Anaplasma phagocytophilum AptA modulates Erk1/2 signalling
Open Access
- 12 August 2010
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Cellular Microbiology
- Vol. 13 (1), 47-61
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01516.x
Abstract
Anaplasma phagocytophilum causes human granulocytic anaplasmosis, one of the most common tick‐borne diseases in North America. This unusual obligate intracellular pathogen selectively persists within polymorphonuclear leucocytes. In this study, using the yeast surrogate model we identified an A. phagocytophilum virulence protein, AptA (A. phagocytophilum toxin A), that activates mammalian Erk1/2 mitogen‐activated protein kinase. This activation is important for A. phagocytophilum survival within human neutrophils. AptA interacts with the intermediate filament protein vimentin, which is essential for A. phagocytophilum‐induced Erk1/2 activation and infection. A. phagocytophilum infection reorganizes vimentin around the bacterial inclusion, thereby contributing to intracellular survival. These observations reveal a major role for the bacterial protein, AptA, and the host protein, vimentin, in the activation of Erk1/2 during A. phagocytophilum infection.Keywords
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