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2. Intestinal infection triggers Parkinson’s disease-like symptoms in Pink1−/−mice
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Matheoud, Diana, Cannon, Tyler, Voisin, Aurore, Penttinen, Anna-Maija, Ramet, Lauriane, Fahmy, Ahmed, Ducrot, Charles, Laplante, Annie, Bourque, Marie-Josée, Zhu, Lei, Cayrol, Romain, Campion, Armelle, McBride, Heidi, Gruenheid, Samantha, Trudeau, Louis-Eric, and Desjardins, Michel
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Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder with motor symptoms linked to the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra compacta. Although the mechanisms that trigger the loss of dopaminergic neurons are unclear, mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation are thought to have key roles1,2. An early-onset form of Parkinson’s disease is associated with mutations in the PINK1kinase and PRKNubiquitin ligase genes3. PINK1 and Parkin (encoded by PRKN) are involved in the clearance of damaged mitochondria in cultured cells4, but recent evidence obtained using knockout and knockin mouse models have led to contradictory results regarding the contributions of PINK1 and Parkin to mitophagy in vivo5–8. It has previously been shown that PINK1 and Parkin have a key role in adaptive immunity by repressing presentation of mitochondrial antigens9, which suggests that autoimmune mechanisms participate in the aetiology of Parkinson’s disease. Here we show that intestinal infection with Gram-negative bacteria in Pink1−/−mice engages mitochondrial antigen presentation and autoimmune mechanisms that elicit the establishment of cytotoxic mitochondria-specific CD8+T cells in the periphery and in the brain. Notably, these mice show a sharp decrease in the density of dopaminergic axonal varicosities in the striatum and are affected by motor impairment that is reversed after treatment with l-DOPA. These data support the idea that PINK1 is a repressor of the immune system, and provide a pathophysiological model in which intestinal infection acts as a triggering event in Parkinson’s disease, which highlights the relevance of the gut–brain axis in the disease10. In mice lacking PINK1, bacterial infection in the intestine results in mitochondrial antigen presentation and generation of CD8+T cells, and infected mice develop motor impairments, suggesting that PINK1 suppresses autoimmunity.
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- 2019
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3. A Mediterranean-like fat blend protects against the development of severe colitis in the mucin-2 deficient murine model
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Haskey, Natasha, Ye, Jiayu, Estaki, Mehrbod, Verdugo Meza, Andrea A., Barnett, Jacqueline A., Yousefi, Mitra, Birnie, Blake W., Gruenheid, Samantha, Ghosh, Sanjoy, and Gibson, Deanna L.
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ABSTRACTThere is a growing appreciation that the interaction between diet, the gut microbiota and the immune system contribute to the development and progression of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A mounting body of scientific evidence suggests that high-fat diets exacerbate IBD; however, there is a lack of information on how specific types of fat impact colitis. The Mediterranean diet (MD) is considered a health-promoting diet containing approximately 40% total fat. It is not known if the blend of fats found in the MD contributes to its beneficial protective effects. Mice deficient in the mucin 2 gene (Muc 2−/−) were weaned to 40% fat, isocaloric, isonitrogenous diets. We compared the MD fat blend (high monounsaturated, 2:1 n-6:n-3 polyunsaturated and moderate saturated fat) to diets composed of corn oil (CO, n-6 polyunsaturated-rich), olive oil (monounsaturated-rich) or milk fat (MF, saturated-rich) on spontaneous colitis development in Muc2−/−mice. The MD resulted in lower clinical and histopathological scores and induced tolerogenic CD103+ CD11b+ dendritic, Th22 and IL-17+ IL-22+ cells necessary for intestinal barrier repair. The MD was associated with beneficial microbes and associated with higher cecal acetic acid levels negatively correlated with colitogenic microbes like Akkermansia muciniphila. In contrast, CO showed a higher prevalence of mucin-degraders including A. muciniphilaand Enterobacteriaceae, which have been associated with colitis. A dietary blend of fats mimicking the MD, reduces disease activity, inflammation-related biomarkers and improves metabolic parameters in the Muc2−/−mouse model. Our findings suggest that the MD fat blend could be incorporated into a maintenance diet for colitis.
