Intracellular Trafficking and Persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> Requires Transcription Factor EB

ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant human pathogen associated with hospital-acquired infections. While adhesion, an initial and important step in A. baumannii infection, is well characterized, the intracellular trafficking of this pathogen inside host cells remains poorly studied. Here...

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Autores principales: Raquel Parra-Millán, David Guerrero-Gómez, Rafael Ayerbe-Algaba, Maria Eugenia Pachón-Ibáñez, Antonio Miranda-Vizuete, Jerónimo Pachón, Younes Smani
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:85b7e0b2cec04d61af9ca136ffb561142021-11-15T15:22:14ZIntracellular Trafficking and Persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> Requires Transcription Factor EB10.1128/mSphere.00106-182379-5042https://doaj.org/article/85b7e0b2cec04d61af9ca136ffb561142018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00106-18https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5042ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant human pathogen associated with hospital-acquired infections. While adhesion, an initial and important step in A. baumannii infection, is well characterized, the intracellular trafficking of this pathogen inside host cells remains poorly studied. Here, we demonstrate that transcription factor EB (TFEB) is activated after A. baumannii infection of human lung epithelial cells (A549). We also show that TFEB is required for the invasion and persistence inside A549 cells. Consequently, lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy activation were observed after TFEB activation which could increase the death of A549 cells. In addition, using the Caenorhabditis elegans infection model by A. baumannii, the TFEB orthologue HLH-30 was required for survival of the nematode to infection, although nuclear translocation of HLH-30 was not required. These results identify TFEB as a conserved key factor in the pathogenesis of A. baumannii. IMPORTANCE Adhesion is an initial and important step in Acinetobacter baumannii infections. However, the mechanism of entrance and persistence inside host cells is unclear and remains to be understood. In this study, we report that, in addition to its known role in host defense against Gram-positive bacterial infection, TFEB also plays an important role in the intracellular trafficking of A. baumannii in host cells. TFEB was activated shortly after A. baumannii infection and is required for its persistence within host cells. Additionally, using the C. elegans infection model by A. baumannii, the TFEB orthologue HLH-30 was required for survival of the nematode to infection, although nuclear translocation of HLH-30 was not required.Raquel Parra-MillánDavid Guerrero-GómezRafael Ayerbe-AlgabaMaria Eugenia Pachón-IbáñezAntonio Miranda-VizueteJerónimo PachónYounes SmaniAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleAcinetobacter baumanniiCaenorhabditis elegansHLH-30TFEBbacterial invasionMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSphere, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2018)
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topic Acinetobacter baumannii
Caenorhabditis elegans
HLH-30
TFEB
bacterial invasion
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle Acinetobacter baumannii
Caenorhabditis elegans
HLH-30
TFEB
bacterial invasion
Microbiology
QR1-502
Raquel Parra-Millán
David Guerrero-Gómez
Rafael Ayerbe-Algaba
Maria Eugenia Pachón-Ibáñez
Antonio Miranda-Vizuete
Jerónimo Pachón
Younes Smani
Intracellular Trafficking and Persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> Requires Transcription Factor EB
description ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant human pathogen associated with hospital-acquired infections. While adhesion, an initial and important step in A. baumannii infection, is well characterized, the intracellular trafficking of this pathogen inside host cells remains poorly studied. Here, we demonstrate that transcription factor EB (TFEB) is activated after A. baumannii infection of human lung epithelial cells (A549). We also show that TFEB is required for the invasion and persistence inside A549 cells. Consequently, lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy activation were observed after TFEB activation which could increase the death of A549 cells. In addition, using the Caenorhabditis elegans infection model by A. baumannii, the TFEB orthologue HLH-30 was required for survival of the nematode to infection, although nuclear translocation of HLH-30 was not required. These results identify TFEB as a conserved key factor in the pathogenesis of A. baumannii. IMPORTANCE Adhesion is an initial and important step in Acinetobacter baumannii infections. However, the mechanism of entrance and persistence inside host cells is unclear and remains to be understood. In this study, we report that, in addition to its known role in host defense against Gram-positive bacterial infection, TFEB also plays an important role in the intracellular trafficking of A. baumannii in host cells. TFEB was activated shortly after A. baumannii infection and is required for its persistence within host cells. Additionally, using the C. elegans infection model by A. baumannii, the TFEB orthologue HLH-30 was required for survival of the nematode to infection, although nuclear translocation of HLH-30 was not required.
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author Raquel Parra-Millán
David Guerrero-Gómez
Rafael Ayerbe-Algaba
Maria Eugenia Pachón-Ibáñez
Antonio Miranda-Vizuete
Jerónimo Pachón
Younes Smani
author_facet Raquel Parra-Millán
David Guerrero-Gómez
Rafael Ayerbe-Algaba
Maria Eugenia Pachón-Ibáñez
Antonio Miranda-Vizuete
Jerónimo Pachón
Younes Smani
author_sort Raquel Parra-Millán
title Intracellular Trafficking and Persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> Requires Transcription Factor EB
title_short Intracellular Trafficking and Persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> Requires Transcription Factor EB
title_full Intracellular Trafficking and Persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> Requires Transcription Factor EB
title_fullStr Intracellular Trafficking and Persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> Requires Transcription Factor EB
title_full_unstemmed Intracellular Trafficking and Persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> Requires Transcription Factor EB
title_sort intracellular trafficking and persistence of <named-content content-type="genus-species">acinetobacter baumannii</named-content> requires transcription factor eb
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/85b7e0b2cec04d61af9ca136ffb56114
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