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ArticlemBio2022

Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE51 Inhibits Autophagy by Suppressing Toll-Like Receptor 2-Dependent Signaling.

Emily J Strong, Jia Wang, Tony W Ng, Steven A Porcelli, Sunhee Lee

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Article in mBio, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Functional Analysis of Genes inIndian journal of microbiology · 2024
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  16. Recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by macrophage Toll-like receptor and its role in autophagy.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
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  18. Virulence · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emily J StrongDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Jia WangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Tony W NgDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Steven A PorcelliDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Sunhee LeeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2599-6938
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USDuke University · US

Funding

Modulation of Host Cell Environment by Mycobacterial PE/PPE ProteinsR01AI127711 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI LEE, SUNHEE, PORCELLI, STEVEN A · 2017 to 2021
$2.8M
Comparison of Exhaled and Serum Nitric Oxide LevelsF31NR009457 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHOI, JIYEON · 2005 to 2008
$105k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127711NINR NIH HHS F31 NR009457
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is an ubiquitous homeostatic pathway in mammalian cells and plays a significant role in host immunity. Substantial evidence indicates that the ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to successfully evade immune responses is partially due to inhibition of autophagic pathways. Our previous screening of Mtb transposon mutants identified the PPE51 protein as an important autophagy-inhibiting effector. We found that expression of PPE51, either by infecting bacteria or by direct expression in host cells, suppressed responses to potent autophagy-inducing stimuli and interfered with bacterial phagocytosis. This phenotype was associated with reduced activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), a key component of signaling pathways that stimulate autophagy. Multiple lines of evidence demonstrated that the effects of PPE51 are attributable to signal blocking by Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), a receptor with known involvement of activation of ERK1/2 and autophagy. Consistent with these results, mice with intact TLR2 signaling showed striking virulence attenuation for an Mtb

Indexed as

AutophagyBacterial ProteinsMycobacterium tuberculosisToll-Like Receptor 2TuberculosisAnimalsImmunity, InnateMacrophagesMiceBacterial ProteinsToll-Like Receptor 2autophagyhost-microbe interactioninnate immunitymitogen-activated protein kinase ERK1/2Mycobacterium tuberculosisToll-like receptor 2

Identifiers

PMID35467412
PMCPMC9239179
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