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Huang LY, Shi ZX, Yuan J, Hu FQ. [Expression profile analysis of host HeLa cells invasived by Shigella flexneri 2a]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 2007; 47:810-816. [PMID: 18062254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The changes of genes expression in HeLa cell during the invasion with Shigella species for 1h and 3h were analyzed by cDNA microarrays. The data showed that the expression levels of 752 genes were altered twice or greater as compared with the control 509 of them were up-regulated, and 306 were down-regulated. It was supposed that some signal pathways in HeLa cell were activated, then many genes were induced, and at last comprehensive cell responses were produced, so that HeLa cell could prevent against Shigella species infection. Two striking difference cDNA fragments TNFR 1B and ERBB2, which were up-regulated in the host epithelial cell during Shigella infection, analyzed expression by real time RT-PCR as determined by cDNA arrays. We suggested they play important roles in response to the invasive S. flexneri 2457T. Based on the results of gene expression alterations, the molecular pathogenic mechanism of Shigella species could be greatly and deeply understood, and the strategy for prevention against and treatment for shigellosis would be formed.
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- Liu-Yu Huang
- Department of Microbiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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Núñez-Samudio V, Landires I. El síndrome de Ekiri como una complicación de la shigellosis. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2007; 25:492-3. [PMID: 17692219 DOI: 10.1157/13108716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Infections with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Shigella flexneri result in mucosal inflammation in response to epithelial cell invasion and macrophage cytotoxicity. These processes are mediated by type III secretion systems encoded in homologous virulence loci in the two species, namely, Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1), carried in the genome, and the Shigella entry region (SER), carried in a large virulence plasmid. Here we show that SPI-1 can functionally complement a deletion of SER in S. flexneri, restoring invasion of epithelial cells, macrophage cytotoxicity, and phagosomal escape. Furthermore, S. flexneri phagosomal escape requires the SER and another gene(s) carried on the large virulence plasmid. We demonstrate that the processes of invasion and phagosomal escape can be uncoupled in S. flexneri.
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- Susanne Paetzold
- Department of Cellular Microbiology, Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Charité Platz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Invasion and plaque formation in epithelial monolayers are routinely used to assess the virulence of Shigella flexneri, a causative agent of dysentery. A modified plaque assay was developed to identify factors contributing to the virulence of S. flexneri under the anaerobic conditions present in the colon. This assay demonstrated the importance of the ferrous iron transport system Feo, as well as the global transcription factors Fur, ArcA, and Fnr, for Shigella plaque formation in anoxic environments. Transcriptional analyses of S. flexneri iron transport genes indicated that anaerobic conditions activated feoABC while repressing genes encoding two other iron transport systems, the ABC transporter Sit and the Iuc/Iut aerobactin siderophore synthesis and transport system. The anaerobic transcription factors ArcA and Fnr activated expression of feoABC, while ArcA repressed iucABCD iutA. Transcription of fur, encoding the iron-responsive transcriptional repressor of bacterial iron acquisition, was also repressed anaerobically in an ArcA-dependent manner.
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Hurt JK, Olgen S, Garcia GA. Site-specific modification of Shigella flexneri virF mRNA by tRNA-guanine transglycosylase in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:4905-13. [PMID: 17626052 PMCID: PMC1950534 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2007] [Revised: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 05/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Shigella flexneri is an enteropathogen responsible for severe dysentery in humans. VirF is a key transcriptional regulator that activates the expression of the downstream virulence factors required for cellular invasion and cell-to-cell spread of this pathogen. There are several environmental factors that induce the translation of VirF including temperature, pH, osmolarity and post-transcriptional RNA modification. Durand and colleagues (vacC, a virulence-associated chromosomal locus of Shigella flexneri, is homologous to tgt, a gene encoding tRNA-guanine transglycosylase of Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol., 176, 4627-4634) have demonstrated a correlation between VirF and tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (TGT), which catalyzes the exchange of the hypermodified base queuine for the guanine in the wobble position of certain tRNAs. They characterized tgt- mutant S. flexneri strains in which the translation of VirF is markedly reduced and the bacteria are unable to invade host cells. Although the function of TGT is to modify tRNA, we report that the virF mRNA is recognized by the Escherichia coli TGT (99% identity to the S. flexneri TGT) in vitro. Further, we show that this recognition results in the site-specific modification of a single base in the virF mRNA. In the context of previous reports that small molecule binding motifs ('riboswitches') in mRNAs modulate mRNA conformation and translation, our observations suggest that TGT may modulate the translation of VirF by base modification of the VirF encoding mRNA.
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- Julie K. Hurt
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1065 and Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, TR-06100, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1065 and Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, TR-06100, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1065 and Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, TR-06100, Ankara, Turkey
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Veenendaal AKJ, Hodgkinson JL, Schwarzer L, Stabat D, Zenk SF, Blocker AJ. The type III secretion system needle tip complex mediates host cell sensing and translocon insertion. Mol Microbiol 2007; 63:1719-30. [PMID: 17367391 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05620.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are essential virulence determinants of many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The Shigella T3SS consists of a cytoplasmic bulb, a transmembrane region and a hollow 'needle' protruding from the bacterial surface. Physical contact with host cells initiates secretion and leads to assembly of a pore, formed by IpaB and IpaC, in the host cell membrane, through which proteins that facilitate host cell invasion are translocated. As the needle is implicated in host cell sensing and secretion regulation, its tip should contain components that initiate host cell contact. Through biochemical and immunological studies of wild-type and mutant Shigella T3SS needles, we reveal tip complexes of differing compositions and functional states, which appear to represent the molecular events surrounding host cell sensing and pore formation. Our studies indicate that the interaction between IpaB and IpaD at needle tips is key to host cell sensing, orchestration of IpaC secretion and its subsequent assembly at needle tips. This allows insertion into the host cell membrane of a translocation pore that is continuous with the needle.
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- Andreas K J Veenendaal
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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Comparison of nadA and nadB in 14 Shigella strains and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli versus E. coli showed that at least one locus is altered in all strains. These observations explain the characteristic nicotinic acid auxotrophy of Shigella organisms and are consistent with the previously identified antivirulence nature of these genes for these pathogens.
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- Anne-Laure Prunier
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA
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Man YS, Trolove C, Tattersall D, Thomas AC, Papakonstantinopoulou A, Patel D, Scott C, Chong J, Jagger DJ, O’Toole EA, Navsaria H, Curtis MA, Kelsell DP. A deafness-associated mutant human connexin 26 improves the epithelial barrier in vitro. J Membr Biol 2007; 218:29-37. [PMID: 17581693 PMCID: PMC2845879 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-007-9025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 04/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A large proportion of recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss is due to mutations in the GJB2 gene encoding connexin 26 (Cx26), a component of a gap junction. Within different ethnic groups there are specific common recessive mutations, each with a relatively high carrier frequency, suggesting the possibility of heterozygous advantage. Carriers of the R143W GJB2 allele, the most prevalent in the African population, present with a thicker epidermis than noncarriers. In this study, we show that (R143W)Cx26-expressing keratinocytes form a significantly thicker epidermis in an organotypic coculture skin model. In addition, we show increased migration of cells expressing (R143W)Cx26 compared to (WT)Cx26-overexpressing cells. We also demonstrate that cells expressing (R143W)Cx26 are significantly less susceptible to cellular invasion by the enteric pathogen Shigella flexneri than (WT)Cx26-expressing cells. These in vitro studies suggest an advantageous effect of (R143W)Cx26 in epithelial cells.
