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Mata AR, Pacheco CM, Cruz Pérez JF, Sáenz MM, Baca BE. In silico comparative analysis of GGDEF and EAL domain signaling proteins from the Azospirillum genomes. BMC Microbiol 2018; 18:20. [PMID: 29523074 PMCID: PMC5845226 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-018-1157-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP) second messenger exemplifies a signaling system that regulates many bacterial behaviors of key importance; among them, c-di-GMP controls the transition between motile and sessile life-styles in bacteria. Cellular c-di-GMP levels in bacteria are regulated by the opposite enzymatic activities of diguanylate cyclases and phosphodiesterases, which are proteins that have GGDEF and EAL domains, respectively. Azospirillum is a genus of plant-growth-promoting bacteria, and members of this genus have beneficial effects in many agronomically and ecologically essential plants. These bacteria also inhabit aquatic ecosystems, and have been isolated from humus-reducing habitats. Bioinformatic and structural approaches were used to identify genes predicted to encode GG[D/E]EF, EAL and GG[D/E]EF-EAL domain proteins from nine genome sequences. RESULTS The analyzed sequences revealed that the genomes of A. humicireducens SgZ-5T, A. lipoferum 4B, Azospirillum sp. B510, A. thiophilum BV-ST, A. halopraeferens DSM3675, A. oryzae A2P, and A. brasilense Sp7, Sp245 and Az39 encode for 29 to 41 of these predicted proteins. Notably, only 15 proteins were conserved in all nine genomes: eight GGDEF, three EAL and four GGDEF-EAL hybrid domain proteins, all of which corresponded to core genes in the genomes. The predicted proteins exhibited variable lengths, architectures and sensor domains. In addition, the predicted cellular localizations showed that some of the proteins to contain transmembrane domains, suggesting that these proteins are anchored to the membrane. Therefore, as reported in other soil bacteria, the Azospirillum genomes encode a large number of proteins that are likely involved in c-di-GMP metabolism. In addition, the data obtained here strongly suggest host specificity and environment specific adaptation. CONCLUSIONS Bacteria of the Azospirillum genus cope with diverse environmental conditions to survive in soil and aquatic habitats and, in certain cases, to colonize and benefit their host plant. Gaining information on the structures of proteins involved in c-di-GMP metabolism in Azospirillum appears to be an important step in determining the c-di-GMP signaling pathways, involved in the transition of a motile cell towards a biofilm life-style, as an example of microbial genome plasticity under diverse in situ environments.
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- Alberto Ramírez Mata
- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Edif. IC11, Ciudad Universitaria, Col. San Manuel Puebla Pue, CP72570 Puebla, Mexico
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- Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad #1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P, 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Edif. IC11, Ciudad Universitaria, Col. San Manuel Puebla Pue, CP72570 Puebla, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Edif. IC11, Ciudad Universitaria, Col. San Manuel Puebla Pue, CP72570 Puebla, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Edif. IC11, Ciudad Universitaria, Col. San Manuel Puebla Pue, CP72570 Puebla, Mexico
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Markova JA, Anganova EV, Turskaya AL, Bybin VA, Savilov ED. Regulation of Escherichia coli Biofilm Formation (Review). APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683818010040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Depluverez S, Daled S, De Waele S, Planckaert S, Schoovaerts J, Deforce D, Devreese B. Microfluidics-based LC-MS MRM approach for the relative quantification of Burkholderia cenocepacia secreted virulence factors. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2018; 32:469-479. [PMID: 29322563 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Burkholderia cenocepacia is an opportunistic pathogen that is commonly isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Several virulence factors have been identified, including extracellular enzymes that are secreted by type II and type VI secretion systems. The activity of these secretion systems is modulated by quorum sensing. Apart from the classical acylhomoserine lactone quorum sensing, B. cenocepacia also uses the diffusible signal factor system (DSF) i.e. 2-undecenoic acid derivatives that are recognized by specific receptors resulting in changes in biofilm formation, motility and virulence. However, quantitative information on alterations in the actual production and release of virulence factors upon exposure to DSF is lacking. We here describe an approach implementing microfluidics based chromatography combined with single reaction monitoring to quantify protein virulence factors in the secretome of B. cenocepacia.
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- Sofie Depluverez
- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE), Ghent University, KL Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE), Ghent University, KL Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE), Ghent University, KL Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE), Ghent University, KL Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-ProBE), Ghent University, KL Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Gründling A, Lee VT. Old concepts, new molecules and current approaches applied to the bacterial nucleotide signalling field. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2017; 371:rstb.2015.0503. [PMID: 27672152 PMCID: PMC5052745 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Signalling nucleotides are key molecules that help bacteria to rapidly coordinate cellular pathways and adapt to changes in their environment. During the past 10 years, the nucleotide signalling field has seen much excitement, as several new signalling nucleotides have been discovered in both eukaryotic and bacterial cells. The fields have since advanced quickly, aided by the development of important tools such as the synthesis of modified nucleotides, which, combined with sensitive mass spectrometry methods, allowed for the rapid identification of specific receptor proteins along with other novel genome-wide screening methods. In this review, we describe the principle concepts of nucleotide signalling networks and summarize the recent work that led to the discovery of the novel signalling nucleotides. We also highlight current approaches applied to the research in the field as well as resources and methodological advances aiding in a rapid identification of nucleotide-specific receptor proteins. This article is part of the themed issue ‘The new bacteriology’.
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- Angelika Gründling
- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Hengge R. Trigger phosphodiesterases as a novel class of c-di-GMP effector proteins. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2017; 371:rstb.2015.0498. [PMID: 27672149 PMCID: PMC5052742 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The bacterial second messenger c-di-GMP controls bacterial biofilm formation, motility, cell cycle progression, development and virulence. It is synthesized by diguanylate cyclases (with GGDEF domains), degraded by specific phosphodiesterases (PDEs, with EAL of HD-GYP domains) and sensed by a wide variety of c-di-GMP-binding effectors that control diverse targets. c-di-GMP-binding effectors can be riboswitches as well as proteins with highly diverse structures and functions. The latter include ‘degenerate’ GGDEF/EAL domain proteins that are enzymatically inactive but still able to bind c-di-GMP. Surprisingly, two enzymatically active ‘trigger PDEs’, the Escherichia coli proteins PdeR and PdeL, have recently been added to this list of c-di-GMP-sensing effectors. Mechanistically, trigger PDEs are multifunctional. They directly and specifically interact with a macromolecular target (e.g. with a transcription factor or directly with a promoter region), whose activity they control by their binding and degradation of c-di-GMP—their PDE activity thus represents the c-di-GMP sensor or effector function. In this process, c-di-GMP serves as a regulatory ligand, but in contrast to classical allosteric control, this ligand is also degraded. The resulting kinetics and circuitry of control are ideally suited for trigger PDEs to serve as key components in regulatory switches. This article is part of the themed issue ‘The new bacteriology’.
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- Regine Hengge
- Institute of Biology/Microbiology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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Nikolskaya AN, Arighi CN, Huang H, Barker WC, Wu CH. PIRSF Family Classification System for Protein Functional and Evolutionary Analysis. Evol Bioinform Online 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/117693430600200033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The PIRSF protein classification system ( http://pir.georgetown.edu/pirsf/ ) reflects evolutionary relationships of full-length proteins and domains. The primary PIRSF classification unit is the homeomorphic family, whose members are both homologous (evolved from a common ancestor) and homeomorphic (sharing full-length sequence similarity and a common domain architecture). PIRSF families are curated systematically based on literature review and integrative sequence and functional analysis, including sequence and structure similarity, domain architecture, functional association, genome context, and phyletic pattern. The results of classification and expert annotation are summarized in PIRSF family reports with graphical viewers for taxonomic distribution, domain architecture, family hierarchy, and multiple alignment and phylogenetic tree. The PIRSF system provides a comprehensive resource for bioinformatics analysis and comparative studies of protein function and evolution. Domain or fold-based searches allow identification of evolutionarily related protein families sharing domains or structural folds. Functional convergence and functional divergence are revealed by the relationships between protein classification and curated family functions. The taxonomic distribution allows the identification of lineage-specific or broadly conserved protein families and can reveal horizontal gene transfer. Here we demonstrate, with illustrative examples, how to use the web-based PIRSF system as a tool for functional and evolutionary studies of protein families.
