Aspartyl Proteases Target Host Actin Nucleator Complex Protein to Limit Epithelial Innate Immunity

Overview

Journal EMBO Rep

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2024 Sep 30

PMID 39349750

Authors

Sandip Patra

Rupinder Kaur

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Abstract

Epithelial-immune cell communication is pivotal to control microbial infections. We show that glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked aspartyl proteases (Yapsins) of the human opportunistic pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata (Cg) thwart epithelial cell (EC)-neutrophil signalling by targeting the EC protein, Arpc1B (actin nucleator Arp2/3 complex subunit), which leads to actin disassembly and impeded IL-8 secretion by ECs. Further, the diminished IL-8 secretion inhibits neutrophil migration, and protects Cg from the neutrophil-mediated killing. CgYapsin-dependent Arpc1B degradation requires Arginine-142 in Arpc1B, and leads to reduced Arpc1B-p38 MAPK interaction and downregulated p38 signalling. Consistently, Arpc1B or p38 deletion promotes survival of the Cg aspartyl protease-deficient mutant in ECs. Importantly, kidneys of the protease-deficient mutant-infected mice display elevated immune cell infiltration and cytokine secretion, implicating CgYapsins in immune response suppression in vivo. Besides delineating Cg-EC interplay, our results uncover a novel target, Arpc1B, that pathogens attack to constrain the host signalling networks, and link Arpc1B mechanistically with p38 activation.

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