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Lenahan M, Kelly S, Fanning S, Bolton DJ. The effect of bovine diet on Salmonella survival in synthetic abomasal fluid. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 109:2060-8. [PMID: 20738440 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04836.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the effect of diet on the survival of Salmonella in the bovine abomasum. METHODS AND RESULTS Five fistulated cows were randomly assigned to one of five diets denoted as: (i) 100% grass, (ii) grass + 5·3 kg DM concentrate, (iii) 100% grass silage, (iv) 100% hay and (v) maize/grass silage plus concentrates. Rumen fluid was harvested from each dietary treatment and inoculated with nonacid (NA) and acid-adapted (AA) 5-strain Salmonella cocktails. After 24-h incubation period, Salmonella were acid challenged to synthetic abomasum fluid (SAF, pH 2·5) for 5 h to determine their resistance to low pH. The study found that the volatile fatty acids composition and the pH profile of bovine rumen fluid were significantly altered (P <0·05) by some of the dietary treatments but not others. Regression analysis found that significantly higher numbers of acid-adapted Salmonella survived in SAF after incubation in rumen fluid from diets 1, 2 and 4, but fewer significant differences were found between diets for nonacid-adapted Salmonella. The results suggest that the acid-adapted cells were subjected to a higher level of cell injury than the nonadapted cells. CONCLUSIONS Pre-incubation in rumen fluid did influence the resistance of nonacid and acid-adapted Salmonella to SAF but it was dependant on the dietary treatment fed to the cows. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study examined the use of diet, as a modulating factor to limit the bovine excretion of Salmonella with a view to providing a scientific basis for the design of dietary management controls in the future.
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- M Lenahan
- Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin, Ireland.
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He GZ, Tian WY, Qian N, Cheng AC, Deng SX. Quantitative studies of the distribution pattern for Salmonella Enteritidis in the internal organs of chicken after oral challenge by a real-time PCR. Vet Res Commun 2010; 34:669-76. [PMID: 20665111 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-010-9438-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/21/2010] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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This research was undertaken to identify and understand the regular distribution pattern for Salmonella Enteritidis (S. enteritidis) in the internal organs of chicken after oral challenge over a 3 wk period. We used a real-time, fluorescence-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction (FQ-PCR) to detect genomic DNA of S. enteritidis in the blood and the internal organs, including heart, liver, spleen, kidney, pancreas, and gallbladder, from chicken after oral challenge at different time points. The results showed that the spleen was positive at 12 h post inoculation (PI), and the blood was at 14 h PI. The organism was detected in the liver and heart at 16 h PI, pancrea was positive at 20 h PI, and the final organ to show a positive results were the kidney and gallbladder at 22 h PI. The copy number of S. enteritidis DNA in each tissue reached a peak at 24 h-36 h PI, with the liver and spleen containing high concentrations of S. enteritidis, whereas the blood, heart, kidney, pancreas, and gallbladder had low concentrations. S. enteritidis populations began to decrease and were not detectable at 3 d PI, but were still present up to 12 d PI in the gallbladder, 2 wk for the liver, and 3 wk for the spleen without causing apparent symptoms. The results showed that the liver and spleen may be the primary sites for S. enteritidis setting itself up as a commensa over a long time after oral challenge. Interestingly, it may be the first time reported that the gallbladder is a site of carriage for S. enteritidis over a 12 d period. This study will help to understand the mechanisms of action of S. enteritidis infection in vivo.
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- G Z He
- Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, 550002, Guizhou Province, China.
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Transcriptomic responses of Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium to chlorine-based oxidative stress. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:5013-24. [PMID: 20562293 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00823-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium are the leading causative agents of salmonellosis in the United States. S. Enteritidis is predominantly associated with contamination of shell eggs and egg products, whereas S. Typhimurium is frequently linked to tainted poultry meats, fresh produce, and recently, peanut-based products. Chlorine is an oxidative disinfectant commonly used in the food industry to sanitize the surfaces of foods and food processing facilities (e.g., shell eggs and poultry meats). However, chlorine disinfection is not always effective, as some S. enterica strains may resist and survive the disinfection process. To date, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of how S. enterica responds to chlorine-based oxidative stress. In this study, we designed a custom bigenome microarray that consists of 385,000 60-mer oligonucleotide probes and targets 4,793 unique gene features in the genomes of S. Enteritidis strain PT4 and S. Typhimurium strain LT2. We explored the transcriptomic responses of both strains to two different chlorine treatments (130 ppm of chlorine for 30 min and 390 ppm of chlorine for 10 min) in brain heart infusion broth. We identified 209 S. enterica core genes associated with Fe-S cluster assembly, cysteine biosynthesis, stress response, ribosome formation, biofilm formation, and energy metabolism that were differentially expressed (>1.5-fold; P < 0.05). In addition, we found that serovars Enteriditis and Typhimurium differed in the responses of 33 stress-related genes and 19 virulence-associated genes to the chlorine stress. Findings from this study suggest that the oxidative-stress response may render S. enterica resistant or susceptible to certain types of environmental stresses, which in turn promotes the development of more effective hurdle interventions to reduce the risk of S. enterica contamination in the food supply.
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Trebichavský I, Šplíchal I, Šplíchalová A. Innate immune response in the gut against Salmonella — review. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2010; 55:295-300. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-010-0044-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2009] [Revised: 03/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nadia M, Abdelwaheb C, Ahmed L. Cohabitation within mice of Salmonella typhimurium seqA mutant increases its virulence. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0141-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bacterial pathogens must overcome a range of challenges during the process of infecting their host. The ability of a pathogen to sense and respond appropriately to changes in host environment is vital if the pathogen is to succeed. Mammalian defense strategies include the use of barriers like skin and epithelial surfaces, the production of a chemical arsenal, such as stomach acid and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, and a highly coordinated cellular and humoral immune response. Salmonella serovars are significant human and animal pathogens which have evolved several mechanisms to overcome mammalian host defense. Here we focus on the interplay which occurs between Salmonella and the host during the infection process, with particular emphasis on the complex bacterial response to reactive nitrogen species produced by the host. We discuss recent advances in our understanding of the key mechanisms which confer bacterial resistance to nitrogen species, which in response to nitric oxide include the flavohemoglobin, HmpA, the flavorubredoxin, NorV, and the cytochrome c nitrite reductase, NrfA, whilst in response to nitrate include a repertoire of nitrate reductases. Elucidating the precise role of different aspects of microbial physiology, nitrogen metabolism, and detoxification during infection will provide valuable insight into novel opportunities and potential targets for the development of therapeutic approaches.
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Fuentes JA, Jofré MR, Villagra NA, Mora GC. RpoS- and Crp-dependent transcriptional control of Salmonella Typhi taiA and hlyE genes: role of environmental conditions. Res Microbiol 2009; 160:800-8. [PMID: 19835951 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2009] [Revised: 09/23/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A novel pathogenicity island, SPI-18, carries the taiA-hlyE operon, encoding virulence factors in Salmonella Typhi. To determine the effects of certain environmental conditions on the expression of these genes, beta-galactosidase assays, RT-PCR reactions, western blot analyses and measurement of hemolytic activity were performed. The conditions studied are those likely found by S. Typhi during infection in the human host. We found RpoS-dependent transcriptional upregulation in low pH and high osmolarity for both genes. Our results show that oxygen depletion apparently did not affect transcription of the taiA-hlyE operon. On the other hand, the transcriptional regulator Crp, previously described as an activator of hlyE transcription in Escherichia coli, is involved in transcriptional repression of hlyE in S. Typhi. Moreover, addition of glucose to the growth medium results in decreasing the hlyE mRNA, suggesting that there is another factor related to catabolite repression different from Crp and involved in downregulation of hlyE in S. Typhi.
