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Escherichia coli O157:H7 survives within human macrophages: global gene expression profile and involvement of the Shiga toxins. Infect Immun 2008; 76:4814-22. [PMID: 18725421 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00446-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an important food-borne pathogen that specifically binds to the follicle-associated epithelium in the intestine, which rapidly brings this bacterial pathogen in contact with underlying human macrophages. Very little information is available about the interaction between E. coli O157:H7 and human macrophages. We evaluated the uptake and survival of strain EDL933 during infection of human macrophages. Surprisingly, EDL933 survived and multiplied in human macrophages at 24 h postinfection. The global gene expression profile of this pathogen during macrophage infection was determined. Inside human macrophages, upregulation of E. coli O157:H7 genes carried on O islands (such as pagC, the genes for both of the Shiga toxins, and the two iron transport system operons fit and chu) was observed. Genes involved in acid resistance and in the SOS response were upregulated. However, genes of the locus of enterocyte effacement or genes involved in peroxide resistance were not differentially expressed. Many genes with putative or unknown functions were upregulated inside human macrophages and may be newly discovered virulence factors. As the Shiga toxin genes were upregulated in macrophages, survival and cytotoxicity assays were performed with isogenic Shiga toxin mutants. The initial uptake of Shiga toxins mutants was higher than that of the wild type; however, the survival rates were significantly lower at 24 h postinfection. Thus, Shiga toxins are implicated in the interaction between E. coli O157:H7 and human macrophages. Understanding the molecular mechanisms used by E. coli to survive within macrophages may help in the identification of targets for new therapeutic agents.
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Zhu X, Tu ZJ, Coussens PM, Kapur V, Janagama H, Naser S, Sreevatsan S. Transcriptional analysis of diverse strains Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in primary bovine monocyte derived macrophages. Microbes Infect 2008; 10:1274-82. [PMID: 18692151 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Revised: 07/01/2008] [Accepted: 07/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this study we analyzed the macrophage-induced gene expression of three diverse genotypes of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). Using selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCOTS) on three genotypically diverse MAP isolates from cattle, human, and sheep exposed to primary bovine monocyte derived macrophages for 48 h and 120 h we created and sequenced six cDNA libraries. Sequence annotations revealed that the cattle isolate up-regulated 27 and 241 genes; the human isolate up-regulated 22 and 53 genes, and the sheep isolate up-regulated 35 and 358 genes, at the two time points respectively. Thirteen to thirty-three percent of the genes identified did not have any annotated function. Despite variations in the genes identified, the patterns of expression fell into overlapping cellular functions as inferred by pathway analysis. For example, 10-12% of the genes expressed by all three strains at each time point were associated with cell-wall biosynthesis. All three strains of MAP studied up-regulated genes in pathways that combat oxidative stress, metabolic and nutritional starvation, and cell survival. Taken together, this comparative transcriptional analysis suggests that diverse MAP genotypes respond with similar modus operandi for survival in the host.
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- Xiaochun Zhu
- Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1365 Gortner Avenue, 225 VMC, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Bauer ME, Fortney KR, Harrison A, Janowicz DM, Munson RS, Spinola SM. Identification of Haemophilus ducreyi genes expressed during human infection. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2008; 154:1152-1160. [PMID: 18375807 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/013953-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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To identify Haemophilus ducreyi transcripts that are expressed during human infection, we used selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCOTS) with RNA isolated from pustules obtained from three volunteers infected with H. ducreyi, and with RNA isolated from broth-grown bacteria used to infect volunteers. With SCOTS, competitive hybridization of tissue-derived and broth-derived sequences identifies genes that may be preferentially expressed in vivo. Among the three tissue specimens, we identified 531 genes expressed in vivo. Southern blot analysis of 60 genes from each tissue showed that 87 % of the identified genes hybridized better with cDNA derived from tissue specimens than with cDNA derived from broth-grown bacteria. RT-PCR on nine additional pustules confirmed in vivo expression of 10 of 11 selected genes in other volunteers. Of the 531 genes, 139 were identified in at least two volunteers. These 139 genes fell into several functional categories, including biosynthesis and metabolism, regulation, and cellular processes, such as transcription, translation, cell division, DNA replication and repair, and transport. Detection of genes involved in anaerobic and aerobic respiration indicated that H. ducreyi likely encounters both microenvironments within the pustule. Other genes detected suggest an increase in DNA damage and stress in vivo. Genes involved in virulence in other bacterial pathogens and 32 genes encoding hypothetical proteins were identified, and may represent novel virulence factors. We identified three genes, lspA1, lspA2 and tadA, known to be required for virulence in humans. This is the first study to broadly define transcripts expressed by H. ducreyi in humans.
