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Cordova A, Niese B, Sweet P, Kamat P, Phillip JM, Gordon V, Contreras LM. Quantitative morphological analysis of Deinococcus radiodurans elucidates complex dose-dependent nucleoid condensation during recovery from ionizing radiation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0010824. [PMID: 38864629 PMCID: PMC11323932 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00108-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024] Open
Abstract
The extremophile Deinococcus radiodurans maintains a highly organized and condensed nucleoid as its default state, possibly contributing to its high tolerance to ionizing radiation (IR). Previous studies of the D. radiodurans nucleoid were limited by reliance on manual image annotation and qualitative metrics. Here, we introduce a high-throughput approach to quantify the geometric properties of cells and nucleoids using confocal microscopy, digital reconstructions of cells, and computational modeling. We utilize this novel approach to investigate the dynamic process of nucleoid condensation in response to IR stress. Our quantitative analysis reveals that at the population level, exposure to IR induced nucleoid compaction and decreased the size of D. radiodurans cells. Morphological analysis and clustering identified six distinct sub-populations across all tested experimental conditions. Results indicate that exposure to IR induced fractional redistributions of cells across sub-populations to exhibit morphologies associated with greater nucleoid condensation and decreased the abundance of sub-populations associated with cell division. Nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) may link nucleoid compaction and stress tolerance, but their roles in regulating compaction in D. radiodurans are unknown. Imaging of genomic mutants of known and suspected NAPs that contribute to nucleoid condensation found that deletion of nucleic acid-binding proteins, not previously described as NAPs, can remodel the nucleoid by driving condensation or decondensation in the absence of stress and that IR increased the abundance of these morphological states. Thus, our integrated analysis introduces a new methodology for studying environmental influences on bacterial nucleoids and provides an opportunity to further investigate potential regulators of nucleoid condensation.IMPORTANCEDeinococcus radiodurans, an extremophile known for its stress tolerance, constitutively maintains a highly condensed nucleoid. Qualitative studies have described nucleoid behavior under a variety of conditions. However, a lack of quantitative data regarding nucleoid organization and dynamics has limited our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms controlling nucleoid organization in D. radiodurans. Here, we introduce a quantitative approach that enables high-throughput quantitative measurements of subcellular spatial characteristics in bacterial cells. Applying this to wild-type or single-protein-deficient populations of D. radiodurans subjected to ionizing radiation, we identified significant stress-responsive changes in cell shape, nucleoid organization, and morphology. These findings highlight this methodology's adaptability and capacity for quantitatively analyzing the cellular response to stressors for screening cellular proteins involved in bacterial nucleoid organization.
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- Antonio Cordova
- Interdisciplinary Life
Sciences Graduate Program, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The
University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, USA
- Interdisciplinary Life
Sciences Graduate Program, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA
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- Department of Physics,
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Life
Sciences Graduate Program, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The
University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns
Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland,
USA
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- Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns
Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland,
USA
- Department of
Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Nanobiotechnology, Whiting School
of Engineering, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore,
Maryland, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Life
Sciences Graduate Program, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA
- Department of Physics,
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA
- LaMontagne Center for
Infectious Disease, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Life
Sciences Graduate Program, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA
- McKetta Department of
Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA
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Ujaoney AK, Anaganti N, Padwal MK, Basu B. Deinococcus lineage and Rad52 family-related protein DR0041 is involved in DNA protection and compaction. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 248:125885. [PMID: 37473881 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
Abstract
DR0041 ORF encodes an uncharacterized Deinococcus lineage protein. We earlier reported presence of DR0041 protein in DNA repair complexes of Ssb and RecA in Deinococcus radiodurans. Here, we systematically examined the role of DR0041 in DNA metabolism using various experimental methodologies including electrophoretic mobility assays, nuclease assays, strand exchange assays and transmission electron microscopy. Interaction between DR0041 and the C-terminal acidic tail of Ssb was assessed through co-expression and in vivo cross-linking studies. A knockout mutant was constructed to understand importance of DR0041 ORF for various physiological processes. Results highlight binding of DR0041 protein to single-stranded and double-stranded DNA, interaction with Ssb-coated single-stranded DNA without interference with RecA-mediated strand exchange, protection of DNA from exonucleases, and compaction of high molecular weight DNA molecules into tightly condensed forms. Bridging and compaction of sheared DNA by DR0041 protein might have implications in the preservation of damaged DNA templates to maintain genome integrity upon exposure to gamma irradiation. Our results suggest that DR0041 protein is dispensable for growth under standard growth conditions and following gamma irradiation but contributes to protection of DNA during transformation. We discuss the role of DR0041 protein from the perspective of protection of broken DNA templates and functional redundancy.
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- Aman Kumar Ujaoney
- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India.
