Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 20, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms20092209
Keywords
Arf6; small GTPase; immunity; host-pathogen interaction; vesicular transport; innate immunity; toll-like receptor; phagocytosis
Funding
- Instituut voor de Aanmoediging van Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie in Vlaanderen (IWT, Flanders)
- Ghent University (Group-ID Multidisciplinary Research Partnerschips)
- Belgian Government (Interuniversitary Attraction Poles) [P7/13]
- ERC Advanced Grant [340941]
- European Research Council (ERC) [340941] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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The small GTase Arf6 has several important functions in intracellular vesicular trafficking and regulates the recycling of different types of cargo internalized via clathrin-dependent or -independent endocytosis. It activates the lipid modifying enzymes PIP 5-kinase and phospholipase D, promotes actin polymerization, and affects several functionally distinct processes in the cell. Arf6 is used for the phagocytosis of pathogens and can be directly or indirectly targeted by various pathogens to block phagocytosis or induce the uptake of intracellular pathogens. Arf6 is also used in the signaling of Toll-like receptors and in the activation of NADPH oxidases. In this review, we first give an overview of the different roles and mechanisms of action of Arf6 and then focus on its role in innate immunity and host-pathogen interactions.
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