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Gahlot DK, Taheri N, MacIntyre S. Diversity in Genetic Regulation of Bacterial Fimbriae Assembled by the Chaperone Usher Pathway. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010161. [PMID: 36613605 PMCID: PMC9820224 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bacteria express different types of hair-like proteinaceous appendages on their cell surface known as pili or fimbriae. These filamentous structures are primarily involved in the adherence of bacteria to both abiotic and biotic surfaces for biofilm formation and/or virulence of non-pathogenic and pathogenic bacteria. In pathogenic bacteria, especially Gram-negative bacteria, fimbriae play a key role in bacteria-host interactions which are critical for bacterial invasion and infection. Fimbriae assembled by the Chaperone Usher pathway (CUP) are widespread within the Enterobacteriaceae, and their expression is tightly regulated by specific environmental stimuli. Genes essential for expression of CUP fimbriae are organised in small blocks/clusters, which are often located in proximity to other virulence genes on a pathogenicity island. Since these surface appendages play a crucial role in bacterial virulence, they have potential to be harnessed in vaccine development. This review covers the regulation of expression of CUP-assembled fimbriae in Gram-negative bacteria and uses selected examples to demonstrate both dedicated and global regulatory mechanisms.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dharmender K. Gahlot
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6EX, UK
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
- Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
- Correspondence: (D.K.G.); (S.M.)
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- APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, Ireland
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6EX, UK
- Correspondence: (D.K.G.); (S.M.)
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Tidhar A, Levy Y, Zauberman A, Vagima Y, Gur D, Aftalion M, Israeli O, Chitlaru T, Ariel N, Flashner Y, Zvi A, Mamroud E. Disruption of the NlpD lipoprotein of the plague pathogen Yersinia pestis affects iron acquisition and the activity of the twin-arginine translocation system. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007449. [PMID: 31170147 PMCID: PMC6553720 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that the cell morphogenesis NlpD lipoprotein is essential for virulence of the plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis. To elucidate the role of NlpD in Y. pestis pathogenicity, we conducted a whole-genome comparative transcriptome analysis of the wild-type Y. pestis strain and an nlpD mutant under conditions mimicking early stages of infection. The analysis suggested that NlpD is involved in three phenomena: (i) Envelope stability/integrity evidenced by compensatory up-regulation of the Cpx and Psp membrane stress-response systems in the mutant; (ii) iron acquisition, supported by modulation of iron metabolism genes and by limited growth in iron-deprived medium; (iii) activity of the twin-arginine (Tat) system, which translocates folded proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane. Virulence studies of Y. pestis strains mutated in individual Tat components clearly indicated that the Tat system is central in Y. pestis pathogenicity and substantiated the assumption that NlpD essentiality in iron utilization involves the activity of the Tat system. This study reveals a new role for NlpD in Tat system activity and iron assimilation suggesting a modality by which this lipoprotein is involved in Y. pestis pathogenesis. We have previously shown that the NlpD lipoprotein, which is involved in the regulation of cell morphogenesis, is essential for virulence of the plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis. To uncover the role of NlpD in Y. pestis pathogenicity, we conducted a whole-genome comparative transcriptome analysis as well as phenotypic and virulence evaluation analyses of the nlpD and related mutants. The study reveals a new role for the Y. pestis NlpD lipoprotein in iron assimilation and Tat system activity.
