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. 2012 Aug;14(8):1206-18.
doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01789.x. Epub 2012 Apr 12.

Sec24 interaction is essential for localization and virulence-associated function of the bacterial effector protein NleA

Ajitha Thanabalasuriar  1 , Julien Bergeron, Akira Gillingham, Mark Mimee, Jenny-Lee Thomassin, Nathalie Strynadka, Jinoh Kim, Samantha Gruenheid
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Sec24 interaction is essential for localization and virulence-associated function of the bacterial effector protein NleA

Ajitha Thanabalasuriar et al. Cell Microbiol. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

Enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EPEC and EHEC) are food-borne pathogens that cause severe diarrhoeal disease in humans. Citrobacter rodentium is a related mouse pathogen that serves as a small animal model for EPEC and EHEC infections. EPEC, EHEC and C. rodentium translocate bacterial virulence proteins directly into host cells via a type III secretion system (T3SS). Non-LEE-encoded effector A (NleA) is a T3SS effector that is common to EPEC, EHEC and C. rodentium and is required for bacterial virulence. NleA localizes to the host cell secretory pathway and inhibits vesicle trafficking by interacting with the Sec24 subunit of mammalian coatamer protein II complex (COPII). Mammalian cells express four paralogues of Sec24 (Sec24A-D), which mediate selection of cargo proteins for transport and possess distinct, but overlapping cargo specificities. Here, we show that NleA binds Sec24A-D with two distinct mechanisms. An NleA protein variant with greatly diminished interaction with all Sec24 paralogues does not properly localize, does not inhibit COPII-mediated vesicle budding, and does not confer virulence in the mouse infection model. Together, this work provides strong evidence that the interaction and inhibition of COPII by NleA is an important aspect of EPEC- and EHEC-mediated disease.

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