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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2009

Subtilase cytotoxin cleaves newly synthesized BiP and blocks antibody secretion in B lymphocytes.

Chih-Chi Andrew Hu, Stephanie K Dougan, Sebastian Virreira Winter, Adrienne W Paton, James C Paton, Hidde L Ploegh

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chih-Chi Andrew HuWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Stephanie K Dougan
Sebastian Virreira Winter
Adrienne W Paton
James C Paton
Hidde L Ploegh
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · USUniversity of Adelaide · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) use subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB) to interfere with adaptive immunity. Its inhibition of immunoglobulin secretion is both rapid and profound. SubAB favors cleavage of the newly synthesized immunoglobulin heavy chain-binding protein (BiP) to yield a C-terminal fragment that contains BiP's substrate-binding domain. In the absence of its regulatory nucleotide-binding domain, the SubAB-cleaved C-terminal BiP fragment remains tightly bound to newly synthesized immunoglobulin light chains, resulting in retention of light chains in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Immunoglobulins are thus detained in the ER, making impossible the secretion of antibodies by SubAB-treated B cells. The inhibitory effect of SubAB is highly specific for antibody secretion, because other secretory proteins such as IL-6 are released normally from SubAB-treated B cells. Although SubAB also causes BiP cleavage in HepG2 hepatoma cells, (glyco)protein secretion continues unabated in SubAB-exposed HepG2 cells. This specific block in antibody secretion is a novel means of immune evasion for STEC. The differential cleavage of newly synthesized versus "aged" BiP by SubAB in the ER provides insight into the architecture of the ER compartments involved.

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AnimalsAntibodiesB-LymphocytesCell MembraneEndoplasmic ReticulumEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPEscherichia coli ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin MInterleukin-6Intracellular SpaceMiceModels, ImmunologicalPeptide FragmentsAntibodiesEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPEscherichia coli ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin MInterleukin-6Peptide Fragmentssubtilase cytotoxin, E coliSubtilisins

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PMID19808260
PMCPMC2768844
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