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IpaA targets beta1 integrins and rho to promote actin cytoskeleton rearrangements necessary for Shigella entry
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IpaA targets beta1 integrins and rho to promote actin cytoskeleton rearrangements necessary for Shigella entry

Kris A Demali, April L Jue and Keith Burridge
The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.281(51), pp.39534-39541
12/22/2006
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M605939200
PMID: 17060328
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https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M605939200View
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Abstract

Shigella invasion into the colonic epithelium involves many steps including the formation of large membrane protrusions by the epithelial cells that facilitate bacterial engulfment. IpaA, a Shigella protein secreted into target cells upon cell contact induces a loss of actin stress fibers in cells and promotes the reorganization of actin at the site of entry. The mechanism for this is not known but is thought to involve recruitment of the focal adhesion protein vinculin to IpaA. Here we have examined the mechanism for the effects of IpaA on the actin cytoskeleton. We show that IpaA-induced loss of actin stress fibers and cell rounding do not require vinculin expression or an intact vinculin binding site on IpaA. Rather, we find that cells expressing IpaA exhibited elevated Rho activity and increased myosin light chain phosphorylation. In addition, IpaA decreases integrin affinity for extracellular matrix ligands by interfering with talin recruitment to the integrin cytoplasmic tail. The combination of these two effects, namely weakened adhesion and increased contractility, account for the loss of actin stress fibers and cell rounding observed in cells exposed to IpaA.
Mutation Phosphorylation Green Fluorescent Proteins - metabolism Humans Cytoplasm - metabolism Bacterial Proteins - physiology Vinculin - chemistry Integrin beta1 - metabolism Animals rho GTP-Binding Proteins - metabolism Antigens, Bacterial - physiology Myosin Light Chains - chemistry Actins - chemistry Cytoskeleton - metabolism Bacterial Proteins - metabolism Mice HeLa Cells Antigens, Bacterial - metabolism

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