Host cell Golgi anti-apoptotic protein (GAAP) and growth of Chlamydia pneumoniae

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• 作者：Eveliina Markkula^a ; ¹ ; Jaakko Hulkkonen^a ; ¹ ; Tuula Penttil&auml ; ^a ; ^b ; Mirja Puolakkainen^a ; ^c ; ^{mirja.puolakkainen@helsinki.fi}
• 关键词：Chlamydia pneumoniae ; Type three secretion system ; Protein&ndash ; protein interactions
• 刊名：Microbial Pathogenesis
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：January, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：54
• 期：Complete
• 页码：46-53
• 全文大小：789 K

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Chlamydia pneumoniae protein CPn0809 is a type three secretion system substrate, the exact function of which in infection pathogenesis has remained unknown. In this study, we identified by yeast two-hybrid screening a potential host cell interaction partner of CPn0809, Golgi anti-apoptotic protein (GAAP), a conserved protein found in eukaryotic cells. GAAP gene is expressed at relatively constant levels and its expression remained stable also after C.?pneumoniae infection. The interaction between GAAP and C.?pneumoniae was suggested by transfection studies. GAAP knock-down by siRNA in infected A549 cells?resulted in an increased number of C.?pneumoniae genomes and growth of the bacteria as judged by?quantitative PCR and inclusion counts, respectively. Silencing of GAAP did not make the A549 cells more susceptible to apoptosis per se, and infection with C.?pneumoniae prevented staurosporin-induced apoptosis also in transfected cultures. Taken together, the proposed interaction between C.?pneumoniae and GAAP modulates bacterial growth in A549 cells.