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Dramé M, Garcia-Rodriguez FJ, Buchrieser C, Escoll P. High-content assay to measure mitochondrial function and bacterial vacuole size in infected human primary macrophages. STAR Protoc 2023; 4:102175. [PMID: 36933221 PMCID: PMC10031535 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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Regulation of bioenergetics and cell death are pivotal mitochondrial functions determining the responses of macrophages to infection. Here, we provide a protocol to investigate mitochondrial functions during infection of macrophages by intracellular bacteria. We describe steps for quantifying mitochondrial polarization, cell death, and bacterial infection in infected, living, human primary macrophages at the single-cell level. We also detail the use of the pathogen Legionella pneumophila as model. This protocol can be adapted to investigate mitochondrial functions in other settings. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Escoll et al. (2021).1.
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- Mariatou Dramé
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 6047, Biologie des Bactéries Intracellulaires, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 6047, Biologie des Bactéries Intracellulaires, 75015 Paris, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 6047, Biologie des Bactéries Intracellulaires, 75015 Paris, France.
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Shen Y, Xu J, Zhi S, Wu W, Chen Y, Zhang Q, Zhou Y, Deng Z, Li W. MIP From Legionella pneumophila Influences the Phagocytosis and Chemotaxis of RAW264.7 Macrophages by Regulating the lncRNA GAS5/miR-21/SOCS6 Axis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:810865. [PMID: 35573783 PMCID: PMC9105720 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.810865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background The intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) is a causative agent of pneumonia and does great harm to human health. These bacteria are phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages and survive to replicate within the macrophages. Despite macrophage infectivity potentiator (MIP) protein serving as an essential virulence factor during the invasion process of L. pneumophila, the regulatory mechanism of MIP protein in the process of bacterial infection to host cells is not yet completely understood. This research thus aims to explore the interaction between MIP and macrophage phagocytosis. Methods Through the experiment of the co-culture of RAW264.7 macrophages with different concentrations of MIP, the chemotactic activity of macrophages was detected and the phagocytosis was determined by a neutral red uptake assay. The expression of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) GAS5, microRNA-21 (miR-21), and suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS)6 was determined by qRT-PCR. Target genes were detected by dual luciferase assay. Results MIP could reduce the phagocytosis and improve the chemotaxis of RAW264.7 macrophages. The expression of both lncRNA GAS5 and SOCS6 was increased whereas the expression of miR-21 was decreased when macrophages were treated with MIP. Dual luciferase assay revealed that lncRNA GAS5 could interact with miR-21, and SOCS6 served as the target of miR-21. After GAS5 overexpression, the phagocytosis of RAW264.7 treated with MIP was increased whereas the chemotaxis was decreased. In contrast, the opposite results were found in RAW264.7 following GAS5 interference. Conclusions The present results revealed that MIP could influence RAW264.7 macrophages on phagocytic and chemotactic activities through the axis of lncRNA GAS5/miR-21/SOCS6.
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- Youfeng Shen
- Chongqing Precision Medical Industry Technology Research Institute, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing Precision Medical Industry Technology Research Institute, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing University Center Hospital, School of Medicine, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing University Center Hospital, School of Medicine, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing University Center Hospital, School of Medicine, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
- *Correspondence: Wei Li,
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Vaughn B, Abu Kwaik Y. Idiosyncratic Biogenesis of Intracellular Pathogens-Containing Vacuoles. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:722433. [PMID: 34858868 PMCID: PMC8632064 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.722433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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While most bacterial species taken up by macrophages are degraded through processing of the bacteria-containing vacuole through the endosomal-lysosomal degradation pathway, intravacuolar pathogens have evolved to evade degradation through the endosomal-lysosomal pathway. All intra-vacuolar pathogens possess specialized secretion systems (T3SS-T7SS) that inject effector proteins into the host cell cytosol to modulate myriad of host cell processes and remodel their vacuoles into proliferative niches. Although intravacuolar pathogens utilize similar secretion systems to interfere with their vacuole biogenesis, each pathogen has evolved a unique toolbox of protein effectors injected into the host cell to interact with, and modulate, distinct host cell targets. Thus, intravacuolar pathogens have evolved clear idiosyncrasies in their interference with their vacuole biogenesis to generate a unique intravacuolar niche suitable for their own proliferation. While there has been a quantum leap in our knowledge of modulation of phagosome biogenesis by intravacuolar pathogens, the detailed biochemical and cellular processes affected remain to be deciphered. Here we discuss how the intravacuolar bacterial pathogens Salmonella, Chlamydia, Mycobacteria, Legionella, Brucella, Coxiella, and Anaplasma utilize their unique set of effectors injected into the host cell to interfere with endocytic, exocytic, and ER-to-Golgi vesicle traffic. However, Coxiella is the main exception for a bacterial pathogen that proliferates within the hydrolytic lysosomal compartment, but its T4SS is essential for adaptation and proliferation within the lysosomal-like vacuole.
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- Bethany Vaughn
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.,Center for Predictive Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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Major Outer Membrane Protein from Legionella pneumophila Inhibits Phagocytosis but Enhances Chemotaxis of RAW 264.7 Macrophages by Regulating the FOXO1/Coronin-1 Axis. J Immunol Res 2021; 2021:9409777. [PMID: 34812410 PMCID: PMC8605921 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9409777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is an intracellular pathogen that can cause Legionnaire's disease by invading alveolar epithelial cells and macrophages. The major outer membrane protein (MOMP) plays an important role in the interaction between bacteria and host cells. However, the role of MOMP in the process of L. pneumophila invasion of macrophages and its working mechanism remain unknown. We aimed to explore the effects of MOMP on phagocytosis and chemotaxis of RAW 264.7 macrophages. The chemotactic activity, toxicity, and phagocytosis of RAW 264.7 cocultured with different concentrations of MOMP were determined by Transwell, CCK-8, and neutral red uptake assays, respectively. Target genes were detected by double-luciferase and pull down assays. qRT-PCR and Western blot were performed to analyze the expression of several important proteins involved in the immune response pathway, including coronin-1, interleukins (IL-10), forkhead transcription factor 1 (FOXO1), nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain protein (NOD) 1, NOD2, and receptor-interacting protein (RIP) 2. After coculturing with MOMP, cytological observation indicated a decrease of phagocytosis and a marked increase of chemotaxis in RAW 264.7 macrophages. The phagocytosis degree of RAW 264.7 macrophage varied with the concentration gradient of MOMP in a time-dependent manner. MOMP could increase the expression levels of MCP-1, IL-10, NOD2, and RIP2 and decrease the expression levels of FOXO1 and coronin-1 in cell culture supernatants. In addition, we found that FOXO1 could promote its transcription by binding to the promoter of coronin-1. The results of the present study suggested that MOMP could inhibit phagocytosis and facilitate chemotaxis of RAW 264.7 macrophage, which might be associated with the FOXO1/coronin-1 axis.
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The Legionella pneumophila Effector RavY Contributes to a Replication-Permissive Vacuolar Environment during Infection. Infect Immun 2021; 89:e0026121. [PMID: 34543123 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00261-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease and is capable of replicating inside phagocytic cells, such as mammalian macrophages. The Dot/Icm type IV secretion system is a L. pneumophila virulence factor that is essential for successful intracellular replication. During infection, L. pneumophila builds a replication-permissive vacuole by recruiting multiple host molecules and hijacking host cellular signaling pathways, a process mediated by the coordinated functions of multiple Dot/Icm effector proteins. RavY is a predicted Dot/Icm effector protein found to be important for optimal L. pneumophila replication inside host cells. Here, we demonstrate that RavY is a Dot/Icm-translocated effector protein that is dispensable for axenic replication of L. pneumophila but critical for optimal intracellular replication of the bacteria. RavY is not required for avoidance of endosomal maturation, and RavY does not contribute to the recruitment of host molecules found on replication-permissive vacuoles, such as ubiquitin, RAB1a, and RTN4. Vacuoles containing L. pneumophila ravY mutants promote intracellular survival but limit replication. The replication defect of the L. pneumophila ravY mutant was complemented when the mutant was in the same vacuole as wild-type L. pneumophila. Thus, RavY is an effector that is essential for promoting intracellular replication of L. pneumophila once the specialized vacuole has been established.