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- 2022
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4. The CpxRA Two-Component System Is Essential for Citrobacter rodentiumVirulence
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Thomassin, Jenny-Lee, Giannakopoulou, Natalia, Zhu, Lei, Gross, Jeremy, Salmon, Kristiana, Leclerc, Jean-Mathieu, Daigle, France, Le Moual, Hervé, and Gruenheid, Samantha
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ABSTRACTCitrobacter rodentiumis a murine intestinal pathogen used as a model for the foodborne human pathogens enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coliand enteropathogenic E. coli. During infection, these pathogens use two-component signal transduction systems to detect and adapt to changing environmental conditions. In E. coli, the CpxRA two-component signal transduction system responds to envelope stress by modulating the expression of a myriad of genes. Quantitative real-time PCR showed that cpxRAwas expressed in the colon of C57BL/6J mice infected with C. rodentium. To determine whether CpxRA plays a role during C. rodentiuminfection, a cpxRAdeletion strain was generated and found to have a colonization defect during infection. This defect was independent of an altered growth rate or a defective type III secretion system, and single-copy chromosomal complementation of cpxRArestored virulence. The C. rodentiumstrains were then tested in C3H/HeJ mice, a lethal intestinal infection model. Mice infected with the ΔcpxRAstrain survived infection, whereas mice infected with the wild-type or complemented strains succumbed to infection. Furthermore, we found that the cpxRAexpression level was higher during early infection than at a later time point. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the CpxRA two-component signal transduction system is essential for the in vivovirulence of C. rodentium. In addition, these data suggest that fine-tuned cpxRAexpression is important for infection. This is the first study that identifies a C. rodentiumtwo-component transduction system required for pathogenesis. This study further indicates that CpxRA is an interesting target for therapeutics against enteric pathogens.
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- 2015
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5. Inhibition of Outer Membrane Proteases of the Omptin Family by Aprotinin
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Brannon, John R., Burk, David L., Leclerc, Jean-Mathieu, Thomassin, Jenny-Lee, Portt, Andrea, Berghuis, Albert M., Gruenheid, Samantha, and Le Moual, Hervé
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ABSTRACTBacterial proteases are important virulence factors that inactivate host defense proteins and contribute to tissue destruction and bacterial dissemination. Outer membrane proteases of the omptin family, exemplified by Escherichia coliOmpT, are found in some Gram-negative bacteria. Omptins cleave a variety of substrates at the host-pathogen interface, including plasminogen and antimicrobial peptides. Multiple omptin substrates relevant to infection have been identified; nonetheless, an effective omptin inhibitor remains to be found. Here, we purified native CroP, the OmpT ortholog in the murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium. Purified CroP was found to readily cleave both a synthetic fluorescence resonance energy transfer substrate and the murine cathelicidin-related antimicrobial peptide. In contrast, CroP was found to poorly activate plasminogen into active plasmin. Although classical protease inhibitors were ineffective against CroP activity, we found that the serine protease inhibitor aprotinin displays inhibitory potency in the micromolar range. Aprotinin was shown to act as a competitive inhibitor of CroP activity and to interfere with the cleavage of the murine cathelicidin-related antimicrobial peptide. Importantly, aprotinin was able to inhibit not only CroP but also Yersinia pestisPla and, to a lesser extent, E. coliOmpT. We propose a structural model of the aprotinin-omptin complex in which Lys15of aprotinin forms salt bridges with conserved negatively charged residues of the omptin active site.
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- 2015
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6. Caspase-12 Modulates NOD Signaling and Regulates Antimicrobial Peptide Production and Mucosal Immunity.
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LeBlanc, Philippe M., Yeretssian, Garabet, Rutherford, Nancy, Doiron, Karine, Nadiri, Amal, Zhu, Lei, Green, Douglas R., Gruenheid, Samantha, and Saleh, Maya
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MICROBIAL sensitivity tests ,INTRACELLULAR pathogens ,ANTIMICROBIAL peptides ,IMMUNITY - Abstract
Summary: Bacterial sensing by intracellular Nod proteins and other Nod-like receptors (NLRs) activates signaling pathways that mediate inflammation and pathogen clearance. Nod1 and Nod2 associate with the kinase Rip2 to stimulate NF-κB signaling. Other cytosolic NLRs assemble caspase-1-activating multiprotein complexes termed inflammasomes. Caspase-12 modulates the caspase-1 inflammasome, but unlike other NLRs, Nod1 and Nod2 have not been linked to caspases, and mechanisms regulating the Nod-Rip2 complex are less clear. We report that caspase-12 dampens mucosal immunity to bacterial infection independent of its effects on caspase-1. Caspase-12 deficiency enhances production of antimicrobial peptides, cytokines, and chemokines to entric pathogens, an effect dependent on bacterial type III secretion and the Nod pathway. Mechanistically, caspase-12 binds to Rip2, displacing Traf6 from the signaling complex, inhibiting its ubiquitin ligase activity, and blunting NF-κB activation. Nod activation and resulting antimicrobial peptide production constitute an early innate defense mechanism, and caspase-12 inhibits this mucosal antimicrobial response. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2008
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7. The Bacterial Virulence Factor NleA Inhibits Cellular Protein Secretion by Disrupting Mammalian COPII Function.
