期刊
出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04060.x
关键词
EPEC; EspF; SNX9; tight junction
资金
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK058964-07, R01 DK050694, R01 DK058964, R01 DK058964-08, P01 DK067887-03, R01 DK050694-12, P01 DK067887] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [R01DK050694, R01DK058964, P01DK067887] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) are a leading cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries, resulting in millions of deaths each year. EPEC secrete virulence factors, also called effectors, directly into host intestinal epithelial cells via type three secretion systems. Secreted effectors then affect host signaling pathways to induce several phenotypes, which ultimately lead to disease. Among the over 20 secreted effectors is E. coli secreted protein F (EspF), a 206 amino acid protein believed to be central to EPEC pathogenesis, as it disrupts tight junction structure and function. Although the mechanism by which this occurs is unknown, EspF has recently been found to contain several protein-protein interaction domains that may be involved. We have shown EspF to interact with the endocytic regulators sorting nexin 9 (SNX9) and N-WASP via nonexclusive binding sites. These interactions induce actin polymerization ill vitro, and interaction with SNX9 alters its endocytic activity, as EspF induces the formation of tubular vesicles in a manner dependent upon its interaction with SNX9. EspF, therefore, appears to hijack endocytic regulation via SNX9 and possibly N-WASP interaction, to affect an as yet unidentified pathogenic phenotype.
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