Uptake and nuclear transport of Neisseria IgA1 protease-associated alpha-proteins in human cells

Molecular Microbiology
J PohlnerT F Meyer

Abstract

Pathogenic Neisseria species, the causative agents of gonorrhoea and bacterial meningitis, encode a family of polymorphic exo-proteins which are autoproteolytically processed into several distinct extracellular components, including an IgA1 protease and an alpha-protein. IgA1 protease, a putative virulence determinant, is a sequence-specific endopeptidase known to cleave human IgA1, but additional target proteins have been postulated. The physical linkage of IgA1 protease and alpha-protein suggests a functional relationship of both precursor components. Previous work has shown that alpha-protein is essential neither for extracellular transport nor for the proteolytic activity of IgA1 protease. Intriguingly, alpha-proteins carry amino acid sequences reminiscent of nuclear location signals of viral and eukaryotic proteins. Here we demonstrate the functionality of these nuclear location signal sequences in transfected eukaryotic cells. Chimeric alpha-proteins show nuclear transport and selectively associate with nucleolar structures. More importantly, native purified alpha-proteins are capable of entering certain human primary cells from the exterior via an endocytotic route and accumulate in the nuclei. The neisserial alpha-prote...Continue Reading

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