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Hpt, a bacterial homolog of the microsomal glucose- 6-phosphate translocase, mediates rapid intracellular proliferation in Listeria

Investigation article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

January 8th, 2002

Efficient replication in vivo is essential for a microparasite to colonize its host and the understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which microbial pathogens grow within host tissues can lead to the discovery of novel therapies to treat infection. Here we present evidence that the foodborne bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, a facultative intracellular parasite, exploits hexose phosphates (HP) from the host cell as a source of carbon and energy to fuel fast intracellular growth. HP uptake is mediated by Hpt, a bacterial homolog of the mammalian translocase that transports glucose-6-phosphate from the cytosol into the endoplasmic reticulum in the final step of gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis. Expression of the Hpt permease is tightly controlled by the central virulence regulator PrfA, which upon entry into host cells induces a set of virulence factors required for listerial intracellular parasitism. Loss of Hpt resulted in impaired listerial intracytosolic proliferation and attenuated virulence in mice. Hpt is the first virulence factor to be identified as specifically involved in the replication phase of a facultative intracellular pathogen. It is also a clear example of how adaptation to intracellular parasitism by microbial pathogens involves mimicry of physiological mechanisms of their eukaryotic host cells




Chico I., Suarez M., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Scortti M., Slaughuis J., Goebel W. and Vazquez-Boland JA.




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Participants:

Universidad ComplutenseDepartamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Universidad ComplutenseServicio de Zoonosis de Transmisión Alimentaria y Resistencia a Antimicrobianos (ZTA). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Universidad ComplutenseGrupo de Patogénesis Molecular Bacteriana. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum. Universität Würzburg.







FACTOR YEAR Q
10.700 2002

NLMID: 7505876

PMID: 11756655

ISSN: 0027-8424



TITLE: Hpt, a bacterial homolog of the microsomal glucose- 6-phosphate translocase, mediates rapid intracellular proliferation in Listeria


JOURNAL: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A


NUMERACIÓN: 99(1):431-6


AÑO: 2002


PUBLISHER: National Academy of Sciences


AUTHORS: Chico I., Suarez M., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Scortti M., Slaughuis J., Goebel W. and Vazquez-Boland JA.


2nd
Mónica Suárez Rodríguez
3rd
Bruno González Zorn

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.012363899


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Chico I., Suarez M., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Scortti M., Slaughuis J., Goebel W. and Vazquez-Boland JA. Hpt, a bacterial homolog of the microsomal glucose- 6-phosphate translocase, mediates rapid intracellular proliferation in Listeria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99(1):431-6. 2002. (A). ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.012363899


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