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  3. CYRI/FAM49B negatively regulates RAC1-driven cytoskeletal remodelling and protects against bacterial infection

CYRI/FAM49B negatively regulates RAC1-driven cytoskeletal remodelling and protects against bacterial infection

  • Nat Microbiol. 2019 Sep;4(9):1516-1531. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0484-8.
Kyoko E Yuki # 1 2,  Hadir Marei # 3,  Evgenij Fiskin # 3,  Megan M Eva # 1 2,  Angelica A Gopal 2 4,  Jeremy A Schwartzentruber 1,  Jacek Majewski 1,  Mathieu Cellier 5,  Judith N Mandl 2 4,  Silvia M Vidal 1 2,  Danielle Malo 6 7 8,  Ivan Dikic 9 10
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • 2 McGill University Research Centre on Complex Traits, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • 3 Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • 4 Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • 5 Institut Armand-Frappier, Centre INRS, Laval, Quebec, Canada.
  • 6 Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [email protected].
  • 7 McGill University Research Centre on Complex Traits, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [email protected].
  • 8 Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [email protected].
  • 9 Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. [email protected].
  • 10 Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. [email protected].
  • # Contributed equally.
PMID: 31285585 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0484-8
Abstract

Salmonella presents a global public health concern. Central to Salmonella pathogenicity is an ability to subvert host defences through strategically targeting host proteins implicated in restricting Infection. Therefore, to gain insight into the host-pathogen interactions governing Salmonella Infection, we performed an in vivo genome-wide mutagenesis screen to uncover key host defence proteins. This revealed an uncharacterized role of CYRI (FAM49B) in conferring host resistance to Salmonella Infection. We show that CYRI binds to the small GTPase RAC1 through a conserved domain present in CYFIP proteins, which are known RAC1 effectors that stimulate actin polymerization. However, unlike CYFIP proteins, CYRI negatively regulates RAC1 signalling, thereby attenuating processes such as macropinocytosis, phagocytosis and cell migration. This enables CYRI to counteract Salmonella at various stages of Infection, including Bacterial entry into non-phagocytic and phagocytic cells as well as phagocyte-mediated Bacterial dissemination. Intriguingly, to dampen its effects, the Bacterial effector SopE, a RAC1 activator, selectively targets CYRI following Infection. Together, this outlines an intricate host-pathogen signalling interplay that is crucial for determining Bacterial fate. Notably, our study also outlines a role for CYRI in restricting Infection mediated by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Listeria monocytogenes. This provides evidence implicating CYRI cellular functions in host defence beyond Salmonella Infection.

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