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Nayak T, Sengupta I, Dhal PK. A new era of radiation resistance bacteria in bioremediation and production of bioactive compounds with therapeutic potential and other aspects: An in-perspective review. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY 2021; 237:106696. [PMID: 34265519 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2021.106696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microorganisms that survive in extreme environmental conditions are known as 'extremophiles'. Recently, extremophiles draw an impression in biotechnology/pharmaceutical researches/industries because of their novel molecules, known as 'extremolytes'. The intriguing phenomenon of microbial radiation resistance probably arose independently throughout their evolution of selective pressures (e.g. UV, X-ray, Gamma radiation etc.). Radiation produces multiple types of damage/oxidation to nucleic acids, proteins and other crucial cellular components. Most of the literature on microbial radiation resistance is based on acute γ-irradiation experiments performed in the laboratory, typically involving pure cultures isolation and their application on bioremediation/therapeutic field. There is much less information other than bioremediation and therapeutic application of such promising microbes we called as 'new era'. Here we discus origin and diversity of radiation resistance bacteria as well as selective mechanisms by which microorganisms can sustain in radiation rich environment. Potential uses of these radiations resistant microbes in the field of bioremediation, bioactive compounds and therapeutic industry. Last but not the least, which is the new aspect of radiation resistance microbes. Our review suggest that resistance to chronic radiation is not limited to rare specialized strains from extreme environments, but can occur among common microbial taxa, perhaps due to overlap molecular mechanisms of resistance to radiation and other stressors. These stress tolerance potential make them potential for radionuclides remediation, their extremolytes can be useful as anti-oxidant and anti-proliferative agents. In current scenario they can be useful in various fields from natural dye synthesis to nanoparticles production and anti-cancer treatment.
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- Tilak Nayak
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
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Eugénie N, Zivanovic Y, Lelandais G, Coste G, Bouthier de la Tour C, Bentchikou E, Servant P, Confalonieri F. Characterization of the Radiation Desiccation Response Regulon of the Radioresistant Bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans by Integrative Genomic Analyses. Cells 2021; 10:cells10102536. [PMID: 34685516 PMCID: PMC8533742 DOI: 10.3390/cells10102536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Numerous genes are overexpressed in the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans after exposure to radiation or prolonged desiccation. It was shown that the DdrO and IrrE proteins play a major role in regulating the expression of approximately twenty genes. The transcriptional repressor DdrO blocks the expression of these genes under normal growth conditions. After exposure to genotoxic agents, the IrrE metalloprotease cleaves DdrO and relieves gene repression. At present, many questions remain, such as the number of genes regulated by DdrO. Here, we present the first ChIP-seq analysis performed at the genome level in Deinococcus species coupled with RNA-seq, which was achieved in the presence or not of DdrO. We also resequenced our laboratory stock strain of D. radiodurans R1 ATCC 13939 to obtain an accurate reference for read alignments and gene expression quantifications. We highlighted genes that are directly under the control of this transcriptional repressor and showed that the DdrO regulon in D. radiodurans includes numerous other genes than those previously described, including DNA and RNA metabolism proteins. These results thus pave the way to better understand the radioresistance pathways encoded by this bacterium and to compare the stress-induced responses mediated by this pair of proteins in diverse bacteria.
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Ithurbide S, Coste G, Lisboa J, Eugénie N, Bentchikou E, Bouthier de la Tour C, Liger D, Confalonieri F, Sommer S, Quevillon-Cheruel S, Servant P. Natural Transformation in Deinococcus radiodurans: A Genetic Analysis Reveals the Major Roles of DprA, DdrB, RecA, RecF, and RecO Proteins. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1253. [PMID: 32625182 PMCID: PMC7314969 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Horizontal gene transfer is a major driver of bacterial evolution and adaptation to environmental stresses, occurring notably via transformation of naturally competent organisms. The Deinococcus radiodurans bacterium, characterized by its extreme radioresistance, is also naturally competent. Here, we investigated the role of D. radiodurans players involved in different steps of natural transformation. First, we identified the factors (PilQ, PilD, type IV pilins, PilB, PilT, ComEC-ComEA, and ComF) involved in DNA uptake and DNA translocation across the external and cytoplasmic membranes and showed that the DNA-uptake machinery is similar to that described in the Gram negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Then, we studied the involvement of recombination and DNA repair proteins, RecA, RecF, RecO, DprA, and DdrB into the DNA processing steps of D. radiodurans transformation by plasmid and genomic DNA. The transformation frequency of the cells devoid of DprA, a highly conserved protein among competent species, strongly decreased but was not completely abolished whereas it was completely abolished in ΔdprA ΔrecF, ΔdprA ΔrecO, and ΔdprA ΔddrB double mutants. We propose that RecF and RecO, belonging to the recombination mediator complex, and DdrB, a specific deinococcal DNA binding protein, can replace a function played by DprA, or alternatively, act at a different step of recombination with DprA. We also demonstrated that a ΔdprA mutant is as resistant as wild type to various doses of γ-irradiation, suggesting that DprA, and potentially transformation, do not play a major role in D. radiodurans radioresistance.