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- Margaret E Bauer
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Room MS420, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 545 Barnhill Drive, Room EH 435, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- The Center for Microbial Pathogenesis in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205-2696, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 545 Barnhill Drive, Room EH 435, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- The Center for Microbial Interface Biology and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205-2696, USA.,The Center for Microbial Pathogenesis in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205-2696, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Room MS420, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.,Center for Immunobiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.,Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 545 Barnhill Drive, Room EH 435, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Callewaert L, Aertsen A, Deckers D, Vanoirbeek KGA, Vanderkelen L, Van Herreweghe JM, Masschalck B, Nakimbugwe D, Robben J, Michiels CW. A new family of lysozyme inhibitors contributing to lysozyme tolerance in gram-negative bacteria. PLoS Pathog 2008; 4:e1000019. [PMID: 18369469 PMCID: PMC2267010 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 01/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Lysozymes are ancient and important components of the innate immune system of animals that hydrolyze peptidoglycan, the major bacterial cell wall polymer. Bacteria engaging in commensal or pathogenic interactions with an animal host have evolved various strategies to evade this bactericidal enzyme, one recently proposed strategy being the production of lysozyme inhibitors. We here report the discovery of a novel family of bacterial lysozyme inhibitors with widespread homologs in gram-negative bacteria. First, a lysozyme inhibitor was isolated by affinity chromatography from a periplasmic extract of Salmonella Enteritidis, identified by mass spectrometry and correspondingly designated as PliC (periplasmic lysozyme inhibitor of c-type lysozyme). A pliC knock-out mutant no longer produced lysozyme inhibitory activity and showed increased lysozyme sensitivity in the presence of the outer membrane permeabilizing protein lactoferrin. PliC lacks similarity with the previously described Escherichia coli lysozyme inhibitor Ivy, but is related to a group of proteins with a common conserved COG3895 domain, some of them predicted to be lipoproteins. No function has yet been assigned to these proteins, although they are widely spread among the Proteobacteria. We demonstrate that at least two representatives of this group, MliC (membrane bound lysozyme inhibitor of c-type lysozyme) of E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, also possess lysozyme inhibitory activity and confer increased lysozyme tolerance upon expression in E. coli. Interestingly, mliC of Salmonella Typhi was picked up earlier in a screen for genes induced during residence in macrophages, and knockout of mliC was shown to reduce macrophage survival of S. Typhi. Based on these observations, we suggest that the COG3895 domain is a common feature of a novel and widespread family of bacterial lysozyme inhibitors in gram-negative bacteria that may function as colonization or virulence factors in bacteria interacting with an animal host. Lysozyme is an ancient bactericidal enzyme that is part of the antibacterial defense system of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Bacteria colonizing or infecting an animal host have developed various ways to overcome lysozyme action, a recently proposed mechanism being the production of lysozyme inhibitors. However, the only high affinity bacterial lysozyme inhibitor known thus far is produced only in few bacteria, and this raised questions about their wider relevance in bacteria–host interactions. We here report the discovery of a novel and distinct family of bacterial lysozyme inhibitors that is widely distributed among the Proteobacteria, including several major pathogens. The family comprises periplasmic as well as membrane-bound inhibitors, and both types contribute to lysozyme tolerance of bacterial cells, as we experimentally demonstrate for the periplasmic inhibitor from Salmonella Typhimurium and the membrane-bound inhibitors from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Interestingly, a gene encoding one of the newly identified inhibitors has been previously found to promote macrophage survival of Salmonella Typhi. The widespread occurrence of lysozyme inhibitors in bacteria is likely to reflect their functional importance in a wide range of bacteria–host interactions. As such, they are also attractive novel targets for antibacterial drug development.
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- Lien Callewaert
- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED), Hasselt University and Transnationale Universiteit Limburg, School of Life Sciences, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Faucher SP, Viau C, Gros PP, Daigle F, Le Moual H. The prpZ gene cluster encoding eukaryotic-type Ser/Thr protein kinases and phosphatases is repressed by oxidative stress and involved in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi survival in human macrophages. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008; 281:160-6. [PMID: 18312574 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01094.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The prpZ gene cluster consists of three ORFs coding for proteins with homology to eukaryotic-type Ser/Thr protein phosphatases 2C (prpZ) and Ser/Thr protein kinases (prkY and prkX). This cluster is present in the sequenced genomes of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) strains Ty2 and CT18. This study investigated the genetic organization of this gene cluster, its regulation and its putative involvement in virulence. The three genes are transcribed as a polycistronic mRNA as demonstrated by reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR. Analysis of a prpZ::lacZ transcriptional fusion showed that the prpZ locus is expressed throughout the growth phase. LacZ activity and real-time RT-PCR showed that transcription of the mRNA is negatively regulated upon exposure of cells to HOCl and, to a lesser extent, hydrogen peroxide. A deletion mutant of the prpZ gene cluster showed a significantly lower level of survival than the parental strain Ty2 in human macrophages at 48 h postinfection. Together these data suggest that prpZ, prkY and prkX are virulence genes that may be part of a signaling pathway controlling long-term survival of S. Typhi in host cells.
