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ArticleInfection and immunity2011

Discovery of novel secreted virulence factors from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by proteomic analysis of culture supernatants.

George S Niemann, Roslyn N Brown, Jean K Gustin, Afke Stufkens, Afshan S Shaikh-Kidwai, Jie Li, Jason E McDermott, Heather M Brewer, Athena Schepmoes, Richard D Smith and 2 more

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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81 citing papers in PubMed, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

George S NiemannDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
Roslyn N Brown
Jean K Gustin
Afke Stufkens
Afshan S Shaikh-Kidwai
Jie Li
Jason E McDermott
Heather M Brewer
Athena Schepmoes
Richard D Smith
Joshua N Adkins
Fred Heffron
Oregon Health & Science University · USPacific Northwest National Laboratory · US

Funding

WORKSHOP AND TRAINING ACTIVITIESP41RR018522 · NCRR · BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORIES · PI SMITH, RICHARD D · 2003 to 2011
$25.1M
SALMONELLA GENES REQUIRED FOR SURVIVAL IN THE MACROPHAGER01AI022933 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HEFFRON, FRED L · 1987 to 2013
$4.6M
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR018522NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI022933PHS HHS A1022933-22A1PHS HHS Y1-A1-8401-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis throughout the world. This pathogen has two type III secretion systems (TTSS) encoded in Salmonella pathogenicity islands 1 and 2 (SPI-1 and SPI-2) that deliver virulence factors (effectors) to the host cell cytoplasm and are required for virulence. While many effectors have been identified and at least partially characterized, the full repertoire of effectors has not been catalogued. In this proteomic study, we identified effector proteins secreted into defined minimal medium designed to induce expression of the SPI-2 TTSS and its effectors. We compared the secretomes of the parent strain to those of strains missing essential (ssaK::cat) or regulatory (ΔssaL) components of the SPI-2 TTSS. We identified 20 known SPI-2 effectors. Excluding the translocon components SseBCD, all SPI-2 effectors were biased for identification in the ΔssaL mutant, substantiating the regulatory role of SsaL in TTS. To identify novel effector proteins, we coupled our secretome data with a machine learning algorithm (SIEVE, SVM-based identification and evaluation of virulence effectors) and selected 12 candidate proteins for further characterization. Using CyaA' reporter fusions, we identified six novel type III effectors and two additional proteins that were secreted into J774 macrophages independently of a TTSS. To assess their roles in virulence, we constructed nonpolar deletions and performed a competitive index analysis from intraperitoneally infected 129/SvJ mice. Six mutants were significantly attenuated for spleen colonization. Our results also suggest that non-type III secretion mechanisms are required for full Salmonella virulence.

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AlgorithmsAnimalsArtificial IntelligenceBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMiceMice, 129 StrainMutationSalmonella Infections, AnimalSalmonella typhimuriumVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsVirulence Factors

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