Ail provides multiple mechanisms of serum resistance to Yersinia pestis.

Abstract:

:Ail, a multifunctional outer membrane protein of Yersinia pestis, confers cell binding, Yop delivery and serum resistance activities. Resistance to complement proteins in serum is critical for the survival of Y. pestis during the septicemic stage of plague infections. Bacteria employ a variety of tactics to evade the complement system, including recruitment of complement regulatory factors, such as factor H, C4b-binding protein (C4BP) and vitronectin (Vn). Y. pestis Ail interacts with the regulatory factors Vn and C4BP, and Ail homologs from Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis recruit factor H. Using co-sedimentation assays, we demonstrate that two surface-exposed amino acids, F80 and F130, are required for the interaction of Y. pestis Ail with Vn, factor H and C4BP. However, although Ail-F80A/F130A fails to interact with these complement regulatory proteins, it still confers 10,000-fold more serum resistance than a Δail strain and prevents C9 polymerization, potentially by directly interfering with MAC assembly. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we further defined this additional mechanism of complement evasion conferred by Ail. Finally, we find that at Y. pestis concentrations reflective of early-stage septicemic plague, Ail weakly recruits Vn and fails to recruit factor H, suggesting that this alternative mechanism of serum resistance may be essential during plague infection.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Thomson JJ,Plecha SC,Krukonis ES

doi

10.1111/mmi.14140

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-01-01 00:00:00

pages

82-95

issue

1

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

journal_volume

111

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