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Infection and Immunity, September 2001, p. 5329-5334, Vol. 69, No. 9
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology,
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
63110,1 and UMR 5539 CNRS,
Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France2
Received 22 December 2000/Returned for modification 13 March
2001/Accepted 28 May 2001
Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S (ExoS) is an
ADP-ribosyltransferase that modifies low-molecular-weight GTPases. Here
we studied the effect of Rab5 ADP-ribosylation by ExoS on its cellular function, i.e., regulation of early endocytic events. Coculture of CHO
cells with P. aeruginosa induced a marked decrease in
horseradish peroxidase (HRP) uptake compared to noninfected cells,
while coculture with a P. aeruginosa mutant strain that
fails to produce ExoS did not lead to any change in HRP uptake.
Microinjection of recombinant ExoS into Xenopus oocytes
induced strong inhibition of basal HRP uptake by oocytes. Moreover,
coinjection of recombinant ExoS with Rab5 abolished the typical
stimulation of HRP uptake obtained after GTPase microinjection.
Cytosols prepared from injected oocytes were used in an
endosome-endosome fusion assay. Cytosol from ExoS-microinjected oocytes
was ineffective in promoting endosome-endosome fusion. However, in
these conditions, the addition of Rab5 to the assay led to fusion
recovery. Finally, we found that the interaction of Rab5 with EEA1 was
markedly diminished after Rab5 ADP-ribosylation by ExoS.
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.9.5329-5334.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
ADP-Ribosylation of Rab5 by ExoS of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Affects Endocytosis
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467-144-286. E-mail: mvidal{at}univ-montp2.fr.
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