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Cytopathicity of Chlamydia is largely reproduced by expression of a single chlamydial protease.
J. Cell Biol. 182, 117-127 (2008)
Chlamydiae replicate in a vacuole within epithelial cells and commonly induce cell damage and a deleterious inflammatory response of unknown molecular pathogenesis. The chlamydial protease-like activity factor (CPAF) translocates from the vacuole to the cytosol, where it cleaves several cellular proteins. CPAF is synthesized as an inactive precursor that is processed and activated during infection. Here, we show that CPAF can be activated in uninfected cells by experimentally induced oligomerization, reminiscent of the activation mode of initiator caspases. CPAF activity induces proteolysis of cellular substrates including two novel targets, cyclin B1 and PARP, and indirectly results in the processing of pro-apoptotic BH3-only proteins. CPAF activation induces striking morphological changes in the cell and, later, cell death. Biochemical and ultrastructural analysis of the cell death pathway identify the mechanism of cell death as nonapoptotic. Active CPAF in uninfected human cells thus mimics many features of chlamydial infection, implicating CPAF as a major factor of chlamydial pathogenicity, Chlamydia-associated cell damage, and inflammation.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2008
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2008
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0021-9525
e-ISSN
1540-8140
Zeitschrift
Journal of Cell Biology, The
Quellenangaben
Band: 182,
Heft: 1,
Seiten: 117-127
Verlag
Rockefeller University Press
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s)
30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e)
G-500300-001
G-500390-001
G-500390-001
Scopus ID
47549091352
Erfassungsdatum
2008-07-28