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Kim, Jinoh, Thanabalasuriar, Ajitha, Chaworth-Musters, Tessa, Fromme, J. Chris, Frey, Elizabeth A., Lario, Paula I., Metalnikov, Pavel, Rizg, Keyrillos, Thomas, Nikhil A., Lee, Sau Fung, Hartland, Elizabeth L., Hardwidge, Philip R., Pawson, Tony, Strynadka, Natalie C., Finlay, B. Brett, Schekman, Randy, and Gruenheid, Samantha
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ESCHERICHIA coli ,MICROBIAL virulence ,PATHOGENIC microorganisms ,MICROBIAL invasiveness - Abstract
Summary: Enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EHEC and EPEC) maintain an extracellular lifestyle and use a type III secretion system to translocate effector proteins into the host cytosol. These effectors manipulate host pathways to favor bacterial replication and survival. NleA is an EHEC/EPEC- and related species-specific translocated effector protein that is essential for bacterial virulence. However, the mechanism by which NleA impacts virulence remains undetermined. Here we demonstrate that NleA compromises the Sec23/24 complex, a component of the mammalian COPII protein coat that shapes intracellular protein transport vesicles, by directly binding Sec24. Expression of an NleA-GFP fusion protein reduces the efficiency of cellular secretion by 50%, and secretion is inhibited in EPEC-infected cells. Direct biochemical experiments show that NleA inhibits COPII-dependent protein export from the endoplasmic reticulum. Collectively, these findings indicate that disruption of COPII function in host cells contributes to the virulence of EPEC and EHEC. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2007
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8. Modeling enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic E. coli infections and disease.
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Vallance, Bruce A., Khan, Mohammed A., Deng, Wanyin, Gruenheid, Samantha, and Finlay, B. Brett
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ENTEROBACTERIACEAE ,ESCHERICHIA coli ,INFECTION ,BACTERIA - Abstract
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and enterohemorrhagic E. coli are food- and water-borne bacterial pathogens that infect their hosts by attaching to epithelial cells lining the human intestine. Important agents of infectious diarrhea, these microbes cause the death of several hundred thousand children worldwide each year. Recent advances in modeling these pathogens, as well as sequencing of the EHEC O157 genome have revolutionized our understanding of how these microbes infect their hosts and cause disease. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2004
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9. Delivery of dangerous goods: Type III secretion in enteric pathogens.
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Zaharik, Michelle L., Gruenheid, Samantha, Perrin, Andrew J., and Finlay, Brett B.
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PATHOGENIC microorganisms ,ENTEROBACTERIACEAE ,ESCHERICHIA ,PHYSIOLOGY - Abstract
Abstract: Type III secretion systems (TTSSs) of Gram-negative pathogens are molecular syringes that inject bacterial virulence factors directly into host cells. These virulence factors manipulate host cell pathways to aid bacterial survival within the host. Four important enteric pathogens use TTSSs to colonize and persist within the intestinal environment. The following is a brief review of the way in which TTSSs and their effectors contribute to the pathogenic nature of the prototypic diarrheal pathogens Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2002
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10. Enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli evolved different strategies to resist antimicrobial peptides
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Thomassin, Jenny-Lee, Brannon, John R., Kaiser, Julienne, Gruenheid, Samantha, and Le Moual, Hervé
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Enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli(EHEC and EPEC) are enteric human pathogens that colonize the large and small intestines, respectively. To establish infection EHEC and EPEC must overcome innate host defenses, such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) produced by the intestinal epithelium. Gram-negative pathogens have evolved different mechanisms to resist AMPs, including outer-membrane proteases that degrade AMPs. We showed that the protease OmpT degrades the human AMP LL-37 more rapidly in EHEC than in EPEC. Promoter-swap experiments showed that this is due to differences in the promoters of the two genes, leading to greater ompTexpression and subsequently greater levels of OmpT in EHEC. Here, we propose that the different ompTexpression in EHEC and EPEC reflects the varying levels of LL-37 throughout the human intestinal tract. These data suggest that EHEC and EPEC adapted to their specific niches by developing distinct AMP-specific resistance mechanisms.
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- 2012
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11. OmpT Outer Membrane Proteases of Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Contribute Differently to the Degradation of Human LL-37
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Thomassin, Jenny-Lee, Brannon, John R., Gibbs, Bernard F., Gruenheid, Samantha, and Le Moual, Hervé
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) are food-borne pathogens that cause serious diarrheal diseases. To colonize the human intestine, these pathogens must overcome innate immune defenses such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Bacterial pathogens have evolved various mechanisms to resist killing by AMPs, including proteolytic degradation of AMPs. To examine the ability of the EHEC and EPEC OmpT outer membrane (OM) proteases to degrade α-helical AMPs, ompT deletion mutants were generated. Determination of MICs of various AMPs revealed that both mutant strains are more susceptible than their wild-type counterparts to α-helical AMPs, although to different extents. Time course assays monitoring the degradation of LL-37 and C18G showed that EHEC cells degraded both AMPs faster than EPEC cells in an OmpT-dependent manner. Mass spectrometry analyses of proteolytic fragments showed that EHEC OmpT cleaves LL-37 at dibasic sites. The superior protection provided by EHEC OmpT compared to EPEC OmpT against α-helical AMPs was due to higher expression of the ompT gene and, in turn, higher levels of the OmpT protein in EHEC. Fusion of the EPEC ompT promoter to the EHEC ompT open reading frame resulted in decreased OmpT expression, indicating that transcriptional regulation of ompT is different in EHEC and EPEC. We hypothesize that the different contributions of EHEC and EPEC OmpT to the degradation and inactivation of LL-37 may be due to their adaptation to their respective niches within the host, the colon and small intestine, respectively, where the environmental cues and abundance of AMPs are different.