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- Protein Information Resource, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
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- Protein Information Resource, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
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- Protein Information Resource, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
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- Protein Information Resource, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Lin Chua S, Liu Y, Li Y, Jun Ting H, Kohli GS, Cai Z, Suwanchaikasem P, Kau Kit Goh K, Pin Ng S, Tolker-Nielsen T, Yang L, Givskov M. Reduced Intracellular c-di-GMP Content Increases Expression of Quorum Sensing-Regulated Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:451. [PMID: 29090193 PMCID: PMC5650985 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is an intracellular secondary messenger which controls the biofilm life cycle in many bacterial species. High intracellular c-di-GMP content enhances biofilm formation via the reduction of motility and production of biofilm matrix, while low c-di-GMP content in biofilm cells leads to increased motility and biofilm dispersal. While the effect of high c-di-GMP levels on bacterial lifestyles is well studied, the physiology of cells at low c-di-GMP levels remains unclear. Here, we showed that Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells with high and low intracellular c-di-GMP contents possessed distinct transcriptome profiles. There were 535 genes being upregulated and 432 genes downregulated in cells with low c-di-GMP, as compared to cells with high c-di-GMP. Interestingly, both rhl and pqs quorum-sensing (QS) operons were expressed at higher levels in cells with low intracellular c-di-GMP content compared with cells with higher c-di-GMP content. The induced expression of pqs and rhl QS required a functional PqsR, the transcriptional regulator of pqs QS. Next, we observed increased production of pqs and rhl-regulated virulence factors, such as pyocyanin and rhamnolipids, in P. aeruginosa cells with low c-di-GMP levels, conferring them with increased intracellular survival rates and cytotoxicity against murine macrophages. Hence, our data suggested that low intracellular c-di-GMP levels in bacteria could induce QS-regulated virulence, in particular rhamnolipids that cripple the cellular components of the innate immune system.
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- Song Lin Chua
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Costerton Biofilm Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.,School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Costerton Biofilm Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Activation of Bvg-Repressed Genes in Bordetella pertussis by RisA Requires Cross Talk from Noncooperonic Histidine Kinase RisK. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00475-17. [PMID: 28827216 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00475-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The two-component response regulator RisA, encoded by open reading frame BP3554 in the Bordetella pertussis Tohama I genomic sequence, is a known activator of vrg genes, a set of genes whose expression is increased under the same environmental conditions (known as modulation) that result in repression of the bvgAS virulence regulon. Here we demonstrate that RisA is phosphorylated in vivo and that RisA phosphorylation is required for activation of vrg genes. An adjacent histidine kinase gene, risS, is truncated by frameshift mutation in B. pertussis but not in Bordetella bronchiseptica or Bordetella parapertussis Neither deletion of risS' or bvgAS nor phenotypic modulation with MgSO4 affected levels of phosphorylated RisA (RisA∼P) in B. pertussis However, RisA phosphorylation did require the histidine kinase encoded by BP3223, here named RisK (cognate histidine kinase of RisA). RisK was also required for expression of the vrg genes. This requirement could be obviated by the introduction of the phosphorylation-mimicking RisAD60E mutant, indicating that an active conformation of RisA, but not phosphorylation per se, is crucial for vrg activation. Interestingly, expression of vrg genes is still modulated by MgSO4 in cells harboring the RisAD60E mutation, suggesting that the activated RisA senses additional signals to control vrg expression in response to environmental stimuli.IMPORTANCE In B. pertussis, the BvgAS two-component system activates the expression of virulence genes by binding of BvgA∼P to their promoters. Expression of the reciprocally regulated vrg genes requires RisA and is also repressed by the Bvg-activated BvgR. RisA is an OmpR-like response regulator, but RisA phosphorylation was not expected because the gene for its presumed, cooperonic, histidine kinase is inactivated by mutation. In this study, we demonstrate phosphorylation of RisA in vivo by a noncooperonic histidine kinase. We also show that RisA phosphorylation is necessary but not sufficient for vrg activation but, importantly, is not affected by BvgAS status. Instead, we propose that vrg expression is controlled by BvgAS through its regulation of BvgR, a cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) phosphodiesterase.
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Rossi E, Motta S, Aliverti A, Cossu F, Gourlay L, Mauri P, Landini P. Cellulose production is coupled to sensing of the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway via c-di-GMP production by the DgcQ protein of Escherichia coli. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:4551-4563. [PMID: 28892259 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Production of cellulose, a stress response-mediated process in enterobacteria, is modulated in Escherichia coli by the activity of the two pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthetic pathways, namely, the de novo biosynthetic pathway and the salvage pathway, which relies on the environmental availability of pyrimidine nitrogenous bases. We had previously reported that prevalence of the salvage over the de novo pathway triggers cellulose production via synthesis of the second messenger c-di-GMP by the DgcQ (YedQ) diguanylate cyclase. In this work, we show that DgcQ enzymatic activity is enhanced by UTP, whilst being inhibited by N-carbamoyl-aspartate, an intermediate of the de novo pathway. Thus, direct allosteric control by these ligands allows full DgcQ activity exclusively in cells actively synthesizing pyrimidine nucleotides via the salvage pathway. Inhibition of DgcQ activity by N-carbamoyl-aspartate appears to be favoured by protein-protein interaction between DgcQ and PyrB, a subunit of aspartate transcarbamylase, which synthesizes N-carbamoyl-aspartate. Our results suggest that availability of pyrimidine bases might be sensed, somehow paradoxically, as an environmental stress by E. coli. We hypothesize that this link might have evolved since stress events, leading to extensive DNA/RNA degradation or lysis of neighbouring cells, can result in increased pyrimidine concentrations and activation of the salvage pathway.
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- Elio Rossi
- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Segrate, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Segrate, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Involvement of Two-Component Signaling on Bacterial Motility and Biofilm Development. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00259-17. [PMID: 28533218 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00259-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Two-component signaling is a specialized mechanism that bacteria use to respond to changes in their environment. Nonpathogenic strains of Escherichia coli K-12 harbor 30 histidine kinases and 32 response regulators, which form a network of regulation that integrates many other global regulators that do not follow the two-component signaling mechanism, as well as signals from central metabolism. The output of this network is a multitude of phenotypic changes in response to changes in the environment. Among these phenotypic changes, many two-component systems control motility and/or the formation of biofilm, sessile communities of bacteria that form on surfaces. Motility is the first reversible attachment phase of biofilm development, followed by a so-called swim or stick switch toward surface organelles that aid in the subsequent phases. In the mature biofilm, motility heterogeneity is generated by a combination of evolutionary and gene regulatory events.
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Cyclic di-GMP regulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to ethionamide. Sci Rep 2017; 7:5860. [PMID: 28725053 PMCID: PMC5517500 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06289-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis is still on the top of infectious diseases list on both mobility and mortality, especially due to drug-resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb). Ethionamide (ETH) is one of effective second line anti-TB drugs, a synthetic compound similar to isoniazid (INH) structurally, with existing severe problem of ETH resistance. ETH is a prodrug, which is activated by Etha inside M.tb, and etha is transcriptionally repressed by Ethr. We found that c-di-GMP could bind Ethr, enhanced the binding of Ethr to the promoter of etha, and then repressed the transcription of etha, thus caused resistance of M.tb to ETH. Through docking analysis and in vitro validation, we identified that c-di-GMP binds 3 amino acids of Ethr, i.e., Q125, R181 and E190, while the first 2 were the major binding sites. Homology analysis showed that Ethr was highly conservative among mycobacteria. Further docking analysis showed that c-di-GMP preferentially bound proteins of TetR family at the junction hole of symmetric dimer or tetramer proteins. Our results suggest a possible drug-resistance mechanism of ETH through the regulation of Ethr by c-di-GMP.
