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Journal of Bacteriology, September 2005, p. 6466-6478, Vol. 187, No. 18
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.18.6466-6478.2005

Analysis of Putative Chlamydia trachomatis Chaperones Scc2 and Scc3 and Their Use in the Identification of Type III Secretion Substrates

Kenneth A. Fields,1,{dagger} Elizabeth R. Fischer,2 David J. Mead,1 and Ted Hackstadt1*

Host-Parasite Interactions Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites,1 Microscopy Branch, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana 598402

Received 24 February 2005/ Accepted 5 July 2005

The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis expresses a type III secretion system (T3SS) which has the potential to contribute significantly to pathogenesis. Based on a demonstrated role of type III secretion (T3S)-specific chaperones in the secretion of antihost proteins by gram-negative pathogens, we initiated a study of selected putative Chlamydia T3S chaperones in an effort to gain mechanistic insight into the Chlamydia T3SS and to potentially identify Chlamydia-specific secreted products. C. trachomatis Scc2 and Scc3 are homologous to SycD of Yersinia spp. Functional studies of the heterologous Yersinia T3SS indicated that although neither Scc2 nor Scc3 was able to fully complement a sycD null mutant, both have SycD-like characteristics. Both were able to associate with the translocator protein YopD, and Scc3 expression restored limited secretion of YopD in in vitro studies of T3S. CopB (CT578) and CopB2 (CT861) are encoded adjacent to scc2 and scc3, respectively, and have structural similarities with the YopB family of T3S translocators. Either Scc2 or Scc3 coprecipitates with CopB from C. trachomatis extracts. Expression of CopB or CopB2 in Yersinia resulted in their type III-dependent secretion, and localization studies with C. trachomatis-infected cells indicated that both were secreted by Chlamydia.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Host-Parasite Interactions Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 59840. Phone: (406) 363-9308. Fax: (406) 363-9253. E-mail: Ted_Hackstadt{at}NIH.GOV.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136.

Journal of Bacteriology, September 2005, p. 6466-6478, Vol. 187, No. 18
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.18.6466-6478.2005




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