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text: Bacteria-host interactions represent a continuous trade-off between benefit
and risk. Thus, the host immune response is faced with a non-trivial problem –
accommodate beneficial commensals and remove harmful pathogens. This is especially
difficult as molecular patterns, such as lipopolysaccharide or specific surface
organelles such as pili, are conserved in both, commensal and pathogenic bacteria.
Type 1 pili, tightly regulated by phase variation, are considered an important
virulence factor of pathogenic bacteria as they facilitate invasion into host
cells. While invasion represents a de facto passive mechanism for pathogens to
escape the host immune response, we demonstrate a fundamental role of type 1 pili
as active modulators of the innate and adaptive immune response.
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doi:10.15479/at:ista:10307
apa: Tomasek, K. (2021). Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10307
chicago: Tomasek, Kathrin. “Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:10307.
ieee: K. Tomasek, “Pathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response,”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Tomasek, Kathrin. Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021, doi:10.15479/at:ista:10307.
short: K. Tomasek, Pathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack the Host Immune Response,
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2021.
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text: A key attribute of persistent or recurring bacterial infections is the ability
of the pathogen to evade the host’s immune response. Many Enterobacteriaceae express
type 1 pili, a pre-adapted virulence trait, to invade host epithelial cells and
establish persistent infections. However, the molecular mechanisms and strategies
by which bacteria actively circumvent the immune response of the host remain poorly
understood. Here, we identified CD14, the major co-receptor for lipopolysaccharide
detection, on dendritic cells as a previously undescribed binding partner of FimH,
the protein located at the tip of the type 1 pilus of Escherichia coli. The FimH
amino acids involved in CD14 binding are highly conserved across pathogenic and
non-pathogenic strains. Binding of pathogenic bacteria to CD14 lead to reduced
dendritic cell migration and blunted expression of co-stimulatory molecules, both
rate-limiting factors of T cell activation. While defining an active molecular
mechanism of immune evasion by pathogens, the interaction between FimH and CD14
represents a potential target to interfere with persistent and recurrent infections,
such as urinary tract infections or Crohn’s disease.
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acknowledgement: We thank Ulrich Dobrindt for providing UPEC strain CFT073, Vlad Gavra
and Maximilian Götz, Bor Kavčič, Jonna Alanko and Eva Kiermaier for help with experiments
and Robert Hauschild, Julian Stopp and Saren Tasciyan for help with data analysis.
We thank the IST Austria Scientific Service Units, especially the Bioimaging facility,
the Preclinical facility and the Electron microscopy facility for technical support,
Jakob Wallner and all members of the Guet and Sixt lab for fruitful discussions
and Daria Siekhaus for critically reading the manuscript. This work was supported
by grants from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FEMtech 868984) to I.G.,
the European Research Council (CoG 724373) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF P29911)
to M.S.
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ama: Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. Type 1 piliated
uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14.
bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2021.10.18.464770
apa: Tomasek, K., Leithner, A. F., Glatzová, I., Lukesch, M. S., Guet, C. C., &
Sixt, M. K. (n.d.). Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the
host immune response by binding to CD14. bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.18.464770
chicago: Tomasek, Kathrin, Alexander F Leithner, Ivana Glatzová, Michael S. Lukesch,
Calin C Guet, and Michael K Sixt. “Type 1 Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli
Hijack the Host Immune Response by Binding to CD14.” BioRxiv. Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.18.464770.
ieee: K. Tomasek, A. F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M. S. Lukesch, C. C. Guet, and M.
K. Sixt, “Type 1 piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune
response by binding to CD14,” bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
ista: Tomasek K, Leithner AF, Glatzová I, Lukesch MS, Guet CC, Sixt MK. Type 1 piliated
uropathogenic Escherichia coli hijack the host immune response by binding to CD14.
bioRxiv, 10.1101/2021.10.18.464770.
mla: Tomasek, Kathrin, et al. “Type 1 Piliated Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Hijack
the Host Immune Response by Binding to CD14.” BioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, doi:10.1101/2021.10.18.464770.
short: K. Tomasek, A.F. Leithner, I. Glatzová, M.S. Lukesch, C.C. Guet, M.K. Sixt,
BioRxiv (n.d.).
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---
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abstract:
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text: Understanding how the activity of membrane receptors and cellular signaling
pathways shapes cell behavior is of fundamental interest in basic and applied
research. Reengineering receptors to react to light instead of their cognate ligands
allows for generating defined signaling inputs with high spatial and temporal
precision and facilitates the dissection of complex signaling networks. Here,
we describe fundamental considerations in the design of light-regulated receptor
tyrosine kinases (Opto-RTKs) and appropriate control experiments. We also introduce
methods for transient receptor expression in HEK293 cells, quantitative assessment
of signaling activity in reporter gene assays, semiquantitative assessment of
(in)activation time courses through Western blot (WB) analysis, and easy to implement
light stimulation hardware.
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- Methods in Molecular Biology
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last_name: Janovjak
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citation:
ama: 'Kainrath S, Janovjak HL. Design and application of light-regulated receptor
tyrosine kinases. In: Niopek D, ed. Photoswitching Proteins. Vol 2173.
