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Translocation of non-lytic antimicrobial peptides and bacteria penetrating peptides across the inner membrane of the bacterial envelope. Curr Genet 2021; 68:83-90. [PMID: 34750687 PMCID: PMC8801401 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-021-01217-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The increase in multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria has become a problem worldwide. Currently there is a strong focus on the development of novel antimicrobials, including antimicrobial peptides (AMP) and antimicrobial antisense agents. While the majority of AMP have membrane activity and kill bacteria through membrane disruption, non-lytic AMP are non-membrane active, internalize and have intracellular targets. Antimicrobial antisense agents such as peptide nucleic acids (PNA) and phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMO), show great promise as novel antibacterial agents, killing bacteria by inhibiting translation of essential target gene transcripts. However, naked PNA and PMO are unable to translocate across the cell envelope of bacteria, to reach their target in the cytosol, and are conjugated to bacteria penetrating peptides (BPP) for cytosolic delivery. Here, we discuss how non-lytic AMP and BPP-PMO/PNA conjugates translocate across the cytoplasmic membrane via receptor-mediated transport, such as the cytoplasmic membrane transporters SbmA, MdtM/YjiL, and/or YgdD, or via a less well described autonomous process.
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Xue Z, Li A, Zhang X, Yu W, Wang J, Zhang Y, Gao X, Kou X. iTRAQ based proteomic analysis of PM2.5 induced lung damage. RSC Adv 2019; 9:11707-11717. [PMID: 35517034 PMCID: PMC9063425 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00252a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Haze pollution has become a global environmental problem, subsequently affecting air quality, climate, economy and human health. Notably, PM2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 micrometers) significantly accounts for a variety of adverse health effects, in particular pulmonary diseases such as asthma and lung cancer. Clinical diagnosis and medical treatment of the lung damage caused by PM2.5 still remain significant challenges due to the lack of specific biomarkers and pathways. Here, we established a rat model of nonsurgical intratracheal instillation to investigate PM2.5 exposure and employed iTRAQ based analytical technique and bioinformatics tools to identify putative biomarkers and pathways. We identified 163 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs). Among these proteins, we screened six DEPs (HMOX1, MP2K5, XRCC1 E9PTZ7, KNT2 and A1AG) as the putative biomarkers, with significant differentially expressed levels (percentage increment > 140%). Pathway analysis indicated that calcium signaling, MAPK and PI3K/AKT might be involved in the process of PM2.5-induced lung damage. Western-blotting was used to verify DEPs in the AEC-II cell model for early diagnosis. In summary, our data can serve as fundamental research clues for further studies of PM2.5-induced toxicity in the lungs. Research on biomarkers and pathways provides new diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic strategies for PM2.5 correlated lung diseases.![]()
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- Zhaohui Xue
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- Medical Plant Lab
- Tianjin Research Center of Agricultural Biotechnology
- Tianjin 300381
- China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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Zhai Q, Xiao Y, Zhao J, Tian F, Zhang H, Narbad A, Chen W. Identification of key proteins and pathways in cadmium tolerance of Lactobacillus plantarum strains by proteomic analysis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1182. [PMID: 28446769 PMCID: PMC5430759 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01180-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Our previous study confirmed the protective potential of Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) strains in alleviation of cadmium (Cd) toxicity in vivo and demonstrated that the observed protection largely depended on the tolerance of the strains to Cd-induced stress. It was also observed that there were significant intra-species differences in Cd tolerance of L. plantarum strains. In this study, we investigated the mechanism of Cd induced stress response of L. plantarum strains using the isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) based comparative proteomics. L. plantarum CCFM8610 (strongly resistant to Cd) and L. plantarum CCFM191 (sensitive to Cd) were selected as target strains, and their proteomic profiles in the presence and absence of Cd exposure were compared. We propose that the underlying mechanism of the exceptional Cd tolerance of CCFM8610 may be attributed to the following: (a) a specific energy-conservation survival mode; (b) mild induction of its cellular defense and repair system; (c) an enhanced biosynthesis of hydrophobic amino acids in response to Cd; (d) inherent superior Cd binding ability and effective cell wall biosynthesis ability; (e) a tight regulation on ion transport; (f) several key proteins, including prophage P2b protein 18, CadA, mntA and lp_3327.
