Abstract
The type III secretion system (T3SS) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of many Gram-negative bacteria, including Edwardsiella tarda, an important fish pathogen. Within the E. tarda T3SS, there are three proteins (EsaB/EsaL/EsaM) that are homologous to proteins present in many other bacteria, including SpiC/SsaL/SsaM in Salmonella, SepD/SepL/CesL in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), and YscB/YopN/SycN in Yersinia EsaL was found to interact with both EsaB and EsaM within the bacterial cell, as revealed by a coimmunoprecipitation assay. Moreover, EsaM is required for EsaB stability, and the two proteins interact with each other. EsaB, EsaL, and EsaM are all indispensable for the secretion of the T3SS translocon protein EseC into supernatants under pH 5.5 and pH 7.2 conditions. Unlike EseC, EseG is a T3SS effector whose secretion is suppressed by EsaL at pH 7.2 while it is promoted at pH 5.5 condition. Despite this finding, mutant strains lacking EsaB, EsaL, or EsaM (i.e., the ΔesaB, ΔesaL, or ΔesaM strain, respectively) were all outcompeted by wild-type E. tarda during a coinfection model. These results demonstrate that EsaB/EsaL/EsaM form a ternary complex controlling the secretion of T3SS translocon and effector proteins and contributing to E. tarda pathogenesis.
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