Campylobacter jejuni Type VI Secretion System: Roles in Adaptation to Deoxycholic Acid, Host Cell Adherence, Invasion, and In Vivo Colonization

Autor: James G. Fox, Zhongming Ge, Yan Feng, Jassia Pang, Kvin Lertpiriyapong, Georgina Botka, Michelle E. Graffam, Danny S. Park, Eric R. Gamazon
Přispěvatelé: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine, Lertpiriyapong, Kvin, Feng, Yan, Pang, Jassia, Botka, Georgina, Graffam, Michelle E., Ge, Zhongming, Fox, James G.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Bacterial Diseases
Applied Microbiology
lcsh:Medicine
medicine.disease_cause
chemistry.chemical_compound
Hemolysin Proteins
Mice
Microbial Physiology
Campylobacter Infections
Gastrointestinal Infections
lcsh:Science
Bacterial Secretion Systems
0303 health sciences
Multidisciplinary
Campylobacter
Deoxycholic acid
Interleukin-10
Phenotype
Infectious Diseases
Medical Microbiology
Multigene Family
Medicine
Efflux
Deoxycholic Acid
Research Article
Mice
Transgenic

Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Biology
Campylobacter jejuni
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
Bacterial Proteins
medicine
Cell Adhesion
Genetics
Animals
Secretion
Cell adhesion
030304 developmental biology
Type VI secretion system
Cell Proliferation
030306 microbiology
Cell growth
lcsh:R
Genetic Complementation Test
biology.organism_classification
Agar
chemistry
Genes
Bacterial

Mutation
lcsh:Q
Zdroj: PLoS
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 8, p e42842 (2012)
Popis: The recently identified type VI secretion system (T6SS) of proteobacteria has been shown to promote pathogenicity, competitive advantage over competing microorganisms, and adaptation to environmental perturbation. By detailed phenotypic characterization of loss-of-function mutants, in silico, in vitro and in vivo analyses, we provide evidence that the enteric pathogen, Campylobacter jejuni, possesses a functional T6SS and that the secretion system exerts pleiotropic effects on two crucial processes – survival in a bile salt, deoxycholic acid (DCA), and host cell adherence and invasion. The expression of T6SS during initial exposure to the upper range of physiological levels of DCA (0.075%–0.2%) was detrimental to C. jejuni proliferation, whereas down-regulation or inactivation of T6SS enabled C. jejuni to resist this effect. The C. jejuni multidrug efflux transporter gene, cmeA, was significantly up-regulated during the initial exposure to DCA in the wild type C. jejuni relative to the T6SS-deficient strains, suggesting that inhibition of proliferation is the consequence of T6SS-mediated DCA influx. A sequential modulation of the efflux transporter activity and the T6SS represents, in part, an adaptive mechanism for C. jejuni to overcome this inhibitory effect, thereby ensuring its survival. C. jejuni T6SS plays important roles in host cell adhesion and invasion as T6SS inactivation resulted in a reduction of adherence to and invasion of in vitro cell lines, while over-expression of a hemolysin co-regulated protein, which encodes a secreted T6SS component, greatly enhanced these processes. When inoculated into B6.129P2-IL-10[superscript tm1Cgn] mice, the T6SS-deficient C. jejuni strains did not effectively establish persistent colonization, indicating that T6SS contributes to colonization in vivo. Taken together, our data demonstrate the importance of bacterial T6SS in host cell adhesion, invasion, colonization and, for the first time to our knowledge, adaptation to DCA, providing new insights into the role of T6SS in C. jejuni pathogenesis.
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