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Zhang M, McEwen JM, Sjoblom NM, Kotewicz KM, Isberg RR, Scheck RA. Members of the Legionella pneumophila Sde family target tyrosine residues for phosphoribosyl-linked ubiquitination. RSC Chem Biol 2021; 2:1509-1519. [PMID: 34704056 PMCID: PMC8496037 DOI: 10.1039/d1cb00088h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila establishes a replication vacuole by translocating hundreds of protein effectors through a type IV secretion system (T4SS). Among these translocated effectors are members of the Sde family, which catalyze phosphoribosyl-linked ubiquitination (pR-Ub) of host targets. Previous work has posited that Sde proteins solely target serine (Ser) residues within acceptor protein substrates. We show here that SdeC-mediated pR-Ub modification results from a stepwise reaction that also modifies tyrosine (Tyr) residues. Unexpectedly, the presence of an HA tag on Ub resulted in poly-pR-ubiquitination, consistent with the HA tag acting as an acceptor target. Interrogation of phosphoribosyl-linked HA-Ub revealed that Tyr4 was the preferred targeted residue, based on LC-MS/MS analysis of the crosslinked product. Further analysis using synthetic HA variants revealed promiscuous modification of Tyr, as crosslinking was prevented only by constructing a triple mutant in which all three Tyr within the HA sequence were substituted with Phe. Although previous work has indicated that Ser is the sole acceptor residue, we found no evidence of Ser preference over Tyr using Tyr → Ser replacement mutants. This work demonstrates that pR-ubiquitination by the Sde family is not limited to Ser-modification as previously proposed, and broadens the potential sites targeted by this family. During infection, Legionella pneumophila translocates hundreds of effectors into host cells. Among these, the Sde family effector SdeC catalyzes atypical ubiquitination of host targets at tyrosine, not only serine, residues.![]()
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- Mengyun Zhang
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine Boston MA USA .,Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Boston MA USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine Boston MA USA .,Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Boston MA USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine Boston MA USA
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Quan FS, Kong HH, Lee HA, Chu KB, Moon EK. Identification of differentially expressed Legionella genes during its intracellular growth in Acanthamoeba. Heliyon 2020; 6:e05238. [PMID: 33088972 PMCID: PMC7566939 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Legionella grows intracellularly in free-living amoeba as well as in mammalian macrophages. Until now, the overall gene expression pattern of intracellular Legionella in Acanthamoeba was not fully explained. Intracellular bacteria are capable of not only altering the gene expression of its host, but it can also regulate the expression of its own genes for survival. In this study, differentially expressed Legionella genes within Acanthamoeba during the 24 h intracellular growth period were investigated for comparative analysis. RNA sequencing analysis revealed 3,003 genes from the intracellular Legionella. Among them, 115 genes were upregulated and 1,676 genes were downregulated more than 2 fold compared to the free Legionella. Gene ontology (GO) analysis revealed the suppression of multiple genes within the intracellular Legionella, which were categorized under 'ATP binding' and 'DNA binding' in the molecular function domain. Gene expression of alkylhydroperoxidase, an enzyme involved in virulence and anti-oxidative stress response, was strongly enhanced 24 h post-intracellular growth. Amino acid ABC transporter substrate-binding protein that utilizes energy generation was also highly expressed. Genes associated with alkylhydroperoxidase, glucose pathway, and Dot/Icm type IV secretion system were shown to be differentially expressed. These results contribute to a better understanding of the survival strategies of intracellular Legionella within Acanthamoeba.
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- Fu-Shi Quan
- Department of Medical Zoology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Medical Research Center for Bioreaction to Reactive Oxygen Species and Biomedical Science Institute, School of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Parasitology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Research Center for Bioreaction to Reactive Oxygen Species and Biomedical Science Institute, School of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Zoology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jung J, Jung SY, Kim MG, Kim YI, Kim SH, Yeo SG. Comparison of Autophagy mRNA Expression between Chronic Otitis Media With and Without Cholesteatoma. J Audiol Otol 2020; 24:191-197. [PMID: 32521994 PMCID: PMC7575920 DOI: 10.7874/jao.2020.00108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background and Objectives Autophagy is known to be associated with pathogen infection. However, the expression of autophagy-related proteins has not been studied in chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma (COM) or with cholesteatoma (CholeOM). This study aimed to determine whether there is a difference between COM and CholeOM in autophagy-related gene mRNA expression. Subjects and Methods For 47 patients with chronic otitis media, the inflammatory tissues were classified into granulation tissue (COM) or cholesteatoma (CholeOM) according to biopsy results. Results PI3K mRNA expression (COM vs. CholeOM, mean±SD, 0.009±0.010 vs. 0.003±0.004; p=0.004) was lower, whereas Beclin-1 mRNA expression (0.089±0.107 vs. 0.176±0.163; p=0.034) was higher in the CholeOM group. Expression of PI3K mRNA in the CholeOM group was lower than that in the COM subgroups with presence of bacteria (0.022±0.019 vs. 0.001±0.001; p=0.001), otorrhea (0.049±0.068 vs. 0.003±0.004; p=0.004), and hearing loss over 40 dB (0.083±0.130 vs. 0.003±0.004; p=0.005). Conclusions The data suggested that different autophagy proteins play important roles in chronic otitis media according to the presence or absence of cholesteatoma.
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- Junyang Jung
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea
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- Medical Science Research Institute, KyungHee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Medical Science Research Institute, KyungHee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea
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Dependency of Coxiella burnetii Type 4B Secretion on the Chaperone IcmS. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:JB.00431-19. [PMID: 31501284 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00431-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Macrophage parasitism by Coxiella burnetii, the cause of human Q fever, requires the translocation of proteins with effector functions directly into the host cell cytosol via a Dot/Icm type 4B secretion system (T4BSS). Secretion by the analogous Legionella pneumophila T4BSS involves signal sequences within the C-terminal and internal domains of effector proteins. The cytoplasmic chaperone pair IcmSW promotes secretion and binds internal sites distinct from signal sequences. In the present study, we investigated requirements of C. burnetii IcmS for host cell parasitism and effector translocation. A C. burnetii icmS deletion mutant (ΔicmS) exhibited impaired replication in Vero epithelial cells, deficient formation of the Coxiella-containing vacuole, and aberrant T4BSS secretion. Three secretion phenotypes were identified from a screen of 50 Dot/Icm substrates: IcmS dependent (secreted by only wild-type bacteria), IcmS independent (secreted by both wild-type and ΔicmS bacteria), or IcmS inhibited (secreted by only ΔicmS bacteria). Secretion was assessed for N-terminal or C-terminal truncated forms of CBU0794 and CBU1525. IcmS-inhibited secretion of CBU1525 required a C-terminal secretion signal whereas IcmS-dependent secretion of CBU0794 was directed by C-terminal and internal signals. Interchange of the C-terminal 50 amino acids of CBU0794 and CBU1525 revealed that sites within the C terminus regulate IcmS dependency. Glutathione S-transferase-tagged IcmSW bound internal sequences of IcmS-dependent and -inhibited substrates. Thus, the growth defect of the C. burnetii ΔicmS strain is associated with a loss of T4BSS chaperone activity that both positively and negatively regulates effector translocation.IMPORTANCE The intracellular pathogen Coxiella burnetii employs a type 4B secretion system (T4BSS) that promotes growth by translocating effectors of eukaryotic pathways into host cells. T4BSS regulation modeled in Legionella pneumophila indicates IcmS facilitates effector translocation. Here, we characterized type 4B secretion by a Coxiella ΔicmS mutant that exhibits intracellular growth defects. T4BSS substrates demonstrated increased, equivalent, or decreased secretion by the ΔicmS mutant relative to wild-type Coxiella Similar to the Legionella T4BSS, IcmS dependency in Coxiella was determined by C-terminal and/or internal secretion signals. However, IcmS inhibited secretion of some effectors by Coxiella that were previously shown to be translocated by Legionella Thus, Coxiella has a unique IcmS regulatory mechanism that both positively and negatively regulates T4BSS export.
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Von Dwingelo J, Chung IYW, Price CT, Li L, Jones S, Cygler M, Abu Kwaik Y. Interaction of the Ankyrin H Core Effector of Legionella with the Host LARP7 Component of the 7SK snRNP Complex. mBio 2019; 10:e01942-19. [PMID: 31455655 PMCID: PMC6712400 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01942-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Species of the Legionella genus encode at least 18,000 effector proteins that are translocated through the Dot/Icm type IVB translocation system into macrophages and protist hosts to enable intracellular growth. Eight effectors, including ankyrin H (AnkH), are common to all Legionella species. The AnkH effector is also present in Coxiella and Rickettsiella To date, no pathogenic effectors have ever been described that directly interfere with host cell transcription. We determined that the host nuclear protein La-related protein 7 (LARP7), which is a component of the 7SK small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) complex, interacts with AnkH in the host cell nucleus. The AnkH-LARP7 interaction partially impedes interactions of the 7SK snRNP components with LARP7, interfering with transcriptional elongation by polymerase (Pol) II. Consistent with that, our data show AnkH-dependent global reprogramming of transcription of macrophages infected by Legionella pneumophila The crystal structure of AnkH shows that it contains four N-terminal ankyrin repeats, followed by a cysteine protease-like domain and an α-helical C-terminal domain. A substitution within the β-hairpin loop of the third ankyrin repeat results in diminishment of LARP7-AnkH interactions and phenocopies the ankH null mutant defect in intracellular growth. LARP7 knockdown partially suppresses intracellular proliferation of wild-type (WT) bacteria and increases the severity of the defect of the ΔankH mutant, indicating a role for LARP7 in permissiveness of host cells to intracellular bacterial infection. We conclude that the AnkH-LARP7 interaction impedes interaction of LARP7 with 7SK snRNP, which would block transcriptional elongation by Pol II, leading to host global transcriptional reprogramming and permissiveness to L. pneumophilaIMPORTANCE For intracellular pathogens to thrive in host cells, an environment that supports survival and replication needs to be established. L. pneumophila accomplishes this through the activity of the ∼330 effector proteins that are injected into host cells during infection. Effector functions range from hijacking host trafficking pathways to altering host cell machinery, resulting in altered cell biology and innate immunity. One such pathway is the host protein synthesis pathway. Five L. pneumophila effectors have been identified that alter host cell translation, and 2 effectors have been identified that indirectly affect host cell transcription. No pathogenic effectors have been described that directly interfere with host cell transcription. Here we show a direct interaction of the AnkH effector with a host cell transcription complex involved in transcriptional elongation. We identify a novel process by which AnkH interferes with host transcriptional elongation through interference with formation of a functional complex and show that this interference is required for pathogen proliferation.
