori. Cell Rep 2021; 32:108159. [PMID: 32937132 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is an important human pathogen associated with gastric inflammation and neoplasia. It is commonly believed that this bacterium avoids major immune recognition by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) because of low intrinsic activity of its flagellin and lipopolysaccharides (LPS). In particular, TLR5 specifically detects flagellins in various bacterial pathogens, while Hp evolved mutations in flagellin to evade detection through TLR5. Cancerogenic Hp strains encode a type IV secretion system (T4SS). The T4SS core component and pilus-associated protein CagY, a large VirB10 ortholog, drives effector molecule translocation. Here, we identify CagY as a flagellin-independent TLR5 agonist. We detect five TLR5 interaction sites, promoting binding of CagY-positive Hp to TLR5-expressing cells, TLR5 stimulation, and intracellular signal transduction. Consequently, CagY constitutes a remarkable VirB10 member detected by TLR5, driving crucial innate immune responses by this human pathogen.
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Evodiamine Inhibits Helicobacter pylori Growth and Helicobacter pylori-Induced Inflammation. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22073385. [PMID: 33806161 PMCID: PMC8036659 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) classified as a class I carcinogen by the World Health Organization (WHO) plays an important role in the progression of chronic gastritis and the development of gastric cancer. A major bioactive component of Evodia rutaecarpa, evodiamine, has been known for its anti-bacterial effect and anti-cancer effects. However, the inhibitory effect of evodiamine against H. pylori is not yet known and the inhibitory mechanisms of evodiamine against gastric cancer cells are yet to be elucidated concretely. In this study, therefore, anti-bacterial effect of evodiamine on H. pylori growth and its inhibitory mechanisms as well as anti-inflammatory effects and its mechanisms of evodiamine on H. pylori-induced inflammation were investigated in vitr. Results of this study showed the growth of the H. pylori reference strains and clinical isolates were inhibited by evodiamine. It was considered one of the inhibitory mechanisms that evodiamine downregulated both gene expressions of replication and transcription machineries of H. pylori. Treatment of evodiamine also induced downregulation of urease and diminished translocation of cytotoxin-associated antigen A (CagA) and vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) proteins into gastric adenocarcinoma (AGS) cells. This may be resulted from the reduction of CagA and VacA expressions as well as the type IV secretion system (T4SS) components and secretion system subunit protein A (SecA) protein which are involved in translocation of CagA and VacA into host cells, respectively. In particular, evodiamine inhibited the activation of signaling proteins such as the nuclear factor κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) and the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway induced by H. pylori infection. It consequently might contribute to reduction of interleukin (IL)-8 production in AGS cells. Collectively, these results suggest anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effects of evodiamine against H. pylori.
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Yang J, Zhou X, Liu X, Ling Z, Ji F. Role of the Gastric Microbiome in Gastric Cancer: From Carcinogenesis to Treatment. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:641322. [PMID: 33790881 PMCID: PMC8005548 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.641322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The development of sequencing technology has expanded our knowledge of the human gastric microbiome, which is now known to play a critical role in the maintenance of homeostasis, while alterations in microbial community composition can promote the development of gastric diseases. Recently, carcinogenic effects of gastric microbiome have received increased attention. Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide with a high mortality rate. Helicobacter pylori is a well-recognized risk factor for GC. More than half of the global population is infected with H. pylori, which can modulate the acidity of the stomach to alter the gastric microbiome profile, leading to H. pylori-associated diseases. Moreover, there is increasing evidence that bacteria other than H. pylori and their metabolites also contribute to gastric carcinogenesis. Therefore, clarifying the contribution of the gastric microbiome to the development and progression of GC can lead to improvements in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. In this review, we discuss the current state of knowledge regarding changes in the microbial composition of the stomach caused by H. pylori infection, the carcinogenic effects of H. pylori and non-H. pylori bacteria in GC, as well as the potential therapeutic role of gastric microbiome in H. pylori infection and GC.
