scholarly journals A Widespread Bacterial Secretion System with Diverse Substrates

mBio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex S. Grossman ◽  
Terra J. Mauer ◽  
Katrina T. Forest ◽  
Heidi Goodrich-Blair
Keyword(s):  
Secretion System ◽  
Microbial Colonization ◽  
Secreted Proteins ◽  
Surface Conditions ◽  
Immunological Responses ◽  
Colonization Factors ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Bacterial Secretion ◽  
Bacterial Secretion System

The microbial constituency of a host-associated microbiome emerges from a complex physical and chemical interplay of microbial colonization factors, host surface conditions, and host immunological responses. To fill unique niches within a host, bacteria encode surface and secreted proteins that enable interactions with and responses to the host and cooccurring microbes.

scholarly journals Functional Production of a Soluble and Secreted Single-Chain Antibody by a Bacterial Secretion System

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. e97367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiu-Min Cheng ◽  
Shey-Cherng Tzou ◽  
Ya-Han Zhuang ◽  
Chien-Chiao Huang ◽  
Chien-Han Kao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secretion System ◽  
Single Chain ◽  
Single Chain Antibody ◽  
Bacterial Secretion ◽  
Bacterial Secretion System

scholarly journals Soil causes gut microbiota to flourish and total serum IgE levels to decrease in mice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongrui Zhou ◽  
Na Li ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
Honglin Zhang ◽  
Zhimao Bai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Function ◽  
Soil Microbes ◽  
Allergic Diseases ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Secretion System ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Serum Ige ◽  
Bacterial Secretion ◽  
Bacterial Secretion System ◽  
Environmental Microbes

Abstract Background Traditional farm environments provide protection from allergic diseases. In this study, farm environmental factors were classified into three categories: environmental microbes, soil, and organic matter. To explore the impact of soil and environmental microorganisms on gut microbiota and immune function, mice were fed sterilized soil, soil microbes (in lieu of environmental microbes), or non-sterilized soil. Results Metagenomic sequencing results showed that the intake of sterile soil while inhaling a small amount of soil microbes in the air, increased gut microbial diversity and the abundance of type III secretion system (T3SS) genes and decreased total serum IgE levels induced by 2-4-dinitrofluorobenzene. The intake of soil microbes increased the abundance of genes involved in the metabolism of short-chain fatty acids and amino acid biosynthesis. By contrast, the intake of soil increased gut microbial diversity, the abundance of T3SS genes and related infectious elements, and genes associated with the metabolism of short-chain fatty acids and amino acid biosynthesis and decreased serum IgE levels. The immune function was positively and significantly correlated with the bacterial secretion system genes, especially with that of T3SS. Conclusions An important mechanism through which farm environments exert a protective effect against allergic diseases could be by serving as a “prebiotic” promoting the reproduction and growth of some intestinal microorganisms that harbor bacterial secretion system genes, especially those of T3SS, whose abundance was positively and significantly correlated with innate immune function of mice.

scholarly journals SecA—a New Twist in the Tale

2016 ◽  
Vol 199 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Collinson
Keyword(s):  
Secretion System ◽  
Protein Export ◽  
Inner Membrane ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Sec System ◽  
Bacterial Secretion ◽  
Bacterial Secretion System ◽  
Timely Reminder

ABSTRACT A paper published in this issue of the Journal of Bacteriology (D. Huber, M. Jamshad, R. Hanmer, D. Schibich, K. Döring, I. Marcomini, G. Kramer, and B. Bukau, J Bacteriol 199:e0622-16, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00622-16 ) provides us with a timely reminder that all is not as clear as we had previously thought in the general bacterial secretion system. The paper describes a new mode of secretion through the Sec system—“uncoupled cotranslocation”—for the passage of proteins across the bacterial inner membrane and suggests that we might rethink the nature and mechanism of the targeting and transport steps toward protein export.

scholarly journals Bacterial secretion system skews the fate of Legionella-containing vacuoles towards LC3-associated phagocytosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andree Hubber ◽  
Tomoko Kubori ◽  
Cevayir Coban ◽  
Takeshi Matsuzawa ◽  
Michinaga Ogawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secretion System ◽  
Bacterial Secretion ◽  
Bacterial Secretion System

scholarly journals Soil causes gut microbiota to flourish and total serum IgE levels to decrease in mice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongrui Zhou ◽  
Na Li ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
Honglin Zhang ◽  
Zhimao Bai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Function ◽  
Soil Microbes ◽  
Allergic Diseases ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Secretion System ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Serum Ige ◽  
Bacterial Secretion ◽  
Bacterial Secretion System ◽  
Environmental Microbes

