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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Infection by the gram-negative bacterium Shigella flexneri results in dysentery, an acute inflammatory disease of the colon. Essential events in the pathogenesis of Shigella infections include bacterial invasion of epithelial cells, escape from the phagosome, and induction of apoptosis in macrophages. The Shigella virulence factor invasion plasmid antigen B (IpaB) is required for all of these processes. Induction of apoptosis is dependent on IpaB binding to the cysteine protease caspase-1 (Casp-1). The activation of this enzyme triggers both apoptosis and release of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1beta. Several IpaB mutants were generated to correlate function with protein subdomains. We determined that the N-terminal portion of IpaB is necessary for stable expression of IpaB. A putative amphipathic alpha-helical domain preserves the structure of IpaB. We found 10 consecutive residues within the amino terminus of the hydrophobic region that play a critical role in invasion, phagosomal escape, and cytotoxicity. An IpaB mutant carrying a mutation in this region binds to Casp-1 yet is not cytotoxic, even following direct delivery to the macrophage cytoplasm. These results indicate that the association between IpaB and Casp-1 is only a step in the activation of macrophage apoptosis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
183
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1269-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure-function analysis of the Shigella virulence factor IpaB.
pubmed:affiliation
The Skirball Institute and Department of Microbiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't