The large GTPase Sey1/atlastin mediates lipid droplet- and FadL-dependent intracellular fatty acid metabolism of Legionella pneumophila

  1. Dario Hüsler
  2. Pia Stauffer
  3. Bernhard Keller
  4. Desirée Böck
  5. Thomas Steiner
  6. Anne Ostrzinski
  7. Simone Vormittag
  8. Bianca Striednig
  9. A Leoni Swart
  10. François Letourneur
  11. Sandra Maaß
  12. Dörte Becher
  13. Wolfgang Eisenreich
  14. Martin Pilhofer
  15. Hubert Hilbi  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Zurich, Switzerland
  2. ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  3. Technical University of Munich, Germany
  4. University of Greifswald, Germany
  5. INSERM, University of Montpellier, France

Abstract

The amoeba-resistant bacterium Legionella pneumophila causes Legionnaires' disease and employs a type IV secretion system (T4SS) to replicate in the unique, ER-associated Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV). The large fusion GTPase Sey1/atlastin is implicated in ER dynamics, ER-derived lipid droplet (LD) formation, and LCV maturation. Here we employ cryo-electron tomography, confocal microscopy, proteomics, and isotopologue profiling to analyze LCV-LDs interactions in the genetically tractable amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Dually fluorescence-labeled D. discoideum producing LCV and LD markers revealed that Sey1 as well as the L. pneumophila T4SS and the Ran GTPase activator LegG1 promote LCV-LDs interactions. In vitro reconstitution using purified LCVs and LDs from parental or Dsey1 mutant D. discoideum indicated that Sey1 and GTP promote this process. Sey1 and the L. pneumophila fatty acid transporter FadL are implicated in palmitate catabolism and palmitate-dependent intracellular growth. Taken together, our results reveal that Sey1 and LegG1 mediate LD- and FadL-dependent fatty acid metabolism of intracellular L. pneumophila.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files.The MS proteomics data discussed in this publication have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE (Perez-Riverol et al., 2019) partner repository with the dataset identifier PXD038200

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  1. Dario Hüsler

    Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  2. Pia Stauffer

    Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  3. Bernhard Keller

    Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  4. Desirée Böck

    Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  5. Thomas Steiner

    Bavarian NMR Center - Structural Membrane Biochemistry, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
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  6. Anne Ostrzinski

    Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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  7. Simone Vormittag

    Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  8. Bianca Striednig

    Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  9. A Leoni Swart

    Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  10. François Letourneur

    INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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  11. Sandra Maaß

    Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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  12. Dörte Becher

    Institute for Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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  13. Wolfgang Eisenreich

    Bavarian NMR Center - Structural Membrane Biochemistry, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
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  14. Martin Pilhofer

    Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  15. Hubert Hilbi

    Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (31003A_175557)

  • Hubert Hilbi

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (310030_207826)

  • Hubert Hilbi

NOMIS Stiftung

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  1. Dario Hüsler
  2. Pia Stauffer
  3. Bernhard Keller
  4. Desirée Böck
  5. Thomas Steiner
  6. Anne Ostrzinski
  7. Simone Vormittag
  8. Bianca Striednig
  9. A Leoni Swart
  10. François Letourneur
  11. Sandra Maaß
  12. Dörte Becher
  13. Wolfgang Eisenreich
  14. Martin Pilhofer
  15. Hubert Hilbi
(2023)
The large GTPase Sey1/atlastin mediates lipid droplet- and FadL-dependent intracellular fatty acid metabolism of Legionella pneumophila
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