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Kaczmarek A, Maciejewska A, Kasperkiewicz K, Noszczyńska M, Łukasiewicz J. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Asaia bogorensis ATCC BAA-21 lipopolysaccharide. Carbohydr Res 2024; 545:109266. [PMID: 39260148 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2024.109266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Revised: 09/02/2024] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
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Asaia bogorensis is a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from flowers and fruits growing in tropical climate, reproductive system of mosquitoes, and rarely from immunocompromised patients. In Europe, A. bogorensis is responsible for the contamination of flavoured mineral waters. One of the important surface antigen and an element of the bacterial biofilm is lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin). To date, no data on A. bogorensis LPS structure has been reported. Chemical analysis and 1H,13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed the novel structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of A. bogorensis ATCC BAA-21 LPS. It was concluded that the repeating unit of the O-antigen is a branched trisaccharide with the following structure: →6)-α-d-Glcp-(1→2)-[β-d-Glcp-(1→3)]-α-l-Rhap-(1→ .
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- Anna Kaczmarek
- Laboratory of Microbial Immunochemistry and Vaccines, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Microbial Immunochemistry and Vaccines, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellonska 28, 40-032, Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellonska 28, 40-032, Katowice, Poland
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- Laboratory of Microbial Immunochemistry and Vaccines, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114, Wroclaw, Poland
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Ruiz-Cruz S, Sadovskaya I, Mahony J, Grard T, Chapot-Chartier MP, van Sinderen D, Vinogradov E. Structural studies of the deacylated glycolipids and lipoteichoic acid of Lactococcus cremoris 3107. Carbohydr Res 2023; 531:108898. [PMID: 37453325 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2023.108898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Lactococcus cremoris and Lactococcus lactis are among the most extensively exploited species of lactic acid bacteria in dairy fermentations. The cell wall of lactococci, like other Gram-positive bacteria, possesses a thick peptidoglycan layer, which may incorporate cell wall polysaccharides (CWPS), wall teichoic acids (WTA), and/or lipoteichoic acids (LTA). In this study, we report the isolation, purification and structural analysis of the carbohydrate moieties of glycolipids (GL) and LTA of the L. cremoris model strain 3107. Chemical structures of these compounds were studied by chemical methods, NMR spectroscopy and positive and negative mode ESI MS. We found that the LTA of strain 3107 is composed of short chains of 1,3-polyglycerol phosphate (PGP), attached to O-6 of the non-reducing glucose of the kojibiose-Gro backbone of the glycolipid anchor. Extraction of cells with cold TCA afforded the detection of 1,3-glycerol phosphate chains randomly substituted at O-2 of glycerol by D-Ala. Unlike the LTA of L. lactis strains studied to date, the PGP backbone of the LTA of L. cremoris 3107 did not carry any glycosyl substitution. The deacylated glycolipid fraction contained the free kojibiose-Gro oligosaccharide, identical to the backbone of the GL anchor of LTA, and its shorter fragment α-Glc-1-Gro. These OS may have originated from the GL precursors of LTA biosynthesis.
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- Sofía Ruiz-Cruz
- School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, T12 YT20, Ireland
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- Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMRt 1158 BioEcoAgro, USC ANSES, INRAe, Univ. Artois, Univ. Lille, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne, Univ. Liège, Junia, F-62200, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
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- School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, T12 YT20, Ireland
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- Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, UMRt 1158 BioEcoAgro, USC ANSES, INRAe, Univ. Artois, Univ. Lille, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne, Univ. Liège, Junia, F-62200, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
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- School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, T12 YT20, Ireland
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- National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada.
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Collado R, Montbrau C, Sitjà M, Prenafeta A. Study of the efficacy of a Streptococcus uberis mastitis vaccine against an experimental intramammary infection with a heterologous strain in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2018; 101:10290-10302. [PMID: 30219416 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-14840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Streptococcus uberis is a worldwide pathogen that causes intramammary infections in dairy cattle. Nevertheless, commercial vaccines are currently not available and measures to control S. uberis mastitis are limited to the implementation of good management practices. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of an S. uberis subunit vaccine against bovine mastitis (Laboratorios Hipra S.A., Amer, Spain) administered precalving against an experimental intramammary challenge with a heterologous S. uberis strain in dairy cows postcalving. With this objective, 25 gestating Holstein-Friesian heifers were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: group 1 (n = 13), vaccinated by intramuscular route with the vaccine, and group 2 (n = 12), vaccinated by intramuscular route with phosphate-buffered saline as a control group. Both groups were immunized 60 and 21 d before the expected parturition date (75 and 36 d before challenge). Fourteen days after calving all cows were challenged by intramammary infusion of 100 colony-forming units of a heterologous S. uberis strain in 2 quarters per cow. Then, challenged quarters were monitored for clinical signs of mastitis, bacterial count, and somatic cell count for the following 21 d. Rectal temperature and daily milk yield per cow were also assessed. Results showed that all challenged quarters developed clinical mastitis. Nevertheless, vaccination significantly reduced the clinical signs of mastitis, bacterial count, rectal temperature, and daily milk yield losses after the intramammary infection and significantly increased the number of quarters with no bacterial isolation and somatic cell count <200,000 cells/mL at the end of the study (d 19, 20, and 21 after challenge). To confirm the efficacy of this vaccine, further studies under field conditions are needed.
