Lecture 10 - Bacterial Invasion Flashcards
Why might bacteria invade?
1)
2)
3)
1) Obligate intracellular parasite
2) Avoid immune system
3) Penetrate to deeper tissues
Two mechanisms of invasion
1) Zipper
2) Trigger (ruffling)
Host cell function exploited by zipper
Receptor-mediated endocytosis.
Host cell function exploited by trigger
Macropinocytosis
Which invasion mechanism does Listeria use?
Zipper
Basic principle of zipper
1)
2)
3)
1) High-affinity binding to host cell
2) Induces receptor immobilisation and crosslinking
3) Results in receptor-mediated endocytosis
Basic principle of trigger
1)
2)
3)
1) Resembles cell ruffling caused by hormones or hormones
2) Bacteria induces large-scale actin polymerisation, ruffles on host cell membrane
3) Macropinocytosis
Is Listeria monocytogenes Gram + or -?
Gram +
How does Listeria normally enter the body?
Food-borne
Soft cheeses
Why can Listeria be very dangerous?
Can cross maternoplacental barrier, blood-brain barrier
How does Listeria enter host cells? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
1) Zipper
2) Bacterial surface covered with internalin protein
3) Internalin binds to E-cadherin
4) E-cadherin binds to internalin all over bacterial surface, causing host-cell membrane to envelop bacterium (receptor clustering)
5) Bacterium is internalised
Proof of internalin effectiveness
Beads coated with internalin can invade cells
Another term for internalin
InIA
E-cadherin function
In tight junctions
Connects actin to structures external to cell
Is zipper or trigger more complex?
Trigger
Trigger uses far more proteins (~50) than zipper (as few as one)
Zipper is a passive process. Trigger is an active process