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- Qixiao Zhai
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.,UK-China Joint Centre on Probiotic Bacteria, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.,UK-China Joint Centre on Probiotic Bacteria, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.,UK-China Joint Centre on Probiotic Bacteria, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK
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- UK-China Joint Centre on Probiotic Bacteria, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK.,Gut Health and Food Safety Programme, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, NR4 7UA, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. .,UK-China Joint Centre on Probiotic Bacteria, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK. .,Beijing Innovation Centre of Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology & Business University, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China.
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New Insights into the Formation of Viable but Nonculturable Escherichia coli O157:H7 Induced by High-Pressure CO2. mBio 2016; 7:mBio.00961-16. [PMID: 27578754 PMCID: PMC4999544 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00961-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The formation of viable but nonculturable (VBNC) Escherichia coli O157:H7 induced by high-pressure CO2 (HPCD) was investigated using RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) transcriptomics and isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) proteomic methods. The analyses revealed that 97 genes and 56 proteins were significantly changed upon VBNC state entry. Genes and proteins related to membrane transport, central metabolisms, DNA replication, and cell division were mainly downregulated in the VBNC cells. This caused low metabolic activity concurrently with a division arrest in cells, which may be related to VBNC state formation. Cell division repression and outer membrane overexpression were confirmed to be involved in VBNC state formation by homologous expression of z2046 coding for transcriptional repressor and ompF encoding outer membrane protein F. Upon VBNC state entry, pyruvate catabolism in the cells shifted from the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle toward the fermentative route; this led to a low level of ATP. Combating the low energy supply, ATP production in the VBNC cells was compensated by the degradation of l-serine and l-threonine, the increased AMP generation, and the enhanced electron transfer. Furthermore, tolerance of the cells with respect to HPCD-induced acid, oxidation, and high CO2 stresses was enhanced by promoting the production of ammonia and NADPH and by reducing CO2 production during VBNC state formation. Most genes and proteins related to pathogenicity were downregulated in the VBNC cells. This would decrease the cell pathogenicity, which was confirmed by adhesion assays. In conclusion, the decreased metabolic activity, repressed cell division, and enhanced survival ability in E. coli O157:H7 might cause HPCD-induced VBNC state formation. Escherichia coli O157:H7 has been implicated in large foodborne outbreaks worldwide. It has been reported that the presence of as few as 10 cells in food could cause illness. However, the presence of only 0.73 to 1.5 culturable E. coli O157:H7 cells in salted salmon roe caused infection in Japan. Investigators found that E. coli O157:H7 in the viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state was the source of the outbreak. So far, formation mechanisms of VBNC state are not well known. In a previous study, we demonstrated that high-pressure CO2 (HPCD) could induce the transition of E. coli O157:H7 into the VBNC state. In this study, we used RNA-Seq transcriptomic analysis combined with the iTRAQ proteomic method to investigate the formation of VBNC E. coli O157:H7 induced by HPCD treatment. Finally, we proposed a putative formation mechanism of the VBNC cells induced by HPCD, which may provide a theoretical foundation for controlling the VBNC state entry induced by HPCD treatment.