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- Sébastien P Faucher
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Forest C, Faucher SP, Poirier K, Houle S, Dozois CM, Daigle F. Contribution of the stg fimbrial operon of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi during interaction with human cells. Infect Immun 2007; 75:5264-71. [PMID: 17709421 PMCID: PMC2168283 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00674-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 08/07/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Salmonella serovars contain a wide variety of putative fimbrial systems that may contribute to colonization of specific niches. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is the etiologic agent of typhoid fever and is a pathogen specific to humans. In a previous study, we identified a gene, STY3920 (stgC), encoding the predicted usher of the stg fimbrial operon, that was expressed by serovar Typhi during infection of human macrophages. The stg genes are located in the glmS-pstS intergenic region in serovar Typhi and certain Escherichia coli strains, but they are absent in other S. enterica serovars. We cloned the stg fimbrial operon into a nonfimbriate E. coli K-12 strain and into S. enterica serovar Typhimurium. We demonstrated that the stg fimbrial operon contributed to increased adherence to human epithelial cells. Transcriptional fusion assays with serovar Typhi suggested that stg is preferentially expressed in minimal medium. Deletion of stg reduced adherence of serovar Typhi to epithelial cells. However, deletion of stg increased uptake of serovar Typhi by human macrophages, and overexpression of stg in serovar Typhi and serovar Typhimurium strains reduced phagocytosis by human macrophages. These strains survived inside macrophages as well as the wild-type parent. Although the stgC gene contains a premature stop codon that disrupts the expected open reading frame encoding the usher and is therefore considered a pseudogene, our results show that the stg operon may encode a functional fimbria. Thus, this serovar Typhi-specific fimbrial operon contributes to interactions with host cells, and further characterization is important for understanding the role of the stg fimbrial cluster in typhoid fever pathogenesis.
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- Chantal Forest
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Jones BW, Nishiguchi MK. Differentially expressed genes reveal adaptations between free-living and symbiotic niches of Vibrio fischeri in a fully established mutualism. Can J Microbiol 2007; 52:1218-27. [PMID: 17473891 DOI: 10.1139/w06-088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A major force driving in the innovation of mutualistic symbioses is the number of adaptations that both organisms must acquire to provide overall increased fitness for a successful partnership. Many of these symbioses are relatively dependent on the ability of the symbiont to locate a host (specificity), as well as provide some novel capability upon colonization. The mutualism between sepiolid squids and members of the Vibrionaceae is a unique system in which development of the symbiotic partnership has been studied in detail, but much remains unknown about the genetics of symbiont colonization and persistence within the host. Using a method that captures exclusively expressed transcripts in either free-living or host-associated strains of Vibrio fischeri, we identified and verified expression of genes differentially expressed in both states from two symbiotic strains of V. fischeri. These genes provide a glimpse into the microhabitat V. fischeri encounters in both free-living seawater and symbiotic host light organ-associated habitats, providing insight into the elements necessary for local adaptation and the evolution of host specificity in this unique mutualism.
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- B W Jones
- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003-8001, USA
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Stack HM, Gahan CGM, Hill C. A novel promoter trap identifies Listeria monocytogenes promoters expressed at a low pH within the macrophage phagosome. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 274:139-47. [PMID: 17608802 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00832.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The Gram-positive pathogen Listeria monocytogenes encounters acid environments in low-pH foods, during passage through the stomach and within the macrophage phagosome during systemic infection. A novel promoter-trap system termed pGAD-HLY was developed, based on a plasmid containing a promoterless copy of gadB (required for survival at low pH) and hly (whose product facilitates escape from the macrophage phagosome) to identify loci that are induced under different stress conditions in vitro as well as identifying in vivo inducible promoters expressed during intracellular infection. This system facilitated the identification of 11 acid-inducible genes in L. monocytogenes. Transcriptional analysis and acid tolerance response assays confirmed the low-pH induction of these loci, validating this promoter-trap system. Macrophage assays revealed the phagosomal induction of three clones, corresponding to lmo0095, lmo2565 and lmo2371, with two of these clones (lmo0095 and lmo2565) also being induced during murine infection. However, virulence studies did not show any significant difference between strains carrying insertional mutations in these genes and the wild type strain. Although the loci that were identified by this screening procedure do not appear to be central to listerial pathogenesis, it is evident from studies that they contribute to the 'fitness' of this pathogen in adverse acid conditions.
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- Helena M Stack
- Department of Microbiology and Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Genome-Wide Scan of the Gene Expression Kinetics of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi during Hyperosmotic Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2007. [DOI: 10.3390/i8020116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lee FKM, Morris C, Hackett J. The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi Vi capsule and self-association pili share controls on expression. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006; 261:41-6. [PMID: 16842356 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00338.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi uses type IVB pili to facilitate eukaryotic cell invasion. Here, we compare environmental and genetic controls on pil operon transcription with those regulating viaB genes required for Vi antigen expression. Transcription of pil occurs only in the late logarithmic and stationary phases of bacterial growth while viaB expression occurs in the logarithmic growth phase. Expression of both viaB and pil was, however, optimal at 100 mM NaCl, and mutations in envZ/ompR, rcsB/rcsC, (but not rcsA), tviA, ihfB or fis affected transcription of both viaB and pil DNA. As both Vi antigen and Type IVB pili facilitate serovar Typhi invasion of human monocytes, an overlap of production controls is logical. It appears that Vi antigen synthesis precedes pilus production.