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Hossain S, Nisbett LM, Boon EM. Discovery of Two Bacterial Nitric Oxide-Responsive Proteins and Their Roles in Bacterial Biofilm Regulation. Acc Chem Res 2017; 50:1633-1639. [PMID: 28605194 PMCID: PMC5654536 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Bacterial biofilms form when bacteria adhere to a surface and produce an exopolysaccharide matrix ( Costerton Science 1999 , 284 , 1318 ; Davies Science 1998 , 280 , 295 ; Flemming Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 2010 , 8 , 623 ). Because biofilms are resistant to antibiotics, they are problematic in many aspects of human health and welfare, causing, for instance, persistent fouling of medical implants such as catheters and artificial joints ( Brunetto Chimia 2008 , 62 , 249 ). They are responsible for chronic infections in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients and in open wounds, such as those associated with burns and diabetes. They are also a major contributor to hospital-acquired infections ( Sievert Infec. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2013 , 34 , 1 ; Tatterson Front. Biosci. 2001 , 6 , D890 ). It has been hypothesized that effective methods of biofilm control will have widespread application ( Landini Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2010 , 86 , 813 ). A promising strategy is to target the mechanisms that drive biofilm dispersal, because dispersal results in biofilm removal and in the restoration of antibiotic sensitivity. First documented in Nitrosomonas europaea ( Schmidt J. Bacteriol. 2004 , 186 , 2781 ) and the cystic fibrosis-associated pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( Barraud J. Bacteriol. 2006 , 188 , 7344 ; J. Bacteriol. 2009 , 191 , 7333 ), regulation of biofilm formation by nanomolar levels of the diatomic gas nitric oxide (NO) has now been documented in numerous bacteria ( Barraud Microb. Biotechnol. 2009 , 2 , 370 ; McDougald Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 2012 , 10 , 39 ; Arora Biochemistry 2015 , 54 , 3717 ; Barraud Curr. Pharm. Des. 2015 , 21 , 31 ). NO-mediated pathways are, therefore, promising candidates for biofilm regulation. Characterization of the NO sensors and NO-regulated signaling pathways should allow for rational manipulation of these pathways for therapeutic applications. Several laboratories, including our own, have shown that a class of NO sensors called H-NOX (heme-nitric oxide or oxygen binding domain) affects biofilm formation by regulating intracellular cyclic di-GMP concentrations and quorum sensing ( Arora Biochemistry 2015 , 54 , 3717 ; Plate Trends Biochem. Sci. 2013 , 38 , 566 ; Nisbett Biochemistry 2016 , 55 , 4873 ). Many bacteria that respond to NO do not encode an hnoX gene, however. My laboratory has now discovered an additional family of bacterial NO sensors, called NosP (nitric oxide sensing protein). Importantly, NosP domains are widely conserved in bacteria, especially Gram-negative bacteria, where they are encoded as fusions with or in close chromosomal proximity to histidine kinases or cyclic di-GMP synthesis or phosphodiesterase enzyme, consistent with signaling. In this Account, we briefly review NO and H-NOX signaling in bacterial biofilms, describe our discovery of the NosP family, and provide support for its role in biofilm regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vibrio cholerae, Legionella pneumophila, and Shewanella oneidensis.
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- Sajjad Hossain
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215, United States
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- Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
- Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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Pal C, Chakraborty TK. Synthesis of Amide-Linked Cyclic Dinucleotide Analogues with Pyrimidine Bases. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201700260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Chandan Pal
- Department of Organic Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore- 560012 India
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Caballo-Ponce E, Murillo J, Martínez-Gil M, Moreno-Pérez A, Pintado A, Ramos C. Knots Untie: Molecular Determinants Involved in Knot Formation Induced by Pseudomonas savastanoi in Woody Hosts. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1089. [PMID: 28680437 PMCID: PMC5478681 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The study of the molecular basis of tree diseases is lately receiving a renewed attention, especially with the emerging perception that pathogens require specific pathogenicity and virulence factors to successfully colonize woody hosts. Pathosystems involving woody plants are notoriously difficult to study, although the use of model bacterial strains together with genetically homogeneous micropropagated plant material is providing a significant impetus to our understanding of the molecular determinants leading to disease. The gammaproteobacterium Pseudomonas savastanoi belongs to the intensively studied Pseudomonas syringae complex, and includes three pathogenic lineages causing tumorous overgrowths (knots) in diverse economically relevant trees and shrubs. As it occurs with many other bacteria, pathogenicity of P. savastanoi is dependent on a type III secretion system, which is accompanied by a core set of at least 20 effector genes shared among strains isolated from olive, oleander, and ash. The induction of knots of wild-type size requires that the pathogen maintains adequate levels of diverse metabolites, including the phytohormones indole-3-acetic acid and cytokinins, as well as cyclic-di-GMP, some of which can also regulate the expression of other pathogenicity and virulence genes and participate in bacterial competitiveness. In a remarkable example of social networking, quorum sensing molecules allow for the communication among P. savastanoi and other members of the knot microbiome, while at the same time are essential for tumor formation. Additionally, a distinguishing feature of bacteria from the P. syringae complex isolated from woody organs is the possession of a 15 kb genomic island (WHOP) carrying four operons and three other genes involved in degradation of phenolic compounds. Two of these operons mediate the catabolism of anthranilate and catechol and, together with another operon, are required for the induction of full-size tumors in woody hosts, but not in non-woody micropropagated plants. The use of transposon mutagenesis also uncovered a treasure trove of additional P. savastanoi genes affecting virulence and participating in diverse bacterial processes. Although there is still much to be learned on what makes a bacterium a successful pathogen of trees, we are already untying the knots.
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- Eloy Caballo-Ponce
- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMálaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Agraria, ETS de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Pública de NavarraPamplona, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMálaga, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMálaga, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMálaga, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’, Universidad de Málaga–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMálaga, Spain
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Hossain S, Boon EM. Discovery of a Novel Nitric Oxide Binding Protein and Nitric-Oxide-Responsive Signaling Pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ACS Infect Dis 2017; 3:454-461. [PMID: 28238256 PMCID: PMC5468770 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nitric
oxide (NO) is a radical diatomic gas molecule that, at low concentrations,
plays important signaling roles in both eukaryotes and bacteria. In
recent years, it has become evident that bacteria respond to low levels
of NO in order to modulate their group behavior. Many bacteria respond
via NO ligation to a well-established NO sensor called H-NOX (heme-nitric
oxide/oxygen binding domain). Many others, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, lack an annotated hnoX gene in their genome yet are able to respond to low
levels of NO to disperse their biofilms. This suggests the existence
of a previously uncharacterized NO sensor. In this study, we describe
the discovery of a novel nitric oxide binding protein (NosP; NO-sensing
protein), which is much more widely conserved in bacteria than H-NOX,
as well as a novel NO-responsive pathway in P. aeruginosa. We demonstrate that biofilms of a P. aeruginosa mutant lacking components of the NosP pathway lose the ability to
disperse in response to NO. Upon cloning, expressing, and purifying
NosP, we find it binds heme and ligates to NO with a dissociation
rate constant that is comparable to that of other well-established
NO-sensing proteins. Moreover, we show that NO-bound NosP is able
to regulate the phosphorelay activity of a hybrid histidine kinase
that is involved in biofilm regulation in P. aeruginosa. Thus, here, we present evidence of a novel NO-responsive pathway
that regulates biofilm in P. aeruginosa.
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- Sajjad Hossain
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, ‡Department of Chemistry, and §Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, ‡Department of Chemistry, and §Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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da Costa Vasconcelos FN, Maciel NK, Favaro DC, de Oliveira LC, Barbosa AS, Salinas RK, de Souza RF, Farah CS, Guzzo CR. Structural and Enzymatic Characterization of a cAMP-Dependent Diguanylate Cyclase from Pathogenic Leptospira Species. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:2337-2352. [PMID: 28601495 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni is a human pathogen that causes leptospirosis, a worldwide zoonosis. The L. interrogans genome codes for a wide array of potential diguanylate cyclase (DGC) enzymes with characteristic GGDEF domains capable of synthesizing the cyclic dinucleotide c-di-GMP, known to regulate transitions between different cellular behavioral states in bacteria. Among such enzymes, LIC13137 (Lcd1), which has an N-terminal cGMP-specific phosphodiesterases, adenylyl cyclases, and FhlA (GAF) domain and a C-terminal GGDEF domain, is notable for having close orthologs present only in pathogenic Leptospira species. Although the function and structure of GGDEF and GAF domains have been studied extensively separately, little is known about enzymes with the GAF-GGDEF architecture. In this report, we address the question of how the GAF domain regulates the DGC activity of Lcd1. The full-length Lcd1 and its GAF domain form dimers in solution. The GAF domain binds specifically cAMP (KD of 0.24μM) and has an important role in the regulation of the DGC activity of the GGDEF domain. Lcd1 DGC activity is negligible in the absence of cAMP and is significantly enhanced in its presence (specific activity of 0.13s-1). The crystal structure of the Lcd1 GAF domain in complex with cAMP provides valuable insights toward explaining its specificity for cAMP and pointing to possible mechanisms by which this cyclic nucleotide regulates the assembly of an active DGC enzyme.
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil; Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil.
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Sajadi E, Babaipour V, Deldar AA, Yakhchali B, Fatemi SSA. Enhancement of crystallinity of cellulose produced by Escherichia coli through heterologous expression of bcsD gene from Gluconacetobacter xylinus. Biotechnol Lett 2017; 39:1395-1401. [PMID: 28573539 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-017-2366-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the crystallinity index of the cellulose produced by Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 after heterologous expression of the cellulose synthase subunit D (bcsD) gene of Gluconacetobacter xylinus BPR2001. RESULTS The bcsD gene of G. xylinus BPR2001 was expressed in E. coli and its protein product was visualized using SDS-PAGE. FTIR analysis showed that the crystallinity index of the cellulose produced by the recombinants was 0.84, which is 17% more than that of the wild type strain. The increased crystallinity index was also confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. The cellulose content was not changed significantly after over-expressing the bcsD. CONCLUSION The bcsD gene can improve the crystalline structure of the bacterial cellulose but there is not any significant difference between the amounts of cellulose produced by the recombinant and wild type E. coli Nissle 1917.