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- Avital Tidhar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
- * E-mail: (AT); (EM)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
- * E-mail: (AT); (EM)
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Rifflet A, Filali S, Chenau J, Simon S, Fenaille F, Junot C, Carniel E, Becher F. Quantification of low abundance Yersinia pestis markers in dried blood spots by immuno-capture and quantitative high-resolution targeted mass spectrometry. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2019; 25:268-277. [PMID: 31096787 DOI: 10.1177/1469066718795978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is still present in several countries worldwide. Besides, Y. pestis has been designated as Tier 1 agent, the highest rank of bioterrorism agents. In this context, reliable diagnostic methods are of great importance. Here, we have developed an original workflow based upon dried blood spot for simplified sampling of clinical specimens, and specific immuno-mass spectrometry monitoring of Y. pestis biomarkers. Targeted proteins were selectively enriched from dried blood spot extracts by multiplex immunocapture using antibody-coated magnetic beads. After accelerated on-beads digestion, proteotypic peptides were monitored by multiplex LC-MS/MS through the parallel reaction monitoring mode. The DBS-IC-MS assay was designed to quantify both F1 and LcrV antigens, although 10-fold lower sensitivity was observed with LcrV. The assay was successfully validated for F1 with a lower limit of quantification at 5 ng·mL-1 in spiked blood, corresponding to only 0.1 ng on spots. In vivo quantification of F1 in blood and organ samples was demonstrated in the mouse model of pneumonic plague. The new assay could help to simplify the laboratory confirmation of positive point of care F1 dipstick.
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- Aline Rifflet
- 1 Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse (SPI), CEA, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- 2 Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- 1 Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse (SPI), CEA, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- 1 Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse (SPI), CEA, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- 1 Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse (SPI), CEA, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- 1 Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse (SPI), CEA, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- 1 Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse (SPI), CEA, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Solanki V, Tiwari M, Tiwari V. Host-bacteria interaction and adhesin study for development of therapeutics. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 112:54-64. [PMID: 29414732 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Host-pathogen interaction is one of the most important areas of study to understand the adhesion of the pathogen to the host organisms. To adhere on the host cell surface, bacteria assemble the diverse adhesive structures on its surface, which play a foremost role in targeting to the host cell. We have highlighted different bacterial adhesins which are either protein mediated or glycan mediated. The present article listed examples of different bacterial adhesin proteins involved in the interactions with their host, types and subtypes of the fimbriae and non-fimbriae bacterial adhesins. Different bacterial surface adhesin subunits interact with host via different host surface biomolecules. We have also discussed the interactome of some of the pathogens with their host. Therefore, the present study will help researchers to have a detailed understanding of different interacting bacterial adhesins and henceforth, develop new therapies, adhesin specific antibodies and vaccines, which can effectively control pathogenicity of the pathogens.
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- Vandana Solanki
- Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer 305817, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer 305817, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer 305817, India.
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Nozadze M, Zhgenti E, Meparishvili M, Tsverava L, Kiguradze T, Chanturia G, Babuadze G, Kekelidze M, Bakanidze L, Shutkova T, Imnadze P, Francesconi SC, Obiso R, Solomonia R. Comparative Proteomic Studies of Yersinia pestis Strains Isolated from Natural Foci in the Republic of Georgia. Front Public Health 2015; 3:239. [PMID: 26528469 PMCID: PMC4607876 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for millions of human deaths throughout history. In the last decade, two natural plague foci have been described in the Republic of Georgia from which dozens of Y. pestis strains have been isolated. Analyses indicate that there are genetic differences between these strains, but it is not known if these differences are also reflected in protein expression. We chose four strains of Y. pestis (1390, 1853, 2944, and 8787) from the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health collection for proteomic studies based on neighbor-joining tree genetic analysis and geographical loci of strain origin. Proteomic expression was analyzed using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Select Y. pestis strains were grown under different physiological conditions and their proteomes were compared: (1) 28°C without calcium; (2) 28°C with calcium; (3) 37°C without calcium; and (4) 37°C with calcium. Candidate proteins were identified and the differences in expression of F1 antigen, tellurium-resistance protein, and outer membrane protein C, porin were validated by Western blotting. The in vitro cytotoxicity activity of these strains was also compared. The results indicate that protein expression and cytotoxic activities differ significantly among the studied strains; these differences could contribute to variations in essential physiological functions in these strains.
