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    Cell paper reveals new family of pore-forming toxins from Enterococcus

    • Last Update: 2022-05-17
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    This article is from the NEJM Journal Watch Review of Pore-Forming Toxins in Enterococcus Species by George Sakoulas, MD Enterococcus β-barrel pore-forming toxins recognize HLA-1 in vitro complex and mediate cytotoxicity
    .

    Various bacterial pore-forming toxins (PFTs) can mediate toxicity through epithelial cell barrier dysfunction, immune cytotoxicity, and direct tissue damage
    .

    Structurally, PET consists of alpha helices or beta barrels
    .

    β-Barrel PFT selectively binds host protein receptors, thereby identifying specific host species and cell-specific targets
    .

    Xiong and colleagues discovered Epxs, a family of small β-barrel PFTs with known hemolysin homology to E.
    faecalis, E.
    faecium, and E.
    hirae
    .

    They applied a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen to identify the human leukocyte antigen class 1 (HLA-1) complex as the receptor for two of these toxins (Epx2 and Epx3)
    .

    Homologous major histocompatibility complex class 1 (MHC 1) from horse, porcine and bovine (but not murine) have also been identified
    .

    Induction of MHC 1 expression sensitizes human cells and intestinal organoids to Epx2- and Epx3-mediated cytotoxicity
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    A strain of Enterococcus faecium carrying the Epx2 toxin induces peripheral blood mononuclear cell death and damages intestinal organoids
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    An antibody that neutralizes Epx2 abrogates cytotoxicity caused by Epx-carrying enterococci
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    Review Bacterial PFTs from several species play a key role in the host-pathogen relationship that underlies the pathophysiology of multiple infectious diseases
    .

    Pore-forming toxins Epx2 and Epx3 appear to be markedly cytotoxic to monocytes and disrupt intestinal epithelial integrity
    .

    Their specific roles in human disease remain to be determined
    .

    Reviewed article Xiong X et al.
    Emerging enterococcus pore-forming toxins with MHC/HLA-I as receptors.
    Cell 2022 Mar 2; [e-pub].
    (https://doi.
    org/10.
    1016/j.
    cell.
    2022.
    02 .
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