MIMB. Springer Nature; 2020:233-246. doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-0755-8_16'
apa: Kainrath, S., & Janovjak, H. L. (2020). Design and application of light-regulated
receptor tyrosine kinases. In D. Niopek (Ed.), Photoswitching Proteins
(Vol. 2173, pp. 233–246). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0755-8_16
chicago: Kainrath, Stephanie, and Harald L Janovjak. “Design and Application of
Light-Regulated Receptor Tyrosine Kinases.” In Photoswitching Proteins,
edited by Dominik Niopek, 2173:233–46. MIMB. Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0755-8_16.
ieee: S. Kainrath and H. L. Janovjak, “Design and application of light-regulated
receptor tyrosine kinases,” in Photoswitching Proteins, vol. 2173, D. Niopek,
Ed. Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 233–246.
ista: 'Kainrath S, Janovjak HL. 2020.Design and application of light-regulated receptor
tyrosine kinases. In: Photoswitching Proteins. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol.
2173, 233–246.'
mla: Kainrath, Stephanie, and Harald L. Janovjak. “Design and Application of Light-Regulated
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases.” Photoswitching Proteins, edited by Dominik
Niopek, vol. 2173, Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 233–46, doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-0755-8_16.
short: S. Kainrath, H.L. Janovjak, in:, D. Niopek (Ed.), Photoswitching Proteins,
Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 233–246.
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...
---
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text: "In the thesis we focus on the interplay of the biophysics and evolution of
gene regulation. We start by addressing how the type of prokaryotic gene regulation
– activation and repression – affects spurious binding to DNA, also known as\r\ntranscriptional
crosstalk. We propose that regulatory interference caused by excess regulatory
proteins in the dense cellular medium – global crosstalk – could be a factor in
determining which type of gene regulatory network is evolutionarily preferred.
Next,we use a normative approach in eukaryotic gene regulation to describe minimal\r\nnon-equilibrium
enhancer models that optimize so-called regulatory phenotypes. We find a class
of models that differ from standard thermodynamic equilibrium models by a single
parameter that notably increases the regulatory performance. Next chapter addresses
the question of genotype-phenotype-fitness maps of higher dimensional phenotypes.
We show that our biophysically realistic approach allows us to understand how
the mechanisms of promoter function constrain genotypephenotype maps, and how
they affect the evolutionary trajectories of promoters.\r\nIn the last chapter
we ask whether the intrinsic instability of gene duplication and amplification
provides a generic alternative to canonical gene regulation. Using mathematical
modeling, we show that amplifications can tune gene expression in many environments,
including those where transcription factor-based schemes are\r\nhard to evolve
or maintain. "
acknowledgement: For the duration of his PhD, Rok was a recipient of a DOC fellowship
of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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ama: Grah R. Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution.
2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155
apa: Grah, R. (2020). Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints
shape evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155
chicago: Grah, Rok. “Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints
Shape Evolution.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155.
ieee: R. Grah, “Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape
evolution,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
ista: Grah R. 2020. Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints
shape evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Grah, Rok. Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints Shape
Evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155.
short: R. Grah, Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints Shape
Evolution, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020.
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text: 'In prokaryotes, thermodynamic models of gene regulation provide a highly
quantitative mapping from promoter sequences to gene expression levels that is
compatible with in vivo and in vitro bio-physical measurements. Such concordance
has not been achieved for models of enhancer function in eukaryotes. In equilibrium
models, it is difficult to reconcile the reported short transcription factor (TF)
residence times on the DNA with the high specificity of regulation. In non-equilibrium
models, progress is difficult due to an explosion in the number of parameters.
Here, we navigate this complexity by looking for minimal non-equilibrium enhancer
models that yield desired regulatory phenotypes: low TF residence time, high specificity
and tunable cooperativity. We find that a single extra parameter, interpretable
as the “linking rate” by which bound TFs interact with Mediator components, enables
our models to escape equilibrium bounds and access optimal regulatory phenotypes,
while remaining consistent with the reported phenomenology and simple enough to
be inferred from upcoming experiments. We further find that high specificity in
non-equilibrium models is in a tradeoff with gene expression noise, predicting
bursty dynamics — an experimentally-observed hallmark of eukaryotic transcription.
By drastically reducing the vast parameter space to a much smaller subspace that
optimally realizes biological function prior to inference from data, our normative
approach holds promise for mathematical models in systems biology.'
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apa: Grah, R., Zoller, B., & Tkačik, G. (2020). Normative models of enhancer
function. bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.08.029405
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Function.” BioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.08.029405.
ieee: R. Grah, B. Zoller, and G. Tkačik, “Normative models of enhancer function,”
bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020.
ista: Grah R, Zoller B, Tkačik G. 2020. Normative models of enhancer function. bioRxiv,
10.1101/2020.04.08.029405.
mla: Grah, Rok, et al. “Normative Models of Enhancer Function.” BioRxiv,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020, doi:10.1101/2020.04.08.029405.
short: R. Grah, B. Zoller, G. Tkačik, BioRxiv (2020).
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