Shigella entry unveils a calcium/calpain-dependent mechanism for inhibiting sumoylation

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Figures

Figure 1 with 2 supplements
Shigella infection induces a massive loss in SUMO conjugates in vitro and in vivo.

(A) SUMO1-conjugated protein patterns from uninfected HeLa cells or cells infected with the wild-type Shigella strain M90T for the indicated times. Immunoblot analysis was performed on whole-cell …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.002
Figure 1—source data 1

Quantification of the immunoblot signals relative to Figure 1D–G.

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Shigella infection induces a massive loss in SUMO conjugates in vitro and in vivo.

(A) SUMO2/3-conjugated protein patterns from uninfected HeLa cells or cells infected with the wild-type Shigella strain M90T for the indicated times. Immunoblot analysis was performed on whole-cell …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.003
Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Study of a panel of Shigella mutant strains for their ability to induce a loss in SUMO conjugates.

(A) SUMO1 patterns of HeLa cells stably expressing TAP-SUMO1, uninfected or infected for 120 min with the wild-type Shigella strain M90T or with mxiD, mxiE or ospG mutants. Immunoblot analysis was …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.005
Shigella inhibits sumoylation by a calpain-dependent mechanism.

(A) HeLa cells were pretreated by vehicle (DMSO) or 100 μM MDL28170 for 1 hr and then left uninfected or infected with the M90T strain or the mxiD mutant for 2 hr. Immunoblot analysis were performed …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.007
Intracellular calcium levels regulate global sumoylation.

(A) HeLa cells were untreated or pretreated with the calcium-chelating agent BAPTA-AM (10 μM) for 1 hr and then left uninfected or infected with the M90T strain for 2 hr. Immunoblot analysis were …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.008
Figure 4 with 1 supplement
SAE2 is a direct calpain substrate.

(A) HeLa cells were pretreated by vehicle (DMSO) or 100 μM MDL28170 for 1 hr and then left uninfected or infected with the M90T strain or the mxiD mutant for 2 hr. Immunoblot analysis were performed …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Assessment of desumoylating activities in Shigella lysates.

Reaction buffer alone (control), Shigella M90T non-denatured lysates, or recombinant SENP2 (40 nM) used here as a positive control were incubated with SUMO1-AMC (left) or SUMO2-AMC (right) and their …

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Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Impact of sumoylation on Shigella infection.

(A) HeLa cells were treated with siRNAs for UBC9 and SAE2 or a control siRNA (siScr). Immunoblot analysis were performed using anti-SUMO1, -UBC9, -SAE2 and -tubulin antibodies. (B) Percentage of Shig…

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Figure 5—source data 1

Percentage of Shigella internalization and quantification of the average number of actin foci in cells impaired for sumoylation (Figure 5B, (C,F and G).

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Figure 5—figure supplement 1
SUMO loss does not lead to marked alteration of the actin cytoskeleton.

(A) HT1080 cells, stably expressing an auxin-inducible degron to destroy UBC9 (manuscript in preparation), were left untreated or treated for 24 hr with 200 µM auxin to inhibit sumoylation. …

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Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Sumoylation of RhoGDIα regulates Shigella internalization in epithelial cells.

(A) HeLa cells were treated with siRNA for RhoGDIα or a control siRNA (siScr). Immunoblot analysis was performed using anti-RhoGDIα and -tubulin antibodies. (B) Percentage of Shigella

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Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Conservation of the sumoylation site within RhoGDIα amino acid sequence in various species.

Alignment has been done using the CLUSTALW2 online software (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/msa/clustalw2/). Sequences used are from the following organisms: Bos taurus (GDIR1_BOVIN, P19803), Equus …

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Figure 7 with 1 supplement
Endogenous RhoGDIα and SUMO are localized at Shigella-induced actin foci.

(A) SUMO1 accumulates at Shigella (M90T) entry sites. Representative ApoTome-generated micrographs of Shigella-infected Ubc9 WT or Ubc9 KO MEFs after 10 min infection. Samples were fixed and …

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Figure 7—figure supplement 1
SUMO1 and SUMO2/3 accumulate at Shigella (M90T) entry site in Hela cells.

Cells were infected with Shigella strain M90T for 10 min at 37°C. Samples were fixed and processed for immunostaining using anti-SUMO1 (green, upper panel) or anti-SUMO2/3 antibody (green, lower …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.019
Shigella infection leads to loss in SUMO- RhoGDIα.

Endogenous RhoGDIα is modified by SUMO1 and rapidly desumoylated upon Shigella infection. Whole-cell extracts harvested from uninfected or Shigella (M90T)-infected Hela cells (from 0 to 120 min …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.021
Author response image 1
Sumoylation of RhoGDIα is affected by SAE2 impairment.

