title: Signaling and invasin-promoted uptake via integrin receptors.
abstract: The invasin protein encoded by enteropathogenic Yersinia allows entry of bacteria into intestinal M cells by binding to integrin receptors. In cultured cells, invasin-mediated uptake requires proteins involved in endocytosis and signaling to the cell cytoskeleton. At least four different factors have been demonstrated to play a role in regulating the efficiency of invasin-promoted uptake. These include receptor-ligand affinity, receptor clustering, signaling through focal adhesion kinase, and stimulation of cytoskeletal rearrangements by small GTP binding proteins.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Isberg
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hamburger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dersch
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015007:Yersinia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D016023:Integrins; C053476:invasin, Yersinia; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496050:PTK2 protein, human; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins