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Filiatrault MJ, Tombline G, Wagner VE, Van Alst N, Rumbaugh K, Sokol P, Schwingel J, Iglewski BH. Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA1006, which plays a role in molybdenum homeostasis, is required for nitrate utilization, biofilm formation, and virulence. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55594. [PMID: 23409004 PMCID: PMC3568122 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pae) is a clinically important opportunistic pathogen. Herein, we demonstrate that the PA1006 protein is critical for all nitrate reductase activities, growth as a biofilm in a continuous flow system, as well as virulence in mouse burn and rat lung model systems. Microarray analysis revealed that ΔPA1006 cells displayed extensive alterations in gene expression including nitrate-responsive, quorum sensing (including PQS production), and iron-regulated genes, as well as molybdenum cofactor and Fe-S cluster biosynthesis factors, members of the TCA cycle, and Type VI Secretion System components. Phenotype Microarray™ profiles of ΔPA1006 aerobic cultures using Biolog plates also revealed a reduced ability to utilize a number of TCA cycle intermediates as well as a failure to utilize xanthine as a sole source of nitrogen. As a whole, these data indicate that the loss of PA1006 confers extensive changes in Pae metabolism. Based upon homology of PA1006 to the E. coli YhhP protein and data from the accompanying study, loss of PA1006 persulfuration and/or molybdenum homeostasis are likely the cause of extensive metabolic alterations that impact biofilm development and virulence in the ΔPA1006 mutant.
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- Melanie J. Filiatrault
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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Chevrot R, Didelot S, Van den Bossche L, Tambadou F, Caradec T, Marchand P, Izquierdo E, Sopéna V, Caillon J, Barthélémy C, Van Schepdael A, Hoogmartens J, Rosenfeld E. A Novel Depsipeptide Produced by Paenibacillus alvei 32 Isolated from a Cystic fibrosis Patient. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins 2012; 5:18-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s12602-012-9121-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Redundant phenazine operons in Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibit environment-dependent expression and differential roles in pathogenicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:19420-5. [PMID: 23129634 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213901109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Evolutionary biologists have postulated that several fitness advantages may be conferred by the maintenance of duplicate genes, including environmental adaptation resulting from differential regulation. We examined the expression and physiological contributions of two redundant operons in the adaptable bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14. These operons, phzA1-G1 (phz1) and phzA2-G2 (phz2), encode nearly identical sets of proteins that catalyze the synthesis of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid, the precursor for several phenazine derivatives. Phenazines perform diverse roles in P. aeruginosa physiology and act as virulence factors during opportunistic infections of plant and animal hosts. Although reports have indicated that phz1 is regulated by the Pseudomonas quinolone signal, factors controlling phz2 expression have not been identified, and the relative contributions of these redundant operons to phenazine biosynthesis have not been evaluated. We found that in liquid cultures, phz1 was expressed at higher levels than phz2, although phz2 showed a greater contribution to phenazine production. In colony biofilms, phz2 was expressed at high levels, whereas phz1 expression was not detectable, and phz2 was responsible for virtually all phenazine production. Analysis of mutants defective in quinolone signal synthesis revealed a critical role for 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinoline in phz2 induction. Finally, deletion of phz2, but not of phz1, decreased lung colonization in a murine model of infection. These results suggest that differential regulation of the redundant phz operons allows P. aeruginosa to adapt to diverse environments.
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Hwang IS, Hwang JH, Choi H, Kim KJ, Lee DG. Synergistic effects between silver nanoparticles and antibiotics and the mechanisms involved. J Med Microbiol 2012; 61:1719-1726. [PMID: 22956753 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.047100-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Silver nanoparticles (nano-Ags), which have well-known antimicrobial properties, are used extensively in various medical and general applications. In this study, the combination effects between nano-Ags and the conventional antibiotics ampicillin, chloramphenicol and kanamycin against various pathogenic bacteria were investigated. The MIC and fractional inhibitory concentration index (FICI) were determined to confirm antibacterial susceptibility and synergistic effects. The results showed that nano-Ags possessed antibacterial effects and synergistic activities. The antibiofilm activities of nano-Ags alone or in combination with antibiotics were also investigated. Formation of biofilm is associated with resistance to antimicrobial agents and chronic bacterial infections. The results indicated that nano-Ags also had antibiofilm activities. To understand these effects of nano-Ags, an ATPase inhibitor assay, permeability assay and hydroxyl radical assay were conducted. The antibacterial activity of nano-Ags was influenced by ATP-associated metabolism rather than by the permeability of the outer membrane. Additionally, nano-Ags generated hydroxyl radicals, a highly reactive oxygen species induced by bactericidal agents. It was concluded that nano-Ags have potential as a combination therapeutic agent for the treatment of infectious diseases by bacteria.
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- In-Sok Hwang
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daehak-ro 80 Buk-gu Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daehak-ro 80 Buk-gu Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daehak-ro 80 Buk-gu Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Tae Kyeung College, 24, Danbuk-ri, Jain-myeon, Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 712-719, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daehak-ro 80 Buk-gu Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea
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A universal primer multiplex PCR method for typing of toxinogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 95:1579-87. [PMID: 22923133 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4277-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Revised: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 06/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a well-known opportunistic pathogen that can cause acute nosocomial necrotizing pneumonia and genetic disorder cystic fibrosis of lung patients. Pathogenic interactions between P. aeruginosa and hosts are often guided by the secreted virulence determinants that interact with specific host targets. Exotoxin A, pyocyanin, elastase, and type III secretion system are the most significant virulence determinants and cause great concern. However, P. aeruginosa in various environments has high genotypic diversity, leading to deficiency of exotoxin genes for some P. aeruginosa strains. In current study, a universal primer-multiplex PCR method (UP-MPCR) was employed for the detection of five significant enterotoxin genes (toxA, phzM, lasB, ExoU, and ExoS) and one internal control gene ecfX in P. aeruginosa. Owing to the application of universal primer (UP), different targeted products have identical amplified efficiency and the sensitivity of multiplex PCR is improved. In addition, the complexity of multiplex PCR system is reduced and the compatibility of primers in a reaction is greatly increased. This UP-MPCR method can detect the presence of five P. aeruginosa enterotoxin genes in a single assay more rapidly and sensitively than conventional methods. In 214 drinking water and environmental isolates, the ExoU, ExoS, phzM, toxA, and lasB genes were detected in 20 (9 %), 180 (84 %), 179 (84 %), 196 (92 %), and 171 (80 %) isolates, respectively.
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Ben Mohamed F, Garcia-Verdugo I, Medina M, Balloy V, Chignard M, Ramphal R, Touqui L. A crucial role of Flagellin in the induction of airway mucus production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39888. [PMID: 22768318 PMCID: PMC3388098 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen involved in nosocomial infections. Flagellin is a P. aeruginosa virulence factor involved in host response to this pathogen. We examined the role of flagellin in P. aeruginosa-induced mucus secretion. Using a mouse model of pulmonary infection we showed that PAK, a wild type strain of P. aeruginosa, induced airway mucus secretion and mucin muc5ac expression at higher levels than its flagellin-deficient mutant (ΔFliC). PAK induced expression of MUC5AC and MUC2 in both human airway epithelial NCI-H292 cell line and in primary epithelial cells. In contrast, ΔFliC infection had lower to no effect on MUC5AC and MUC2 expressions. A purified P. aeruginosa flagellin induced MUC5AC expression in parallel to IL-8 secretion in NCI-H292 cells. Accordingly, ΔFliC mutant stimulated IL-8 secretion at significantly lower levels compared to PAK. Incubation of NCI-H292 cells with exogenous IL-8 induced MUC5AC expression and pre-incubation of these cells with an anti-IL-8 antibody abrogated flagellin-mediated MUC5AC expression. Silencing of TLR5 and Naip, siRNA inhibited both flagellin-induced MUC5AC expression and IL-8 secretion. Finally, inhibition of ERK abolished the expression of both PAK- and flagellin-induced MUC5AC. We conclude that: (i) flagellin is crucial in P. aeruginosa-induced mucus hyper-secretion through TLR5 and Naip pathways; (ii) this process is mediated by ERK and amplified by IL-8. Our findings help understand the mechanisms involved in mucus secretion during pulmonary infectious disease induced by P. aeruginosa, such as in cystic fibrosis.