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- 2011
12. OmpT Outer Membrane Proteases of Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coliContribute Differently to the Degradation of Human LL-37
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Thomassin, Jenny-Lee, Brannon, John R., Gibbs, Bernard F., Gruenheid, Samantha, and Le Moual, Hervé
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ABSTRACTEnterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli(EHEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli(EPEC) are food-borne pathogens that cause serious diarrheal diseases. To colonize the human intestine, these pathogens must overcome innate immune defenses such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Bacterial pathogens have evolved various mechanisms to resist killing by AMPs, including proteolytic degradation of AMPs. To examine the ability of the EHEC and EPEC OmpT outer membrane (OM) proteases to degrade α-helical AMPs, ompTdeletion mutants were generated. Determination of MICs of various AMPs revealed that both mutant strains are more susceptible than their wild-type counterparts to α-helical AMPs, although to different extents. Time course assays monitoring the degradation of LL-37 and C18G showed that EHEC cells degraded both AMPs faster than EPEC cells in an OmpT-dependent manner. Mass spectrometry analyses of proteolytic fragments showed that EHEC OmpT cleaves LL-37 at dibasic sites. The superior protection provided by EHEC OmpT compared to EPEC OmpT against α-helical AMPs was due to higher expression of the ompTgene and, in turn, higher levels of the OmpT protein in EHEC. Fusion of the EPEC ompTpromoter to the EHEC ompTopen reading frame resulted in decreased OmpT expression, indicating that transcriptional regulation of ompTis different in EHEC and EPEC. We hypothesize that the different contributions of EHEC and EPEC OmpT to the degradation and inactivation of LL-37 may be due to their adaptation to their respective niches within the host, the colon and small intestine, respectively, where the environmental cues and abundance of AMPs are different.
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- 2011
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13. The Cri1 locus is the common genetic cause of susceptibility to Citrobacter rodentiuminfection in C3H and FVB mouse strains.
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Teatero, Sarah Ann, Thomassin, Jenny-Lee, Zhu, Lei, Diez, Eduardo, Malo, Danielle, and Gruenheid, Samantha
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Citrobacter rodentium is a natural pathogen of mice that causes intestinal hyperplasia and colitis. Resistant strains such as C57BL/6J (B6) experience a self-limiting disease that peaks between one and two weeks post infection, followed by a clearing of the infection and complete recovery. However, the inbred mouse strains C3H/HeJ (C3), C3H/HeOuJ (C3Ou) and FVB/N (FVB) are highly susceptible to C. rodentium infection and develop more severe symptoms of disease leading to high rates of mortality during infection. We have recently demonstrated through a systematic genetics approach that a single locus on proximal chromosome 15 is responsible for the susceptibility of both C3 and C3Ou mice to C. rodentium infection. We have named the locus Citrobacter rodentium infection 1 (Cri1). Here we show that Cri1 also controls susceptibility to C. rodentium in FVB mice, using a targeted method of genotyping to stratify (B6 x FVB)F2 mice according to their genotype at Cri1. Mice that inherit two copies of the resistant B6 allele have 97% cumulative survival at day 30 post-infection, whereas those that inherit one or two copies of Cri1 from the FVB parent have significantly lower rates of survival (35% and 42%, respectively). These results provide evidence for a common genetic cause of fatal infectious colitis in C3, C3Ou and FVB mice following infection with Citrobacter rodentium.
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- 2011
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14. Antibacterial autophagy occurs at PI(3)P-enriched domains of the endoplasmic reticulum and requires Rab1 GTPase
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Huang, Ju, Birmingham, Cheryl L., Shahnazari, Shahab, Shiu, Jessica, Zheng, Yiyu T., Smith, Adam C., Campellone, Kenneth G., Heo, Won Do, Gruenheid, Samantha, Meyer, Tobias, Welch, Matthew D., Ktistakis, Nicholas T., Kim, Peter K., Klionsky, Daniel J, and Brumell, John H.
