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ArticleFEMS microbiology letters2017

Protein aggregation in Ehrlichia chaffeensis during infection of mammalian cells.

Dorota Kuczynska-Wisnik, Chuanmin Cheng, Roman R Ganta, Michal Zolkiewski

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Article in FEMS microbiology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  3. The Role of ClpB in Bacterial Stress Responses and Virulence.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021
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  4. AAA+ Molecular Chaperone ClpB inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dorota Kuczynska-WisnikDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Chuanmin ChengCenter of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Roman R GantaCenter of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Michal ZolkiewskiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Kansas State University · US

Funding

Mentoring CoreP20GM103418 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SUSAN J. BROWN · 2012 to 2026
$63.0M
Vector and Host Contributions to the Regulation of E. Chaffeensis Gene ExpressionR01AI070908 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI ROMAN R. GANTA · 2008 to 2026
$6.9M
Vector and Host Contributions to the Regulation of E. chaffeensis Gene ExpressionR56AI070908 · NIAID · KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GANTA, ROMAN R. · 2013 to 2013
$426k
High-throughput assays for inhibitors of the Hsp100 molecular chaperonesR56AI121366 · NIAID · KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ZOLKIEWSKI, MICHAL · 2016 to 2016
$388k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI070908NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI070908NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI121366NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103418
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular pathogen transmitted through infected ticks to humans and other vertebrates. We investigated the extent of protein aggregation in E. chaffeensis during infection of canine macrophage cell line, DH82. We discovered that the size of the aggregated fraction of E. chaffeensis proteins increased during the first 48 h post infection. We also incubated the infected cells with guanidinium chloride (GuHCl), a known inhibitor of the protein-disaggregating molecular chaperone ClpB. Up to 0.5 mM GuHCl had no impact on the host cells, whereas the viability of the pathogen was reduced by ∼60% in the presence of the inhibitor. Furthermore, we found that the size of the aggregated protein fraction in E. chaffeensis increased significantly in cultures supplemented with 0.5 mM GuHCl, which also resulted in the preferential accumulation of ClpB with the aggregated proteins. Altogether, our results suggest that an exposure of E. chaffeensis to the stressful environment of a host cell results in an increased aggregation of the pathogen's proteins, which is exacerbated upon inhibition of ClpB. Our studies establish a link between protein quality control and pathogen survival during infection of a host.

Indexed as

Protein AggregatesAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBlotting, WesternCell LineCell SurvivalDogsEhrlichia chaffeensisEhrlichiosisGene ExpressionHumansHydrolysisProteolysisSolubilityBacterial ProteinsProtein AggregatesClpBEhrlichia chaffeensishost–pathogen interactionmolecular chaperoneprotein aggregationprotein folding

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PMID28333306
PMCPMC5399918
OpenAlexW2604714801

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