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- Maia Nozadze
- Institute of Chemical Biology, Ilia State University , Tbilisi , Georgia ; I.Beritashvili Center for Experimental Biomedicine , Tbilisi , Georgia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology, Ilia State University , Tbilisi , Georgia ; National Center for Disease Control , Tbilisi , Georgia
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- I.Beritashvili Center for Experimental Biomedicine , Tbilisi , Georgia
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- I.Beritashvili Center for Experimental Biomedicine , Tbilisi , Georgia
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- I.Beritashvili Center for Experimental Biomedicine , Tbilisi , Georgia
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- National Center for Disease Control , Tbilisi , Georgia
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- Attimo Research and Development , Blacksburg, VA , USA
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- Institute of Chemical Biology, Ilia State University , Tbilisi , Georgia ; I.Beritashvili Center for Experimental Biomedicine , Tbilisi , Georgia
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Derbise A, Cerdà Marín A, Ave P, Blisnick T, Huerre M, Carniel E, Demeure CE. An encapsulated Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a highly efficient vaccine against pneumonic plague. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2012; 6:e1528. [PMID: 22348169 PMCID: PMC3279354 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Plague is still a public health problem in the world and is re-emerging, but no efficient vaccine is available. We previously reported that oral inoculation of a live attenuated Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, the recent ancestor of Yersinia pestis, provided protection against bubonic plague. However, the strain poorly protected against pneumonic plague, the most deadly and contagious form of the disease, and was not genetically defined. Methodology and Principal Findings The sequenced Y. pseudotuberculosis IP32953 has been irreversibly attenuated by deletion of genes encoding three essential virulence factors. An encapsulated Y. pseudotuberculosis was generated by cloning the Y. pestis F1-encoding caf operon and expressing it in the attenuated strain. The new V674pF1 strain produced the F1 capsule in vitro and in vivo. Oral inoculation of V674pF1 allowed the colonization of the gut without lesions to Peyer's patches and the spleen. Vaccination induced both humoral and cellular components of immunity, at the systemic (IgG and Th1 cells) and the mucosal levels (IgA and Th17 cells). A single oral dose conferred 100% protection against a lethal pneumonic plague challenge (33×LD50 of the fully virulent Y. pestis CO92 strain) and 94% against a high challenge dose (3,300×LD50). Both F1 and other Yersinia antigens were recognized and V674pF1 efficiently protected against a F1-negative Y. pestis. Conclusions and Significance The encapsulated Y. pseudotuberculosis V674pF1 is an efficient live oral vaccine against pneumonic plague, and could be developed for mass vaccination in tropical endemic areas to control pneumonic plague transmission and mortality. Plague, among the most deadly infections of mankind's history, is present in Africa, Asia and America, and is currently re-emerging, recently causing cases in areas from where it had disappeared for decades. Pneumonic plague, its most deadly and contagious form, is responsible for human-to-human spreading of the infection. Vaccination would be an effective means to control the disease, but no efficient vaccine is currently available. Because live vaccines are potent inducers of protective immunity, our strategy was to use a Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, closely related to Y. pestis but genetically more stable, to make it suitable for use as live oral vaccine. We have developed a genetically defined Y. pseudotuberculosis strain strongly attenuated by deletion of virulence factors genes, which was also induced to produce the Y. pestis F1 pseudocapsule. A single oral dose was harmless and provided high- level protection against pneumonic plague. Such a candidate vaccine offers promising perspectives to control pneumonic plague mortality and transmission.