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- Jinpu Yang
- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Jaboulay C, Godeux AS, Doublet P, Vianney A. Regulatory Networks of the T4SS Control: From Host Cell Sensing to the Biogenesis and the Activity during the Infection. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:166892. [PMID: 33636165 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Delivery of effectors, DNA or proteins, that hijack host cell processes to the benefit of bacteria is a mechanism widely used by bacterial pathogens. It is achieved by complex effector injection devices, the secretion systems, among which Type 4 Secretion Systems (T4SSs) play a key role in bacterial virulence of numerous animal and plant pathogens. Considerable progress has recently been made in the structure-function analyses of T4SSs. Nevertheless, the signals and processes that trigger machine assembly and activity during infection, as well as those involved in substrate recognition and transfer, are complex and still poorly understood. In this review, we aim at summarizing the last updates of the knowledge on signaling pathways that regulate the biogenesis and the activity of T4SSs in important bacterial pathogens.
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- C Jaboulay
- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team: Legionella pathogenesis), Univ Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France.
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team: Horigene), Univ Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team: Legionella pathogenesis), Univ Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, (Team: Legionella pathogenesis), Univ Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, F-69007 Lyon, France
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He H, Liu J, Li L, Qian G, Hao D, Li M, Zhang Y, Hong X, Xu J, Yan D. Helicobacter pylori CagA Interacts with SHP-1 to Suppress the Immune Response by Targeting TRAF6 for K63-Linked Ubiquitination. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 206:1161-1170. [PMID: 33568397 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori is the major etiological agent for most gastric cancer. CagA has been reported to be an important virulence factor of H. pylori, but its effect on the immune response is not yet clear. In this study, wild-type C57BL/6 mice and Ptpn6me-v/me-v mice were randomly assigned for infection with H. pylori We demonstrated that CagA suppressed H. pylori-stimulated expression of proinflammatory cytokines in vivo. Besides, we infected mouse peritoneal macrophages RAW264.7 and AGS with H. pylori Our results showed that CagA suppressed expression of proinflammatory cytokines through inhibiting the MAPKs and NF-κB pathways activation in vitro. Mechanistically, we found that CagA interacted with the host cellular tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1, which facilitated the recruitment of SHP-1 to TRAF6 and inhibited the K63-linked ubiquitination of TRAF6, which obstructed the transmission of signal downstream. Taken together, these findings reveal a previously unknown mechanism by which CagA negatively regulates the posttranslational modification of TRAF6 in innate antibacterial immune response and provide molecular basis for new therapeutics to treat microbial infection.
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- Huan He
- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Costa TRD, Harb L, Khara P, Zeng L, Hu B, Christie PJ. Type IV secretion systems: Advances in structure, function, and activation. Mol Microbiol 2021; 115:436-452. [PMID: 33326642 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are a functionally diverse translocation superfamily. They consist mainly of two large subfamilies: (i) conjugation systems that mediate interbacterial DNA transfer and (ii) effector translocators that deliver effector macromolecules into prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. A few other T4SSs export DNA or proteins to the milieu, or import exogenous DNA. The T4SSs are defined by 6 or 12 conserved "core" subunits that respectively elaborate "minimized" systems in Gram-positive or -negative bacteria. However, many "expanded" T4SSs are built from "core" subunits plus numerous others that are system-specific, which presumptively broadens functional capabilities. Recently, there has been exciting progress in defining T4SS assembly pathways and architectures using a combination of fluorescence and cryoelectron microscopy. This review will highlight advances in our knowledge of structure-function relationships for model Gram-negative bacterial T4SSs, including "minimized" systems resembling the Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB/VirD4 T4SS and "expanded" systems represented by the Helicobacter pylori Cag, Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm, and F plasmid-encoded Tra T4SSs. Detailed studies of these model systems are generating new insights, some at atomic resolution, to long-standing questions concerning mechanisms of substrate recruitment, T4SS channel architecture, conjugative pilus assembly, and machine adaptations contributing to T4SS functional versatility.