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- Y.K. Stella Man
- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Auditory Research, UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, WC1X 8EE
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- Centre for Auditory Research, UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, WC1X 8EE
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
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Kramer RW, Slagowski NL, Eze NA, Giddings KS, Morrison MF, Siggers KA, Starnbach MN, Lesser CF. Yeast functional genomic screens lead to identification of a role for a bacterial effector in innate immunity regulation. PLoS Pathog 2007; 3:e21. [PMID: 17305427 PMCID: PMC1797620 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2006] [Accepted: 01/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Numerous bacterial pathogens manipulate host cell processes to promote infection and ultimately cause disease through the action of proteins that they directly inject into host cells. Identification of the targets and molecular mechanisms of action used by these bacterial effector proteins is critical to understanding pathogenesis. We have developed a systems biological approach using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can expedite the identification of cellular processes targeted by bacterial effector proteins. We systematically screened the viable yeast haploid deletion strain collection for mutants hypersensitive to expression of the Shigella type III effector OspF. Statistical data mining of the results identified several cellular processes, including cell wall biogenesis, which when impaired by a deletion caused yeast to be hypersensitive to OspF expression. Microarray experiments revealed that OspF expression resulted in reversed regulation of genes regulated by the yeast cell wall integrity pathway. The yeast cell wall integrity pathway is a highly conserved mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, normally activated in response to cell wall perturbations. Together these results led us to hypothesize and subsequently demonstrate that OspF inhibited both yeast and mammalian MAPK signaling cascades. Furthermore, inhibition of MAPK signaling by OspF is associated with attenuation of the host innate immune response to Shigella infection in a mouse model. These studies demonstrate how yeast systems biology can facilitate functional characterization of pathogenic bacterial effector proteins. Many bacterial pathogens use specialized secretion systems to deliver effector proteins directly into host cells. The effector proteins mediate the subversion or inhibition of host cell processes to promote survival of the pathogens. Although these proteins are critical elements of pathogenesis, relatively few are well characterized. They often lack significant homology to proteins of known function, and they present special challenges, biological and practical, to study in vivo. For example, their functions often appear to be redundant or synergistic, and the organisms that produce them can be dangerous or difficult to culture, requiring special facilities. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has recently emerged as a model system to both identify and functionally characterize effector proteins. This work describes how genome-wide phenotypic screens and mRNA profiling of yeast expressing the Shigella effector OspF led to the discovery that OspF inhibits mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in both yeast and mammalian cells. This inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling is associated with attenuation of the host innate immune response. This study demonstrates how yeast functional genomic studies can contribute to the understanding of pathogenic effector proteins.
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- Roger W Kramer
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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A Shigella flexneri degP mutant, which was defective for plaque formation in Henle cell monolayers, had a reduced amount of IcsA detectable on the bacterial surface with antibody. However, the mutant secreted IcsA to the outer membrane at wild-type levels. This suggests that IcsA adopts an altered conformation in the outer membrane of the degP mutant with reduced exposure on the cell surface. IcsA is, therefore, unlikely to be accessible to actin-nucleating proteins within the eukaryotic cell cytoplasm, which is required for bacterial movement within the host cell and cell-to-cell spread. The degP mutant was somewhat more sensitive to detergents, antibiotics, and the antimicrobial peptide magainin, indicating that the degP phenotype was not limited to IcsA surface presentation. The plaque defect of the degP mutant, which is independent of DegP protease activity, was suppressed by overexpression of the periplasmic chaperone Skp but not by SurA. S. flexneri skp and surA mutants failed to form plaques in Henle cell monolayers and were defective in cell surface presentation and polar localization of IcsA. Therefore, the three periplasmic folding factors DegP, Skp, and SurA were all required for IcsA localization and plaque formation by S. flexneri.
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- Georgiana E Purdy
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology and Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Clark CS, Maurelli AT. Shigella flexneri inhibits staurosporine-induced apoptosis in epithelial cells. Infect Immun 2007; 75:2531-9. [PMID: 17339354 PMCID: PMC1865761 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01866-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2006] [Revised: 12/26/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2007] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Shigella flexneri is a facultative intracellular organism that causes bacillary dysentery. The Shigella IpaB protein activates caspase 1 in macrophages, which eventually leads to apoptosis. In contrast, epithelial cells infected with Shigella undergo a stress response but do not die. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine if Shigella has the ability to inhibit apoptosis in epithelial cells. A modified gentamicin protection assay was used to investigate if HeLa cells infected with S. flexneri are able to resist the induction of apoptosis following treatment with 4 microM of staurosporine. Nuclear staining and immunofluorescence revealed that infected cells remained healthy while uninfected cells appeared apoptotic. Only uninfected cells had detectable levels of activated caspase 3 upon immunofluorescence, and this was verified by Western blot analysis. Despite interfering with caspase 3 activation, Shigella-infected cells treated with staurosporine did have cytochrome c release and caspase 9 activation, indicating that Shigella protects epithelial cells from apoptosis by inhibiting caspase 3 activation. Analysis of S. flexneri mutants showed that invasion and a functional type III secretion system were required to block apoptosis. In addition, a mutant with a deletion in mxiE, which encodes a transcriptional activator for genes induced intracellularly, failed to inhibit apoptosis. Therefore, protection of epithelial cells from apoptosis by S. flexneri is regulated by one or more of the bacterial genes under the control of mxiE. We believe that S. flexneri, like other pathogens, inhibits apoptosis in epithelial cells but causes apoptosis in macrophages to ensure survival inside the host.
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- Christina S Clark
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA
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Arbibe L, Sansonetti P. [Shigella flexneri modulates host cell epigenetic information as a strategy to shape the transcriptional response]. Med Sci (Paris) 2007; 23:238-40. [PMID: 17349276 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2007233238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Turner EC, Dorman CJ. H-NS antagonism in Shigella flexneri by VirB, a virulence gene transcription regulator that is closely related to plasmid partition factors. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:3403-13. [PMID: 17307842 PMCID: PMC1855880 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01813-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The VirB protein of Shigella flexneri is a positive regulator of the major virulence operons of this enteroinvasive intracellular pathogen. VirB resembles no other transcription factor but is strongly homologous to plasmid partition proteins. We found that the binding of the VirB protein to the promoter region of the icsB virulence gene induced hypersensitivity to cleavage by DNase I over a region to which the H-NS repressor protein binds and completely abolished the protection of this sequence from DNase I by H-NS. In the absence of H-NS, the VirB protein had no additive effect on the ability of the icsB promoter to form an open transcription complex, indicating that VirB is not involved in the recruitment of RNA polymerase to the promoter or in open complex formation. Similarly, VirB did not stimulate promoter function in an in vitro transcription assay but acted as an antagonist of H-NS-mediated repression. A sequence located upstream of the icsB promoter and related to cis-acting elements involved in plasmid partitioning was required for promoter derepression by VirB. Alterations to one heptameric motif within this DNA sequence attenuated VirB binding and derepression of icsB transcription.
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Olive AJ, Kenjale R, Espina M, Moore DS, Picking WL, Picking WD. Bile salts stimulate recruitment of IpaB to the Shigella flexneri surface, where it colocalizes with IpaD at the tip of the type III secretion needle. Infect Immun 2007; 75:2626-9. [PMID: 17296762 PMCID: PMC1865747 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01599-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Shigella flexneri uses its type III secretion apparatus (TTSA) to deliver invasins into human cells. This TTSA possesses an external needle with IpaD at its tip. We now show that deoxycholate promotes the stable recruitment of IpaB to the needle tip without inducing a rapid burst of type III secretion. The maintenance of IpaB at the needle tip requires a stable association of IpaD with the Shigella surface. This is the first demonstration of a translocator protein being stably associated with the TTSA needle.
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- Andrew J Olive
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Johnson S, Roversi P, Espina M, Olive A, Deane JE, Birket S, Field T, Picking WD, Blocker AJ, Galyov EE, Picking WL, Lea SM. Self-chaperoning of the type III secretion system needle tip proteins IpaD and BipD. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:4035-44. [PMID: 17077085 PMCID: PMC1894746 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607945200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Bacteria expressing type III secretion systems (T3SS) have been responsible for the deaths of millions worldwide, acting as key virulence elements in diseases ranging from plague to typhoid fever. The T3SS is composed of a basal body, which traverses both bacterial membranes, and an external needle through which effector proteins are secreted. We report multiple crystal structures of two proteins that sit at the tip of the needle and are essential for virulence: IpaD from Shigella flexneri and BipD from Burkholderia pseudomallei. The structures reveal that the N-terminal domains of the molecules are intramolecular chaperones that prevent premature oligomerization, as well as sharing structural homology with proteins involved in eukaryotic actin rearrangement. Crystal packing has allowed us to construct a model for the tip complex that is supported by mutations designed using the structure.