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Schmidt R, Krizsan A, Volke D, Knappe D, Hoffmann R. Identification of New Resistance Mechanisms in Escherichia coli against Apidaecin 1b Using Quantitative Gel- and LC–MS-Based Proteomics. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:2607-17. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rico Schmidt
- Institute
of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Center
for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute
of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Center
for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute
of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Center
for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute
of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Center
for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute
of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Center
for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Volke D, Krizsan A, Berthold N, Knappe D, Hoffmann R. Identification of Api88 Binding Partners in Escherichia coli Using a Photoaffinity-Cross-Link Strategy and Label-Free Quantification. J Proteome Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Daniela Volke
- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy and ‡Center for Biotechnology
and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy and ‡Center for Biotechnology
and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy and ‡Center for Biotechnology
and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy and ‡Center for Biotechnology
and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy and ‡Center for Biotechnology
and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Yang XY, Zhang L, Liu J, Li N, Yu G, Cao K, Han J, Zeng G, Pan Y, Sun X, He QY. Proteomic analysis on the antibacterial activity of a Ru(II) complex against Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Proteomics 2014; 115:107-16. [PMID: 25497219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Revised: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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UNLABELLED Streptococcus pneumoniae is a Gram-positive pathogen that causes a variety of infection diseases in human. In this project, we determined the antibacterial activity of a Ru(II) complex X-03 against S. pneumoniae in vitro, by comparing its toxicity to host cells A549 and HBE. We performed two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE)-based proteomic analysis to characterize the protein alterations in S. pneumoniae after treatment with X-03. In total, 50 proteins exhibiting significant differential expressions were identified. RT-PCR was used to confirm the expression differences for selected proteins. Bioinformatics analysis on the proteomic alterations suggested that Ru(II) complex X-03 may obstruct bacterial fatty acid synthesis and oxidation-reduction process to suppress the growth of S. pneumoniae. Metal-uptake experiments revealed that iron-acquisition pathway in the bacterium may be interfered by X-03. These results provide useful clues for further investigations on the mechanism of the antibacterial action of metal compounds. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE The appearance of bacterial strains with broad antibiotic resistance is becoming an alarming global health concern. The development of novel efficient antibacterial compound is urgently needed. In the present study, we found that Ru(II) complex X-03 has a significant antibacterial activity and applied proteomic technology combined with bioinformatics analysis to investigate its antimicrobial mechanism in S. pneumoniae. Many proteins were found to be dysregulated, implicating that X-03 may affect various molecular pathways leading to the inhibition of bacterial growth. Metal-uptake experiments demonstrated that X-03 treatment reduced the iron content in the bacterium, suggesting the interference with iron acquisition systems by the complex. This disturbance in iron acquisition may directly or indirectly induce the proteomic response that involved many pathways. In addition, X-03 could selectively suppress Gram-positive bacteria but execute less cytotoxicity to Gram-negative bacteria, with almost no effect on human cells, implicating its potential to be developed as a specific antimicrobial agent. These results provide useful information for further investigations on the mechanism of the antibacterial action of metal drugs and development of efficient antibacterial drugs.
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- Xiao-Yan Yang
- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University,Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University,Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Life and Health Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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Narayanan S, Modak JK, Ryan CS, Garcia-Bustos J, Davies JK, Roujeinikova A. Mechanism of Escherichia coli resistance to Pyrrhocoricin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:2754-62. [PMID: 24590485 PMCID: PMC3993218 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02565-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2013] [Accepted: 02/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Due to their lack of toxicity to mammalian cells and good serum stability, proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PR-AMPs) have been proposed as promising candidates for the treatment of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacterial pathogens. It has been hypothesized that these peptides act on multiple targets within bacterial cells, and therefore the likelihood of the emergence of resistance was considered to be low. Here, we show that spontaneous Escherichia coli mutants resistant to pyrrhocoricin arise at a frequency of approximately 6 × 10(-7). Multiple independently derived mutants all contained a deletion in a nonessential gene that encodes the putative peptide uptake permease SbmA. Sensitivity could be restored to the mutants by complementation with an intact copy of the sbmA gene. These findings question the viability of the development of insect PR-AMPs as antimicrobials.