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- Francesca K M Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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Miyake M, Fukui T, Imai Y. Differences in protein synthesis between wild type and intracellular growth-deficient strains of Legionella pneumophila in U937 and Acanthamoeba polyphaga. Microb Pathog 2006; 40:161-70. [PMID: 16488572 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2005.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2005] [Accepted: 12/13/2005] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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An important aspect of Legionnaires' disease is the growth of the causative agent, Legionella pneumophila, within infected host cells. Many proteins including stress proteins of L. pneumophila were strongly induced in a wild type strain that had been used to infect U937 human macrophage-like cells. In contrast, the expression of the proteins was much weaker within a protozoan host, Acanthamoeba polyphaga. The results suggested that active bacterial protein synthesis is required more within macrophages than within protozoa for adaptation of L. pneumophila to intracellular environments. The synthesis of these proteins was not observed in intracellular growth-deficient strains after infection in either type of host cells. The inability of protein synthesis in these strains is correlated with their inability of intracellular growth. Furthermore, on U937 infection, the synthesis of beta-galactosidase encoded in an inducible reporter construct immediately ceased in the in intracellular growth-deficient strains after infection, while the wild type strain was able to synthesize it during the course of infection. These results suggested that the intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila within macrophages requires active protein synthesis from an earlier stage of bacterial infection.
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- Masaki Miyake
- Department of Microbiology and COE Program in the 21st Century, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
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Faucher SP, Porwollik S, Dozois CM, McClelland M, Daigle F. Transcriptome of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi within macrophages revealed through the selective capture of transcribed sequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:1906-11. [PMID: 16443683 PMCID: PMC1413645 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509183103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The cDNA obtained by selective capture of transcribed sequences is a complex mixture that can be used in conjunction with microarrays to determine global gene expression by a pathogen during infection. We used this method to study genes expressed by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the etiological agent of typhoid fever, within human macrophages. Global expression profiles of Typhi grown in vitro and within macrophages at different time points were obtained and compared. Known virulence factors, such as the SPI-1- and SPI-2-encoded type III secretion systems, were found to be expressed as predicted during infection by Salmonella, which validated our data. Typhi inside macrophages showed increased expression of genes encoding resistance to antimicrobial peptides, used the glyoxylate bypass for fatty acid utilization, and did not induce the SOS response or the oxidative stress response. Genes coding for the flagellar apparatus, chemotaxis, and iron transport systems were down-regulated in vivo. Many cDNAs corresponding to genes with unknown functions were up-regulated inside human macrophages and will be important to consider for future studies to elucidate the intracellular lifestyle of this human-specific pathogen. Real-time quantitative PCR was consistent with the microarray results. The combined use of selective capture of transcribed sequences and microarrays is an effective way to determine the bacterial transcriptome in vivo and could be used to investigate transcriptional profiles of other bacterial pathogens without the need to recover many nanograms of bacterial mRNA from host and without increasing the multiplicity of infection beyond what is seen in nature.
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- Sébastien P. Faucher
- *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, 10835 Road to the Cure, San Diego, CA 92121; and
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531 Boulevard des Prairies, Laval, QC, Canada H7V 1B7
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, 10835 Road to the Cure, San Diego, CA 92121; and
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- *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Raffatellu M, Chessa D, Wilson RP, Tükel C, Akçelik M, Bäumler AJ. Capsule-mediated immune evasion: a new hypothesis explaining aspects of typhoid fever pathogenesis. Infect Immun 2006; 74:19-27. [PMID: 16368953 PMCID: PMC1346610 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.1.19-27.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Manuela Raffatellu
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8645, USA
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Bucarey SA, Villagra NA, Martinic MP, Trombert AN, Santiviago CA, Maulén NP, Youderian P, Mora GC. The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi tsx gene, encoding a nucleoside-specific porin, is essential for prototrophic growth in the absence of nucleosides. Infect Immun 2005; 73:6210-9. [PMID: 16177292 PMCID: PMC1230887 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.10.6210-6219.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi tsx gene encodes a porin that facilitates the import of nucleosides. When serovar Typhi is grown under anaerobic conditions, Tsx is among the outer membrane proteins whose expression increases dramatically. This increase in expression is due, at least in part, to increased transcription and is dependent on Fnr but not on ArcA. A mutant derivative of serovar Typhi strain STH2370 with a deletion of the tsx gene is an auxotroph that requires either adenosine or thymidine for growth on minimal medium. In contrast, an otherwise isogenic nupG nupC double mutant, defective in the inner membrane nucleoside permeases, is a prototroph. Because anaerobic growth enhances the virulence of serovar Typhi in vitro, we assessed the role that the tsx gene plays in pathogenicity and found that the serovar Typhi STH2370 Deltatsx mutant is defective in survival within human macrophage-like U937 cells. To understand why the Deltatsx mutant is an auxotroph, we selected for insertions of minitransposon T-POP in the Deltatsx genetic background that restored prototrophy. One T-POP insertion that suppressed the Deltatsx mutation in the presence of the inducer tetracycline was located upstream of the pyrD gene. The results of reverse transcription-PCR analysis showed that addition of the inducer decreased the rate of pyrD transcription. These results suggest that the Tsx porin and the balance of products of the tsx and pyrD genes play critical roles in membrane assembly and integrity and thus in the virulence of serovar Typhi.