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- Juan A Fuentes
- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Andres Bello, República 217, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
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oxyR, a LysR-type regulator involved in Klebsiella pneumoniae mucosal and abiotic colonization. Infect Immun 2009; 77:5449-57. [PMID: 19786563 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00837-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Colonization of the gastrointestinal tract is the first event in Klebsiella pneumoniae nosocomial infections, followed by colonization of the bladder or respiratory tract or entry into the bloodstream. To survive in the host, bacteria must harbor specific traits and overcome multiple stresses. OxyR is a conserved bacterial transcription factor with a key role both in the upregulation of defense mechanisms against oxidative stress and in pathogenesis by enhancing biofilm formation, fimbrial expression, and mucosal colonization. A homolog of oxyR was detected in silico in the K. pneumoniae sequenced genome and amplified from the LM21 wild-type strain. To determine the role of oxyR in K. pneumoniae host-interaction processes, an oxyR isogenic mutant was constructed, and its behavior was assessed. At concentrations lower than 10(7) ml(-1), oxyR-deficient organisms were easily killed by micromolar concentrations of H(2)O(2) and exhibited typical aerobic phenotypes. The oxyR mutant was impaired in biofilm formation and types 1 and 3 fimbrial gene expression. In addition, the oxyR mutant was unable to colonize the murine gastrointestinal tract, and in vitro assays showed that it was defective in adhesion to Int-407 and HT-29 intestinal epithelial cells. The behavior of the oxyR mutant was also determined under hostile conditions, reproducing stresses encountered in the gastrointestinal environment: deletion of oxyR resulted in higher sensitivity to bile and acid stresses but not to osmotic stress. These results show the pleiotropic role of oxyR in K. pneumoniae gastrointestinal colonization.
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Sheng X, Huang X, Li J, Xie X, Xu S, Zhang H, Xu H. Regulation of Sulfur Assimilation Pathways in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Upon Up-Shift High Osmotic Treatment: The Role of UhpA Revealed Through Transcriptome Profiling. Curr Microbiol 2009; 59:628-35. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9487-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2009] [Revised: 08/03/2009] [Accepted: 08/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Atypical roles for Campylobacter jejuni amino acid ATP binding cassette transporter components PaqP and PaqQ in bacterial stress tolerance and pathogen-host cell dynamics. Infect Immun 2009; 77:4912-24. [PMID: 19703978 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00571-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni is a human pathogen causing severe diarrheal disease; however, our understanding of the survival of C. jejuni during disease and transmission remains limited. Amino acid ATP binding cassette (AA-ABC) transporters in C. jejuni have been proposed as important pathogenesis factors. We have investigated a novel AA-ABC transporter system, encoded by cj0467 to cj0469, by generating targeted deletions of cj0467 (the membrane transport component) and cj0469 (the ATPase component) in C. jejuni 81-176. The analyses described here have led us to designate these genes paqP and paqQ, respectively (pathogenesis-associated glutamine [q] ABC transporter permease [P] and ATPase [Q]). We found that loss of either component resulted in amino acid uptake defects, most notably diminished glutamine uptake. Altered resistance to a series of environmental and in vivo stresses was also observed: both mutants were hyperresistant to aerobic and organic peroxide stress, and while the DeltapaqP mutant was also hyperresistant to heat and osmotic shock, the DeltapaqQ mutant was more susceptible than the wild type to the latter two stresses. The DeltapaqP and DeltapaqQ mutants also displayed a surprising but statistically significant increase in recovery from macrophages and epithelial cells in short-term intracellular survival assays. Annexin V, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), and Western blot analyses revealed that macrophages infected with the DeltapaqP or DeltapaqQ mutant exhibited transient but significant decreases in cell death and extracellular signal-regulated kinase-mitogen-activated protein kinase activation compared to levels in wild-type-infected cells. The DeltapaqP mutant was not defective in either short-term or longer-term mouse colonization, consistent with its increased stress survival and diminished host cell damage phenotypes. Collectively, these results demonstrate a unique correlation of an AA-ABC transporter with bacterial stress tolerances and host cell responses to pathogen infection.
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Cell-to-Cell Signaling in Escherichia coli and Salmonella. EcoSal Plus 2009; 3. [PMID: 26443762 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.5.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bacteria must be able to respond rapidly to changes in the environment in order to survive. One means of coordinating gene expression relies on tightly regulated and complex signaling systems. One of the first signaling systems that was described in detail is quorum sensing (QS). During QS, a bacterial cell produces and secretes a signaling molecule called an autoinducer (AI). As the density of the bacterial population increases, so does the concentration of secreted AI molecules, thereby allowing a bacterial species to coordinate gene expression based on population density. Subsequent studies have demonstrated that bacteria are also able to detect signal molecules produced by other species of bacteria as well as hormones produced by their mammalian hosts. These types of signaling interactions have been termed cell-to-cell signaling because the interaction does not rely on a threshold concentration of bacterial cells. This review discusses the three main types of cell-to-cell signaling mechanisms used by E. coli and Salmonella, including the LuxR process, in which E. coli and Salmonella detect signals produced by other species of bacteria; the LuxS/AI-2 system, in which E. coli and Salmonella participate in intra- and interspecies signaling; and the AI-3/ epinephrine/norepinephrine system, in which E. coli and Salmonella recognize self-produced AI, signal produced by other microbes, and/or the human stress hormones epinephrine or norepinephrine.
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Chowdhury SM, Shi L, Yoon H, Ansong C, Rommereim LM, Norbeck AD, Auberry KJ, Moore RJ, Adkins JN, Heffron F, Smith RD. A method for investigating protein-protein interactions related to salmonella typhimurium pathogenesis. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:1504-14. [PMID: 19206470 DOI: 10.1021/pr800865d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We successfully modified an existing method to investigate protein-protein interactions in the pathogenic bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (Salmonella Typhimurium). This method includes (i) addition of a histidine-biotin-histidine tag to the bait proteins via recombinant DNA techniques, (ii) in vivo cross-linking with formaldehyde, (iii) tandem affinity purification of bait proteins under fully denaturing conditions, and (iv) identification of the proteins cross-linked to the bait proteins by liquid-chromatography in conjunction with tandem mass-spectrometry. In vivo cross-linking stabilized protein interactions and permitted the subsequent two-step purification step conducted under denaturing conditions. The two-step purification greatly reduced nonspecific binding of noncross-linked proteins to bait proteins. Two different negative controls were employed to eliminate the possibility of identifying background and nonspecific proteins as interacting partners, especially those caused by nonspecific binding to the stationary phase used for protein purification. In an initial demonstration of this approach, we tagged three Salmonella proteinsHimD, PduB and PhoPwith known binding partners that ranged from stable (e.g., HimD) to transient (i.e., PhoP). Distinct sets of interacting proteins were identified for each bait protein, including the known binding partners such as HimA for HimD, as well as unexpected binding partners. Our results suggest that novel protein-protein interactions identified may be critical to pathogenesis by Salmonella.
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- Saiful M Chowdhury
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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Karasova D, Sebkova A, Vrbas V, Havlickova H, Sisak F, Rychlik I. Comparative analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis mutants with a vaccine potential. Vaccine 2009; 27:5265-70. [PMID: 19577637 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.06.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 06/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/12/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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If any new live Salmonella vaccine is introduced in the future, it is quite probable that detailed characterisation of its attenuation will be required. In this study we therefore compared 34 isogenic mutants of S. Enteritidis in aroA, aroD, galE, ssrA, sseA, phoP, rpoS, ompR, htrA, clpP, lon, rfaL, rfaG, rfaC, hfq, sodCI, hilA, sipA, avrA, sopB, sopA, sopE, sifA, shdA, fliC, fur, relA, spoT, rel-spoT, misL, rmbA, STM4258, STM4259 and spvBC genes for their resistance to stresses likely to be expected in the host and for their virulence and immunogenicity in Balb/C mice. We found that the cold and bile resistances essentially did not correlate with the resistances to other stress factors. Resistance to acid pH, heat, polymyxin and serum correlated with each other and also with the attenuation. When the residual virulence and immunogenicity were both considered, mutants in htrA, ompR, aroA, aroD and lon performed the best in mice. Furthermore, when a detailed comparison of polymyxin and serum sensitive mutants was performed, the serum sensitive mutants were more immunogenic.
