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Infection and Immunity, May 2004, p. 2879-2888, Vol. 72, No. 5
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2879-2888.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Functional Transfer of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 to Salmonella bongori and Escherichia coli

Imke Hansen-Wester,{dagger} Dipshikha Chakravortty, and Michael Hensel*

Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Received 16 July 2003/ Returned for modification 12 November 2003/ Accepted 28 January 2004

The type III secretion system (T3SS) encoded by the Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI2) has a central role in systemic infections by Salmonella enterica and for the intracellular phenotype. Intracellular S. enterica uses the SPI2-encoded T3SS to translocate a set of effector proteins into the host cell, which modify host cell functions, enabling intracellular survival and replication of the bacteria. We sought to determine whether specific functions of the SPI2-encoded T3SS can be transferred to heterologous hosts Salmonella bongori and Escherichia coli Mutaflor, species that lack the SPI2 locus and loci encoding effector proteins. The SPI2 virulence locus was cloned and functionally expressed in S. bongori and E. coli. Here, we demonstrate that S. bongori harboring the SPI2 locus is capable of secretion of SPI2 substrate proteins under culture conditions, as well as of translocation of effector proteins under intracellular conditions. An SPI2-mediated cellular phenotype was induced by S. bongori harboring the SPI2 if the sifA locus was cotransferred. An interference with the host cell microtubule cytoskeleton, a novel SPI2-dependent phenotype, was observed in epithelial cells infected with S. bongori harboring SPI2 without additional effector genes. S. bongori harboring SPI2 showed increased intracellular persistence in a cell culture model, but SPI2 transfer was not sufficient to confer to S. bongori systemic pathogenicity in a murine model. Transfer of SPI2 to heterologous hosts offers a new tool for the study of SPI2 functions and the phenotypes of individual effectors.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wasserturmstr. 3-5, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. Phone: 49(0)9131-8523640. Fax: 49(0)9131-8522531. E-mail: hensel{at}mikrobio.med.uni-erlangen.de.

Editor: B. B. Finlay

{dagger} Present address: Therapeutic Human Polyclonals, Bernried, Germany.

Infection and Immunity, May 2004, p. 2879-2888, Vol. 72, No. 5
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2879-2888.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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