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- Solenne Ithurbide
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Floc'h K, Lacroix F, Servant P, Wong YS, Kleman JP, Bourgeois D, Timmins J. Cell morphology and nucleoid dynamics in dividing Deinococcus radiodurans. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3815. [PMID: 31444361 PMCID: PMC6707255 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11725-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Our knowledge of bacterial nucleoids originates mostly from studies of rod- or crescent-shaped bacteria. Here we reveal that Deinococcus radiodurans, a relatively large spherical bacterium with a multipartite genome, constitutes a valuable system for the study of the nucleoid in cocci. Using advanced microscopy, we show that D. radiodurans undergoes coordinated morphological changes at both the cellular and nucleoid level as it progresses through its cell cycle. The nucleoid is highly condensed, but also surprisingly dynamic, adopting multiple configurations and presenting an unusual arrangement in which oriC loci are radially distributed around clustered ter sites maintained at the cell centre. Single-particle tracking and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching studies of the histone-like HU protein suggest that its loose binding to DNA may contribute to this remarkable plasticity. These findings demonstrate that nucleoid organization is complex and tightly coupled to cell cycle progression in this organism.
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- Kevin Floc'h
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DPM, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, F-38000, Grenoble, France.
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Devigne A, Meyer L, de la Tour CB, Eugénie N, Sommer S, Servant P. The absence of the RecN protein suppresses the cellular defects of Deinococcus radiodurans irradiated cells devoid of the PprA protein by limiting recombinational repair of DNA lesions. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 73:144-154. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2018.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Conventional microbiological methods have been readily taken over by newer molecular techniques due to the ease of use, reproducibility, sensitivity and speed of working with nucleic acids. These tools allow high throughput analysis of complex and diverse microbial communities, such as those in soil, freshwater, saltwater, or the microbiota living in collaboration with a host organism (plant, mouse, human, etc). For instance, these methods have been robustly used for characterizing the plant (rhizosphere), animal and human microbiome specifically the complex intestinal microbiota. The human body has been referred to as the Superorganism since microbial genes are more numerous than the number of human genes and are essential to the health of the host. In this review we provide an overview of the Next Generation tools currently available to study microbial ecology, along with their limitations and advantages.
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- Lisa A Boughner
- Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, E. Lansing MI 48823
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, E. Lansing MI 48823
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PprA Protein Is Involved in Chromosome Segregation via Its Physical and Functional Interaction with DNA Gyrase in Irradiated Deinococcus radiodurans Bacteria. mSphere 2016; 1:mSphere00036-15. [PMID: 27303692 PMCID: PMC4863600 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00036-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
D. radiodurans is one of the most radiation-resistant organisms known. This bacterium is able to cope with high levels of DNA lesions generated by exposure to extreme doses of ionizing radiation and to reconstruct a functional genome from hundreds of radiation-induced chromosomal fragments. Here, we identified partners of PprA, a radiation-induced Deinococcus-specific protein, previously shown to be required for radioresistance. Our study leads to three main findings: (i) PprA interacts with DNA gyrase after irradiation, (ii) treatment of cells with novobiocin results in defects in chromosome segregation that are aggravated by the absence of PprA, and (iii) PprA stimulates the decatenation activity of DNA gyrase. Our results extend the knowledge of how D. radiodurans cells survive exposure to extreme doses of gamma irradiation and point out the link between DNA repair, chromosome segregation, and DNA gyrase activities in the radioresistant D. radiodurans bacterium. PprA, a radiation-induced Deinococcus-specific protein, was previously shown to be required for cell survival and accurate chromosome segregation after exposure to ionizing radiation. Here, we used an in vivo approach to determine, by shotgun proteomics, putative PprA partners coimmunoprecipitating with PprA when cells were exposed to gamma rays. Among them, we found the two subunits of DNA gyrase and, thus, chose to focus our work on characterizing the activities of the deinococcal DNA gyrase in the presence or absence of PprA. Loss of PprA rendered cells hypersensitive to novobiocin, an inhibitor of the B subunit of DNA gyrase. We showed that treatment of bacteria with novobiocin resulted in induction of the radiation desiccation response (RDR) regulon and in defects in chromosome segregation that were aggravated by the absence of PprA. In vitro, the deinococcal DNA gyrase, like other bacterial DNA gyrases, possesses DNA negative supercoiling and decatenation activities. These two activities are inhibited in vitro by novobiocin and nalidixic acid, whereas PprA specifically stimulates the decatenation activity of DNA gyrase. Together, these results suggest that PprA plays a major role in chromosome decatenation via its interaction with the deinococcal DNA gyrase when D. radiodurans cells are recovering from exposure to ionizing radiation. IMPORTANCED. radiodurans is one of the most radiation-resistant organisms known. This bacterium is able to cope with high levels of DNA lesions generated by exposure to extreme doses of ionizing radiation and to reconstruct a functional genome from hundreds of radiation-induced chromosomal fragments. Here, we identified partners of PprA, a radiation-induced Deinococcus-specific protein, previously shown to be required for radioresistance. Our study leads to three main findings: (i) PprA interacts with DNA gyrase after irradiation, (ii) treatment of cells with novobiocin results in defects in chromosome segregation that are aggravated by the absence of PprA, and (iii) PprA stimulates the decatenation activity of DNA gyrase. Our results extend the knowledge of how D. radiodurans cells survive exposure to extreme doses of gamma irradiation and point out the link between DNA repair, chromosome segregation, and DNA gyrase activities in the radioresistant D. radiodurans bacterium.
