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Salmonella effector SopB reorganizes cytoskeletal vimentin to maintain replication vacuoles for efficient infection

ABSTRACT: Subversion of the host cytoskeleton is a critical virulence mechanism used by a variety of intracellular bacterial pathogens during their infectious life cycles. Growing evidence suggests that the tactics employed by pathogens are surprisingly diverse. Using proteomic and biochemical methods, we demonstrate that the S. Tm type III effector protein SopB potently interacts specifically with host cell IFs vimentin. After host cell entry, Salmonella replicates in Salmonella containing vacuoles (SCVs), which accumulate a dense meshwork of vimentin through the Salmonella SPI-1 type III secretion effector SopB. We also demonstrate an important role for SopB-vimentin interaction, in the cellular responses including pro-inflammatory cytokine production induced by Salmonella. Vimentin interacts with the N-terminus of the S. Tm T3SS effector protein SopB. Vimentin and its interaction with SopB are dispensable for S. Tm invasion, but are required for stable formation of SCVs which are essential for bacteria replication. Moreover, SopB lacking of N-terminus cdc42-binding domain loses the interaction with vimentin, suggesting that the small GTPase is critical in SopB triggered vimentin recruitment to form integrative SCVs. These findings establish that SCVs integrity of the bacterium specifically requires intermediate filaments vimentin, which is a prerequisite for highly efficient S. Tm replication.

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ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Epithelial Cell, Cell Culture

SUBMITTER: Shuangshuang Zhao