scholarly journals CD46 is phosphorylated at tyrosine 354 upon infection of epithelial cells by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

2002 ◽  
Vol 156 (6) ◽  
pp. 951-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun W. Lee ◽  
Robert A. Bonnah ◽  
Dustin L. Higashi ◽  
John P. Atkinson ◽  
Sharon L. Milgram ◽  
...  

The Neisseria type IV pilus promotes bacterial adhesion to host cells. The pilus binds CD46, a complement-regulatory glycoprotein present on nucleated human cells (Källström et al., 1997). CD46 mutants with truncated cytoplasmic tails fail to support bacterial adhesion (Källström et al., 2001), suggesting that this region of the molecule also plays an important role in infection. Here, we report that infection of human epithelial cells by piliated Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) leads to rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of CD46. Studies with wild-type and mutant tail fusion constructs demonstrate that Src kinase phosphorylates tyrosine 354 in the Cyt2 isoform of the CD46 cytoplasmic tail. Consistent with these findings, infection studies show that PP2, a specific Src family kinase inhibitor, but not PP3, an inactive variant of this drug, reduces the ability of epithelial cells to support bacterial adhesion. Several lines of evidence point to the role of c-Yes, a member of the Src family of nonreceptor tyrosine kinases, in CD46 phosphorylation. GC infection causes c-Yes to aggregate in the host cell cortex beneath adherent bacteria, increases binding of c-Yes to CD46, and stimulates c-Yes kinase activity. Finally, c-Yes immunoprecipitated from epithelial cells is able to phosphorylate the wild-type Cyt2 tail but not the mutant derivative in which tyrosine 354 has been substituted with alanine. We conclude that GC infection leads to rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of the CD46 Cyt2 tail and that the Src kinase c-Yes is involved in this reaction. Together, the findings reported here and elsewhere strongly suggest that pilus binding to CD46 is not a simple static process. Rather, they support a model in which pilus interaction with CD46 promotes signaling cascades important for Neisseria infectivity.

1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (9) ◽  
pp. 1365-1373 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Sai ◽  
K. Naruse ◽  
M. Sokabe

When subjected to uni-axial cyclic stretch (120% in length, 1 Hz), fibroblasts (3Y1) aligned perpendicular to the stretch axis in a couple of hours. Concomitantly with this orienting response, protein tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins (molecular masses of approximately 70 kDa and 120–130 kDa) increased and peaked at 30 minutes. Immuno-precipitation experiments revealed that paxillin, pp125(FAK), and pp130(CAS) were included in the 70 kDa, and 120–130 kDa bands, respectively. Treatment of the cells with herbimycin A, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, suppressed the stretch induced tyrosine phosphorylation and the orienting response suggesting that certain tyrosine kinases are activated by stretch. We focused on pp60(src), the most abundant tyrosine kinase in fibroblasts. The kinase activity of pp60(src) increased and peaked at 20 minutes after the onset of cyclic stretch. Treatment of the cells with an anti-sense S-oligodeoxynucleotide (S-ODN) against pp60(src), but not the sense S-ODN, inhibited the stretch induced tyrosine phosphorylation and the orienting response. To further confirm the involvement of pp60(src), we performed the same sets of experiments using c-src-transformed 3Y1 (c-src-3Y1) fibroblasts. Cyclic stretch induced a similar orienting response in c-src-3Y1 to that in wild-type 3Y1, but with a significantly faster rate. The time course of the stretch-induced tyrosine phosphorylation was also much faster in c-src-3Y1 than in 3Y1 fibroblasts. These results strongly suggest that cyclic stretch induces the activation of pp60(src) and that pp60(src) is indispensable for the tyrosine phosphorylation of pp130(CAS), pp125(FAK) and paxillin followed by the orienting response in 3Y1 fibroblasts.