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- Sergio A Bucarey
- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Faucher SP, Curtiss R, Daigle F. Selective capture of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi genes expressed in macrophages that are absent from the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium genome. Infect Immun 2005; 73:5217-21. [PMID: 16041043 PMCID: PMC1201185 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.8.5217-5221.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Thirty-six Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi-specific genes, absent from the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium genome, that were expressed in human macrophages were identified by selective capture of transcribed sequences. These genes are located on 15 unique loci of the serovar Typhi genome, including Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPI-7, SPI-8, and SPI-10) and bacteriophages (ST15, ST18, and ST35).
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- Sébastien P Faucher
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Raffatellu M, Chessa D, Wilson RP, Dusold R, Rubino S, Bäumler AJ. The Vi capsular antigen of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi reduces Toll-like receptor-dependent interleukin-8 expression in the intestinal mucosa. Infect Immun 2005; 73:3367-74. [PMID: 15908363 PMCID: PMC1111811 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.6.3367-3374.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Human infections with nontyphoidal Salmonella serotypes, such as S. enterica serotype Typhimurium, are characterized by a massive neutrophil influx in the colon and terminal ileum. In contrast, neutrophils are scarce in intestinal infiltrates of typhoid fever patients. Here, we show that in S. enterica serotype Typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever, expression of the Vi capsular antigen reduced expression of the neutrophil chemoattractant interleukin-8 (IL-8) in host cells. Capsulated bacteria elicited IL-8 expression in polarized human epithelial cells (T84) and human macrophage-like cells (THP-1) in vitro at significantly reduced levels compared to noncapsulated bacteria. Experiments with a human cell line (HEK293) transfected with human Toll-like receptors (TLRs) demonstrated that in the presence of TLR5 or TLR4/MD2/CD14, a noncapsulated serotype Typhi mutant was able to induce the expression of IL-8, while this host response was significantly reduced when cells were infected with the capsulated serotype Typhi wild type. The relevance of these in vitro observations for the interaction of serotype Typhi with its human host was further studied ex vivo using human colonic tissue explants. Expression of IL-8 was detected in human colonic tissue explants infected with serotype Typhimurium or a noncapsulated serotype Typhi mutant. In contrast, infection with the serotype Typhi wild type did not elicit IL-8 expression in colonic tissue explants. Collectively, these data suggest that the scarcity of neutrophils in intestinal infiltrates of typhoid fever patients is due to a capsule-mediated reduction of TLR-dependent IL-8 production in the intestinal mucosa.
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- Manuela Raffatellu
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616-8645, USA
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Rediers H, Rainey PB, Vanderleyden J, De Mot R. Unraveling the secret lives of bacteria: use of in vivo expression technology and differential fluorescence induction promoter traps as tools for exploring niche-specific gene expression. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2005; 69:217-61. [PMID: 15944455 PMCID: PMC1197422 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.69.2.217-261.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A major challenge for microbiologists is to elucidate the strategies deployed by microorganisms to adapt to and thrive in highly complex and dynamic environments. In vitro studies, including those monitoring genomewide changes, have proven their value, but they can, at best, mimic only a subset of the ensemble of abiotic and biotic stimuli that microorganisms experience in their natural habitats. The widely used gene-to-phenotype approach involves the identification of altered niche-related phenotypes on the basis of gene inactivation. However, many traits contributing to ecological performance that, upon inactivation, result in only subtle or difficult to score phenotypic changes are likely to be overlooked by this otherwise powerful approach. Based on the premise that many, if not most, of the corresponding genes will be induced or upregulated in the environment under study, ecologically significant genes can alternatively be traced using the promoter trap techniques differential fluorescence induction and in vivo expression technology (IVET). The potential and limitations are discussed for the different IVET selection strategies and system-specific variants thereof. Based on a compendium of genes that have emerged from these promoter-trapping studies, several functional groups have been distinguished, and their physiological relevance is illustrated with follow-up studies of selected genes. In addition to confirming results from largely complementary approaches such as signature-tagged mutagenesis, some unexpected parallels as well as distinguishing features of microbial phenotypic acclimation in diverse environmental niches have surfaced. On the other hand, by the identification of a large proportion of genes with unknown function, these promoter-trapping studies underscore how little we know about the secret lives of bacteria and other microorganisms.