AbstractBackgroundTraditional farm environments provide protection from allergic diseases. In this study, farm environmental factors were classified into three categories: environmental microbes, soil, and organic matter. To explore the impact of soil and environmental microorganisms on gut microbiota and immune function, mice were fed sterilized soil, soil microbes (in lieu of environmental microbes), or non-sterilized soil.ResultsMetagenomic sequencing results showed that the intake of sterile soil while inhaling a small amount of soil microbes in the air, increased gut microbial diversity and the abundance of type III secretion system (T3SS) genes and decreased total serum IgE levels induced by 2-4-dinitrofluorobenzene. The intake of soil microbes increased the abundance of genes involved in the metabolism of short-chain fatty acids and amino acid biosynthesis. By contrast, the intake of soil increased gut microbial diversity, the abundance of T3SS genes and related infectious elements, and genes associated with the metabolism of short-chain fatty acids and amino acid biosynthesis and decreased serum IgE levels. The immune function was positively and significantly correlated with the bacterial secretion system genes, especially with that of T3SS.ConclusionsAn important mechanism through which farm environments exert a protective effect against allergic diseases could be by serving as a “prebiotic” promoting the reproduction and growth of some intestinal microorganisms that harbor bacterial secretion system genes, especially those of T3SS, whose abundance was positively and significantly correlated with innate immune function of mice.

scholarly journals Could the Next Antibiotic Emerge from Bacteria?

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
Bichoy Labib
Keyword(s):  
Mechanism Of Action ◽  
Secretion System ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Effector Protein ◽  
Accessory Proteins ◽  
Lethal Effects ◽  
Immunity Protein ◽  
Chaperone Protein ◽  
Bacterial Secretion ◽  
Bacterial Secretion System

An intrinsic bacterial mechanism could play a fundamental role in the future of antibiotics. Using cryo-EM, the structural resolution of the effector protein complexed with its chaperone and other accessory proteins reveals the mechanism of action of type VI bacterial secretion system. The importance of the chaperone protein, used to prime the toxic effector protein, was previously identified. Future research efforts should encompass the immunity protein that may allow bacteria to evade the lethal effects of this mechanism.

scholarly journals Transcriptional Downregulation of a Type III Secretion System under Reducing Conditions in Bordetella pertussis

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masataka Goto ◽  
Tomoko Hanawa ◽  
Akio Abe ◽  
Asaomi Kuwae
Keyword(s):  
Bordetella Pertussis ◽  
Type Iii Secretion ◽  
Type Iii Secretion System ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Secretion System ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Secreted Proteins ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Reducing Conditions

ABSTRACT Bordetella pertussis uses a type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject virulence proteins into host cells. Although the B. pertussis T3SS was presumed to be involved in host colonization, efficient secretion of type III secreted proteins from B. pertussis has not been observed. To investigate the roles of type III secreted proteins during infection, we attempted to optimize culture conditions for the production and secretion of a type III secreted protein, BteA, in B. pertussis. We observed that B. pertussis efficiently secretes BteA in ascorbic acid-depleted (AsA−) medium. When L2 cells, a rat lung epithelial cell line, were infected with B. pertussis cultured in the AsA− medium, BteA-dependent cytotoxicity was observed. We also performed an immunofluorescence assay of L2 cells infected with B. pertussis. Clear fluorescence signals of Bsp22, a needle structure of T3SS, were detected on the bacterial surface of B. pertussis cultured in the AsA− medium. Since ascorbic acid is known as a reducing agent, we cultured B. pertussis in liquid medium containing other reducing agents such as 2-mercaptoethanol and dithioerythritol. Under these reducing conditions, the production of type III secreted proteins was repressed. These results suggest that in B. pertussis, the production and secretion of type III secreted proteins are downregulated under reducing conditions. IMPORTANCE The type III secretion system (T3SS) of Bordetella pertussis forms a needlelike structure that protrudes from the bacterial cell surface. B. pertussis uses a T3SS to translocate virulence proteins called effectors into host cells. The culture conditions for effector production in B. pertussis have not been investigated. We attempted to optimize culture medium compositions for producing and secreting type III secreted proteins. We found that B. pertussis secretes type III secreted proteins in reducing agent-deprived liquid medium and that BteA-secreting B. pertussis provokes cytotoxicity against cultured mammalian cells. These results suggest that redox signaling is involved in the regulation of B. pertussis T3SS.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document