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Colliou N, Ge Y, Sahay B, Gong M, Zadeh M, Owen JL, Neu J, Farmerie WG, Alonzo F, Liu K, Jones DP, Li S, Mohamadzadeh M. Commensal Propionibacterium strain UF1 mitigates intestinal inflammation via Th17 cell regulation. J Clin Invest 2017; 127:3970-3986. [PMID: 28945202 PMCID: PMC5663347 DOI: 10.1172/jci95376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Consumption of human breast milk (HBM) attenuates the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), which remains a leading and intractable cause of mortality in preterm infants. Here, we report that this diminution correlates with alterations in the gut microbiota, particularly enrichment of Propionibacterium species. Transfaunation of microbiota from HBM-fed preterm infants or a newly identified and cultured Propionibacterium strain, P. UF1, to germfree mice conferred protection against pathogen infection and correlated with profound increases in intestinal Th17 cells. The induction of Th17 cells was dependent on bacterial dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase (DlaT), a major protein expressed on the P. UF1 surface layer (S-layer). Binding of P. UF1 to its cognate receptor, SIGNR1, on dendritic cells resulted in the regulation of intestinal phagocytes. Importantly, transfer of P. UF1 profoundly mitigated induced NEC-like injury in neonatal mice. Together, these results mechanistically elucidate the protective effects of HBM and P. UF1-induced immunoregulation, which safeguard against proinflammatory diseases, including NEC.
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- Natacha Colliou
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, and
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
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Kannangara CG, Andersen RV, Pontoppidan B, Willows R, von Wettstein D. Enzymic and mechanistic studies on the conversion of glutamate to 5-aminolaevulinate. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 180:3-20; discussion 21-5. [PMID: 7842860 DOI: 10.1002/9780470514535.ch2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Higher plants, algae, cyanobacteria and several other photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic bacteria synthesize 5-aminolaevulinate by a tRNA(Glu)-mediated pathway. Glutamate is activated at the alpha-carboxyl by ligation to tRNA(Glu) with an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase. An NADPH-dependent reductase converts glutamyl-tRNA(Glu) to glutamate 1-semialdehyde, which is finally converted to 5-aminolaevulinate by an aminotransferase. These components are soluble and in plants and algae are located in the chloroplast stroma. In plants and algae the tRNA(Glu) is encoded in chloroplast DNA whereas the enzymes are encoded in nuclear DNA. The tRNA(Glu) has a hypermodified 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine-pseudouridine-C anticodon and probably plays a role in the light-dark regulation of 5-aminolaevulinate synthesis. Ligation of glutamate to tRNA(Glu) requires ATP and Mg2+ and proceeds via a ternary intermediate. Glutamyl-tRNA(Glu) reduction appears to involve formation of a complex. Glutamate 1-semialdehyde non-enzymically synthesized by reductive ozonolysis from gamma-vinyl GABA is used as substrate by the last enzyme. Glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminotransferase contains pyridoxal phosphate as a prosthetic group. The enzyme is converted to spectrally different forms by treatment with 4,5-diaminovalerate or 4,5-dioxovalerate. The pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate form of the enzyme converts (S)-glutamate 1-semialdehyde to 5-aminolaevulinate via 4,5-diaminovalerate through a bi-bi ping-pong mechanism.
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- C G Kannangara
- Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen Valby, Denmark
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Nishikawa S, Murooka Y. 5-Aminolevulinic acid: production by fermentation, and agricultural and biomedical applications. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2002; 18:149-70. [PMID: 11530687 DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2001.10648012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- S Nishikawa
- New Products & Technology Laboratory, Cosmo Research Institute, 1134-2 Gongendo, Satte, Saitama 340-01931, Japan
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5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a universal precursor of tetrapyrrole compounds can be synthesized by two pathways: the C5 (glutamate) pathway and ALA synthase. From the phylogenetic distribution it is shown that distribution of ALA synthase is restricted to the alpha subclass of purple bacteria in prokaryotes, and further distributed to mitochondria of eukaryotes. The monophyletic origin of bacterial and eukaryotic ALA synthase is shown by sequence analysis of the enzyme. Evolution of ALA synthase in the alpha subclass of purple bacteria is discussed in relation to the energy-generating and biosynthetic devices in subclasses of this bacteria.
