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Epithelial Cell Infection Analyses with Shigella
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在活体中对可用氧气的反应中调节Shigella毒性
Benoit Marteyn1, Nicholas P West, Douglas F Browning
1Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Department of Microbiology, Flowers Building, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Nature
|May 4, 2010
概括
细菌Shigella flexneri使用氧气水平来控制它们的毒性. 在氧气不足的情况下,它们通过延长分泌针来准备入侵,但减少了效应器释放,增强了肠壁附近的入侵.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 细菌病原体的产生
- 宿主-病原体相互作用
背景情况:
- 细菌根据宿主微环境协调毒性因子表达.
- 菌 (Shigella flexneri) 引起痢疾,并依赖其三型分泌系统 (T3SS) 进行入侵和毒性.
- 胃肠道中的氧气水平会影响细菌的行为.
研究的目的:
- 研究氧气度如何影响Shigella flexneri的第三类分泌系统 (T3SS) 活动.
- 阐明控制T3SS功能以应对不同氧气水平的调节机制.
- 了解氧气在介导宿主胃肠道内的Shigella入侵和毒性中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在不同氧气条件下的细菌基因表达的分析 (无氧与相对氧化).
- 调查FNR (酸盐和酸盐减少) 调节器在控制毒性基因转录中的作用.
- 检查氧介导调节对T3SS针延伸和效应器分泌 (Ipa) 的影响.
主要成果:
- 肠道光线的无氧条件主要是通过延伸T3SS针来侵入Shigella,但通过FNR介导的spa32和spa33.3的控制来抑制Ipa效应器分泌.
- 在胃肠道粘膜附近的一个相对氧化的区域逆转了Ipa分泌的无氧阻断.
- 这种氧度梯度允许在宿主细胞接触地点精确地激活T3SS,增强入侵和毒性.
结论:
- 氧气度是一个关键的环境提示调节Shigella flexneri毒性.
- 该FNR调节器在将无氧代谢与T3SS调节联系起关键作用.
- 胃肠道内的不同氧气水平有助于有针对性的细菌入侵和致病.
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