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ArticlePloS one2019

The cAMP effectors, Rap2b and EPAC, are involved in the regulation of the development of the Coxiella burnetii containing vacuole by altering the fusogenic capacity of the vacuole.

María Eugenia Mansilla Pareja, Maria Celeste Gaurón, Esteban Robledo, Milton Osmar Aguilera, María Isabel Colombo

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

María Eugenia Mansilla ParejaLaboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular- Instituto de Histología y Embriología (IHEM)-Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-4387-2995
Maria Celeste GaurónLaboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular- Instituto de Histología y Embriología (IHEM)-Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-4717-277X
Esteban RobledoLaboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular- Instituto de Histología y Embriología (IHEM)-Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina.
Milton Osmar AguileraLaboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular- Instituto de Histología y Embriología (IHEM)-Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina.
María Isabel ColomboLaboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular- Instituto de Histología y Embriología (IHEM)-Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-5788-9256
University of Mendoza · ARConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) is a key second messenger known to directly regulate not only the protein kinase A (PKA) activity but also other important molecules such as the exchange protein activated by cAMP (EPAC), which is as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) of the low molecular weight GTPase, Rap2. Coxiella burnetii is a Gram negative bacterium that survives and grows in a large Coxiella replicative vacuole (CRV), which displays lysosomal and autophagic features. In this report, we present evidence that both, EPAC and its downstream effector Rap2b, were recruited to the CRV. The transient over-expression of the Rap2b wt protein, but not its inactive mutant Rap2b ΔAAX, markedly inhibited the development of the large CRV. Additionally, Rap2b wtinhibited the fusion of early Coxiella phagosomes with the fully developed CRV, indicating that homotypic fusion events are altered in the presence of high levels of Rap2b wt. Likewise, the fusion of endosome/lysosomal compartments (heterotypic fusions) with the large CRV was also affected by the over-expression of this GTPase. Interestingly, cell overexpression of Rap2b wt markedly decreased the levels of the v-SNARE, Vamp7, suggesting that this down-regulation impairs the homotypic and heterotypic fusions events of the Coxiella vacuole.

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AnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCHO CellsCoxiella burnetiiCricetulusCyclic AMPGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHeLa CellsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMembrane FusionPhagosomesQ Feverrap GTP-Binding ProteinsVacuolesVero CellsCyclic AMPGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsRAP2B protein, humanRAPGEF3 protein, humanrap GTP-Binding Proteins

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PMID30763357
PMCPMC6375611
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