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- T Oh-hama
- Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan
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Hennig M, Grimm B, Contestabile R, John RA, Jansonius JN. Crystal structure of glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminomutase: an alpha2-dimeric vitamin B6-dependent enzyme with asymmetry in structure and active site reactivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:4866-71. [PMID: 9144156 PMCID: PMC24597 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.10.4866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The three-dimensional structure of glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminomutase (EC 5.4.3.8), an alpha2-dimeric enzyme from Synechococcus, has been determined by x-ray crystallography using heavy atom derivative phasing. The structure, refined at 2.4-A resolution to an R-factor of 18.7% and good stereochemistry, explains many of the enzyme's unusual specificity and functional properties. The overall fold is that of aspartate aminotransferase and related B6 enzymes, but it also has specific features. The structure of the complex with gabaculine, a substrate analogue, shows unexpectedly that the substrate binding site involves residues from the N-terminal domain of the molecule, notably Arg-32. Glu-406 is suitably positioned to repel alpha-carboxylic acids, thereby suggesting a basis for the enzyme's reaction specificity. The subunits show asymmetry in cofactor binding and in the mobilities of the residues 153-181. In the unliganded enzyme, one subunit has the cofactor bound as an aldimine of pyridoxal phosphate with Lys-273 and, in this subunit, residues 153-181 are disordered. In the other subunit in which the cofactor is not covalently bound, residues 153-181 are well defined. Consistent with the crystallographically demonstrated asymmetry, a form of the enzyme in which both subunits have pyridoxal phosphate bound to Lys-273 through a Schiff base showed biphasic reduction by borohydride in solution. Analysis of absorption spectra during reduction provided evidence of communication between the subunits. The crystal structure of the reduced form of the enzyme shows that, despite identical cofactor binding in each monomer, the structural asymmetry at residues 153-181 remains.
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- M Hennig
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Katzen F, Becker A, Zorreguieta A, Pühler A, Ielpi L. Promoter analysis of the Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris gum operon directing biosynthesis of the xanthan polysaccharide. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:4313-8. [PMID: 8763965 PMCID: PMC178194 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4313-4318.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The Xanthomonas campestris gum gene cluster is composed of 12 genes designated gumB, -C, -D, -E, -F, -G, -H, -I, -J, -K, -L, and -M. The transcriptional organization of this gene cluster was analyzed by the construction of gum-lacZ transcriptional fusions in association with plasmid integration mutagenesis. This analysis, coupled with primer extension assays, indicated that the gum region was mainly expressed as an operon from a promoter located upstream of the first gene, gumB.
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- F Katzen
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas Fundación Campomar, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Characterization of the hemB gene encoding δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase from Propionibacterium freudenreichii. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(96)85028-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Avissar YJ, Moberg PA. The common origins of the pigments of life-early steps of chlorophyll biosynthesis. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1995; 44:221-242. [PMID: 24307093 DOI: 10.1007/bf00048596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/1994] [Accepted: 03/30/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The complex pathway of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis can be dissected into five sections: the pathways that produce 5-aminolevulinate (the C-4 and the C-5 pathways), the steps that transform ALA to uroporphyrinogen III, which are ubiquitous in the biosynthesis of all tetrapyrroles, and the three branches producing specialized end products. These end products include corrins and siroheme, chlorophylls and hemes and linear tetrapyrroles. These branches have been subjects of recent reviews. This review concentrates on the early steps leading up to uroporphyrinogen III formation which have been investigated intensively in recent years in animals, in plants, and in a wide range of bacteria.
