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ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2026

Typhoid toxin of Salmonella Typhi elicits host antimicrobial response during acute typhoid fever.

Salma Srour, Francesca K Brown, James W Sheffield, Mohamed ElGhazaly, Daniel O'Connor, Malick M Gibani, Thomas C Darton, Andrew J Pollard, Mark O Collins, Daniel Humphreys

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Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Protein-centric mechanisms of typhoidalFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Salma SrourSchool of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6292-428X
Francesca K BrownSchool of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1642-3262
James W SheffieldSchool of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Mohamed ElGhazalySchool of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4905-2966
Daniel O'ConnorOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6902-9886
Malick M GibaniDepartment of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Thomas C DartonSchool of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Andrew J PollardOxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.
Mark O CollinsSchool of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7656-4975
Daniel HumphreysSchool of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. d.humphreys@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1038-2538

Funding

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) MR/K015753/1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) MR/N013840/1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) MR/S034390/1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) MR/X02329X/1UKRI | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/Z515796/1UKRI | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) MR/X012220/1UKRI | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/R005982/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Salmonella Typhi secretes typhoid toxin that activates cellular DNA damage responses (DDR) during acute typhoid fever. Human infection challenge studies revealed that the toxin suppresses bacteraemia via unknown mechanisms. Using quantitative proteomic analysis on the plasma of bacteraemic participants, we demonstrate that wild-type toxigenic Salmonella induced secretion of lysozyme (LYZ) and apolipoprotein C3 (APOC3). Recombinant typhoid toxin or Salmonella infection recapitulated LYZ and APOC3 secretion in cultured cells, which involved ATM/ATR-dependent DDRs and confirmed observations in typhoid fever. LYZ caused spheroplast formation, inhibited the Salmonella type 3 secretion system, and intracellular infections. LYZ expression was regulated by p53 in a cell type-specific manner and driven by mitochondrial oxidative stress that caused nuclear DDRs and p53-mediated senescence responses. Addition of LYZ inhibited oxidative DNA damage and resulting senescence responses caused by typhoid toxin. Our findings may indicate that toxin-induced DDRs elicit antimicrobial responses, which suppress Salmonella bacteraemia during typhoid fever.

Indexed as

Bacterial ToxinsSalmonella typhiTyphoid FeverBacteremiaDNA DamageHumansOxidative StressBacterial ToxinsBactereamiaDNA Damage ResponsesLysozymeSalmonella InfectionSenescence

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PMID41326716
PMCPMC12808722

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