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- Juanita Von Dwingelo
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Center for Predictive Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Uribe-Querol E, Rosales C. Control of Phagocytosis by Microbial Pathogens. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1368. [PMID: 29114249 PMCID: PMC5660709 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Phagocytosis is a fundamental process of cells to capture and ingest foreign particles. Small unicellular organisms such as free-living amoeba use this process to acquire food. In pluricellular organisms, phagocytosis is a universal phenomenon that all cells are able to perform (including epithelial, endothelial, fibroblasts, etc.), but some specialized cells (such as neutrophils and macrophages) perform this very efficiently and were therefore named professional phagocytes by Rabinovitch. Cells use phagocytosis to capture and clear all particles larger than 0.5 µm, including pathogenic microorganisms and cellular debris. Phagocytosis involves a series of steps from recognition of the target particle, ingestion of it in a phagosome (phagocytic vacuole), maturation of this phagosome into a phagolysosome, to the final destruction of the ingested particle in the robust antimicrobial environment of the phagolysosome. For the most part, phagocytosis is an efficient process that eliminates invading pathogens and helps maintaining homeostasis. However, several pathogens have also evolved different strategies to prevent phagocytosis from proceeding in a normal way. These pathogens have a clear advantage to perpetuate the infection and continue their replication. Here, we present an overview of the phagocytic process with emphasis on the antimicrobial elements professional phagocytes use. We also summarize the current knowledge on the microbial strategies different pathogens use to prevent phagocytosis either at the level of ingestion, phagosome formation, and maturation, and even complete escape from phagosomes.
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- Eileen Uribe-Querol
- División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Mou Q, Leung PHM. Differential expression of virulence genes in Legionella pneumophila growing in Acanthamoeba and human monocytes. Virulence 2017; 9:185-196. [PMID: 28873330 PMCID: PMC5955191 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1373925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease, is widely distributed throughout natural and artificial water systems and can replicate in macrophages and amoebae. Amoebae are the natural hosts of L. pneumophila, whereas macrophages are incidentally infected. The life cycle of L. pneumophila comprises a replicative phase within the Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV) and a transmissive phase during which bacterial cells become motile and are released via killing of the host. Although the host death mechanisms induced by L. pneumophila have been studied, the expression patterns of related L. pneumophila genes have not been reported. The present study compared the expression patterns of host cell death-associated genes in L. pneumophila grown in the human monocytic cell line THP-1 and Acanthamoeba castellanii. Notably, when L. pneumophila was grown in THP-1, expression of the gene flaA, which is involved in the induction of pyroptosis, was downregulated during the course of infection. In contrast, sdhA associated indirectly with host death, was upregulated. Expression of the genes vipD and sidF, which are involved in the induction and suppression of apoptosis, changed by less than 2-fold. Notably, a lower percentage of pyroptotic cells was observed among infected THP-1 cells relative to uninfected cells, and the latter exhibited stronger expression of caspase-1. A different pattern was observed when L. pneumophila was grown in A. castellanii: flaA and vipD were activated, whereas sdhA and sidF were downregulated during the later stage of replication. The percentage of non-viable (annexin-V+ PI+ or annexin-V+PI−) A. castellanii organisms increased with Legionella infection, and the expression of metacaspase-1, which is involved in encystation was up-regulated at late infection time. In summary, L. pneumophila can multiply intracellularly in both amoebae and macrophages to induce cell death and secondary infection, and this characteristic is essential for its survival in water and the lungs. The gene expression profiles observed in this study indicated the increased cytotoxicity of L. pneumophila in A. castellanii, suggesting an increased adaptation of Legionella to this host.
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- Qianqian Mou
- a Department of Health Technology and Informatics , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China
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- a Department of Health Technology and Informatics , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China
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Pauwels AM, Trost M, Beyaert R, Hoffmann E. Patterns, Receptors, and Signals: Regulation of Phagosome Maturation. Trends Immunol 2017; 38:407-422. [PMID: 28416446 PMCID: PMC5455985 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2017.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recognition of microbial pathogens and dead cells and their phagocytic uptake by specialized immune cells are essential to maintain host homeostasis. Phagosomes undergo fusion and fission events with endosomal and lysosomal compartments, a process called ‘phagosome maturation’, which leads to the degradation of the phagosomal content. However, many phagocytic cells also act as antigen-presenting cells and must balance degradation and peptide preservation. Emerging evidence indicates that receptor engagement by phagosomal cargo, as well as inflammatory mediators and cellular activation affect many aspects of phagosome maturation. Unsurprisingly, pathogens have developed strategies to hijack this machinery, thereby interfering with host immunity. Here, we highlight progress in this field, summarize findings on the impact of immune signals, and discuss consequences for pathogen elimination. Self and non-self immune signals are able to delay or accelerate phagosome maturation, and their effects are dependent on the phagocytic cell type, duration of stimulation, and whether the stimulus is particle bound or present in the cellular environment. Acceleration of phagosome maturation enhances pathogen killing, while a delay in phagosome maturation preserves antigenic peptides for presentation to T cells and to initiate adaptive immune responses. Besides its functions in pathogen killing and antigen presentation, the phagosome also functions as a signaling platform and interacts with other cell organelles. Some pathogens are able to arrest phagosome maturation to enhance their intraphagosomal survival and replication or to promote phagosomal escape. The latex bead phagocytosis model system combined with mass spectrometry is a powerful technique to analyze changes in the phagosomal proteome.
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- Anne-Marie Pauwels
- Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK; Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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- Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Current address: Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR8204 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Galectin-3 directs antimicrobial guanylate binding proteins to vacuoles furnished with bacterial secretion systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E1698-E1706. [PMID: 28193861 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1615771114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Many invasive bacteria establish pathogen-containing vacuoles (PVs) as intracellular niches for microbial growth. Immunity to these infections is dependent on the ability of host cells to recognize PVs as targets for host defense. The delivery of several host defense proteins to PVs is controlled by IFN-inducible guanylate binding proteins (GBPs), which themselves dock to PVs through poorly characterized mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate that GBPs detect the presence of bacterial protein secretion systems as "patterns of pathogenesis" associated with PVs. We report that the delivery of GBP2 to Legionella-containing vacuoles is dependent on the bacterial Dot/Icm secretion system, whereas the delivery of GBP2 to Yersinia-containing vacuoles (YCVs) requires hypersecretion of Yersinia translocon proteins. We show that the presence of bacterial secretion systems directs cytosolic carbohydrate-binding protein Galectin-3 to PVs and that the delivery of GBP1 and GBP2 to Legionella-containing vacuoles or YCVs is substantially diminished in Galectin-3-deficient cells. Our results illustrate that insertion of bacterial secretion systems into PV membranes stimulates Galectin-3-dependent recruitment of antimicrobial GBPs to PVs as part of a coordinated host defense program.
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Eisenreich W, Heuner K. The life stage-specific pathometabolism of Legionella pneumophila. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:3868-3886. [PMID: 27455397 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The genus Legionella belongs to Gram-negative bacteria found ubiquitously in aquatic habitats, where it grows in natural biofilms and replicates intracellularly in various protozoa (amoebae, ciliates). L. pneumophila is known as the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, since it is also able to replicate in human alveolar macrophages, finally leading to inflammation of the lung and pneumonia. To withstand the degradation by its host cells, a Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV) is established for intracellular replication, and numerous effector proteins are secreted into the host cytosol using a type four B secretion system (T4BSS). During intracellular replication, Legionella has a biphasic developmental cycle that alternates between a replicative and a transmissive form. New knowledge about the host-adapted and life stage-dependent metabolism of intracellular L. pneumophila revealed a bipartite metabolic network with life stage-specific usages of amino acids (e.g. serine), carbohydrates (e.g. glucose) and glycerol as major substrates. These metabolic features are associated with the differentiation of the intracellular bacteria, and thus have an important impact on the virulence of L. pneumophila.