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- Y J Avissar
- Department of Biology, Rhode Island College, 02908, Providence, RI, USA
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Hungerer C, Troup B, Römling U, Jahn D. Regulation of the hemA gene during 5-aminolevulinic acid formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:1435-43. [PMID: 7883699 PMCID: PMC176757 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.6.1435-1443.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The general tetrapyrrole precursor 5-aminolevulinic acid is formed in bacteria via two different biosynthetic pathways. Members of the alpha group of the proteobacteria use 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase for the condensation of succinyl-coenzyme A and glycine, while other bacteria utilize a two-step pathway from aminoacylated tRNA(Glu). The tRNA-dependent pathway, involving the enzymes glutamyl-tRNA reductase (encoded by hemA) and glutamate-1-semialdehyde-2,1-aminomutase (encoded by hemL), was demonstrated to be used by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas stutzeri, Comamonas testosteroni, Azotobacter vinelandii, and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. To study the regulation of the pathway, the glutamyl-tRNA reductase gene (hemA) from P. aeruginosa was cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli hemA mutant. The hemA gene was mapped to the SpeI A fragment and the DpnIL fragment of the P. aeruginosa chromosome corresponding to min 24.1 to 26.8. The cloned hemA gene, coding for a protein of 423 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 46,234 Da, forms an operon with the gene for protein release factor 1 (prf1). This translational factor mediates the termination of the protein chain at the ribosome at amber and ochre codons. Since the cloned hemA gene did not possess one of the appropriate stop codons, an autoregulatory mechanism such as that postulated for the enterobacterial system was ruled out. Three open reading frames of unknown function transcribed in the opposite direction to the hemA gene were found. hemM/orf1 and orf2 were found to be homologous to open reading frames located in the 5' region of enterobacterial hemA genes. Utilization of both transcription start sites was changed in a P. aeruginosa mutant missing the oxygen regulator Anr (Fnr analog), indicating the involvement of the transcription factor in hemA expression. DNA sequences homologous to one half of an Anr binding site were detected at one of the determined transcription start sites.
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- C Hungerer
- Laboratorium für Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
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Höfgen R, Axelsen KB, Kannangara CG, Schüttke I, Pohlenz HD, Willmitzer L, Grimm B, von Wettstein D. A visible marker for antisense mRNA expression in plants: inhibition of chlorophyll synthesis with a glutamate-1-semialdehyde aminotransferase antisense gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:1726-30. [PMID: 8127872 PMCID: PMC43236 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.5.1726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase [(S)-4-amino-5-oxopentanoate 4,5-aminomutase, EC 5.4.3.8] catalyzes the last step in the conversion of glutamate to delta-aminolevulinate of which eight molecules are needed to synthesize a chlorophyll molecule. Two full-length cDNA clones that probably represent the homeologous Gsa genes of the two tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) genomes have been isolated. The deduced amino acid sequences of the 468-residue-long precursor polypeptides differ by 10 amino acids. The cDNA sequence of isoenzyme 2 was inserted in reverse orientation under the control of a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter derivative in an expression vector and was introduced by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation into tobacco plants. Antisense gene expression decreased the steady-state mRNA level of glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase, the translation of the enzyme, and chlorophyll synthesis. Remarkably, partial or complete suppression of the aminotransferase mimics in tobacco a wide variety of chlorophyll variegation patterns caused by nuclear or organelle gene mutations in different higher plants. The antisense gene is inherited as a dominant marker.
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- R Höfgen
- Schering AG, Pflanzenschutzforschung, Berlin, Germany
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Matters GL, Beale SI. Biosynthesis of ?-aminolevulinic acid from glutamate by Sulfolobus solfataricus. Arch Microbiol 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00248704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Matters GL, Beale SI. Structure and light-regulated expression of the gsa gene encoding the chlorophyll biosynthetic enzyme, glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase, in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 24:617-629. [PMID: 8155881 DOI: 10.1007/bf00023558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The gsa gene, which encodes glutamate 1-semialdehyde (GSA) aminotransferase (GSAT), an enzyme in the chlorophyll and heme biosynthetic pathway, has been cloned from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by complementation of an Escherichia coli hemL mutant. The deduced C. reinhardtii GSAT amino acid sequence has a high degree of similarity to GSAT sequences from barley, tobacco, soybean and various prokaryotic sources. In vitro enzyme activity assays from E. coli transformed with the C. reinhardtii GSAT cDNA showed that higher levels of GSAT activity are associated with the expression of the cDNA insert. Analysis of changes in mRNA levels in light:dark synchronized C. reinhardtii cultures was done by northern blotting. The level of GSAT mRNA nearly doubled during the first 0.5 h in the light and increased over 26-fold after 2 h in the light. This increase is comparable to previously reported increases in GSAT activity in dark-grown cultures transferred to the light, and is the first report of induction by light of a gene encoding an ALA biosynthetic enzyme in plant or algal cells. The accumulation of GSAT mRNA follows the pattern of chlorophyll accumulation and the pattern of chlorophyll a/b-binding protein (cabII-1) mRNA accumulation in these cells, suggesting that the two genes may be regulated by light through a common mechanism. Additional evidence that the GSAT mRNA may be transcriptionally regulated by light is found in the genomic sequence of the gsa gene.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G L Matters
- Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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