在细胞间传播过程中,Shigella flexneri需要一个具有转移能力的孔隙才能从双膜真空中逃脱
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|November 28, 2024
概括
石格拉柔性菌利用其3型分泌系统 (T3SS) 孔蛋白IpaC传递毒性因子,使细菌在宿主细胞之间传播. 这项研究揭示了在传播过程中明显的T3SS调节,这对于逃脱宿主细胞真空非常重要.
科学领域:
- 微生物学和病原发生学
- 细菌细胞生物学 细菌细胞生物学
- 感染的分子机制.
背景情况:
- 3型分泌系统 (T3SSs) 是许多细菌病原体的关键毒性因素,促进了效应蛋白转移到宿主细胞.
- 石格拉柔性菌利用T3SS对宿主细胞进行入侵和细胞间传播,这一过程涉及形成和逃离双膜真空孔 (DMV).
- T3SS的跨孔蛋白IpaC对西格拉病毒毒性至关重要,特别是在逃离DMV时,但其在细胞间传播过程中的确切作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究IpaC在Shigella flexneri细胞间传播期间调解效应体转移中的功能.
- 阐明IpaC促进细菌从双膜真空中 (DMV) 逃逸的机制.
- 了解T3SS激活在细胞间传播和入侵期间的调节.
主要方法:
- 对IpaC突变的遗传分析,以评估它们对孔隙形成和效应器转移的影响.
- 显微镜和生物化学分析观察IpaC插入宿主细胞膜和毛孔复合体的形成.
- 功能性测试以确定IpaC依赖转位对于DMV细菌逃逸的必要性.
主要成果:
- 在细胞间扩散过程中,IpaC被有效地插入宿主血,形成功能性毛孔复合体.
- 这些依赖IpaC的毛孔转移了Shigella flexneri逃离DMV所需的必需的效应器.
- 在扩散期间的T3SS激活与入侵有不同的调节,不需要孔隙形成,允许有针对性的效应器传递.
结论:
- 通过IpaC介导的孔形成和效应体转移对于Shigella flexneri在细胞间传播时逃脱双膜真空是必不可少的.
- 在传播过程中明显的T3SS调节促进了细菌周围和真空膜之间精确的效应器传递.
- 这项研究为细菌细胞间传播的机制和由T3SS.介导的宿主细胞真空逃脱提供了新的见解.
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