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- Elaheh Sajadi
- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Institute of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology (IIEB), National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, P.O. Box: 14965/161, Iran
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Institute of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology (IIEB), National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, P.O. Box: 14965/161, Iran
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Institute of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology (IIEB), National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, P.O. Box: 14965/161, Iran.
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Angerer V, Schwenk P, Wallner T, Kaever V, Hiltbrunner A, Wilde A. The protein Slr1143 is an active diguanylate cyclase in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and interacts with the photoreceptor Cph2. Microbiology (Reading) 2017. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Veronika Angerer
- Institute for Biology III, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biology III, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover Medical School, 30623 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biology III, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Yssel AEJ, Vanderleyden J, Steenackers HP. Repurposing of nucleoside- and nucleobase-derivative drugs as antibiotics and biofilm inhibitors. J Antimicrob Chemother 2017; 72:2156-2170. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Schmid N, Suppiger A, Steiner E, Pessi G, Kaever V, Fazli M, Tolker-Nielsen T, Jenal U, Eberl L. High intracellular c-di-GMP levels antagonize quorum sensing and virulence gene expression in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2017; 163:754-764. [PMID: 28463102 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The opportunistic human pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 uses two chemically distinct signal molecules for controlling gene expression in a cell density-dependent manner: N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) and cis-2-dodecenoic acid (BDSF). Binding of BDSF to its cognate receptor RpfR lowers the intracellular c-di-GMP level, which in turn leads to differential expression of target genes. In this study we analysed the transcriptional profile of B. cenocepacia H111 upon artificially altering the cellular c-di-GMP level. One hundred and eleven genes were shown to be differentially expressed, 96 of which were downregulated at a high c-di-GMP concentration. Our analysis revealed that the BDSF, AHL and c-di-GMP regulons overlap for the regulation of 24 genes and that a high c-di-GMP level suppresses expression of AHL-regulated genes. Phenotypic analyses confirmed changes in the expression of virulence factors, the production of AHL signal molecules and the biosynthesis of different biofilm matrix components upon altered c-di-GMP levels. We also demonstrate that the intracellular c-di-GMP level determines the virulence of B. cenocepacia to Caenorhabditis elegans and Galleria mellonella.
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- Nadine Schmid
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Focal Area of Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Activation Mechanism and Cellular Localization of Membrane-Anchored Alginate Polymerase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.03499-16. [PMID: 28258142 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03499-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The exopolysaccharide alginate, produced by the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, confers a survival advantage to the bacterium by contributing to the formation of characteristic biofilms during infection. Membrane-anchored proteins Alg8 (catalytic subunit) and Alg44 (copolymerase) constitute the alginate polymerase that is being activated by the second messenger molecule bis-(3', 5')-cyclic dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP), but the mechanism of activation remains elusive. To shed light on the c-di-GMP-mediated activation of alginate polymerization in vivo, an in silico structural model of Alg8 fused to the c-di-GMP binding PilZ domain informed by the structure of cellulose synthase, BcsA, was developed. This structural model was probed by site-specific mutagenesis and different cellular levels of c-di-GMP. Results suggested that c-di-GMP-mediated activation of alginate polymerization involves amino acids residing at two loops, including H323 (loop A) and T457 and E460 (loop B), surrounding the catalytic site in the predicted model. The activities of the respective Alg8 variants suggested that c-di-GMP-mediated control of substrate access to the catalytic site of Alg8 is dissimilar to the known activation mechanism of BcsA. Alg8 variants responded differently to various c-di-GMP levels, while MucR imparted c-di-GMP for activation of alginate polymerase. Furthermore, we showed that Alg44 copolymerase constituted a stable dimer, with its periplasmic domains required for protein localization and alginate polymerization and modification. Superfolder green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions of Alg8 and Alg44 showed a nonuniform, punctate, and patchy arrangement of both proteins surrounding the cell. Overall, this study provides insights into the c-di-GMP-mediated activation of alginate polymerization while assigning functional roles to Alg8 and Alg44, including their subcellular localization and distribution.IMPORTANCE The exopolysaccharide alginate is an important biofilm component of the opportunistic human pathogen P. aeruginosa and the principal cause of the mucoid phenotype that is the hallmark of chronic infections of cystic fibrosis patients. The production of alginate is mediated by interacting membrane proteins Alg8 and Alg44, while their activity is posttranslationally regulated by the second messenger c-di-GMP, a well-known regulator of the synthesis of a range of other exopolysaccharides in bacteria. This study provides new insights into the unknown activation mechanism of alginate polymerization by c-di-GMP. Experimental evidence that the activation of alginate polymerization requires the engagement of specific amino acid residues residing at the catalytic domain of Alg8 glycosyltransferase was obtained, and these residues are proposed to exert an allosteric effect on the PilZAlg44 domain upon c-di-GMP binding. This mechanism is dissimilar to the proposed mechanism of the autoinhibition of cellulose polymerization imposed by salt bridge formation between amino acid residues and released upon c-di-GMP binding, leading to activation of polymerization. On the other hand, conserved amino acid residues in the periplasmic domain of Alg44 were found to be involved in alginate polymerization as well as modification events, i.e., acetylation and epimerization. Due to the critical role of c-di-GMP in the regulation of many biological processes, particularly the motility-sessility switch and also the emergence of persisting mucoid phenotypes, these results aid to reach a better understanding of biofilm-associated regulatory networks and c-di-GMP signaling and might assist the development of inhibitory drugs.
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Velmourougane K, Prasanna R, Saxena AK. Agriculturally important microbial biofilms: Present status and future prospects. J Basic Microbiol 2017; 57:548-573. [PMID: 28407275 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201700046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Revised: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Microbial biofilms are a fascinating subject, due to their significant roles in the environment, industry, and health. Advances in biochemical and molecular techniques have helped in enhancing our understanding of biofilm structure and development. In the past, research on biofilms primarily focussed on health and industrial sectors; however, lately, biofilms in agriculture are gaining attention due to their immense potential in crop production, protection, and improvement. Biofilms play an important role in colonization of surfaces - soil, roots, or shoots of plants and enable proliferation in the desired niche, besides enhancing soil fertility. Although reports are available on microbial biofilms in general; scanty information is published on biofilm formation by agriculturally important microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, bacterial-fungal) and their interactions in the ecosystem. Better understanding of agriculturally important bacterial-fungal communities and their interactions can have several implications on climate change, soil quality, plant nutrition, plant protection, bioremediation, etc. Understanding the factors and genes involved in biofilm formation will help to develop more effective strategies for sustainable and environment-friendly agriculture. The present review brings together fundamental aspects of biofilms, in relation to their formation, regulatory mechanisms, genes involved, and their application in different fields, with special emphasis on agriculturally important microbial biofilms.
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- Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), Mau Nath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Kato K, Omura H, Ishitani R, Nureki O. Cyclic GMP-AMP as an Endogenous Second Messenger in Innate Immune Signaling by Cytosolic DNA. Annu Rev Biochem 2017; 86:541-566. [PMID: 28399655 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-061516-044813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The innate immune system functions as the first line of defense against invading bacteria and viruses. In this context, the cGAS/STING [cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP)-adenosine monophosphate (AMP) synthase/STING] signaling axis perceives the nonself DNA associated with bacterial and viral infections, as well as the leakage of self DNA by cellular dysfunction and stresses, to elicit the host's immune responses. In this pathway, the noncanonical cyclic dinucleotide 2',3'-cyclic GMP-AMP (2',3'-cGAMP) functions as a second messenger for signal transduction: 2',3'-cGAMP is produced by the enzyme cGAS upon its recognition of double-stranded DNA, and then the 2',3'-cGAMP is recognized by the receptor STING to induce the phosphorylation of downstream factors, including TBK1 (TANK binding kinase 1) and IRF3 (interferon regulatory factor 3). Numerous crystal structures of the components of this cGAS/STING signaling axis have been reported and these clarify the structural basis for their signal transduction mechanisms. In this review, we summarize recent progress made in the structural dissection of this signaling pathway and indicate possible directions of forthcoming research.