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- D Karasova
- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Lahiri A, Das P, Chakravortty D. Salmonella Typhimurium: insight into the multi-faceted role of the LysR-type transcriptional regulators in Salmonella. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41:2129-33. [PMID: 19447191 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2008] [Revised: 04/27/2009] [Accepted: 05/08/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The LysR-type transcriptional regulators (LTTRs) are widely distributed in various genera of prokaryotes. LTTRs are DNA binding proteins that can positively or negatively regulate target gene expression and can also repress their own transcription. Salmonella enterica comprises a group of Gram-negative bacteria capable of causing clinical syndromes that range from self-limiting diarrhoea to severe fibrinopurulent necrotizing enteritis and life threatening systemic disease. The survival and replication of Salmonella in macrophages and in infected host is brought about by the means of various two component regulatory systems, transporters and other virulence islands. In Salmonella genome the existence of 44 LTTRs has been documented. These LTTRs regulate bacterial stress response, systemic virulence in mice and also many virulence determinants in vitro. Here we focus on the findings that elucidate the structure and function of the LTTRs in Salmonella and discuss the importance of these LTTRs in making Salmonella a successful pathogen.
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- Amit Lahiri
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Redundant hydrogen peroxide scavengers contribute to Salmonella virulence and oxidative stress resistance. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:4605-14. [PMID: 19447905 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00144-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is an intracellular pathogen that can survive and replicate within macrophages. One of the host defense mechanisms that Salmonella encounters during infection is the production of reactive oxygen species by the phagocyte NADPH oxidase. Among them, hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) can diffuse across bacterial membranes and damage biomolecules. Genome analysis allowed us to identify five genes encoding H(2)O(2) degrading enzymes: three catalases (KatE, KatG, and KatN) and two alkyl hydroperoxide reductases (AhpC and TsaA). Inactivation of the five cognate structural genes yielded the HpxF(-) mutant, which exhibited a high sensitivity to exogenous H(2)O(2) and a severe survival defect within macrophages. When the phagocyte NADPH oxidase was inhibited, its proliferation index increased 3.7-fold. Moreover, the overexpression of katG or tsaA in the HpxF(-) background was sufficient to confer a proliferation index similar to that of the wild type in macrophages and a resistance to millimolar H(2)O(2) in rich medium. The HpxF(-) mutant also showed an attenuated virulence in a mouse model. These data indicate that Salmonella catalases and alkyl hydroperoxide reductases are required to degrade H(2)O(2) and contribute to the virulence. This enzymatic redundancy highlights the evolutionary strategies developed by bacterial pathogens to survive within hostile environments.
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Wesche AM, Gurtler JB, Marks BP, Ryser ET. Stress, sublethal injury, resuscitation, and virulence of bacterial foodborne pathogens. J Food Prot 2009; 72:1121-38. [PMID: 19517746 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-72.5.1121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Environmental stress and food preservation methods (e.g., heating, chilling, acidity, and alkalinity) are known to induce adaptive responses within the bacterial cell. Microorganisms that survive a given stress often gain resistance to that stress or other stresses via cross-protection. The physiological state of a bacterium is an important consideration when studying its response to food preservation techniques. This article reviews the various definitions of injury and stress, sublethal injury of bacteria, stresses that cause this injury, stress adaptation, cellular repair and response mechanisms, the role of reactive oxygen species in bacterial injury and resuscitation, and the potential for cross-protection and enhanced virulence as a result of various stress conditions.
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- Alissa M Wesche
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Su J, Timbely D, Zhu M, Hua X, Liu B, Pang Y, Shen H, Qi J, Yang Y. RfaB, a galactosyltransferase, contributes to the resistance to detergent and the virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. Med Microbiol Immunol 2009; 198:185-94. [PMID: 19404677 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-009-0115-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this study, a deletion mutant of rfaB (DeltarfaB) was observed to be susceptible to sodium dodecyl sulfate and less tolerant to bile salts. In addition, pre-incubation in 10% bile salts increased bacterial tolerance to 30% bile salts. We also showed that the DeltarfaB mutant invaded HeLa cells less than the wild type and resulted in a lower ratio of intracellular bacteria. Competitive infection of mice showed that the DeltarfaB mutant was defective in the colonization of host organs and was cleared more quickly in fecal shedding. Transforming of a plasmid containing a wild-type allele of rfaB (pRB3-rfaB) partially rescued the defect of the DeltarfaB mutant. The results suggest that RfaB, which is responsible to add the glycosyl residue to the core lipopolysaccharide, contributes to the tolerance to detergent and the virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis.
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- Jing Su
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Virology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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Interaction of Candida albicans with an intestinal pathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2009; 8:732-7. [PMID: 19329669 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00016-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Candida albicans is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen that normally resides in the gastrointestinal tract and on the skin as a commensal but can cause life-threatening invasive disease. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen that causes a significant amount of gastrointestinal infection in humans. Both of these organisms are also pathogenic to the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, causing a persistent gut infection leading to worm death. In the present study, we used a previously developed C. elegans polymicrobial infection model to assess the interactions between S. Typhimurium and C. albicans. We observed that when C. elegans is infected with C. albicans and serovar Typhimurium, C. albicans filamentation is inhibited. The inhibition of C. albicans filamentation by S. Typhimurium in C. elegans appeared to be mediated by a secretary molecule, since filter-sterilized bacterial supernatant was able to inhibit C. albicans filamentation. In vitro coculture assays under planktonic conditions showed that S. Typhimurium reduces the viability of C. albicans, with greater effects seen at 37 degrees C than at 30 degrees C. Interestingly, S. Typhimurium reduces the viability of both yeast and filamentous forms of C. albicans, but the killing appeared more rapid for the filamentous cells. The antagonistic interaction was also observed in a C. albicans biofilm environment. This study describes the interaction between two diverse human pathogens that reside within the gastrointestinal tract and shows that the prokaryote, S. Typhimurium, reduces the viability of the eukaryote, C. albicans. Identifying the molecular mechanisms of this interaction may provide important insights into microbial pathogenesis.
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A Systematic Approach to Understanding Bacterial Responses to Oxygen Using Taverna and Webservices. IFMBE PROCEEDINGS 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92841-6_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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SigmaS controls multiple pathways associated with intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:2461-73. [PMID: 19218380 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01578-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent of the severe and potentially fatal pneumonia Legionnaires' disease. L. pneumophila is able to replicate within macrophages and protozoa by establishing a replicative compartment in a process that requires the Icm/Dot type IVB secretion system. The signals and regulatory pathways required for Legionella infection and intracellular replication are poorly understood. Mutation of the rpoS gene, which encodes sigma(S), does not affect growth in rich medium but severely decreases L. pneumophila intracellular multiplication within protozoan hosts. To gain insight into the intracellular multiplication defect of an rpoS mutant, we examined its pattern of gene expression during exponential and postexponential growth. We found that sigma(S) affects distinct groups of genes that contribute to Legionella intracellular multiplication. We demonstrate that rpoS mutants have a functional Icm/Dot system yet are defective for the expression of many genes encoding Icm/Dot-translocated substrates. We also show that sigma(S) affects the transcription of the cpxR and pmrA genes, which encode two-component response regulators that directly affect the transcription of Icm/Dot substrates. Our characterization of the L. pneumophila small RNA csrB homologs, rsmY and rsmZ, introduces a link between sigma(S) and the posttranscriptional regulator CsrA. We analyzed the network of sigma(S)-controlled genes by mutational analysis of transcriptional regulators affected by sigma(S). One of these, encoding the L. pneumophila arginine repressor homolog gene, argR, is required for maximal intracellular growth in amoebae. These data show that sigma(S) is a key regulator of multiple pathways required for L. pneumophila intracellular multiplication.