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- Steven Johnson
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxon OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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Sani M, Botteaux A, Parsot C, Sansonetti P, Boekema EJ, Allaoui A. IpaD is localized at the tip of the Shigella flexneri type III secretion apparatus. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2007; 1770:307-11. [PMID: 17110044 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2006.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Revised: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 10/11/2006] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Type III secretion (T3S) systems are used by numerous Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria to inject virulence proteins into animal and plant host cells. The core of the T3S apparatus, known as the needle complex, is composed of a basal body transversing both bacterial membranes and a needle protruding above the bacterial surface. In Shigella flexneri, IpaD is required to inhibit the activity of the T3S apparatus prior to contact of bacteria with host and has been proposed to assist translocation of bacterial proteins into host cells. We investigated the localization of IpaD by electron microscopy analysis of cross-linked bacteria and mildly purified needle complexes. This analysis revealed the presence of a distinct density at the needle tip. A combination of single particle analysis, immuno-labeling and biochemical analysis, demonstrated that IpaD forms part of the structure at the needle tip. Anti-IpaD antibodies were shown to block entry of bacteria into epithelial cells.
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- Musa Sani
- Biophysical Chemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Hfq plays an important role in cellular physiology by regulating the expression of several genes. Hfq synthesis in Escherichia coli is subject to auto-repression at translational level. Studies with Shigella flexneri show that hfq transcription is regulated by a pleiotropic regulator, DksA. Comparison of gene expression profiles of wild type and dksA mutant S. flexneri determined that hfq expression was reduced in the dksA mutant. As DksA is required for stress resistance and plaque formation in cultured cell monolayers, a measure of virulence, we assessed the role of Hfq in the dksA virulence phenotype. Expression of hfq in the dksA mutant restored plaque formation, and an hfq mutant failed to form plaques. Thus, DksA plays a role in regulating hfq gene expression and this regulation is important for S. flexneri virulence. In an in vitro transcription assay, addition of DksA increased transcription of hfq and this effect was greatest with one of the known hfq promoters. Addition of ppGpp, a stringent response molecule, along with DksA in the in vitro transcription assay resulted in a further increase in transcription of hfq, indicating that DksA is required for maximal transcription of hfq during both exponential and stringent response growth conditions.
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- Ashima K Sharma
- Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Hakemi Vala M, Nowroozi J, Ghazi F, Nabavi Tabatabai P, Haghighi S. Comparing invasive and non-invasive of isolated Shigella flexneri by electron microscopy of cell culture, SDS-PAGE and Congo red method. Iran Biomed J 2007; 11:47-52. [PMID: 18051704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare invasive and non-invasive strains of Shigella flexneri isolated from Tehran by a 120 kDa protein band by SDS-PAGE, electron microscopy of cell culture and Congo red dye methods. METHODS S. flexneri strains were isolated by standard bacterial methods from fecal specimens of children attending to the 3 children's hospitals. Phenotype analysis for screening virulent of strains of S. flexneri was done on a plate of tryptic soy agar contained 0.003% Congo red dye. Whole membrane protein preparations were used to examine the protein profiles of the inner and outer membrane of these Gram-negative bacteria. The protein mixture was electrophoresed through a polyacrylamide gel. The gel was stained with Coomassie brilliant blue R250 and destained with ethanol and acetic acid. HeLa cell culture was done by two-step preparations: one for light microscopy and the other for electron microscopy. RESULTS Some of S. flexneri (46%) were Congo red positive colonies. S. flexneri with negative Congo red phenotype could not enter the HeLa cell culture. A 120 kDa protein band was found in 46% of these bacteria which could enter into HeLa cell culture. Pseudopod structures which facilitate bacterial cell-to-cell spread were readily identified by electron microscopy. DISCUSSION Since the existence of 120-kDa protein band was corresponded to enter of S. flexneri into the HeLa cell culture and correlated with Congo red dye positive, for identification of invasive and non-invasive S. flexneri strains, the use of a 120-kDa protein band by SDS-PAGE or a simple, rapid and very cheap Congo red dye method is recommended. Because, there are some deaths due to Shigella sp. in our country, notification on the isolation of these bacteria in both children hospitals laboratories and private clinical laboratories is important.
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- Mojdeh Hakemi Vala
- Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Medical School, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Medical School, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Medical School, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Microbiology, Pasture Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of bacillary dysentery, injects invasin proteins through a type III secretion apparatus upon contacting the host cell, which triggers pathogen internalization. The invasin IpaA is essential for S. flexneri pathogenesis and binds to the cytoskeletal protein vinculin to facilitate host cell entry. We report that IpaA harbors two vinculin-binding sites (VBSs) within its C-terminal domain that bind to and activate vinculin in a mutually exclusive fashion. Only the highest affinity C-terminal IpaA VBS is necessary for efficient entry and cell–cell spread of S. flexneri, whereas the lower affinity VBS appears to contribute to vinculin recruitment at entry foci of the pathogen. Finally, the crystal structures of vinculin in complex with the VBSs of IpaA reveal the mechanism by which IpaA subverts vinculin's functions, where S. flexneri utilizes a remarkable level of molecular mimicry of the talin–vinculin interaction to activate vinculin. Mimicry of vinculin's interactions may therefore be a general mechanism applied by pathogens to infect the host cell.
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- Tina Izard
- Cell Adhesion Laboratory, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
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Zurawski DV, Mitsuhata C, Mumy KL, McCormick BA, Maurelli AT. OspF and OspC1 are Shigella flexneri type III secretion system effectors that are required for postinvasion aspects of virulence. Infect Immun 2006; 74:5964-76. [PMID: 16988276 PMCID: PMC1594884 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00594-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Shigella flexneri is the causative agent of dysentery, and its pathogenesis is mediated by a type III secretion system (T3SS). S. flexneri secretes effector proteins into the eukaryotic cell via the T3SS, and these proteins usurp host cellular functions to the benefit of the bacteria. OspF and OspC1 are known to be secreted by S. flexneri, but their functions are unknown. We transformed S. flexneri with a plasmid that expresses a two-hemagglutinin tag (2HA) in frame with OspF or OspC1 and verified that these proteins are secreted in a T3SS-dependent manner. Immunofluorescence of HeLa cells infected with S. flexneri expressing OspF-2HA or OspC1-2HA revealed that both proteins localize in the nucleus and cytoplasm of host cells. To elucidate the function of these T3SS effectors, we constructed DeltaospF and DeltaospC1 deletion mutants by allelic exchange. We found that DeltaospF and DeltaospC1 mutants invade host cells and form plaques in confluent monolayers similar to wild-type S. flexneri. However, in the polymorphonuclear (PMN) cell migration assay, a decrease in neutrophil migration was observed for both mutants in comparison to the migration of wild-type bacteria. Moreover, infection of polarized T84 intestinal cells infected with DeltaospF and DeltaospC1 mutants resulted in decreased phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 in comparison to that of T84 cells infected with wild-type S. flexneri. To date, these are the first examples of T3SS effectors implicated in mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway activation. Ultimately, OspF and OspC1 are essential for PMN transepithelial migration, a phenotype associated with increased inflammation and bacterial access to the submucosa, which are fundamental aspects of S. flexneri pathogenesis.
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- Daniel V Zurawski
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA
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Yoshida S, Handa Y, Suzuki T, Ogawa M, Suzuki M, Tamai A, Abe A, Katayama E, Sasakawa C. Microtubule-severing activity of Shigella is pivotal for intercellular spreading. Science 2006; 314:985-9. [PMID: 17095701 DOI: 10.1126/science.1133174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Some pathogenic bacteria actually invade the cytoplasm of their target host cells. Invasive bacteria acquire the propulsive force to move by recruiting actin and inducing its polymerization. Here we show that Shigella movement within the cytoplasm was severely hindered by microtubules and that the bacteria destroyed surrounding microtubules by secreting VirA by means of the type III secretion system. Degradation of microtubules by VirA was dependent on its alpha-tubulin-specific cysteine protease-like activity. virA mutants did not move within the host cytoplasm and failed to move into adjacent cells.
