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Intrabacterial Regulation of a Cytotoxic Effector by Its Cognate Metaeffector Promotes Legionella pneumophila Virulence

嗜肺军团菌 效应器 生物 毒力 微生物学 分泌物 军团菌 细胞内寄生虫 细胞内 细胞生物学 细菌 基因 遗传学 生物化学
作者
Deepika Chauhan,Ashley M. Joseph,Stephanie R. Shames
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期刊:mSphere [American Society for Microbiology]
卷期号:8 (1) 被引量:3
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DOI:10.1128/msphere.00552-22
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Legionella pneumophila is a natural pathogen of unicellular protozoa that can opportunistically infect macrophages and cause Legionnaires' Disease. Intracellular replication is driven by hundreds of bacterial effector proteins that are translocated into infected host cells by a Dot/Icm type IV secretion system. L. pneumophila effectors are temporally regulated in part by a unique family of translocated regulatory effectors, termed metaeffectors, which bind and modulate the function of a cognate effector in host cells. Regulation of the cytotoxic effector SidI by its cognate metaeffector, MesI, is critical for L. pneumophila virulence in natural and opportunistic hosts. MesI binds and negatively regulates SidI activity in vitro, but how impaired regulation of SidI impairs L. pneumophila intracellular replication is unclear. Using a chromosomally encoded inducible expression system, we found that SidI was toxic to L. pneumophila when uncoupled from MesI. SidI enzymatic activity was required for intrabacterial toxicity since L. pneumophila growth was unaffected by induced expression of a catalytically inactive sidI allele. We also found that MesI translocation into host cells was dispensable for intracellular replication and that MesI-deficient bacteria were rapidly degraded within host cells. These data suggest that MesI promotes L. pneumophila intracellular replication by regulating SidI within the bacterium and reveal a unique role for intrabacterial effector regulation by a translocated metaeffector in L. pneumophila virulence. IMPORTANCE Legionella pneumophila replicates within phagocytic host cells using hundreds of effector protein virulence factors, which canonically subvert the function of host proteins and pathways. L. pneumophila encodes a unique family of translocated effectors called metaeffectors, which bind and regulate the function of a cognate effector in host cells. The metaeffector MesI promotes L. pneumophila virulence by regulating the cytotoxic effector SidI; however, the MesI regulatory mechanism is poorly understood. We discovered a unique intrabacterial role for MesI in L. pneumophila virulence. When uncoupled from MesI, SidI was toxic to L. pneumophila in vitro and triggered robust bacterial degradation in host cells. Furthermore, translocation of MesI was dispensable for intracellular replication, demonstrating that intrabacterial regulation of SidI contributes to L. pneumophila virulence. These data show a novel and important role for translocated effector activity within the bacterium, which challenges the dogma that L. pneumophila effectors function exclusively within host cells.
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