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- Kazuki Kato
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan; ,
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan; ,
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan; ,
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan; ,
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Thermoregulation of Biofilm Formation in Burkholderia pseudomallei Is Disrupted by Mutation of a Putative Diguanylate Cyclase. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00780-16. [PMID: 27956524 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00780-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Burkholderia pseudomallei, a tier 1 select agent and the etiological agent of melioidosis, transitions from soil and aquatic environments to infect a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. During the transition from an environmental saprophyte to a mammalian pathogen, B. pseudomallei encounters and responds to rapidly changing environmental conditions. Environmental sensing systems that control cellular levels of cyclic di-GMP promote pathogen survival in diverse environments. Cyclic di-GMP controls biofilm production, virulence factors, and motility in many bacteria. This study is an evaluation of cyclic di-GMP-associated genes that are predicted to metabolize and interact with cyclic di-GMP as identified from the annotated genome of B. pseudomallei 1026b. Mutants containing transposon disruptions in each of these genes were characterized for biofilm formation and motility at two temperatures that reflect conditions that the bacteria encounter in the environment and during the infection of a mammalian host. Mutants with transposon insertions in a known phosphodiesterase (cdpA) and a predicted hydrolase (Bp1026b_I2285) gene exhibited decreased motility regardless of temperature. In contrast, the phenotypes exhibited by mutants with transposon insertion mutations in a predicted diguanylate cyclase gene (Bp1026b_II2523) were strikingly influenced by temperature and were dependent on a conserved GG(D/E)EF motif. The transposon insertion mutant exhibited enhanced biofilm formation at 37°C but impaired biofilm formation at 30°C. These studies illustrate the importance of studying behaviors regulated by cyclic di-GMP under varied environmental conditions in order to better understand cyclic di-GMP signaling in bacterial pathogens.IMPORTANCE This report evaluates predicted cyclic di-GMP binding and metabolic proteins from Burkholderia pseudomallei 1026b, a tier 1 select agent and the etiologic agent of melioidosis. Transposon insertion mutants with disruptions in each of the genes encoding these predicted proteins were characterized in order to identify key components of the B. pseudomallei cyclic di-GMP-signaling network. A predicted hydrolase and a phosphodiesterase that modulate swimming motility were identified, in addition to a diguanylate cyclase that modulates biofilm formation and motility in response to temperature. These studies warrant further evaluation of the contribution of cyclic di-GMP to melioidosis in the context of pathogen acquisition from environmental reservoirs and subsequent colonization, dissemination, and persistence within the host.
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Ahmad I, Cimdins A, Beske T, Römling U. Detailed analysis of c-di-GMP mediated regulation of csgD expression in Salmonella typhimurium. BMC Microbiol 2017; 17:27. [PMID: 28148244 PMCID: PMC5289004 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-017-0934-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The secondary messenger cyclic di-GMP promotes biofilm formation by up regulating the expression of csgD, encoding the major regulator of rdar biofilm formation in Salmonella typhimurium. The GGDEF/EAL domain proteins regulate the c-di-GMP turnover. There are twenty- two GGDEF/EAL domain proteins in the genome of S. typhimurium. In this study, we dissect the role of individual GGDEF/EAL proteins for csgD expression and rdar biofilm development. RESULTS Among twelve GGDEF domains, two proteins upregulate and among fifteen EAL domains, four proteins down regulate csgD expression. We identified two additional GGDEF proteins required to promote optimal csgD expression. With the exception of the EAL domain of STM1703, solely, diguanylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase activities are required to regulate csgD mediated rdar biofilm formation. Identification of corresponding phosphodiesterases and diguanylate cyclases interacting in the csgD regulatory network indicates various levels of regulation by c-di-GMP. The phosphodiesterase STM1703 represses transcription of csgD via a distinct promoter upstream region. CONCLUSION The enzymatic activity and the protein scaffold of GGDEF/EAL domain proteins regulate csgD expression. Thereby, c-di-GMP adjusts csgD expression at multiple levels presumably using a multitude of input signals.
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- Irfan Ahmad
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Present Address: Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Present Address: Department of Biology, Laboratory for Microbiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Zhou J, Zheng Y, Roembke BT, Robinson S, Opoku-Temeng C, Sayre DA, Sintim HO. Fluorescent analogs of cyclic and linear dinucleotides as phosphodiesterase and oligoribonuclease activity probes. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra25394f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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2-Aminopurine or etheno adenosine cyclic dinucleotide probes can report the activity of cyclic dinucleotide PDEs or oligoribonucleases.
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- Jie Zhou
- Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery
- Purdue University
- West Lafayette
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery
- Purdue University
- West Lafayette
- USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Maryland
- College Park
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Maryland
- College Park
- USA
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- Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery
- Purdue University
- West Lafayette
- USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Maryland
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- USA
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- Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery
- Purdue University
- West Lafayette
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Cooley RB, O’Donnell JP, Sondermann H. Coincidence detection and bi-directional transmembrane signaling control a bacterial second messenger receptor. eLife 2016; 5:e21848. [PMID: 28001128 PMCID: PMC5231407 DOI: 10.7554/elife.21848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The second messenger c-di-GMP (or cyclic diguanylate) regulates biofilm formation, a physiological adaptation process in bacteria, via a widely conserved signaling node comprising a prototypical transmembrane receptor for c-di-GMP, LapD, and a cognate periplasmic protease, LapG. Previously, we reported a structure-function study of a soluble LapD•LapG complex, which established conformational changes in the receptor that lead to c-di-GMP-dependent protease recruitment (Chatterjee et al., 2014). This work also revealed a basal affinity of c-di-GMP-unbound receptor for LapG, the relevance of which remained enigmatic. Here, we elucidate the structural basis of coincidence detection that relies on both c-di-GMP and LapG binding to LapD for receptor activation. The data indicate that high-affinity for LapG relies on the formation of a receptor dimer-of-dimers, rather than a simple conformational change within dimeric LapD. The proposed mechanism provides a rationale of how external proteins can regulate receptor function and may also apply to c-di-GMP-metabolizing enzymes that are akin to LapD.
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- Richard B Cooley
- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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Liu Y, Chen S, Pan B, Guan Z, Yang Z, Duan L, Cai H. A subunit vaccine based on rH-NS induces protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by inducing the Th1 immune response and activating macrophages. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2016; 48:909-922. [PMID: 27563010 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmw078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a Gram-positive pathogen which causes tuberculosis in both animals and humans. All tested rH-NS formulations induced a specific Th1 response, as indicated by increased production of interferon γ (IFN-γ) and interleukin 2 (IL-2) by lymphocytes in the spleen of mice which were immunized with rH-NS alone or with rH-NS and the adjuvant cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP). Serum from mice immunized with rH-NS with or without adjuvant also had higher levels of IL-12p40 and TNF-α, compared with those from control mice immunized with phosphate-buffered saline. Both vaccines increased protective efficacy in mice which were challenged with Mtb H37Rv, as measured by reduced relative CFU counts in the lungs. We found that rH-NS induced the production of TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-12p40, which relied on the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases by stimulating the rapid phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38, and JNK, and on the activation of transcription factor NF-κB in macrophages. Additionally, we also found that rH-NS could interact with TLR2 but not TLR4 in pull-down assays. The rH-NS-induced cytokine production from TLR2-silenced RAW264.7 cells was lower than that from BALB/c macrophages. Prolonged exposure (>24 h) of RAW264.7 cells to rH-NS resulted in a significant enhancement in IFN-γ-induced MHC II expression, which was not found in shTLR2-treated RAW264.7 cells. These results suggest that rH-NS is a TLR2 agonist which induces the production of cytokines by macrophages and up-regulates macrophage function.
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- Yuan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing 101149, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking Universtiy Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking Universtiy Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking Universtiy Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Evolution of Ecological Diversity in Biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Altered Cyclic Diguanylate Signaling. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:2608-18. [PMID: 27021563 PMCID: PMC5019052 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00048-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The ecological and evolutionary forces that promote and maintain diversity in biofilms are not well understood. To quantify these forces, three Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations were experimentally evolved from strain PA14 in a daily cycle of attachment, assembly, and dispersal for 600 generations. Each biofilm population evolved diverse colony morphologies and mutator genotypes defective in DNA mismatch repair. This diversity enhanced population fitness and biofilm output, owing partly to rare, early colonizing mutants that enhanced attachment of others. Evolved mutants exhibited various levels of the intracellular signal cyclic-di-GMP, which associated with their timing of adherence. Manipulating cyclic-di-GMP levels within individual mutants revealed a network of interactions in the population that depended on various attachment strategies related to this signal. Diversification in biofilms may therefore arise and be reinforced by initial colonists that enable community assembly.
IMPORTANCE How biofilm diversity assembles, evolves, and contributes to community function is largely unknown. This presents a major challenge for understanding evolution during chronic infections and during the growth of all surface-associated microbes. We used experimental evolution to probe these dynamics and found that diversity, partly related to altered cyclic-di-GMP levels, arose and persisted due to the emergence of ecological interdependencies related to attachment patterns. Clonal isolates failed to capture population attributes, which points to the need to account for diversity in infections. More broadly, this study offers an experimental framework for linking phenotypic variation to distinct ecological strategies in biofilms and for studying eco-evolutionary interactions.
