TY - JOUR
T1 - The coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus uses a T6SS to secrete a group of novel antieukaryotic effectors that contribute to virulence
AU - Mass, Shir
AU - Cohen, Hadar
AU - Podicheti, Ram
AU - Rusch, Douglas B.
AU - Gerlic, Motti
AU - Ushijima, Blake
AU - van Kessel, Julia C.
AU - Bosis, Eran
AU - Salomon, Dor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Mass 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.
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - Vibrio coralliilyticus is a pathogen of coral and shellfish, leading to devastating economic and ecological consequences worldwide. Although rising ocean temperatures correlate with increased V. coralliilyticus pathogenicity, the specific molecular mechanisms and determinants contributing to virulence remain poorly understood. Here, we systematically analyzed the type VI secretion system (T6SS), a contact-dependent toxin delivery apparatus, in V. coralliilyticus. We identified 2 omnipresent T6SSs that are activated at temperatures in which V. coralliilyticus becomes virulent; T6SS1 is an antibacterial system mediating interbacterial competition, whereas T6SS2 mediates anti-eukaryotic toxicity and contributes to mortality during infection of an aquatic model organism, Artemia salina. Using comparative proteomics, we identified the T6SS1 and T6SS2 toxin arsenals of 3 V. coralliilyticus strains with distinct disease etiologies. Remarkably, T6SS2 secretes at least 9 novel anti-eukaryotic toxins comprising core and accessory repertoires. We propose that T6SSs differently contribute to V. coralliilyticus's virulence: T6SS2 plays a direct role by targeting the host, while T6SS1 plays an indirect role by eliminating competitors.
AB - Vibrio coralliilyticus is a pathogen of coral and shellfish, leading to devastating economic and ecological consequences worldwide. Although rising ocean temperatures correlate with increased V. coralliilyticus pathogenicity, the specific molecular mechanisms and determinants contributing to virulence remain poorly understood. Here, we systematically analyzed the type VI secretion system (T6SS), a contact-dependent toxin delivery apparatus, in V. coralliilyticus. We identified 2 omnipresent T6SSs that are activated at temperatures in which V. coralliilyticus becomes virulent; T6SS1 is an antibacterial system mediating interbacterial competition, whereas T6SS2 mediates anti-eukaryotic toxicity and contributes to mortality during infection of an aquatic model organism, Artemia salina. Using comparative proteomics, we identified the T6SS1 and T6SS2 toxin arsenals of 3 V. coralliilyticus strains with distinct disease etiologies. Remarkably, T6SS2 secretes at least 9 novel anti-eukaryotic toxins comprising core and accessory repertoires. We propose that T6SSs differently contribute to V. coralliilyticus's virulence: T6SS2 plays a direct role by targeting the host, while T6SS1 plays an indirect role by eliminating competitors.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002734
DO - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002734
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C2 - 39226241
AN - SCOPUS:85203210041
SN - 1544-9173
VL - 22
JO - PLoS Biology
JF - PLoS Biology
IS - 9 September
M1 - e3002734
ER -