PMID- 22949549 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130314 LR - 20211203 IS - 1098-5522 (Electronic) IS - 0019-9567 (Print) IS - 0019-9567 (Linking) VI - 80 IP - 11 DP - 2012 Nov TI - Subtilase cytotoxin enhances Escherichia coli survival in macrophages by suppression of nitric oxide production through the inhibition of NF-kappaB activation. PG - 3939-51 LID - 10.1128/IAI.00581-12 [doi] AB - Subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB), which is produced by certain strains of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC), cleaves an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone, BiP/Grp78, leading to induction of ER stress and caspase-dependent apoptosis. SubAB alters the innate immune response. SubAB pretreatment of macrophages inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced production of both monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). We investigated here the mechanism by which SubAB inhibits nitric oxide (NO) production by mouse macrophages. SubAB suppressed LPS-induced NO production through inhibition of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA and protein expression. Further, SubAB inhibited LPS-induced IkappaB-alpha phosphorylation and nuclear localization of the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) p65/p50 heterodimer. Reporter gene and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays revealed that SubAB reduced LPS-induced NF-kappaB p65/p50 heterodimer binding to an NF-kappaB binding site on the iNOS promoter. In contrast to the native toxin, a catalytically inactivated SubAB mutant slightly enhanced LPS-induced iNOS expression and binding of NF-kappaB subunits to the iNOS promoter. The SubAB effect on LPS-induced iNOS expression was significantly reduced in macrophages from NF-kappaB1 (p50)-deficient mice, which lacked a DNA-binding subunit of the p65/p50 heterodimer, suggesting that p50 was involved in SubAB-mediated inhibition of iNOS expression. Treatment of macrophages with an NOS inhibitor or expression of SubAB by E. coli increased E. coli survival in macrophages, suggesting that NO generated by macrophages resulted in efficient killing of the bacteria and SubAB contributed to E. coli survival in macrophages. Thus, we hypothesize that SubAB might represent a novel bacterial strategy to circumvent host defense during STEC infection. FAU - Tsutsuki, Hiroyasu AU - Tsutsuki H AD - Departments of Molecular Infectiology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Yahiro, Kinnosuke AU - Yahiro K FAU - Suzuki, Kotaro AU - Suzuki K FAU - Suto, Akira AU - Suto A FAU - Ogura, Kohei AU - Ogura K FAU - Nagasawa, Sayaka AU - Nagasawa S FAU - Ihara, Hideshi AU - Ihara H FAU - Shimizu, Takeshi AU - Shimizu T FAU - Nakajima, Hiroshi AU - Nakajima H FAU - Moss, Joel AU - Moss J FAU - Noda, Masatoshi AU - Noda M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120904 PL - United States TA - Infect Immun JT - Infection and immunity JID - 0246127 RN - 0 (Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP) RN - 0 (Escherichia coli Proteins) RN - 0 (Hspa5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (Subtilisins) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (subtilase cytotoxin, E coli) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Survival MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP MH - Escherichia coli/*metabolism MH - Escherichia coli Proteins/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Immunoblotting MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Macrophages/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice MH - NF-kappa B/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide/biosynthesis MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/*genetics/metabolism MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction MH - Subtilisins/*pharmacology PMC - PMC3486033 EDAT- 2012/09/06 06:00 MHDA- 2013/03/15 06:00 PMCR- 2013/05/01 CRDT- 2012/09/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/09/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/03/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - IAI.00581-12 [pii] AID - 00581-12 [pii] AID - 10.1128/IAI.00581-12 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Infect Immun. 2012 Nov;80(11):3939-51. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00581-12. Epub 2012 Sep 4.