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The role of proteolytic cleavage in the onset of the Chlamydia trachomatis persistence phenotype
Christopher Thompson, PhD
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Background
Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular parasites
Vacuolar membrane is protective, but also prohibitive
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Chlamydia undergo a unique biphasic development
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Persistence Phenotype
Viable but non-cultivatable
Aberrant morphology, lack of cytokinesis
Induced by certain stress conditions, though normal development can be reactivated
stress
Removal of stress
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Persistence Phenotype
Chronic infection has been linked to the serious sequelae of Chlamydia:
• Blindness (trachoma)• Infertility• Ectopic pregnancy• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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Mediators of persistence, in vitro
• IFN-gamma treatment • Penicillin treatment• Iron-restriction• Amino acid starvation• Glucose deficiency• Growth within
monocytes• Co-infection with
certain intracellular parasites
• Culture with adenosine• Heat shock• Chlamydiophage infection• Inhibition of Type three
secretion
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The Importance of Iron
Stable in multiple oxidation states• Fe2+ <-> Fe3+
• Able to accept and donate single electrons
Essential for conserved cellular processes• e.g. electron transport, nucleotide biosynthesis
Often a limiting nutrient for pathogens• Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Chlamydia enters the persistent growth mode upon low-iron availability.
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Danger of Excess Iron
Excess Fe2+ can catalyze the generation of toxic free-radicals
Most organisms employ regulatory mechanisms to maintain iron-homeostasis
oProkaryotes iron-dependent DNA-binding transcriptional repressors
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How Chlamydiae acquire iron is unknown
No siderophore secretion/adsorption systems
No recognized receptors for host iron-proteins
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transport system?
Homology to divalent metal transport systems in other bacteria
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Putative Function of the YtgABCD system
YtgA
Periplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
YtgA bound Iron > Mn or Zn in vitro-Miller et al. (2008)
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YtgABCD as an iron-import system
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
YtgAPeriplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
Fe2+
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YtgABCD as an iron-import system
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
YtgAPeriplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
Fe2+
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Is transcription of the ytgABCD operon regulated in response to
fluctuation in available iron?
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Transcription of ytgA is responsive to iron-starvation
control iron-starved
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How does this iron-dependent transcriptional regulation occur?
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Ct069 (YtgC) contains two distinct domains
Predicted transmembrane domains
Predicted alpha helical structure
Predicted beta-strand structure
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Diphtheria toxin repressor superfamily
DNA binding proteins that repress transcription of specific genes in response to coordination of a metal co-factor
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The metal coordinating residues of DtxR are conserved in the YtgR domain
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Ct069 (termed YtgCR) contains two distinct domains
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
YtgAPeriplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
Fe2+
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Ct069 (termed YtgCR) contains two distinct domains
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
YtgAPeriplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
Fe2+YtgR
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Is the ‘YtgR’ domain a functional DNA-binding protein?
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In vitro DNA-binding Assay
artificial start site
Biotinylated-DNA sequence
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Bio-Layer Interferometry Assay
KD = 3.4x10-8 M
Negative controls- purified YtgR +/- cofactor removal step
All metals supplemented at 150 µM
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How does the YtgR domain affect transcription from a membrane-anchored localization?
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
YtgAPeriplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
Fe2+
YtgR
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How does the YtgR domain affect transcription from a membrane-anchored localization?
Proteolytic liberation from membrane sequestration is a common mechanism for the regulation of transcription in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes
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YtgCR is cleaved during the course of infection
YtgCR
Lower molecular weight fragment
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Recombinant YtgCR is heterologously cleaved in E. coli
(C-terminal epitope)
The lower molecular weight fragments correspond to the C-terminal YtgR domain
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A model for maintenance of iron-homeostasis in Chlamydia
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Proposed model for regulation of iron-homeostasis
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+Fe2+
Fe2+
YtgAPeriplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
Fe2+YtgR
transcription
Iron-starved
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Proposed model for regulation of iron-homeostasis
Fe2+
Fe2+ Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
YtgAPeriplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
Fe2+
YtgR
Iron-replete
Regulated?
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Proposed model for regulation of iron-homeostasis
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
Fe2+
YtgAPeriplasm
Cytosol
YtgC YtgD
YtgB
Fe2+
YtgR
system repressed
Iron-replete
Fe2+ Fe2+
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Acknowledgements
Prof. Myra McClure
Dr. Rey Carabeo
Dr. Guaming Zhong
Dr. Scott Grieshaber
Sophie Nicod
Denise Malcolm
Jefferiss Research Trust PDRA Fellowship
An optimal method of iron starvation of the obligate intracellular pathogen, Chlamydia trachomatis. Frontiers in Microbiology (2011)
Cleavage of a putative metal permease in Chlamydia trachomatis yields an iron-dependent transcriptional repressor. PNAS (2012)