scholarly journals Anthrax toxin triggers endocytosis of its receptor via a lipid raft–mediated clathrin-dependent process

2003 ◽  
Vol 160 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Abrami ◽  
Shihui Liu ◽  
Pierre Cosson ◽  
Stephen H. Leppla ◽  
F. Gisou van der Goot
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Rafts ◽  
Protective Antigen ◽  
Lethal Factor ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Membrane Lipid ◽  
Anthrax Toxin ◽  
Cell Surface Receptor ◽  
Surface Receptor ◽  
Toxin Receptor ◽  
Major Route

The protective antigen (PA) of the anthrax toxin binds to a cell surface receptor and thereby allows lethal factor (LF) to be taken up and exert its toxic effect in the cytoplasm. Here, we report that clustering of the anthrax toxin receptor (ATR) with heptameric PA or with an antibody sandwich causes its association to specialized cholesterol and glycosphingolipid-rich microdomains of the plasma membrane (lipid rafts). We find that although endocytosis of ATR is slow, clustering it into rafts either via PA heptamerization or using an antibody sandwich is necessary and sufficient to trigger efficient internalization and allow delivery of LF to the cytoplasm. Importantly, altering raft integrity using drugs prevented LF delivery and cleavage of cytosolic MAPK kinases, suggesting that lipid rafts could be therapeutic targets for drugs against anthrax. Moreover, we show that internalization of PA is dynamin and Eps15 dependent, indicating that the clathrin-dependent pathway is the major route of anthrax toxin entry into the cell. The present work illustrates that although the physiological role of the ATR is unknown, its trafficking properties, i.e., slow endocytosis as a monomer and rapid clathrin-mediated uptake on clustering, make it an ideal anthrax toxin receptor.

scholarly journals Identification of Amino Acid Residues of Anthrax Protective Antigen Involved in Binding with Lethal Factor

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 4477-4484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vibha Chauhan ◽  
Rakesh Bhatnagar
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Protective Antigen ◽  
Lethal Factor ◽  
Lethal Toxin ◽  
Cell Surface Receptor ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Anthrax Lethal Toxin ◽  
Mutant Proteins ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Surface Receptor

ABSTRACT Protective antigen (PA) and lethal factor (LF) are the two components of anthrax lethal toxin. PA is responsible for the translocation of LF to the cytosol. The binding of LF to cell surface receptor-bound PA is a prerequisite for the formation of lethal toxin. It has been hypothesized that hydrophobic residues P184, L187, F202, L203, P205, I207, I210, W226, and F236 of domain 1b of PA play an important role in the binding of PA to LF. These residues are normally buried in the 83-kDA version of PA, PA83, as determined by the crystal structure of PA. However, they become exposed due to the conformational change brought about by the cleavage of PA83 to PA63 by a cell surface protease. Mutation of the above-mentioned residues to alanine resulted in mutant proteins that were able to bind to the cell surface receptors and also to be specifically cleaved by the cellular proteases. All the mutant proteins except the F202A, L203A, P205A, and I207A mutants were able to bind to LF and were also toxic to macrophage cells in combination with LF. It was concluded that residues 202, 203, 205, and 207 of PA are essential for the binding of LF to PA.

scholarly journals Membrane insertion of anthrax protective antigen and cytoplasmic delivery of lethal factor occur at different stages of the endocytic pathway

2004 ◽  
Vol 166 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Abrami ◽  
Margaret Lindsay ◽  
Robert G. Parton ◽  
Stephen H. Leppla ◽  
F. Gisou van der Goot
Keyword(s):  
Protective Antigen ◽  
Lethal Factor ◽  
Endocytic Pathway ◽  
Cell Surface Receptor ◽  
Membrane Insertion ◽  
Edema Factor ◽  
Early Endosomes ◽  
Surface Receptor ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Anthrax Protective Antigen

The protective antigen (PA) of anthrax toxin binds to a cell surface receptor, undergoes heptamerization, and binds the enzymatic subunits, the lethal factor (LF) and the edema factor (EF). The resulting complex is then endocytosed. Via mechanisms that depend on the vacuolar ATPase and require membrane insertion of PA, LF and EF are ultimately delivered to the cytoplasm where their targets reside. Here, we show that membrane insertion of PA already occurs in early endosomes, possibly only in the multivesicular regions, but that subsequent delivery of LF to the cytoplasm occurs preferentially later in the endocytic pathway and relies on the dynamics of internal vesicles of multivesicular late endosomes.

scholarly journals Lack of evidence for a role of anthrax toxin receptors as surface receptors for collagen VI and for its cleaved off C5 domain (endotrophin)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Przyklenk ◽  
Stefanie Elisabeth Heumueller ◽  
Steffen Luetke ◽  
Gerhard Sengle ◽  
Manuel Koch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Diseases ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Potential Interaction ◽  
Anthrax Toxin ◽  
Close Relative ◽  
Collagen Vi ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Surface Receptor ◽  
Toxin Receptor

