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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Impact of dynasore an inhibitor of dynamin II on Shigella flexneri infection |
Author: | Lum, M. Attridge, S. Morona, R. |
Citation: | PLoS One, 2013; 8(12):e84975-1-e84975-17 |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 1932-6203 |
Editor: | Mantis, N.J. |
Statement of Responsibility: | Mabel Lum, Stephen R. Attridge and Renato Morona |
Abstract: | Shigella flexneri remains a significant human pathogen due to high morbidity among children < 5 years in developing countries. One of the key features of Shigella infection is the ability of the bacterium to initiate actin tail polymerisation to disseminate into neighbouring cells. Dynamin II is associated with the old pole of the bacteria that is associated with F-actin tail formation. Dynamin II inhibition with dynasore as well as siRNA knockdown significantly reduced Shigella cell to cell spreading in vitro. The ocular mouse Sereny model was used to determine if dynasore could delay the progression of Shigella infection in vivo. While dynasore did not reduce ocular inflammation, it did provide significant protection against weight loss. Therefore dynasore's effects in vivo are unlikely to be related to the inhibition of cell spreading observed in vitro. We found that dynasore decreased S. flexneri-induced HeLa cell death in vitro which may explain the protective effect observed in vivo. These results suggest the administration of dynasore or a similar compound during Shigella infection could be a potential intervention strategy to alleviate disease symptoms. |
Keywords: | Eye Hela Cells Animals Mice, Inbred BALB C Humans Mice Escherichia coli K12 Dysentery, Bacillary Hydrazones Congo Red Dynamin II Luminescent Proteins Microscopy, Fluorescence Blotting, Western Analysis of Variance Cell Death Male Red Fluorescent Protein |
Rights: | © 2013 Lum et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0084975 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/565526 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084975 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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