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Bouthier de la Tour C, Blanchard L, Dulermo R, Ludanyi M, Devigne A, Armengaud J, Sommer S, de Groot A. The abundant and essential HU proteins in Deinococcus deserti and Deinococcus radiodurans are translated from leaderless mRNA. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2015; 161:2410-22. [PMID: 26385459 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
HU proteins have an important architectural role in nucleoid organization in bacteria. Compared with HU of many bacteria, HU proteins from Deinococcus species possess an N-terminal lysine-rich extension similar to the eukaryotic histone H1 C-terminal domain involved in DNA compaction. The single HU gene in Deinococcus radiodurans, encoding DrHU, is required for nucleoid compaction and cell viability. Deinococcus deserti contains three expressed HU genes, encoding DdHU1, DdHU2 and DdHU3. Here, we show that either DdHU1 or DdHU2 is essential in D. deserti. DdHU1 and DdHU2, but not DdHU3, can substitute for DrHU in D. radiodurans, indicating that DdHU3 may have a non-essential function different from DdHU1, DdHU2 and DrHU. Interestingly, the highly abundant DrHU and DdHU1 proteins, and also the less expressed DdHU2, are translated in Deinococcus from leaderless mRNAs, which lack a 5'-untranslated region and, hence, the Shine-Dalgarno sequence. Unexpectedly, cloning the DrHU or DdHU1 gene under control of a strong promoter in an expression plasmid, which results in leadered transcripts, strongly reduced the DrHU and DdHU1 protein level in D. radiodurans compared with that obtained from the natural leaderless gene. We also show that the start codon position for DrHU and DdHU1 should be reannotated, resulting in proteins that are 15 and 4 aa residues shorter than initially reported. The expression level and start codon correction were crucial for functional characterization of HU in Deinococcus.
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- Claire Bouthier de la Tour
- 1Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- 2CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Cellulaire, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France 3CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France 4Aix-Marseille Université, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- 1Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, F-91405 Orsay, France 3CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France 4Aix-Marseille Université, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France 5CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Ecol Microb Rhizosphere & Environ Extrem, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- 2CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Cellulaire, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France 3CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France 4Aix-Marseille Université, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- 1Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- 6CEA-Marcoule, DSV/IBITEC-S/SPI/Li2D, Laboratory 'Innovative technologies for Detection and Diagnostic', BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- 1Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- 3CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France 2CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Bioenerget Cellulaire, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France 4Aix-Marseille Université, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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Santos SP, Mitchell EP, Franquelim HG, Castanho MARB, Abreu IA, Romão CV. Dps fromDeinococcus radiodurans: oligomeric forms of Dps1 with distinct cellular functions and Dps2 involved in metal storage. FEBS J 2015; 282:4307-27. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.13420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Sandra P. Santos
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Oeiras Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa; Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Oeiras Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica; Oeiras Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Oeiras Portugal
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Trapp J, Almunia C, Gaillard JC, Pible O, Chaumot A, Geffard O, Armengaud J. Proteogenomic insights into the core-proteome of female reproductive tissues from crustacean amphipods. J Proteomics 2015; 135:51-61. [PMID: 26170043 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
As a result of the poor genome sequence coverage of crustacean amphipods, characterization of their evolutionary biology relies mostly on phenotypic traits. Here, we analyzed the proteome of ovaries from five amphipods, all from the Senticaudata suborder, with the objective to obtain insights into the core-proteome of female reproductive systems. These amphipods were from either the Gammarida infraorder: Gammarus fossarum, Gammarus pulex, Gammarus roeseli, or the Talitrida infraorder: Parhyale hawaiensis and Hyalella azteca. Ovaries from animals sampled at the end of their reproductive cycle were dissected. Their whole protein contents were extracted and their proteomes were recorded by high-throughput nanoLC-MS/MS with a high-resolution mass spectrometer. We interpreted tandem mass spectrometry data with the protein sequence resource from G. fossarum and P. hawaiensis, both recently established by RNA sequencing. The large molecular biodiversity within amphipods was assessed by the ratio of MS/MS spectra assigned for each sample, which tends to diverge rapidly along the taxonomic level considered. The core-proteome was defined as the proteins conserved along all samples, thus detectable by the homology-based proteomic assignment procedure. This specific subproteome may be further enriched in the future with the analysis of new species and update of the protein sequence resource.
