Chlamydiae, which are obligate intracellular bacteria, replicate in a nonlysosomal vacuole, termed an inclusion. Although neither the host nor the chlamydial proteins that mediate the intracellular trafficking of the inclusion have been clearly identified, several enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged Rab GTPases, including Rab4A, are recruited to chlamydial inclusions. GFP-Rab4A associates with inclusions in a species-independent fashion by 2 h postinfection by mechanisms that have not yet been elucidated. To test whether chlamydial inclusion membrane proteins (Incs) recruit Rab4 to the inclusion, we screened a collection of chlamydial Incs for their ability to interact with Rab4A by using a yeast two-hybrid assay. From our analysis, we identified a specific interaction between Rab4A and Chlamydia trachomatis Inc CT229, which is expressed during the initial stages of infection. CT229 interacts with only wild-type Rab4A and the constitutively active GTPase-deficient Rab4AQ67L but not with the dominant-negative GDP-restricted Rab4AS22N mutant. To confirm the interaction between CT229 and Rab4A, we demonstrated that DsRed-CT229 colocalized with GFP-Rab4A in HeLa cells and more importantly wild-type and constitutively active GFP-Rab4A colocalized with CT229 at the inclusion membrane in C. trachomatis serovar L2-infected HeLa cells. Taken together, these data suggest that CT229 interacts with and recruits Rab4A to the inclusion membrane and therefore may play a role in regulating the intracellular trafficking or fusogenicity of the chlamydial inclusion.

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衣原体是专性细胞内细菌,在非溶酶体液泡中复制,称为包涵体。尽管尚未明确鉴定出宿主和介导包合物细胞内运输的衣原体蛋白,但包括Rab4A在内的几种增强的绿色荧光蛋白 (GFP) 标记的Rab GTPases被募集到衣原体包合物中。GFP-Rab4A通过尚未阐明的机制在感染后2小时以物种独立的方式与内含物相关联。为了测试衣原体包涵膜蛋白 (Incs) 是否将Rab4募集到包涵体中,我们通过使用酵母双杂交测定法筛选了衣原体Incs与Rab4A相互作用的能力。从我们的分析中,我们确定了Rab4A和沙眼衣原体Inc CT229之间的特定相互作用,该相互作用在感染的初始阶段表达。CT229仅与野生型Rab4A和组成型活性GTPase缺陷型Rab4AQ67L相互作用,而与占主导地位的负GDP限制性Rab4AS22N突变体不相互作用。为了确认CT229和Rab4A之间的相互作用,我们证明了DsRed-CT229与GFP-Rab4A共定位在HeLa细胞中,更重要的是野生型和组成型活性GFP-Rab4A与CT229共定位在沙眼衣原体L2-infected HeLa细胞的包涵膜上。综上所述,这些数据表明CT229与包涵膜相互作用并将Rab4A募集到包涵膜,因此可能在调节衣原体包涵体的细胞内运输或融合作用中发挥作用。

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