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A FACS-Based Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Reveals a Requirement for COPI in Chlamydia trachomatis Invasion.


ABSTRACT: The invasion of Chlamydia trachomatis, an obligate intracellular bacterium, into epithelial cells is driven by a complex interplay of host and bacterial factors. To comprehensively define the host genes required for pathogen invasion, we undertook a fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)-based CRISPR screen in human cells. A genome-wide loss-of-function library was infected with fluorescent C. trachomatis and then sorted to enrich for invasion-deficient mutants. The screen identified heparan sulfate, a known pathogen receptor, as well as coatomer complex I (COPI). We found that COPI, through a previously unappreciated role, promotes heparan sulfate cell surface presentation, thereby facilitating C. trachomatis attachment. The heparan sulfate defect does not fully account for the resistance of COPI mutants. COPI also promotes the activity of the pathogen's type III secretion system. Together, our findings establish the requirement for COPI in C. trachomatis invasion and the utility of FACS-based CRISPR screening for the elucidation of host factors required for pathogen invasion.

SUBMITTER: Park JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6308251 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A FACS-Based Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Reveals a Requirement for COPI in Chlamydia trachomatis Invasion.

Park Joseph S JS   Helble Jennifer D JD   Lazarus Jacob E JE   Yang Guanhua G   Blondel Carlos J CJ   Doench John G JG   Starnbach Michael N MN   Waldor Matthew K MK  

iScience 20181214


The invasion of Chlamydia trachomatis, an obligate intracellular bacterium, into epithelial cells is driven by a complex interplay of host and bacterial factors. To comprehensively define the host genes required for pathogen invasion, we undertook a fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)-based CRISPR screen in human cells. A genome-wide loss-of-function library was infected with fluorescent C. trachomatis and then sorted to enrich for invasion-deficient mutants. The screen identified heparan  ...[more]

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