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- Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens, ZBS 2, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Campodonico EM, Roy CR, Ninio S. Legionella pneumophila Type IV Effectors YlfA and YlfB Are SNARE-Like Proteins that Form Homo- and Heteromeric Complexes and Enhance the Efficiency of Vacuole Remodeling. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159698. [PMID: 27459495 PMCID: PMC4961411 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is a Gram-negative bacterium that can colonize both freshwater protozoa and human alveolar macrophages, the latter infection resulting in Legionnaires’ disease. The intracellular lifecycle of L. pneumophila requires extensive manipulation of its host cell, which is carried out by effector proteins that are translocated into the host cell through the Dot/Icm type IV secretion system. This study focuses on a pair of highly similar type IV substrates called YlfA/LegC7 and YlfB/LegC2 that were initially identified in a screen for proteins that cause growth inhibition in yeast. Analysis of truncation mutants revealed that the hydrophobic residues in the Ylf amino termini were required for localization of each protein to the membranes of host cells. Central and carboxy terminal coiled coil domains were found to mediate binding of YlfA and YlfB to themselves and to each other. In vivo, a ΔylfA ΔylfB double mutant strain of L. pneumophila was shown to be defective in establishing a vacuole that supports bacterial replication. This phenotype was subsequently correlated with a decrease in the association of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived vesicles with vacuoles containing ΔylfA ΔylfB mutant bacteria. These data suggest that the Ylf proteins are membrane-associated effectors that enhance remodeling of the L. pneumophila -containing vacuole by promoting association and possibly fusion of ER-derived membrane vesicles with the bacterial compartment.
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- Eva M. Campodonico
- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Migdal, Israel
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Chang YI, Damnernsawad A, Kong G, You X, Wang D, Zhang J. The mystery of oncogenic KRAS: Lessons from studying its wild-type counter part. Small GTPases 2016; 8:233-236. [PMID: 27449543 DOI: 10.1080/21541248.2016.1215656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Using conditional knock-in mouse models, we and others have shown that despite the very high sequence identity between Nras and Kras proteins, oncogenic Kras displays a much stronger leukemogenic activity than oncogenic Nras in vivo. In this manuscript, we will summarize our recent work of characterizing wild-type Kras function in adult hematopoiesis and in oncogenic Kras-induced leukemogenesis. We attribute the strong leukemogenic activity of oncogenic Kras to 2 unique aspects of Kras signaling. First, Kras is required in mediating cell type- and cytokine-specific ERK1/2 signaling. Second, oncogenic Kras, but not oncogenic Nras, induces hyperactivation of wild-type Ras, which significantly enhances Ras signaling in vivo. We will also discuss a possible mechanism that mediates oncogenic Kras-evoked hyperactivation of wild-type Ras and a potential approach to down-regulate oncogenic Kras signaling.
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- Yuan-I Chang
- a McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA.,b Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University , Taipei City , Taiwan
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- a McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA.,c Faculty of Science , Department of Biology, Mahidol University , Thailand
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- a McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA
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- a McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA
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- d Blood Research Institute, Blood Center of Wisconsin , Milwaukee , WI , USA
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- a McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA
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Trypanosoma cruzi Differentiates and Multiplies within Chimeric Parasitophorous Vacuoles in Macrophages Coinfected with Leishmania amazonensis. Infect Immun 2016; 84:1603-1614. [PMID: 26975994 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01470-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The trypanosomatids Leishmania amazonensis and Trypanosoma cruzi are excellent models for the study of the cell biology of intracellular protozoan infections. After their uptake by mammalian cells, the parasitic protozoan flagellates L. amazonensis and T. cruzi lodge within acidified parasitophorous vacuoles (PVs). However, whereas L. amazonensis develops in spacious, phagolysosome-like PVs that may enclose numerous parasites, T. cruzi is transiently hosted within smaller vacuoles from which it soon escapes to the host cell cytosol. To investigate if parasite-specific vacuoles are required for the survival and differentiation of T. cruzi, we constructed chimeric vacuoles by infection of L. amazonensis amastigote-infected macrophages with T. cruzi epimastigotes (EPIs) or metacyclic trypomastigotes (MTs). These chimeric vacuoles, easily observed by microscopy, allowed the entry and fate of T. cruzi in L. amazonensis PVs to be dynamically recorded by multidimensional imaging of coinfected cells. We found that although T. cruzi EPIs remained motile and conserved their morphology in chimeric vacuoles, T. cruzi MTs differentiated into amastigote-like forms capable of multiplying. These results demonstrate that the large adaptive vacuoles of L. amazonensis are permissive to T. cruzi survival and differentiation and that noninfective EPIs are spared from destruction within the chimeric PVs. We conclude that T. cruzi differentiation can take place in Leishmania-containing vacuoles, suggesting this occurs prior to their escape into the host cell cytosol.
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Membrane-associated Ras dimers are isoform-specific: K-Ras dimers differ from H-Ras dimers. Biochem J 2016; 473:1719-32. [PMID: 27057007 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20160031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Are the dimer structures of active Ras isoforms similar? This question is significant since Ras can activate its effectors as a monomer; however, as a dimer, it promotes Raf's activation and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) cell signalling. In the present study, we model possible catalytic domain dimer interfaces of membrane-anchored GTP-bound K-Ras4B and H-Ras, and compare their conformations. The active helical dimers formed by the allosteric lobe are isoform-specific: K-Ras4B-GTP favours the α3 and α4 interface; H-Ras-GTP favours α4 and α5. Both isoforms also populate a stable β-sheet dimer interface formed by the effector lobe; a less stable β-sandwich interface is sustained by salt bridges of the β-sheet side chains. Raf's high-affinity β-sheet interaction is promoted by the active helical interface. Collectively, Ras isoforms' dimer conformations are not uniform; instead, the isoform-specific dimers reflect the favoured interactions of the HVRs (hypervariable regions) with cell membrane microdomains, biasing the effector-binding site orientations, thus isoform binding selectivity.
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Pezzarossa A, Zosel F, Schmidt T. Visualization of HRas Domains in the Plasma Membrane of Fibroblasts. Biophys J 2016; 108:1870-7. [PMID: 25902427 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The plasma membrane is a highly complex, organized structure where the lateral organization of signaling proteins is tightly regulated. In the case of Ras proteins, it has been suggested that the differential activity of the various isoforms is due to protein localization in separate membrane compartments. To date, direct visualization of such compartmentalization has been achieved only by electron microscopy on membrane sheets. Here, we combine photoactivated light microscopy with quantitative statistical analysis to visualize protein distribution in intact cells. In particular, we focus on the localization of HRas and its minimal anchoring domain, CAAX. We demonstrate the existence of a complex partitioning behavior, where small domains coexist with larger ones. The protein content in these domains varied from two molecules to tens of molecules. We found that 40% of CAAX and 60% of HRas were localized in domains. Subsequently, we were able to manipulate protein distributions by inducing coalescence of supposedly cholesterol-enriched domains. Clustering resulted in an increase of the localized fraction by 15%.
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- Anna Pezzarossa
- Physics of Life Processes, Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Life Processes, Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Life Processes, Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
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Koh M, Yong HY, Kim ES, Son H, Jeon YR, Hwang JS, Kim MO, Cha Y, Choi WS, Noh DY, Lee KM, Kim KB, Lee JS, Kim HJ, Kim H, Kim HH, Kim EJ, Park SY, Kim HS, Moon WK, Choi Kim HR, Moon A. A novel role for flotillin-1 in H-Ras-regulated breast cancer aggressiveness. Int J Cancer 2015; 138:1232-45. [PMID: 26413934 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Revised: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Elevated expression and aberrant activation of Ras have been implicated in breast cancer aggressiveness. H-Ras, but not N-Ras, induces breast cell invasion. A crucial link between lipid rafts and H-Ras function has been suggested. This study sought to identify the lipid raft protein(s) responsible for H-Ras-induced tumorigenicity and invasiveness of breast cancer. We conducted a comparative proteomic analysis of lipid raft proteins from invasive MCF10A human breast epithelial cells engineered to express active H-Ras and non-invasive cells expressing active N-Ras. Here, we identified a lipid raft protein flotillin-1 as an important regulator of H-Ras activation and breast cell invasion. Flotillin-1 was required for epidermal growth factor-induced activation of H-Ras, but not that of N-Ras, in MDA-MB-231 triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells. Flotillin-1 knockdown inhibited the invasiveness of MDA-MB-231 and Hs578T TNBC cells in vitro and in vivo. In xenograft mouse tumor models of these TNBC cell lines, we showed that flotillin-1 played a critical role in tumor growth. Using human breast cancer samples, we provided clinical evidence for the metastatic potential of flotillin-1. Membrane staining of flotillin-1 was positively correlated with metastatic spread (p = 0.013) and inversely correlated with patient disease-free survival rates (p = 0.005). Expression of flotillin-1 was associated with H-Ras in breast cancer, especially in TNBC (p < 0.001). Our findings provide insight into the molecular basis of Ras isoform-specific interplay with flotillin-1, leading to tumorigenicity and aggressiveness of breast cancer.
