Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles

M Toyofuku, S Schild, M Kaparakis-Liaskos… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles are produced by species across all domains of life, suggesting that
vesiculation represents a fundamental principle of living matter. In Gram-negative bacteria …

Microbiota‐derived extracellular vesicles in interkingdom communication in the gut

N Díaz‐Garrido, J Badia… - Journal of Extracellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The intestine is fundamental in controlling human health. Intestinal epithelial and immune
cells are continuously exposed to millions of microbes that greatly impact on intestinal …

Extracellular membrane vesicles in the three domains of life and beyond

S Gill, R Catchpole, P Forterre - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cells from all three domains of life, Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya, produce extracellular
vesicles (EVs) which are sometimes associated with filamentous structures known as …

Extracellular vesicle biogenesis and functions in gram-positive bacteria

P Briaud, RK Carroll - Infection and immunity, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-derived lipid bilayers secreted by bacteria and
eukaryotic cells. Bacterial membrane vesicles were discovered over 60 years ago and have …

Prophage-triggered membrane vesicle formation through peptidoglycan damage in Bacillus subtilis

M Toyofuku, G Cárcamo-Oyarce, T Yamamoto… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Bacteria release membrane vesicles (MVs) that play important roles in various biological
processes. However, the mechanisms of MV formation in Gram-positive bacteria are …

Gram-positive bacterial extracellular vesicles and their impact on health and disease

Y Liu, KAY Defourny, EJ Smid, T Abee - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
During recent years it has become increasingly clear that the release of extracellular
vesicles (EVs) is a feature inherent to all cellular life forms. These lipid bilayer-enclosed …

Release of Staphylococcus aureus extracellular vesicles and their application as a vaccine platform

X Wang, CD Thompson, C Weidenmaier… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Secretion of extracellular vesicles (EVs), a process common to eukaryotes, archae, and
bacteria, represents a secretory pathway that allows cell-free intercellular communication …

Staphylococcus aureus membrane vesicles contain immunostimulatory DNA, RNA and peptidoglycan that activate innate immune receptors and induce autophagy

NJ Bitto, L Cheng, EL Johnston… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gram‐positive bacteria ubiquitously produce membrane vesicles (MVs), and although they
contribute to biological functions, our knowledge regarding their composition and …

The diverse functional roles of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) in microbial pathogenesis

KL Harvey, VM Jarocki, IG Charles… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Elongation factor thermal unstable Tu (EF-Tu) is a G protein that catalyzes the binding of
aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of the ribosome inside living cells. Structural and biochemical …

Bacterial extracellular vesicles and their novel therapeutic applications in health and cancer

N Hosseini-Giv, A Basas, C Hicks, E El-Omar… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial cells communicate with host cells and other bacteria through the release of
membrane vesicles known as bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEV). BEV are established …