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ArticlePLoS pathogens2015

Hyperinvasive Meningococci Induce Intra-nuclear Cleavage of the NF-κB Protein p65/RelA by Meningococcal IgA Protease.

Anissa Besbes, Salomé Le Goff, Ana Antunes, Aude Terrade, Eva Hong, Dario Giorgini, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Ala-Eddine Deghmane

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anissa BesbesInstitut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit, Paris, France.
Salomé Le GoffInstitut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit, Paris, France.
Ana AntunesInstitut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit, Paris, France.
Aude TerradeInstitut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit, Paris, France.
Eva HongInstitut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit, Paris, France.
Dario GiorginiInstitut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit, Paris, France.
Muhamed-Kheir TahaInstitut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit, Paris, France.
Ala-Eddine DeghmaneInstitut Pasteur, Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit, Paris, France.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Differential modulation of NF-κB during meningococcal infection is critical in innate immune response to meningococcal disease. Non-invasive isolates of Neisseria meningitidis provoke a sustained NF-κB activation in epithelial cells. However, the hyperinvasive isolates of the ST-11 clonal complex (ST-11) only induce an early NF-κB activation followed by a sustained activation of JNK and apoptosis. We show that this temporal activation of NF-κB was caused by specific cleavage at the C-terminal region of NF-κB p65/RelA component within the nucleus of infected cells. This cleavage was mediated by the secreted 150 kDa meningococcal ST-11 IgA protease carrying nuclear localisation signals (NLS) in its α-peptide moiety that allowed efficient intra-nuclear transport. In a collection of non-ST-11 healthy carriage isolates lacking NLS in the α-peptide, secreted IgA protease was devoid of intra-nuclear transport. This part of iga polymorphism allows non-invasive isolates lacking NLS, unlike hyperinvasive ST-11 isolates of N. meningitides habouring NLS in their α-peptide, to be carried asymptomatically in the human nasopharynx through selective eradication of their ability to induce apoptosis in infected epithelial cells.

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Active Transport, Cell NucleusApoptosisBacterial ProteinsCell LineCell NucleusElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalFlow CytometryHumansImmunoblottingImmunoprecipitationMeningococcal InfectionsMicroscopy, FluorescenceMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNeisseria meningitidisNuclear Localization SignalsBacterial ProteinsIgA-specific serine endopeptidaseNuclear Localization SignalsSerine EndopeptidasesTranscription Factor RelA

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PMID26241037
PMCPMC4524725
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