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- Minsoo Koh
- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, BK21 Program and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, BK21 Program and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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Chavan TS, Muratcioglu S, Marszalek R, Jang H, Keskin O, Gursoy A, Nussinov R, Gaponenko V. Plasma membrane regulates Ras signaling networks. CELLULAR LOGISTICS 2015; 5:e1136374. [PMID: 27054048 PMCID: PMC4820813 DOI: 10.1080/21592799.2015.1136374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ras GTPases activate more than 20 signaling pathways, regulating such essential cellular functions as proliferation, survival, and migration. How Ras proteins control their signaling diversity is still a mystery. Several pieces of evidence suggest that the plasma membrane plays a critical role. Among these are: (1) selective recruitment of Ras and its effectors to particular localities allowing access to Ras regulators and effectors; (2) specific membrane-induced conformational changes promoting Ras functional diversity; and (3) oligomerization of membrane-anchored Ras to recruit and activate Raf. Taken together, the membrane does not only attract and retain Ras but also is a key regulator of Ras signaling. This can already be gleaned from the large variability in the sequences of Ras membrane targeting domains, suggesting that localization, environment and orientation are important factors in optimizing the function of Ras isoforms.
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- Tanmay Sanjeev Chavan
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry; University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL USA
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics; Koc University; Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL USA
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program; Basic Science Program; Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.; Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research; National Cancer Institute at Frederick; Frederick, MD USA
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics; Koc University; Istanbul, Turkey
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics; Koc University; Istanbul, Turkey
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program; Basic Science Program; Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.; Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research; National Cancer Institute at Frederick; Frederick, MD USA
- Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine; Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine; Sackler School of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL USA
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Adherens Junctions Revisualized: Organizing Cadherins as Nanoassemblies. Dev Cell 2015; 35:12-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Expansion of the Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion does not require bacterial replication. Int J Med Microbiol 2015; 305:378-82. [PMID: 25771502 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 02/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Chlamydia trachomatis replication takes place inside of a host cell, exclusively within a vacuole known as the inclusion. During an infection, the inclusion expands to accommodate the increasing numbers of C. trachomatis. However, whether inclusion expansion requires bacterial replication and/or de novo protein synthesis has not been previously investigated in detail. Therefore, using a chemical biology approach, we herein investigated C. trachomatis inclusion expansion under varying conditions in vitro. Under normal cell culture conditions, inclusion expansion correlated with C. trachomatis replication. When bacterial replication was inhibited using KSK120, an inhibitor that targets C. trachomatis glucose metabolism, inclusions expanded even in the absence of bacterial replication. In contrast, when bacterial protein synthesis was inhibited using chloramphenicol, expansion of inclusions was blocked. Together, these data suggest that de novo protein synthesis is necessary, whereas bacterial replication is dispensable for C. trachomatis inclusion expansion.
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Peng Q, Jia SH, Parodo J, Ai Y, Marshall JC. Pre-B cell colony enhancing factor induces Nampt-dependent translocation of the insulin receptor out of lipid microdomains in A549 lung epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2015; 308:E324-33. [PMID: 25516545 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00006.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) is a highly conserved pleiotropic protein reported to be an alternate ligand for the insulin receptor (IR). We sought to clarify the relationship between PBEF and insulin signaling by evaluating the effects of PBEF on the localization of the IRβ chain to lipid rafts in A549 epithelial cells. We isolated lipid rafts from A549 cells and detected the IR by immunoprecipitation from raft fractions or whole cell lysates. Cells were treated with rPBEF, its enzymatic product nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), or the Nampt inhibitor daporinad to study the effect of PBEF on IRβ movement. We used coimmunoprecipitation studies in cells transfected with PBEF and IRβ constructs to detect interactions between PBEF, the IRβ, and caveolin-1 (Cav-1). PBEF was present in both lipid raft and nonraft fractions, whereas the IR was found only in lipid raft fractions of resting A549 cells. The IR-, PBEF-, and Cav-1-coimmunoprecipitated rPBEF treatment resulted in the movement of IRβ- and tyrosine-phosphorylated Cav-1 from lipid rafts to nonrafts, an effect that could be blocked by daporinad, suggesting that this effect was facilitated by the Nampt activity of PBEF. The addition of PBEF to insulin-treated cells resulted in reduced Akt phosphorylation of both Ser⁴⁷³ and Thr³⁰⁸. We conclude that PBEF can inhibit insulin signaling through the IR by Nampt-dependent promotion of IR translocation into the nonraft domains of A549 epithelial cells. PBEF-induced alterations in the spatial geometry of the IR provide a mechanistic explanation for insulin resistance in inflammatory states associated with upregulation of PBEF.
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- Qianyi Peng
- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Surgery, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Department of Surgery, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Surgery, Department of Critical Care Medicine, and Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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Tang HC, Chen YC. Molecular insight and resolution for tumors harboring the H-ras(G12V) mutation. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra16763e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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GTP-bound H-ras(G12V) provides a convenient condition to phosphorylate the substrate protein.
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- Hsin-Chieh Tang
- Department of Biomedical Informatics
- Asia University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics
- Asia University
- Taichung
- Taiwan
- Human Genetic Center
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Smith LM, Dixon EF, May RC. The fungal pathogenCryptococcus neoformansmanipulates macrophage phagosome maturation. Cell Microbiol 2014; 17:702-13. [DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Leanne M. Smith
- Institute of Microbiology and Infection and School of Biosciences; University of Birmingham; Birmingham UK
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection and School of Biosciences; University of Birmingham; Birmingham UK
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection and School of Biosciences; University of Birmingham; Birmingham UK
- National Institute of Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre; Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham; Birmingham UK
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Gupta R, Toufaily C, Annabi B. Caveolin and cavin family members: dual roles in cancer. Biochimie 2014; 107 Pt B:188-202. [PMID: 25241255 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Caveolae are specialized plasma membrane subdomains with distinct lipid and protein compositions, which play an essential role in cell physiology through regulation of trafficking and signaling functions. The structure and functions of caveolae have been shown to require the proteins caveolins. Recently, members of the cavin protein family were found to be required, in concert with caveolins, for the formation and function of caveolae. Caveolins have a paradoxical role in the development of cancer formation. They have been involved in both tumor suppression and oncogenesis, depending on tumor type and progress stage. High expression of caveolins and cavins leads to inhibition of cancer-related pathways, such as growth factor signaling pathways. However, certain cancer cells that express caveolins and cavins have been shown to be more aggressive and metastatic because of their increased potential for anchorage-independent growth. Here, we will survey the functional roles of caveolins and of different cavin family members in cancer regulation.
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- Reshu Gupta
- Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire, Centre de Recherche BioMed, Département de Chimie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada.
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- Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire, Centre de Recherche BioMed, Département de Chimie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada
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- Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire, Centre de Recherche BioMed, Département de Chimie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada
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Zhou Y, Hancock JF. Ras nanoclusters: Versatile lipid-based signaling platforms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1853:841-9. [PMID: 25234412 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Revised: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ras proteins assemble into transient nanoclusters on the plasma membrane. Nanoclusters are the sites of Ras effector recruitment and activation and are therefore essential for signal transmission. The dynamics of nanocluster formation and disassembly result in interesting emergent properties including high-fidelity signal transmission. More recently the lipid structure of Ras nanoclusters has been reported and shown to contribute to isoform-specific Ras signaling. In addition specific lipids play critical roles in mediating the formation, stability and dynamics of Ras nanoclusters. In consequence the spatiotemporal organization of these lipids has emerged as important and novel regulators of Ras function. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Nanoscale membrane organisation and signalling.
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- Yong Zhou
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Search for microRNAs expressed by intracellular bacterial pathogens in infected mammalian cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106434. [PMID: 25184567 PMCID: PMC4153649 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs are expressed by all multicellular organisms and play a critical role as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Moreover, different microRNA species are known to influence the progression of a range of different diseases, including cancer and microbial infections. A number of different human viruses also encode microRNAs that can attenuate cellular innate immune responses and promote viral replication, and a fungal pathogen that infects plants has recently been shown to express microRNAs in infected cells that repress host cell immune responses and promote fungal pathogenesis. Here, we have used deep sequencing of total expressed small RNAs, as well as small RNAs associated with the cellular RNA-induced silencing complex RISC, to search for microRNAs that are potentially expressed by intracellular bacterial pathogens and translocated into infected animal cells. In the case of Legionella and Chlamydia and the two mycobacterial species M. smegmatis and M. tuberculosis, we failed to detect any bacterial small RNAs that had the characteristics expected for authentic microRNAs, although large numbers of small RNAs of bacterial origin could be recovered. However, a third mycobacterial species, M. marinum, did express an ∼23-nt small RNA that was bound by RISC and derived from an RNA stem-loop with the characteristics expected for a pre-microRNA. While intracellular expression of this candidate bacterial microRNA was too low to effectively repress target mRNA species in infected cultured cells in vitro, artificial overexpression of this potential bacterial pre-microRNA did result in the efficient repression of a target mRNA. This bacterial small RNA therefore represents the first candidate microRNA of bacterial origin.