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- Fatima Ben Mohamed
- Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Twumasi-Boateng K, Shapira M. Dissociation of immune responses from pathogen colonization supports pattern recognition in C. elegans. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35400. [PMID: 22514739 PMCID: PMC3325959 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Caenorhabditis elegans has been used for over a decade to characterize signaling cascades controlling innate immune responses. However, what initiates these responses in the worm has remained elusive. To gain a better understanding of the initiating events we delineated genome-wide immune responses to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa in worms heavily-colonized by the pathogen versus worms visibly not colonized. We found that infection responses in both groups were identical, suggesting that immune responses were not correlated with colonization and its associated damage. Quantitative RT-PCR measurements further showed that pathogen secreted factors were not able to induce an immune response, but exposure to a non-pathogenic Pseudomonas species was. These findings raise the possibility that the C.elegans immune response is initiated by recognition of microbe-associated molecular patterns. In the absence of orthologs of known pattern recognition receptors, C. elegans may rely on novel mechanisms, thus holding the potential to advance our understanding of evolutionarily conserved strategies for pathogen recognition.
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- Kwame Twumasi-Boateng
- Graduate Group in Microbiology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Graduate Group in Microbiology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Reszka KJ, Xiong Y, Sallans L, Pasula R, Olakanmi O, Hassett DJ, Britigan BE. Inactivation of the potent Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxin pyocyanin by airway peroxidases and nitrite. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 302:L1044-56. [PMID: 22345574 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00172.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pyocyanin (1-hydroxy-N-methylphenazine, PCN) is a cytotoxic pigment and virulence factor secreted by the human bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here, we report that exposure of PCN to airway peroxidases, hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), and NaNO(2) generates unique mononitrated PCN metabolites (N-PCN) as revealed by HPLC/mass spectrometry analyses. N-PCN, in contrast to PCN, was devoid of antibiotic activity and failed to kill Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Furthermore, in contrast to PCN, intratracheal instillation of N-PCN into murine lungs failed to induce a significant inflammatory response. Surprisingly, at a pH of ∼7, N-PCN was more reactive than PCN with respect to NADH oxidation but resulted in a similar magnitude of superoxide production as detected by electron paramagnetic resonance and spin trapping experiments. When incubated with Escherichia coli or lung A549 cells, PCN and N-PCN both led to superoxide formation, but lesser amounts were detected with N-PCN. Our results demonstrate that PCN that has been nitrated by peroxidase/H(2)O(2)/NO(2)(-) systems possesses less cytotoxic/proinflammatory activity than native PCN. Yield of N-PCN was decreased by the presence of the competing physiological peroxidase substrates (thiocyonate) SCN(-) (myeloperoxidase, MPO, and lactoperoxidase, LPO) and Cl(-) (MPO), which with Cl(-) yielded chlorinated PCNs. These reaction products also showed decreased proinflammatory ability when instilled into the lungs of mice. These observations add important insights into the complexity of the pathogenesis of lung injury associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections and provide additional rationale for exploring the efficacy of NO(2)(-) in the therapy of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infection in cystic fibrosis.
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Hao Y, Kuang Z, Walling BE, Bhatia S, Sivaguru M, Chen Y, Gaskins HR, Lau GW. Pseudomonas aeruginosa pyocyanin causes airway goblet cell hyperplasia and metaplasia and mucus hypersecretion by inactivating the transcriptional factor FoxA2. Cell Microbiol 2011; 14:401-15. [PMID: 22103442 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01727.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The redox-active exotoxin pyocyanin (PCN) can be recovered in 100 µM concentrations in the sputa of bronchiectasis patients chronically infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA). However, the importance of PCN within bronchiectatic airways colonized by PA remains unrecognized. Recently, we have shown that PCN is required for chronic PA lung infection in mice, and that chronic instillation of PCN induces goblet cell hyperplasia (GCH), pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema and influx of immune cells in mouse airways. Many of these pathological features are strikingly similar to the mouse airways devoid of functional FoxA2, a transcriptional repressor of GCH and mucus biosynthesis. In this study, we postulate that PCN causes and exacerbates GCH and mucus hypersecretion in bronchiectatic airways chronically infected by PA by inactivating FoxA2. We demonstrate that PCN represses the expression of FoxA2 in mouse airways and in bronchial epithelial cells cultured at an air-liquid interface or conventionally, resulting in GCH, increased MUC5B mucin gene expression and mucus hypersecretion. Immunohistochemical and inhibitor studies indicate that PCN upregulates the expression of Stat6 and EGFR, both of which in turn repress the expression of FoxA2. These studies demonstrate that PCN induces GCH and mucus hypersecretion by inactivating FoxA2.
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- Yonghua Hao
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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Byfield FJ, Kowalski M, Cruz K, Leszczyńska K, Namiot A, Savage PB, Bucki R, Janmey PA. Cathelicidin LL-37 Increases Lung Epithelial Cell Stiffness, Decreases Transepithelial Permeability, and Prevents Epithelial Invasion byPseudomonas aeruginosa. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:6402-9. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kuang Z, Hao Y, Walling BE, Jeffries JL, Ohman DE, Lau GW. Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase provides an escape from phagocytosis by degrading the pulmonary surfactant protein-A. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27091. [PMID: 22069491 PMCID: PMC3206073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes both acute pneumonitis in immunocompromised patients and chronic lung infections in individuals with cystic fibrosis and other bronchiectasis. Over 75% of clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa secrete elastase B (LasB), an elastolytic metalloproteinase that is encoded by the lasB gene. Previously, in vitro studies have demonstrated that LasB degrades a number of components in both the innate and adaptive immune systems. These include surfactant proteins, antibacterial peptides, cytokines, chemokines and immunoglobulins. However, the contribution of LasB to lung infection by P. aeruginosa and to inactivation of pulmonary innate immunity in vivo needs more clarification. In this study, we examined the mechanisms underlying enhanced clearance of the ΔlasB mutant in mouse lungs. The ΔlasB mutant was attenuated in virulence when compared to the wild-type strain PAO1 during lung infection in SP-A+/+ mice. However, the ΔlasB mutant was as virulent as PAO1 in the lungs of SP-A⁻/⁻ mice. Detailed analysis showed that the ΔlasB mutant was more susceptible to SP-A-mediated opsonization but not membrane permeabilization. In vitro and in vivo phagocytosis experiments revealed that SP-A augmented the phagocytosis of ΔlasB mutant bacteria more efficiently than the isogenic wild-type PAO1. The ΔlasB mutant was found to have a severely reduced ability to degrade SP-A, consequently making it unable to evade opsonization by the collectin during phagocytosis. These results suggest that P. aeruginosa LasB protects against SP-A-mediated opsonization by degrading the collectin.
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- Zhizhou Kuang
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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The role of antimicrobial peptides in preventing multidrug-resistant bacterial infections and biofilm formation. Int J Mol Sci 2011; 12:5971-92. [PMID: 22016639 PMCID: PMC3189763 DOI: 10.3390/ijms12095971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Revised: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Over the last decade, decreasing effectiveness of conventional antimicrobial-drugs has caused serious problems due to the rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens. Furthermore, biofilms, which are microbial communities that cause serious chronic infections and dental plaque, form environments that enhance antimicrobial resistance. As a result, there is a continuous search to overcome or control such problems, which has resulted in antimicrobial peptides being considered as an alternative to conventional drugs. Antimicrobial peptides are ancient host defense effector molecules in living organisms. These peptides have been identified in diverse organisms and synthetically developed by using peptidomimic techniques. This review was conducted to demonstrate the mode of action by which antimicrobial peptides combat multidrug-resistant bacteria and prevent biofilm formation and to introduce clinical uses of these compounds for chronic disease, medical devices, and oral health. In addition, combinations of antimicrobial peptides and conventional drugs were considered due to their synergetic effects and low cost for therapeutic treatment.