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Autophagy mediates the degradation of cytoplasmic components in eukaryotic cells and plays a key role in immunity. The mechanism of autophagosome formation is not clear. Here we examined two potential membrane sources for antibacterial autophagy: the ER and mitochondria. DFCP1, a marker of specialized ER domains known as ‘omegasomes,’ associated with Salmonella-containing autophagosomes via its PtdIns(3)P and ER-binding domains, while a mitochondrial marker (cytochrome b5-GFP) did not. Rab1 also localized to autophagosomes, and its activity was required for autophagosome formation, clearance of protein aggregates and peroxisomes, and autophagy of Salmonella. Overexpression of Rab1 enhanced antibacterial autophagy. The role of Rab1 in antibacterial autophagy was independent of its role in ER-to-Golgi transport. Our data suggest that antibacterial autophagy occurs at omegasomes and reveal that the Rab1 GTPase plays a crucial role in mammalian autophagy.
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- 2011
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15. The bacterial virulence factor NleA's involvement in intestinal tight junction disruption during Enteropathogenic E. coliinfection is independent of its putative PDZ binding domain
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Thanabalasuriar, Ajitha, Koutsouris, Athanasia, Hecht, Gail, and Gruenheid, Samantha
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli(EPEC) is an enteric pathogen able to cause severe diarrhea. Once adhered to the small intestine, EPEC disrupts tight junctions that are important for intestinal barrier function. This disruption is dependent on the bacterial type III secretion system, as well as the translocated effectors EspF and Map. Recently we have shown that a third type III translocated bacterial effector protein, NleA, is also involved in tight junction disruption during EPEC infection. NleA has a predicted PDZ-binding domain at its C-terminus which is proposed to be involved in protein interactions with PDZ domain containing proteins. Since several PDZ-domain-containing proteins localize to tight junctions, we hypothesized that the PDZ-binding domain of NleA might be important for its role in tight junction disruption. However, here we show that a molecular variant of NleA lacking the PDZ-binding domain behaves indistinguishably from the wild-type protein with respect to disruption of tight junctions.
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- 2010
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16. Regulation of Type III Secretion Hierarchy of Translocators and Effectors in Attaching and Effacing Bacterial Pathogens
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Deng, Wanyin, Li, Yuling, Hardwidge, Philip R., Frey, Elizabeth A., Pfuetzner, Richard A., Lee, Sansan, Gruenheid, Samantha, Strynakda, Natalie C. J., Puente, Jose L., and Finlay, B. Brett
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Human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), and the mouse pathogen Citrobacter rodentium (CR) belong to the family of attaching and effacing (A/E) bacterial pathogens. They possess the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island, which encodes a type III secretion system. These pathogens secrete a number of proteins into culture media, including type III effector proteins and translocators that are required for the translocation of effectors into host cells. Preliminary evidence indicated that the LEE-encoded SepL and Rorf6/SepD may form a molecular switch that controls the secretion of translocators and effectors in CR. Here, we show that SepL and SepD indeed perform this function in A/E pathogens such as EHEC and EPEC. Their sepL and sepD mutants do not secrete translocators but exhibit enhanced secretion of effectors. We demonstrate that SepL and SepD interact with each other and that both SepL and SepD are localized to the bacterial membranes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that culture media influence the type III secretion profile of EHEC, EPEC, and CR and that low-calcium concentrations inhibit secretion of translocators but promote the secretion of effectors, similar to effects on type III secretion by mutations in sepL and sepD. However, the secretion profile of the sepD and sepL mutants is not affected by these culture conditions. Collectively, our results suggest that SepL and SepD not only are necessary for efficient translocator secretion in A/E pathogens but also control a switch from translocator to effector secretion by sensing certain environmental signals such as low calcium.
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17. Regulation of Type III Secretion Hierarchy of Translocators and Effectors in Attaching and Effacing Bacterial Pathogens
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Deng, Wanyin, Li, Yuling, Hardwidge, Philip R., Frey, Elizabeth A., Pfuetzner, Richard A., Lee, Sansan, Gruenheid, Samantha, Strynakda, Natalie C. J., Puente, Jose L., and Finlay, B. Brett
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ABSTRACTHuman enteropathogenic Escherichia coli(EPEC), enterohemorrhagic E. coli(EHEC), and the mouse pathogen Citrobacter rodentium(CR) belong to the family of attaching and effacing (A/E) bacterial pathogens. They possess the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island, which encodes a type III secretion system. These pathogens secrete a number of proteins into culture media, including type III effector proteins and translocators that are required for the translocation of effectors into host cells. Preliminary evidence indicated that the LEE-encoded SepL and Rorf6/SepD may form a molecular switch that controls the secretion of translocators and effectors in CR. Here, we show that SepL and SepD indeed perform this function in A/E pathogens such as EHEC and EPEC. Their sepLand sepDmutants do not secrete translocators but exhibit enhanced secretion of effectors. We demonstrate that SepL and SepD interact with each other and that both SepL and SepD are localized to the bacterial membranes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that culture media influence the type III secretion profile of EHEC, EPEC, and CR and that low-calcium concentrations inhibit secretion of translocators but promote the secretion of effectors, similar to effects on type III secretion by mutations in sepLand sepD. However, the secretion profile of the sepDand sepLmutants is not affected by these culture conditions. Collectively, our results suggest that SepL and SepD not only are necessary for efficient translocator secretion in A/E pathogens but also control a switch from translocator to effector secretion by sensing certain environmental signals such as low calcium.
