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ArticleMicrobiology and immunology2026

Bordetella BcrH1 and BcrH2 Are Specific Chaperones for the Pore-Forming Complex.

Yuya Kishino, Toshinobu Ogawa, Hiroko Sato, Akio Abe, Asaomi Kuwae

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Yuya KishinoLaboratory of Bacterial Infection, Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshinobu OgawaLaboratory of Bacterial Infection, Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroko SatoLaboratory of Bacterial Infection, Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.
Akio AbeLaboratory of Bacterial Infection, Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.
Asaomi KuwaeLaboratory of Bacterial Infection, Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.

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This study was supported in part by grants (23K06531 to A.K.) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI), and a grant (JP24gm1610003 to A.K.) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection or analysis, the decision to publish, or the preparation of manuscript.
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Abstract

Bordetella has a type III secretion system that secretes virulence proteins crucial to the establishment of infection. The genes encoding components of the Bordetella type III secretion system are located in the bsc region on the chromosome. This region includes the bcrH1 and bcrH2 genes, which respectively encode the proteins BcrH1 and BcrH2. In this study, we analyzed the functions of BcrH1 and BcrH2 in the Bordetella type III secretion system. First, we created a BcrH1-deficient strain and a BcrH2-deficient strain. We analyzed the amounts of the type III secreted proteins BopB and BopD, which make a complex that forms pores in the host membrane, in bacterial cells of each protein-deficient strain. The results showed that the BopB and BopD signals were weakened in the whole cell fraction of the BcrH1-deficient strain and the BcrH2-deficient strain, respectively. The hemolytic activity and cell toxicity of each BcrH protein-deficient strain were significantly lower than those of the wild-type strain. When anti-BcrH1 and anti-BcrH2 antibodies were used for the immunoprecipitation assay, the BopB and BopD signals were detected in the precipitated fractions, respectively. These results strongly suggest that BcrH1 and BcrH2 are specific chaperones for maintaining the stability of BopB and BopD, respectively.

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Bacterial ProteinsBordetellaMolecular ChaperonesType III Secretion SystemsVirulence Factors, BordetellaHemolysisHumansBacterial ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesType III Secretion SystemsVirulence Factors, BordetellaBordetellachaperonecytotoxicityhemolytic activitytype III secretion system

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PMCPMC12868935

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