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Ligand responses of Vfr, the virulence factor regulator from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:4859-68. [PMID: 21764924 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00352-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vfr, a transcription factor homologous to the Escherichia coli cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor protein (CRP), regulates many aspects of virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Vfr, like CRP, binds to cAMP and then recognizes its target DNA and activates transcription. Here we report that Vfr has important functional differences from CRP in terms of ligand sensing and response. First, Vfr has a significantly higher cAMP affinity than does CRP, which might explain the mysteriously unidirectional functional complementation between the two proteins (S. E. H. West et al., J. Bacteriol. 176:7532-7542, 1994). Second, Vfr is activated by both cAMP and cGMP, while CRP is specific to cAMP. Mutagenic analyses show that Thr133 (analogous to Ser128 of CRP) is the key residue for both of these distinct Vfr properties. On the other hand, substitutions that cause cAMP-independent activity in Vfr are similar to those seen in CRP, suggesting that a common cAMP activation mechanism is present. In the course of these analyses, we found a remarkable class of Vfr variants that have completely reversed the regulatory logic of the protein: they are active in DNA binding without cAMP and are strongly inhibited by cAMP. The physiological impact of Vfr's ligand sensing and response is discussed, as is a plausible basis for the fundamental change in protein allostery in the novel group of Vfr variants.
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Beaufort N, Corvazier E, Hervieu A, Choqueux C, Dussiot M, Louedec L, Cady A, de Bentzmann S, Michel JB, Pidard D. The thermolysin-like metalloproteinase and virulence factor LasB from pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces anoikis of human vascular cells. Cell Microbiol 2011; 13:1149-67. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01606.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Oberhardt MA, Puchałka J, Martins dos Santos VAP, Papin JA. Reconciliation of genome-scale metabolic reconstructions for comparative systems analysis. PLoS Comput Biol 2011; 7:e1001116. [PMID: 21483480 PMCID: PMC3068926 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the past decade, over 50 genome-scale metabolic reconstructions have been built for a variety of single- and multi- cellular organisms. These reconstructions have enabled a host of computational methods to be leveraged for systems-analysis of metabolism, leading to greater understanding of observed phenotypes. These methods have been sparsely applied to comparisons between multiple organisms, however, due mainly to the existence of differences between reconstructions that are inherited from the respective reconstruction processes of the organisms to be compared. To circumvent this obstacle, we developed a novel process, termed metabolic network reconciliation, whereby non-biological differences are removed from genome-scale reconstructions while keeping the reconstructions as true as possible to the underlying biological data on which they are based. This process was applied to two organisms of great importance to disease and biotechnological applications, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas putida, respectively. The result is a pair of revised genome-scale reconstructions for these organisms that can be analyzed at a systems level with confidence that differences are indicative of true biological differences (to the degree that is currently known), rather than artifacts of the reconstruction process. The reconstructions were re-validated with various experimental data after reconciliation. With the reconciled and validated reconstructions, we performed a genome-wide comparison of metabolic flexibility between P. aeruginosa and P. putida that generated significant new insight into the underlying biology of these important organisms. Through this work, we provide a novel methodology for reconciling models, present new genome-scale reconstructions of P. aeruginosa and P. putida that can be directly compared at a network level, and perform a network-wide comparison of the two species. These reconstructions provide fresh insights into the metabolic similarities and differences between these important Pseudomonads, and pave the way towards full comparative analysis of genome-scale metabolic reconstructions of multiple species.
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- Matthew A. Oberhardt
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig,
Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig,
Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (VAPMdS); (JAP)
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Rada B, Gardina P, Myers TG, Leto TL. Reactive oxygen species mediate inflammatory cytokine release and EGFR-dependent mucin secretion in airway epithelial cells exposed to Pseudomonas pyocyanin. Mucosal Immunol 2011; 4:158-71. [PMID: 20962773 PMCID: PMC3026888 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2010.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Despite the long-appreciated in vivo role of the redox-active virulence factor pyocyanin in Pseudomonas airway infections and the importance of airway epithelial cells in combating bacterial pathogens, little is known about pyocyanin's effect on airway epithelial cells. We find that exposure of bronchiolar epithelial cells to pyocyanin results in MUC2/MUC5AC induction and mucin secretion through release of inflammatory cytokines and growth factors (interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, heparin-bound epidermal growth factor, tissue growth factor-α, tumor necrosis factor-α) that activate the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway. These changes are mediated by reactive oxygen species produced by pyocyanin. Microarray analysis identified 286 pyocyanin-induced genes in airway epithelial cells, including many inflammatory mediators elevated in cystic fibrosis (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-monocyte CSF, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1 (CXCL1), serum amyloid, IL-23) and several novel pyocyanin-responsive genes of potential importance in the infection process (IL-24, CXCL2, CXCL3, CCL20, CXCR4). This comprehensive study uncovers numerous details of pyocyanin's proinflammatory action and establishes airway epithelial cells as key responders to this microbial toxin.
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- Balázs Rada
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Host Defenses, 12441 Parklawn Drive, 20852 Rockville, MD, U.S.A
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Research Technologies Branch, Genomic Technologies Section, 50 South Drive, 20892 Bethesda MD, U.S.A
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Research Technologies Branch, Genomic Technologies Section, 50 South Drive, 20892 Bethesda MD, U.S.A
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Host Defenses, 12441 Parklawn Drive, 20852 Rockville, MD, U.S.A
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Kuang Z, Hao Y, Hwang S, Zhang S, Kim E, Akinbi HT, Schurr MJ, Irvin RT, Hassett DJ, Lau GW. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellum confers resistance to pulmonary surfactant protein-A by impacting the production of exoproteases through quorum-sensing. Mol Microbiol 2011; 79:1220-35. [PMID: 21205009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07516.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Surfactant protein-A (SP-A) is an important antimicrobial protein that opsonizes and permeabilizes membranes of microbial pathogens in mammalian lungs. Previously, we have shown that Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellum-deficient mutants are preferentially cleared in the lungs of wild-type mice by SP-A-mediated membrane permeabilization, and not by opsonization. In this study, we report a flagellum-mediated mechanism of P. aeruginosa resistance to SP-A. We discovered that flagellum-deficient (ΔfliC) bacteria are unable to produce adequate amounts of exoproteases to degrade SP-A in vitro and in vivo, leading to its preferential clearance in the lungs of SP-A(+/+) mice. In addition, ΔfliC bacteria failed to degrade another important lung antimicrobial protein lysozyme. Detailed analyses showed that ΔfliC bacteria are unable to upregulate the transcription of lasI and rhlI genes, impairing the production of homoserine lactones necessary for quorum-sensing, an important virulence process that regulates the production of multiple exoproteases. Thus, reduced ability of ΔfliC bacteria to quorum-sense attenuates production of exoproteases and limits degradation of SP-A, thereby conferring susceptibility to this major pulmonary host defence protein.
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- Zhizhou Kuang
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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Ahmad IM, Britigan BE, Abdalla MY. Oxidation of thiols and modification of redox-sensitive signaling in human lung epithelial cells exposed to Pseudomonas pyocyanin. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2011; 74:43-51. [PMID: 21120747 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2010.514233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The aim of this study was to examine the effects of pyocyanin exposure on mitochondrial GSH, other cellular thiols (thioredoxin-1, Trx-1), and oxidant-sensitive signaling pathways hypoxia inducible factor (HIF-1α) and heme oxygenase (HO-1) in A549 and HBE cell lines. A549 human type II alveolar epithelial cells and human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells were treated with varying concentrations of pyocyanin extracted from Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Cytoplasmic and mitochondrial thiols and oxidant sensitive signal transduction proteins (HIF-1α and HO-1) were measured. Exposure to pyocyanin generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cellular mitochondria and altered total cellular glutathione (GSH). Pyocyanin, at concentrations present in conditions in vivo, increased oxidized Trx-1 in A549 human type II alveolar epithelial cells and HBE cells by 184 and 74%, respectively. Oxidized mitochondrial glutathione (GSSG) was elevated more than twofold in both cell types. Pyocyanin also increased the cellular oxidant-sensitive proteins HIF-1α and HO-1. Data indicate that pyocyanin-induced alterations in mitochondrial and cytosolic thiols, as well as oxidant-sensitive proteins, may contribute to P. aeruginosa-mediated lung injury.