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- Tiago R D Costa
- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Center for Phage Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Center for Phage Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA
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Sheedlo MJ, Durie CL, Chung JM, Chang L, Roberts J, Swanson M, Lacy DB, Ohi MD. Cryo-EM reveals new species-specific proteins and symmetry elements in the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm T4SS. eLife 2021; 10:70427. [PMID: 34519271 PMCID: PMC8486379 DOI: 10.7554/elife.70427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is an opportunistic pathogen that causes the potentially fatal pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease. The pathology associated with infection depends on bacterial delivery of effector proteins into the host via the membrane spanning Dot/Icm type IV secretion system (T4SS). We have determined sub-3.0 Å resolution maps of the Dot/Icm T4SS core complex by single particle cryo-EM. The high-resolution structural analysis has allowed us to identify proteins encoded outside the Dot/Icm genetic locus that contribute to the core T4SS structure. We can also now define two distinct areas of symmetry mismatch, one that connects the C18 periplasmic ring (PR) and the C13 outer membrane cap (OMC) and one that connects the C13 OMC with a 16-fold symmetric dome. Unexpectedly, the connection between the PR and OMC is DotH, with five copies sandwiched between the OMC and PR to accommodate the symmetry mismatch. Finally, we observe multiple conformations in the reconstructions that indicate flexibility within the structure.
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- Michael J Sheedlo
- Department of Pharmacology, University of MinnesotaMinneapolisUnited States,Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States,Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of KoreaGyeonggiRepublic of Korea
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University Of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleUnited States,The Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare SystemNasvhilleUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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Lettl C, Schindele F, Testolin G, Bär A, Rehm T, Brönstrup M, Schobert R, Bilitewski U, Haas R, Fischer W. Inhibition of Type IV Secretion Activity and Growth of Helicobacter pylori by Cisplatin and Other Platinum Complexes. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:602958. [PMID: 33392108 PMCID: PMC7775389 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.602958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Type IV secretion systems are protein secretion machineries that are frequently used by pathogenic bacteria to inject their virulence factors into target cells of their respective hosts. In the case of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori, the cytotoxin-associated gene (Cag) type IV secretion system is considered a major cause for severe disease, such as gastric cancer, and thus constitutes an attractive target for specific treatment options against H. pylori infections. Here, we have used a Cag type IV secretion reporter assay for screening a repurposing compound library for inhibitors targeting this system. We found that the antitumor agent cisplatin, a platinum coordination complex that kills target cells by formation of DNA crosslinks, is a potent inhibitor of the Cag type IV secretion system. Strikingly, we found that this inhibitory activity of cisplatin depends on a ligand exchange reaction which incorporates a solvent molecule (dimethylsulfoxide) into the complex, a modification which is known to be deleterious for DNA crosslinking, and for its anticancer activity. We extended our analysis to several analogous platinum complexes containing N-heterocyclic carbene, as well as DMSO or other ligands, and found varying inhibitory activities toward the Cag system which were not congruent with their DNA-binding properties, suggesting that protein interactions may cause the inhibitory effect. Inhibition experiments under varying conditions revealed effects on adherence and bacterial viability as well, and showed that the type IV secretion-inhibitory capacity of platinum complexes can be inactivated by sulfur-containing reagents and in complex bacterial growth media. Taken together, our results demonstrate DNA binding-independent inhibitory effects of cisplatin and other platinum complexes against different H. pylori processes including type IV secretion.