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- Judith Trapp
- Irstea, Unité de Recherche MALY, Laboratoire d'écotoxicologie, CS70077, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France; CEA-Marcoule, DSV/IBICTEC-S/SPI/Li2D, Laboratory "Innovative Technologies for Detection and Diagnostic", BP 17171, F-30200 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA-Marcoule, DSV/IBICTEC-S/SPI/Li2D, Laboratory "Innovative Technologies for Detection and Diagnostic", BP 17171, F-30200 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA-Marcoule, DSV/IBICTEC-S/SPI/Li2D, Laboratory "Innovative Technologies for Detection and Diagnostic", BP 17171, F-30200 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA-Marcoule, DSV/IBICTEC-S/SPI/Li2D, Laboratory "Innovative Technologies for Detection and Diagnostic", BP 17171, F-30200 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Irstea, Unité de Recherche MALY, Laboratoire d'écotoxicologie, CS70077, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Irstea, Unité de Recherche MALY, Laboratoire d'écotoxicologie, CS70077, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France.
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- CEA-Marcoule, DSV/IBICTEC-S/SPI/Li2D, Laboratory "Innovative Technologies for Detection and Diagnostic", BP 17171, F-30200 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France.
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Passot FM, Nguyen HH, Dard-Dascot C, Thermes C, Servant P, Espéli O, Sommer S. Nucleoid organization in the radioresistant bacteriumDeinococcus radiodurans. Mol Microbiol 2015; 97:759-74. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Fanny Marie Passot
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS; Université Paris Sud; Bâtiment 409 Orsay 91405 France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS; Université Paris Sud; Bâtiment 409 Orsay 91405 France
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- Plateforme Intégrée IMAGIF - CNRS; Avenue de la Terrasse; Gif sur Yvette 91198 France
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- Plateforme Intégrée IMAGIF - CNRS; Avenue de la Terrasse; Gif sur Yvette 91198 France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS; Université Paris Sud; Bâtiment 409 Orsay 91405 France
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research In Biology (CIRB); Collège de France; CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U1050, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot Paris 75005 France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS; Université Paris Sud; Bâtiment 409 Orsay 91405 France
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Devigne A, Ithurbide S, Bouthier de la Tour C, Passot F, Mathieu M, Sommer S, Servant P. DdrO is an essential protein that regulates the radiation desiccation response and the apoptotic-like cell death in the radioresistant Deinococcus radiodurans bacterium. Mol Microbiol 2015; 96:1069-84. [PMID: 25754115 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Deinococcus radiodurans is known for its extreme radioresistance. Comparative genomics identified a radiation-desiccation response (RDR) regulon comprising genes that are highly induced after DNA damage and containing a conserved motif (RDRM) upstream of their coding region. We demonstrated that the RDRM sequence is involved in cis-regulation of the RDR gene ddrB in vivo. Using a transposon mutagenesis approach, we showed that, in addition to ddrO encoding a predicted RDR repressor and irrE encoding a positive regulator recently shown to cleave DdrO in Deinococcus deserti, two genes encoding α-keto-glutarate dehydrogenase subunits are involved in ddrB regulation. In wild-type cells, the DdrO cell concentration decreased transiently in an IrrE-dependent manner at early times after irradiation. Using a conditional gene inactivation system, we showed that DdrO depletion enhanced expression of three RDR proteins, consistent with the hypothesis that DdrO acts as a repressor of the RDR regulon. DdrO-depleted cells loose viability and showed morphological changes evocative of an apoptotic-like response, including membrane blebbing, defects in cell division and DNA fragmentation. We propose that DNA repair and apoptotic-like death might be two responses mediated by the same regulators, IrrE and DdrO, but differently activated depending on the persistence of IrrE-dependent DdrO cleavage.
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- Alice Devigne
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France
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de Groot A, Roche D, Fernandez B, Ludanyi M, Cruveiller S, Pignol D, Vallenet D, Armengaud J, Blanchard L. RNA sequencing and proteogenomics reveal the importance of leaderless mRNAs in the radiation-tolerant bacterium Deinococcus deserti. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 6:932-48. [PMID: 24723731 PMCID: PMC4007540 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Deinococcus deserti is a desiccation- and radiation-tolerant desert bacterium. Differential RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was performed to explore the specificities of its transcriptome. Strikingly, for 1,174 (60%) mRNAs, the transcription start site was found exactly at (916 cases, 47%) or very close to the translation initiation codon AUG or GUG. Such proportion of leaderless mRNAs, which may resemble ancestral mRNAs, is unprecedented for a bacterial species. Proteomics showed that leaderless mRNAs are efficiently translated in D. deserti. Interestingly, we also found 173 additional transcripts with a 5′-AUG or 5′-GUG that would make them competent for ribosome binding and translation into novel small polypeptides. Fourteen of these are predicted to be leader peptides involved in transcription attenuation. Another 30 correlated with new gene predictions and/or showed conservation with annotated and nonannotated genes in other Deinococcus species, and five of these novel polypeptides were indeed detected by mass spectrometry. The data also allowed reannotation of the start codon position of 257 genes, including several DNA repair genes. Moreover, several novel highly radiation-induced genes were found, and their potential roles are discussed. On the basis of our RNA-seq and proteogenomics data, we propose that translation of many of the novel leaderless transcripts, which may have resulted from single-nucleotide changes and maintained by selective pressure, provides a new explanation for the generation of a cellular pool of small peptides important for protection of proteins against oxidation and thus for radiation/desiccation tolerance and adaptation to harsh environmental conditions.
