Streptococcus pneumoniae and IAV co infection induces altered polyubiquitination in A549 cells

ABSTRACT: Epithelial cells are the first line of defense within the lung. Disruption of the epithelial barrier by pathogens enables the systematic dissemination of bacteria or viruses within the host, leading to severe diseases with fatal outcomes. Thus, the lung epithelium can be damaged by seasonal and pandemic influenza A viruses. Influenza A virus infection induced dysregulation of the immune system is beneficial for the dissemination of bacteria to the lower respiratory tract, causing bacterial and viral co-infection. Host cells regulate protein homeostasis and the response to different stimuli, for instance pathogen infections, by post translational modification of proteins. Aside from protein phosphorylation, ubiquitination of proteins is an essential regulatory tool in virtually every cellular process, such as protein homeostasis, the host immune response, cell morphology, and in clearing of cytosolic pathogens. Here, we analyzed the proteome and ubiquitinome of A549 cells in response to Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 Δcps and influenza A virus H1N1 as well as bacterial and viral co-infection. Pneumococcal infection induced alterations in the ubiquitination of proteins involved in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton and Rho GTPases, but had minor effects on the abundance of host proteins. H1N1 infection is reflected by an anti-viral state of A549 cells. Finally, co infection resembled the imprints of both infecting pathogens with a minor increase in the observed alterations in protein and ubiquitination abundance.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Cell Culture

SUBMITTER: Thomas Sura  

LAB HEAD: Doerte Becher

PROVIDER: PXD028465 | Pride | 2022-02-24

REPOSITORIES: Pride