Typhoid toxin of Salmonella Typhi elicits host antimicrobial response during acute typhoid fever
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ABSTRACT: Salmonella Typhi secretes typhoid toxin that activates cellular DNA damage responses (DDR) during acute typhoid fever. Human infection challenge studies revealed that the toxin suppresses bacteraemia via unknown mechanisms. By applying proteomics to the plasma of bacteraemic participants, we identified that wild-type toxigenic Salmonella induced release of lysozyme (LYZ) and apolipoprotein C3 (APOC3). LYZ and APOC3 were expressed and secreted in cultured cells treated with purified typhoid toxin or infected with toxigenic Salmonella. Toxin-induced LYZ and APOC3 were dependent upon DDRs and could be inhibited by targeting kinases ATM and ATR. LYZ caused loss of Salmonella morphology characterised by spheroplast formation. Spheroplast formation was mediated by LYZ with EDTA or lactoferrin, which was identified by proteomics in participants with typhoid fever. LYZ alone inhibited secretion of T3SS virulence effector proteins SipB and SopE. Our findings indicate that toxin-induced DDRs elicit antimicrobial responses, which suppress Salmonella bacteraemia during typhoid fever.
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ORGANISM(S):  Homo Sapiens (human) 
TISSUE(S):  Blood Plasma 
DISEASE(S): Typhoid Fever
SUBMITTER: 
Mark Collins   
LAB HEAD:  Mark Collins
PROVIDER: PXD058381 | Pride | 2025-10-28 
REPOSITORIES:  Pride
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