{"title":"The <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi SPI-2 injectisome enigma.","authors":"Teresa L M Thurston, David W Holden","doi":"10.1099/mic.0.001405","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>Salmonella</i> pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2)-encoded type III secretion system (injectisome) is assembled following uptake of bacteria into vacuoles in mammalian cells. The injectisome translocates virulence proteins (effectors) into infected cells. Numerous studies have established the requirement for a functional SPI-2 injectisome for growth of <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium in mouse macrophages, but the results of similar studies involving <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi and human-derived macrophages are not consistent. It is important to clarify the functions of the <i>S</i>. Typhi SPI-2 injectisome, not least because an inactivated SPI-2 injectisome forms the basis for live attenuated <i>S</i>. Typhi vaccines that have undergone extensive trials in humans. Intracellular expression of injectisome genes and effector delivery take longer in the <i>S</i>. Typhi/human macrophage model than for <i>S</i>. Typhimurium and we propose that this could explain the conflicting results. Furthermore, strains of both <i>S</i>. Typhimurium and <i>S</i>. Typhi contain intact genes for several 'core' effectors. In <i>S</i>. Typhimurium these cooperate to regulate the vacuole membrane and contribute to intracellular bacterial replication; similar functions are therefore likely in <i>S</i>. Typhi.</p>","PeriodicalId":49819,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology-Sgm","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10634361/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Microbiology-Sgm","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001405","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2)-encoded type III secretion system (injectisome) is assembled following uptake of bacteria into vacuoles in mammalian cells. The injectisome translocates virulence proteins (effectors) into infected cells. Numerous studies have established the requirement for a functional SPI-2 injectisome for growth of Salmonella Typhimurium in mouse macrophages, but the results of similar studies involving Salmonella Typhi and human-derived macrophages are not consistent. It is important to clarify the functions of the S. Typhi SPI-2 injectisome, not least because an inactivated SPI-2 injectisome forms the basis for live attenuated S. Typhi vaccines that have undergone extensive trials in humans. Intracellular expression of injectisome genes and effector delivery take longer in the S. Typhi/human macrophage model than for S. Typhimurium and we propose that this could explain the conflicting results. Furthermore, strains of both S. Typhimurium and S. Typhi contain intact genes for several 'core' effectors. In S. Typhimurium these cooperate to regulate the vacuole membrane and contribute to intracellular bacterial replication; similar functions are therefore likely in S. Typhi.
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