TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification and characterization of NleI, a new non-LEE-encoded effector of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
AU - Li, Mo
AU - Rosenshine, Ilan
AU - Yu, Hong Bing
AU - Nadler, Chen
AU - Mills, Erez
AU - Hew, Choy Leong
AU - Leung, Ka Yin
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the National University of Singapore and Israeli Academy of Science and Humanities for providing research grants for this work. We extend our thanks to B.B. Finlay for providing us with CR strain DBS100, plasmid pRE112, anti-Tir monoclonal antibody, and the use of microscope facility, to W. Deng, V.A. Garcia-Angulo and J.L. Puente for scientific discussion, and to P. Tang and S. Joshi for critical reading of the manuscript.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), a major gastrointestinal pathogen, causes infantile diarrhea in many developing countries. EPEC is an attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogen that utilizes a LEE-encoded type III secretion system (TTSS) to deliver effector proteins into host cells. These effectors have been identified as potential virulence factors in A/E pathogens including EPEC, enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and Citrobacter rodentium (CR). We used a proteomics approach to identify a new non-LEE-encoded effector, NleI, from the EPEC sepL and sepD mutants. The nleI gene, located in a prophage-associated island with nleBCD, is also present in EHEC and CR but not in E. coli K-12. In EPEC, the transcription of nleI was increased upon sepD inactivation but remained unaffected in ler and sepL mutants. We demonstrated that NleI is secreted and translocated into HeLa cells in a TTSS-dependent manner and that the CesT chaperone is required for efficient NleI translocation. Nevertheless, under overexpression conditions, the first 20 amino acids of NleI are sufficient to support both secretion and translocation. After translocation, NleI can be detected in the cytoplasmic and membrane of HeLa cells.
AB - Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), a major gastrointestinal pathogen, causes infantile diarrhea in many developing countries. EPEC is an attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogen that utilizes a LEE-encoded type III secretion system (TTSS) to deliver effector proteins into host cells. These effectors have been identified as potential virulence factors in A/E pathogens including EPEC, enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and Citrobacter rodentium (CR). We used a proteomics approach to identify a new non-LEE-encoded effector, NleI, from the EPEC sepL and sepD mutants. The nleI gene, located in a prophage-associated island with nleBCD, is also present in EHEC and CR but not in E. coli K-12. In EPEC, the transcription of nleI was increased upon sepD inactivation but remained unaffected in ler and sepL mutants. We demonstrated that NleI is secreted and translocated into HeLa cells in a TTSS-dependent manner and that the CesT chaperone is required for efficient NleI translocation. Nevertheless, under overexpression conditions, the first 20 amino acids of NleI are sufficient to support both secretion and translocation. After translocation, NleI can be detected in the cytoplasmic and membrane of HeLa cells.
KW - Effector
KW - Enteropathogenic E. coli
KW - NleI
KW - Protein translocation
KW - Proteomics
KW - Type III secretion system
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U2 - 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.09.006
M3 - 文章
C2 - 17097322
AN - SCOPUS:33845395048
SN - 1286-4579
VL - 8
SP - 2890
EP - 2898
JO - Microbes and Infection
JF - Microbes and Infection
IS - 14-15
ER -
