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Two-dimensional cation clusters formed on the surface of proteins play an important role in their intracellular translocation.

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This study evaluated whether imidazolines can induce autophagy in the murine macrophage-like cell line RAW264.7. Idazoxan increased the content of LC3-II, an autophagosomal marker, in RAW264.7 cells. To determine whether this effect was due to the induction of its synthesis or inhibition of its degradation, idazoxan treatment was performed in the presence of bafilomycin A1, which blocks autophagosome-lysosome fusion, as well as Pepstatin A and E-64d, both of which block protein degradation in autolysosomes. An increased content of LC3-II was observed in the presence of bafilomycin A1 as well as the protease inhibitors. Furthermore, an increased number of autophagosomes was observed following idazoxan treatment using an autophagosome-specific dye. This indicated that idazoxan induced autophagy. Other imidazolines, such as efaroxan, clonidine, and 2-(2-benzofuranyl)-2-imidazoline, also increased the LC3-II content in RAW264.7 cells in the presence of bafilomycin A1. Taken together, these results indicate that some imidazolines, including idazoxan, can induce autophagy in RAW264.7 cells.

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The antimicrobial peptide KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 was developed based on sapesin B, and synthesized using D-amino acids. Biochemical properties of the D-form and L-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 peptides were compared. In order to limit the effects due to bacterial resistance to proteolysis, antimicrobial activities of the peptides were evaluated after short-term exposure to bacteria. D-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 exhibited higher antimicrobial activities than L-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 against bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. In contrast, both the D-form and L-form of other antimicrobial peptides, including Mastoparan M and Temporin A, exhibited similar antimicrobial activities. Both the D-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 and L-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 peptides preferentially disrupted S. aureus-mimetic liposomes over mammalian-mimetic liposomes. Furthermore, the D-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 increased the membrane permeability of S. aureus more than the L-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2. Thus suggesting that the enhanced antimicrobial activity of the D-form was likely due to its interaction with bacterial cell wall components. S. aureus peptidoglycan preferentially inhibited the antimicrobial activity of the D-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 relative to the L-form. Furthermore, the D-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 showed higher affinity for S. aureus peptidoglycan than the L-form. Taken together, these results indicate that the D-form KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 peptide has higher antimicrobial activity than the L-form via a specific association with bacterial cell wall components, including peptidoglycan.

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Gram-negative bacteria, including Escherichia coli, release outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) that are derived from the bacterial outer membrane. OMVs contribute to bacterial cell-cell communications and host-microbe interactions by delivering components to locations outside the bacterial cell. In order to explore the molecular machinery involved in OMV biogenesis, the role of a major OMV protein was examined in the production of OMVs from E. coli W3110, which is a widely used standard E. coli K-12 strain. In addition to OmpC and OmpA, which are used as marker proteins for OMVs, an analysis of E. coli W3110 OMVs revealed that they also contain abundant levels of FliC, which is also known as flagellin. A membrane-impermeable biotin-labeling reagent did not label FliC in intact OMVs, but labeled FliC in sonically disrupted OMVs, suggesting that FliC is localized in the lumen of OMV. Compared to the parental strain expressing wild-type fliC, an E. coli strain with a fliC-null mutation produced reduced amounts of OMVs based on both protein and phosphate levels. In addition, an E. coli W3110-derived strain with a null-mutation in flgK, which encodes flagellar hook-associated protein that is essential along with FliC for flagella synthesis, also produced fewer OMVs than the parental strain. Taken together, these results indicate that the ability to form flagella, including the synthesis of flagella proteins, affects the production of E. coli W3110 OMVs.

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Lipid A deacylase PagL, which detoxifies endotoxin, is latent in Salmonella enterica. This study determined the biological significance of this latency. PagL latency was beneficial for bacteria in producing a robust permeation barrier through lipid A modifications under host-mimetic conditions that induced the modification enzymes, including PagL.

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PagL, a lipid A deacylase, is unique in that it is latent in the outer membrane of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Several point mutations in the extracellular loops of PagL, which do not affect its enzymatic activity, release it from this latency. Precipitation analysis revealed that latent wild-type PagL associated with lipopolysaccharide, but non-latent PagL mutants did not. In contrast, non-latent PagL mutants preferentially associated with some membrane proteins. Precipitation analysis using inactive PagL mutants demonstrated that membrane lipid A deacylation did not affect association. These results indicate that mutations in the lipid A deacylase PagL which relieve the enzyme from its latency affect the ability of PagL to interact with lipopolysaccharide.

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Modification of lipid A is essential for bacterial adaptation to its host. Salmonella Typhimurium LpxR potentially detoxifies lipid A by 3'-O-deacylation; however, the involvement of deacylation in its adaptation remains unclear. LpxR-dependent 3'-O-deacylation was observed in the stationary phase. When macrophages were infected with stationary phase bacteria, the intracellular growth of the lpxR-null strain was lower than that of the wild-type strain. Furthermore, the expression level of inducible nitric oxide synthase was higher in the cells infected with the lpxR-null strain than in the cells infected with the wild-type strain. These results indicate that lipid A 3'-O-deacylation is beneficial for intracellular growth.

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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium modifies its lipopolysaccharide (LPS), including the lipid A portion, in response to changes in its environment including host tissues. The lipid A 3-O-deacylase PagL, the expression of which is promoted under a host-mimetic environment, exhibits latency in S. enterica; deacylation of lipid A is not usually observed in vivo, despite the expression of the outer membrane protein PagL. In contrast, PagL does not exhibit latency in S. enterica pmrA and pmrE mutants, both of which are deficient in the aminoarabinose-based modification of lipid A, indicating that aminoarabinose-modified LPS species were involved in the latency. In order to analyze the machinery for PagL's repression, we generated PagL mutants in which an amino acid residue located at four extracellular loops was replaced with alanine. Apparent lipid A 3-O deacylation was observed in S. enterica expressing the recombinant mutants PagL(R43A), PagL(R44A), PagL(C85A), and PagL(R135A), but not in S. enterica expressing wild-type PagL, suggesting that the point mutations released PagL from the latency. In addition, mutations at Arg-43, Arg-44, Cys-85, and Arg-135 did not affect lipid A 3-O-deacylase activity in an S. enterica pmrA mutant or in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). These results, taken together, indicate that specific amino acid residues located at extracellular loops of PagL are involved in the recognition of aminoarabinose-modified LPS. Furthermore, S. enterica expressing the recombinant PagL(R43A) or PagL(R135A) mutant showed apparent growth arrest at 43 degrees C compared with S. enterica expressing wild-type PagL, indicating that the latency of PagL is important for bacterial growth.

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