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PtdIns(5)P activates the host cell PI3-kinase/Akt pathway during Shigella flexneri infection

Pendaries, C., Tronchere, H., Arbibe, L., Mounier, J., Gozani, O., Cantley, L., Fry, M. J., Gaits-Iacovoni, F., Sansonetti, P. J. and Payrastre, B. (2006) PtdIns(5)P activates the host cell PI3-kinase/Akt pathway during Shigella flexneri infection. Embo Journal, 25 (5). pp. 1024-1034. ISSN 0261-4189

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601001

Abstract/Summary

The virulence factor IpgD, delivered into nonphagocytic cells by the type III secretion system of the pathogen Shigella flexneri, is a phosphoinositide 4-phosphatase generating phosphatidylinositol 5 monophosphate (PtdIns(5) P). We show that PtdIns(5) P is rapidly produced and concentrated at the entry foci of the bacteria, where it colocalises with phosphorylated Akt during the first steps of infection. Moreover, S. flexneri-induced phosphorylation of host cell Akt and its targets specifically requires IpgD. Ectopic expression of IpgD in various cell types, but not of its inactive mutant, or addition of short-chain penetrating PtdIns(5) P is sufficient to induce Akt phosphorylation. Conversely, sequestration of PtdIns(5) P or reduction of its level strongly decreases Akt phosphorylation in infected cells or in IpgD-expressing cells. Accordingly, IpgD and PtdIns(5) P production specifically activates a class IA PI 3-kinase via a mechanism involving tyrosine phosphorylations. Thus, S. flexneri parasitism is shedding light onto a new mechanism of PI 3-kinase/Akt activation via PtdIns(5) P production that plays an important role in host cell responses such as survival.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR)
ID Code:10214
Uncontrolled Keywords:Akt, PI 3-kinase, PtdIns(5)P, S. flexneri infection, survival, PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 5-PHOSPHATE, EPITHELIAL-CELLS, MAMMALIAN-CELLS, INSULIN SENSITIVITY, BACTERIAL PATHOGENS, SIGNALING PATHWAY, HELA-CELLS, PHOSPHOINOSITIDE, SALMONELLA, CYTOSKELETON

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