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Genes and molecules of lactobacilli supporting probiotic action. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2009; 72:728-64, Table of Contents. [PMID: 19052326 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00017-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 626] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Lactobacilli have been crucial for the production of fermented products for centuries. They are also members of the mutualistic microbiota present in the human gastrointestinal and urogenital tract. Recently, increasing attention has been given to their probiotic, health-promoting capacities. Many human intervention studies demonstrating health effects have been published. However, as not all studies resulted in positive outcomes, scientific interest arose regarding the precise mechanisms of action of probiotics. Many reported mechanistic studies have addressed mainly the host responses, with less attention being focused on the specificities of the bacterial partners, notwithstanding the completion of Lactobacillus genome sequencing projects, and increasing possibilities of genomics-based and dedicated mutant analyses. In this emerging and highly interdisciplinary field, microbiologists are facing the challenge of molecular characterization of probiotic traits. This review addresses the advances in the understanding of the probiotic-host interaction with a focus on the molecular microbiology of lactobacilli. Insight into the molecules and genes involved should contribute to a more judicious application of probiotic lactobacilli and to improved screening of novel potential probiotics.
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Wilson JW, Ott CM, Quick L, Davis R, zu Bentrup KH, Crabbé A, Richter E, Sarker S, Barrila J, Porwollik S, Cheng P, McClelland M, Tsaprailis G, Radabaugh T, Hunt A, Shah M, Nelman-Gonzalez M, Hing S, Parra M, Dumars P, Norwood K, Bober R, Devich J, Ruggles A, CdeBaca A, Narayan S, Benjamin J, Goulart C, Rupert M, Catella L, Schurr MJ, Buchanan K, Morici L, McCracken J, Porter MD, Pierson DL, Smith SM, Mergeay M, Leys N, Stefanyshyn-Piper HM, Gorie D, Nickerson CA. Media ion composition controls regulatory and virulence response of Salmonella in spaceflight. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3923. [PMID: 19079590 PMCID: PMC2592540 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The spaceflight environment is relevant to conditions encountered by pathogens during the course of infection and induces novel changes in microbial pathogenesis not observed using conventional methods. It is unclear how microbial cells sense spaceflight-associated changes to their growth environment and orchestrate corresponding changes in molecular and physiological phenotypes relevant to the infection process. Here we report that spaceflight-induced increases in Salmonella virulence are regulated by media ion composition, and that phosphate ion is sufficient to alter related pathogenesis responses in a spaceflight analogue model. Using whole genome microarray and proteomic analyses from two independent Space Shuttle missions, we identified evolutionarily conserved molecular pathways in Salmonella that respond to spaceflight under all media compositions tested. Identification of conserved regulatory paradigms opens new avenues to control microbial responses during the infection process and holds promise to provide an improved understanding of human health and disease on Earth.
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- James W. Wilson
- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Habitability and Environmental Factors Division, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- Flanders Institute of Biotechnology, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Belgian Nuclear Research Center, Mol, Belgium
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- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Center for Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Center for Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Center for Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Glycoscience Technology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America
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- NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America
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- NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America
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- Space Life Sciences Lab, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America
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- Space Life Sciences Lab, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America
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- Space Life Sciences Lab, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America
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- Space Life Sciences Lab, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America
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- Space Life Sciences Lab, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America
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- Space Life Sciences Lab, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America
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- Space Life Sciences Lab, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America
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- BioServe, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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- BioServe, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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- Space Life Sciences Lab, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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- Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Section of General Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Habitability and Environmental Factors Division, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Division, Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Belgian Nuclear Research Center, Mol, Belgium
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- Astronaut Office, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Karatzas K, Hocking P, Jørgensen F, Mattick K, Leach S, Humphrey T. Effects of repeated cycles of acid challenge and growth on the phenotype and virulence ofSalmonella enterica. J Appl Microbiol 2008; 105:1640-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03909.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Alegado RA, Tan MW. Resistance to antimicrobial peptides contributes to persistence of Salmonella typhimurium in the C. elegans intestine. Cell Microbiol 2008; 10:1259-73. [PMID: 18221392 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01124.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The human pathogen Salmonella typhimurium can colonize, proliferate and persist in the intestine causing enteritis in mammals and mortality in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Using C. elegans as a model, we determined that the Salmonella pathogenicity islands-1 and -2 (SPI-1 and SPI-2), PhoP and the virulence plasmid are required for the establishment of a persistent infection. We observed that the PhoP regulon, SPI-1, SPI-2 and spvR are induced in C. elegans and isogenic strains lacking these virulence factors exhibited significant defects in the ability to persist in the worm intestine. Salmonella infection also leads to induction of two C. elegans antimicrobial genes, abf-2 and spp-1, which act to limit bacterial proliferation. The SPI-2, phoP and Delta pSLT mutants are more sensitive to the cationic peptide polymyxin B, suggesting that resistance to worm's antimicrobial peptides might be necessary for Salmonella to persist in the C. elegans intestine. Importantly, we showed that the persistence defects of the SPI-2, phoP and Delta pSLT mutants could be rescued in vivo when expression of C. elegans spp-1 was reduced by RNAi. Together, our data suggest that resistance to host antimicrobials in the intestinal lumen is a key mechanism for Salmonella persistence.
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- Rosanna A Alegado
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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The membrane-bound transcriptional regulator CadC is activated by proteolytic cleavage in response to acid stress. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:5120-6. [PMID: 18487329 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00012-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Proteolytic processes often participate in signal transduction across bacterial membranes. In Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, the transcriptional regulator CadC activates genes of lysine decarboxylase system in response to external acidification and exogenous lysine. However, the signaling mechanism of CadC activation remains unexplored. We report here that CadC is located on the inner membrane under normal growth conditions but rapidly cleaved under acid stress conditions, leading to the induction of target gene transcription. As full-length CadC is degraded, the N-terminal fragment containing the DNA-binding domain accumulates in the inner membrane. Moreover, we show that C-terminal truncations of CadC abolish its degradation, resulting in complete loss of activator function. Together, these observations suggest that site-specific proteolysis at the periplasmic domain of CadC generates a biologically active form of N-terminal DNA-binding domain to promote target gene activation.
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Acid pre-adaptation enhances virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium dam mutant. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 57:358-62. [PMID: 18456425 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2008.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2008] [Accepted: 02/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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It is well established that success or failure of bacterial pathogens during infection relies upon its ability to overcome many lethal environments in the host such as acidity, osmolarity and bile salts. In the present study, we have studied the effects of acid adaptation on the virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium dam mutant. Our results indicated that LD(50) of adapted strains were lower than those of control strains. Also, the in vivo assays have shown that the development of a systemic infection is slower for control strains than for adapted strains. In addition, the number of acid-adapted mutants colonizing spleen and liver is higher than control strains. Adhesion and invasion experiments were performed in order to compare the pathogenicity of Salmonella. No significant differences were shown between pre-treated and non-adapted strains. According to these results, we report that acid adaptation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium dam mutants can increase their in vivo virulence in mice.
