Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29532717›Full record

ArticleVirulence2018

Pyoverdine, a siderophore from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, translocates into C. elegans, removes iron, and activates a distinct host response.

Donghoon Kang, Daniel R Kirienko, Phillip Webster, Alfred L Fisher, Natalia V Kirienko

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Article in Virulence, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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93citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Donghoon Kanga Department of BioSciences , Rice University , Houston TX , USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5314-0961
Daniel R Kirienkoa Department of BioSciences , Rice University , Houston TX , USA.
Phillip Websterb Center for Healthy Aging , University of Texas Health Sciences Center , San Antonio TX , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4266-306X
Alfred L Fisherb Center for Healthy Aging , University of Texas Health Sciences Center , San Antonio TX , USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6451-2644
Natalia V Kirienkoa Department of BioSciences , Rice University , Houston TX , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1537-4967
Rice University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

TRANSGENIC COREP30AG013319 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI JAMES FLOYD NELSON · 1995 to 2026
$30.6M
Effects of insulin-like signaling, aging, and ubiquinone on C. elegans muscleR01AG044768 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI FISHER, ALFRED L · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
Mechanisms of Stimulating Innate ImmunityK22AI110552 · NIAID · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI KIRIENKO, NATASHA · 2015 to 2016
$268k
NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI110552NIA NIH HHS P30 AG013319NIA NIH HHS R01 AG044768
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a re-emerging, opportunistic human pathogen, encodes a variety of virulence determinants. Pyoverdine, a siderophore produced by this bacterium, is essential for pathogenesis in mammalian infections. This observation is generally attributed to its roles in acquiring iron and/or regulating other virulence factors. Here we report that pyoverdine translocates into the host, where it binds and extracts iron. Pyoverdine-mediated iron extraction damages host mitochondria, disrupting their function and triggering mitochondrial turnover via autophagy. The host detects this damage via a conserved mitochondrial surveillance pathway mediated by the ESRE network. Our findings illuminate the pathogenic mechanisms of pyoverdine and highlight the importance of this bacterial product in host-pathogen interactions.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansIronMitochondriaMitophagyOligopeptidesPseudomonas aeruginosaSiderophoresVirulence FactorsIronOligopeptidespyoverdinSiderophoresVirulence FactorsCaenorhabditis eleganshost responsemitochondrial damagepathogenesisPseudomonas aeruginosapyoverdinesiderophore

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PMID29532717
PMCPMC5955448
OpenAlexW2793124985

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