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- Arjan de Groot
- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Bioénergétique Cellulaire, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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Durighello E, Bellanger L, Ezan E, Armengaud J. Proteogenomic Biomarkers for Identification of Francisella Species and Subspecies by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2014; 86:9394-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ac501840g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Emie Durighello
- CEA Marcoule, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire de Biochimie
des Systèmes Perturbés, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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- CEA Marcoule, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie
Cellulaire et Biotechnologie, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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- CEA Marcoule, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire de Biochimie
des Systèmes Perturbés, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
- CEA Marcoule, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie
Cellulaire et Biotechnologie, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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- CEA Marcoule, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire de Biochimie
des Systèmes Perturbés, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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Armengaud J, Trapp J, Pible O, Geffard O, Chaumot A, Hartmann EM. Non-model organisms, a species endangered by proteogenomics. J Proteomics 2014; 105:5-18. [PMID: 24440519 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 12/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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UNLABELLED Previously, large-scale proteomics was possible only for organisms whose genomes were sequenced, meaning the most common model organisms. The use of next-generation sequencers is now changing the deal. With "proteogenomics", the use of experimental proteomics data to refine genome annotations, a higher integration of omics data is gaining ground. By extension, combining genomic and proteomic data is becoming routine in many research projects. "Proteogenomic"-flavored approaches are currently expanding, enabling the molecular studies of non-model organisms at an unprecedented depth. Today draft genomes can be obtained using next-generation sequencers in a rather straightforward way and at a reasonable cost for any organism. Unfinished genome sequences can be used to interpret tandem mass spectrometry proteomics data without the need for time-consuming genome annotation, and the use of RNA-seq to establish nucleotide sequences that are directly translated into protein sequences appears promising. There are, however, certain drawbacks that deserve further attention for RNA-seq to become more efficient. Here, we discuss the opportunities of working with non-model organisms, the proteomic methods that have been used until now, and the dramatic improvements proffered by proteogenomics. These put the distinction between model and non-model organisms in great danger, at least in terms of proteomics! BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Model organisms have been crucial for in-depth analysis of cellular and molecular processes of life. Focusing the efforts of thousands of researchers on the Escherichia coli bacterium, Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast, Arabidopsis thaliana plant, Danio rerio fish and other models for which genetic manipulation was possible was certainly worthwhile in terms of fundamental and invaluable biological insights. Until recently, proteomics of non-model organisms was limited to tedious, homology-based techniques, but today draft genomes or RNA-seq data can be straightforwardly obtained using next-generation sequencers, allowing the establishment of a draft protein database for any organism. Thus, proteogenomics opens new perspectives for molecular studies of non-model organisms, although they are still difficult experimental organisms. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteomics of non-model organisms.
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- Jean Armengaud
- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze F-30207, France.
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- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze F-30207, France; Irstea, UR MALY, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze F-30207, France
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- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze F-30207, France
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Hartmann EM, Allain F, Gaillard JC, Pible O, Armengaud J. Taking the shortcut for high-throughput shotgun proteomic analysis of bacteria. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1197:275-85. [PMID: 25172287 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1261-2_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Currently, proteomic tools are able to establish a complete list of the most abundant proteins present in a sample, providing the opportunity to study at high resolution the physiology of any bacteria for which the genome sequence is available. For a comprehensive list, proteins should be first resolved into fractions that are then proteolyzed by trypsin. The resulting peptide mixtures are analyzed by a high-throughput tandem mass spectrometer that records thousands of MS/MS spectra for each fraction. These spectra are then assigned to peptides, which are used as evidence of the existence of proteins. In addition to generating a list of protein identifications, this shortcut to proteomics uses the number of spectra recorded for each protein to quantify the observations. Here, we describe one of the most simple sample preparation methods for high-throughput proteomics of bacteria, as well as the subsequent data processing to extract quantitative information based on the spectral count approach.
