A small-molecule inhibitor of type III secretion inhibits different stages of the infectious cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis

The intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis possesses a type III secretion (TTS) system believed to deliver a series of effector proteins into the inclusion membrane (Inc-proteins) as well as into the host cytosol with perceived consequences for the pathogenicity of this common venereal pathogen. Recently, small molecules were shown to block the TTS system of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Here, we show that one of these compounds, INP0400, inhibits intracellular replication and infectivity of C. trachomatis at micromolar concentrations resulting in small inclusion bodies frequently containing only one or a few reticulate bodies (RBs). INP0400, at high concentration, given at the time of infection, partially blocked entry of elementary bodies into host cells. Early treatment inhibited the localization of the mammalian protein 14-3-3beta to the inclusions, indicative of absence of the early induced TTS effector IncG from the inclusion membrane. Treatment with INP0400 during chlamydial mid-cycle prevented secretion of the TTS effector IncA and homotypic vesicular fusions mediated by this protein. INP0400 given during the late phase resulted in the detachment of RBs from the inclusion membrane concomitant with an inhibition of RB to elementary body conversion causing a marked decrease in infectivity.

Bailey, LeslieUmeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Medicinska fakulteten)(Swepub:umu)leba0001 (author)
Gylfe, Åsa (author)
Sundin, CharlottaUmeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Teknisk-naturvetenskaplig fakultet)(Swepub:umu)chasun99 (author)
Hultenby, KjellKarolinska Institutet (author)
Bergström, SvenUmeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Medicinska fakulteten)(Swepub:umu)svbe0001 (author)
Elofsson, MikaelUmeå universitet,Kemiska institutionen(Swepub:umu)miel0001 (author)
Wolf-Watz, HansUmeå universitet,Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Teknisk-naturvetenskaplig fakultet)(Swepub:umu)hawo0001 (author)
Normark, StaffanKarolinska Institutet (author)
Henriques-Normark, BirgittaKarolinska Institutet (author)
Karolinska InstitutetInstitutionen för molekylärbiologi (Medicinska fakulteten) (creator_code:org_t)

In:National Academy of Sciences, USAWashington : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, s. 14566-71
In:Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesWashington : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, s. 14566-710027-84241091-6490

By the author/editor: Muschiol, Sandra; Bailey, Leslie; Gylfe, Åsa; Sundin, Charlott ...; Hultenby, Kjell; Bergström, Sven; show more...; Elofsson, Mikael; Wolf-Watz, Hans; Normark, Staffan; Henriques-Normar ...; show less...

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