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Chrismas NAM, Barker G, Anesio AM, Sánchez-Baracaldo P. Genomic mechanisms for cold tolerance and production of exopolysaccharides in the Arctic cyanobacterium Phormidesmis priestleyi BC1401. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:533. [PMID: 27485510 PMCID: PMC4971617 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2846-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cyanobacteria are major primary producers in extreme cold ecosystems. Many lineages of cyanobacteria thrive in these harsh environments, but it is not fully understood how they survive in these conditions and whether they have evolved specific mechanisms of cold adaptation. Phormidesmis priestleyi is a cyanobacterium found throughout the cold biosphere (Arctic, Antarctic and alpine habitats). Genome sequencing of P. priestleyi BC1401, an isolate from a cryoconite hole on the Greenland Ice Sheet, has allowed for the examination of genes involved in cold shock response and production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). EPSs likely enable cyanobacteria to buffer the effects of extreme cold and by identifying mechanisms for EPS production in P. priestleyi BC1401 this study lays the way for investigating transcription and regulation of EPS production in an ecologically important cold tolerant cyanobacterium. RESULTS We sequenced the draft genome of P. priestleyi BC1401 and implemented a new de Bruijn graph visualisation approach combined with BLAST analysis to separate cyanobacterial contigs from a simple metagenome generated from non-axenic cultures. Comparison of known cold adaptation genes in P. priestleyi BC1401 with three relatives from other environments revealed no clear differences between lineages. Genes involved in EPS biosynthesis were identified from the Wzy- and ABC-dependent pathways. The numbers of genes involved in cell wall and membrane biogenesis in P. priestleyi BC1401 were typical relative to the genome size. A gene cluster implicated in biofilm formation was found homologous to the Wps system, although the intracellular signalling pathways by which this could be regulated remain unclear. CONCLUSIONS Results show that the genomic characteristics and complement of known cold shock genes in P. priestleyi BC1401 are comparable to related lineages from a wide variety of habitats, although as yet uncharacterised cold shock genes in this organism may still exist. EPS production by P. priestleyi BC1401 likely contributes to its ability to survive efficiently in cold environments, yet this mechanism is widely distributed throughout the cyanobacterial phylum. Discovering how these EPS related mechanisms are regulated may help explain why P. priestleyi BC1401 is so successful in cold environments where related lineages are not.
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- Nathan A M Chrismas
- Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK.
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- Cereal Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
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- Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
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- Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK.
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Ramos-González MI, Travieso ML, Soriano MI, Matilla MA, Huertas-Rosales Ó, Barrientos-Moreno L, Tagua VG, Espinosa-Urgel M. Genetic Dissection of the Regulatory Network Associated with High c-di-GMP Levels in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1093. [PMID: 27489550 PMCID: PMC4951495 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Most bacteria grow in nature forming multicellular structures named biofilms. The bacterial second messenger cyclic diguanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) is a key player in the regulation of the transition from planktonic to sessile lifestyles and this regulation is crucial in the development of biofilms. In Pseudomonas putida KT2440, Rup4959, a multidomain response regulator with diguanylate cyclase activity, when overexpressed causes an increment in the intracellular levels of c-di-GMP that gives rise to a pleiotropic phenotype consisting of increased biofilm formation and crinkly colony morphology. In a broad genomic screen we have isolated mutant derivatives that lose the crinkly morphology, designed as cfc (crinkle free colony). A total of 19 different genes have been identified as being related with the emergence of the cfc phenotype either because the expression or functionality of Rup4959 is compromised, or due to a lack of transduction of the c-di-GMP signal to downstream elements involved in the acquisition of the phenotype. Discernment between these possibilities was investigated by using a c-di-GMP biosensor and by HPLC-MS quantification of the second messenger. Interestingly five of the identified genes encode proteins with AAA+ ATPase domain. Among the bacterial determinants found in this screen are the global transcriptional regulators GacA, AlgU and FleQ and two enzymes involved in the arginine biosynthesis pathway. We present evidences that this pathway seems to be an important element to both the availability of the free pool of the second messenger c-di-GMP and to its further transduction as a signal for biosynthesis of biopolimers. In addition we have identified an uncharacterized hybrid sensor histidine kinase whose phosphoaceptor conserved histidine residue has been shown in this work to be required for in vivo activation of the orphan response regulator Rup4959, which suggests these two elements constitute a two-component phosphorelay system.
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- María Isabel Ramos-González
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada, Spain
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Chen Y, Liu S, Liu C, Huang Y, Chi K, Su T, Zhu D, Peng J, Xia Z, He J, Xu S, Hu W, Gu L. Dcsbis (PA2771) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a highly active diguanylate cyclase with unique activity regulation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29499. [PMID: 27388857 PMCID: PMC4937426 DOI: 10.1038/srep29499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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C-di-GMP (3',5' -Cyclic diguanylic acid) is an important second messenger in bacteria that influences virulence, motility, biofilm formation, and cell division. The level of c-di-GMP in cells is controlled by diguanyl cyclases (DGCs) and phosphodiesterases (PDEs). Here, we report the biochemical functions and crystal structure of the potential diguanylase Dcsbis (PA2771, a diguanylate cyclase with a self-blocked I-site) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. The full-length Dcsbis protein contains an N-terminal GAF domain and a C-terminal GGDEF domain. We showed that Dcsbis tightly coordinates cell motility without markedly affecting biofilm formation and is a diguanylate cyclase with a catalytic activity much higher than those of many other DGCs. Unexpectedly, we found that a peptide loop (protecting loop) extending from the GAF domain occupies the conserved inhibition site, thereby largely relieving the product-inhibition effect. A large hydrophobic pocket was observed in the GAF domain, thus suggesting that an unknown upstream signaling molecule may bind to the GAF domain, moving the protecting loop from the I-site and thereby turning off the enzymatic activity.
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- Ying Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- Institute for metabolic and neuropsychiatric disorders, Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou, Shandong, 256600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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Diepold A, Armitage JP. Type III secretion systems: the bacterial flagellum and the injectisome. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2016; 370:rstb.2015.0020. [PMID: 26370933 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The flagellum and the injectisome are two of the most complex and fascinating bacterial nanomachines. At their core, they share a type III secretion system (T3SS), a transmembrane export complex that forms the extracellular appendages, the flagellar filament and the injectisome needle. Recent advances, combining structural biology, cryo-electron tomography, molecular genetics, in vivo imaging, bioinformatics and biophysics, have greatly increased our understanding of the T3SS, especially the structure of its transmembrane and cytosolic components, the transcriptional, post-transcriptional and functional regulation and the remarkable adaptivity of the system. This review aims to integrate these new findings into our current knowledge of the evolution, function, regulation and dynamics of the T3SS, and to highlight commonalities and differences between the two systems, as well as their potential applications.
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- Andreas Diepold
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Purcell EB, Tamayo R. Cyclic diguanylate signaling in Gram-positive bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2016; 40:753-73. [PMID: 27354347 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuw013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The nucleotide second messenger 3'-5' cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP) is a central regulator of the transition between motile and non-motile lifestyles in bacteria, favoring sessility. Most research investigating the functions of c-di-GMP has focused on Gram-negative species, especially pathogens. Recent work in Gram-positive species has revealed that c-di-GMP plays similar roles in Gram-positives, though the precise targets and mechanisms of regulation may differ. The majority of bacterial life exists in a surface-associated state, with motility allowing bacteria to disseminate and colonize new environments. c-di-GMP signaling regulates flagellum biosynthesis and production of adherence factors and appears to be a primary mechanism by which bacteria sense and respond to surfaces. Ultimately, c-di-GMP influences the ability of a bacterium to alter its transcriptional program, physiology and behavior upon surface contact. This review discusses how bacteria are able to sense a surface via flagella and type IV pili, and the role of c-di-GMP in regulating the response to surfaces, with emphasis on studies of Gram-positive bacteria.
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- Erin B Purcell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Wu D, Li A, Ma F, Yang J, Xie Y. Genetic control and regulatory mechanisms of succinoglycan and curdlan biosynthesis in genus Agrobacterium. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:6183-6192. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7650-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lo YL, Shen L, Chang CH, Bhuwan M, Chiu CH, Chang HY. Regulation of Motility and Phenazine Pigment Production by FliA Is Cyclic-di-GMP Dependent in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155397. [PMID: 27175902 PMCID: PMC4866697 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The transcription factor FliA, also called sigma 28, is a major regulator of bacterial flagellar biosynthesis genes. Growing evidence suggest that in addition to motility, FliA is involved in controlling numerous bacterial behaviors, even though the underlying regulatory mechanism remains unclear. By using a transcriptional fusion to gfp that responds to cyclic (c)-di-GMP, this study revealed a higher c-di-GMP concentration in the fliA deletion mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa than in its wild-type strain PAO1. A comparative analysis of transcriptome profiles of P. aeruginosa PAO1 and its fliA deletion mutant revealed an altered expression of several c-di-GMP-modulating enzyme-encoding genes in the fliA deletion mutant. Moreover, the downregulation of PA4367 (bifA), a Glu-Ala-Leu motif-containing phosphodiesterase, in the fliA deletion mutant was confirmed using the β-glucuronidase reporter gene assay. FliA also altered pyocyanin and pyorubin production by modulating the c-di-GMP concentration. Complementing the fliA mutant strain with bifA restored the motility defect and pigment overproduction of the fliA mutant. Our results indicate that in addition to regulating flagellar gene transcription, FliA can modulate the c-di-GMP concentration to regulate the swarming motility and phenazine pigment production in P. aeruginosa.
