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Subedi BP, Schofield LR, Carbone V, Wolf M, Martin WF, Ronimus RS, Sutherland-Smith AJ. Structural characterisation of methanogen pseudomurein cell wall peptide ligases homologous to bacterial MurE/F murein peptide ligases. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2022; 168. [PMID: 36178458 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Archaea have diverse cell wall types, yet none are identical to bacterial peptidoglycan (murein). Methanogens Methanobacteria and Methanopyrus possess cell walls of pseudomurein, a structural analogue of murein. Pseudomurein differs from murein in containing the unique archaeal sugar N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid instead of N-acetylmuramic acid, β-1,3 glycosidic bonds in place of β-1,4 bonds and only l-amino acids in the peptide cross-links. We have determined crystal structures of methanogen pseudomurein peptide ligases (termed pMurE) from Methanothermus fervidus (Mfer762) and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus (Mth734) that are structurally most closely related to bacterial MurE peptide ligases. The homology of the archaeal pMurE and bacterial MurE enzymes is clear both in the overall structure and at the level of each of the three domains. In addition, we identified two UDP-binding sites in Mfer762 pMurE, one at the exterior surface of the interface of the N-terminal and middle domains, and a second site at an inner surface continuous with the highly conserved interface of the three domains. Residues involved in ATP binding in MurE are conserved in pMurE, suggesting that a similar ATP-binding pocket is present at the interface of the middle and the C-terminal domains of pMurE. The presence of pMurE ligases in members of the Methanobacteriales and Methanopyrales, that are structurally related to bacterial MurE ligases, supports the idea that the biosynthetic origins of archaeal pseudomurein and bacterial peptidoglycan cell walls are evolutionarily related.
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- Bishwa P Subedi
- AgResearch Ltd, Grasslands, Tennent Drive, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand.,School of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.,Present address: Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- AgResearch Ltd, Grasslands, Tennent Drive, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- AgResearch Ltd, Grasslands, Tennent Drive, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- AgResearch Ltd, Grasslands, Tennent Drive, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand.,Present address: Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Centre for Water and Environmental Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- AgResearch Ltd, Grasslands, Tennent Drive, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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Pan Y, Zheng H, Li G, Li Y, Jiang J, Chen J, Xie Q, Wu D, Ma R, Liu X, Xu S, Jiang J, Cai X, Gao M, Wang W, Zuilhof H, Ye M, Li R. Antibiotic-Like Activity of Atomic Layer Boron Nitride for Combating Resistant Bacteria. ACS NANO 2022; 16:7674-7688. [PMID: 35511445 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c11353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The global rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that increasingly invalidates conventional antibiotics has become a huge threat to human health. Although nanosized antibacterial agents have been extensively explored, they cannot sufficiently discriminate between microbes and mammals, which necessitates the exploration of other antibiotic-like candidates for clinical uses. Herein, two-dimensional boron nitride (BN) nanosheets are reported to exhibit antibiotic-like activity to AMR bacteria. Interestingly, BN nanosheets had AMR-independent antibacterial activity without triggering secondary resistance in long-term use and displayed excellent biocompatibility in mammals. They could target key surface proteins (e.g., FtsP, EnvC, TolB) in cell division, resulting in impairment of Z-ring constriction for inhibition of bacteria growth. Notably, BN nanosheets had potent antibacterial effects in a lung infection model by P. aeruginosa (AMR), displaying a 2-fold increment of survival rate. Overall, these results suggested that BN nanosheets could be a promising nano-antibiotic to combat resistant bacteria and prevent AMR evolution.
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- Yanxia Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, Wageningen 6703 WE, The Netherlands
- Biobased Chemistry and Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 17, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Public Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, Wageningen 6703 WE, The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- CAS Key Lab of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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Maire J, Vincent-Monégat C, Balmand S, Vallier A, Hervé M, Masson F, Parisot N, Vigneron A, Anselme C, Perrin J, Orlans J, Rahioui I, Da Silva P, Fauvarque MO, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Zaidman-Rémy A, Heddi A. Weevil pgrp-lb prevents endosymbiont TCT dissemination and chronic host systemic immune activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:5623-5632. [PMID: 30819893 PMCID: PMC6431197 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821806116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Long-term intracellular symbiosis (or endosymbiosis) is widely distributed across invertebrates and is recognized as a major driving force in evolution. However, the maintenance of immune homeostasis in organisms chronically infected with mutualistic bacteria is a challenging task, and little is known about the molecular processes that limit endosymbiont immunogenicity and host inflammation. Here, we investigated peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP)-encoding genes in the cereal weevil Sitophilus zeamais's association with Sodalis pierantonius endosymbiont. We discovered that weevil pgrp-lb generates three transcripts via alternative splicing and differential regulation. A secreted isoform is expressed in insect tissues under pathogenic conditions through activation of the PGRP-LC receptor of the immune deficiency pathway. In addition, cytosolic and transmembrane isoforms are permanently produced within endosymbiont-bearing organ, the bacteriome, in a PGRP-LC-independent manner. Bacteriome isoforms specifically cleave the tracheal cytotoxin (TCT), a peptidoglycan monomer released by endosymbionts. pgrp-lb silencing by RNAi results in TCT escape from the bacteriome to other insect tissues, where it chronically activates the host systemic immunity through PGRP-LC. While such immune deregulations did not impact endosymbiont load, they did negatively affect host physiology, as attested by a diminished sexual maturation of adult weevils. Whereas pgrp-lb was first described in pathogenic interactions, this work shows that, in an endosymbiosis context, specific bacteriome isoforms have evolved, allowing endosymbiont TCT scavenging and preventing chronic endosymbiont-induced immune responses, thus promoting host homeostasis.
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- Justin Maire
- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies de Grenoble, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSERM U1038, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies de Grenoble, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSERM U1038, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France;
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- UMR0203, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2i), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), University of Lyon (Univ Lyon), F-69621 Villeurbanne, France;
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Identification of the Chromosomal Region Essential for Serovar-Specific Antigen and Virulence of Serovar 1 and 2 Strains of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Infect Immun 2018; 86:IAI.00324-18. [PMID: 29891546 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00324-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causes swine erysipelas, an infection characterized by acute septicemia or chronic endocarditis and polyarthritis. Among 17 E. rhusiopathiae serovars, determined based on heat-stable peptidoglycan antigens, serovars 1 and 2 are most commonly associated with the disease; however, the molecular basis for the association between these serovars and virulence is unknown. To search for the genetic region defining serovar 1a (Fujisawa) strain antigenicity, we examined the 15-kb chromosomal region encompassing a putative pathway for polysaccharide biosynthesis, which was previously identified in the E. rhusiopathiae Fujisawa strain. Six transposon mutants of Fujisawa strain possessing a mutation in this region lost antigenic reactivity with serovar 1a-specific rabbit serum. Sequence analysis of this region in wild-type strains of serovars 1a, 1b, and 2 and serovar N, which lacks serovar-specific antigens, revealed that gene organization was similar among the strains and that serovar 2 strains showed variation. Serovar N strains displayed the same gene organization as the serovar 1a, 1b, or 2 strain and possessed certain mutations in this region. In two of the analyzed serovar N strains, restoration of the mutations via complementation with sequences derived from serovar 1a and 2 strains recovered antigenic reactivity with 1a- and 2-specific rabbit serum, respectively. Several gene mutations in this region resulted in altered capsule expression and attenuation of virulence in mice. These results indicate a functional connection between the biosynthetic pathways for the capsular polysaccharide and peptidoglycan antigens used for serotyping, which may explain variation in virulence among strains of different serovars.
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