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- Shalini Narayanan
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Kupper M, Gupta SK, Feldhaar H, Gross R. Versatile roles of the chaperonin GroEL in microorganism-insect interactions. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2014; 353:1-10. [DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Revised: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Maria Kupper
- Chair of Microbiology; Biocenter; University of Würzburg; Würzburg Germany
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- Chair of Microbiology; Biocenter; University of Würzburg; Würzburg Germany
- Chair of Bioinformatics; Biocenter; University of Würzburg; Würzburg Germany
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- Animal Ecology I; Bayreuth Center for Environment and Ecology Research (BayCEER); University of Bayreuth; Bayreuth Germany
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- Chair of Microbiology; Biocenter; University of Würzburg; Würzburg Germany
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Shi J, Feng H, Lee J, Ning Chen W. Comparative proteomics profile of lipid-cumulating oleaginous yeast: an iTRAQ-coupled 2-D LC-MS/MS analysis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e85532. [PMID: 24386479 PMCID: PMC3873444 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Accumulation of intracellular lipid in oleaginous yeast cells has been studied for providing an alternative supply for energy, biofuel. Numerous studies have been conducted on increasing lipid content in oleaginous yeasts. However, few explore the mechanism of the high lipid accumulation ability of oleaginous yeast strains at the proteomics level. In this study, a time-course comparative proteomics analysis was introduced to compare the non-oleaginous yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with two oleaginous yeast strains, Cryptococcus albidus and Rhodosporidium toruloides at different lipid accumulation stages. Two dimensional LC-MS/MS approach has been applied for protein profiling together with isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) labelling method. 132 proteins were identified when three yeast strains were all at early lipid accumulation stage; 122 and 116 proteins were found respectively within cells of three strains collected at middle and late lipid accumulation stages. Significantly up-regulation or down-regulation of proteins were experienced among comparison. Essential proteins correlated to lipid synthesis and regulation were detected. Our approach provides valuable indication and better understanding for lipid accumulation mechanism from proteomics level and would further contribute to genetic engineering of oleaginous yeasts.
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- Jiahua Shi
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Mohanty A, Kathawala MH, Zhang J, Chen WN, Loo JSC, Kjelleberg S, Yang L, Cao B. Biogenic tellurium nanorods as a novel antivirulence agent inhibiting pyoverdine production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 111:858-65. [PMID: 24222554 DOI: 10.1002/bit.25147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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While antibiotic resistance in bacteria is rapidly increasing, the development of new antibiotics has decreased in recent years. Antivirulence drugs disarming rather than killing pathogens have been proposed to alleviate the problem of resistance inherent to existing biocidal antibiotics. Here, we report a nontoxic biogenic nanomaterial as a novel antivirulence agent to combat bacterial infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We synthesized, in an environmentally benign fashion, tellurium nanorods (TeNRs) using the metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis, and found that the biogenic TeNRs could effectively inhibit the production of pyoverdine, one of the most important virulence factors in P. aeruginosa. Our results suggest that amyloids and extracellular polysaccharides Pel and Psl are not involved in the interactions between P. aeruginosa and the biogenic TeNRs, while flagellar movement plays an important role in the cell-TeNRs interaction. We further showed that the TeNRs (up to 100 µg/mL) did not exhibit cytotoxicity to human bronchial epithelial cells and murine macrophages. Thus, biogenic TeNRs hold promise as a novel antivirulence agent against P. aeruginosa.
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- Anee Mohanty
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore; Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Effect of intracellular expression of antimicrobial peptide LL-37 on growth of escherichia coli strain TOP10 under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:4707-16. [PMID: 23856776 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00825-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) can cause lysis of target bacteria by directly inserting themselves into the lipid bilayer. This killing mechanism confounds the identification of the intracellular targets of AMPs. To circumvent this, we used a shuttle vector containing the inducible expression of a human cathelicidin-related AMP, LL-37, to examine its effect on Escherichia coli TOP10 under aerobic and anaerobic growth conditions. Induction of LL-37 caused growth inhibition and alteration in cell morphology to a filamentous phenotype. Further examination of the E. coli cell division protein FtsZ revealed that LL-37 did not interact with FtsZ. Moreover, intracellular expression of LL-37 results in the enhanced production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), causing lethal membrane depolarization under aerobic conditions. Additionally, the membrane permeability was increased after intracellular expression of LL37 under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that intracellular LL-37 mainly affected the expression of genes related to energy production and carbohydrate metabolism. More specifically, genes related to oxidative phosphorylation under both aerobic and anaerobic growth conditions were affected. Collectively, our current study demonstrates that intracellular expression of LL-37 in E. coli can inhibit growth under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. While we confirmed that the generation of ROS is a bactericidal mechanism for LL-37 under aerobic growth conditions, we also found that the intracellular accumulation of cationic LL-37 influences the redox and ion status of the cells under both growth conditions. These data suggest that there is a new AMP-mediated bacterial killing mechanism that targets energy metabolism.
