A growing number of receptors, often associated with the innate immune response, are being identified as targets for bacterial toxins of the beta-stranded pore-forming family. These findings raise the new question of whether the receptors are activated or merely used as docking points facilitating the formation of a pore. To elucidate whether the Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin and the leukotoxin HlgC/HlgB act through the C5a receptor (C5aR) as agonists, antagonists or differ from the C5a complement-derived peptide, their activity is explored on C5aR-expressing cells. Both leukotoxins equally bound C5aR in neutrophils and in stable transfected U937 cells and initiated mobilization of intracellular Ca2+. HlgC/HlgB requires the presence of robust intracellular acidic Ca2+ stores in order to evoke a rise in free [Ca2+]i, while the LukS-PV/LukF-PV directly altered reticular Ca2+ stores. Intracellular target specificity is conferred by the F-subunit associated to the S-subunit binding the receptor. Furthermore, internalization of the two leukotoxin components (S- and F-subunits) associated to C5aR is required for the initiation of [Ca2+]i mobilization. Electrophysiological recordings on living cells demonstrated that LukS-PV/LukF-PV does not alter the membrane resistance of C5aR-expressing cells. The present observations suggest that part of the pore-forming process occurs in distinct intracellular compartments rather than at the plasma membrane.

Internalization of staphylococcal leukotoxins that bind and divert the C5a receptor is required for intracellular Ca2+ mobilization by human neutrophils

Potrich, Cristina;
2015-01-01

Abstract

A growing number of receptors, often associated with the innate immune response, are being identified as targets for bacterial toxins of the beta-stranded pore-forming family. These findings raise the new question of whether the receptors are activated or merely used as docking points facilitating the formation of a pore. To elucidate whether the Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin and the leukotoxin HlgC/HlgB act through the C5a receptor (C5aR) as agonists, antagonists or differ from the C5a complement-derived peptide, their activity is explored on C5aR-expressing cells. Both leukotoxins equally bound C5aR in neutrophils and in stable transfected U937 cells and initiated mobilization of intracellular Ca2+. HlgC/HlgB requires the presence of robust intracellular acidic Ca2+ stores in order to evoke a rise in free [Ca2+]i, while the LukS-PV/LukF-PV directly altered reticular Ca2+ stores. Intracellular target specificity is conferred by the F-subunit associated to the S-subunit binding the receptor. Furthermore, internalization of the two leukotoxin components (S- and F-subunits) associated to C5aR is required for the initiation of [Ca2+]i mobilization. Electrophysiological recordings on living cells demonstrated that LukS-PV/LukF-PV does not alter the membrane resistance of C5aR-expressing cells. The present observations suggest that part of the pore-forming process occurs in distinct intracellular compartments rather than at the plasma membrane.
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