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- Sei Yoshida
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Burton EA, Pendergast AM, Aballay A. The Caenorhabditis elegans ABL-1 tyrosine kinase is required for Shigella flexneri pathogenesis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:5043-51. [PMID: 16820504 PMCID: PMC1489310 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00558-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Shigellosis is a diarrheal disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Shigella flexneri. Following ingestion of the bacterium, S. flexneri interferes with innate immunity, establishes an infection within the human colon, and initiates an inflammatory response that results in destruction of the tissue lining the gut. Examination of host cell factors required for S. flexneri pathogenesis in vivo has proven difficult due to limited host susceptibility. Here we report the development of a pathogenesis system that involves the use of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism to study S. flexneri virulence determinants and host molecules required for pathogenesis. We show that S. flexneri-mediated killing of C. elegans correlates with bacterial accumulation in the intestinal tract of the animal. The S. flexneri virulence plasmid, which encodes a type III secretory system as well as various virulence determinants crucial for pathogenesis in mammalian systems, was found to be required for maximal C. elegans killing. Additionally, we demonstrate that ABL-1, the C. elegans homolog of the mammalian c-Abl nonreceptor tyrosine kinase ABL1, is required for S. flexneri pathogenesis in nematodes. These data demonstrate the feasibility of using C. elegans to study S. flexneri pathogenesis in vivo and provide insight into host factors that contribute to S. flexneri pathogenesis.
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- Elizabeth A Burton
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Espina M, Ausar SF, Middaugh CR, Picking WD, Picking WL. Spectroscopic and calorimetric analyses of invasion plasmid antigen D (IpaD) from Shigella flexneri reveal the presence of two structural domains. Biochemistry 2006; 45:9219-27. [PMID: 16866368 DOI: 10.1021/bi060625v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Shigella flexneri is a facultative intracellular pathogen that causes severe gastroenteritis in humans. Invasion plasmid antigen D (IpaD) is an essential participant in Shigella invasion of intestinal cells, but no detailed structural information is available to help understand the proposed role of IpaD in invasion or its interaction with other invasion proteins. Therefore, the secondary and tertiary structure and thermal stability of IpaD as well as selected IpaD deletion mutants were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), circular dichroism (CD), and both intrinsic and extrinsic fluorescence spectroscopies. The energetics of thermal unfolding were also evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Secondary-structure analysis by CD and FTIR suggests that that IpaD is primarily alpha-helical with characteristics of a intramolecular coiled coil. Thermal studies revealed that the unfolding of IpaD is a complex process consisting of two transitions centered near 59 and 80 degrees C. A comparison of the data obtained with the intact protein and selected deletion mutants indicated that the lower temperature transition is a reversible event attributable to the unfolding of a small domain located at the N terminus of IpaD. In contrast, the thermal unfolding of the proposed major and highly stable C-terminal domain was irreversible and led to protein aggregation. When the results are taken together, they strongly support the idea that IpaD has two independent folding domains.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry
- Antigens, Bacterial/genetics
- Antigens, Bacterial/metabolism
- Antigens, Bacterial/physiology
- Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Bacterial Proteins/physiology
- Calorimetry, Differential Scanning/methods
- Circular Dichroism
- Plasmids
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Sequence Deletion
- Shigella flexneri/chemistry
- Shigella flexneri/pathogenicity
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
- Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
- Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared/methods
- Virulence
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- Marianela Espina
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Walker R. Quinine sulfate inhibits invasion of Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri: a preliminary study. J Travel Med 2006; 13:324; author reply 324. [PMID: 16987134 DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.0063_1.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Johnson S, Roversi P, Espina M, Deane JE, Birket S, Picking WD, Blocker A, Picking WL, Lea SM. Expression, limited proteolysis and preliminary crystallographic analysis of IpaD, a component of the Shigella flexneri type III secretion system. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2006; 62:865-8. [PMID: 16946465 PMCID: PMC1894744 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309106027047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2006] [Accepted: 07/12/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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IpaD, the putative needle-tip protein of the Shigella flexneri type III secretion system, has been overexpressed and purified. Crystals were grown of the native protein in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 55.9, b = 100.7, c = 112.0 A, and data were collected to 2.9 A resolution. Analysis of the native Patterson map revealed a peak at 50% of the origin on the Harker section v = 0.5, suggesting twofold non-crystallographic symmetry parallel to the b crystallographic axis. As attempts to derivatize or grow selenomethionine-labelled protein crystals failed, in-drop proteolysis was used to produce new crystal forms. A trace amount of subtilisin Carlsberg was added to IpaD before sparse-matrix screening, resulting in the production of several new crystal forms. This approach produced SeMet-labelled crystals and diffraction data were collected to 3.2 A resolution. The SeMet crystals belong to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 139.4, b = 45.0, c = 99.5 A, beta = 107.9 degrees . An anomalous difference Patterson map revealed peaks on the Harker section v = 0, while the self-rotation function indicates the presence of a twofold noncrystallographic symmetry axis, which is consistent with two molecules per asymmetric unit.
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- Steven Johnson
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, England
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, USA
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, England
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, England
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Wang XY, Tao F, Xiao D, Lee H, Deen J, Gong J, Zhao Y, Zhou W, Li W, Shen B, Song Y, Ma J, Li ZM, Wang Z, Su PY, Chang N, Xu JH, Ouyang PY, von Seidlein L, Xu ZY, Clemens JD. Trend and disease burden of bacillary dysentery in China (1991-2000). Bull World Health Organ 2006; 84:561-8. [PMID: 16878230 PMCID: PMC2627389 DOI: 10.2471/blt.05.023853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2005] [Accepted: 10/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the burden of bacillary dysentery in China, its cross-regional variations, trends in morbidity and mortality, the causative bacterial species and antimicrobial resistance patterns. METHODS We extracted and integrated governmental statistics and relevant medical literature published from 1991 to 2000. Data were also collected from one general hospital each for the six provinces and Jin-an district, Shanghai, representative of six geographical regions and a modern city. FINDINGS In 2000, 0.8-1.7 million episodes of bacillary dysentery occurred of which 0.5 to 0.7 million were treated at health-care facilities and 0.15-0.20 million patients were hospitalized. The highest morbidity and mortality rates were among the youngest and oldest age groups. Bacillary dysentery peaked during the summer months. The major causative species was Shigella flexneri (86%) and the predominant S. flexneri serotype was 2a (80%). About 74-80% of Shigella isolates remained susceptible to fluorinated quinolones. CONCLUSION We conclude that while morbidity and mortality due to bacillary dysentery has decreased considerably in China in the past decade due to increasing access to affordable health care and antibiotics, a considerable burden exists among the youngest and oldest age groups and in regions with low economic development. We suggest that while a vaccine would be effective for short- and medium-term control of bacillary dysentery, improved water supply, sanitation, and hygiene are likely to be required for long-term control.
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- Xuan-yi Wang
- International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Espina M, Olive AJ, Kenjale R, Moore DS, Ausar SF, Kaminski RW, Oaks EV, Middaugh CR, Picking WD, Picking WL. IpaD localizes to the tip of the type III secretion system needle of Shigella flexneri. Infect Immun 2006; 74:4391-400. [PMID: 16861624 PMCID: PMC1539624 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00440-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of shigellosis, is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen that initiates infection by invading cells within the colonic epithelium. Contact with host cell surfaces induces a rapid burst of protein secretion via the Shigella type III secretion system (TTSS). The first proteins secreted are IpaD, IpaB, and IpaC, with IpaB and IpaC being inserted into the host cell membrane to form a pore for translocating late effectors into the target cell cytoplasm. The resulting pathogen-host cross talk results in localized actin polymerization, membrane ruffling, and, ultimately, pathogen entry. IpaD is essential for host cell invasion, but its role in this process is just now coming to light. IpaD is a multifunctional protein that controls the secretion and presentation of IpaB and IpaC at the pathogen-host interface. We show here that antibodies recognizing the surface-exposed N terminus of IpaD neutralize Shigella's ability to promote pore formation in erythrocyte membranes. We further show that MxiH and IpaD colocalize on the bacterial surface. When TTSS needles were sheared from the Shigella surface, IpaD was found at only the needle tips. Consistent with this, IpaD localized to the exposed tips of needles that were still attached to the bacterium. Molecular analyses then showed that the IpaD C terminus is required for this surface localization and function. Furthermore, mutations that prevent IpaD surface localization also eliminate all IpaD-related functions. Thus, this study demonstrates that IpaD localizes to the TTSA needle tip, where it functions to control the secretion and proper insertion of translocators into host cell membranes.