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- Clara Lettl
- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich Site, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich Site, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hannover-Braunschweig Site, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hannover-Braunschweig Site, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hannover-Braunschweig Site, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich Site, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich Site, Munich, Germany
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Umrekar TR, Cohen E, Drobnič T, Gonzalez-Rodriguez N, Beeby M. CryoEM of bacterial secretion systems: A primer for microbiologists. Mol Microbiol 2020; 115:366-382. [PMID: 33140482 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
"CryoEM" has come of age, enabling considerable structural insights into many facets of molecular biology. Here, we present a primer for microbiologists to understand the capabilities and limitations of two complementary cryoEM techniques for studying bacterial secretion systems. The first, single particle analysis, determines the structures of purified protein complexes to resolutions sufficient for molecular modeling, while the second, electron cryotomography and subtomogram averaging, tends to determine more modest resolution structures of protein complexes in intact cells. We illustrate these abilities with examples of insights provided into how secretion systems work by cryoEM, with a focus on type III secretion systems.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Ansari S, Yamaoka Y. Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factor Cytotoxin-Associated Gene A (CagA)-Mediated Gastric Pathogenicity. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197430. [PMID: 33050101 PMCID: PMC7582651 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori causes persistent infection in the gastric epithelium of more than half of the world’s population, leading to the development of severe complications such as peptic ulcer diseases, gastric cancer, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Several virulence factors, including cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA), which is translocated into the gastric epithelium via the type 4 secretory system (T4SS), have been indicated to play a vital role in disease development. Although infection with strains harboring the East Asian type of CagA possessing the EPIYA-A, -B, and -D sequences has been found to potentiate cell proliferation and disease pathogenicity, the exact mechanism of CagA involvement in disease severity still remains to be elucidated. Therefore, we discuss the possible role of CagA in gastric pathogenicity.
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- Shamshul Ansari
- Department of Microbiology, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 44200, Nepal;
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
- Global Oita Medical Advanced Research Center for Health (GO-MARCH), Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan
- Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Borneo Medical and Health Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88400, Malaysia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-97-586-5740; Fax: +81-97-586-5749
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Sheedlo MJ, Chung JM, Sawhney N, Durie CL, Cover TL, Ohi MD, Lacy DB. Cryo-EM reveals species-specific components within the Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system core complex. eLife 2020; 9:e59495. [PMID: 32876048 PMCID: PMC7511236 DOI: 10.7554/elife.59495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric cancer is dependent on delivery of CagA into host cells through a type IV secretion system (T4SS). The H. pylori Cag T4SS includes a large membrane-spanning core complex containing five proteins, organized into an outer membrane cap (OMC), a periplasmic ring (PR) and a stalk. Here, we report cryo-EM reconstructions of a core complex lacking Cag3 and an improved map of the wild-type complex. We define the structures of two unique species-specific components (Cag3 and CagM) and show that Cag3 is structurally similar to CagT. Unexpectedly, components of the OMC are organized in a 1:1:2:2:5 molar ratio (CagY:CagX:CagT:CagM:Cag3). CagX and CagY are components of both the OMC and the PR and bridge the symmetry mismatch between these regions. These results reveal that assembly of the H. pylori T4SS core complex is dependent on incorporation of interwoven species-specific components.
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- Michael J Sheedlo
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of MedicineNashvilleUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleUnited States
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of MedicineNashvilleUnited States
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare SystemNashvilleUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleUnited States
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare SystemNashvilleUnited States
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Durie CL, Sheedlo MJ, Chung JM, Byrne BG, Su M, Knight T, Swanson M, Lacy DB, Ohi MD. Structural analysis of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm type IV secretion system core complex. eLife 2020; 9:e59530. [PMID: 32876045 PMCID: PMC7511231 DOI: 10.7554/elife.59530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is an opportunistic pathogen that causes the potentially fatal pneumonia Legionnaires' Disease. This infection and subsequent pathology require the Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System (T4SS) to deliver effector proteins into host cells. Compared to prototypical T4SSs, the Dot/Icm assembly is much larger, containing ~27 different components including a core complex reported to be composed of five proteins: DotC, DotD, DotF, DotG, and DotH. Using single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we report reconstructions of the core complex of the Dot/Icm T4SS that includes a symmetry mismatch between distinct structural features of the outer membrane cap (OMC) and periplasmic ring (PR). We present models of known core complex proteins, DotC, DotD, and DotH, and two structurally similar proteins within the core complex, DotK and Lpg0657. This analysis reveals the stoichiometry and contact interfaces between the key proteins of the Dot/Icm T4SS core complex and provides a framework for understanding a complex molecular machine.
