Helicobacter pylori usurps cell polarity to turn the cell surface into a replicative niche.
Helicobacter pylori usurps cell polarity to turn the cell surface into a replicative niche.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1000407
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发表时间:
2009-05
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Amieva MR
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作者:
Tan S;Tompkins LS;Amieva MR
Helicobacter pylori (Hp) intimately interacts with the gastric epithelial surface and translocates the virulence factor CagA into host cells in a contact-dependent manner. To study how Hp benefits from interacting with the cell surface, we developed live-cell microscopy methods to follow the fate of individual bacteria on the cell surface and find that Hp is able to replicate and form microcolonies directly over the intercellular junctions. On polarized epithelia, Hp is able to grow directly on the apical cell surface in conditions that do not support the growth of free-swimming bacteria. In contrast, mutants in CagA delivery are defective in colonization of the apical cell surface. Hp perturbs the polarized epithelium in a highly localized manner, since wild-type Hp does not rescue the growth defect of the CagA-deficient mutants upon co-infection. CagA's ability to disrupt host cell polarity is a key factor in enabling colonization of the apical cell surface by Hp, as disruption of the atypical protein kinase C/Par1b polarity pathway leads to rescue of the mutant growth defect during apical infection, and CagA-deficient mutants are able to colonize the polarized epithelium when given access to the basolateral cell surface. Our study establishes the cell surface as a replicative niche and the importance of CagA and its effects on host cell polarity for this purpose. Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is a bacterium that chronically infects the human stomach, in some cases leading to diseases such as stomach cancer and ulcers. The bacteria live in close proximity to the epithelial lining and can adhere directly to the host cell membrane and deliver toxins. We utilized live-cell imaging and a cell culture model of polarized epithelial cells to address why Hp attaches to the cell surface. We discovered that Hp is able to grow on the surface of epithelial cells, even in conditions where the free-swimming bacteria are rapidly killed. One mechanism involved in this ability to colonize the cell surface is the virulence factor CagA, which is injected directly into host cells by the bacteria. We found that CagA's ability to perturb cell polarity is important for the efficient survival and growth of Hp on the apical surface of the host cell. Our study establishes the cell surface as a niche for bacterial growth and elucidates a role of CagA for the bacterium.
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