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- Marianela Espina
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Shigella flexneri possesses at least two putative high-affinity manganese acquisition systems, SitABCD and MntH. Mutations in the genes encoding the components of both of these systems were constructed in S. flexneri. The sitA mntH mutant showed reduced growth, relative to the wild type, in Luria broth (L broth) containing the divalent metal chelator ethylene diamino-o-dihydroxyphenyl acetic acid, and the addition of either iron or manganese restored growth to the level of the wild-type strain. Although the sitA mntH mutant was not defective in surviving exposure to superoxide generators, it was defective in surviving exposure to hydrogen peroxide. The sitA mntH mutant formed wild-type plaques on Henle cell monolayers but had a reduced ability to survive in activated macrophage lines. Expression of the S. flexneri sit and mntH promoters was higher when Shigella was in Henle cells than when it was in L broth. Expression of both the sit and mntH promoters was repressed by either iron or manganese, and this repression was partially dependent upon Fur and MntR, respectively. The mntH promoter, but not the sit promoter, exhibited OxyR-dependent induction in the presence of hydrogen peroxide.
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Prosseda G, Latella MC, Casalino M, Nicoletti M, Michienzi S, Colonna B. Plasticity of the P junc promoter of ISEc11, a new insertion sequence of the IS1111 family. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:4681-9. [PMID: 16788177 PMCID: PMC1483014 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00332-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We describe identification and functional characterization of ISEc11, a new insertion sequence that is widespread in enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC), in which it is always present on the virulence plasmid (pINV) and very frequently also present on the chromosome. ISEc11 is flanked by subterminal 13-bp inverted repeats (IRs) and is bounded by 3-bp terminal sequences, and it transposes with target specificity without generating duplication of the target site. ISEc11 is characterized by an atypical transposase containing the DEDD motif of the Piv/MooV family of DNA recombinases, and it is closely related to the IS1111 family. Transposition occurs by formation of minicircles through joining of the abutted ends and results in assembly of a junction promoter (P juncC) containing a -10 box in the interstitial sequence and a -35 box upstream of the right IR. A natural variant of ISEc11 (ISEc11p), found on EIEC pINV plasmids, contains a perfect duplication of the outermost 39 bp of the right end. Upon circularization, ISEc11p forms a junction promoter (P juncP) which, despite carrying -10 and -35 boxes identical to those of P juncC, exhibits 30-fold-greater strength in vivo. The discovery of only one starting point in primer extension experiments rules out the possibility that there are alternative promoter sites within the 39-bp duplication. Analysis of in vitro-generated transcripts confirmed that at limiting RNA polymerase concentrations, the activity of P juncP is 20-fold higher than the activity of P juncC. These observations suggest that the 39-bp duplication might host cis-acting elements that facilitate the binding of RNA polymerase to the promoter.
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- Gianni Prosseda
- Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università La Sapienza, Via dei Sardi 70, 00185 Roma, Italy
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Deane JE, Roversi P, Cordes FS, Johnson S, Kenjale R, Daniell S, Booy F, Picking WD, Picking WL, Blocker AJ, Lea SM. Molecular model of a type III secretion system needle: Implications for host-cell sensing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:12529-33. [PMID: 16888041 PMCID: PMC1567912 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602689103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Type III secretion systems are essential virulence determinants for many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The type III secretion system consists of cytoplasmic, transmembrane, and extracellular domains. The extracellular domain is a hollow needle protruding above the bacterial surface and is held within a basal body that traverses both bacterial membranes. Effector proteins are translocated, via this external needle, directly into host cells, where they subvert normal cell functions to aid infection. Physical contact with host cells initiates secretion and leads to formation of a pore, thought to be contiguous with the needle channel, in the host-cell membrane. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Shigella flexneri needle subunit MxiH and a complete model for the needle assembly built into our three-dimensional EM reconstruction. The model, combined with mutagenesis data, reveals that signaling of host-cell contact is relayed through the needle via intersubunit contacts and suggests a mode of binding for a tip complex.
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- Janet E. Deane
- *Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- *Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- *Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- *Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045; and
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045; and
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045; and
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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- *Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Hamiaux C, van Eerde A, Parsot C, Broos J, Dijkstra BW. Structural mimicry for vinculin activation by IpaA, a virulence factor of Shigella flexneri. EMBO Rep 2006; 7:794-9. [PMID: 16826238 PMCID: PMC1525141 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2006] [Revised: 06/14/2006] [Accepted: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Invasion of epithelial cells by Shigella flexneri is characterized by cytoskeletal rearrangements of the host cell membrane, promoting internalization of the bacterium. The bacterial effector IpaA is injected into the epithelial cell by a type III secretion apparatus and recruits vinculin to regulate actin polymerization at the site of entry. We analysed the complex formed between a carboxy-terminal fragment of IpaA (IpaA(560-633)) and the vinculin D1 domain (VD1), both in crystals and in solution. We present evidence that IpaA(560-633) has two alpha-helical vinculin-binding sites that simultaneously bind two VD1 molecules. The interaction of IpaA(560-633) with VD1 is highly similar to the interaction of the endogenous, eukaryotic proteins talin and alpha-actinin with VD1, showing that Shigella uses a structural mimicry strategy to activate vinculin.
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- Cyril Hamiaux
- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire INSERM U786, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
- Tel: +31 50 363 4381/4378; Fax: +31 50 363 4800; E-mail:
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Nie H, Yang F, Zhang X, Yang J, Chen L, Wang J, Xiong Z, Peng J, Sun L, Dong J, Xue Y, Xu X, Chen S, Yao Z, Shen Y, Jin Q. Complete genome sequence of Shigella flexneri 5b and comparison with Shigella flexneri 2a. BMC Genomics 2006; 7:173. [PMID: 16822325 PMCID: PMC1550401 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Shigella bacteria cause dysentery, which remains a significant threat to public health. Shigella flexneri is the most common species in both developing and developed countries. Five Shigella genomes have been sequenced, revealing dynamic and diverse features. To investigate the intra-species diversity of S. flexneri genomes further, we have sequenced the complete genome of S. flexneri 5b strain 8401 (abbreviated Sf8401) and compared it with S. flexneri 2a (Sf301). Results The Sf8401 chromosome is 4.5-Mb in size, a little smaller than that of Sf301, mainly because the former lacks the SHI-1 pathogenicity island (PAI). Compared with Sf301, there are 6 inversions and one translocation in Sf8401, which are probably mediated by insertion sequences (IS). There are clear differences in the known PAIs between these two genomes. The bacteriophage SfV segment remaining in SHI-O of Sf8401 is clearly larger than the remnants of bacteriophage SfII in Sf301. SHI-1 is absent from Sf8401 but a specific related protein is found next to the pheV locus. SHI-2 is involved in one intra-replichore inversion near the origin of replication, which may change the expression of iut/iuc genes. Moreover, genes related to the glycine-betaine biosynthesis pathway are present only in Sf8401 among the known Shigella genomes. Conclusion Our data show that the two S. flexneri genomes are very similar, which suggests a high level of structural and functional conservation between the two serotypes. The differences reflect different selection pressures during evolution. The ancestor of S. flexneri probably acquired SHI-1 and SHI-2 before SHI-O was integrated and the serotypes diverged. SHI-1 was subsequently deleted from the S. flexneri 5b genome by recombination, but stabilized in the S. flexneri 2a genome. These events may have contributed to the differences in pathogenicity and epidemicity between the two serotypes of S. flexneri.