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de la Tour CB, Passot FM, Toueille M, Mirabella B, Guérin P, Blanchard L, Servant P, de Groot A, Sommer S, Armengaud J. Comparative proteomics reveals key proteins recruited at the nucleoid of Deinococcus after irradiation-induced DNA damage. Proteomics 2013; 13:3457-69. [PMID: 24307635 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201300249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Revised: 10/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The nucleoids of radiation-resistant Deinococcus species show a high degree of compaction maintained after ionizing irradiation. We identified proteins recruited after irradiation in nucleoids of Deinococcus radiodurans and Deinococcus deserti by means of comparative proteomics. Proteins in nucleoid-enriched fractions from unirradiated and irradiated Deinococcus were identified and semiquantified by shotgun proteomics. The ssDNA-binding protein SSB, DNA gyrase subunits GyrA and GyrB, DNA topoisomerase I, RecA recombinase, UvrA excinuclease, RecQ helicase, DdrA, DdrB, and DdrD proteins were found in significantly higher amounts in irradiated nucleoids of both Deinococcus species. We observed, by immunofluorescence microscopy, the subcellular localization of these proteins in D. radiodurans, showing for the first time the recruitment of the DdrD protein into the D. radiodurans nucleoid. We specifically followed the kinetics of recruitment of RecA, DdrA, and DdrD to the nucleoid after irradiation. Remarkably, RecA proteins formed irregular filament-like structures 1 h after irradiation, before being redistributed throughout the cells by 3 h post-irradiation. Comparable dynamics of DdrD localization were observed, suggesting a possible functional interaction between RecA and DdrD. Several proteins involved in nucleotide synthesis were also seen in higher quantities in the nucleoids of irradiated cells, indicative of the existence of a mechanism for orchestrating the presence of proteins involved in DNA metabolism in nucleoids in response to massive DNA damage. All MS data have been deposited in the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD00196 (http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/dataset/PXD000196).
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Armengaud J, Hartmann EM, Bland C. Proteogenomics for environmental microbiology. Proteomics 2013; 13:2731-42. [PMID: 23636904 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Proteogenomics sensu stricto refers to the use of proteomic data to refine the annotation of genomes from model organisms. Because of the limitations of automatic annotation pipelines, a relatively high number of errors occur during the structural annotation of genes coding for proteins. Whether putative orphan sequences or short genes encoding low-molecular-weight proteins really exist is still frequently a mystery. Whether start codons are well defined is also an open debate. These problems are exacerbated for genomes of microorganisms belonging to poorly documented genera, as related sequences are not always available for homology-guided annotation. The functional annotation of a significant proportion of genes is also another well-known issue when annotating environmental microorganisms. High-throughput shotgun proteomics has recently greatly evolved, allowing the exploration of the proteome from any microorganism at an unprecedented depth. The structural and functional annotation process may be usefully complemented with experimental data. Indeed, proteogenomic mapping has been successfully performed for a wide variety of organisms. Specific approaches devoted to systematically establishing the N-termini of a large set of proteins are being developed. N-terminomics is giving rise to datasets of experimentally proven translational start codons as well as validated peptide signals for secreted proteins. By extension, combining genomic and proteomic data is becoming routine in many research projects. The proteomic analysis of organisms with unfinished genome sequences, the so-called composite proteomics, and the search for microbial biomarkers by bottom-up and top-down combined approaches are some examples of proteogenomic-flavored studies. They illustrate the advent of a new era of environmental microbiology where proteomics and genomics are intimately integrated to answer key biological questions.
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- Jean Armengaud
- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Rubiano-Labrador C, Bland C, Miotello G, Guérin P, Pible O, Baena S, Armengaud J. Proteogenomic insights into salt tolerance by a halotolerant alpha-proteobacterium isolated from an Andean saline spring. J Proteomics 2013; 97:36-47. [PMID: 23727365 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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UNLABELLED Tistlia consotensis is a halotolerant Rhodospirillaceae that was isolated from a saline spring located in the Colombian Andes with a salt concentration close to seawater (4.5%w/vol). We cultivated this microorganism in three NaCl concentrations, i.e. optimal (0.5%), without (0.0%) and high (4.0%) salt concentration, and analyzed its cellular proteome. For assigning tandem mass spectrometry data, we first sequenced its genome and constructed a six reading frame ORF database from the draft sequence. We annotated only the genes whose products (872) were detected. We compared the quantitative proteome data sets recorded for the three different growth conditions. At low salinity general stress proteins (chaperons, proteases and proteins associated with oxidative stress protection), were detected in higher amounts, probably linked to difficulties for proper protein folding and metabolism. Proteogenomics and comparative genomics pointed at the CrgA transcriptional regulator as a key-factor for the proteome remodeling upon low osmolarity. In hyper-osmotic condition, T. consotensis produced in larger amounts proteins involved in the sensing of changes in salt concentration, as well as a wide panel of transport systems for the transport of organic compatible solutes such as glutamate. We have described here a straightforward procedure in making a new environmental isolate quickly amenable to proteomics. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE The bacterium Tistlia consotensis was isolated from a saline spring in the Colombian Andes and represents an interesting environmental model to be compared with extremophiles or other moderate organisms. To explore the halotolerance molecular mechanisms of the bacterium T. consotensis, we developed an innovative proteogenomic strategy consisting of i) genome sequencing, ii) quick annotation of the genes whose products were detected by mass spectrometry, and iii) comparative proteomics of cells grown in three salt conditions. We highlighted in this manuscript how efficient such an approach can be compared to time-consuming genome annotation when pointing at the key proteins of a given biological question. We documented a large number of proteins found produced in greater amounts when cells are cultivated in either hypo-osmotic or hyper-osmotic conditions. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Trends in Microbial Proteomics.
