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Yue Xu1, Ping Zhou2, Sen Cheng3
1College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100094 Beijing, China; National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, 102206 Beijing, China.
Cell
|July 23, 2019
Resumen
Los investigadores descubrieron que la Salmonella
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular
- Microbiología
- Inmunología
Sus antecedentes:
- La autofagia, específicamente la xenofagia, es un mecanismo crucial de defensa del huésped contra las bacterias intracelulares.
- Las vías precisas de iniciación de la xenofagia siguen siendo incompletamente entendidas.
- Los patógenos bacterianos han desarrollado estrategias para evadir las respuestas inmunes del huésped, incluida la autofagia.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para identificar los factores bacterianos que inhiben la xenofagia.
- Para aclarar el mecanismo de acogida involucrado en la iniciación de la xenofagia.
- Para entender cómo los efectores bacterianos interfieren con los mecanismos de defensa del huésped.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó una prueba de transposón bacteriana para identificar los efectores de Salmonella que bloquean la xenofagia.
- Se utilizó el cribado CRISPR para identificar los factores del huésped esenciales para la xenofagia.
- Se emplearon ensayos bioquímicos y mutaciones genéticas para investigar las interacciones de las proteínas y los dominios funcionales.
Principales resultados:
- SopF, un efector del sistema de secreción de tipo III (T3SS), fue identificado como un potente inhibidor de la xenofagia por Salmonella.
- Se descubrió que el complejo V-ATPasa y ATG16L1 del huésped media el inicio de la xenofagia en el daño vacuolar.
- SopF bloquea la xenofagia mediante la ADP-ribosilación de Gln124 de ATP6V0C en la V-ATPasa, impidiendo el reclutamiento de ATG16L1.
Conclusiones:
- El eje V-ATPase-ATG16L1 es crítico para el reconocimiento autofágico de patógenos intracelulares.
- El efector SopF de Salmonella inhibe la xenofagia al dirigirse a este eje del huésped, promoviendo la proliferación bacteriana.
- Este estudio revela un nuevo mecanismo de evasión inmune bacteriana y una vía clave en la defensa del huésped.
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