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A role for the tfs3 ICE-encoded type IV secretion system in pro-inflammatory signalling by the Helicobacter pylori Ser/Thr kinase, CtkA

Alandiyjany, Maher N.; Croxall, Nicola J.; Grove, Jane I.; Delahay, Robin M.

A role for the tfs3 ICE-encoded type IV secretion system in pro-inflammatory signalling by the Helicobacter pylori Ser/Thr kinase, CtkA Thumbnail


Authors

Maher N. Alandiyjany

Nicola J. Croxall

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JANE GROVE jane.grove@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Robin M. Delahay



Contributors

Masaru Katoh
Editor

Abstract

Two distinct type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) can be identified in certain Helicobacter pylori strains, encoded on mobile genetic elements termed tfs3 and tfs4. Although their function remains unknown, both have been implicated in clinical outcomes of H. pylori infection. Here we provide evidence that the Tfs3 T4SS is required for activity of the pro-inflammatory Ser/Thr kinase protein, CtkA, in a gastric epithelial cell infection model. Previously, purified recombinant CtkA protein has been shown to upregulate NF-kappaB signalling and induce TNF-alpha and IL-8 cytokine secretion from cultured macrophages suggesting that it may potentiate the H. pylori-mediated inflammatory response. In this study, we show that CtkA expressed from its native host, H. pylori has a similar capacity for stimulation of a pro-inflammatory response from gastric epithelial cells. CtkA interaction was found to be dependent upon a complement of tfs3 T4SS genes, but independent of the T4SSs encoded by either tfs4 or the cag pathogenicity island. Moreover, the availability of CtkA for host cell interaction was shown to be conditional upon the carboxyl-terminus of CtkA, encoding a putative conserved secretion signal common to other variably encoded Tfs3 proteins. Collectively, our observations indicate a role for the Tfs3 T4SS in CtkA-mediated pro-inflammatory signalling by H. pylori and identify CtkA as a likely Tfs3 T4SS secretion substrate.

Citation

Alandiyjany, M. N., Croxall, N. J., Grove, J. I., & Delahay, R. M. (2017). A role for the tfs3 ICE-encoded type IV secretion system in pro-inflammatory signalling by the Helicobacter pylori Ser/Thr kinase, CtkA. PLoS ONE, 12(7), Article e0182144. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182144

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 12, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 28, 2017
Publication Date Jul 28, 2017
Deposit Date Aug 2, 2017
Publicly Available Date Aug 2, 2017
Journal PLoS ONE
Electronic ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher Public Library of Science
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 7
Article Number e0182144
DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182144
Keywords Helicobacter pylori, type IV secretion system, Tfs3, CtkA, JHP0940, integrative and conjugative element (ICE)
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/874677
Publisher URL http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182144
Contract Date Aug 2, 2017

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