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18. Iron transporter Nramp2/DMT-1 is associated with the membrane of phagosomes in macrophages and Sertoli cells
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Jabado, Nada, Canonne-Hergaux, François, Gruenheid, Samantha, Picard, Virgine, and Gros, Philippe
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Nramp2 (DMT1) is a pH-dependent divalent cation transporter that acts as the transferrin-independent iron uptake system at the intestinal brush border and also transports iron released from transferrin across the membrane of acidified endosomes. In this study, RAW264.7 macrophages and 2 independently derived murine Sertoli cells lines, TM4 and 15P-1, were used to further study the subcellular localization of Nramp2/DMT1 in phagocytic cells, including possible recruitment to the phagosomal membrane. Nramp2/DMT1 was localized primarily to the EEA1-positive recycling endosome compartment, with some overlapping staining with Lamp1-positive late endosomes. After phagocytosis, immunofluorescence analysis and in vitro biochemical studies using purified latex bead-containing phagosomes indicated Nramp2/DMT1 recruitment to the membrane of Lamp1, cathepsin D, and rab7-positive phagosomes. Nramp2/DMT1 was also found associated with erythrocyte-containing phagosomes in RAW macrophages and with the periphery of sperm-containing phagosomes in Sertoli cells. These results suggest that, as for the macrophage-specific Nramp1 protein, Nramp2/DMT1 may transport divalent metals from the phagosomal space.
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19. Iron transporter Nramp2/DMT-1 is associated with the membrane of phagosomes in macrophages and Sertoli cells
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Jabado, Nada, Canonne-Hergaux, François, Gruenheid, Samantha, Picard, Virgine, and Gros, Philippe
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Nramp2 (DMT1) is a pH-dependent divalent cation transporter that acts as the transferrin-independent iron uptake system at the intestinal brush border and also transports iron released from transferrin across the membrane of acidified endosomes. In this study, RAW264.7 macrophages and 2 independently derived murine Sertoli cells lines, TM4 and 15P-1, were used to further study the subcellular localization of Nramp2/DMT1 in phagocytic cells, including possible recruitment to the phagosomal membrane. Nramp2/DMT1 was localized primarily to the EEA1-positive recycling endosome compartment, with some overlapping staining with Lamp1-positive late endosomes. After phagocytosis, immunofluorescence analysis and in vitro biochemical studies using purified latex bead-containing phagosomes indicated Nramp2/DMT1 recruitment to the membrane of Lamp1, cathepsin D, and rab7-positive phagosomes. Nramp2/DMT1 was also found associated with erythrocyte-containing phagosomes in RAW macrophages and with the periphery of sperm-containing phagosomes in Sertoli cells. These results suggest that, as for the macrophage-specific Nramp1 protein, Nramp2/DMT1 may transport divalent metals from the phagosomal space.
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20. The Iron Transport Protein NRAMP2 Is an Integral Membrane Glycoprotein That Colocalizes with Transferrin in Recycling Endosomes
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Gruenheid, Samantha, Canonne-Hergaux, François, Gauthier, Susan, Hackam, David J., Grinstein, Sergio, and Gros, Philippe
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The natural resistance associated macrophage protein (Nramp) gene family is composed of two members in mammals, Nramp1 and Nramp2. Nramp1 is expressed primarily in macrophages and mutations at this locus cause susceptibility to infectious diseases. Nramp2 has a much broader range of tissue expression and mutations at Nramp2 result in iron deficiency, indicating a role for Nramp2 in iron metabolism. To get further insight into the function and mechanism of action of Nramp proteins, we have generated isoform specific anti-Nramp1 and anti-Nramp2 antisera. Immunoblotting experiments indicate that Nramp2 is present in a number of cell types, including hemopoietic precursors, and is coexpressed with Nramp1 in primary macrophages and macrophage cell lines. Nramp2 is expressed as a 90–100-kD integral membrane protein extensively modified by glycosylation (>40% of molecular mass). Subcellular localization studies by immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy indicate distinct and nonoverlapping localization for Nramp1 and Nramp2. Nramp1 is expressed in the lysosomal compartment, whereas Nramp2 is not detectable in the lysosomes but is expressed primarily in recycling endosomes and also, to a lower extent, at the plasma membrane, colocalizing with transferrin. These findings suggest that Nramp2 plays a key role in the metabolism of transferrin-bound iron by transporting free Fe2+ across the endosomal membrane and into the cytoplasm.