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- Iman M Ahmad
- Department of Radiography, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
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Verhoeven AB, Durham-Colleran MW, Pierson T, Boswell WT, Van Hoek ML. Francisella philomiragia biofilm formation and interaction with the aquatic protist Acanthamoeba castellanii. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2010; 219:178-188. [PMID: 20972262 DOI: 10.1086/bblv219n2p178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The bacterium Francisella philomiragia has been isolated from environmental samples originating from around the globe. F. philomiragia-related strains cause francisellosis of both farmed and wild fish. In addition, occasional human infections caused by F. philomiragia are found in victims of near-drowning and patients with chronic granulomatous disease. We have shown that F. philomiragia forms in vitro biofilms with increased formation at 25 °C over 37 °C conditions. We found that F. philomiragia can form a biofilm in a co-culture with live Acanthamoeba castellanii, an aquatic amoeba. Interestingly, amoeba-conditioned supernatant has an inhibitory effect on production of biofilm by F. philomiragia, whereas Francisella-conditioned supernatant has no effect on growth of amoebae. We have shown that F. philomiragia can infect A. castellanii after only 5 days of co-incubation and that it infects A. castellanii more quickly than the related species F. novicida does. Our studies point to a potentially overlooked interaction between F. philomiragia and Acanthamoeba. This relationship in the marine lifecycle of F. philomiragia may support the persistence of the bacterium in waterways and its ability to infect fish. An understanding of the persistence of this organism in aquatic systems through biofilm formation and its interaction with Acanthamoeba will be important in developing prevention strategies for this pathogen.
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- Anne B Verhoeven
- Department of Molecular and Microbiology, National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia 20110, USA
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Lung infections caused by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa can present as a spectrum of clinical entities from a rapidly fatal pneumonia in a neutropenic patient to a multi-decade bronchitis in patients with cystic fibrosis. P. aeruginosa is ubiquitous in our environment, and one of the most versatile pathogens studied, capable of infecting a number of diverse life forms and surviving harsh environmental factors. It is also able to quickly adapt to new environments, including the lung, where it orchestrates virulence factors to acquire necessary nutrients, and if necessary, turn them off to prevent immune recognition. Despite these capabilities, P. aeruginosa rarely infects healthy human lungs. This is secondary to a highly evolved host defence mechanism that efficiently removes inhaled or aspirated pseudomonads. Many arms of the respiratory host defence have been elucidated using P. aeruginosa as a model pathogen. Human infections with P. aeruginosa have demonstrated the importance of the mechanical barrier functions including mucus clearance, and the innate immune system, including the critical role of the neutrophilic response. As more models of persistent or biofilm P. aeruginosa infections are developed, the role of the adaptive immune response will likely become more evident. Understanding the pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa, and the respiratory host defence response to it has, and will continue to, lead to novel therapeutic strategies to help patients.
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- Bryan J Williams
- Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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Rejman J, De Fino I, Paroni M, Bragonzi A, Demeester J, De Smedt S, Conese M. Impact of chronic pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa on transfection mediated by viral and nonviral vectors. Hum Gene Ther 2010; 21:351-6. [PMID: 19788388 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2009.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa plays a crucial role in the lung pathology of cystic fibrosis (CF). We showed that acute infection with P. aeruginosa has a substantial impact on gene transfer into lung epithelial cells mediated by polyplexes. As an extension of those studies we report here on the effect of chronic pulmonary infection with P. aeruginosa on transfection of lung epithelial cells by viral and nonviral vectors. As an in vivo model of the persistent chronic infection in patients with CF we used C57BL/6 mice intratracheally infected with P. aeruginosa encapsulated in agar beads. Two weeks after infection the presence of viable bacteria in the lungs was confirmed, mostly in the bronchial lumen. In lung tissue sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin, extensive inflammatory infiltrations were found. At that time point the mice received an intratracheal dose of luciferase gene complexed with either Lipofectamine (Lf), a GL67 lipid mixture (GL67), or polyethylenimine (PEI) or with lentivirus (LV) as a carrier system. Luciferase activity was determined by a luminescence assay in supernatants of lung homogenates. The transfection level induced by PEI/DNA polyplexes complexed with serum albumin was decreased in infected mice. Lf-mediated transfection was almost completely blocked in infected mice. Transfection levels in mice treated with LV or plain PEI/DNA polyplexes were unchanged in infected animals as compared with control mice. The only carrier that displayed a clearly increased transfection level in infected mice was the GL67 lipid mixture, which is tentatively ascribed to the presence of polyethylene glycol in this carrier.
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- Joanna Rejman
- Institute for Experimental Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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Reszka KJ, Bilski PJ, Britigan BE. Quenching of singlet oxygen by pyocyanin and related phenazines. Photochem Photobiol 2010; 86:742-6. [PMID: 20408986 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00728.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a human pathogen, which causes infections of various organs, including lung, skin and eye, particularly in individuals who are immunocompromised. Pyocyanin (1-hydroxy-5-methylphenazine), a cytotoxic pigment secreted by the bacterium, is among the factors that contribute to virulence of this pathogen. We have previously shown that rose bengal and riboflavin photosensitize oxidation of pyocyanin to a product(s) with diminished reactivity and toxicity. Singlet oxygen was suggested as the major oxidant, based on the inhibitory effect of sodium azide. In the present study, we used the time resolved technique to investigate direct interaction of pyocyanin and related phenazines (1-hydroxyphenazine [1-OH-Phen], 1-methoxy-5-methylphenazine [1-MeO-PCN] and phenazine methosulfate [PMS]) with (1)O(2). The rate constants for the (1)O(2) quenching (physical + chemical) by pyocyanin and 1-OH-Phen in D(2)O buffer (pD approximately 7.2) have been determined to be 4.8 x 10(8) and 6.8 x 10(8) M(-1) s(-1), respectively. 1-MeO-PCN and PMS were markedly less efficient (1)O(2) quenchers. Among the phenazines studied only phenazine methosulfate photogenerated (1)O(2) (Phi((1)O(2)) = 0.56 in acetonitrile). Interaction of (1)O(2) with pyocyanin and other related phenazines produced by the bacteria may be important in determining the potential utility of photochemical/pharmacological approaches to eradicate P. aeruginosa from infected tissues.
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- Krzysztof J Reszka
- Research Service and Medical Service, VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Spencer J, Murphy LM, Conners R, Sessions RB, Gamblin SJ. Crystal Structure of the LasA Virulence Factor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Substrate Specificity and Mechanism of M23 Metallopeptidases. J Mol Biol 2010; 396:908-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rada B, Leto TL. Characterization of hydrogen peroxide production by Duox in bronchial epithelial cells exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. FEBS Lett 2010; 584:917-22. [PMID: 20085766 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2009] [Revised: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide production by the NADPH oxidase Duox1 occurs during activation of respiratory epithelial cells stimulated by purified bacterial ligands, such as lipopolysaccharide. Here, we characterize Duox activation using intact bacterial cells of several airway pathogens. We found that only Pseudomonas aeruginosa, not Burkholderia cepacia or Staphylococcus aureus, triggers H2O2 production in bronchial epithelial cells in a calcium-dependent but predominantly ATP-independent manner. Moreover, by comparing mutant Pseudomonas strains, we identify several virulence factors that participate in Duox activation, including the type-three secretion system. These data provide insight on Duox activation by mechanisms unique to P. aeruginosa.