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Deng SX, Cheng AC, Wang MS, Cao P. Serovar-Specific Real-Time Quantitative Detection of Salmonella Enteritidis in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Ducks After Oral Challenge. Avian Dis 2008; 52:88-93. [DOI: 10.1637/8102-090107-reg] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Deng SX, Cheng AC, Wang MS, Cao P, Yan B, Yin NC, Cao SY, Zhang ZH. Quantitative studies of the regular distribution pattern for Salmonella enteritidis in the internal organs of mice after oral challenge by a specific real-time polymerase chain reaction. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14:782-9. [PMID: 18205272 PMCID: PMC2684009 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To identify and understand the regular distribution pattern for Salmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) in the internal organs of mice after an oral challenge over a 3 wk period.
METHODS: Assays based on the serovar-specific DNA sequence of S. enteritidis from GenBank, and a serovar-specific real-time, fluorescence-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction (FQ-PCR) were developed for the detection of S. enteritidis. We used this assay to detect genomic DNA of S. enteritidis in the blood and the internal organs, including heart, liver, spleen, kidney, pancreas, and gallbladder, from mice after oral challenge at different time points respectively.
RESULTS: The results showed that the spleen was positive at 12 h post inoculation (PI), and the blood was at 14 h PI. The organism was detected in the liver and heart at 16 h PI, the pancreas was positive at 20 h PI, and the final organs to show positive results were the kidney and gallbladder at 22 h PI. The copy number of S. enteritidis DNA in each tissue reached a peak at 24-36 h PI, with the liver and spleen containing high concentrations of S. enteritidis, whereas the blood, heart, kidney, pancreas, and gallbladder had low concentrations. S. enteritidis populations began to decrease and were not detectable at 3 d PI, but were still present up to 12 d PI in the gallbladder, 2 wk for the liver, and 3 wk for the spleen without causing apparent symptoms.
CONCLUSION: The results provided significant data for understanding the life cycle of S. enteritidis in the internal organs, and showed that the liver and spleen may be the primary sites for setting itself up as a commensal over a long time after oral challenge. Interestingly, it may be the first time reported that the gallbladder is a site of carriage for S. enteritidis over a 12 d period. This study will help to understand the mechanisms of action of S. enteritidis infection in vivo.
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Prieto AI, Jakomin M, Segura I, Pucciarelli MG, Ramos-Morales F, García-Del Portillo F, Casadesús J. The GATC-binding protein SeqA is required for bile resistance and virulence in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:8496-502. [PMID: 17905993 PMCID: PMC2168936 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01156-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Disruption of the seqA gene of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium causes defects similar to those described in E. coli: filament formation, aberrant nucleoid segregation, induction of the SOS response, envelope instability, and increased sensitivity to membrane-damaging agents. Differences between SeqA(-) mutants of E. coli and S. enterica, however, are found. SeqA(-) mutants of S. enterica form normal colonies and do not exhibit alterations in phage plaquing morphology. Lack of SeqA causes attenuation of S. enterica virulence by the oral route but not by the intraperitoneal route, suggesting a virulence defect in the intestinal stage of infection. However, SeqA(-) mutants are fully proficient in the invasion of epithelial cells. We hypothesize that attenuation of SeqA(-) mutants by the oral route may be caused by bile sensitivity, which in turn may be a consequence of envelope instability.
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- Ana I Prieto
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1095, Sevilla 41080, Spain
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Wang Q, Zhao Y, McClelland M, Harshey RM. The RcsCDB signaling system and swarming motility in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium: dual regulation of flagellar and SPI-2 virulence genes. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:8447-57. [PMID: 17905992 PMCID: PMC2168921 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01198-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Rcs phosphorelay is a multicomponent signaling system that positively regulates colanic acid synthesis and negatively regulates motility and virulence. We have exploited a spontaneously isolated mutant, IgaA(T191P), that is nearly maximally activated for the Rcs system to identify a vast set of genes that respond to the stimulation, and we report new regulatory properties of this signaling system in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Microarray data show that the Rcs system normally functions as a positive regulator of SPI-2 and other genes important for the growth of Salmonella in macrophages, although when highly activated the system completely represses the SPI-1/SPI-2 virulence, flagellar, and fimbrial biogenesis pathways. The auxiliary protein RcsA, which works with RcsB to positively regulate colanic acid and other target genes, not only stimulates but also antagonizes the positive regulation of many genes in the igaA mutant. We show that RcsB represses motility through the RcsB box in the promoter region of the master operon flhDC and that RcsA is not required for this regulation. Curiously, RcsB selectively stimulates expression of the flagellar type 3 secretion genes fliPQR; an RcsAB box located downstream of fliR influences this regulation. We show that excess colanic acid impairs swimming and inhibits swarming motility, consistent with the inverse regulation of the two pathways by the Rcs system.
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- Qingfeng Wang
- Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology & Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Gerlach RG, Jäckel D, Geymeier N, Hensel M. Salmonella pathogenicity island 4-mediated adhesion is coregulated with invasion genes in Salmonella enterica. Infect Immun 2007; 75:4697-709. [PMID: 17635868 PMCID: PMC2044552 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00228-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Salmonella pathogenicity island 4 (SPI4) encodes a type I secretion system and the cognate substrate protein, SiiE. We have recently demonstrated that SiiE is a giant nonfimbrial adhesin involved in the adhesion of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to polarized epithelial cells. We also observed that under in vitro culture conditions, the synthesis and secretion of SiiE coincided with the activation of Salmonella invasion genes. These observations prompted us to investigate the regulation of SPI4 genes in detail. A novel approach for the generation of reporter gene fusions was employed to generate single-copy chromosomal fusions to various genes within SPI4, and the expression of these fusions was investigated. We analyzed the regulation of SPI4 genes and the roles of various regulatory systems for SPI4 expression. Our data show that the expression of SPI4 genes is coregulated with SPI1 invasion genes by the global regulator SirA. Expression of a SPI4 gene was also reduced in the absence of HilA, the central local regulator of SPI1 gene expression. Both SirA and HilA functions were required for the secretion of SiiE and the SPI4-mediated adhesion. Our data demonstrate that SPI4-mediated adhesion, as well as SPI1-mediated invasion, are tightly coregulated by the same regulatory circuits and induced under similar environmental conditions.
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- Roman G Gerlach
- Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Wasserturmstr. 3-5, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Papezova K, Gregorova D, Jonuschies J, Rychlik I. Ordered expression of virulence genes in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2007; 52:107-14. [PMID: 17575908 DOI: 10.1007/bf02932148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Using transcriptional promoter fusions, we investigated the expression of selected SPI-1 and SPI-2 genes of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium). Promoters of genes related to the invasion of the epithelial cell (hilA, hilC, hilD, invF, sicA, sopA, sopB and sopE2) were active in Luria-Bertani (LB) medium and LB with butyrate but were suppressed by bile salts and in glucose minimal (M9) medium. Genes related to S. Typhimurium intracellular survival (phoP, ssrA, ssaB, ssaG, sifA, sifB and pipB) were characterized by their expression in stationary phase in LB and M9 medium. Activity of phoP and ssrA promoters indicated that these might be expressed inside the gut. SPI-1 genes were expressed on the transition to stationary phase while SPI-2 genes were expressed in stationary phase. Among SPI-1 genes, those with regulatory functions preceded in expression the effector genes and sop genes were expressed in the order of sopA, sopB and sopE2, showing hierarchy in the expression of S. Typhimurium virulence genes.