1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (1) ◽  
pp. C154-C161 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Bischof ◽  
B. Illek ◽  
W. W. Reenstra ◽  
T. E. Machen

We studied a possible role of tyrosine kinases in the regulation of Ca entry into colonic epithelial cells HT-29/B6 using digital image processing of fura 2 fluorescence. Both carbachol and thapsigargin increased Ca entry to a similar extent and Ca influx was reduced by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein (50 microM). Further experiments were performed in solutions containing 95 mM K to depolarize the membrane potential, and the effects of different inhibitors on influx of Ca, Mn, and Ba were compared. Genistein, but not the inactive analogue daidzein nor the protein kinase C inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2- methylpiperazine, decreased entry of all three divalent cations by 47-59%. In high-K solutions, carbachol or thapsigargin both caused intracellular Ca to increase to a plateau of 223 +/- 19 nM. This plateau was reduced by the tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein (to 95 +/- 8 nM), lavendustin A (to 155 +/- 17 nM), and methyl-2,5-dihydroxycinnamate (to 39 +/- 3 nM). Orthovanadate, a protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, prevented the inhibitory effect of genistein. Ca pumping was unaffected by genistein. Carbachol increased tyrosine phosphorylation (immunoblots with anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies) of 110-, 75-, and 70-kDa proteins, and this phosphorylation was inhibited by genistein. We conclude that carbachol and thapsigargin increase Ca entry, and tyrosine phosphorylation of some key proteins may be important for regulating this pathway.


1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Tang ◽  
I Rosenshine ◽  
B B Finlay

Protein tyrosine phosphorylation is an important regulatory mechanism for many cellular processes in eucaryotic cells. During the invasion of the gram-positive pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes, into host epithelial cells, two host proteins become tyrosine phosphorylated. We have identified these major tyrosine phosphorylated species to be two isoforms of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, the 42 and 44 kDa MAP kinases. This activation begins within 5 to 15 min of bacterial infection. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor, genistein, blocks invasion as well as the tyrosine phosphorylation of these MAP kinases. Using cytochalasin D to block bacterial internalization but not adhesion, we showed that bacterial adherence rather than uptake is required for MAP kinase activation. Internalin mutants, which are unable to adhere efficiently to host cells, do not trigger MAP kinase activation. Other invasive bacteria, including enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), and E. coli expressing Yersinia enterocolitica invasion, were not observed to activate MAP kinase during invasion into cultured epithelial cells. These results suggest that L. monocytogenes activates MAP kinase during invasion and a MAP kinase signal transduction pathway may be involved in mediating bacterial uptake.


Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 1301-1307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Zhong Ying ◽  
Pei-Xuan Wang ◽  
Kristal J. Aaron ◽  
Kolitha Basnayake ◽  
Paul W. Sanders

Abstract One of the major attendant complications of multiple myeloma is renal injury, which contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in this disease. Monoclonal immunoglobulin free light chains (FLCs) are usually directly involved, and tubulointerstitial renal injury and fibrosis are prominent histologic features observed in myeloma. The present study examined the role of monoclonal FLCs in altering the nuclear factor κ light chain enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) activity of renal epithelial cells. Human proximal tubule epithelial cells exposed to 3 different human monoclonal FLCs demonstrated Src kinase–dependent activation of the NF-κB pathway, which increased production of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). Tyrosine phosphorylation of inhibitor of κB kinases (IKKs) IKKα and IKKβ and a concomitant increase in inhibitor of κB (IκB) kinase activity in cell lysates were observed. Time-dependent, Src kinase–dependent increases in serine and tyrosine phosphorylation of IκBα and NF-κB activity were also demonstrated. Proteasome inhibition partially blocked FLC-induced MCP-1 production. These findings fit into a paradigm characterized by FLC-induced redox-signaling events that activated the canonical and atypical (IKK-independent) NF-κB pathways to promote a proinflammatory, profibrotic renal environment.


