TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herweg, Jo-Ana
A1  - Hansmeier, Nicole
A1  - Otto, Andreas
A1  - Geffken, Anna C.
A1  - Subbarayal, Prema
A1  - Prusty, Bhupesh K.
A1  - Becher, Dörte
A1  - Hensel, Michael
A1  - Schaible, Ulrich E.
A1  - Rudel, Thomas
A1  - Hilbi, Hubert
T1  - Purification and proteomics of pathogen-modified vacuoles and membranes
JF  - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
N2  - Certain pathogenic bacteria adopt an intracellular lifestyle and proliferate in eukaryotic host cells. The intracellular niche protects the bacteria from cellular and humoral components of the mammalian immune system, and at the same time, allows the bacteria to gain access to otherwise restricted nutrient sources. Yet, intracellular protection and access to nutrients comes with a price, i.e., the bacteria need to overcome cell-autonomous defense mechanisms, such as the bactericidal endocytic pathway. While a few bacteria rupture the early phagosome and escape into the host cytoplasm, most intracellular pathogens form a distinct, degradation-resistant and replication-permissive membranous compartment. Intracellular bacteria that form unique pathogen vacuoles include Legionella, Mycobacterium, Chlamydia, Simkania, and Salmonella species. In order to understand the formation of these pathogen niches on a global scale and in a comprehensive and quantitative manner, an inventory of compartment-associated host factors is required. To this end, the intact pathogen compartments need to be isolated, purified and biochemically characterized. Here, we review recent progress on the isolation and purification of pathogen-modified vacuoles and membranes, as well as their proteomic characterization by mass spectrometry and different validation approaches. These studies provide the basis for further investigations on the specific mechanisms of pathogen-driven compartment formation.
KW  - spectrometry-based proteomics
KW  - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KW  - Chlamydia
KW  - Salmonella
KW  - bacterium Legionella pneumophila
KW  - endocytic multivesicular bodies
KW  - phagosome maturation arrest
KW  - III secretion system
KW  - endoplasmic reticulum
KW  - Chlamydia trachomatis
KW  - Simkania negevensis
KW  - intracellular bacteria
KW  - host pathogen interactions
KW  - immuno-magnetic purification
KW  - Legionella
KW  - Mycobacterium
KW  - Simkania
KW  - pathogen vacuole
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-151823
VL  - 5
IS  - 48
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - De Giorgi, Valeria
A1  - Buonaguro, Luigi
A1  - Worschech, Andrea
A1  - Tornesello, Maria Lina
A1  - Izzo, Francesco
A1  - Marincola, Francesco M.
A1  - Wang, Ena
A1  - Buonaguro, Franco M.
T1  - Molecular Signatures Associated with HCV-Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Metastasis
JF  - PLoS ONE
N2  - Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) are a heterogeneous group of tumors that differ in risk factors and genetic alterations. In Italy, particularly Southern Italy, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection represents the main cause of HCC. Using high-density oligoarrays, we identified consistent differences in gene-expression between HCC and normal liver tissue. Expression patterns in HCC were also readily distinguishable from those associated with liver metastases. To characterize molecular events relevant to hepatocarcinogenesis and identify biomarkers for early HCC detection, gene expression profiling of 71 liver biopsies from HCV-related primary HCC and corresponding HCV-positive non-HCC hepatic tissue, as well as gastrointestinal liver metastases paired with the apparently normal peri-tumoral liver tissue, were compared to 6 liver biopsies from healthy individuals. Characteristic gene signatures were identified when normal tissue was compared with HCV-related primary HCC, corresponding HCV-positive non-HCC as well as gastrointestinal liver metastases. Pathway analysis classified the cellular and biological functions of the genes differentially expressed as related to regulation of gene expression and post-translational modification in HCV-related primary HCC; cellular Growth and Proliferation, and Cell-To-Cell Signaling and Interaction in HCV-related non HCC samples; Cellular Growth and Proliferation and Cell Cycle in metastasis. Also characteristic gene signatures were identified of HCV-HCC progression for early HCC diagnosis. 
Conclusions: A diagnostic molecular signature complementing conventional pathologic assessment was identified.
KW  - identification
KW  - hepatitis C virus
KW  - United States
KW  - gene expression
KW  - class I
KW  - endoplasmic reticulum
KW  - motile phenotype
KW  - bladder cancer
KW  - up-regulation
KW  - target
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-131155
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
ER  -