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- R Collado
- Hipra Scientific S.L.U., Avda. La Selva 135, 17170 Amer, Spain.
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- Hipra Scientific S.L.U., Avda. La Selva 135, 17170 Amer, Spain
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- Hipra Scientific S.L.U., Avda. La Selva 135, 17170 Amer, Spain
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- Hipra Scientific S.L.U., Avda. La Selva 135, 17170 Amer, Spain
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Gisch N, Auger JP, Thomsen S, Roy D, Xu J, Schwudke D, Gottschalk M. Structural analysis and immunostimulatory potency of lipoteichoic acids isolated from three Streptococcus suis serotype 2 strains. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:12011-12025. [PMID: 29884769 PMCID: PMC6078451 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is an important porcine and human pathogen. Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) from S. suis has been suggested to contribute to its virulence, and absence of d-alanylation from the S. suis LTA is associated with increased susceptibility to cationic antimicrobial peptides. Here, using high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and MS analyses, we characterized the LTA structures from three S. suis serotype 2 strains differing in virulence, sequence type (ST), and geographical origin. Our analyses revealed that these strains possess-in addition to the typical type I LTA present in other streptococci-a second, mixed-type series of LTA molecules of high complexity. We observed a ST-specific difference in the incorporation of glycosyl residues into these mixed-type LTAs. We found that strains P1/7 (ST1, high virulence) and SC84 (ST7, very high virulence) can attach a 1,2-linked α-d-Glcp residue as branching substituent to an α-d-Glcp that is 1,3-linked to glycerol phosphate moieties and that is not present in strain 89-1591 (ST25, intermediate virulence). In contrast, the latter strain could glycosylate its LTA at the glycerol O-2 position, which was not observed in the other two strains. Using LTA preparations from WT strains and from mutants with an inactivated prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase, resulting in deficient lipoprotein acylation, we show that S. suis LTAs alone do not induce Toll-like receptor 2-dependent pro-inflammatory mediator production from dendritic cells. In summary, our study reveals an unexpected complexity of LTAs present in three S. suis serotype 2 strains differing in genetic background and virulence.
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- Nicolas Gisch
- Division of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Priority Area Infections, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, 23845 Borstel, Germany.
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec J2S 2M2, Canada
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- Division of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Priority Area Infections, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, 23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec J2S 2M2, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Priority Area Infections, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, 23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec J2S 2M2, Canada
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Shiraishi T, Yokota S, Fukiya S, Yokota A. Structural diversity and biological significance of lipoteichoic acid in Gram-positive bacteria: focusing on beneficial probiotic lactic acid bacteria. BIOSCIENCE OF MICROBIOTA FOOD AND HEALTH 2016; 35:147-161. [PMID: 27867802 PMCID: PMC5107633 DOI: 10.12938/bmfh.2016-006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bacterial cell surface molecules are at the forefront of host-bacterium interactions. Teichoic acids are observed only in Gram-positive bacteria, and they are
one of the main cell surface components. Teichoic acids play important physiological roles and contribute to the bacterial interaction with their host. In
particular, lipoteichoic acid (LTA) anchored to the cell membrane has attracted attention as a host immunomodulator. Chemical and biological characteristics of
LTA from various bacteria have been described. However, most of the information concerns pathogenic bacteria, and information on beneficial bacteria, including
probiotic lactic acid bacteria, is insufficient. LTA is structurally diverse. Strain-level structural diversity of LTA is suggested to underpin its
immunomodulatory activities. Thus, the structural information on LTA in probiotics, in particular strain-associated diversity, is important for understanding
its beneficial roles associated with the modulation of immune response. Continued accumulation of structural information is necessary to elucidate the detailed
physiological roles and significance of LTA. In this review article, we summarize the current state of knowledge on LTA structure, in particular the structure
of LTA from lactic acid bacteria. We also describe the significance of structural diversity and biological roles of LTA.
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- Tsukasa Shiraishi
- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Minami 1 Nishi 17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Minami 1 Nishi 17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbial Physiology, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbial Physiology, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan
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Duda KA, Petersen S, Holst O. Structural characterization of the lipoteichoic acid isolated from Staphylococcus sciuri W620. Carbohydr Res 2016; 430:44-47. [PMID: 27196311 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2016.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is an important cell envelope compound of Gram-positive bacteria. LTA isolated from allergy-protective Staphylococcus sciuri W620 strain was characterized by chemical analyses as well as 1D and 2D NMR experiments. Compositional analyses indicated the presence of glycerol (Gro), phosphate-Gro, alanine-Gro, glucose (Glc) and fatty acids. The studied strain produced LTA with backbone composed of glycerol-phosphate repeating units only substituted with d-alanine (Ala) and the lipid anchor, typically for genus Staphyloccocus, possessing the structure β-d-Glcp(1→6)- β-d-Glcp(1→3)-1,2-diacyl-sn-Gro.