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- Huan Nie
- College of Biological Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
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- National Center of Human Genome Research, Beijing 100176, China
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- National Center of Human Genome Research, Beijing 100176, China
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- College of Biological Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China
- Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Ogawa M. [Functional analysis of IcsB protein secreted via the type III secretion system of Shigella]. Nihon Saikingaku Zasshi 2006; 61:229-33. [PMID: 16780119 DOI: 10.3412/jsb.61.229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Michinaga Ogawa
- Division of Bacterial Infection, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
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Intracellular peptidoglycan (PG) recognition in human cells is mediated by the NACHT-LRR proteins Nod1 and Nod2. Elicitation of these proteins by PG motifs released from invasive bacteria triggers signaling events, resulting in the activation of the NF-kappaB pathway. In order to decipher the molecular components involved in Nod2 signal transduction, we set out to identify new interaction partners of Nod2 by using a yeast two-hybrid screen. Besides the known interaction partner RIP2, the screen identified the leucine-rich repeat (LRR)- and PDZ domain-containing family member Erbin as a binding partner of Nod2. Erbin showed a specific interaction with Nod2 in coimmunoprecipitation experiments with human HEK 293T cells. Immunofluorescence microscopy with a newly generated anti-Nod2 monoclonal antibody showed that Erbin and Nod2 partially colocalize in human cells. Subsequent analysis of the Erbin/Nod2 interaction revealed that the LRR of Erbin and the caspase activating and recruiting domains of Nod2 were necessary for this interaction. No significant interaction was observed with a Walker B box mutant of Nod2 or a Crohn's disease-associated frameshift mutant of Nod2, indicating that complex formation is dependent on the activity of the molecule. In addition, a change in the dynamics of the Erbin/Nod2 complex was observed during Shigella flexneri infection. Furthermore, ectopic expression of increasing amounts of Erbin or short hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown of Erbin showed a negative influence of Erbin on Nod2/muramyl-dipeptide-mediated NF-kappaB activation. These results implicate Erbin as a potential negative regulator of Nod2 and show that bacterial infection has an impact on Nod2/Erbin complex formation within cells.
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- T A Kufer
- Immunité Innée et Signalisation, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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Brück WM, Kelleher SL, Gibson GR, Graverholt G, Lönnerdal BL. The effects of α-lactalbumin and glycomacropeptide on the association of CaCo-2 cells by enteropathogenicEscherichia coli, Salmonella typhimuriumandShigella flexneri. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006; 259:158-62. [PMID: 16684117 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00268.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Two milk components, alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-La) and glycomacropeptide (GMP) may inhibit intestinal infection/intoxification. (3)[H] thymidine-labeled enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), Salmonella typhimurium (ATCC 6994) or Shigella flexneri (ATCC 9199) were introduced to CaCo-2 cultures and their association with CaCo-2 cells was assessed. Undigested, pepsin-digested and pepsin- and pancreatin-digested alpha-lactalbumin and glycomacropeptide inhibited association. Thus, milk supplemented with alpha-lactalbumin and glycomacropeptide might be effective in inhibiting associations of the pathogens EPEC, Salmonella typhimurium, and Shigella flexneri to intestinal cells.
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- Wolfram M Brück
- Food Microbial Sciences Unit, School of Food Biosciences, The University of Reading, Reading, UK.
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Ingersoll MA, Zychlinsky A. ShiA abrogates the innate T-cell response to Shigella flexneri infection. Infect Immun 2006; 74:2317-27. [PMID: 16552062 PMCID: PMC1418937 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.4.2317-2327.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2005] [Revised: 12/05/2005] [Accepted: 01/18/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Shigella spp. are the causative agent of bacillary dysentery. Infection results in acute colonic injury due to the host inflammatory response. The mediators of the damage, infiltrating polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), also resolve the infection. Shigella flexneri's virulence effectors are encoded on its large virulence plasmid and on pathogenicity islands in the chromosome. The SHI-2 pathogenicity island encodes the virulence factor ShiA, which down-regulates Shigella-induced inflammation. In the rabbit ileal loop model, infection with a shiA null strain (DeltashiA) induces a more severe inflammation than wild-type infection. Conversely, a Shigella strain that overexpresses ShiA (ShiA+) is less inflammatory than the wild-type strain. To determine the host responses modulated by ShiA, we performed infection studies using the mouse lung model, which recapitulates the phenotypes observed in the rabbit ileal loop model. Significantly, ShiA+ strain-infected mice cleared the bacteria and survived infection, while wild-type- and DeltashiA strain-infected mice could not clear the bacteria and ultimately died. Surprisingly, microarray analysis of infected lungs revealed the regulation of genes involved in innate T-cell responses to infection. Immunohistochemistry showed that wild-type- and DeltashiA strain-infected animals have greater numbers of PMN and T cells in their lungs over the course of infection than ShiA+ strain-infected animals. These results suggest that the T-cell innate response is suppressed by ShiA in Shigella infections.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/toxicity
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Dysentery, Bacillary/immunology
- Dysentery, Bacillary/microbiology
- Dysentery, Bacillary/pathology
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Immunity, Innate
- Inflammation Mediators/metabolism
- Inflammation Mediators/toxicity
- Lymphocyte Count
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Neutrophil Activation/immunology
- Neutrophil Infiltration/immunology
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/immunology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/microbiology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/pathology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/prevention & control
- Shigella flexneri/genetics
- Shigella flexneri/immunology
- Shigella flexneri/pathogenicity
- Survival Analysis
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/microbiology
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Virulence Factors/biosynthesis
- Virulence Factors/genetics
- Virulence Factors/toxicity
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- Molly A Ingersoll
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, 21/22 Schumannstrasse, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Santapaola D, Del Chierico F, Petrucca A, Uzzau S, Casalino M, Colonna B, Sessa R, Berlutti F, Nicoletti M. Apyrase, the product of the virulence plasmid-encoded phoN2 (apy) gene of Shigella flexneri, is necessary for proper unipolar IcsA localization and for efficient intercellular spread. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:1620-7. [PMID: 16452446 PMCID: PMC1367242 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.4.1620-1627.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The role in virulence of the Shigella flexneri ospB-phoN2 operon has been evaluated. Here we confirm that OspB is an effector and show that apyrase, the product of phoN2, may be a virulence factor, since it is required for efficient intercellular spreading. Apyrase may be important in a deoxynucleoside triphosphate-hydrolyzing activity-independent manner, suggesting that it may act as an interaction partner in the process of IcsA localization.
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- D Santapaola
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università G. D'Annunzio, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Harrington A, Darboe N, Kenjale R, Picking WL, Middaugh CR, Birket S, Picking WD. Characterization of the interaction of single tryptophan containing mutants of IpaC from Shigella flexneri with phospholipid membranes. Biochemistry 2006; 45:626-36. [PMID: 16401091 DOI: 10.1021/bi0512593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shigella flexneri causes dysentery after invading the epithelial cells of the human colon. Enterocyte invasion is induced by the bacterial effector IpaC (invasion plasmid antigen C), which triggers Shigella entry into epithelial cells by a rather poorly understood mechanism. IpaC is also involved in pathogen escape into the host cell cytoplasm following uptake, and this property may be reflected in its ability to disrupt phospholipid vesicles in vitro. Purified recombinant IpaC interacts with liposome vesicles to cause the release of small molecules trapped inside. This interaction requires that the liposomes possess an acidic phospholipid component. To better understand the events involved in the disruption of liposomes by IpaC, single tryptophan mutants were generated to permit the use of intrinsic fluorescence, circular dichroism, and ultraviolet absorption spectroscopies to examine the effect that phospholipid membrane association has on IpaC structure and stability. These mutants were also used to determine how amino acid substitutions within specific regions of IpaC influence its activity in vivo. The outcomes of this study include findings that cholesterol greatly impacts IpaC association with phospholipid membranes, tryptophan incorporation into specific regions of IpaC (especially near the C-terminus) can greatly impact its in vivo activity, and interaction with phospholipid membranes causes differing degrees of change in the fluorescence of tryptophan residues introduced at specific sites within IpaC. These data, together with fluorescence quenching analyses, provide new functional and structural information concerning IpaC and its insertion into phospholipid membranes.
