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CELL HOST & MICROBE
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 244-258Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2009.02.003
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- German Research Council (DFG) [FOR471, SPP1150, SFB621]
- EU NoE grant EuroPathoGenomics [LSHB-CT-2005-512061]
- FIRC
- Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC)
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Actin pedestal formation by pathogenic E coli requires signaling by the bacterial intimin receptor Tir, which induces host cell actin polymerization mediated by N-WASP and the Arp2/3 complex. Whereas canonical enteropathogenic E coli (EPEC) recruit these actin regulators through tyrosine kinase signaling cascades, enterohemorrhagic E coli (EHEC) O157:H7 employ the bacterial effector EspF(U) (TccP), a potent N-WASP activator. Here, we show that IRSp53 family members, key regulators of membrane and actin dynamics, directly interact with both Tir and EspF(U). IRSp53 colocalizes with EspF(U) and N-WASP in actin pedestals. In addition, targeting of IRSp53 is independent of EspF(U) and N-WASP but requires Tir residues 454-463, previously shown to be essential for EspF(U)-dependent actin assembly. Genetic and functional loss of IRSp53 abrogates actin assembly mediated by EHEC. Collectively, these data indentify IRSp53 family proteins as the missing host cell factors linking bacterial Tir and EspF(U) in EHEC pedestal formation.
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