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- Veterinary Research Institute, 621 00 Brno, Czechia
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Acid pH often triggers changes in gene expression. However, little is known about the identity of the gene products that sense fluctuations in extracytoplasmic pH. The Gram-negative pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium experiences a number of acidic environments both inside and outside animal hosts. Growth in mild acid (pH 5.8) promotes transcription of genes activated by the response regulator PmrA, but the signalling pathway(s) that mediates this response has thus far remained unexplored. Here we report that this activation requires both PmrA's cognate sensor kinase PmrB, which had been previously shown to respond to Fe3+ and Al3+, and PmrA's post-translational activator PmrD. Substitution of a conserved histidine or of either one of four conserved glutamic acid residues in the periplasmic domain of PmrB severely decreased or abolished the mild acid-promoted transcription of PmrA-activated genes. The PmrA/PmrB system controls lipopolysaccharide modifications mediating resistance to the antibiotic polymyxin B. Wild-type Salmonella grown at pH 5.8 were > 100 000-fold more resistant to polymyxin B than organisms grown at pH 7.7. Our results suggest that protonation of the PmrB periplasmic histidine and/or of the glutamic acid residues activate the PmrA protein, and that mild acid promotes cellular changes resulting in polymyxin B resistance.
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- J Christian Perez
- Program in Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of MedicineCampus Box 8230, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of MedicineCampus Box 8230, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St Louis, MO 63110, USA
- *for correspondence. E-mail ; Tel. (+1) 314 362 3692; Fax (+1) 314 747 8228
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Oxygen restriction increases the infective potential of Listeria monocytogenes in vitro in Caco-2 cells and in vivo in guinea pigs. BMC Microbiol 2007; 7:55. [PMID: 17570840 PMCID: PMC1899506 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Listeria monocytogenes has been implicated in several food borne outbreaks as well as sporadic cases of disease. Increased understanding of the biology of this organism is important in the prevention of food borne listeriosis. The infectivity of Listeria monocytogenes ScottA, cultivated with and without oxygen restriction, was compared in vitro and in vivo. Fluorescent protein labels were applied to allow certain identification of Listeria cells from untagged bacteria in in vivo samples, and to distinguish between cells grown under different conditions in mixed infection experiments. Results Infection of Caco-2 cells revealed that Listeria cultivated under oxygen-restricted conditions were approximately 100 fold more invasive than similar cultures grown without oxygen restriction. This was observed for exponentially growing bacteria, as well as for stationary-phase cultures. Oral dosage of guinea pigs with Listeria resulted in a significantly higher prevalence (p < 0.05) of these bacteria in jejunum, liver and spleen four and seven days after challenge, when the bacterial cultures had been grown under oxygen-restricted conditions prior to dosage. Additionally, a 10–100 fold higher concentration of Listeria in fecal samples was observed after dosage with oxygen-restricted bacteria. These differences were seen after challenge with single Listeria cultures, as well as with a mixture of two cultures grown with and without oxygen restriction. Conclusion Our results show for the first time that the environmental conditions to which L. monocytogenes is exposed prior to ingestion are decisive for its in vivo infective potential in the gastrointestinal tract after passage of the gastric barrier. This is highly relevant for safety assessment of this organism in food.
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Passalacqua KD, Bergman NH, Lee JY, Sherman DH, Hanna PC. The global transcriptional responses of Bacillus anthracis Sterne (34F2) and a Delta sodA1 mutant to paraquat reveal metal ion homeostasis imbalances during endogenous superoxide stress. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:3996-4013. [PMID: 17384197 PMCID: PMC1913413 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00185-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2007] [Accepted: 03/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Microarray analyses were conducted to evaluate the paraquat-induced global transcriptional response of Bacillus anthracis Sterne (34F(2)) to varying levels of endogenous superoxide stress. Data revealed that the transcription of genes putatively involved in metal/ion transport, bacillibactin siderophore biosynthesis, the glyoxalase pathway, and oxidoreductase activity was perturbed most significantly. A B. anthracis mutant lacking the superoxide dismutase gene sodA1 (Delta sodA1) had transcriptional responses to paraquat similar to, but notably larger than, those of the isogenic parental strain. A small, unique set of genes was found to be differentially expressed in the Delta sodA1 mutant relative to the parental strain during growth in rich broth independently of induced oxidative stress. The bacillibactin siderophore biosynthetic genes were notably overexpressed in Sterne and Delta sodA1 cells after treatment with paraquat. The bacillibactin siderophore itself was isolated from the supernatants and lysates of cells grown in iron-depleted medium and was detected at lower levels after treatment with paraquat. This suggests that, while transcriptional regulation of these genes is sensitive to changes in the redox environment, additional levels of posttranscriptional control may exist for bacillibactin biosynthesis, or the enzymatic siderophore pipeline may be compromised by intracellular superoxide stress or damage. The Delta sodA1 mutant showed slower growth in a chelated iron-limiting medium but not in a metal-depleted medium, suggesting a connection between the intracellular redox state and iron/metal ion acquisition in B. anthracis. A double mutant lacking both the sodA1 and sodA2 genes (Delta sodA1 Delta sodA2) was attenuated for growth in manganese-depleted medium, suggesting a slight level of redundancy between sodA1 and sodA2, and a role for the sod genes in manganese homeostasis.
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- Karla D Passalacqua
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Jones MA, Hulme SD, Barrow PA, Wigley P. TheSalmonellapathogenicity island 1 andSalmonellapathogenicity island 2 type III secretion systems play a major role in pathogenesis of systemic disease and gastrointestinal tract colonization ofSalmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium in the chicken. Avian Pathol 2007; 36:199-203. [PMID: 17497331 DOI: 10.1080/03079450701264118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection of chickens is a major public and animal health problem. In young chicks, S. Typhimurium infection results in severe systemic infection; in older chicks, infection results in prolonged gastrointestinal tract colonization. Here we determined the role of the Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) and Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2) type III secretion systems in systemic infection and gastrointestinal tract colonization of the chicken though experimental infection of chicks with a S. Typhimurium strain with mutations in the genes encoding the secretion system machinery of SPI-1 (spaS) and SPI-2 (ssaU) that prevent secretion of effector proteins. In 1-day-old chicks, mutation of SPI-2 lead to a decrease in both systemic bacterial numbers and pathology, although no difference in gastrointestinal numbers was observed. Mutation of SPI-1 had little effect in 1-day old chicks. In 1-week-old animals the SPI-2 mutants could not be detected systemically and colonized the gastrointestinal tract only in low numbers in comparison with the parent strain, and was cleared in 1 week. The SPI-1 mutant showed greatly reduced levels of systemic infection, and colonized the gastrointestinal tract at a lower level than the parent strain. The findings show that the SPI-2 type III secretion system is required for systemic S. Typhimurium infection in both infection models, and that it plays a significant role in gastrointestinal colonization. The SPI-1 system is involved in both systemic infection and gastrointestinal colonization, but does not appear absolutely essential for either infection process.
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- Michael A Jones
- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK
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Cowles KN, Cowles CE, Richards GR, Martens EC, Goodrich-Blair H. The global regulator Lrp contributes to mutualism, pathogenesis and phenotypic variation in the bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila. Cell Microbiol 2007; 9:1311-23. [PMID: 17223926 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00873.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Xenorhabdus nematophila is a Gram-negative bacterium that leads both pathogenic and mutualistic lifestyles. In this study, we examine the role of Lrp, the leucine-responsive regulatory protein, in regulating both of these lifestyles. lrp mutants have attenuated virulence towards Manduca sexta insects and are defective in suppression of both cellular and humoral insect immunity. In addition, an lrp mutant is deficient in initiating colonization of and growth within mutualistic host nematodes. Furthermore, nematodes reared on lrp mutant lawns exhibit decreased overall numbers of nematode progeny. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of virulence attenuation associated with an lrp mutation in any bacterium, as well as the first report of a factor involved in both X. nematophila symbioses. Protein profiles of wild-type and mutant cells indicate that Lrp is a global regulator of expression in X. nematophila, affecting approximately 65% of 290 proteins. We show that Lrp binds to the promoter regions of genes known to be involved in basic metabolism, mutualism and pathogenesis, demonstrating that the regulation of at least some host interaction factors is likely direct. Finally, we demonstrate that Lrp influences aspects of X. nematophila phenotypic variation, a spontaneous process that occurs during prolonged growth in stationary phase.