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- Anne Derbise
- Unité de Recherche Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Leng X, Zhu W, Jin J, Mao X. Evidence that a chaperone–usher-like pathway of Myxococcus xanthus functions in spore coat formation. Microbiology (Reading) 2011; 157:1886-1896. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.047134-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many bacteria use the chaperone–usher (CU) secretion pathway to assemble on their surfaces typical or atypical fimbrial organelles. Four consecutive genes of Myxococcus xanthus DK1622, MXAN3885–3882, were predicted to constitute an operon encoding a CU-like system involved in the assembly of the spore coat; however, experimental evidence supporting this hypothesis was lacking. In this study, co-transcription of MXAN3885–3883 was verified, and we found that this operon was expressed 12–15 h after initiation of M. xanthus development under conditions of stringent starvation. The MXAN3885 protein, which is highly homologous to, but expressed earlier than, the spore coat protein U of another M. xanthus strain, DZF1, was present mainly on the outer surface of myxospores. Inactivation of MXAN3883, encoding a putative outer membrane usher, inhibited assembly of MXAN3885 protein on spore surfaces and caused certain morphological alterations in the spore coat. Hence, the CU-like pathway in M. xanthus indeed functions in spore coat biogenesis. Based on chaperone amino acid sequence comparisons, our analysis suggests that the structural basis of the M. xanthus CU-like pathway for spore coat assembly may be different from that of most surface structures assembled by classical CU systems.
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- Xiaoyan Leng
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
- Key laboratory of Ministry of Education for Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
- Key laboratory of Ministry of Education for Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
- Key laboratory of Ministry of Education for Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
- Key laboratory of Ministry of Education for Developmental Genes and Human Diseases, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, PR China
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The structure of Yersinia pestis Caf1 polymer in free and adjuvant bound states. Vaccine 2010; 28:5746-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.05.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Revised: 05/24/2010] [Accepted: 05/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Eppinger M, Worsham PL, Nikolich MP, Riley DR, Sebastian Y, Mou S, Achtman M, Lindler LE, Ravel J. Genome sequence of the deep-rooted Yersinia pestis strain Angola reveals new insights into the evolution and pangenome of the plague bacterium. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:1685-99. [PMID: 20061468 PMCID: PMC2832528 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01518-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Accepted: 12/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To gain insights into the origin and genome evolution of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis, we have sequenced the deep-rooted strain Angola, a virulent Pestoides isolate. Its ancient nature makes this atypical isolate of particular importance in understanding the evolution of plague pathogenicity. Its chromosome features a unique genetic make-up intermediate between modern Y. pestis isolates and its evolutionary ancestor, Y. pseudotuberculosis. Our genotypic and phenotypic analyses led us to conclude that Angola belongs to one of the most ancient Y. pestis lineages thus far sequenced. The mobilome carries the first reported chimeric plasmid combining the two species-specific virulence plasmids. Genomic findings were validated in virulence assays demonstrating that its pathogenic potential is distinct from modern Y. pestis isolates. Human infection with this particular isolate would not be diagnosed by the standard clinical tests, as Angola lacks the plasmid-borne capsule, and a possible emergence of this genotype raises major public health concerns. To assess the genomic plasticity in Y. pestis, we investigated the global gene reservoir and estimated the pangenome at 4,844 unique protein-coding genes. As shown by the genomic analysis of this evolutionary key isolate, we found that the genomic plasticity within Y. pestis clearly was not as limited as previously thought, which is strengthened by the detection of the largest number of isolate-specific single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) currently reported in the species. This study identified numerous novel genetic signatures, some of which seem to be intimately associated with plague virulence. These markers are valuable in the development of a robust typing system critical for forensic, diagnostic, and epidemiological studies.