2002 ◽  
Vol 283 (4) ◽  
pp. G893-G899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica C. Chen ◽  
Travis E. Solomon ◽  
Eduardo Perez Salazar ◽  
Robert Kui ◽  
Enrique Rozengurt ◽  
...  

Previous studies found that epidermal growth factor (EGF) decreased paracellular permeability in gastric mucosa, but the other physiological regulators and the molecular mechanisms mediating these responses remain undefined. We investigated the role of secretin and Src in regulating paracellular permeability because secretin regulates gastric chief cell function and Src mediates events involving the cytoskeletal-membrane interface, respectively. Confluent monolayers were formed from canine gastric epithelial cells in short-term culture on Transwell filter inserts. Resistance was monitored in the presence of secretin with or without specific kinase inhibitors. Tyrosine phosphorylation of Src at Tyr416 was measured with a site-specific phosphotyrosine antibody. Basolateral, but not apical, secretin at concentrations from 1 to 100 nM dose dependently increased resistance; this response was rapid and sustained over hours. PP2 (10 μM), a selective Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor, but not the inactive isomer PP3, abolished the increase in resistance by secretin but only modestly attenuated apical EGF effects. AG-1478 (100 nM), a specific EGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, attenuated the resistance increase to EGF but not secretin. Secretin, but not EGF, induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Src at Tyr416 in a dose-dependent fashion, with the maximal response observed at 1 min. PP2, but not PP3, dramatically inhibited this tyrosine phosphorylation. Secretin increases paracellular resistance in gastric mucosa through a Src-mediated pathway, while the effect of EGF is Src independent. Src appears to mediate the physiological effects of this Gs-coupled receptor in primary epithelial cells.


2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 719-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bochiwe Hara-Kaonga ◽  
Thomas G Pistole

Conflicting reports exist regarding the role of porins OmpC and OmpD in infections due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. This study investigated the role of these porins in bacterial adherence to human macrophages and intestinal epithelial cells. ompC and ompD mutant strains were created by transposon mutagenesis using P22-mediated transduction of Tn10 and Tn5 insertions, respectively, into wild-type strain 14028. Fluorescein-labeled wild-type and mutant bacteria were incubated with host cells at various bacteria to cell ratios for 1 h at 37 °C and analyzed by flow cytometry. The mean fluorescence intensity of cells with associated wild-type and mutant bacteria was used to estimate the number of bacteria bound per host cell. Adherence was also measured by fluorescence microscopy. Neither assay showed a significant difference in binding of the ompC mutant and wild-type strains to the human cells. In contrast, the ompD mutant exhibited lowered binding to both cell types. Our findings suggest that OmpD but not OmpC is involved in the recognition of Salmonella serovar Typhimurium by human macrophages and intestinal epithelial cells.Key words: Salmonella, adherence, porins, intestinal epithelial cells, macrophage.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 566-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuling Fan ◽  
Caroline M. Weight ◽  
Anny-Claude Luissint ◽  
Roland S. Hilgarth ◽  
Jennifer C. Brazil ◽  
...  

Junctional adhesion molecule-A (JAM-A), an epithelial tight junction protein, plays an important role in regulating intestinal permeability through association with a scaffold signaling complex containing ZO-2, Afadin, and the small GTPase Rap2. Under inflammatory conditions, we report that the cytoplasmic tail of JAM-A is tyrosine phosphorylated (p-Y280) in association with loss of barrier function. While barely detectable Y280 phosphorylation was observed in confluent monolayers of human intestinal epithelial cells under basal conditions, exposure to cytokines TNFα, IFNγ, IL-22, or IL-17A, resulted in compromised barrier function in parallel with increased p-Y280. Phosphorylation was Src kinase dependent, and we identified Yes-1 and PTPN13 as a major kinase and phosphatase for p-JAM-A Y280, respectively. Moreover, cytokines IL-22 or IL-17A induced increased activity of Yes-1. Furthermore, the Src kinase inhibitor PP2 rescued cytokine-induced epithelial barrier defects and inhibited phosphorylation of JAM-A Y280 in vitro. Phosphorylation of JAM-A Y280 and increased permeability correlated with reduced JAM-A association with active Rap2. Finally, we observed increased phosphorylation of Y280 in colonic epithelium of individuals with ulcerative colitis and in mice with experimentally induced colitis. These findings support a novel mechanism by which tyrosine phosphorylation of JAM-A Y280 regulates epithelial barrier function during inflammation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagoda Płaczkiewicz ◽  
Monika Adamczyk-Popławska ◽  
Robert Lasek ◽  
Pawel Bącal ◽  
Agnieszka Kwiatek

