Name: identification of growth inhibition phenotypes induced by expression of bacterial type iii effectors in yeast
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This work was supported by the Israel Science Foundation.

I. Designing a Yeast Expression System for Type III Effectors
Calibrating a yeast system appropriate for expression of the type III effector(s) of interest is an important task and may require some trial and error. Factors of major relevance that should be considered and optimized when designing such a system are: 1) the promoter driving expression of the effector(s), 2) the copy number of the effector gene, 3) the epitope tag used to verify protein expression, and 4) the yeast strain.
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In this presentation, we illustrated how to use the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a heterologous system for the expression of type III bacterial effector proteins and how to identify effector-induced growth inhibition phenotypes. Importantly, these phenotypes can be utilized in genetic screens to identify suppressors of the negative impact of effectors on yeast growth. Suppressors may represent either direct targets of the effector studied or proteins that participate in cellular processes affected b...

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identification of growth inhibition phenotypes induced by expression of bacterial type iii effectors in yeast

Many Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria use a type III secretion system to translocate a suite of effector proteins into the cytosol of host cells. Within the cell, type III effectors subvert host cellular processes to suppress immune responses and promote pathogen growth. Numerous type III effectors of plant and animal bacterial pathogens have been identified to date, yet only a few of them are well characterized. Understanding the functions of these effectors has been undermined by a combination of functional redundancy in the effector repertoire of a given bacterial strain, the subtle effects that they may exert to increase virulence, roles that are possibly specific to certain infection stages, and difficulties in genetically manipulating certain pathogens. Expression of type III effectors in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae may allow circumventing these limitations and aid to the functional characterization of effector proteins. Because type III effectors often target cellular processes that are conserved between yeast and other eukaryotes, their expression in yeast may result in growth inhibition phenotypes that can be exploited to elucidate effector functions and targets. Additional advantages to using yeast for functional studies of bacterial effectors include their genetic tractability, information on predicted functions of the vast majority of their ORFs, and availability of numerous tools and resources for both genome-wide and small-scale experiments. Here we discuss critical factors for designing a yeast system for the expression of bacterial type III effector proteins. These include an appropriate promoter for driving expression of the effector gene(s) of interest, the copy number of the effector gene, the epitope tag used to verify protein expression, and the yeast strain. We present procedures to induce expression of effectors in yeast and to verify their expression by immunoblotting. In addition, we describe a spotting assay on agar plates for the identification of effector-induced growth inhibition phenotypes. The use of this protocol may be extended to the study of pathogenicity factors delivered into the host cell by any pathogen and translocation mechanism.

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Identification of Growth Inhibition Phenotypes Induced by Expression of Bacterial Type III Effectors in Yeast at JoVE.com

Identification of Growth Inhibition Phenotypes Induced by Expression of Bacterial Type III Effectors in Yeast

In this video, we describe a procedure for the expression of bacterial type III effectors in yeast and the identification of effector-induced growth inhibition phenotypes. Such phenotypes can be subsequently exploited to elucidate effector functions and targets.

Many Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria use a type III secretion system to translocate a suite of effector proteins into the cytosol of host cells. Within ...

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