title: Uncovering an Important Role for YopJ in the Inhibition of Caspase-1 in Activated Macrophages and Promoting Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Virulence.
abstract: Pathogenic Yersinia species utilize a type III secretion system to translocate Yop effectors into infected host cells. Yop effectors inhibit innate immune responses in infected macrophages to promote Yersinia pathogenesis. In turn,Yersinia-infected macrophages respond to translocation of Yops by activating caspase-1, but different mechanisms of caspase-1 activation occur, depending on the bacterial genotype and the state of phagocyte activation. In macrophages activated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) prior to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection, caspase-1 is activated by a rapid inflammasome-dependent mechanism that is inhibited by translocated YopM. The possibility that other effectors cooperate with YopM to inhibit caspase-1 activation in LPS-activated macrophages has not been investigated. Toward this aim, epistasis analysis was carried out in which the phenotype of aY. pseudotuberculosis yopM mutant was compared to that of a yopJ yopM, yopE yopM, yopH yopM, yopT yopM, or ypkA yopM mutant. Activation of caspase-1 was measured by cleavage of the enzyme, release of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and pyroptosis in LPS-activated macrophages infected with wild-type or mutant Y. pseudotuberculosis strains. Results show enhanced activation of caspase-1 after infection with the yopJ yopM mutant relative to infection by any other single or double mutant. Similar results were obtained with the yopJ, yopM, and yopJ yopM mutants ofY ersinia pestis Following intravenous infection of mice, theY. pseudotuberculosis yopJ mutant was as virulent as the wild type, while the yopJ yopM mutant was significantly more attenuated than the yopM mutant. In summary, through epistasis analysis this work uncovered an important role for YopJ in inhibiting caspase-1 in activated macrophages and in promoting Yersinia virulence.
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Taylor J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Schoberle
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Lawton K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: McPhee
authors.affiliation: Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bogin
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA james.bliska@stonybrook.edu.
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bliska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020170:Caspase 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004843:Epistasis, Genetic; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000502:physiology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D000069292:Pyroptosis; D014774:Virulence; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C109227:YopP protein, Yersinia; C060772:yopM protein, Yersinia; D020170:Caspase 1
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