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Lariccia V, Nasti AA, Alessandrini F, Pesaresi M, Gratteri S, Tagliabracci A, Amoroso S. Identification and functional analysis of a new putative caveolin-3 variant found in a patient with sudden unexplained death. J Biomed Sci 2014; 21:58. [PMID: 24917393 PMCID: PMC4109384 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-21-58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the clinical outcome of a lethal arrhythmia that can develop on the background of unrecognized channelopathies or cardiomyopathies. Several susceptibility genes have been identified for the congenital forms of these cardiac diseases, including caveolin-3 (Cav-3) gene. In the heart Cav-3 is the main component of caveolae, plasma membrane domains that regulate multiple cellular processes highly relevant for cardiac excitability, such as trafficking, calcium homeostasis, signal transduction and cellular response to injury. Here we characterized a new putative Cav-3 variant, Cav-3 V82I, found in a patient with SCD. Results In heterologous systems Cav-3 V82I was expressed at significantly higher level than Cav-3 WT and accumulated within the cells. Cells expressing Cav-3 V82I exhibited a decreased activation of extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) and were more vulnerable to sub-lethal osmotic stress. Conclusion Considering that abnormal loss of myocytes can play a mechanistic role in lethal cardiac diseases, we suggest that the detrimental effect of Cav-3 V82I variant on cell viability may participate in determining the susceptibility to cardiac death.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, School of Medicine, University "Politecnica delle Marche", Ancona, Italy.
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Ariotti N, Fernández-Rojo MA, Zhou Y, Hill MM, Rodkey TL, Inder KL, Tanner LB, Wenk MR, Hancock JF, Parton RG. Caveolae regulate the nanoscale organization of the plasma membrane to remotely control Ras signaling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 204:777-92. [PMID: 24567358 PMCID: PMC3941050 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201307055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Caveolae transduce mechanical stress into plasma membrane lipid alterations that disrupt Ras organization in an isoform-specific manner and modulate downstream signal transduction. The molecular mechanisms whereby caveolae exert control over cellular signaling have to date remained elusive. We have therefore explored the role caveolae play in modulating Ras signaling. Lipidomic and gene array analyses revealed that caveolin-1 (CAV1) deficiency results in altered cellular lipid composition, and plasma membrane (PM) phosphatidylserine distribution. These changes correlated with increased K-Ras expression and extensive isoform-specific perturbation of Ras spatial organization: in CAV1-deficient cells K-RasG12V nanoclustering and MAPK activation were enhanced, whereas GTP-dependent lateral segregation of H-Ras was abolished resulting in compromised signal output from H-RasG12V nanoclusters. These changes in Ras nanoclustering were phenocopied by the down-regulation of Cavin1, another crucial caveolar structural component, and by acute loss of caveolae in response to increased osmotic pressure. Thus, we postulate that caveolae remotely regulate Ras nanoclustering and signal transduction by controlling PM organization. Similarly, caveolae transduce mechanical stress into PM lipid alterations that, in turn, modulate Ras PM organization.
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- Nicholas Ariotti
- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Fuentes-Calvo I, Crespo P, Santos E, López-Novoa JM, Martínez-Salgado C. The small GTPase N-Ras regulates extracellular matrix synthesis, proliferation and migration in fibroblasts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1833:2734-2744. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Harada T, Miyake M, Imai Y. Evasion ofLegionella pneumophilafrom the Bactericidal System by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in Macrophages. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 51:1161-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb04011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Toshihiko Harada
- Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology and the Global COE Program, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Shizuoka; Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka 422-8526 Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology and the Global COE Program, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Shizuoka; Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka 422-8526 Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology and the Global COE Program, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Shizuoka; Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka 422-8526 Japan
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Compartmentalized Ras signaling differentially contributes to phenotypic outputs. Cell Signal 2013; 25:1748-53. [PMID: 23707528 PMCID: PMC3776226 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ras isoforms are membrane bound proteins that differentially localize to the plasma membrane and subcellular compartments within the cell. Whilst the cell surface is the main site for Ras activity the extent to which intracellular pools contribute to Ras function is debated. We have generated Ras chimeras targeting Ras to the ER, Golgi, mitochondria and endosomes to compare the capacity of each of these locations to support activity equivalent to normal Ras function. We find that all locations are capable of regulating the MAP kinase and Akt pathways. Furthermore, whilst endomembranous Ras pools show location-specific competence to support proliferation and transformation, Golgi-Ras is as potent as N-Ras.
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The role of Rab GTPases in the transport of vacuoles containing Legionella pneumophila and Coxiella burnetii. Biochem Soc Trans 2013; 40:1353-9. [PMID: 23176480 DOI: 10.1042/bst20120167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Intracellular pathogens survive in eukaryotic cells by evading a variety of host defences. To avoid degradation through the endocytic pathway, intracellular bacteria must adapt their phagosomes into protective compartments that promote bacterial replication. Legionella pneumophila and Coxiella burnetii are Gram-negative intracellular pathogens that remodel their phagosomes by co-opting components of the host cell, including Rab GTPases. L. pneumophila and C. burnetii are related phylogenetically and share an analogous type IV secretion system for delivering bacterial effectors into the host cell. Some of these effectors mimic eukaryotic biochemical activities to recruit and modify Rabs at the vacuole. In the present review, we cover how these bacterial species, which utilize divergent strategies to establish replicative vacuoles, use translocated proteins to manipulate host Rabs, as well as exploring which Rabs are implicated in vacuolar biogenesis in these two organisms.
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Sun EW, Wagner ML, Maize A, Kemler D, Garland-Kuntz E, Xu L, Luo ZQ, Hollenbeck PJ. Legionella pneumophila infection of Drosophila S2 cells induces only minor changes in mitochondrial dynamics. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62972. [PMID: 23638172 PMCID: PMC3640039 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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During infection of cells by Legionella pneumophila, the bacterium secretes a large number of effector proteins into the host cell cytoplasm, allowing it to alter many cellular processes and make the vacuole and the host cell into more hospitable environments for bacterial replication. One major change induced by infection is the recruitment of ER-derived vesicles to the surface of the vacuole, where they fuse with the vacuole membrane and prevent it from becoming an acidified, degradative compartment. However, the recruitment of mitochondria to the region of the vacuole has also been suggested by ultrastructural studies. In order to test this idea in a controlled and quantitative experimental system, and to lay the groundwork for a genome-wide screen for factors involved in mitochondrial recruitment, we examined the behavior of mitochondria during the early stages of Legionella pneumophila infection of Drosophila S2 cells. We found that the density of mitochondria near vacuoles formed by infection with wild type Legionella was not different from that found in dotA– mutant-infected cells during the first 4 hours after infection. We then examined 4 parameters of mitochondrial motility in infected cells: velocity of movement, duty cycle of movement, directional persistence and net direction. In the 4 hours following infection, most of these measures were indistinguishable between wild type and dotA−.infection. However, wild type Legionella did induce a modest shift in the velocity distribution toward faster movement compared dotA− infection, and a small downward shift in the duty cycle distribution. In addition, wild type infection produced mitochondrial movement that was biased in the direction of the bacterial vacuole relative to dotA-, although not enough to cause a significant accumulation within 10 um of the vacuole. We conclude that in this host cell, mitochondria are not strongly recruited to the vacuole, nor is their motility dramatically affected.
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- Elizabeth Wen Sun
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Phagocytosis and phagosome maturation are crucial processes in biology. Phagocytosis and the subsequent digestion of phagocytosed particles occur across a huge diversity of eukaryotes and can be achieved by many different cells within one organism. In parallel, diverse groups of pathogens have evolved mechanisms to avoid killing by phagocytic cells. The present review discusses a key innate immune cell, the macrophage, and highlights the myriad mechanisms microbes have established to escape phagocytic killing.
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- Leanne M Smith
- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K
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Basu Roy UK, Henkhaus RS, Loupakis F, Cremolini C, Gerner EW, Ignatenko NA. Caveolin-1 is a novel regulator of K-RAS-dependent migration in colon carcinogenesis. Int J Cancer 2013; 133:43-57. [PMID: 23280667 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Caveolin-1 is an essential component of membrane caveolae. It is an important regulator of cellular processes such as signal transduction and endocytosis. We report here, for the first time, that caveolin-1 is a target of the K-RAS oncogene in colon carcinogenesis. Caveolin-1 is induced in colon cancer cells and in human colon tumor samples, in response to K-RAS activating mutations. An activated K-RAS oncogene transcriptionally induces caveolin-1 expression in human colon cancer cells and this effect is not restricted to the type of activating K-RAS mutation. Inhibition of the P-I3 Kinase-AKT pathway, but not the ERK MAPK pathway, both important K-RAS effectors, leads to a decrease in caveolin-1 expression indicating that the AKT pathway is involved in caveolin-1 expression in response to an activated K-RAS. Increased AKT signaling induces caveolin-1 expression by increasing the activity of the transcription factor, Sp1. Interestingly; caveolin-1 depletion alters K-RAS-dependent signaling by decreasing Grb2-SOS activity. Consistent with these finding, caveolin-1-depleted cells shows decreased migration in vitro. However, caveolin-1 overexpression by itself does not increase migration whereas an activated Src can increase migration in a caveolin-1-dependent manner. This increased migration is highly dependent on the RhoA GTPase, indicating that an activated K-RAS modulates migration in part via caveolin-1 induction, and increasing RhoA activity via phospho-caveolin-1. Our findings indicate that K-RAS regulates both caveolin-1 expression and other factors affecting caveolin-1 functions in colon cancer-derived cell migration.
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- Upal K Basu Roy
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Trunk G, Oxenius A. Innate instruction of CD4+ T cell immunity in respiratory bacterial infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 189:616-28. [PMID: 22723524 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The innate immune system recognizes invading microbes via conserved pattern recognition receptors and uses inflammatory signals to concert adaptive defense mechanisms. However, microbial and host parameters involved in CD4 T cell priming and direction of Th1, Th2, and Th17 differentiation in the context of infections with complex pathogens in vivo are incompletely understood. In this study, we used Legionella pneumophila, which triggers membrane-bound and cytosolic pattern recognition receptors, to study the innate instruction of adaptive immunity. Upon airway infection, T cells were primed exclusively in the lung-draining lymph nodes and differentiated into Th1/Th17 effector cells upon arrival in the lung. Although engagement of membrane-bound pattern recognition receptors was sufficient for initial T cell activation and proliferation, cytosolic pattern recognition was required for effector T cell differentiation. In the absence of cytoplasmic pattern recognition, MyD88 was key for T cell priming, whereas, in its presence, MyD88-mediated signals were crucial for Th17 differentiation. Specifically, cytosolic sensing of Legionella-derived flagellin, inflammasome activation, and IL-1 signaling contributed to Th17 development. In the absence of TLR signaling, a simultaneous Th1/Th2 response developed that was independent of the inflammasome-IL-1 axis. Collectively, these data illustrate the important role for various pattern recognition receptors triggered by complex pathogens and how they each instruct specific differentiation programs in responding CD4 T cells.
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- Gerhard Trunk
- Institute of Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis SecA2 system subverts phagosome maturation to promote growth in macrophages. Infect Immun 2012; 80:996-1006. [PMID: 22215736 DOI: 10.1128/iai.05987-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to grow in macrophages is critical to the virulence of this important pathogen. One way M. tuberculosis is thought to maintain a hospitable niche in macrophages is by arresting the normal process of phagosomes maturing into acidified phagolysosomes. The process of phagosome maturation arrest by M. tuberculosis is not fully understood, and there has remained a need to firmly establish a requirement for phagosome maturation arrest for M. tuberculosis growth in macrophages. Other intracellular pathogens that control the phagosomal environment use specialized protein export systems to deliver effectors of phagosome trafficking to the host cell. In M. tuberculosis, the accessory SecA2 system is a specialized protein export system that is required for intracellular growth in macrophages. In studying the importance of the SecA2 system in macrophages, we discovered that SecA2 is required for phagosome maturation arrest. Shortly after infection, phagosomes containing a ΔsecA2 mutant of M. tuberculosis were more acidified and showed greater association with markers of late endosomes than phagosomes containing wild-type M. tuberculosis. We further showed that inhibitors of phagosome acidification rescued the intracellular growth defect of the ΔsecA2 mutant, which demonstrated that the phagosome maturation arrest defect of the ΔsecA2 mutant is responsible for the intracellular growth defect. This study demonstrates the importance of phagosome maturation arrest for M. tuberculosis growth in macrophages, and it suggests there are effectors of phagosome maturation that are exported into the host environment by the accessory SecA2 system.
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Fuentes-Calvo I, Blázquez-Medela AM, Eleno N, Santos E, López-Novoa JM, Martínez-Salgado C. H-Ras isoform modulates extracellular matrix synthesis, proliferation, and migration in fibroblasts. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 302:C686-97. [PMID: 22094331 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00103.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ras GTPases are ubiquitous plasma membrane transducers of extracellular stimuli. In addition to their role as oncogenes, Ras GTPases are key regulators of cell function. Each of the Ras isoforms exhibits specific modulatory activity on different cellular pathways. This has prompted researchers to determine the pathophysiological roles of each isoform. There is a proven relationship between the signaling pathways of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and Ras GTPases. To assess the individual role of H-Ras oncogene in basal and TGF-β1-mediated extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis, proliferation, and migration in fibroblasts, we analyzed these processes in embryonic fibroblasts obtained from H-Ras knockout mice (H-ras(-/-)). We found that H-ras(-/-) fibroblasts exhibited a higher basal phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt activation than wild-type (WT) fibroblasts, whereas MEK/ERK 1/2 activation was similar in both types of cells. Fibronectin and collagen synthesis were higher in H-ras(-/-) fibroblasts and proliferation was lower in H-ras(-/-) than in WT fibroblasts. Moreover, H-Ras appeared indispensable to maintain normal fibroblast motility, which was highly restricted in H-ras(-/-) cells. These results suggest that H-Ras (through downregulation of PI3K/Akt activation) could modulate fibroblast activity by reducing ECM synthesis and upregulating both proliferation and migration. TGF-β1 strongly increased ERK and Akt activation in WT but not in H-ras(-/-) fibroblasts, suggesting that H-Ras is necessary to increase ERK 1/2 activation and to maintain PI3K downregulation in TGF-β1-stimulated fibroblasts. TGF-β1 stimulated ECM synthesis and proliferation, although ECM synthesis was higher and proliferation lower in H-ras(-/-) than in WT fibroblasts. Hence, H-Ras activation seems to play a key role in the regulation of these effects.
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- Isabel Fuentes-Calvo
- Unidad de Fisiopatología Renal y Cardiovascular, Instituto “Reina Sofía” de Investigación Nefrológica, Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Mejia-Pous C, Damiola F, Gandrillon O. Cholesterol synthesis-related enzyme oxidosqualene cyclase is required to maintain self-renewal in primary erythroid progenitors. Cell Prolif 2011; 44:441-52. [PMID: 21951287 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2011.00771.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Molecular mechanisms controlling cell fate decision making in self-renewing cells are poorly understood. A previous transcriptomic study, carried out in primary avian erythroid progenitor cells (T2ECs), revealed that the gene encoding oxidosqualene cyclase (OSC/LSS), an enzyme involved in cholesterol biosynthesis, is significantly up-regulated in self-renewing cells. The aim of the present work is to understand whether this up-regulation is required for self-renewal maintenance and what are the mechanisms involved. MATERIALS AND METHODS To investigate OSC function, we studied effects of its enzymatic activity inhibition using Ro48-8071, a specific OSC inhibitor. In addition, we completed this pharmacological approach by RNAi-mediated OSC/LSS knockdown. The study of OSC inhibition was carried out on both self-renewing and differentiating cells to observe any state-dependent effect. RESULTS Our data show that OSC acts both by protecting self-renewing T2EC cells from apoptosis and by blocking their differentiation program, as OSC inhibition is sufficient to trigger spontaneous commitment of self-renewing cells towards an early differentiation state. This is self-renewal specific, as OSC inhibition has no effect on erythroid progenitors that have already differentiated. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our results suggest that OSC/LSS expression and activity are required to maintain cell self-renewal and may be involved in the self-renewal versus differentiation/apoptosis decision making, by keeping cells in a self-renewal state.
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- C Mejia-Pous
- Bases Moléculaires de l'Autorenouvellement et de ses Altérations" Group, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Lyon, France
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Understanding the molecular pathogenesis of Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of human Q fever, has historically been hindered by the technical difficulties of genetically manipulating obligate intracellular bacteria. The recent development of culture conditions suitable for axenic propagation of C. burnetii has paved the way for the application of a range of genetic techniques to address key questions within the field. Recent studies using mutational analysis have revealed that the C. burnetii Dot/Icm type 4 secretion system (T4SS) is an important virulence determinant that is essential for renovation of a lysosome into a mature Coxiella-containing vacuole (CCV) permissive of intracellular replication. Interestingly, a mutant of C. burnetii deficient in Dot/Icm function was found to be capable of replicating within the parasitophorous vacuole created by Leishmania amazonensis, which indicates that C. burnetii replication is not dependent on the cohort of Dot/Icm effector proteins per se but rather that the collective actions of effectors are required to create the specialized niche supportive of replication. Thus, a role for the Dot/Icm T4SS during the intracellular life cycle of C. burnetii has been more clearly defined by these studies, which demonstrate that advances in genetic analysis should allow future studies to focus on the intricacies of Dot/Icm effector functions that facilitate development of the unique CCV.
