8. Shigella Flashcards

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What does Shigella induce in macrophages?

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Pyroptosis - form of cell death that is triggered by pro-inflammatory signals and associated with inflammation

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What disease does the Shigella toxin cause?

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Dysentery / Shigellosis

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How does the Shigella toxin cause dysentery?

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Invasion, A-B toxin, T3SS

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What is another name for Shigellosis?

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Bacillary dysentery

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What are the 4 types of shigella?

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S. sonnei
S. flexneri
S. boydii
S. dysentariae

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What types of shigella are the most common causes of shigellosis?

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S. sonnei

S. flexneri

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What is the most severe type of shigella?

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S. dysenteriae

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List the Shigella (genus) sonnei/ flexneri/ boydii/ dysenteriae characteristics?

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Gram negative
Rod-shaped
Non-motile
>90% related to E. coli

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9
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What is dysentery characterised by?

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Diarrhoea with blood & mucous

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Does dysentery usually progress to septicaemia?

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No - bacteria don’t usually spread and get into the blood unless a person is immunocompromised

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How is Shigella transmitted?

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Via water & food

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12
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Is Shigella highly infectious?

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Yes (ID50 of 100-200)

3rd most common GI pathogen

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13
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True or False: Humans are the only known natural host for Shigella

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True

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14
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Are there antibiotic-resistant strains of Shigella?

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Yes

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15
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Is there a vaccine for Shigella?

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No

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Describe the pathogenesis of Shigella

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  1. Attachment: adhesins not identified by may involve the produce of ipaD & ipaB genes
  2. Invasion: rearrangement of host cell actin filaments → inject proteins into the epithelial cell to induce phagocytosis
  3. Growth: activated by pH drop, cells escape from vesicle & grow rapidly in cytoplasm (may be mediated by ipaB)
  4. Spread (a consequence of actin rearrangment)
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What are the 4 stages of pathogenesis of shigella?

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Attachment - Invasion - Growth - Spread

18
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Pathogenicity of Shigella is associated with what?

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The presence of a large virulence plasmid i.e they are mobile

19
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Which cells do Shigella not adhere to?

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Polarised cells

20
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What is the Type 3 Secretion System (T3SS)?

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A protein needle-like complex that functions as a bacterial delivery system to inject bacterial proteins (effectors) directly from the bacterial cytoplasm into the host cytosol

21
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Effector proteins from T3SS interfere with?

A

Host signalling pathways

22
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Examples of pathogenic bacteria with a T3SS?

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Shigella, Salmonella, EPEC, EHEC, Yersinia

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How does Shigella use the T3SS?

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Shigella flexneri uses T3SS to gain entrance to host cell. Carries needle-like structures on its surface that make initial contact with host cell & form a pore in its plasma membrane. Shigella then injects proteins that interact with the actin cytoskeleton.

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How does Shigella gain entry to the host cell?

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As well as mediating invasion, what other function does T3SS allow Shigella to do?
Kill macrophages - gains entry via M cells, delivered to macrophages. Effectors secreted by T3SS injected into macrophage, ruptures phagosome, releases Shigella which kills the macrophage by pyroptosis. Shigella releases different proteins later to invade epithelial cells
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Is Shigella motile?
No, but it can polymerise host actin to move within and between cells (force generated this way can lead to strong, rapid movement)
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What is actin?
Cytoskeletal protein
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What can confirm entry and spread of Shigella?
Plaque assay
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Features of the Shiga toxin?
A family of toxins with 2 major types (Stx1, Stx2) - Operon located on a phage (i.e. mobile) - Only produced by S. dysenteriae (& some E. coli - EHEC) - Complex A-B toxin: 1 A (stxA1 or A2), 5 identical B (stxB1 or B2)
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Which toxin is the Shiga toxin very similar in structure to and how?
Very similar in structure to the Cholera toxin, in that it has a pentameric ring of B subunits with associated A, which is cleaved into A1 & A2 domains held together by a S-S bridge, but different sequence
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When is the Shiga toxin released?
During cell lysis
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What do the B subunits of the Shiga toxin bind to?
Globotriosyl ceramide (Gb3) | Followed by endocytosis & nicking to introduce the A subunit
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What is the main target of the Shiga toxin?
Small blood vessels in intestine, kidney & lungs
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Following Shigellosis GI infection, what two sequelae can occur?
Reiter's Syndrome | Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
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Symptoms of Reiter's Syndrome?
Joint pain, eye irritation, painful urination, inflammation almost autoimmune-level disorders
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Roughly what percentage of people infected with Shigella flexneri will develop Reiter's Syndrome?
3%
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Hemolytic Uremic System (HUS) can occur after what?
S. dysenteriae type 1 infection
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What is HUS characterised by?
- Blood clots in lungs - Convulsions may occur in children (rapid temp. elevation or metabolic alterations) - Associated with production of Shiga toxin
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What is IscA role is | Shigella?
- Interact with the host protein called N-WASP which is involved in actin polymerisation - Localised to one end of the bacterial cell - IscA triggers actin polymerisation allowing Shigella motility - Independent virulence factor not part of the T3SS
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What is the host protein involved in actin polymerisation?
N-WASP
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What part of the host cell interact with?
Underside/basolateral surfaces of the mucosal cells The integrin (receptors) are located there