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Novel apidaecin 1b analogs with superior serum stabilities for treatment of infections by gram-negative pathogens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 57:402-9. [PMID: 23114765 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01923-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) from insects and mammals have recently been evaluated for their pharmaceutical potential in treating systemic bacterial infections. Besides the native peptides, several shortened, modified, or even artificial sequences were highly effective in different murine infection models. Most recently, we showed that the 18-residue-long peptide Api88, an optimized version of apidaecin 1b, was efficient in two different animal infection models using the pathogenic Escherichia coli strains ATCC 25922 and Neumann, with a promising safety margin. Here, we show that Api88 is degraded relatively fast upon incubation with mouse serum, by cleavage of the C-terminal leucine residue. To improve its in vitro characteristics, we aimed to improve its serum stability. Replacing the C-terminal amide by the free acid or substituting Arg-17 with l-ornithine or l-homoarginine increased the serum stabilities by more than 20-fold (half-life, ∼4 to 6 h). These analogs were nontoxic to human embryonic kidney (HEK 293), human hepatoma (HepG2), SH-SY5Y, and HeLa cells and nonhemolytic to human erythrocytes. The binding constants of all three analogs with the chaperone DnaK, which is proposed as the bacterial target of PrAMPs, were very similar to that of Api88. Of all the analogs tested, Api137 (Gu-ONNRPVYIPRPRPPHPRL; Gu is N,N,N',N'-tetramethylguanidino) appeared most promising due to its high antibacterial activity, which was very similar to Api88. Positional alanine and d-amino acid scans of Api137 indicated that substitutions of residues 1 to 13 had only minor effects on the activity against an E. coli strain, whereas substitutions of residues 14 to 18 decreased the activity dramatically. Based on the significantly improved resistance to proteolysis, Api137 appears to be a very promising lead compound that should be even more efficient in vivo than Api88.
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Chen YZ, Pang QY, He Y, Zhu N, Branstrom I, Yan XF, Chen S. Proteomics and metabolomics of Arabidopsis responses to perturbation of glucosinolate biosynthesis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2012; 5:1138-50. [PMID: 22498773 DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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To understand plant molecular networks of glucosinolate metabolism, perturbation of aliphatic glucosinolate biosynthesis was established using inducible RNA interference (RNAi) in Arabidopsis. Two RNAi lines were chosen for examining global protein and metabolite changes using complementary proteomics and metabolomics approaches. Proteins involved in metabolism including photosynthesis and hormone metabolism, protein binding, energy, stress, and defense showed marked responses to glucosinolate perturbation. In parallel, metabolomics revealed major changes in the levels of amino acids, carbohydrates, peptides, and hormones. The metabolomics data were correlated with the proteomics results and revealed intimate molecular connections between cellular pathways/processes and glucosinolate metabolism. This study has provided an unprecedented view of the molecular networks of glucosinolate metabolism and laid a foundation towards rationale glucosinolate engineering for enhanced defense and quality.