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- Balázs Rada
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 20852, USA
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Caldwell CC, Chen Y, Goetzmann HS, Hao Y, Borchers MT, Hassett DJ, Young LR, Mavrodi D, Thomashow L, Lau GW. Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin pyocyanin causes cystic fibrosis airway pathogenesis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2009; 175:2473-88. [PMID: 19893030 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.090166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The cystic fibrosis (CF) airway bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes multiple virulence factors. Among these, the redox active exotoxin pyocyanin (PCN) is produced in concentrations up to 100 mumol/L during infection of CF and other bronchiectatic airways. However, the contributions of PCN during infection of bronchiectatic airways are not appreciated. In this study, we demonstrate that PCN is critical for chronic infection in mouse airways and orchestrates adaptive immune responses that mediate lung damage. Wild-type FVBN mice chronically exposed to PCN developed goblet cell hyperplasia and metaplasia, airway fibrosis, and alveolar airspace destruction. Furthermore, after 12 weeks of exposure to PCN, mouse lungs down-regulated the expression of T helper (Th) type 1 cytokines and polarized toward a Th2 response. Cellular analyses indicated that chronic exposure to PCN profoundly increased the lung population of recruited macrophages, CD4(+) T cells, and neutrophils responsible for the secretion of these cytokines. PCN-mediated goblet cell hyperplasia and metaplasia required Th2 cytokine signaling through the Stat6 pathway. In summary, this study establishes that PCN is an important P. aeruginosa virulence factor capable of directly inducing pulmonary pathophysiology in mice, consistent with changes observed in CF and other bronchiectasis lungs.
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- Charles C Caldwell
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Raoust E, Balloy V, Garcia-Verdugo I, Touqui L, Ramphal R, Chignard M. Pseudomonas aeruginosa LPS or flagellin are sufficient to activate TLR-dependent signaling in murine alveolar macrophages and airway epithelial cells. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7259. [PMID: 19806220 PMCID: PMC2752798 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 09/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The human lung is exposed to a large number of airborne pathogens as a result of the daily inhalation of 10,000 liters of air. Innate immunity is thus essential to defend the lungs against these pathogens. This defense is mediated in part through the recognition of specific microbial ligands by Toll-like receptors (TLR) of which there are at least 10 in humans. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the main pathogen that infects the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. Based on whole animal experiments, using TLR knockout mice, the control of this bacterium is believed to occur by the recognition of LPS and flagellin by TLRs 2,4 and 5, respectively. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In the present study, we investigated in vitro the role of these same TLR and ligands, in alveolar macrophage (AM) and epithelial cell (EC) activation. Cellular responses to P. aeruginosa was evaluated by measuring KC, TNF-alpha, IL-6 and G-CSF secretion, four different markers of the innate immune response. AM and EC from WT and TLR2, 4, 5 and MyD88 knockout mice for were stimulated with the wild-type P. aeruginosa or with a mutant devoid of flagellin production. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The results clearly demonstrate that only two ligand/receptor pairs are necessary for the induction of KC, TNF-alpha, and IL-6 synthesis by P. aeruginosa-activated cells, i.e. TLR2,4/LPS and TLR5/flagellin. Either ligand/receptor pair is sufficient to sense the bacterium and to trigger cell activation, and when both are missing lung EC and AM are unable to produce such a response as were cells from MyD88(-/-) mice.
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- Eloïse Raoust
- Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- INSERM U874, Paris, France
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- Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- INSERM U874, Paris, France
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- Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- INSERM U874, Paris, France
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- Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- INSERM U874, Paris, France
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- Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- INSERM U874, Paris, France
- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- INSERM U874, Paris, France
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Gravelle S, Barnes R, Hawdon N, Shewchuk L, Eibl J, Lam JS, Ulanova M. Up-regulation of integrin expression in lung adenocarcinoma cells caused by bacterial infection: in vitro study. Innate Immun 2009; 16:14-26. [PMID: 19710103 DOI: 10.1177/1753425909106170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Integrins are a large family of adhesion receptors that are known to be key signaling molecules in both physiological and pathological processes. Previous studies have demonstrated that the expression of integrin receptors in the pulmonary epithelium can change under various pathological conditions, such as injury, inflammation, or malignant transformation. We hypothesize that integrin expression can be altered by stimulation of lung epithelial cells with an opportunistic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Using the A549 adenocarcinoma cell line that expressed a low level of several integrin subunits we have demonstrated that P. aeruginosa infection in vitro caused a rapid up-regulation of α5, αv, β1, and β4 integrins at both the mRNA and protein level. Neither heat-killed P. aeruginosa strain PAK nor its live isogenic mutants lacking pili or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core oligosaccharide showed any effect on integrin expression in A549 cells as compared to the use of the wild-type PAK strain. These results establish that up-regulation of integrin expression is dependent on the internalization of live bacteria possessing intact pili and LPS. Gene silencing of integrin-linked kinase in A549 cells caused a significant decrease in the release of proinflammatory cytokines in response to P. aeruginosa stimulation. Although further studies are warranted towards understanding the precise role of integrin receptors in prominent inflammation caused by P. aeruginosa, our findings suggest a possibility of using specific integrin inhibitors for therapy of pulmonary inflammatory conditions caused by pathogenic micro-organisms.
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- Sean Gravelle
- Medical Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine West Campus, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine West Campus, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine West Campus, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine West Campus, Ontario, Canada
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- Northern Ontario School of Medicine East Campus, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine West Campus, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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El Solh AA, Alhajhusain A. Update on the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. J Antimicrob Chemother 2009; 64:229-238. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Redox warfare between airway epithelial cells and Pseudomonas: dual oxidase versus pyocyanin. Immunol Res 2009; 43:198-209. [PMID: 18979077 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-008-8071-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The importance of reactive oxygen species-dependent microbial killing by the phagocytic cell NADPH oxidase has been appreciated for some time, although only recently has an appreciation developed for the partnership of lactoperoxidase with related dual oxidases (Duox) within secretions of the airway surface layer. This system produces mild oxidants designed for extracellular killing that are effective against several airway pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus, Burkholderia cepacia, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Establishment of chronic pseudomonas infections involves adaptations to resist oxidant-dependent killing by expression of a redox-active virulence factor, pyocyanin, that competitively inhibits epithelial Duox activity by consuming intracellular NADPH and producing superoxide, thereby inflicting oxidative stress on the host.
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Panmanee W, Hassett DJ. Differential roles of OxyR-controlled antioxidant enzymes alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (AhpCF) and catalase (KatB) in the protection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa against hydrogen peroxide in biofilm vs. planktonic culture. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2009; 295:238-44. [PMID: 19456869 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01605.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The role of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa OxyR-controlled antioxidants alkyl hydroperoxide reductase CF (AhpCF) and catalase B (KatB) was evaluated in biofilm vs. planktonic culture upon exposure to hydrogen peroxide. AhpCF was found to be critical for survival of biofilm bacteria while KatB was more important for survival of planktonic free-swimming organisms.
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- Warunya Panmanee
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Kambam PKR, Eriksen DT, Lajoie J, Sayut DJ, Sun L. Altering the substrate specificity of RhlI by directed evolution. Chembiochem 2009; 10:553-8. [PMID: 19123197 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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REDUCING VIRULENCE: RhlI catalyzes the synthesis of N-butanoyl homoserine lactone (BHL), with a minor product N-hexanoyl homoserine lactone (HHL). By using directed evolution and a genetic screen, RhlI has been engineered for enhanced production of both BHL and HHL at a similar level. Quorum sensing regulates biofilm formation and virulence factor production in the human opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We used directed evolution to engineer RhlI, an enzyme in the RhlI-RhlR quorum-sensing system of P. aeruginosa, to alter its substrate specificity and gain insight into the molecular mechanisms of quorum sensing. By using a genetic screen, we identified a mutant with improved production of RhlI's two signaling molecules, N-butanoyl- and N-hexanoyl-homoserine lactone (BHL and HHL). In particular, production of BHL has been enhanced by more than two-fold, and the synthesis of HHL has been improved from an undetectable level to a level similar to BHL; this change indicates a significant change in substrate specificity. No significant change in the gene expression level was observed. Sequence alignments suggest that the mutations are most likely to facilitate interactions between the enzyme and the two acylated ACP substrates. This work also demonstrates that the genetic screen/selection should be useful in engineering additional quorum-sensing components.