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- Division of Structural Biochemistry, Priority Area Asthma and Allergies, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Parkallee 4a/c, D-23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Division of Structural Biochemistry, Priority Area Asthma and Allergies, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Parkallee 4a/c, D-23845 Borstel, Germany
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Günther J, Czabanska A, Bauer I, Leigh JA, Holst O, Seyfert HM. Streptococcus uberis strains isolated from the bovine mammary gland evade immune recognition by mammary epithelial cells, but not of macrophages. Vet Res 2016; 47:13. [PMID: 26738804 PMCID: PMC4704416 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-015-0287-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Streptococcus uberis is frequently isolated from the mammary gland of dairy cattle. Infection with some strains can induce mild subclinical inflammation whilst others induce severe inflammation and clinical mastitis. We compared here the inflammatory response of primary cultures of bovine mammary epithelial cells (pbMEC) towards S. uberis strains collected from clinical or subclinical cases (seven strains each) of mastitis with the strong response elicited by Escherichia coli. Neither heat inactivated nor live S. uberis induced the expression of 10 key immune genes (including TNF, IL1B, IL6). The widely used virulent strain 0140J and the avirulent strain, EF20 elicited similar responses; as did mutants defective in capsule (hasA) or biofilm formation (sub0538 and sub0539). Streptococcus uberis failed to activate NF-κB in pbMEC or TLR2 in HEK293 cells, indicating that S. uberis particles did not induce any TLR-signaling in MEC. However, preparations of lipoteichoic acid (LTA) from two strains strongly induced immune gene expression and activated NF-κB in pbMEC, without the involvement of TLR2. The immune-stimulatory LTA must be arranged in the intact S. uberis such that it is unrecognizable by the relevant pathogen receptors of the MEC. The absence of immune recognition is specific for MEC, since the same S. uberis preparations strongly induced immune gene expression and NF-κB activity in the murine macrophage model cell RAW264.7. Hence, the sluggish immune response of MEC and not of professional immune cells to this pathogen may aid establishment of the often encountered belated and subclinical phenotype of S. uberis mastitis.
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- Juliane Günther
- Institute for Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196, Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Division of Structural Biochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Parkallee 1-40, 23845, Borstel, Germany.
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- Institute for Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196, Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Department Animal Health and Welfare, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK.
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- Division of Structural Biochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Parkallee 1-40, 23845, Borstel, Germany.
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- Institute for Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196, Dummerstorf, Germany.
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Yang HJ, Yang I, Choi JH, Kang D, Han MS, Kim SK. Determination of phosphorus impurity that directly affects quantification of microbial genomic DNA using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2014; 450:49-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2014.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Czabańska A, Holst O, Duda KA. Chemical structures of the secondary cell wall polymers (SCWPs) isolated from bovine mastitis Streptococcus uberis. Carbohydr Res 2013; 377:58-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2013.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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de Greeff A, Zadoks R, Ruuls L, Toussaint M, Nguyen TKA, Downing A, Rebel J, Stockhofe-Zurwieden N, Smith H. Early host response in the mammary gland after experimental Streptococcus uberis challenge in heifers. J Dairy Sci 2013; 96:3723-36. [PMID: 23587380 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Streptococcus uberis is a highly prevalent causative agent of bovine mastitis, which leads to large economic losses in the dairy industry. The aim of this study was to examine the host response during acute inflammation after experimental challenge with capsulated Strep. uberis. Gene expression in response to Strep. uberis was compared between infected and control quarters in 3 animals. All quarters (n=16) were sampled at 16 different locations. Microarray data showed that 239 genes were differentially expressed between infected and control quarters. No differences in gene expression were observed between the different locations. Microarray data were confirmed for several genes using quantitative PCR analysis. Genes differentially expressed due to early Strep. uberis mastitis represented several stages of the process of infection: (1) pathogen recognition; (2) chemoattraction of neutrophils; (3) tissue repair mechanisms; and (4) bactericidal activity. Three different pathogen recognition genes were induced: ficolins, lipopolysaccharide binding protein, and toll-like receptor 2. Calgranulins were found to be the most strongly upregulated genes during early inflammation. By histology and immunohistochemistry, we demonstrated that changes in gene expression in response to Strep. uberis were induced both in infiltrating somatic milk cells and in mammary epithelial cells, demonstrating that the latter cell type plays a role in milk production as well as immune responsiveness. Given the rapid development of inflammation or mastitis after infection, early diagnosis of (Strep. uberis) mastitis is required for prevention of disease and spread of the pathogen. Insight into host responses could help to design immunomodulatory therapies to dampen inflammation after (early) diagnosis of Strep. uberis mastitis. Future research should focus on development of these early diagnostics and immunomodulatory components for mastitis treatment.
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- Astrid de Greeff
- Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen University and Research Centre, Edelhertweg 15, 8219 PH Lelystad, The Netherlands.
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