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- Amanda Harrington
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Tien MT, Girardin SE, Regnault B, Le Bourhis L, Dillies MA, Coppée JY, Bourdet-Sicard R, Sansonetti PJ, Pédron T. Anti-inflammatory effect of Lactobacillus casei on Shigella-infected human intestinal epithelial cells. J Immunol 2006; 176:1228-37. [PMID: 16394013 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.2.1228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Shigella invades the human intestinal mucosa, thus causing bacillary dysentery, an acute recto-colitis responsible for lethal complications, mostly in infants and toddlers. Conversely, commensal bacteria live in a mutualistic relationship with the intestinal mucosa that is characterized by homeostatic control of innate responses, thereby contributing to tolerance to the flora. Cross-talk established between commensals and the intestinal epithelium mediate this active process, the mechanisms of which remain largely uncharacterized. Probiotics such as Lactobacillus casei belong to a subclass of these commensals that modulate mucosal innate responses and possibly display anti-inflammatory properties. We analyzed whether L. casei could attenuate the pro-inflammatory signaling induced by Shigella flexneri after invasion of the epithelial lining. Cultured epithelial cells were infected with L. casei, followed by a challenge with S. flexneri. Using macroarray DNA chips, we observed that L. casei down-regulated the transcription of a number of genes encoding pro-inflammatory effectors such as cytokines and chemokines and adherence molecules induced by invasive S. flexneri. This resulted in an anti-inflammatory effect that appeared mediated by the inhibition of the NF-kappaB pathway, particularly through stabilization of I-kappaBalpha. In a time-course experiment using GeneChip hybridization analysis, the expression of many genes involved in ubiquitination and proteasome processes were modulated during L. casei treatment. Thus, L. casei has developed a sophisticated means to maintain intestinal homeostasis through a process that involves manipulation of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway upstream of I-kappaBalpha.
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- Meng-Tsung Tien
- Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire Unit, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U389, Paris, France
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Pendaries C, Tronchère H, Arbibe L, Mounier J, Gozani O, Cantley L, Fry MJ, Gaits-Iacovoni F, Sansonetti PJ, Payrastre B. PtdIns5P activates the host cell PI3-kinase/Akt pathway during Shigella flexneri infection. EMBO J 2006; 25:1024-34. [PMID: 16482216 PMCID: PMC1409730 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2005] [Accepted: 01/23/2006] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The virulence factor IpgD, delivered into nonphagocytic cells by the type III secretion system of the pathogen Shigella flexneri, is a phosphoinositide 4-phosphatase generating phosphatidylinositol 5 monophosphate (PtdIns5P). We show that PtdIns5P is rapidly produced and concentrated at the entry foci of the bacteria, where it colocalises with phosphorylated Akt during the first steps of infection. Moreover, S. flexneri-induced phosphorylation of host cell Akt and its targets specifically requires IpgD. Ectopic expression of IpgD in various cell types, but not of its inactive mutant, or addition of short-chain penetrating PtdIns5P is sufficient to induce Akt phosphorylation. Conversely, sequestration of PtdIns5P or reduction of its level strongly decreases Akt phosphorylation in infected cells or in IpgD-expressing cells. Accordingly, IpgD and PtdIns5P production specifically activates a class IA PI 3-kinase via a mechanism involving tyrosine phosphorylations. Thus, S. flexneri parasitism is shedding light onto a new mechanism of PI 3-kinase/Akt activation via PtdIns5P production that plays an important role in host cell responses such as survival.
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- Caroline Pendaries
- INSERM Unité 563, CPTP, Département d'Oncogenèse et Signalisation dans les Cellules Hématopoiétiques, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM Unité 563, CPTP, Département d'Oncogenèse et Signalisation dans les Cellules Hématopoiétiques, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM Unité 389, Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- INSERM Unité 389, Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK
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- INSERM Unité 563, CPTP, Département d'Oncogenèse et Signalisation dans les Cellules Hématopoiétiques, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM Unité 389, Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- INSERM Unité 563, CPTP, Département d'Oncogenèse et Signalisation dans les Cellules Hématopoiétiques, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
- INSERM U563, CPTP, CHU-Purpan, 31024, Toulouse Cedex 3, France. Tel.: +33 5 62 74 45 25; Fax: +33 5 61 74 45 57; E-mail:
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Parsot C. Contrôle de la réponse inflammatoire de l’hôte lors de l’infection par Shigella flexneri. Med Sci (Paris) 2006; 22:18-20. [PMID: 16386212 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200622118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Claude Parsot
- Unité de Pathogénie microbienne moléculaire, Inserm U.389, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Mota LJ, Holden DW. FlAsHlights on bacterial virulence proteins. Nat Methods 2005; 2:898-9. [PMID: 16299473 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth1205-898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Microbial pathogens have evolved diverse strategies to modulate the host cell cytoskeleton to achieve a productive infection and have proven instrumental for unraveling the molecular machinery that regulates actin polymerization. Here we uncover a mechanism for Shigella flexneri-induced actin comet tail elongation that links Abl family kinases to N-WASP-dependent actin polymerization. We show that the Abl kinases are required for Shigella actin comet tail formation, maximal intracellular motility, and cell-to-cell spread. Abl phosphorylates N-WASP, a host cell protein required for actin comet tail formation, and mutation of the Abl phosphorylation sites on N-WASP impairs comet tail elongation. Furthermore, we show that defective comet tail formation in cells lacking Abl kinases is rescued by activated forms of N-WASP. These data demonstrate for the first time that the Abl kinases play a role in the intracellular motility and intercellular dissemination of Shigella and uncover a new role for Abl kinases in the regulation of pathogen motility.
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- Elizabeth A Burton
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Enninga J, Mounier J, Sansonetti P, Tran Van Nhieu G. Secretion of type III effectors into host cells in real time. Nat Methods 2005; 2:959-65. [PMID: 16299482 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2005] [Accepted: 09/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Type III secretion (T3S) systems are key features of many gram-negative bacteria that translocate T3S effector proteins directly into eukaryotic cells. There, T3S effectors exert many effects, such as cellular invasion or modulation of host immune responses. Studying spatiotemporal orchestrated secretion of various effectors has been difficult without disrupting their functions. Here we developed a new approach using Shigella flexneri T3S as a model to investigate bacterial translocation of individual effectors via multidimensional time-lapse microscopy. We demonstrate that direct fluorescent labeling of tetracysteine motif-tagged effectors IpaB and IpaC is possible in situ without loss of function. Studying the T3S kinetics of IpaB and IpaC ejection from individual bacteria, we found that the entire pools of IpaB and IpaC were released concurrently upon host cell contact, and that 50% of each effector was secreted in 240 s. This method allows an unprecedented analysis of the spatiotemporal events during T3S.
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- Jost Enninga
- INSERM U389, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Wolf R, Grimaldi E, Donnarumma G, Greco R, Auricchio L, De Filippis A, Tufano MA. Quinine sulfate inhibits invasion of Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri: a preliminary study. J Travel Med 2005; 12:343-6. [PMID: 16343387 DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND The incidence of typhoid fever and shigellosis parallels that of malaria, so many individuals who are on antimalarial drugs can be found in areas where these diseases are widespread. We investigated the effect of quinine sulfate on the growth and invasion of Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri M90T to determine whether people on antimalarials can have secondary gain from some protection against typhoid fever and shigellosis. METHODS The effect of 50 and 100 microM quinine sulfate on the invasive ability of Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri M90T into human colon adenocarcinoma-2 (Caco-2) cells was studied during the infection period. The invasive efficiency was expressed as the number of viable internalized bacteria by counting the colony-forming units. RESULTS The invasive ability of Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri M90T was significantly inhibited by 50 and 100 microM quinine sulfate in a dose-dependent manner (for Salmonella typhimurium) when the drug was added to Caco-2 cell monolayers during the infection period. CONCLUSIONS Since so many people who are on antimalarial drugs visit and inhabit areas that are endemic to typhoid fever and Shigella infection, a study on the influence of these drugs on the disease is long overdue. Our data indicate that quinine sulfate interferes with the invasion and internalization of Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella flexneri M90T into host cells. Further studies on additional strains/serotypes with other newer antimalarials at various concentrations are needed to verify this effect of quinine sulfate and to draw conclusions on its significance in vivo.