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Central to Q fever pathogenesis is replication of the causative agent, Coxiella burnetii, within a phagolysosome-like parasitophorous vacuole (PV) in mononuclear phagocytes. C. burnetii modulates PV biogenesis and other host cell functions, such as apoptotic signaling, presumably via the activity of proteins delivered to the host cytosol by a Dot/Icm type IVB secretion system (T4BSS). In this study, we utilized a C. burnetii strain carrying IcmD inactivated by the Himar1 transposon to investigate the requirements for Dot/Icm function in C. burnetii parasitism of human THP-1 macrophage-like cells. The icmD::Tn mutant failed to secrete characterized T4BSS substrates, a defect that correlated with deficient replication, PV development, and apoptosis protection. Restoration of type IVB secretion and intracellular growth of the icmD::Tn mutant required complementation with icmD, -J, and -B, indicating a polar effect of the transposon insertion on downstream dot/icm genes. Induction of icmDJB expression at 1 day postinfection resulted in C. burnetii replication and PV generation. Collectively, these data prove that T4BSS function is required for productive infection of human macrophages by C. burnetii. However, illustrating the metabolic flexibility of C. burnetti, the icmD::Tn mutant could replicate intracellularly when sequestered in a PV generated by wild-type bacteria, where Dot/Icm function is provided in trans, and within a phenotypically similar PV generated by the protozoan parasite Leishmania amazonensis, where host cells are devoid of Dot/Icm T4BSS effector proteins. Coxiella burnetii, the cause of human Q fever, is the only bacterial pathogen known to replicate in a vacuole resembling a phagolysosome. The organism manipulates host macrophages to promote the biogenesis of a vacuolar compartment permissive for growth. By analogy to the well-established cellular microbiology of Legionella pneumophila, the Dot/Icm type IVB secretion system of C. burnetii is implicated as a critical virulence factor in host cell modification that delivers proteins with effector functions directly into the host cell cytosol. Using new genetic tools, we verify that Dot/Icm function is essential for productive infection of human macrophages by C. burnetii. Interestingly, despite the production of homologous secretion systems, L. pneumophila and C. burnetii have strikingly different temporal requirements for Dot/Icm function during their respective infectious cycles.
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Bosch M, Marí M, Gross SP, Fernández-Checa JC, Pol A. Mitochondrial cholesterol: a connection between caveolin, metabolism, and disease. Traffic 2011; 12:1483-9. [PMID: 21801290 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01259.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Caveolin (CAV) is an essential component of caveolae, cholesterol-enriched invaginations of the plasma membrane of most mammalian cells. However, CAV is not restricted to plasma membrane caveolae, and pools of CAV are present in myriad intracellular membranes. CAV proteins tightly bind cholesterol and contribute to regulation of cholesterol fluxes and distributions within cells. In this context, we recently showed that CAV1 regulates the poorly understood process controlling mitochondrial cholesterol levels. Cholesterol accumulates in mitochondrial membranes in the absence of CAV1, promoting the organelle's dysfunction with important metabolic consequences for cells and animals. In this article, we suggest a working hypothesis that addresses the role of CAV1 within the homeostatic network that regulates the influx/efflux of mitochondrial cholesterol.
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- Marta Bosch
- Equip de Proliferació i Senyalització Cel·lular, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Protein kinase LegK2 is a type IV secretion system effector involved in endoplasmic reticulum recruitment and intracellular replication of Legionella pneumophila. Infect Immun 2011; 79:1936-50. [PMID: 21321072 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00805-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is the etiological agent of Legionnaires' disease. Crucial to the pathogenesis of this intracellular pathogen is its ability to subvert host cell defenses, permitting intracellular replication in specialized vacuoles within host cells. The Dot/Icm type IV secretion system (T4SS), which translocates a large number of bacterial effectors into host cell, is absolutely required for rerouting the Legionella phagosome. Many Legionella effectors display distinctive eukaryotic domains, among which are protein kinase domains. In silico analysis and in vitro phosphorylation assays identified five functional protein kinases, LegK1 to LegK5, encoded by the epidemic L. pneumophila Lens strain. Except for LegK5, the Legionella protein kinases are all T4SS effectors. LegK2 plays a key role in bacterial virulence, as demonstrated by gene inactivation. The legK2 mutant containing vacuoles displays less-efficient recruitment of endoplasmic reticulum markers, which results in delayed intracellular replication. Considering that a kinase-dead substitution mutant of legK2 exhibits the same virulence defects, we highlight here a new molecular mechanism, namely, protein phosphorylation, developed by L. pneumophila to establish a replicative niche and evade host cell defenses.
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LeibundGut-Landmann S, Weidner K, Hilbi H, Oxenius A. Nonhematopoietic cells are key players in innate control of bacterial airway infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:3130-7. [PMID: 21270399 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Airborne pathogens encounter several hurdles during host invasion, including alveolar macrophages (AMs) and airway epithelial cells (AECs) and their products. Although growing evidence indicates pathogen-sensing capacities of epithelial cells, the relative contribution of hematopoietic versus nonhematopoietic cells in the induction of an inflammatory response and their possible interplay is still poorly defined in vivo in the context of infections with pathogenic microorganisms. In this study, we show that nonhematopoietic cells, including AECs, are critical players in the inflammatory process induced upon airway infection with Legionella pneumophila, and that they are essential for control of bacterial infections. Lung parenchymal cells, including AECs, are not infected themselves by L. pneumophila in vivo but rather act as sensors and amplifiers of inflammatory cues delivered by L. pneumophila-infected AM. We identified AM-derived IL-1β as the critical mediator to induce chemokine production in nonhematopoietic cells in the lung, resulting in swift and robust recruitment of infection-controlling neutrophils into the airways. These data add a new level of complexity to the coordination of the innate immune response to L. pneumophila and illustrate how the cross talk between leukocytes and nonhematopoietic cells contributes to efficient host protection.
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Hubber A, Roy CR. Modulation of host cell function by Legionella pneumophila type IV effectors. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2010; 26:261-83. [PMID: 20929312 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100109-104034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Macrophages and protozoa ingest bacteria by phagocytosis and destroy these microbes using a conserved pathway that mediates fusion of the phagosome with lysosomes. To survive within phagocytic host cells, bacterial pathogens have evolved a variety of strategies to avoid fusion with lysosomes. A virulence strategy used by the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila is to manipulate host cellular processes using bacterial proteins that are delivered into the cytosolic compartment of the host cell by a specialized secretion system called Dot/Icm. The proteins delivered by the Dot/Icm system target host factors that play evolutionarily conserved roles in controlling membrane transport in eukaryotic cells, which enables L. pneumophila to create an endoplasmic reticulum-like vacuole that supports intracellular replication in both protozoan and mammalian host cells. This review focuses on intracellular trafficking of L. pneumophila and describes how bacterial proteins contribute to modulation of host processes required for survival within host cells.
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- Andree Hubber
- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06536, USA.
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Enrich C, Rentero C, de Muga SV, Reverter M, Mulay V, Wood P, Koese M, Grewal T. Annexin A6-Linking Ca(2+) signaling with cholesterol transport. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1813:935-47. [PMID: 20888375 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Revised: 09/23/2010] [Accepted: 09/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Annexin A6 (AnxA6) belongs to a conserved family of Ca(2+)-dependent membrane-binding proteins. Like other annexins, the function of AnxA6 is linked to its ability to bind phospholipids in cellular membranes in a dynamic and reversible fashion, in particular during the regulation of endocytic and exocytic pathways. High amounts of AnxA6 sequester cholesterol in late endosomes, thereby lowering the levels of cholesterol in the Golgi and the plasma membrane. These AnxA6-dependent redistributions of cellular cholesterol pools give rise to reduced cytoplasmic phospholipase A2 (cPLA(2)) activity, retention of caveolin in the Golgi apparatus and a reduced number of caveolae at the cell surface. In addition to regulating cholesterol and caveolin distribution, AnxA6 acts as a scaffold/targeting protein for several signaling proteins, the best characterized being the Ca(2+)-dependent membrane targeting of p120GAP to downregulate Ras activity. AnxA6 also stimulates the Ca(2+)-inducible involvement of PKC in the regulation of HRas and possibly EGFR signal transduction pathways. The ability of AnxA6 to recruit regulators of the EGFR/Ras pathway is likely potentiated by AnxA6-induced actin remodeling. Accordingly, AnxA6 may function as an organizer of membrane domains (i) to modulate intracellular cholesterol homeostasis, (ii) to create a scaffold for the formation of multifactorial signaling complexes, and (iii) to regulate transient membrane-actin interactions during endocytic and exocytic transport. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: 11th European Symposium on Calcium.
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- Carlos Enrich
- Departament de Biologia Cellular, Immunologia i Neurociències, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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