HeLa cells were treated with control siRNA (siScr) or siSAE2, and then co-transferred with expression vectors for GFP-RhoGDIα and SUMO1. Immunoblot analysis was performed on whole cell extracts …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.024
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The virA defective mutant induces calpain activation and loss of SUMO conjugates and SAE2.

SUMO1 and SUMO2 patterns in HeLa cells, uninfected or infected for 120min with the wild-type Shigella strain M90T or mutants mxiD or virA. Immunoblot analysis was performed on whole-cell lysates …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27444.025

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type (species) or
resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiers
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
M90T strainPMID: 6279518Taxonomy ID: 1086030
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a
mxiDPMID: 8437520N/A
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
mxiEPMID: 12142411N/A
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
ospGPMID: 16162672N/A
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
ipaBPMID: 1582426N/A
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
ipaCPMID: 19165331N/A
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
ipaC/pC57PMID: 19165331N/A
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
ipaC/pC351PMID: 19165331N/A
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
virAPMID: 22423964N/A
strain, strain background
(Shigella flexneri serotype 5a)
ipgDPMID: 8478058N/A
cell line (Hela)CCL-2ATCCATCC CCL2/CVCL_0030
cell line (HT1080)CCL-121ATCCATCC CCL-121/CVCL_0317
cell line (HT1080)GFP-PML-IVPMID: 23530056N/A
cell line (Hela)TAP-SUMO1PMID: 25097252N/A
cell line (Hela)TAP-SUMO2PMID: 25097252N/A
cell line (HT1080)UBC9-auxin degronthis paperN/A
genetic reagent (siRNA)controlDharmacon#D-001810–10
genetic reagent (siRNA)Capns1Dharmacon#L-009979–00
genetic reagent (siRNA)Ubc9Dharmacon#L-004910–00
genetic reagent (siRNA)SAE2Dharmacon#L-005248–01
genetic reagent (siRNA)RhoGDIαDharmacon#L-016253–00
transfected construct (Plasmid)pEGFP-RhoGDIα WTPMID: 22393046N/A
transfected construct (Plasmid)pEGFP-RhoGDIα K138RPMID: 22393046N/A
antibodyanti-SAE1Abcam#ab97523/AB_10681015
antibodyanti-SAE2Abcam#ab22104/AB_446785
antibodyanti-SUMO1AbcamY299/AB_778173
antibodyanti-SUMO2/3Abcam8A2/AB_1658424
antibodyanti-UBC9AbcamEP2938Y/AB_1267373
antibodyanti-SUMO1DSHB Iowa21C7/AB_2198257
antibodyanti-CalpastatinCell Signaling Technology#4146/AB_2244162
antibodyanti-SAE2Cell Signaling TechnologyD15C11/AB_10889561
antibodyanti-Cdc42Cell Signaling Technology11A11/AB_10695738
antibodyanti-RhoACell Signaling Technology67B9/AB_10693922
antibodyanti-TubulinCell Signaling TechnologyDM1A/AB_1904178
antibodyanti-RanGAP1Santa CruzC-5/AB_2176987
antibodyanti-GFPSanta CruzC-2
antibodyanti-RhoGDIαMerck Millipore#06–730/AB_310229
antibodyanti-Capns1Merck MilliporeMAB3083/AB_2070014
antibodyanti-Rac1Merck Millipore23A8/AB_309712
antibodyanti-LPSPMID: 25097252N/A
antibodyanti-SP100PMID: 7559785N/A
chemical compound, drugPhalloidin–Tetramethylrhodamine
B isothiocyanate
SigmaP1951 / AB_2315148
chemical compound, drugDapiSigmaD9542
chemical compound, drugCytochalasin DSigmaC8273
chemical compound, drugMDL 28170SigmaM6690
chemical compound, drugIonomycinSigmaI3909
chemical compound, drugBAPTA-AMEnzo life sciencesBML-CA411-0025
chemical compound, drugIndole-3-acetic acidSigmaI5148
chemical compound, drugN-EthylmaleimideSigmaE3876
peptide, recombinant proteinRecombinant SAE2Novus biologicalsNBP2-50574-20ug
peptide, recombinant proteinRecombinant Calpain-1Merck Millipore208712
peptide, recombinant proteinGST-SENP2catthis paperNP_06760.2
peptide, recombinant proteinSUMO1-AMCBoston BiochemUL-551
peptide, recombinant proteinSUMO2-AMCBoston BiochemUL-758
software, algorithmIcy softwareInstitut PasteurPMID: 22743774

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