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Salmonella Typhimurium effector SseI regulates host peroxisomal dynamics to acquire lysosomal cholesterol

ABSTRACT: Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium (Salmonella) resides and multiplies intracellularly in cholesterol-rich compartments called Salmonella-containing vacuoles (SCVs) with actin-rich tubular extensions known as Salmonella-induced filaments, (SIFs). SCV maturation depends on host-derived cholesterol, but the transport mechanism of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-derived cholesterol to SCVs remains unclear. Here we find that peroxisomes are recruited to SCVs and function as pro-bacterial organelle. The Salmonella effector protein SseI is required for the interaction between peroxisomes and the SCV. SseI contains a variant of the PTS1 peroxisome targeting sequence, GKM, localizes to the peroxisomes and activates the host Ras GTPase, ADP-ribosylation factor-1 (ARF-1). Activation of ARF-1 leads to the recruitment of phosphatidylinsolitol-5-phosphate-4 kinase and the generation of phosphatidylinsolitol-4-5-bisphosphate on peroxisomes. This enhances the interaction of peroxisomes with lysosomes and allows for the transfer of lysosomal cholesterol to SCVs using peroxisomes as a bridge. Salmonella infection of peroxisome-depleted cells leads to the depletion of cholesterol on the SCVs, resulting in reduced SIF formation and bacterial proliferation. Taken together, our work identified peroxisomes as a target of Salmonella secretory effectors, and as conveyance of host cholesterol to enhance SCV stability, SIF integrity, and intracellular bacterial growth.

SUBMITTER: Mr. DESH RAJ

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-10_1038-S44319-024-00328-X | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Salmonella Typhimurium effector SseI regulates host peroxisomal dynamics to acquire lysosomal cholesterol

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