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Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III effectors in disease. Curr Opin Microbiol 2009; 12:61-6. [PMID: 19168385 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2008] [Revised: 12/13/2008] [Accepted: 12/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses a type III secretion system (T3SS) to directly inject four known effectors into host cells. ExoU is a potent cytotoxin with phospholipase A2 activity that causes rapid necrotic death in many cell types. The biological function of ExoY, an adenylate cyclase, remains incompletely defined. ExoS and ExoT are closely related bifunctional proteins with N-terminal GTPase activating protein (GAP) activity toward Rho family proteins and C-terminal ADP ribosylase (ADPRT) activity toward distinct and non-overlapping set of targets. While almost no strain encodes or secretes all four effectors, the commonly found combinations of ExoU/ExoT or ExoS/ExoT provides redundant and failsafe mechanisms to cause mucosal barrier injury, inhibit many arms of the innate immune response, and prevent wound repair.
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Comparison of virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from contact lens- and non-contact lens-related keratitis. J Med Microbiol 2008; 57:1539-1546. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/003723-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the common pathogens associated with corneal infection, particularly in contact lens-related keratitis events. The pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa in keratitis is attributed to the production of virulence factors under certain environmental conditions. The aim of this study was to determine differences in the virulence factors of P. aeruginosa isolated from contact lens- and non-contact lens-related keratitis. Associations were assessed between type III secretion toxin-encoding genes, protease profiles, biofilm formation, serotypes and antibiotic-resistance patterns among 27 non-contact lens- and 28 contact lens-related P. aeruginosa keratitis isolates from Australia. Strains with a exoS
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Bench-to-bedside review: Bacterial virulence and subversion of host defences. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2008; 12:234. [PMID: 19014410 PMCID: PMC2646333 DOI: 10.1186/cc7091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bacterial pathogens possess an array of specific mechanisms that confer virulence and the capacity to avoid host defence mechanisms. Mechanisms of virulence are often mediated by the subversion of normal aspects of host biology. In this way the pathogen modifies host function so as to promote the pathogen's survival or proliferation. Such subversion is often mediated by the specific interaction of bacterial effector molecules with host encoded proteins and other molecules. The importance of these mechanisms for bacterial pathogens that cause infections leading to severe community-acquired infections is well established. In contrast, the importance of specialised mechanisms of virulence in the genesis of nosocomial bacterial infections, which occur in the context of local or systemic defects in host immune defences, is less well established. Specific mechanisms of bacterial resistance to host immunity might represent targets for therapeutic intervention. The clinical utility of such an approach for either prevention or treatment of bacterial infection, however, has not been determined.
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Kukavica-Ibrulj I, Levesque RC. Animal models of chronic lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa: useful tools for cystic fibrosis studies. Lab Anim 2008; 42:389-412. [PMID: 18782827 DOI: 10.1258/la.2007.06014e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a defect in the transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein that functions as a chloride channel. Dysfunction of the CFTR protein results in salty sweat, pancreatic insufficiency, intestinal obstruction, male infertility and severe pulmonary disease. In most patients with CF life expectancy is limited due to a progressive loss of functional lung tissue. Early in life a persistent neutrophylic inflammation can be demonstrated in the airways. The cause of this inflammation, the role of CFTR and the cause of lung morbidity by different CF-specific bacteria, mostly Pseudomonas aeruginosa, are not well understood. The lack of an appropriate animal model with multi-organ pathology having the characteristics of the human form of CF has hampered our understanding of the pathobiology and chronic lung infections of the disease for many years. This review summarizes the main characteristics of CF and focuses on several available animal models that have been frequently used in CF research. A better understanding of the chronic lung infection caused particularly by P. aeruginosa, the pathophysiology of lung inflammation and the pathogenesis of lung disease necessitates animal models to understand CF, and to develop and improve treatment.
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- I Kukavica-Ibrulj
- Centre de Recherche sur la Fonction, Structure et Ingénierie des Protéines, Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Biologie Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada
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We previously reported that the novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa toxin Cif is capable of decreasing apical membrane expression of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). We further demonstrated that Cif is capable of degrading the synthetic epoxide hydrolase (EH) substrate S-NEPC [(2S,3S)-trans-3-phenyl-2-oxiranylmethyl 4-nitrophenol carbonate], suggesting that Cif may be reducing apical membrane expression of CFTR via its EH activity. Here we report that Cif is capable of degrading the xenobiotic epoxide epibromohydrin (EBH) to its vicinal diol 3-bromo-1,2-propanediol. We also demonstrate that this epoxide is a potent inducer of cif gene expression. We show that the predicted TetR family transcriptional repressor encoded by the PA2931 gene, which is immediately adjacent to and divergently transcribed from the cif-containing, three-gene operon, negatively regulates cif gene expression by binding to the promoter region immediately upstream of the cif-containing operon. Furthermore, this protein-DNA interaction is disrupted by the epoxide EBH in vitro, suggesting that the binding of EBH by the PA2931 protein product drives the disassociation from its DNA-binding site. Given its role as a repressor of cif gene expression, we have renamed PA2931 as CifR. Finally, we demonstrate that P. aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patient sputum with increased cif gene expression are impaired for the expression of the cifR gene.
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The peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein OprL helps protect a Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutant devoid of the transactivator OxyR from hydrogen peroxide-mediated killing during planktonic and biofilm culture. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3658-69. [PMID: 18310335 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00022-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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OxyR controls H(2)O(2)-dependent gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Without OxyR, diluted (<10(7)/ml) organisms are easily killed by micromolar H(2)O(2). The goal of this study was to define proteins that contribute to oxyR mutant survival in the presence of H(2)O(2). We identified proteins in an oxyR mutant that were oxidized by using 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine for protein carbonyl detection, followed by identification using a two-dimensional gel/matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight approach. Among these was the peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein, OprL. A double oxyR oprL mutant was constructed and was found to be more sensitive to H(2)O(2) than the oxyR mutant. Provision of the OxyR-regulated alkyl hydroperoxide reductase, AhpCF, but not AhpB or the catalase, KatB, helped protect this strain against H(2)O(2). Given the sensitivity of oxyR oprL bacteria to planktonic H(2)O(2), we next tested the hypothesis that the biofilm mode of growth might protect such organisms from H(2)O(2)-mediated killing. Surprisingly, biofilm-grown oxyR oprL mutants, which (in contrast to planktonic cells) possessed no differences in catalase activity compared to the oxyR mutant, were sensitive to killing by as little as 0.5 mM H(2)O(2). Transmission electron microscopy studies revealed that the integrity of both cytoplasmic and outer membranes of oxyR and oxyR oprL mutants were compromised. These studies suggest that sensitivity to the important physiological oxidant H(2)O(2) in the exquisitely sensitive oxyR mutant bacteria is based not only upon the presence and location of OxyR-controlled antioxidant enzymes such as AhpCF but also on structural reinforcement by the peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein OprL, especially during growth in biofilms.