The widely expressed microfibril-forming collagen VI is subject to proteolytic cleavage and it has been proposed that the cleaved off C-terminal Kunitz domain (C5) of the α3 chain is an adipokine important for tumor progression and fibrosis. Under the name endotrophin the C5 fragment has also been shown to be a potent biomarker for fibro-inflammatory diseases. However, the biochemical mechanisms behind endotrophin activity have not been investigated. In earlier studies, the anthrax toxin receptor 1 was found to bind to C5, but this potential interaction has not been further studied. Given the proposed physiological role of endotrophin we aimed to determine how the endotrophin signal is transmitted to the recipient cells. Surprisingly, we could not detect any interaction between endotrophin and anthrax toxin receptor 1 or its close relative, anthrax toxin receptor 2. Moreover, we could not detect binding of fully assembled collagen VI to either anthrax toxin receptor. We also performed similar experiments with the collagen VI surface receptor NG2 (CSPG4). We could confirm that NG2 is a collagen VI receptor that binds to assembled collagen VI, but not to the cleaved C5/endotrophin. A cellular receptor for C5/endotrophin therefore still remains elusive.

scholarly journals The chymotrypsin-sensitive site, FFD315, in anthrax toxin protective antigen is required for translocation of lethal factor.

1994 ◽  
Vol 269 (46) ◽  
pp. 29039-29046
Author(s):  
Y Singh ◽  
K R Klimpel ◽  
N Arora ◽  
M Sharma ◽  
S H Leppla
Keyword(s):  
Protective Antigen ◽  
Lethal Factor ◽  
Anthrax Toxin ◽  
Sensitive Site

scholarly journals Detection of Anthrax Toxin in the Serum of Animals Infected with Bacillus anthracis by Using Engineered Immunoassays

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 671-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Mabry ◽  
Kathleen Brasky ◽  
Robert Geiger ◽  
Ricardo Carrion ◽  
Gene B. Hubbard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Anthracis ◽  
Protective Antigen ◽  
Lethal Factor ◽  
Systemic Circulation ◽  
Rapid Identification ◽  
Anthrax Toxin ◽  
Soluble Form ◽  
Before And After

ABSTRACT Several strategies that target anthrax toxin are being developed as therapies for infection by Bacillus anthracis. Although the action of the tripartite anthrax toxin has been extensively studied in vitro, relatively little is known about the presence of toxins during an infection in vivo. We developed a series of sensitive sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for detection of both the protective antigen (PA) and lethal factor (LF) components of the anthrax exotoxin in serum. The assays utilize as capture agents an engineered high-affinity antibody to PA, a soluble form of the extracellular domain of the anthrax toxin receptor (ANTXR2/CMG2), or PA itself. Sandwich immunoassays were used to detect and quantify PA and LF in animals infected with the Ames or Vollum strains of anthrax spores. PA and LF were detected before and after signs of toxemia were observed, with increasing levels reported in the late stages of the infection. These results represent the detection of free PA and LF by ELISA in the systemic circulation of two animal models exposed to either of the two fully virulent strains of anthrax. Simple anthrax toxin detection ELISAs could prove useful in the evaluation of potential therapies and possibly as a clinical diagnostic to complement other strategies for the rapid identification of B. anthracis infection.

scholarly journals Anthrax Toxin Characterization

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Patočka ◽  
Miroslav Špliňo
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cells ◽  
Protective Antigen ◽  
Lethal Factor ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
The Body ◽  
Anthrax Toxin ◽  
Signaling System ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
The Third ◽  
Edema Factor

The anthrax toxin comprises three proteins. When they work together, they can kill humans, especially after spores of the bacteria have been inhaled. One anthrax protein, called protective antigen (PA), chaperones the two other toxins into human or animal cells and shields them from the body’s immune system. The second, lethal factor (LF), destroys the white blood cells that hosts send in defence. The third toxin molecule, edema factor (EF), hijacks the signaling system in the body. This disrupts the energy balance of cells and leads to them accumulating fluid and complete destroy of cells.

Oligomerization of Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen and Binding of Lethal Factor during Endocytic Uptake into Mammalian Cells

1999 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1853-1859
Author(s):  
Yogendra Singh ◽  
Kurt R. Klimpel ◽  
Seema Goel ◽  
Prabodha K. Swain ◽  
Stephen H. Leppla
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Protective Antigen ◽  
Lethal Factor ◽  
Anthrax Toxin

Anthrax toxin complexes: heptameric protective antigen can bind lethal factor and edema factor simultaneously

2004 ◽  
Vol 322 (1) ◽  
pp. 258-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth-Anne L. Pimental ◽  
Kenneth A. Christensen ◽  
Bryan A. Krantz ◽  
R. John Collier
Keyword(s):  
Protective Antigen ◽  
Lethal Factor ◽  
Anthrax Toxin ◽  
Edema Factor
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