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- Yi-Ling Lo
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
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- Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
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Kim HS, Cha E, Kim Y, Jeon YH, Olson BH, Byun Y, Park HD. Raffinose, a plant galactoside, inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation via binding to LecA and decreasing cellular cyclic diguanylate levels. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25318. [PMID: 27141909 PMCID: PMC4855137 DOI: 10.1038/srep25318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Biofilm formation on biotic or abiotic surfaces has unwanted consequences in medical, clinical, and industrial settings. Treatments with antibiotics or biocides are often ineffective in eradicating biofilms. Promising alternatives to conventional agents are biofilm-inhibiting compounds regulating biofilm development without toxicity to growth. Here, we screened a biofilm inhibitor, raffinose, derived from ginger. Raffinose, a galactotrisaccharide, showed efficient biofilm inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa without impairing its growth. Raffinose also affected various phenotypes such as colony morphology, matrix formation, and swarming motility. Binding of raffinose to a carbohydrate-binding protein called LecA was the cause of biofilm inhibition and altered phenotypes. Furthermore, raffinose reduced the concentration of the second messenger, cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP), by increased activity of a c-di-GMP specific phosphodiesterase. The ability of raffinose to inhibit P. aeruginosa biofilm formation and its molecular mechanism opens new possibilities for pharmacological and industrial applications.
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- Han-Shin Kim
- School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
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- School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong-ro 2511, Jochiwon-eup, Sejong, 339-700, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong-ro 2511, Jochiwon-eup, Sejong, 339-700, South Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong-ro 2511, Jochiwon-eup, Sejong, 339-700, South Korea
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- School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea
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Luo P, He X, Wang Y, Liu Q, Hu C. Comparative genomic analysis of six new-found integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) in Vibrio alginolyticus. BMC Microbiol 2016; 16:79. [PMID: 27145747 PMCID: PMC4857294 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-016-0692-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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Background Vibrio alginolyticus is ubiquitous in marine and estuarine environments. In 2012–2013, SXT/R391-like integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) in environmental V. alginolyticus strains were discovered and found to occur in 8.9 % of 192 V. alginolyticus strains, which suggests that V. alginolyticus may be a natural pool possessing resourceful ICEs. However, complete ICE sequences originating from this bacterium have not been reported, which represents a significant barrier to characterizing the ICEs of this bacterium and exploring their relationships with other ICEs. In the present study, we acquired six ICE sequences from five V. alginolyticus strains and performed a comparative analysis of these ICE genomes. Results A sequence analysis showed that there were only 14 variable bases dispersed between ICEValE0601 and ICEValHN492. ICEValE0601 and ICEValHN492 were treated as the same ICE. ICEValA056-1, ICEValE0601 and ICEValHN492 integrate into the 5′ end of the host’s prfC gene, and their Int and Xis share at least 97 % identity with their counterparts from SXT. ICEValE0601 or ICEValHN492 contain 50 of 52 conserved core genes in the SXT/R391 ICEs (not s025 or s026). ICEValA056-2, ICEValHN396 and ICEValHN437 have a different tRNA-ser integration site and a distinct int/xis module; however, the remaining backbone genes are highly similar to their counterparts in SXT/R391 ICEs. DNA sequences inserted into hotspot and variable regions of the ICEs are of various sizes. The variable genes of six ICEs encode a large array of functions to bestow various adaptive abilities upon their hosts, and only ICEValA056-1 contains drug-resistant genes. Many variable genes have orthologous and functionally related genes to those found in SXT/R391 ICEs, such as genes coding for a toxin-antitoxin system, a restriction-modification system, helicases and endonucleases. Six ICEs also contain a large number of unique genes or gene clusters that were not found in other ICEs. Six ICEs harbor more abundant transposase genes compared with other parts of their host genomes. A phylogenetic analysis indicated that transposase genes in these ICEs are highly diverse. Conclusions ICEValA056-1, ICEValE0601 and ICEValHN492 are typical members of the SXT/R391 family. ICEValA056-2, ICEValHN396 and ICEValHN437 form a new atypical group belonging to the SXT/R391 family. In addition to the many genes found to be present in other ICEs, six ICEs contain a large number of unique genes or gene clusters that were not found in other ICEs. ICEs may serve as a carrier for transposable genetic elements (TEs) and largely facilitate the dissemination of TEs. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-016-0692-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Peng Luo
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,South China Sea Bio-Resource Exploitation and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China. .,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China. .,South China Sea Bio-Resource Exploitation and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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Escherichia coli is one of the world's best-characterized organisms, because it has been extensively studied for over a century. However, most of this work has focused on E. coli grown under laboratory conditions that do not faithfully simulate its natural environments. Therefore, the historical perspectives on E. coli physiology and life cycle are somewhat skewed toward experimental systems that feature E. coli growing logarithmically in a test tube. Typically a commensal bacterium, E. coli resides in the lower intestines of a slew of animals. Outside of the lower intestine, E. coli can adapt and survive in a very different set of environmental conditions. Biofilm formation allows E. coli to survive, and even thrive, in environments that do not support the growth of planktonic populations. E. coli can form biofilms virtually everywhere: in the bladder during a urinary tract infection, on in-dwelling medical devices, and outside of the host on plants and in the soil. The E. coli extracellular matrix (ECM), primarily composed of the protein polymer named curli and the polysaccharide cellulose, promotes adherence to organic and inorganic surfaces and resistance to desiccation, the host immune system, and other antimicrobials. The pathways that govern E. coli biofilm formation, cellulose production, and curli biogenesis will be discussed in this article, which concludes with insights into the future of E. coli biofilm research and potential therapies.
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Bacterial Signal Transduction by Cyclic Di-GMP and Other Nucleotide Second Messengers. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:15-26. [PMID: 26055111 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00331-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The first International Symposium on c-Di-GMP Signaling in Bacteria (22 to 25 March 2015, Harnack-Haus, Berlin, Germany)brought together 131 molecular microbiologists from 17 countries to discuss recent progress in our knowledge of bacterial nucleotide second messenger signaling. While the focus was on signal input, synthesis, degradation, and the striking diversity of the modes of action of the current second messenger paradigm, i.e., cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP), “classics” like cAMP and (p)ppGpp were also presented, in novel facets, and more recent “newcomers,” such as c-di-AMP and c-AMP-GMP, made an impressive appearance. A number of clear trends emerged during the 30 talks, on the 71 posters, and in the lively discussions, including (i)c-di-GMP control of the activities of various ATPases and phosphorylation cascades, (ii) extensive cross talk between c-di-GMP and other nucleotide second messenger signaling pathways, and (iii) a stunning number of novel effectors for nucleotide second messengers that surprisingly include some long-known master regulators of developmental pathways. Overall, the conference made it amply clear that second messenger signaling is currently one of the most dynamic fields within molecular microbiology,with major impacts in research fields ranging from human health to microbial ecology.
