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Repair of a Bacterial Small ?-Barrel Toxin Pore Depends on Channel Width.


ABSTRACT: Membrane repair emerges as an innate defense protecting target cells against bacterial pore-forming toxins. Here, we report the first paradigm of Ca2+-dependent repair following attack by a small ?-pore-forming toxin, namely, plasmid-encoded phobalysin of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae In striking contrast, Vibrio cholerae cytolysin, the closest ortholog of phobalysin, subverted repair. Mutational analysis uncovered a role of channel width in toxicity and repair. Thus, the replacement of serine at phobalysin´s presumed channel narrow point with the bulkier tryptophan, the corresponding residue in Vibrio cholerae cytolysin (W318), modulated Ca2+ influx, lysosomal exocytosis, and membrane repair. And yet, replacing tryptophan (W318) with serine in Vibrio cholerae cytolysin enhanced toxicity. The data reveal divergent strategies evolved by two related small ?-pore-forming toxins to manipulate target cells: phobalysin leads to fulminant perturbation of ion concentrations, closely followed by Ca2+ influx-dependent membrane repair. In contrast, V. cholerae cytolysin causes insidious perturbations and escapes control by the cellular wounded membrane repair-like response.IMPORTANCE Previous studies demonstrated that large transmembrane pores, such as those formed by perforin or bacterial toxins of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin family, trigger rapid, Ca2+ influx-dependent repair mechanisms. In contrast, recovery from attack by the small ?-pore-forming Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin or aerolysin is slow in comparison and does not depend on extracellular Ca2+ To further elucidate the scope of Ca2+ influx-dependent repair and understand its limitations, we compared the cellular responses to phobalysin and V. cholerae cytolysin, two related small ?-pore-forming toxins which create membrane pores of slightly different sizes. The data indicate that the channel width of a small ?-pore-forming toxin is a critical determinant of both primary toxicity and susceptibility to Ca2+-dependent repair.

SUBMITTER: von Hoven G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5312083 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Repair of a Bacterial Small β-Barrel Toxin Pore Depends on Channel Width.

von Hoven Gisela G   Rivas Amable J AJ   Neukirch Claudia C   Meyenburg Martina M   Qin Qianqian Q   Parekh Sapun S   Hellmann Nadja N   Husmann Matthias M  

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Membrane repair emerges as an innate defense protecting target cells against bacterial pore-forming toxins. Here, we report the first paradigm of Ca<sup>2+</sup>-dependent repair following attack by a small β-pore-forming toxin, namely, plasmid-encoded phobalysin of <i>Photobacterium damselae</i> subsp. <i>damselae</i> In striking contrast, <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> cytolysin, the closest ortholog of phobalysin, subverted repair. Mutational analysis uncovered a role of channel width in toxicity and  ...[more]

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