Journal article
RtsA coordinately regulates DsbA and the Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 type III secretion system
Journal of bacteriology, Vol.186(1), pp.68-79
01/2004
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.1.68-79.2004
PMCID: PMC303435
PMID: 14679226
Abstract
Salmonella serovars cause a wide variety of diseases ranging from mild gastroenteritis to life-threatening systemic infections. An important step in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection is the invasion of nonphagocytic epithelial cells, mediated by a type III secretion system (TTSS) encoded on Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1). The SPI1 TTSS forms a needle complex through which effector proteins are injected into the cytosol of host cells, where they promote actin rearrangement and engulfment of the bacteria. We previously identified the Salmonella-specific regulatory protein RtsA, which induces expression of hilA and, thus, the SPI1 genes. Here we show that the hilA regulators RtsA, HilD, and HilC can each induce transcription of dsbA, which encodes a periplasmic disulfide bond isomerase. RtsA induces expression of dsbA independent of either the SPI1 TTSS or the only known regulator of dsbA, the CpxRA two-component system. We show that DsbA is required for both the SPI1 and SPI2 TTSS to translocate effector proteins into the cytosol of host cells. DsbA is also required for survival during the systemic stages of infection. We also present evidence that production of SPI1 effector proteins is coupled to assembly of the TTSS. This feedback regulation is mediated at either the transcriptional or posttranscriptional level, depending on the particular effector. Loss of DsbA leads to feedback inhibition, which is consistent with the hypothesis that disulfide bond formation plays a role in TTSS assembly or function.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- RtsA coordinately regulates DsbA and the Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 type III secretion system
- Creators
- Craig D Ellermeier - Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USAJames M Slauch
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of bacteriology, Vol.186(1), pp.68-79
- DOI
- 10.1128/JB.186.1.68-79.2004
- PMID
- 14679226
- PMCID
- PMC303435
- NLM abbreviation
- J Bacteriol
- ISSN
- 0021-9193
- eISSN
- 1098-5530
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Record Identifier
- 9984083828302771
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