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Yan F, Li W, Jono H, Li Q, Zhang S, Li JD, Shen H. Reactive oxygen species regulate Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide-induced MUC5AC mucin expression via PKC-NADPH oxidase-ROS-TGF-α signaling pathways in human airway epithelial cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 366:513-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2007] [Accepted: 11/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rejman J, Di Gioia S, Bragonzi A, Conese M. Pseudomonas aeruginosaInfection Destroys the Barrier Function of Lung Epithelium and Enhances Polyplex-Mediated Transfection. Hum Gene Ther 2007; 18:642-52. [PMID: 17638571 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2006.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Challenged by the lack of success of experimental gene therapy of cystic fibrosis, we set out to investigate one of the potential causes of this failure, the barrier function of the airway epithelium and the way this is affected by bacterial infection. In an in vitro model of the airway epithelium we determined the effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Escherichia coli on the transfection efficiency of polyethylenimine (PEI)-plasmid DNA complexes, carrying a luciferase gene, as well as on the barrier function of the epithelial cell layer, using transepithelial resistance (TER), cytotoxicity, bacterial transmigration, and morphological appearance as parameters. The level of luciferase expression was more than one order of magnitude higher in the cells which, before transfection, were incubated with P. aeruginosa. TER was strongly reduced by P. aeruginosa, whereas E. coli had no effect. Pseudomonas aeruginosa also effectively destroyed the structure of the tight junctions, as visualized by immunostaining of the zonula occludens. By the same token, small but significant numbers of P. aeruginosa cells were found to migrate through the epithelial layer, whereas no E. coli cells were observed at the transcompartment of the wells. Release of lactate dehydrogenase from the epithelial cells, a parameter of cell damage, occurred in a dose-dependent manner on incubation with P. aeruginosa, but not with E. coli. To evaluate the relevance of these results for the in vivo situation, we infected C57BL/6 mice with P. aeruginosa or E. coli 48 hr before transfecting them intratracheally with PEI-DNA polyplexes. Infection with P. aeruginosa caused a 5-fold increase in luciferase expression whereas infection with E. coli had no effect. Fluorescence microscopy of lung sections, after administration of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled polyplexes, showed that prior treatment with P. aeruginosa effectuated penetration of the complexes deeper into the epithelium than in untreated animals. In P. aeruginosa-treated animals fluorescence was detected not only in the airway epithelium itself but also in the parenchyma. We conclude that infection with P. aeruginosa causes disruption of the tight junctions between the cells and thus of the barrier function of the epithelium. As a consequence, PEI-DNA complexes injected intratracheally into infected animals gain access to the basolateral side of the cells and to spaces across the epithelial lining, giving rise to substantially increased transfection efficiency.
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- Joanna Rejman
- Institute for Experimental Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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Zhang S, McCormack FX, Levesque RC, O'Toole GA, Lau GW. The flagellum of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is required for resistance to clearance by surfactant protein A. PLoS One 2007; 2:e564. [PMID: 17593964 PMCID: PMC1891440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2007] [Accepted: 06/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Surfactant protein A (SP-A) is an important lung innate immune protein that kills microbial pathogens by opsonization and membrane permeabilization. We investigated the basis of SP-A-mediated pulmonary clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using genetically-engineered SP-A mice and a library of signature-tagged P. aeruginosa mutants. A mutant with an insertion into flgE, the gene that encodes flagellar hook protein, was preferentially cleared by the SP-A+/+ mice, but survived in the SP-A−/− mice. Opsonization by SP-A did not play a role in flgE clearance. However, exposure to SP-A directly permeabilized and killed the flgE mutant, but not the wild-type parental strain. P. aeruginosa strains with mutation in other flagellar genes, as well as mucoid, nonmotile isolates from cystic fibrosis patients, were also permeabilized by SP-A. Provision of the wild-type fliC gene restored the resistance to SP-A-mediated membrane permeabilization in the fliC-deficient bacteria. In addition, non-mucoid, motile revertants of CF isolates reacquired resistance to SP-A-mediated membrane permeability. Resistance to SP-A was dependent on the presence of an intact flagellar structure, and independent of flagellar-dependent motility. We provide evidence that flagellar-deficient mutants harbor inadequate amounts of LPS required to resist membrane permeabilization by SP-A and cellular lysis by detergent targeting bacterial outer membranes. Thus, the flagellum of P. aeruginosa plays an indirect but important role resisting SP-A-mediated clearance and membrane permeabilization.
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- Shiping Zhang
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Centre de Recherche sur la Fonction Structure et Ingenierie des Proteines, Pavillon Charles-Eugene Marchand et Faculte de Medecine, Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Leduc D, Beaufort N, de Bentzmann S, Rousselle JC, Namane A, Chignard M, Pidard D. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasB metalloproteinase regulates the human urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor through domain-specific endoproteolysis. Infect Immun 2007; 75:3848-58. [PMID: 17517866 PMCID: PMC1951998 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00015-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen in human lungs, where its secretable LasB metalloproteinase can be a virulence factor. The urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) participates in pericellular proteolysis and the adherence/migration of epithelial cells and leukocytes recruited during infection and shows functional regulation by various proteinases via limited endoproteolysis occurring within its three domains (D1 to D3). We thus examined the proteolytic activity of LasB on uPAR by using recombinant uPAR as well as uPAR-expressing, human monocytic, and bronchial epithelial cell lines. Protein immunoblotting and flow immunocytometry using a panel of domain-specific anti-uPAR antibodies showed that LasB is able to cleave uPAR both within the sequence linking D1 to D2 and at the carboxy terminus of D3. Comparison of LasB-producing and LasB-deficient bacterial strains indicated that LasB is entirely responsible for the uPAR cleavage ability of P. aeruginosa. Based on amino-terminal protein microsequencing and mass spectrometry analysis of the cleavage of peptides mimicking the uPAR sequences targeted by LasB, cleavage sites were determined to be Ala(84)-Val(85) and Thr(86)-Tyr(87) (D1-D2) and Gln(279)-Tyr(280) (D3). Such a dual cleavage of uPAR led to the removal of amino-terminal D1, the generation of a truncated D2D3 species, and the shedding of D2D3 from cells. This proteolytic processing of uPAR was found to (i) drastically reduce the capacity of cells to bind urokinase and (ii) abrogate the interaction between uPAR and the matrix adhesive protein vitronectin. The LasB proteinase is thus endowed with a high potential for the alteration of uPAR expression and functioning on inflammatory cells during infections by P. aeruginosa.
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- Dominique Leduc
- INSERM, U874, Paris F-75015, France; Unité de Défense Innée et Inflammation, Institut Pasteur, Paris F-75015, France
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Driscoll JA, Brody SL, Kollef MH. The epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. Drugs 2007; 67:351-68. [PMID: 17335295 DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200767030-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 543] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important bacterial pathogen, particularly as a cause of infections in hospitalised patients, immunocompromised hosts and patients with cystic fibrosis. Surveillance of nosocomial P. aeruginosa infections has revealed trends of increasing antimicrobial resistance, including carbapenem resistance and multidrug resistance. Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance include multidrug efflux pumps, ss-lactamases and downregulation of outer membrane porins. Mechanisms of virulence include secreted toxins and the ability to form biofilms. The effective treatment of infections caused by P. aeruginosa includes prevention when possible, source control measures as necessary and prompt administration of appropriate antibacterial agents. Antibacterial de-escalation should be pursued in patients with an appropriate clinical response, especially when antibacterial susceptibilities are known. Multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa may require treatment with less commonly used antibacterials (e.g. colistin), but newer anti-pseudomonal antibacterials are expected to be available in the near future.
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- James A Driscoll
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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Hippenstiel S, Witzenrath M, Opitz B, Schütte H, Rosseau S, Suttorp N. [New aspects of the pathophysiology of pneumonia]. Internist (Berl) 2007; 48:459-60, 462-4, 466-7. [PMID: 17429589 PMCID: PMC7079865 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-007-1837-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pneumonia can lead to the critical impairment of gas exchange in the lung. Due to the great variability of pneumonia causing pathogens, a large variety of diverse virulence factors act on the lung. Besides stimulation of unspecific defense mechanisms, activation of receptor-dependent cell-mediated innate immune defense mechanisms are critical for the pulmonary immune defense. Pathogen-associated molecules are detected via transmembraneous and cytosolic receptors of the host. This interaction stimulates the expression of immunomodulatory molecules via signal cascades. Of particular importance, in addition to direct pathogen-caused lung damage, is the overwhelming activation of the inflammatory response which can result in lung barrier failure and impairment of pulmonary gas exchange. In addition to the design of new antibiotics, innovative therapeutic strategies should therefore concentrate on the enhancement of antimicrobial mechanisms by concurrent limitation of inflammation.
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- S Hippenstiel
- Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Infektiologie und Pneumologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin.