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- Kimberly N Cowles
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Hakalehto E, Pesola J, Heitto L, Närvänen A, Heitto A. Aerobic and anaerobic growth modes and expression of type 1 fimbriae in Salmonella. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:61-9. [PMID: 17434297 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2007.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2007] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The aim of this study was to clarify the growth rates of facultatively anaerobic Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis strain in aerobic and anaerobic conditions and the expression of type 1 fimbriae in relation to the growth phases. The cultivation was carried out in a Portable Microbe Enrichment Unit (PMEU) where in same conditions one can grow the cells in parallel by modifying, e.g. aerobiosis only. The results obtained show that although the anaerobic metabolism is generally believed to be a slower producer of biomass or metabolites, in these circumstances S. enterica serovar Enteritidis strain gave comparable growth rates in anaerobiosis with nitrogenation as in aerobic cultures with constant aeration. Fimbrial antigens were produced in the beginning of logarithmic phase of the growth cycle both in the aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The fimbria remained in the presence of oxygen. This capability is possibly used for the intrusion of oxygen containing tissues of host body by the invading pathogens. In conclusion S. enterica serovar Enteritidis strain suspensions grow equally well in constant nitrogenation and aeration, and fimbria were produced in both conditions, during the early logarithmic phase but they prevailed in the presence of aeration.
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- Elias Hakalehto
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kuopio, P.O.B. 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland; Finnoflag Ltd., P.O.B. 262, FI-70101 Kuopio, Finland
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Manes NP, Gustin JK, Rue J, Mottaz HM, Purvine SO, Norbeck AD, Monroe ME, Zimmer JSD, Metz TO, Adkins JN, Smith RD, Heffron F. Targeted protein degradation by Salmonella under phagosome-mimicking culture conditions investigated using comparative peptidomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 6:717-27. [PMID: 17228056 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m600282-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The pathogen Salmonella enterica is known to cause both food poisoning and typhoid fever. Because of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant isolates and the threat of bioterrorism (e.g. contamination of the food supply), there is a growing need to study this bacterium. In this investigation, comparative peptidomics was used to study S. enterica serovar Typhimurium cultured in either a rich medium or in an acidic, low magnesium, and minimal nutrient medium designed to roughly mimic the macrophage phagosomal environment (within which Salmonella are known to survive). Native peptides from cleared cell lysates were enriched by using isopropanol extraction and analyzed by using both LC-MS/MS and LC-FTICR-MS. We identified and quantified 5,163 peptides originating from 682 proteins, and the data clearly indicated that compared with Salmonella cultured in the rich medium, cells cultured in the phagosome-mimicking medium had dramatically higher abundances of a wide variety of protein degradation products, especially from ribosomal proteins. Salmonella from the same cultures were also analyzed using traditional, bottom-up proteomic methods, and when the peptidomics and proteomics data were analyzed together, two clusters of proteins targeted for proteolysis were tentatively identified. Possible roles of targeted proteolysis by phagocytosed Salmonella are discussed.
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- Nathan P Manes
- Fundamental Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review presents advances in our understanding of how pathogenic, enteric bacteria use quorum sensing to regulate several traits that allow them to establish and maintain infection in their host, including motility, biofilm formation, and virulence-specific genes. RECENT FINDINGS Quorum sensing in enteric bacteria has been elusive for a long time. Recent data indicate that enteric bacteria use several quorum-sensing mechanisms including the LuxR-I quorum-sensing system, the LuxS/AI-2 system, and the AI-3/epinephrine/norepinephrine system to assess their environment and to recognize the host environment. These systems allow bacteria to communicate across species boundaries, and the AI-3/epinephrine/norepinephrine system is involved in interkingdom signaling. SUMMARY Recent developments in our understanding of the molecular and biochemical mechanisms involved in quorum sensing as well as the chemical signal(s) to which bacteria respond and their corresponding physiological responses will improve our understanding of bacterial pathogenesis and microbial flora-host interactions, and potentially lead to novel strategies for combating infection.
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- Melissa M Kendall
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Kumar A, Nandi D. Characterization and role of Peptidase N from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 353:706-12. [PMID: 17196937 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.12.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2006] [Accepted: 12/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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ATP-independent peptidases are important during the distal steps of cytosolic protein degradation. The contribution of a member of this group, Peptidase N (PepN) was studied in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (Salmonella typhimurium). The DeltapepN strain displays greatly reduced cleavage of 9 out of a total of 13 exopeptidase substrates, demonstrating a significant contribution of PepN to cytosolic aminopeptidase activity. The cleavage profile of purified S. typhimurium PepN is Arg>Ala>Thr, demonstrating broad specificity. Comparative biochemical studies with purified PepN from Escherichia coli and S. typhimurium revealed the latter to be distinct: S. typhimurium PepN cleaves Thr-AMC more efficiently and is less sensitive to inhibition by N-ethylmaleimide. Studies with DeltapepN and PepN overexpression demonstrated its importance for growth during nutritional downshift in combination with high temperature stress. In summary, S. typhimurium PepN contributes significantly to cytosolic aminopeptidase activity and its role is manifested under selected stress conditions.
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- Anujith Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Janssens JCA, Metzger K, Daniels R, Ptacek D, Verhoeven T, Habel LW, Vanderleyden J, De Vos DE, De Keersmaecker SCJ. Synthesis of N-acyl homoserine lactone analogues reveals strong activators of SdiA, the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LuxR homologue. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 73:535-44. [PMID: 17085703 PMCID: PMC1796990 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01451-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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N-Acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) are molecules that are synthesized and detected by many gram-negative bacteria to monitor the population density, a phenomenon known as quorum sensing. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is an exceptional species since it does not synthesize its own AHLs, while it does encode a LuxR homologue, SdiA, which enables this bacterium to detect AHLs that are produced by other species. To obtain more information about the specificity of the ligand binding by SdiA, we synthesized and screened a limited library of AHL analogues. We identified two classes of analogues that are strong activators of SdiA: the N-(3-oxo-acyl)-homocysteine thiolactones (3O-AHTLs) and the N-(3-oxo-acyl)-trans-2-aminocyclohexanols. To our knowledge, this is the first report of compounds (the 3O-AHTLs) that are able to activate a LuxR homologue at concentrations that are lower than the concentrations of the most active AHLs. SdiA responds with greatest sensitivity to AHTLs that have a keto modification at the third carbon atom and an acyl chain that is seven or eight carbon atoms long. The N-(3-oxo-acyl)-trans-2-aminocyclohexanols were found to be less sensitive to deactivation by lactonase and alkaline pH than the 3O-AHTLs and the AHLs are. We also examined the activity of our library with LuxR of Vibrio fischeri and identified three new inhibitors of LuxR. Finally, we performed preliminary binding experiments which suggested that SdiA binds its activators reversibly. These results increase our understanding of the specificity of the SdiA-ligand interaction, which could have uses in the development of anti-quorum-sensing-based antimicrobials.
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- Joost C A Janssens
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Greenacre EJ, Lucchini S, Hinton JCD, Brocklehurst TF. The lactic acid-induced acid tolerance response in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium induces sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:5623-5. [PMID: 16885318 PMCID: PMC1538734 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00538-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transcriptome analyses of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium revealed that 15 genes were significantly up-regulated after 2 h of adaptation with lactic acid. cadB was the most highly up-regulated gene and was shown to be an essential component. Lactic acid-adapted cells exhibited sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide, likely due to down-regulation of the OxyR regulon.