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- Mark Eppinger
- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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- Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Bacteriology Division, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Division of Bacterial & Rickettsial Diseases, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland, Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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Pieper R, Huang ST, Clark DJ, Robinson JM, Alami H, Parmar PP, Suh MJ, Kuntumalla S, Bunai CL, Perry RD, Fleischmann RD, Peterson SN. Integral and peripheral association of proteins and protein complexes with Yersinia pestis inner and outer membranes. Proteome Sci 2009; 7:5. [PMID: 19228400 PMCID: PMC2663777 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-7-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Yersinia pestis proteins were sequentially extracted from crude membranes with a high salt buffer (2.5 M NaBr), an alkaline solution (180 mM Na2CO3, pH 11.3) and membrane denaturants (8 M urea, 2 M thiourea and 1% amidosulfobetaine-14). Separation of proteins by 2D gel electrophoresis was followed by identification of more than 600 gene products by MS. Data from differential 2D gel display experiments, comparing protein abundances in cytoplasmic, periplasmic and all three membrane fractions, were used to assign proteins found in the membrane fractions to three protein categories: (i) integral membrane proteins and peripheral membrane proteins with low solubility in aqueous solutions (220 entries); (ii) peripheral membrane proteins with moderate to high solubility in aqueous solutions (127 entries); (iii) cytoplasmic or ribosomal membrane-contaminating proteins (80 entries). Thirty-one proteins were experimentally associated with the outer membrane (OM). Circa 50 proteins thought to be part of membrane-localized, multi-subunit complexes were identified in high Mr fractions of membrane extracts via size exclusion chromatography. This data supported biologically meaningful assignments of many proteins to the membrane periphery. Since only 32 inner membrane (IM) proteins with two or more predicted transmembrane domains (TMDs) were profiled in 2D gels, we resorted to a proteomic analysis by 2D-LC-MS/MS. Ninety-four additional IM proteins with two or more TMDs were identified. The total number of proteins associated with Y. pestis membranes increased to 456 and included representatives of all six β-barrel OM protein families and 25 distinct IM transporter families.
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Vitagliano L, Ruggiero A, Pedone C, Berisio R. Molecular dynamics studies of the P pilus rod subunit PapA. J Pept Sci 2008; 15:192-9. [PMID: 19048604 DOI: 10.1002/psc.1084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Adhesion of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to host tissues is mediated by pili, which extend from the outer cell membrane of the bacterium. Here we report molecular dynamics (MD) characterizations of the major constituent of P pili from the uropathogenic E. coli, PapA, in unliganded state and in complex with the G1 strand of the chaperone PapD. To mimic the PapA response to the gradual dissociation of the PapD G1 strand and to evaluate the role of PapA chaperone recognition sites, we also carried out MD simulations of complexes of PapA with fragments of PapD G1 strand, that leave either the P4 or both P3 and P4 sites unoccupied. Data on the unbound form of PapA indicate that, upon release of the chaperone, PapA evolves toward compact states that are likely not prone to subunit-subunit association. In line with recent experimental reports, this finding implies that chaperone release and subunit-subunit association must be concerted. Our data also indicated that the gradual unbinding of the chaperone from the PapA groove has increasingly strong structural consequences. Indeed, the release of the chaperone from the site P4, which is closest to the initiation site (P5), does not have dramatic effects on the domain structure, whereas its release from both the P4 and the adjacent P3 sites induces a quick structural transition toward a collapsed state, where the subunit groove is obstructed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luigi Vitagliano
- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", via Mezzocannone 16, I-80134, Napoli, Italy
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Vitagliano L, Ruggiero A, Pedone C, Berisio R. Conformational states and association mechanism of Yersinia pestis Caf1 subunits. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 372:804-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2008] [Accepted: 05/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nishiyama M, Ishikawa T, Rechsteiner H, Glockshuber R. Reconstitution of pilus assembly reveals a bacterial outer membrane catalyst. Science 2008; 320:376-9. [PMID: 18369105 DOI: 10.1126/science.1154994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Type 1 pili from uropathogenic Escherichia coli are a prototype of adhesive surface organelles assembled and secreted by the conserved chaperone/usher pathway. We reconstituted type 1 pilus biogenesis from purified pilus proteins. The usher FimD acted as a catalyst to accelerate the ordered assembly of protein subunits independently of cellular energy. Its activity was highly dependent on the adhesin subunit FimH, which triggered the conversion of FimD into a high-efficiency assembly catalyst. Furthermore, a simple kinetic model adequately rationalized usher-catalyzed pilus assembly in vivo. Our results contribute to a mechanistic understanding of protein-catalyzed biogenesis of supramolecular protein complexes at the bacterial outer cell membrane.
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- Mireille Nishiyama
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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