Module 10 - Bacteria Flashcards
what is the main difference between gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria?
gram-negative have a double membrane.
gram-positive have a single but thicker membrane.
what kind of vesicles do gram-negative bacteria shed?
outer membrane vesicles
the thick wall/walls of bacteria allow for what?
make it difficult for harmful compounds to get into the bacteria
what are the 4 types of mechanisms for gram-negative vesicles formation?
- clathrin dependent
- caveolin mediated
- lipid raft
- membrane fusion
what can be in gram-negative vesicles to facilitate infection?
virulence factors, DNA, RNA, immunomodulatory factors, adhesins
how is bacteria entry facilitated in the gut?
the stomach’s lower pH triggers periplasmic proteins to oligomerize and insert in the bacteria outer membrane to form a pore. the bacteria can fuse with target cell and depolarize and permeabilize it!
what organelle derived from bacteria sheds vesicles?
mitochondria
what are bacterial secretion systems?
Essential membrane embedded multi-protein machineries, enabling bacteria to obtain nutrients, communicate and facilitate disease through the DELIVERY OF VIRULENCE FACTORS out of the bacteria
what is special about gram-negative type III, IV, and VI secretion systems?
they can cross 3 membranes: double layer bacterial membrane + phagosomal membrane
what are the oldest transport machinery systems? what are they used for?
Sec and Tat;
mostly for biogenesis of bacterial proteins
what membrane can Sec and Tata transport machinery cross?
only the first membrane (inner)
what are the triple membrane spamming transport machinery system used for?
to release virulence factors
what are type II secretion systems function?
secretes toxins, small
molecules (like cholera toxin), which disables host protein synthesis, leading to lethal infection
what are type III secretion systems function?
secretes effector proteins, shares similarity to components with flagellar apparatus, evolutionary related. Effectors vary widely in function
what are type IV secretion system functions?
transfer DNA and proteins (output AND uptake)
what are type V and VI secretion system functions?
translocate portions of themselves. Beta-barrel channels, or pores.
what secretion machineries/systems are also found in gram-positive bacteria?
Tat and Sec
what way of secretion is often discussed for gram-positive bacteria since we don’t know much about their secretion?
passive diffusion
what type of cells work to clear the bacteria and develop immunity?
professional phagocytic cells
name 2 professional degrading cells that degrade bacteria and their different role (APCs)
- macrophages: rapidly degrade bacteria before it can replicate or escape, highly efficient
- dendritic cells: slower degradation processes; select antigens to be presented
how are MHC class 1 expressed? (steps)
- pathogen in cytosol degraded by proteasone
- pathogenic peptides enter ER via TAP
- loaded on MHC 1 & transported to cell surface
- bind and activate CD8+ T cells
what type of immune molecule will present the selected bacterial antigens?
class II MHC
what type of T cells are activated by bacterial antigen on class II MHC?
CD4+ T cells
how is immune tolerance acquired?
by sampling “self” antigen in the thymus
where are MHC class I molecules found?
on ALL somatic cells, and in endosomes
what pathogens (and how) can be loaded on MHC class I?
- pathogens in the cytosol that get degraded by proteasome
- -> peptides enter ER through TAP
- -> can be loaded on MHC I
peptides on MHC class I can activate what kind of immune cells?
cytotoxic CD8+ T cells
in what scenario is MHC I found on endosomes?
during cross-presentation
where are MHC class 2 molecules found?
on APCs (dendritic cells, macrophages, B cells)
what peptides can be loaded on MHC II proteins?
peptides from pathogen in endosomes/phagosomes that have been previously degraded by proteases
peptides on MHC class II can activate what kind of immune cells? for what immune process?
cytotoxic CD4+ T cells for antibody production
do bacteria spontaneously infect non-phagocytic cells?
no; there is a signal transduction pathway
what are the 2 mechanisms via which bacteria infect non-phagocytic cells?
zipper and trigger mechanism
explain the zipper mechanism?
surface proteins on bacteria BIND host cell proteins (receptors or adhesion proteins like integrins or cadherins) and that triggers a signaling cascades that remodel lipids and actin to extend the cytosol and allow engulfment
explain the trigger mechanism?
it initiates upon bacterial SECRETION of effectors that activate actin and lipid remodeling event
what is necessary for the zipper and trigger mechanisms to happen?
modulation of phosphorylated phosphatidylinositol (PIP) (to become PI(3)P
what does the presence of PIP in cell membrane do in regards to bacteria infection?
reinforces the recruitment and activation of actin remodeling machinery
what type of secretion would be required by trigger mechanism?