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- Hans Rediers
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Heverlee, Belgium
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Baltes N, Gerlach GF. Identification of genes transcribed by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in necrotic porcine lung tissue by using selective capture of transcribed sequences. Infect Immun 2004; 72:6711-6. [PMID: 15501809 PMCID: PMC523062 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.11.6711-6716.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Genes expressed by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in necrotic porcine lung tissue were identified by selective capture of transcribed sequences analysis. In total, 46 genes were identified, 20 of which have been previously reported to be associated with in vivo expression or virulence in A. pleuropneumoniae or in other organisms.
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- Nina Baltes
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany.
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Zaharik ML, Cullen VL, Fung AM, Libby SJ, Kujat Choy SL, Coburn B, Kehres DG, Maguire ME, Fang FC, Finlay BB. The Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium divalent cation transport systems MntH and SitABCD are essential for virulence in an Nramp1G169 murine typhoid model. Infect Immun 2004; 72:5522-5. [PMID: 15322058 PMCID: PMC517450 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.9.5522-5525.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nramp1 is a transporter that pumps divalent cations from the vacuoles of phagocytic cells and is associated with the innate resistance of mice to diverse intracellular pathogens. We demonstrate that sitA and mntH, genes encoding high-affinity metal ion uptake systems in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, are upregulated when Salmonella is internalized by Nramp1-expressing macrophages and play an essential role in systemic infection of congenic Nramp1-expressing mice.
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- Michelle L Zaharik
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
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Bron PA, Grangette C, Mercenier A, de Vos WM, Kleerebezem M. Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum genes that are induced in the gastrointestinal tract of mice. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:5721-9. [PMID: 15317777 PMCID: PMC516819 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.17.5721-5729.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Lactobacillus plantarum is a flexible and versatile microorganism that inhabits a variety of environmental niches, including the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Moreover, this lactic acid bacterium can survive passage through the human or mouse stomach in an active form. To investigate the genetic background of this persistence, resolvase-based in vivo expression technology (R-IVET) was performed in L. plantarum WCFS1 by using the mouse GI tract as a model system. This approach identified 72 L. plantarum genes whose expression was induced during passage through the GI tract as compared to laboratory media. Nine of these genes encode sugar-related functions, including ribose, cellobiose, sucrose, and sorbitol transporter genes. Another nine genes encode functions involved in acquisition and synthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, cofactors, and vitamins, indicating their limited availability in the GI tract. Four genes involved in stress-related functions were identified, reflecting the harsh conditions that L. plantarum encounters in the GI tract. The four extracellular protein encoding genes identified could potentially be involved in interaction with host specific factors. The rest of the genes are part of several functionally unrelated pathways or encode (conserved) hypothetical proteins. Remarkably, a large number of the functions or pathways identified here have previously been identified in pathogens as being important in vivo during infection, strongly suggesting that survival rather than virulence is the explanation for the importance of these genes during host residence.
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- Peter A Bron
- Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences, Ede, The Netherlands
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Pathogenic mycobacteria, including the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy, are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. A hallmark of these pathogens is their tendency to establish chronic infections that produce similar pathologies in a variety of hosts. During infection, mycobacteria reside in macrophages and induce the formation of granulomas, organized immune complexes of differentiated macrophages, lymphocytes, and other cells. This review summarizes our understanding of Mycobacterium-host cell interactions, the bacterial-granuloma interface, and mechanisms of bacterial virulence and persistence. In addition, we highlight current controversies and unanswered questions in these areas.
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- Christine L Cosma
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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This review provides a discussion on the current information about the response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the environment encountered in the macrophage. We focus on the types of genes shown to be upregulated when the pathogen grows in macrophages and discuss the possible roles of these genes in adaptation to the conditions in the eukaryotic cell, in the context of enhancing the survival of the pathogen during infection.
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- Eugenie Dubnau
- TB Center, Public Health Research Institute of the International Center of Public Health, 225 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Sha J, Galindo CL, Pancholi V, Popov VL, Zhao Y, Houston CW, Chopra AK. Differential expression of the enolase gene under in vivo versus in vitro growth conditions of Aeromonas hydrophila. Microb Pathog 2003; 34:195-204. [PMID: 12668143 DOI: 10.1016/s0882-4010(03)00028-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Aeromonas hydrophila is an emerging human pathogen that leads to gastroenteritis and other invasive diseases. By using a murine peritoneal culture (MPC) model, we identified via restriction fragment differential display PCR (RFDDPCR) five genes of A. hydrophila that were differentially expressed under in vivo versus in vitro growth conditions. The gene encoding enolase was among those five genes that were differentially up regulated. Enolase is a glycolytic enzyme and its surface expression was recently shown to be important in the pathogenesis of a gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. By Western blot analysis and Immunogold staining, we demonstrated secretion and surface expression of enolase in A. hydrophila. We also showed that the whole cells of A. hydrophila had strong enolase activity. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay and sandwich Western blot analysis, we demonstrated binding of enolase to human plasminogen, which is involved in the fibrinolytic system of the host. We cloned the A. hydrophila enolase gene, which exhibited 62% homology at the DNA level and 57% homology at the amino acid level when compared to S. pyogenes enolase. This is a first report describing the increased expression of enolase gene in vivo that could potentially contribute to the pathogenesis of A. hydrophila infections.
