Desampilación de la pequeña GTPasa Rab1 por el patógeno Legionella pneumophila
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Purification of Pathogen Vacuoles from Legionella-infected Phagocytes
Published on: June 19, 2012
M Ramona Neunuebel1, Yang Chen, Andrew H Gaspar
1Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 18, 2011
Resumen
Legionella pneumophila utiliza el efector SidD para eliminar el AMP de la proteína huésped Rab1. Esta desampilación permite a LepB inactivar Rab1, lo que facilita el aclaramiento del patógeno de las células huésped.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología Microbiología.
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
Sus antecedentes:
- Legionella pneumophila manipula la actividad de la GTPasa Rab1 del huésped para la supervivencia intracelular.
- Rab1 es reclutado para la vacuola que contiene Legionella (LCV) y activado/AMPylated por el efector SidM.
- La proteína activadora de la GTPasa LepB inactiva Rab1, pero se desconoce el mecanismo para eliminar la AMPilación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Aclarar el mecanismo molecular de la inactivación y eliminación de Rab1 de los CVL durante la infección por L. pneumophila.
- Para identificar el efector responsable de la reversión de la ampilación de Rab1.
Principales métodos:
- Investigó la función de la proteína efector de Legionella SidD.
- Utilizó mutantes de L. pneumophila que carecían de SidD.
- Analizó la modificación y localización de Rab1 durante la infección.
Principales resultados:
- Se descubrió que SidD cataliza la liberación de adenosina monofosfato (AMP) de Rab1.
- Se demostró que la desampilación mediada por SidD hace que Rab1 sea susceptible a la inactivación por LepB.
- Se demostró que los mutantes de L. pneumophila que carecen de SidD exhiben defectos en la eliminación de Rab1 de los CVL.
Conclusiones:
- SidD es el efector crucial que vincula la acumulación de Rab1 y la posterior eliminación de los CVL.
- La desampilación mediada por SidD es esencial para la regulación adecuada de la actividad de Rab1 durante la infección por L. pneumophila.
- Se identificó un nuevo mecanismo para la interacción huésped-patógeno que involucra la modificación de proteínas mediada por efectores.
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