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21. Functional Complementation of the Yeast Divalent Cation Transporter Family SMFby NRAMP2, a Member of the Mammalian Natural Resistance-associated Macrophage Protein Family*
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Pinner, Elhanan, Gruenheid, Samantha, Raymond, Martine, and Gros, Philippe
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The mammalian NRAMPgene family has two members, NRAMP1and NRAMP2that encode integral membrane proteins. Nramp1 is expressed exclusively in macrophages where it is found in the phagosomal membrane, andNRAMP1mutations cause susceptibility to infection by abrogating the capacity of macrophages to control intracellular microbial replication. Nramp2 is highly similar to Nramp1, but is expressed in several tissues and cell types. The Nramp protein family is remarkably conserved throughout evolution, and recent data suggest that the mammalian Nramp2 and the yeast homologues Smf1 and Smf2 transport divalent cations. We tested whether structural similarity between the mammalian Nramp and the yeast Smf proteins results in functional complementation in yeast. Wild-type and mutant variants of the Nramp1 and Nramp2 proteins were expressed in a yeast mutant bearing null alleles at the SMF1and SMF2loci, and complementation of the phenotypes of this yeast mutant was investigated. Nramp2, but not Nramp1, was found to complement hypersensitivity to EGTA of the smf1/smf2mutant under oxidative stress conditions (methyl viologen). We also observed that the smf1/smf2double mutant is hypersensitive to growth at alkaline pH (pH 7.9) and that Nramp2 could complement this phenotype as well. Complementation by Nramp2 was specific and required a functional protein as independent mutations in residues highly conserved in all members of the Nramp family abrogated Nramp2 complementation. Since Mn2+was the only divalent cation capable of completely suppressing both the EGTA and pH phenotypes, our results suggest that Nramp2 can transport Mn2+in yeast.
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- 1997
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22. Host Resistance to Intracellular Infection: Mutation of Natural Resistance-associated Macrophage Protein 1 (Nramp1) Impairs Phagosomal Acidification
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Hackam, David J., Rotstein, Ori D., Zhang, Wei-jian, Gruenheid, Samantha, Gros, Philippe, and Grinstein, Sergio
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The mechanisms underlying the survival of intracellular parasites such as mycobacteria in host macrophages remain poorly understood. In mice, mutations at the Nramp1 gene (for natural resistance-associated macrophage protein), cause susceptibility to mycobacterial infections. Nramp1 encodes an integral membrane protein that is recruited to the phagosome membrane in infected macrophages. In this study, we used microfluorescence ratio imaging of macrophages from wild-type and Nramp1 mutant mice to analyze the effect of loss of Nramp1 function on the properties of phagosomes containing inert particles or live mycobacteria. The pH of phagosomes containing live Mycobacterium bovis was significantly more acidic in Nramp1- expressing macrophages than in mutant cells (pH 5.5 ± 0.06 versus pH 6.6 ± 0.05, respectively; P <0.005). The enhanced acidification could not be accounted for by differences in proton consumption during dismutation of superoxide, phagosomal buffering power, counterion conductance, or in the rate of proton “leak”, as these were found to be comparable in wild-type and Nramp1-deficient macrophages. Rather, after ingestion of live mycobacteria, Nramp1-expressing cells exhibited increased concanamycin-sensitive H+ pumping across the phagosomal membrane. This was associated with an enhanced ability of phagosomes to fuse with vacuolar-type ATPase–containing late endosomes and/or lysosomes. This effect was restricted to live M. bovis and was not seen in phagosomes containing dead M. bovis or latex beads. These data support the notion that Nramp1 affects intracellular mycobacterial replication by modulating phagosomal pH, suggesting that Nramp1 plays a central role in this process.
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23. Natural Resistance to Infection with Intracellular Pathogens: The Nramp1 Protein Is Recruited to the Membrane of the Phagosome
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Gruenheid, Samantha, Pinner, Elhanan, Desjardins, Michel, and Gros, Philippe
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The Nramp1 (natural-resistance-associated macrophage protein 1) locus (Bcg, Ity, Lsh) controls the innate resistance or susceptibility of mice to infection with a group of unrelated intracellular parasites which includes Salmonella, Leishmania, and Mycobacterium. Nramp1 is expressed exclusively in professional phagocytes and encodes an integral membrane protein that shares structural characteristics with ion channels and transporters. Its function and mechanism of action remain unknown. The intracellular localization of the Nramp1 protein was analyzed in control 129/sv and mutant Nramp1−/− macrophages by immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy and by biochemical fractionation. In colocalization studies with a specific anti-Nramp1 antiserum and a panel of control antibodies directed against known cellular structures, Nramp1 was found not to be expressed at the plasma membrane but rather localized to the late endocytic compartments (late endosome/lysosome) of resting macrophages in a Lamp1 (lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1)-positive compartment. Double immunofluorescence studies and direct purification of latex bead–containing phagosomes demonstrated that upon phagocytosis, Nramp1 is recruited to the membrane of the phagosome and remains associated with this structure during its maturation to phagolysosome. After phagocytosis, Nramp1 is acquired by the phagosomal membrane with time kinetics similar to Lamp1, but clearly distinct from those of the early endosomal marker Rab5. The targeting of Nramp1 from endocytic vesicles to the phagosomal membrane supports the hypothesis that Nramp1 controls the replication of intracellular parasites by altering the intravacuolar environment of the microbe-containing phagosome.
