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KMID : 0545120110210090903
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
2011 Volume.21 No. 9 p.903 ~ p.913
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Cell Death Mediated by Vibrio parahaemolyticus Type III Secretion System 1 Is Dependent on ERK1/2 MAPK, but Independent of Caspases
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Yang Yu-Jin
Lee Na-Kyung
Lee Na-Yeon
Lee Jong-Woong
Park Soon-Jung
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Abstract
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which causes gastroenteritis, wound infection, and septicemia, has two sets of type III secretion systems (TTSS), TTSS1 and TTSS2. A TTSS1- deficient vcrD1 mutant of V. parahaemolyticus showed an attenuated cytotoxicity against HEp-2 cells, and a significant reduction in mouse lethality, which were both restored by complementation with the intact vcrD1 gene. V. parahaemolyticus also triggered phosphorylation of mitogenactivated protein kinases (MAPKs) including p38 and ERK1/2 in HEp-2 cells. The ability to activate p38 and ERK1/2 was significantly affected in a TTSS1-deficient vcrD1 mutant. Experiments using MAPK inhibitors showed that p38 and ERK1/2 MAPKs are involved in V. parahaemolyticus-induced death of HEp-2 cells. In addition, caspase-3 and caspase-9 were processed into active forms in V. parahaemolyticus-exposed HEp-2 cells, but activation of caspases was not essential for V. parahaemolyticusinduced death of HEp-2 cells, as shown by both annexin V staining and lactate dehydrogenase release assays. We conclude that secreted protein(s) of TTSS1 play an important role in activation of p38 and ERK1/2 in HEp-2 cells that eventually leads to cell death via a caspaseindependent mechanism.
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KEYWORD
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, mitogen-activated protein kinases, caspases
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