Early transcriptional landscapes of Chlamydia trachomatis-infected epithelial cells at single cell resolution
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE132525 | GEO | 2019/11/19
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis replicates in a cytosolic vacuole in human epithelial cells. Infection of human cells with C. trachomatis causes substantial changes to many host cell signalling pathways but the molecular basis of such influence is not well understood. Studies of gene transcription of the infected cell have shown altered transcription of many host cell genes, indicating a transcriptional response of the host cell to the infection. We here describe that infection of human cells with C. trachomatis as well as infection of murine cells with C. muridarum profoundly inhibits protein synthesis of the infected host cell. This inhibition was accompanied by changes to the ribosomal profile of the infected cell indicative of a block of translation initiation, most likely as part of a stress response. The chlamydial protease CPAF also reduced protein synthesis in uninfected cells although CPAF-deficient C. trachomatis showed no defect in this respect. Analysis of polysomal mRNA as a proxy of actively transcribed mRNA identified a number of biological processes differentially affected by chlamydial infection. Mapping of differentially regulated genes onto a protein interaction network identified nodes of up- and down-regulated networks during chlamydial infection. Proteomic analysis of protein synthesis further suggested translational regulation of host cell functions by chlamydial infection. These results demonstrate reprogramming of the host cell during chlamydial infection through the alteration of protein synthesis.
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2019-12-31 | GSE133358 | GEO
Project description:The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is the causative agent of the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease worldwide. While the host response to infection by this pathogen has been well characterized, it remains unclear to what extent host gene expression during infection is the product of Chlamydia-directed modulation of host transcription factors. In this report, we show the transcriptome of Chlamydia-infected epithelial cells exhibits gene expression consistent with activity of YAP, a transcriptional coactivator implicated in cell proliferation, wound healing, and fibrosis. After confirming induction of YAP target genes during infection, we observed increased YAP nuclear translocation in Chlamydia-infected epithelial cells. We further show that increased YAP activation is a Chlamydia-directed process, requiring de novo protein synthesis during midcycle infection. Surprisingly, infection-mediated YAP activation bypasses YAP inhibition by the Hippo kinase cascade, with phosphorylation at S127 remaining unchanged. Instead, phosphorylation at Y357 was increased along with nuclear translocation, indicating that infection overrides phospho-inhibition at S127. Nuclear translocation of Y357F mutant YAP was not increased by infection, demonstrating that chlamydial YAP activation requires phosphorylation at this residue. Taken together, our results define a transcriptome-altering mechanism potentially linked to chlamydial fibrosis and other advanced disease sequelae.
2023-02-13 | GSE180783 | GEO
Project description:The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is the causative agent of the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease worldwide. While the host response to infection by this pathogen has been well characterized, it remains unclear to what extent host gene expression during infection is the product of Chlamydia-directed modulation of host transcription factors. In this report, we show the transcriptome of Chlamydia-infected epithelial cells exhibits gene expression consistent with activity of YAP, a transcriptional coactivator implicated in cell proliferation, wound healing, and fibrosis. After confirming induction of YAP target genes during infection, we observed increased YAP nuclear translocation in Chlamydia-infected epithelial cells. We further show that increased YAP activation is a Chlamydia-directed process, requiring de novo protein synthesis during midcycle infection. Surprisingly, infection-mediated YAP activation bypasses YAP inhibition by the Hippo kinase cascade, with phosphorylation at S127 remaining unchanged. Instead, phosphorylation at Y357 was increased along with nuclear translocation, indicating that infection overrides phospho-inhibition at S127. Nuclear translocation of Y357F mutant YAP was not increased by infection, demonstrating that chlamydial YAP activation requires phosphorylation at this residue. Taken together, our results define a transcriptome-altering mechanism potentially linked to chlamydial fibrosis and other advanced disease sequelae.
2023-02-13 | GSE180782 | GEO
Project description:The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is the causative agent of the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease worldwide. While the host response to infection by this pathogen has been well characterized, it remains unclear to what extent host gene expression during infection is the product of Chlamydia-directed modulation of host transcription factors. In this report, we show the transcriptome of Chlamydia-infected epithelial cells exhibits gene expression consistent with activity of YAP, a transcriptional coactivator implicated in cell proliferation, wound healing, and fibrosis. After confirming induction of YAP target genes during infection, we observed increased YAP nuclear translocation in Chlamydia-infected epithelial cells. We further show that increased YAP activation is a Chlamydia-directed process, requiring de novo protein synthesis during midcycle infection. Surprisingly, infection-mediated YAP activation bypasses YAP inhibition by the Hippo kinase cascade, with phosphorylation at S127 remaining unchanged. Instead, phosphorylation at Y357 was increased along with nuclear translocation, indicating that infection overrides phospho-inhibition at S127. Nuclear translocation of Y357F mutant YAP was not increased by infection, demonstrating that chlamydial YAP activation requires phosphorylation at this residue. Taken together, our results define a transcriptome-altering mechanism potentially linked to chlamydial fibrosis and other advanced disease sequelae.
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2016-06-28 | PXD003025 | Pride
Project description:Chlamydia trachomatis remains a leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections and preventable blindness worldwide. There are, however, limited in vitro models to study the role of host genetics in the response of macrophages to this obligate human pathogen. Here, we describe an approach using macrophages derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSdMs) to study macrophage-Chlamydia interactions in vitro. We show that iPSdMs support the full infectious life cycle of C. trachomatis in a manner that mimicks the infection of human blood-derived macrophages. Transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of the macrophage response to chlamydial infection highlights the role of the type I interferon and interleukin 10-mediated responses. Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, we generate biallelic knockout mutations in the host genes encoding IRF5 and IL-10RA in iPSCs, confirming their roles in limiting chlamydial infection in macrophages. This model can potentially be extended to other pathogens and tissue systems to advance our understanding of host-pathogen interactions and the role of human genetics in influencing the outcome of infections.
2018-02-14 | PXD005858 | Pride
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