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- Clarissa L Durie
- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleUnited States
- The Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare SystemNashvilleUnited States
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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The original strategies developed by Helicobacter pylori to persistently colonise its host and to deregulate its cellular functions make this bacterium an outstanding model to study host-pathogen interaction and the mechanisms responsible for bacterial-induced carcinogenesis. During the last year, significant results were obtained on the role of bacterial factors essential for gastric colonisation such as spiral shape maintenance, orientation through chemotaxis and the formation of bacteria clonal population islands inside the gastric glands. Particularities of the H pylori cell surface, a structure important for immune escape, were demonstrated. New insights in the bacterial stress response revealed the importance of DNA methylation-mediated regulation. Further findings were reported on H pylori components that mediate natural transformation and mechanisms of bacterial DNA horizontal transfer which maintain a high level of H pylori genetic variability. Within-host evolution was found to be niche-specific and probably associated with physiological differences between the antral and oxyntic gastric mucosa. In addition, with the progress of CryoEM, high-resolution structures of the major virulence factors, VacA and CagT4SS, were obtained. The use of gastric organoid models fostered research revealing, preferential accumulation of bacteria at the site of injury during infection. Several studies further characterised the role of CagA in the oncogenic properties of H pylori, identifying the activation of novel CagA-dependent pathways, leading to the promotion of genetic instabilities, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and finally carcinogenesis. Recent studies also highlight that microRNA-mediated regulation and epigenetic modifications, through DNA methylation, are key events in the H pylori-induced tumorigenesis process.
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- Milica Denic
- Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur, UMR CNRS 2001, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur, UMR CNRS 2001, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France
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- Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur, UMR CNRS 2001, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France
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Fischer W, Tegtmeyer N, Stingl K, Backert S. Four Chromosomal Type IV Secretion Systems in Helicobacter pylori: Composition, Structure and Function. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1592. [PMID: 32754140 PMCID: PMC7366825 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The pathogenic bacterium Helicobacter pylori is genetically highly diverse and a major risk factor for the development of peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma in humans. During evolution, H. pylori has acquired multiple type IV secretion systems (T4SSs), and then adapted for various purposes. These T4SSs represent remarkable molecular transporter machines, often associated with an extracellular pilus structure present in many bacteria, which are commonly composed of multiple structural proteins spanning the inner and outer membranes. By definition, these T4SSs exhibit central functions mediated through the contact-dependent conjugative transfer of mobile DNA elements, the contact-independent release and uptake of DNA into and from the extracellular environment as well as the secretion of effector proteins in mammalian host target cells. In recent years, numerous features on the molecular functionality of these T4SSs were disclosed. H. pylori encodes up to four T4SSs on its chromosome, namely the Cag T4SS present in the cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI), the ComB system, as well as the Tfs3 and Tfs4 T4SSs, some of which exhibit unique T4SS functions. The Cag T4SS facilitates the delivery of the CagA effector protein and pro-inflammatory signal transduction through translocated ADP-heptose and chromosomal DNA, while various structural pilus proteins can target host cell receptors such as integrins or TLR5. The ComB apparatus mediates the import of free DNA from the extracellular milieu, whereas Tfs3 may accomplish the secretion or translocation of effector protein CtkA. Both Tfs3 and Tfs4 are furthermore presumed to act as conjugative DNA transfer machineries due to the presence of tyrosine recombinases with cognate recognition sequences, conjugational relaxases, and potential origins of transfer (oriT) found within the tfs3 and tfs4 genome islands. In addition, some extrachromosomal plasmids, transposons and phages have been discovered in multiple H. pylori isolates. The genetic exchange mediated by DNA mobilization events of chromosomal genes and plasmids combined with recombination events could account for much of the genetic diversity found in H. pylori. In this review, we highlight our current knowledge on the four T4SSs and the involved mechanisms with consequences for H. pylori adaptation to the hostile environment in the human stomach.
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- Wolfgang Fischer
- Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Fakultät, LMU München, Munich, Germany
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- Department Biologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Biological Safety, National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
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- Department Biologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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