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- E J Greenacre
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, United Kingdom.
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Guan J, Grenier C, Brooks BW. In Vitro Study of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium Definitive Type 104: Survival in Egg Albumen and Penetration through the Vitelline Membrane. Poult Sci 2006; 85:1678-81. [PMID: 16977857 DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.9.1678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella typhimurium definitive type 104 (DT104) have been detected in the chicken oviduct, and their survival in egg albumen at the chicken body temperature of 42 degrees C may be important in oviductal and transovarian contamination of intact shell eggs. Eight S. enteritidis and 24 S. typhimurium DT104 strains were tested for their in vitro survival in egg albumen. The concentration of the organisms declined more rapidly when incubated at 42 degrees C than at 37 degrees C and dropped to nondetectable levels within 96 h at the higher, but not at the lower, temperature. In another experiment, 3 S. enteritidis and 3 S. typhimurium DT104 strains were randomly selected, and dosages of 20 and 200 cells of each strain were inoculated onto the vitelline membranes of egg yolks, which were then submerged in the original albumen and incubated for 24 h at 42 degrees C. Under these conditions, the organisms survived in albumen but did not penetrate the vitelline membrane. However, in a similar experiment, penetration did occur when the specimens were incubated at 30 degrees C for 72 h. The results suggest that low numbers of S. enteritidis and S. typhimurium DT104 can be expected to survive in egg albumen during the 24-h period of egg formation in the oviduct but would be unlikely to invade the yolk.before oviposition. However, depending on storage conditions following oviposition, S. enteritidis, as well as S. typhimurium DT104, could survive longer and may eventually invade the egg yolks.
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- J Guan
- Ottawa Laboratory-Fallowfield, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Nepean K2H 8P9, Canada.
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Rodríguez M, de Diego I, Martínez N, Rosario Rodicio M, Carmen Mendoza M. Nontyphoidal Salmonella causing focal infections in patients admitted at a Spanish general hospital during an 11-year period (1991–2001). Int J Med Microbiol 2006; 296:211-22. [PMID: 16621698 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.01.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Revised: 12/13/2005] [Accepted: 01/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In focal infections (FI) caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella serotypes and recorded at a Spanish hospital 1991-2001, clinical and microbiological features were analyzed. Thirty-five revised episodes were related to infections of the digestive (10), urinary (10), pulmonar (4), vascular (4), osteoarticular (3) and central nervous (3) systems, and with a submaxillary lymph node. At least 16 episodes were associated with previous or concomitant gastroenteritis, 19 with primary or secondary bacteremia, and 18 with underlying diseases of different severity. Eighteen patients were male and 14 female (data were not available for three patients), while 1, 4, 12 and 15 patients were, respectively, categorized as children, young adults, senior adults and elderly. Sources of Salmonella strains were urine (13), blood (11), purulent abscess (8), cerebrospinal fluid (3), peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid, wound exudates, aneurism (2 of each), ascitic fluid, sputum, tracheal aspirate, needle aspirate, bone and lymph node (1 of each) samples. Only 28 Salmonella strains involved in FIs were available for further analysis. They were discriminated into 6 serotypes, and into 13 XbaI macrorestriction, 6 virulence, 11 antimicrobial resistance, 5 integron and 10 plasmid profiles. Broadly, the pattern of serotype distribution of salmonellas involved in FIs matched that of those causing gastroenteritis, with the pandemic Enteritidis and Typhimurium (18 and 6 strains, respectively) being clearly predominant. Within serotype, the same lineages (as revealed by XbaI-macrorestriction analysis as well as R- and V-profiles) were represented in both disease groups, with host-related factors apparently playing a more critical role than the individual strain in the outcome of the disease.
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- Mercedes Rodríguez
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Central de Asturias, E-33006 Oviedo, Spain.
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Giaouris ED, Nychas GJE. The adherence of Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 to stainless steel: the importance of the air-liquid interface and nutrient availability. Food Microbiol 2006; 23:747-52. [PMID: 16943077 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2006.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Accepted: 02/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Biofilm formation on stainless steel by Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis PT4 during growth in three different nutritious conditions was studied. The ability of micro-organisms to generate biofilms on the stainless steel surfaces was studied for a total period of 18 days at 20 degrees C, under three different experimental treatments: (i) growth medium (tryptone soy broth) was not refreshed (no further nutrients were provided) during the incubation period, (ii) growth medium was renewed every 2 days and (iii) growth medium was renewed every 2 days and at the same time the planktonic cells from the old medium were transferred to the new fresh medium. It was found that biofilms developed better and a higher number of adherent cells (ca. 10(7) cfu/cm(2)) were recovered when the organism was grown in periodically renewed nutrient medium than when the growth medium was not refreshed. Regardless of the availability of nutrients, biofilm development was better (range 2-3 logs greater) when coupons were not totally covered by the growth medium and part of the surface was exposed to the air-liquid interface, than when coupons were submerged in the medium. The results suggest that existence of air-liquid interface and adequate nutrient conditions provide the best environment for Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 biofilm formation on stainless steel. The possible role of stationary phase planktonic cells in biofilm development by sessile/attached microbial cells is also discussed.
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- Efstathios D Giaouris
- Laboratory of Microbiology and Biotechnology of Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
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Trebichavsky I, Splichalova A, Rychlik I, Hojna H, Muneta Y, Mori Y, Splichal I. Attenuated aroA Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium does not induce inflammatory response and early protection of gnotobiotic pigs against parental virulent LT2 strain. Vaccine 2006; 24:4285-9. [PMID: 16584815 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.02.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2005] [Revised: 02/09/2006] [Accepted: 02/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cytokine and inflammatory response against virulent LT2 strain and its attenuated aroA deletion mutant of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium were compared in gnotobiotic pigs. Contrary to the parental strain, the auxotrofic mutant did not induce IL-1beta, IL-18, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma in the ileum and plasma 24h after the infection, did not cause pathological changes in ileal epithelium and mesenteric lymph nodes or immunoreactivity of gp91 phox and peroxynitrite and was not immunostained for GroEL stress protein. The absence of induction of proinflammatory cytokines may be a reason why aroA mutant was unable to elicit any inflammatory response and protect pigs against challenge with virulent LT2 strain administered 24h later.
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- I Trebichavsky
- Department of Immunology and Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 549 22 Nový Hrádek, Czech Republic
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Na HS, Kim HJ, Lee HC, Hong Y, Rhee JH, Choy HE. Immune response induced by Salmonella typhimurium defective in ppGpp synthesis. Vaccine 2005; 24:2027-34. [PMID: 16356600 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2005] [Revised: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 11/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Systemic infection by Salmonella typhimurium requires coordinated expression of virulence genes found primarily in Salmonella Pathogenecity Islands (SPIs). We have previously reported that the intracellular signal that induces these virulence genes is a stringent signal molecule, ppGpp [Song et al. J Biol Chem 2003;279:34183]. In this study, we found that relA and spoT double mutant Salmonella (DeltappGpp strain), which is defective in ppGpp synthesis, was virtually avirulent in BALB/c mice. Subsequently, the live vaccine potential of the avirulent DeltappGpp Salmonella strain was determined. A single immunization with live DeltappGpp Salmonella efficiently protected mice from challenge with wild-type Salmonella at a dose 10(6)-fold above the LD50 30 days after immunization. Various assays revealed that immunization of mice with the DeltappGpp strain elicited both systemic and mucosal antibody responses, in addition to cell-mediated immunity.
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- Hee Sam Na
- Genome Research Center for Enteropathogenic Bacteria and Research Institute of Vibrio Infection, South Korea
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