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- Ya-zhou Chen
- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Intracellular toxicity of proline-rich antimicrobial peptides shuttled into mammalian cells by the cell-penetrating peptide penetratin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 56:5194-201. [PMID: 22850523 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00585-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The health threat caused by multiresistant bacteria has continuously increased and recently peaked with pathogens resistant to all current drugs. This has triggered intense research efforts to develop novel compounds to overcome the resistance mechanisms. Thus, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been intensively studied, especially the family of proline-rich AMPs (PrAMPs) that was successfully tested very recently in murine infection models. PrAMPs enter bacteria and inhibit chaperone DnaK. Here, we studied the toxicity of intracellular PrAMPs in HeLa and SH-SY5Y cells. As PrAMPs cannot enter most mammalian cells, we coupled the PrAMPs with penetratin (residues 43 to 58 in the antennapedia homeodomain) via a C-terminally added cysteine utilizing a thioether bridge. The resulting construct could transport the covalently linked PrAMP into mammalian cells. Penetratin ligation reduced the MIC for Gram-negative Escherichia coli only slightly (1 to 8 μmol/liter) but increased the activity against the Gram-positive Micrococcus luteus up to 32-fold (MIC ≈ 1 μmol/liter), most likely due to more effective penetration through the bacterial membrane. In contrast to native PrAMPs, the penetratin-PrAMP constructs entered the mammalian cells, aligned around the nucleus, and associated with the Golgi apparatus. At higher concentrations, the constructs reduced the cell viability (50% inhibitory concentration [IC(50)] ≈ 40 μmol/liter) and changed the morphology of the cells. No toxic effects or morphological changes were observed at concentrations of 10 μmol/liter or below. Thus, the IC(50) values were around 5 to 40 times higher than the MIC values. In conclusion, PrAMPs are in general not toxic to mammalian cells, as they do not pass through the membrane. When shuttled into mammalian cells, however, PrAMPs are only slightly cross-reactive to mammalian chaperones or other intracellular mammalian proteins, providing a second layer of safety for in vivo applications, even if they can enter some human cells.
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Czihal P, Knappe D, Fritsche S, Zahn M, Berthold N, Piantavigna S, Müller U, Van Dorpe S, Herth N, Binas A, Köhler G, De Spiegeleer B, Martin LL, Nolte O, Sträter N, Alber G, Hoffmann R. Api88 is a novel antibacterial designer peptide to treat systemic infections with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. ACS Chem Biol 2012; 7:1281-91. [PMID: 22594381 DOI: 10.1021/cb300063v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The emergence of multiple-drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial pathogens in hospitals (nosocomial infections) presents a global threat of growing importance, especially for Gram-negative bacteria with extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) or the novel New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) resistance. Starting from the antibacterial peptide apidaecin 1b, we have optimized the sequence to treat systemic infections with the most threatening human pathogens, such as Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii. The lead compound Api88 enters bacteria without lytic effects at the membrane and inhibits chaperone DnaK at the substrate binding domain with a K(D) of 5 μmol/L. The Api88-DnaK crystal structure revealed that Api88 binds with a seven residue long sequence (PVYIPRP), in two different modes. Mice did not show any sign of toxicity when Api88 was injected four times intraperitoneally at a dose of 40 mg/kg body weight (BW) within 24 h, whereas three injections of 1.25 mg/kg BW and 5 mg/kg BW were sufficient to rescue all animals in lethal sepsis models using pathogenic E. coli strains ATCC 25922 and Neumann, respectively. Radioactive labeling showed that Api88 enters all organs investigated including the brain and is cleared through both the liver and kidneys at similar rates. In conclusion, Api88 is a novel, highly promising, 18-residue peptide lead compound with favorable in vitro and in vivo properties including a promising safety margin.
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- Drug Quality and Registration (DruQuaR) Group, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Drug Quality and Registration (DruQuaR) Group, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- AiCuris GmbH & Co KG, Building 302, Wuppertal, Germany
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Wu Q, Yuan H, Zhang L, Zhang Y. Recent advances on multidimensional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for proteomics: from qualitative to quantitative analysis--a review. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 731:1-10. [PMID: 22652259 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Revised: 04/09/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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With the acceleration of proteome research, increasing attention has been paid to multidimensional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (MDLC-MS) due to its high peak capacity and separation efficiency. Recently, many efforts have been put to improve MDLC-based strategies including "top-down" and "bottom-up" to enable highly sensitive qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteins, as well as accelerate the whole analytical procedure. Integrated platforms with combination of sample pretreatment, multidimensional separations and identification were also developed to achieve high throughput and sensitive detection of proteomes, facilitating highly accurate and reproducible quantification. This review summarized the recent advances of such techniques and their applications in qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteomes.
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- Qi Wu
- Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic Research and Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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