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Wagner S, Sommer R, Hinsberger S, Lu C, Hartmann RW, Empting M, Titz A. Novel Strategies for the Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections. J Med Chem 2016; 59:5929-69. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Stefanie Wagner
- Chemical
Biology of Carbohydrates, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
- Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), 30625 Standort Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
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- Chemical
Biology of Carbohydrates, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
- Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), 30625 Standort Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
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- Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), 30625 Standort Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
- Drug
Design and Optimization, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), 30625 Standort Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
- Drug
Design and Optimization, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), 30625 Standort Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
- Drug
Design and Optimization, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), 30625 Standort Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
- Drug
Design and Optimization, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Chemical
Biology of Carbohydrates, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
- Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), 30625 Standort Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
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Meehan RE, Torgerson CD, Gaffney BL, Jones RA, Strobel SA. Nuclease-Resistant c-di-AMP Derivatives That Differentially Recognize RNA and Protein Receptors. Biochemistry 2016; 55:837-49. [PMID: 26789423 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The ability of bacteria to sense environmental cues and adapt is essential for their survival. The use of second-messenger signaling molecules to translate these cues into a physiological response is a common mechanism employed by bacteria. The second messenger 3'-5'-cyclic diadenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) has been linked to a diverse set of biological processes involved in maintaining cell viability and homeostasis, as well as pathogenicity. A complex network of both protein and RNA receptors inside the cell activates specific pathways and mediates phenotypic outputs in response to c-di-AMP. Structural analysis of these RNA and protein receptors has revealed the different recognition elements employed by these effectors to bind the same small molecule. Herein, using a series of c-di-AMP analogues, we probed the interactions made with a riboswitch and a phosphodiesterase protein to identify the features important for c-di-AMP binding and recognition. We found that the ydaO riboswitch binds c-di-AMP in two discrete sites with near identical affinity and a Hill coefficient of 1.6. The ydaO riboswitch distinguishes between c-di-AMP and structurally related second messengers by discriminating against an amine at the C2 position more than a carbonyl at the C6 position. We also identified phosphate-modified analogues that bind both the ydaO RNA and GdpP protein with high affinity, whereas symmetrically modified ribose analogues exhibited a substantial decrease in ydaO affinity but retained high affinity for GdpP. These ligand modifications resulted in increased resistance to enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis by the GdpP enzyme. Together, these data suggest that these c-di-AMP analogues could be useful as chemical tools to specifically target subsections of second-messenger signaling pathways.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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Lee HM, Liao CT, Chiang YC, Chang YY, Yeh YT, Du SC, Hsiao YM. Characterization of genes encoding proteins containing HD-related output domain in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:509-22. [PMID: 26821378 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-016-0656-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Gram-negative plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is the causative agent of black rot in crucifers. The production of Xcc virulence factors is regulated by Clp and RpfF. HD-related output domain (HDOD) is a protein domain of unknown biochemical function. The genome of Xcc encodes three proteins (GsmR, HdpA, and HdpB) with an HDOD. The GsmR has been reported to play a role in the general stress response and cell motility and its expression is positively regulated by Clp. Here, the function and transcription of hdpA and hdpB were characterized. Mutation of hdpA resulted in enhanced bacterial attachment. In addition, the expression of hdpA was positively regulated by RpfF but not by Clp, subject to catabolite repression and affected by several stress conditions. However, mutational analysis and reporter assay showed that hdpB had no effect on the production of a range of virulence factors and its expression was independent of Clp and RpfF. The results shown here not only extend the previous work on RpfF regulation to show that it influences the expression of hdpA in Xcc, but also expand knowledge of the function of the HDOD containing proteins in bacteria.
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- Hsien-Ming Lee
- Institute of Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, 40601, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, 40601, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, 40601, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, 40601, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, 40601, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, 40601, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, 40601, Taiwan.
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The DSF type quorum sensing signalling system RpfF/R regulates diverse phenotypes in the opportunistic pathogen Cronobacter. Sci Rep 2016; 6:18753. [PMID: 26725701 PMCID: PMC4698668 DOI: 10.1038/srep18753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Several bacterial pathogens produce diffusible signal factor (DSF)-type quorum sensing (QS) signals to control biofilm formation and virulence. Previous work showed that in Burkholderia cenocepacia the RpfFBc/RpfR system is involved in sensing and responding to DSF signals and that this signal/sensor gene pair is highly conserved in several bacterial species including Cronobacter spp. Here we show that C. turicensis LMG 23827T possesses a functional RpfF/R system that is involved in the regulation of various phenotypes, including colony morphology, biofilm formation and swarming motility. In vivo experiments using the zebrafish embryo model revealed a role of this regulatory system in virulence of this opportunistic pathogen. We provide evidence that the RpfF/R system modulates the intracellular c-di-GMP level of the organism, an effect that may underpin the alteration in phenotype and thus the regulated phenotypes may be a consequence thereof. This first report on an RpfF/R-type QS system of an organism outside the genus Burkholderia revealed that both the underlying molecular mechanisms as well as the regulated functions show a high degree of conservation.
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Qayyum S, Khan AU. Nanoparticles vs. biofilms: a battle against another paradigm of antibiotic resistance. MEDCHEMCOMM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6md00124f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Microbes form surface-adherent community structures called biofilms and these biofilms play a critical role in infection.
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- Shariq Qayyum
- Medical Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory
- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh
- India
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- Medical Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory
- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Aligarh
- India
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Prabhakaran P, Ashraf MA, Aqma WS. Microbial stress response to heavy metals in the environment. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra10966g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Heavy metal contamination is a global environmental issue as it poses a significant threat to public health, and exposure to metals above a certain threshold level can cause deleterious effects in all living organisms including microbes.
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- Pranesha Prabhakaran
- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
- 43600 Bangi
- Malaysia
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- Faculty of Science & Natural Resources
- Universiti Malaysia Sabah
- 88400 Kota Kinabalu
- Malaysia
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
- 43600 Bangi
- Malaysia
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Ramírez-Mata A, López-Lara LI, Xiqui-Vázquez ML, Jijón-Moreno S, Romero-Osorio A, Baca BE. The cyclic-di-GMP diguanylate cyclase CdgA has a role in biofilm formation and exopolysaccharide production in Azospirillum brasilense. Res Microbiol 2015; 167:190-201. [PMID: 26708984 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2015.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In bacteria, proteins containing GGDEF domains are involved in production of the second messenger c-di-GMP. Here we report that the cdgA gene encoding diguanylate cyclase A (CdgA) is involved in biofilm formation and exopolysaccharide (EPS) production in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7. Biofilm quantification using crystal violet staining revealed that inactivation of cdgA decreased biofilm formation. In addition, confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis of green-fluorescent protein-labeled bacteria showed that, during static growth, the biofilms had differential levels of development: bacteria harboring a cdgA mutation exhibited biofilms with considerably reduced thickness compared with those of the wild-type Sp7 strain. Moreover, DNA-specific staining and treatment with DNase I, and epifluorescence studies demonstrated that extracellular DNA and EPS are components of the biofilm matrix in Azospirillum. After expression and purification of the CdgA protein, diguanylate cyclase activity was detected. The enzymatic activity of CdgA-producing cyclic c-di-GMP was determined using GTP as a substrate and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD(+)) and Mg(2)(+) as cofactors. Together, our results revealed that A. brasilense possesses a functional c-di-GMP biosynthesis pathway.
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- Alberto Ramírez-Mata
- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edif. 103J, Av. San Claudio S/N, Col. San Manuel, Puebla Pue CP 72570, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edif. 103J, Av. San Claudio S/N, Col. San Manuel, Puebla Pue CP 72570, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edif. 103J, Av. San Claudio S/N, Col. San Manuel, Puebla Pue CP 72570, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edif. 103J, Av. San Claudio S/N, Col. San Manuel, Puebla Pue CP 72570, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edif. 103J, Av. San Claudio S/N, Col. San Manuel, Puebla Pue CP 72570, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edif. 103J, Av. San Claudio S/N, Col. San Manuel, Puebla Pue CP 72570, Mexico.
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He Q, Wang F, Liu S, Zhu D, Cong H, Gao F, Li B, Wang H, Lin Z, Liao J, Gu L. Structural and Biochemical Insight into the Mechanism of Rv2837c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a c-di-NMP Phosphodiesterase. J Biol Chem 2015; 291:3668-81. [PMID: 26668313 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.699801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The intracellular infections of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is the causative agent of tuberculosis, are regulated by many cyclic dinucleotide signaling. Rv2837c from M. tuberculosis is a soluble, stand-alone DHH-DHHA1 domain phosphodiesterase that down-regulates c-di-AMP through catalytic degradation and plays an important role in M. tuberculosis infections. Here, we report the crystal structure of Rv2837c (2.0 Å), and its complex with hydrolysis intermediate 5'-pApA (2.35 Å). Our structures indicate that both DHH and DHHA1 domains are essential for c-di-AMP degradation. Further structural analysis shows that Rv2837c does not distinguish adenine from guanine, which explains why Rv2837c hydrolyzes all linear dinucleotides with almost the same efficiency. We observed that Rv2837c degraded other c-di-NMPs at a lower rate than it did on c-di-AMP. Nevertheless, our data also showed that Rv2837c significantly decreases concentrations of both c-di-AMP and c-di-GMP in vivo. Our results suggest that beside its major role in c-di-AMP degradation Rv2837c could also regulate c-di-GMP signaling pathways in bacterial cell.
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- Qing He
- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China
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- the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang 314006, China, and
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- the School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- From the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China,
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Signal sensing in bacteria has traditionally been attributed to protein-based factors. It is however becoming increasingly clear that bacteria also exploit RNAs to serve this role. This review discusses how key developmental processes in bacteria, such as community formation, choice of a sessile versus motile lifestyle, or vegetative growth versus dormant spore formation may be governed by signal sensing RNAs. The signaling molecules that affect these processes, the RNAs that sense these molecules and the underlying molecular basis for specific signal-response are discussed here.
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- Arati Ramesh
- National Center for Biological Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560065, India.
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