type 3 (3 membrane-spanning system)
name a bacteria that does zipper vs trigger mechanism of entry
zipper = Listeria internalin (gram +)
trigger = Shigella (gram -)
name 3 examples of proteins that bacteria secrete. are they activated?
phospholipid modifiers, kinases, proteases.
often no, they must get activated by the host machinery
explain the 3 examples we saw of how secreted proteins/effectors can get activated
- Rab5:GTP binding to phospholipase A1 (effector) can alter its conformation, activating it
- protein kinase binding to E2-Ub complex stabilizes its active site
- protease binding to redox-related protein isomerases can activate its activity
bacterial effectors that are injected early can activate what?
internalization of the bacteria
bacterial effectors that are injected later can facilitate what?
closure through depolymerization
effectors that evolved to evade internalization into macrophages can now ?
allow entry into non-phagocytic cells
what can be a function of effectors that are secreted after the bacteria escaped the endosome?
drive bacterial movement through the cytosol
explain the example of what happens to salmonella once it entered the cell
It replicates in its own vacuolar compartment.
The vacuoles interact or fuse with organelles via long extensions.
Hydrolytic content is removed through recycling endosome so the bacteria doesn’t get degraded.
what is the hypothesis of how bacteria (salmonella) escape the vacuole after infection?
via the secretion of a pore forming toxin effector that ruptures the vacuole wall
what is SipA? what’s its function?
a salmonella effector that acts as an R-SNARE and recruits early endosomal SNAREs syntaxins 8, 7 and 13.
This keeps the bacteria out of the later endosomes
name the role of other salmonella effectors other than SipA?
- alter retromer
- alter mannose-6 phosphate transport
(both aim to stop the endosome from becoming hydrolytic)
what’s a difference between salmonella and shigella?
shigella must escape phagosome to replicate, salmonella can replicate in the vacuole
what happens to shagella bacteria after being phagocytosed?
escapes the phagosome after 10-15 min with Rab11-positive recycling endosomes. it lives in the cytosol
shigella’s escape of the phagosome involves the recruitment of what protein?
Rab11-positive recycling endosome
how can the bacteria move through the cell?
it generates actin comet tails
explain actin comet tails
actin polymerization machinery is recruited to the bacterial membrane and drives rapid movement through the cell
what are 2 things actin comet tails can do, which shows how powerful they are?
- drive movement of bacteria cutting through mitochondria
- drive bacteria directly into the neighboring cell
how does the host respond to a phagosome rupture induced by bacteria?
glycans are exposed to the cytosol and recruit Galectins
what are galectins and how do they work?
proteins that sense damaged membrane (glycans) and target them for degradation through autophagic mechanism.
They recruit NDP52.
what is NDP52 and its role?
autophagic adaptor that recruits Ub E33 ligases to ubiquitinate a broken phagosome membrane and the bacterial surface
what other adaptors are recruited with NDP52 after galectins signal damaged membrane?
P62 and optineurin
what are P62’s and optineurin’s function?
P62 binds a ubiquitin ligase Traf6.
Optineurin binds DUBs.
(they sculp the ubiquitin landscape)
what do NDP5a, optineurin, and p62 have in common?
they are all recruited to damaged phagosome membrane and all have a LIR domain to interact with LC3
what is the final step of removing bacteria by the host cell?
NDP52, optineurin, and p62 LIR domains interact with LC3 which initiates cargo incorporation into an autophagosome
how can bacteria escape this highly modulated route to autophagosomes?
with actin tail
describe zipper mechanism of bacterial invasion
- contact via surface proteins
- phagocytic cup formation
- closure and retraction
describe trigger mechanism of bacterial invasion
- inject effectors by TTSS (secretion systems)
- cytoskeletal rearrangement
- engulf bacteria by vacuole
what are the 2 mode of survivals of bacteria?
membrane-bound lifestyle or cytosolic lifestyle
what is the advantage of bacterial membrane-bound lifestyle?
it prevents lysosome fusion
what are the 2 steps of bacterial evasion from the host cell?
- actin polymerization
- destroy the membrane
what happens to bacteria when the host cell dies from apoptosis?
Bacteria can escape within the apoptotic bodies and infect next cell this way
what is necrosis?
inflammatory cell death from damage, loss of ATP, membrane rupture,
what is pyroptosis?
highly programmed form of death where the dying cell expresses and releases specific cytokines to recruit immune cells to help.
(involves transcriptional programs, caspase cascades, etc) (also inflammatory)