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- 1997
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24. Characterization of the intestinal microbiota during Citrobacter rodentiuminfection in a mouse model of infection-triggered Parkinson’s disease
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Cannon, Tyler, Sinha, Anshul, Trudeau, Louis-Eric, Maurice, Corinne F., and Gruenheid, Samantha
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ABSTRACTParkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that has been shown to be influenced by the intestinal milieu. The gut microbiota is altered in PD patients, and murine studies have begun suggesting a causative role for the gut microbiota in progression of PD. We have previously shown that repeated infection with the intestinal murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentiumresulted in the development of PD-like pathology in Pink1−/-mice compared to wild-type littermates. This addendum aims to expand this work by characterizing the gut microbiota during C. rodentiuminfection in our Pink1−/-PD model. We observed little disturbance to the fecal microbiota diversity both between infection timepoints and between Pink1−/-and wild-type control littermates. However, the level of short-chain fatty acids appeared to be altered over the course of infection with butyric acid significantly increasing in Pink1−/-mice and isobutyric acid increasing in wild-type mice.
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25. MicroRNA-9 Fine-Tunes Dendritic Cell Function by Suppressing Negative Regulators in a Cell-Type-Specific Manner
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Cordeiro, Brendan, Jeon, Peter, Boukhaled, Giselle M., Corrado, Mario, Lapohos, Orsolya, Roy, Dominic G., Williams, Kelsey, Jones, Russell G., Gruenheid, Samantha, Sagan, Selena M., and Krawczyk, Connie M.
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Dendritic cells, cells of the innate immune system, are found in a steady state poised to respond to activating stimuli. Once stimulated, they rapidly undergo dynamic changes in gene expression to adopt an activated phenotype capable of stimulating immune responses. We find that the microRNA miR-9 is upregulated in both bone marrow-derived DCs and conventional DC1s but not in conventional DC2s following stimulation. miR-9 expression in BMDCs and conventional DC1s promotes enhanced DC activation and function, including the ability to stimulate T cell activation and control tumor growth. We find that miR-9 regulated the expression of several negative regulators of transcription, including the transcriptional repressor Polycomb group factor 6 (Pcgf6). These findings demonstrate that miR-9 facilitates the transition of DCs from steady state to mature state by regulating the expression of several negative regulators of DC function in a cell-type-specific manner.
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26. Systematic Analysis of Two-Component Systems in Citrobacter rodentiumReveals Positive and Negative Roles in Virulence
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Thomassin, Jenny-Lee, Leclerc, Jean-Mathieu, Giannakopoulou, Natalia, Zhu, Lei, Salmon, Kristiana, Portt, Andrea, Daigle, France, Le Moual, Hervé, and Gruenheid, Samantha
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ABSTRACTCitrobacter rodentiumis a murine pathogen used to model intestinal infections caused by the human diarrheal pathogens enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. During infection, bacteria use two-component systems (TCSs) to detect changing environmental cues within the host, allowing for rapid adaptation by altering the expression of specific genes. In this study, 26 TCSs were identified in C. rodentium, and quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis showed that they are all expressed during murine infection. These TCSs were individually deleted, and the in vitroand in vivoeffects were analyzed to determine the functional consequences. In vitroanalyses only revealed minor differences, and surprisingly, type III secretion (T3S) was only affected in the ΔarcAstrain. Murine infections identified 7 mutants with either attenuated or increased virulence. In agreement with the in vitroT3S assay, the ΔarcAstrain was attenuated and defective in colonization and cell adherence. The ΔrcsBstrain was among the most highly attenuated strains. The decrease in virulence of this strain may be associated with changes to the cell surface, as Congo red binding was altered, and qPCR revealed that expression of the wcaAgene, which has been implicated in colanic acid production in other bacteria, was drastically downregulated. The ΔuvrYstrain exhibited increased virulence compared to the wild type, which was associated with a significant increase in bacterial burden within the mesenteric lymph nodes. The systematic analysis of virulence-associated TCSs and investigation of their functions during infection may open new avenues for drug development.
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