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- Carolina Rubiano-Labrador
- Unidad de Saneamiento y Biotecnología Ambiental, Departamento de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, POB 56710, Bogotá D.C., Colombia; Colombian Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics of Extreme Environments, GeBiX, Colombia
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- CEA, DSV, iBEB, SBTN, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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- CEA, DSV, iBEB, SBTN, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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- CEA, DSV, iBEB, SBTN, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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- CEA, DSV, iBEB, SBTN, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France
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- Unidad de Saneamiento y Biotecnología Ambiental, Departamento de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, POB 56710, Bogotá D.C., Colombia; Colombian Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics of Extreme Environments, GeBiX, Colombia
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- CEA, DSV, iBEB, SBTN, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, F-30207, France.
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Norais C, Servant P, Bouthier-de-la-Tour C, Coureux PD, Ithurbide S, Vannier F, Guerin PP, Dulberger CL, Satyshur KA, Keck JL, Armengaud J, Cox MM, Sommer S. The Deinococcus radiodurans DR1245 protein, a DdrB partner homologous to YbjN proteins and reminiscent of type III secretion system chaperones. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56558. [PMID: 23441204 PMCID: PMC3575483 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans exhibits an extreme resistance to ionizing radiation. A small subset of Deinococcus genus-specific genes were shown to be up-regulated upon exposure to ionizing radiation and to play a role in genome reconstitution. These genes include an SSB-like protein called DdrB. Here, we identified a novel protein encoded by the dr1245 gene as an interacting partner of DdrB. A strain devoid of the DR1245 protein is impaired in growth, exhibiting a generation time approximately threefold that of the wild type strain while radioresistance is not affected. We determined the three-dimensional structure of DR1245, revealing a relationship with type III secretion system chaperones and YbjN family proteins. Thus, DR1245 may display some chaperone activity towards DdrB and possibly other substrates.
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- Cédric Norais
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Ecole polytechnique, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Palaiseau, France
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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- Ecole polytechnique, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Palaiseau, France
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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- Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Lab Biochim System Perturb, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR8621, Orsay, France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Orsay, France
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The PprA protein is required for accurate cell division of γ-irradiated Deinococcus radiodurans bacteria. DNA Repair (Amst) 2013; 12:265-72. [PMID: 23403184 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2013.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Revised: 01/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Deinococcus radiodurans, one of the most radioresistant organisms known to date is able to reconstruct an intact genome from hundreds of DNA fragments. Here, we investigate the in vivo role of PprA, a radiation-induced Deinococcus specific protein. We report that DNA double strand break repair in cells devoid of PprA and exposed to 3800Gy γ-irradiation takes place efficiently with a delay of only 1h as compared to the wild type, whereas massive DNA synthesis begins 90min after irradiation as in the wild type, a phenotype insufficient to explain the severe radiosensitivity of the ΔpprA mutant. We show that the slow kinetics of reassembly of DNA fragments in a ΔpprA ΔrecA double mutant was the same as that observed in a ΔrecA single mutant demonstrating that PprA does not play a major role in DNA repair through RecA-independent pathways. Using a tagged PprA protein and immunofluorescence microscopy, we show that PprA is recruited onto the nucleoid after γ-irradiation before DNA double strand break repair completion, and then is found as a thread across the septum in dividing cells. Moreover, whereas untreated cells devoid of PprA displayed a wild type morphology, they showed a characteristic cell division abnormality after irradiation not found in other radiosensitive mutants committed to die, as DNA is present equally in the two daughter cells but not separated at the division septum. We propose that PprA may play a crucial role in the control of DNA segregation and/or cell division after DNA double strand break repair.
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High-throughput identification of proteins with the latest generation of hybrid high-resolution mass spectrometers is opening new perspectives in microbiology. I present, here, an overview of tandem mass spectrometry technology and bioinformatics for shotgun proteomics that make 2D-PAGE approaches obsolete. Non-labelling quantitative approaches have become more popular than labelling techniques on most proteomic platforms because they are easier to carry out while their quantitative outcome is rather robust. Parameters for recording mass spectrometry data, however, need to be chosen carefully and statistics to assess the confidence of the results should not be neglected. Interestingly, next-generation sequencing methodologies make any microbial model quickly amenable to proteomics, leading to the documentation of a wide range of organisms from diverse environments. Some recent discoveries made using microbial proteomics have challenged some biological dogma, such as: (i) initiation of the translation does not occur predominantly from ATG codons in some microorganisms, (ii) non-canonical initiation codons are used to regulate the production of specific but important proteins and (iii) a gene may code for multiple polypeptide species, heterogeneous in terms of sequences. Microbial diversity and microbial physiology can now be revisited by means of exhaustive comparative proteomic surveys where thousands of proteins are detected and quantified. Proteogenomics, consisting of better annotating of genomes with the help of proteomic evidence, is paving the way for integrated multi-omic approaches in microbiology. Finally, meta-proteomic tools and approaches are emerging for tackling the high complexity of the microbial world as a whole, opening new perspectives for assessing how microbial communities function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jean Armengaud
- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Lab Biochim System Perturb, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France.
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