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- Jian Sha
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 301 University Blvd, Medical Research Building, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1070, USA
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Daigle F, Hou JY, Clark-Curtiss JE. Microbial gene expression elucidated by selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCOTS). Methods Enzymol 2003; 358:108-22. [PMID: 12474381 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(02)58083-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- France Daigle
- Department of Microbiology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Dozois CM, Daigle F, Curtiss R. Identification of pathogen-specific and conserved genes expressed in vivo by an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:247-52. [PMID: 12506201 PMCID: PMC140941 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.232686799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli is a diverse bacterial species that comprises commensal nonpathogenic strains such as E. coli K-12 and pathogenic strains that cause a variety of diseases in different host species. Avian pathogenic E. coli strain chi7122 (O78:K80:H9) was used in a chicken infection model to identify bacterial genes that are expressed in infected tissues. By using the cDNA selection method of selective capture of transcribed sequences and enrichment for the isolation of pathogen-specific (non-E. coli K-12) transcripts, pathogen-specific cDNAs were identified. Pathogen-specific transcripts corresponded to putative adhesins, lipopolysaccharide core synthesis, iron-responsive, plasmid- and phage-encoded genes, and genes of unknown function. Specific deletion of the aerobactin siderophore system and E. coli iro locus, which were identified by selective capture of transcribed sequences, demonstrated that these pathogen-specific systems contribute to the virulence of strain chi7122. Consecutive blocking to enrich for selection of pathogen-specific genes did not completely eliminate the presence of transcripts that corresponded to sequences also present in E. coli K-12. These E. coli conserved genes are likely to be highly expressed in vivo and contribute to growth or virulence. Overall, the approach we have used simultaneously provided a means to identify novel pathogen-specific genes expressed in vivo and insight regarding the global gene expression and physiology of a pathogenic E. coli strain in a natural animal host during the infectious process.
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- Charles M Dozois
- Department of Biology, Washington University, Campus Box 1137, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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Zaharik ML, Vallance BA, Puente JL, Gros P, Finlay BB. Host-pathogen interactions: Host resistance factor Nramp1 up-regulates the expression of Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 virulence genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:15705-10. [PMID: 12441401 PMCID: PMC137780 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.252415599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Nramp1 (Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein-1; also known as Slc11a1) is a host resistance gene that provides protection against several intracellular pathogens, including Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Little is known about the dynamic interplay that occurs between mammalian host resistance determinants such as Nramp1 and pathogens during infection. To explore these interactions, we examined the effect of Nramp1 on expression of Salmonella typhimurium (STM) virulence factors. We demonstrate that Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI2) is essential for replication of STM in spleens of infected Nramp1(+/+) mice. Furthermore, the presence of Nramp1 in transfected cell lines and congenic knockout mice resulted in the up-regulation of STM SPI2-associated virulence genes critical for intramacrophage survival. This Nramp1-dependent up-regulation of SPI2 was mimicked in vitro by chelation of iron, demonstrating the iron-responsive nature of expression of STM SPI2-associated virulence genes. We propose that acquisition of SPI2 by S. enterica not only enabled this bacterium to become an effective intracellular pathogen but also allowed the bacterium to withstand the effects of macrophage defense mechanisms such as Nramp1 early in the evolution of its pathogenic character. These dynamic Nramp1-pathogen interactions may be essential for regulating the course of an infection. This study demonstrates the presence of a previously undescribed direct influence of a mammalian innate host resistance locus on a pathogen at the genetic level.
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- Michelle L Zaharik
- Biotechnology Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Graham JE, Peek RM, Krishna U, Cover TL. Global analysis of Helicobacter pylori gene expression in human gastric mucosa. Gastroenterology 2002; 123:1637-48. [PMID: 12404238 PMCID: PMC1361305 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.36589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Helicobacter pylori inhabits a highly restricted ecological niche in the human gastric mucosa. Microbial gene expression in the context of persistent infection remains largely uncharacterized. METHODS An RNA analysis method, selective capture of transcribed sequences, was used in conjunction with genomic array hybridization to characterize H. pylori complementary DNAs (cDNAs) obtained from both human and experimentally infected gerbil gastric tissue specimens. RESULTS Bacterial cDNAs obtained by selective capture of transcribed sequences from tissues hybridized to arrayed DNA fragments representing approximately 70% of open reading frames in the H. pylori genome. RNAs for most of these open reading frames were also detected by array hybridization analyses of total RNA prepared from the isolated H. pylori strains cultured in vitro. However, a subset of H. pylori RNAs detected in gastric tissue specimens was consistently undetectable in bacteria grown in vitro. The majority of these RNAs encode factors unique to H. pylori that are potentially produced in response to interactions with mammalian gastric mucosa. CONCLUSIONS The combination of selective capture of transcribed sequences with array hybridization has allowed a global analysis of bacterial gene expression occurring in human tissues during a natural infection.
