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Shigella Effectors at Work - EMBO

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<strong>Shigella</strong> life style <strong>at</strong> mucosal surface - Sign<strong>at</strong>ure Tagged Mutagenesis<br />

2900 STM mutants<br />

screened vs M90T/wt in<br />

the rabbit lig<strong>at</strong>ed intestinal<br />

loop model<br />

15 severely defective mutants identified...<br />

- 7 LPS-biogenesis mutants<br />

West et al., Science, 2005<br />

- fnr : virulence of <strong>Shigella</strong> rel<strong>at</strong>ed to oxygen<br />

tension<br />

Strain<br />

M90TDfnr<br />

M90TDfnr pBM2<br />

BS176<br />

Competitive<br />

Index (C.I.)<br />

0.05<br />

0.6<br />

0.8<br />

Rabbit ileal loop model<br />

18 hours infection<br />

M90TDfnr pBM2<br />

INPUT<br />

M90T M90TDfnr<br />

M90TDmxiD<br />

OUTPUT<br />

Marteyn et al., N<strong>at</strong>ure, 2010

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