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Sato Y, Kaneko K, Inoue M. Macrolide antibiotics promote the LPS-induced upregulation of prostaglandin E receptor EP2 and thus attenuate macrolide suppression of IL-6 production. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2007; 76:181-8. [PMID: 17324565 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2006.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2006] [Accepted: 12/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We studied the influence of the inhibitory effect of clarithromycin (CAM) and erythromycin (EM) on the production of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), as well as PGE(2) receptor (EP(2)) expression, by LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. Production of IL-6 was significantly decreased by treatment with CAM or EM in a dose-dependent manner, but the inhibitory effect of CAM was significantly weaker than that of EM. In contrast, the production of MIP-2 and PGE(2) was inhibited to the same extent by CAM and EM. LPS induced the expression of EP(2) mRNA and its expression was promoted further by treatment with CAM or EM. In particular, CAM significantly upregulated EP(2) mRNA expression compared with that after stimulation by LPS alone. After treatment with a nonselective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor (indomethacin), a selective COX-2 inhibitor (NS398), or an EP(2)/EP(4) receptor antagonist (AH6809), the inhibitory effect of CAM and EM on LPS-induced IL-6 production was equalized. These results indicate that macrolide antibiotics upregulate the expression of EP(2), which then attenuates the suppressive effect on IL-6 production of these antibiotics, suggesting that these drugs have a variable anti-inflammatory effect that could influence host defenses.
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- Yoshinori Sato
- Department of Environmental Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara-Shi, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Balachandran P, Dragone L, Garrity-Ryan L, Lemus A, Weiss A, Engel J. The ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b limits Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin T-mediated virulence. J Clin Invest 2007; 117:419-27. [PMID: 17235393 PMCID: PMC1765809 DOI: 10.1172/jci28792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Accepted: 11/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an important cause of opportunistic infections in humans, delivers bacterial cytotoxins by type III secretion directly into the host cell cytoplasm, resulting in disruption of host cell signaling and host innate immunity. However, little is known about the fate of the toxins themselves following injection into the host cytosol. Here, we show by both in vitro and in vivo studies that the host ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b interacts with the type III-secreted effector exotoxin T (ExoT) and plays a key role in vivo in limiting bacterial dissemination mediated by ExoT. We demonstrate that, following polyubiquitination, ExoT undergoes regulated proteasomal degradation in the host cell cytosol. ExoT interacts with the E3 ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b and Crk, the substrate for the ExoT ADP ribosyltransferase (ADPRT) domain. The efficiency of degradation is dependent upon the activity of the ADPRT domain. In mouse models of acute pneumonia and systemic infection, Cbl-b is specifically required to limit the dissemination of ExoT-producing bacteria whereas c-Cbl plays no detectable role. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first identification of a mammalian gene product that is specifically required for in vivo resistance to disease mediated by a type III-secreted effector.
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- Priya Balachandran
- Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Pediatric Immunology/Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics,
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program,
Departments of Microbiology and Immunology,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and
Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Pediatric Immunology/Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics,
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program,
Departments of Microbiology and Immunology,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and
Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Pediatric Immunology/Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics,
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program,
Departments of Microbiology and Immunology,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and
Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Pediatric Immunology/Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics,
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program,
Departments of Microbiology and Immunology,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and
Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Pediatric Immunology/Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics,
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program,
Departments of Microbiology and Immunology,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and
Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Program in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense,
Department of Medicine,
Division of Pediatric Immunology/Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics,
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program,
Departments of Microbiology and Immunology,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and
Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center for Arthritis, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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O'Grady EP, Mulcahy H, O'Callaghan J, Adams C, O'Gara F. Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of airway epithelial cells modulates expression of Kruppel-like factors 2 and 6 via RsmA-mediated regulation of type III exoenzymes S and Y. Infect Immun 2006; 74:5893-902. [PMID: 16988269 PMCID: PMC1594899 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00489-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen which is capable of causing both acute and chronic infections in immunocompromised patients. Successful adaptation of the bacterium to its host environment relies on the ability of the organism to tightly regulate gene expression. RsmA, a small RNA-binding protein, controls the expression of a large number of virulence-related genes in P. aeruginosa, including those encoding the type III secretion system and associated effector proteins, with important consequences for epithelial cell morphology and cytotoxicity. In order to examine the influence of RsmA-regulated functions in the pathogen on gene expression in the host, we compared global expression profiles of airway epithelial cells in response to infection with P. aeruginosa PAO1 and an rsmA mutant. The RsmA-dependent response of host cells was characterized by significant changes in the global transcriptional pattern, including the increased expression of two Kruppel-like factors, KLF2 and KLF6. This increased expression was mediated by specific type III effector proteins. ExoS was required for the enhanced expression of KLF2, whereas both ExoS and ExoY were required for the enhanced expression of KLF6. Neither ExoT nor ExoU influenced the expression of the transcription factors. Additionally, the increased gene expression of KLF2 and KLF6 was associated with ExoS-mediated cytotoxicity. Therefore, this study identifies for the first time the human transcription factors KLF2 and KLF6 as targets of the P. aeruginosa type III exoenzymes S and Y, with potential importance in host cell death.
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- Eoin P O'Grady
- BIOMERIT Research Centre, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Matheson NR, Potempa J, Travis J. Interaction of a novel form of Pseudomonas aeruginosa alkaline protease (aeruginolysin) with interleukin-6 and interleukin-8. Biol Chem 2006; 387:911-5. [PMID: 16913841 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2006.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes several proteases considered as important virulence factors. In this report we present data indicating that two key proinflammatory cytokines, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-8, are substrates for pseudolysin (elastase) and aeruginolysin (alkaline protease). While IL-6 was totally digested by both proteases, a long form of IL-8 (IL-8-77) was first rapidly processed into a 72-residue form with enhanced chemokine activity, then very slowly degraded. Interestingly, aeruginolysin bearing two additional residues at the N-terminus (Leu-Lys-aeruginolysin) in the absence of calcium degraded both IL-6 and IL-8-72 far more efficiently than the shorter form of the enzyme.
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- Nancy R Matheson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Reszka KJ, Denning GM, Britigan BE. Photosensitized oxidation and inactivation of pyocyanin, a virulence factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Photochem Photobiol 2006; 82:466-73. [PMID: 16613500 DOI: 10.1562/2005-07-29-ra-626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pyocyanin (PyO-) (1-hydroxy-5-methylphenazine) is a cytotoxic compound secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an omnipresent bacterium and a human pathogen. We report that visible light illumination in the presence of rose bengal, or riboflavin, in aerated solutions (pH 7.0-7.2) induces irreversible loss of the pigment's characteristic absorption band at 690 nm, indicating its oxidation. This photobleaching was paralleled by generation of a multiline Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectrum attributed to a PyO(-)-derived radical. The reaction was dependent on the presence of air, sensitizers and light, was inhibited by sodium azide and was unaffected by ethanol. This suggests that PyO- was oxidized largely via singlet oxygen and that hydroxyl radicals were not involved. The photochemically modified pigment was less efficient in oxidizing NAD(P)H and generated less superoxide (by approximately 50%) than the intact PyO-, indicating its partial inactivation. 1-Methoxy-5-methylphenazine, a PyO- analog in which the -O- moiety was replaced by the methoxy group (-OMe), was resistant to oxidation, suggesting that oxidation of PyO- involves its phenolate moiety. These results also suggest that photosensitization could be a potentially useful method for inactivation of PyO- and, possibly, detoxification of superficial wounds (skin, eye) infected with P. aeruginosa.
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Price-Whelan A, Dietrich LEP, Newman DK. Rethinking 'secondary' metabolism: physiological roles for phenazine antibiotics. Nat Chem Biol 2006; 2:71-8. [PMID: 16421586 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 379] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Microorganisms exist in the environment as multicellular communities that face the challenge of surviving under nutrient-limited conditions. Chemical communication is an essential part of the way in which these populations coordinate their behavior, and there has been an explosion of understanding in recent years regarding how this is accomplished. Much less, however, is understood about the way these communities sustain their metabolism. Bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas are ubiquitous, and are distinguished by their production of colorful secondary metabolites called phenazines. In this article, we suggest that phenazines, which are produced under conditions of high cell density and nutrient limitation, may be important for the persistence of pseudomonads in the environment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexa Price-Whelan
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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