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an etiological agent of gonorrhea, which remains a global health problem. This bacterium possesses MutL and MutS DNA repair proteins encoded by mutL and mutS genes, whose inactivation causes a mutator phenotype. We have demonstrated the differential gene expression in N. gonorrhoeae mutL and mutS mutants using DNA microarrays. A subset of differentially expressed genes encodes proteins that can influence adhesion and biofilm formation. Compared to the wild-type strain, N. gonorrhoeae mutL and mutS mutants formed denser biofilms with increased biofilm-associated biomass on the abiotic surface. The N. gonorrhoeae mutS::km, but not the mutL mutant, was also more adherent and invasive to human epithelial cells. Further, during infection of epithelial cells with N. gonorrhoeae mutS::km, the expression of some bacterial genes encoding proteins that can influence gonococcal adhesion was changed compared with their expression in cells infected with the wild-type gonococcus, as well as of human genes’ encoding receptors utilized by N. gonorrhoeae (CD46, CEACAM 1, HSPG 2). Thus, deficiency in the mutS gene resulting in increased mutation frequency in singular organisms can be beneficial in populations because these mutants can be a source of features linked to microbial fitness.


2016 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Denis ◽  
Cecile Rouleau ◽  
Brian S. Schaffhausen

ABSTRACT Middle T antigen (MT), the principal oncoprotein of murine polyomavirus, transforms by association with cellular proteins. Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), YAP, Src family tyrosine kinases, Shc, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), and phospholipase C-γ1 (PLCγ1) have all been implicated in MT transformation. Mutant dl1015, with deletion of residues 338 to 347 in the C-terminal region, has been an enigma, because the basis for its transformation defect has not been apparent. This work probes the dl1015 region of MT. Because the region is proline rich, the hypothesis that it targets Src homology domain 3 (SH3) domains was tested, but mutation of the putative SH3 binding motif did not affect transformation. During this work, two point mutants, W348R and E349K, were identified as transformation defective. Extensive analysis of the E349K mutant is described here. Similar to wild-type MT, the E349K mutant associates with PP2A, YAP, tyrosine kinases, Shc, PI3 kinase, and PLCγ1. The E349K mutant was examined to determine the mechanism for its transformation defect. Assays of cell localization and membrane targeting showed no obvious difference in localization. Src association was normal as assayed by in vitro kinase and MT phosphopeptide mapping. Shc activation was confirmed by its tyrosine phosphorylation. Association of type 1 PI3K with MT was demonstrated by coimmunoprecipitation, showing both PI3K subunits and in vitro activity. Nonetheless, expression of the mutants failed to lead to the activation of two known downstream targets of PI3K, Akt and Rac-1. Strikingly, despite normal association of the E349K mutant with PI3K, cells expressing the mutant failed to elevate phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PIP3) in mutant-expressing cells. These results indicate a novel unsuspected aspect to PI3K control. IMPORTANCE The gene coding for middle T antigen (MT) is the murine polyomavirus oncogene most responsible for tumor formation. Its study has a history of uncovering novel aspects of mammalian cell regulation. The importance of PI3K activity and tyrosine phosphorylation are two examples of insights coming from MT. This study describes new mutants unable to transform like the wild type that point to novel regulation of PI3K signaling. Previous mutants were defective in PI3K because they failed to bind the enzyme and bring the activity to the membrane. These mutants recruit PI3K activity like the wild type, but fail to elevate the cellular level of PIP3, the product used to signal downstream of PI3K. As a result, they fail to activate either Akt or Rac1, explaining the transformation defect.


Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 4480-4480
Author(s):  
Jukka Kanerva ◽  
Ogonna Nwawka ◽  
Kevin Hwang ◽  
Francis Y. Lee ◽  
Seth J. Corey

Abstract BMS-354825 is a dual SRC and ABL inhibitor, which has been shown effective in imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL+ cells, and it is in phase I trials for patients with imatinib-resistant leukemia. We conducted a study to evaluate growth inhibition and inhibition of Src v. Abl protein tyrosine kinases in human myeloid cell lines: MV4-11 expressing an internal tandem duplication of Flt3 (Flt3-ITD), the murine pro-B cell line Ba/F3 that expresses the Flt3-ITD, the GM-CSF dependent Mo7e, and the G-CSF-responsive BaF3-GR (Ba/F3 cells expressing the human G-CSF receptor). We compared BMS-354825 with PP1, a SRC kinase inhibitor with in vitro IC50 at sub-micromolar concentrations. We sought to correlate growth inhibition with SRC or ABL inhibition. In these myeloid cell lines, LYN is the predominant SRC kinase. Methods: Growth inhibition was assessed by Trypan blue exclusion and MTT assay using drug concentrations 0.1 uM – 10 uM. Drugs were added daily to the cell suspension during the 3-day experiment. After a 60 min incubation at concentrations 0.1 nM – 1 uM, SRC or ABL kinase inhibition was analyzed by blotting with a polyclonal phospho-SRC (Tyr416) antibody or a polyclonal phospho-ABL (Tyr245) antibody. Results: In MV4-11 cells BMS-354825 and PP1 caused similar growth inhibition IC50 at 5 uM. By western blotting, inhibition of phospho-Src 416 occurred at 1 nM concentrations of both compounds. Protein expression of ABL was not detected in MV4-11 cells. In Ba/F3-ITD cells, the IC50 for BMS-354825 was 1–10 uM (grown in IL-3) and 0.01 uM (without IL-3). The IC50 for PP1 was 1–10 uM (grown in IL-3) and 0.1 uM (without IL-3). Inhibition of phospho-SRC occurred at 10 nM. In Mo7e cells, grown in the presence of GM-CSF, the IC50 was 5 uM for BMS-354825 v. 10 uM for PP1 by MTT assay. By western blotting, inhibition of phospho-SRC 416 occurred at 1 nM for both BMS-354825 and PP1. To determine specific contribution of LYN to Mo7e growth, we treated Mo7e cells with LYN siRNA. With 70% knock-down of LYN, there was 50% growth inhibition. ABL was present in Mo7e cells, but no phosphoAbl was demonstrated (K562 cells served as positive control). In BaF3-GR cells grown in G-CSF, the IC50 was 5 uM for BMS-354825 vs. 10 uM for PP1 by MTT assay. In western blotting, inhibition of phospho-Src 416 was detected at 10 nM BMS-354825. ABL was present in Ba/F3GR cells, but no phospho-ABL was demonstrated (K562 cells served as positive control). Conclusions: BMS-354825 is more potent than PP1 in causing growth inhibition and SRC kinase inhibition in Mo7e and Ba/F3GR cells that serve as models for acute myeloid leukemia. It is unlikely that ABL is the drug target, because MV4-11 cells do not express ABL and phospho-ABL was not found in Mo7e or Ba/F3 cells. These results suggest that inhibition of SRC tyrosine kinases contributes predominantly to growth inhibition caused by the dual SRC/ABL kinase inhibitor BMS-354825 in myeloid cell lines expressing Flt3-ITD and cytokine-driven proliferation and survival via the IL-3/GM-CSF Receptor or G-CSF Receptor.


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