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A conserved tryptophan in the acylated segment of RTX toxins controls their βinf2/inf integrin–independent cell penetration
- 1.0573968 - MBÚ 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Osičková, Adriana - Knoblochová, Šárka - Bumba, Ladislav - Man, Petr - Kalaninová, Zuzana - Lepesheva, Anna - Jurnečka, David - Čížková, Monika - Biedermannová, Lada - Goldsmith, J. A. - Maynard, J. A. - McLellan, J. S. - Osička, Radim - Šebo, Peter - Mašín, Jiří
A conserved tryptophan in the acylated segment of RTX toxins controls their βinf2/inf integrin–independent cell penetration.
Journal of Biological Chemistry. Roč. 299, č. 8 (2023), č. článku 104978. ISSN 0021-9258. E-ISSN 1083-351X
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA22-01558S; GA ČR(CZ) GA22-01558S; GA MŠMT(CZ) LX22NPO5103; GA MŠMT(CZ) EF18_046/0015974; GA ČR(CZ) GX19-27630X
Research Infrastructure: e-INFRA CZ - 90140; EATRIS-CZ IV - 90253; CIISB III - 90242
Institutional support: RVO:61388971 ; RVO:86652036
Keywords : acylated segment * adenylate cyclase toxin * cytotoxicity * hydrogen/deuterium exchange * RTX toxin * thermal stability * tryptophan residue * α-hemolysin * β integrins 2
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 4, year: 2023
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021925823020069?via%3Dihub
The acylated Repeats in ToXins (RTX) leukotoxins, the adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) or α-hemolysin (HlyA), bind β2 integrins of leukocytes but also penetrate cells lacking these receptors. We show that the indoles of conserved tryptophans in the acylated segments, W876 of CyaA and W579 of HlyA, are crucial for β2 integrin–independent membrane penetration. Substitutions of W876 by aliphatic or aromatic residues did not affect acylation, folding, or the activities of CyaA W876L/F/Y variants on cells expressing high amounts of the β2 integrin CR3. However, toxin activity of CyaA W876L/F/Y on cells lacking CR3 was strongly impaired. Similarly, a W579L substitution selectively reduced HlyA W579L cytotoxicity towards cells lacking β2 integrins. Intriguingly, the W876L/F/Y substitutions increased the thermal stability (Tm) of CyaA by 4 to 8 °C but locally enhanced the accessibility to deuteration of the hydrophobic segment and of the interface of the two acylated loops. W876Q substitution (showing no increase in Tm), or combination of W876F with a cavity-filling V822M substitution (this combination decreasing the Tm closer to that of CyaA), yielded a milder defect of toxin activity on erythrocytes lacking CR3. Furthermore, the activity of CyaA on erythrocytes was also selectively impaired when the interaction of the pyrrolidine of P848 with the indole of W876 was ablated. Hence, the bulky indoles of residues W876 of CyaA, or W579 of HlyA, rule the local positioning of the acylated loops and enable a membrane-penetrating conformation in the absence of RTX toxin docking onto the cell membrane by β2 integrins.
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