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- James E Graham
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Chalker AF, Lunsford RD. Rational identification of new antibacterial drug targets that are essential for viability using a genomics-based approach. Pharmacol Ther 2002; 95:1-20. [PMID: 12163125 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-7258(02)00222-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In the last two decades, the search for completely novel antibacterial agents has acquired a new sense of urgency due to the remarkable rise of antibiotic resistance among key bacterial pathogens. More recently, the advent of bacterial genomics has provided investigators with the data and bioinformatic tools to rationally identify novel antibacterial targets and the genome-scaled methodologies to validate them. Only 6 years have elapsed since the publication of the first complete bacterial genome sequence, but more than 50 complete microbial genome sequences are now available. This review will discuss the advantages and limitations of the existing bacterial genome dataset for the rational identification of novel antibacterial targets. Since the ability to rapidly identify essential genes where loss of function is coincident with loss of viability is the most important task of genomics-based target validation, essentiality testing methodologies (in which molecular genetic techniques are used to determine whether or not a gene product is required for viability of the parent cell) will be surveyed and their amenability to genome-scaled analysis assessed. Finally, we will discuss the impact of bacterial genomics to date on the development of novel and effective antibiotics.
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- Alison F Chalker
- Department of Project Team Leadership and Management, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Research and Development, 1250 South Collegeville Road, Collegeville, PA 19426-0989, USA.
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Hou JY, Graham JE, Clark-Curtiss JE. Mycobacterium avium genes expressed during growth in human macrophages detected by selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCOTS). Infect Immun 2002; 70:3714-26. [PMID: 12065514 PMCID: PMC128060 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.7.3714-3726.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCOTS) has been employed to identify 54 cDNA molecules that represent 46 genes that are expressed by Mycobacterium avium during growth in human macrophages. Some cDNA molecules correspond to genes that are apparently expressed 48 h after infection of macrophages, while others correspond to genes expressed 110 h after infection, and still others correspond to genes expressed throughout the course of infection in our model system. Genes expressed by M. avium during growth in macrophages include genes encoding enzymes of several biosynthetic pathways (pyrimidines, mycobactin, and polyketides); genes that encode enzymes involved in intermediary metabolism, energy metabolism (tricarboxylic acid cycle, glyoxalate shunt), and nitrogen metabolism; and genes that encode regulatory proteins. A number of genes of unknown function were also identified, including genes that code for proteins similar to members of the PPE family of proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and proteins similar to those encoded by the M. tuberculosis mce genes, which have been previously associated with mycobacterial virulence. The SCOTS technique, followed by enrichment for cDNA molecules that are up-regulated or are uniquely expressed by M. avium during growth in human macrophages (compared to growth in laboratory broth culture), allows recovery and identification of a greater diversity of cDNA molecules than does subtractive hybridization between cDNA mixtures from macrophage-grown and broth-grown M. avium. Data are presented demonstrating the reproducibility of recovery of a subset of cDNA molecules from cDNA mixtures purified by SCOTS on several different occasions. These results further demonstrate the beneficial utility of the SCOTS technique for identifying genes whose products are needed for successful survival and growth by an organism in a specific environment.
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- Joan Y Hou
- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA
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Stapleton MR, Norte VA, Read RC, Green J. Interaction of the Salmonella typhimurium transcription and virulence factor SlyA with target DNA and identification of members of the SlyA regulon. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:17630-7. [PMID: 11882648 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110178200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The SlyA protein from Salmonella typhimurium is a transcription factor that contributes to virulence. It is shown that a slyA mutant is attenuated in the presence of murine macrophages compared with the parent strain. Moreover, after growth in minimal medium, survival of the slyA mutant was reduced. Altered levels of flagellin (fliC), PagC, IroN, and outer membrane proteins suggest that the slyA mutation affects the surface properties of Salmonella. The isolated SlyA protein is a cofactor-free homodimer that recognizes five sites within the promoter region of the slyA gene. One of these sites contained a near perfect inverted repeat TTAGCAAGCTAA. The other four sites contained related sequences. Occupation of the SlyA sites in the slyA promoter prevented open-complex formation, consistent with the pattern of slyA::lacZ expression parental and slyA mutant strains. By combining the footprinting data with potential SlyA binding sites recovered from a pool of random DNA sequences, a consensus was defined and used to probe the NIH Salmonella unfinished genomes data base. These searches revealed the presence of consensus SlyA sites upstream of omp, ispA, xseB, slyA, and a gene encoding a protein with homology to a hemagglutinin. Accordingly, transcription of an omp::lacZ fusion was reduced in a slyA mutant. Given the difficulties in obtaining a comprehensive picture of intracellular gene expression, the definition of the DNA sequence recognized by a transcription factor (SlyA) that is essential for survival in the macrophage environment should allow a complete regulon of genes with altered expression upon exposure to macrophages to be determined once the S. typhimurium genome annotation is complete.
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- Melanie R Stapleton
- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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Hautefort I, Hinton JC. 4 Molecular methods for monitoring bacterial gene expression during infection. J Microbiol Methods 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0580-9517(02)31005-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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