TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rudel, Thomas
A1  - Mehlitz, Adrian
T1  - Modulation of host signaling and cellular responses by Chlamydia
JF  - Cell Communication and Signaling
N2  - Modulation of host cell signaling and cellular functions is key to intracellular survival of pathogenic bacteria. Intracellular growth has several advantages e.g. escape from the humoral immune response and access to a stable nutrient rich environment. Growth in such a preferred niche comes at the price of an ongoing competition between the bacteria and the host as well as other microbes that compete for the very same host resources. This requires specialization and constant evolution of dedicated systems for adhesion, invasion and accommodation. Interestingly, obligate intracellular bacteria of the order Chlamydiales have evolved an impressive degree of control over several important host cell functions. In this review we summarize how Chlamydia controls its host cell with a special focus on signal transduction and cellular modulation.
KW  - Chlamydia
KW  - Invasion
KW  - Inclusion
KW  - Type III secretion
KW  - Tarp
KW  - Inc
KW  - Signaling
KW  - Trafficking
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-97225
UR  - http://www.biosignaling.com/content/11/1/90
ER  - 
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  -