Abstract
ABSTRACTSeptins are cytoskeletal proteins widely recognized for their role in eukaryotic cell division. Septins also assemble into cage-like structures that entrap cytosolic Shigella flexneri targeted to macroautophagy/autophagy. Although the Shigella septin cage was discovered ~10 y ago, how septins recognize Shigella was poorly understood. We found that septins are recruited to regions of micrometer-scale curvature presented by dividing bacterial cells, and cardiolipin (a curvature-specific phospholipid) promotes septin recruitment to these regions. Chemical manipulation of bacteria revealed that following recruitment, septins assemble into cages around growing bacterial cells. Once assembled, septin cages inhibit Shigella cell division by autophagy and fusion with lysosomes. Thus, recognition of dividing bacterial cells by the septin cytoskeleton targets intracellular pathogens to antibacterial autophagy.
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