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ArticlePathogens and disease2017

The Coxiella Burnetii type IVB secretion system (T4BSS) component DotA is released/secreted during infection of host cells and during in vitro growth in a T4BSS-dependent manner.

Brandon E Luedtke, Saugata Mahapatra, Erika I Lutter, Edward I Shaw

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Brandon E LuedtkeDepartment of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849, USA.
Saugata MahapatraDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
Erika I LutterDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
Edward I ShawDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.

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Abstract

Coxiella burnetii is a Gram-negative intracellular pathogen and is the causative agent of the zoonotic disease Q fever. To cause disease, C. burnetii requires a functional type IVB secretion system (T4BSS) to transfer effector proteins required for the establishment and maintenance of a membrane-bound parasitophorous vacuole (PV) and further modulation of host cell process. However, it is not clear how the T4BSS interacts with the PV membrane since neither a secretion pilus nor an extracellular pore forming apparatus has not been described. To address this, we used the acidified citrate cysteine medium (ACCM) along with cell culture infection and immunological techniques to identify the cellular and extracellular localization of T4BSS components. Interestingly, we found that DotA and IcmX were secreted/released in a T4BSS-dependent manner into the ACCM. Analysis of C. burnetii-infected cell lines revealed that DotA colocalized with the host cell marker CD63 (LAMP3) at the PV membrane. In the absence of bacterial protein synthesis, DotA also became depleted from the PV membrane. These data are the first to identify the release/secretion of C. burnetii T4BSS components during axenic growth and the interaction of a T4BSS component with the PV membrane during infection of host cells.

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Host-Pathogen InteractionsBacterial ProteinsCoxiella burnetiiTetraspanin 30Type IV Secretion SystemsVacuolesBacterial ProteinsCD63 protein, humanTetraspanin 30Type IV Secretion SystemsACCMDotA, Coxiellaintracellular pathogenesisQ fevertype 4B secretion system

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PMCPMC5437124

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