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The obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi differentiates into a developmentally distinct extracellular state

ABSTRACT: Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ot) is an obligate intracellular bacterium in the family Rickettsiaceae that causes scrub typhus, a severe mite-borne human disease. Ot is unusual amongst Rickettsiaceae in budding out of infected cells in a process resembling that used by enveloped viruses. Here, we show that Ot bacteria that have budded out of host cells are in a distinct developmental stage compared with intracellular bacteria. We refer to these two stages as intracellular and extracellular bacteria (IB and EB, respectively). These two forms differ in physical properties: IB is elongated, and EB is round. Additionally, IB has higher levels of peptidoglycan and is physically robust compared with EB. The two bacterial forms differentially express proteins involved in bacterial physiology and host-pathogen interactions, specifically those involved in bacterial dormancy and stress response, secreted bacterial effectors, and outer membrane autotransporter proteins ScaA and ScaC. Whilst both populations are infectious, entry of IB Ot is sensitive to inhibitors of both clathrin-mediated endocytosis and micropinocytosis, whereas entry of EB Ot is only sensitive to a micropinocytosis inhibitor. Our identification and detailed characterization of two developmental forms of Ot significantly advances our understanding of the intracellular lifecycle of an important human pathogen.

ORGANISM(S): Orientia Tsutsugamushi

SUBMITTER: Jeanne Salje

PROVIDER: PXD028218 | JPOST Repository | Wed May 11 00:00:00 BST 2022

REPOSITORIES: jPOST

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The obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi differentiates into a developmentally distinct extracellular state.

Atwal Sharanjeet S Wongsantichon Jantana J Giengkam Suparat S Saharat Kittirat K Pittayasathornthun Yanin Jaiyen YJ Chuenklin Suthida S Wang Loo Chien LC Chung Taerin T Huh Hyun H Lee Sang-Hyuk SH Sobota Radoslaw M RM Salje Jeanne J

Nature communications 20220623 1

Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ot) is an obligate intracellular bacterium in the family Rickettsiaceae that causes scrub typhus, a severe mite-borne human disease. Its mechanism of cell exit is unusual amongst Rickettsiaceae, as Ot buds off the surface of infected cells enveloped in plasma membrane. Here, we show that Ot bacteria that have budded out of host cells are in a distinct developmental stage compared with intracellular bacteria. We refer to these two stages as intracellular and extracellular ...[more]

PMID: 35739103

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The obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi differentiates into a developmentally distinct extracellular state

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