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- Ronni Wolf
- Dermitology Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, Rechovot, Isreal
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Yang XF, Zhou L, Zheng J, Si LS, Wang YL. [Construction and characterization of a live attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a vaccine strain, sf301 Delta virG and dsbA33G]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 2005; 45:748-52. [PMID: 16342769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Construction and characterization of a live attenuated Shigella flexneria 2a sf301 vaccine strain to prevent the endemic of shigellosis. Using Chinese majority epidemic Shigella flexneri 2a serotype sf301 as the target, p Delta virG, a deletion derivation of the virG gene in the SacB suicide vector pCVD442 and pDsbA33G, an mutant of a disulfide bond catalyst DsbA, replaced its 33 amiano acid Cystine by Glycerin in pCVD442, were used to generate a attenuated mutant strain sf301: Delta virG: DsbA33 G. Its virulence was evaluated by Sereny test, the invasive ability was detected by HeLa cell invasive assay, immunogenicity was detected by immunized Guinea pigs through inoculated guinea pigs' conjunctive sac. Sereny test was negative and HeLa invasive assay showed sf301: Delta virG: DsbA33 G retained partial invasive ability. In contrast to control group, sf301: Delta virG: DsbA33 G could induced significantly high antibody levels of IgA and IgG against sf301 LPS in animal's mucosal lavage fluids and sera in both primary immunization protocol and boosting protocol. The numbers of ASCs in local draining lymph nodes and spleens were significantly higher than control group. The immune response to sf301: Delta virG: DsbA33 G could provide completely protection from the challenge of wild type sf301. sf301: Delta virG: DsbA33 G is a safe and effective oral candidate vaccine to prevent the infection of Shigella strains.
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- Xiao-feng Yang
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Biomedical Information Engineering, Institute for Cancer Research of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
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Kim DW, Lenzen G, Page AL, Legrain P, Sansonetti PJ, Parsot C. The Shigella flexneri effector OspG interferes with innate immune responses by targeting ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:14046-51. [PMID: 16162672 PMCID: PMC1236552 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0504466102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Bacteria of Shigella spp. are responsible for shigellosis in humans. They use a type III secretion system to inject effector proteins into host cells and induce their entry into epithelial cells or trigger apoptosis in macrophages. We present evidence that the effector OspG is a protein kinase that binds various ubiquitinylated ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, including UbcH5, which belongs to the stem cell factor SCF(beta-TrCP) complex promoting ubiquitination of phosphorylated inhibitor of NF-kappaB type alpha (phospho-IkappaBalpha). Transfection experiments indicated that OspG can prevent phospho-IkappaBalpha degradation and NF-kappaB activation induced by TNF-alpha stimulation. Infection of epithelial cells by the S. flexneri wild-type strain, but not an ospG mutant, led to accumulation of phospho-IkappaBalpha, consistent with OspG inhibiting SCF(beta-TrCP) activity. Upon infection of ileal loops in rabbits, the ospG mutant induced a stronger inflammatory response than the wild-type strain. This finding indicates that OspG negatively controls the host innate response induced by S. flexneri upon invasion of the epithelium.
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- Dong Wook Kim
- Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 389, Institut Pasteur, 28 Rue du Dr. Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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Liu M, Liu H, Sun L, Dong J, Xue Y, Chen S, Jin Q. Construction, detection and microarray analysis on the Shigella flexneri 2a sitC mutant. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 48:228-40. [PMID: 16092755 DOI: 10.1007/bf03183616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In order to overcome the defects of difficult gene operations in low-copy suicide plasmid pCVD442, Gateway technology was applied in the construction process of recombinant plasmid for gene knockout in this study. With this improved knockout system, we inactivated sitC gene, which is associated with iron transport in Shigella flexneri 2a strain 301, to yield the mutant, MTS. The functional detection of the mutant was performed at the level of culture medium, cell and animal experiment, respectively. The gene expression profiles were compared with DNA microarray between the mutant and the wild type under iron-restricted conditions. The results showed that MTS grew obviously less well than the wild-type strains in L broth containing 150 micromol/L iron chelator DIP (2,2'-dipyridyl). Addition of iron or manganese to the cultures stimulated the growth of MTS to wild-type levels in rich culture medium. In either the experiment on the ability of intracellular multiplication and cell-to-cell spread in HeLa and U937 cell lines, or the experiment on keratoconjunctivitis in guinea pigs, MTS showed no obvious changes in virulence compared with the parental strain Sf301. When 65 micromol/L DIP was added to the cultured HeLa cells, the ability of intracellular multiplication of MTS reduced about 51.6% as compared with that of Sf301. The analysis of expression profiles under iron-limited condition showed that MTS was more sensitive for the change of iron deficiency than Sf301. There are 106 more up-regulated genes in MTS than in wild-type strains, which are involved in membrane transportation, amino acid metabolism and uncategorized function genes, while down-regulated genes are mainly involved in energy and carbohydrate metabolism. Under low iron conditions, the expression levels of known iron-transport associated genes generally increased. Additionally, the number of these genes and their increase amplitude in MTS are more than those in Sf301. Together, these results confirmed that Sit iron-transport system is important for the growth of Shigella.
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- Moqing Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100176, China
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van den Broek JM, Roy SK, Khan WA, Ara G, Chakraborty B, Islam S, Banu B. Risk factors for mortality due to shigellosis: a case-control study among severely-malnourished children in Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr 2005; 23:259-65. [PMID: 16262023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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To determine the risk factors for death of severely-malnourished Bangladeshi children with shigellosis, a case-control study was conducted at the Clinical Research and Service Centre of ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh. One hundred severely-malnourished children (weight-for-age <60% of median of the National Center for Health Statistics), with a positive stool culture for Shigella dysenteriae type 1 or S. flexneri, who died during hospitalization, were compared with another 100 similar children (weight-for-age <60% and with S. dysenteriae type 1 or S. flexneri-associated infection) discharged alive. Children aged less than four years were admitted during December 1993-January 1999. The median age of the cases who died or recovered was 9 months and 12 months respectively. Bronchopneumonia, abdominal distension, absent or sluggish bowel sound, clinical anaemia, altered consciousness, hypothermia, clinical sepsis, low or imperceptible pulse, dehydration, hypoglycaemia, high creatinine, and hyperkalaemia were all significantly more frequent in cases than in controls. In multivariate regression analysis, altered consciousness (odds ratio [OR]=2.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0-6.8), hypoglycaemia (blood glucose <3 mmol/L (OR=7.8, 95% CI 2.9-19.6), hypothermia (temperature <36 degrees C) (OR=5.7, 95% CI 1.5-22.1), and bronchopneumonia (OR=2.5, 95% CI 1.1-5.5) were identified as significant risk factors for mortality. Severely-malnourished children with shigellosis having hypoglycaemia, hypothermia, altered consciousness and/or bronchopneumonia were at high risk of death. Based on the findings, the study recommends that early diagnosis of shigellosis in severely-malnourished children and assertive therapy for proper management to prevent development of hypothermia, hypoglycaemia, bronchopneumonia, or altered consciousness and its immediate treatment are likely to reduce Shigella-related mortality in severely-malnourished children.
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Hayward RD, Cain RJ, McGhie EJ, Phillips N, Garner MJ, Koronakis V. Cholesterol binding by the bacterial type III translocon is essential for virulence effector delivery into mammalian cells. Mol Microbiol 2005; 56:590-603. [PMID: 15819617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04568.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A ubiquitous early step in infection of man and animals by enteric bacterial pathogens like Salmonella, Shigella and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is the translocation of virulence effector proteins into mammalian cells via specialized type III secretion systems (TTSSs). Translocated effectors subvert the host cytoskeleton and stimulate signalling to promote bacterial internalization or survival. Target cell plasma membrane cholesterol is central to pathogen-host cross-talk, but the precise nature of its critical contribution remains unknown. Using in vitro cholesterol-binding assays, we demonstrate that Salmonella (SipB) and Shigella (IpaB) TTSS translocon components bind cholesterol with high affinity. Direct visualization of cell-associated fluorescently labelled SipB and parallel immunogold transmission electron microscopy revealed that cholesterol levels limit both the amount and distribution of plasma membrane-integrated translocon. Correspondingly, cholesterol depletion blocked effector translocation into cultured mammalian cells by not only the related Salmonella and Shigella TTSSs, but also the more divergent EPEC system. The data reveal that cholesterol-dependent association of the bacterial TTSS translocon with the target cell plasma membrane is essential for translocon activation and effector delivery into mammalian cells.
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- Richard D Hayward
- University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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