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Oles RE, Terrazas MC, Loomis LR, Neal MJ, Paulchakrabarti M, Zuffa S, Hsu CY, Vasquez Ayala A, Lee MH, Tribelhorn C, Belda-Ferre P, Bryant M, Zemlin J, Young J, Dulai P, Sandborn WJ, Sivagnanam M, Raffatellu M, Pride D, Dorrestein PC, Zengler K, Choudhury B, Knight R, Chu H. Pathogenic Bacteroides fragilis strains can emerge from gut-resident commensals. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.19.599758. [PMID: 38948766 PMCID: PMC11213024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.19.599758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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Bacteroides fragilis is a prominent member of the human gut microbiota, playing crucial roles in maintaining gut homeostasis and host health. Although it primarily functions as a beneficial commensal, B. fragilis can become pathogenic. To determine the genetic basis of its duality, we conducted a comparative genomic analysis of 813 B. fragilis strains, representing both commensal and pathogenic origins. Our findings reveal that pathogenic strains emerge across diverse phylogenetic lineages, due in part to rapid gene exchange and the adaptability of the accessory genome. We identified 16 phylogenetic groups, differentiated by genes associated with capsule composition, interspecies competition, and host interactions. A microbial genome-wide association study identified 44 genes linked to extra-intestinal survival and pathogenicity. These findings reveal how genomic diversity within commensal species can lead to the emergence of pathogenic traits, broadening our understanding of microbial evolution in the gut.
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- Renee E. Oles
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Chiba University-UC San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy and Vaccines (cMAV), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Center of Advanced Laboratory Medicine (CALM), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Program in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- GlycoAnalytics Core, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Chiba University-UC San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy and Vaccines (cMAV), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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Martínez-Álvaro M, Mattock J, González-Recio Ó, Saborío-Montero A, Weng Z, Lima J, Duthie CA, Dewhurst R, Cleveland MA, Watson M, Roehe R. Including microbiome information in a multi-trait genomic evaluation: a case study on longitudinal growth performance in beef cattle. Genet Sel Evol 2024; 56:19. [PMID: 38491422 PMCID: PMC10943865 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-024-00887-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Growth rate is an important component of feed conversion efficiency in cattle and varies across the different stages of the finishing period. The metabolic effect of the rumen microbiome is essential for cattle growth, and investigating the genomic and microbial factors that underlie this temporal variation can help maximize feed conversion efficiency at each growth stage. RESULTS By analysing longitudinal body weights during the finishing period and genomic and metagenomic data from 359 beef cattle, our study demonstrates that the influence of the host genome on the functional rumen microbiome contributes to the temporal variation in average daily gain (ADG) in different months (ADG1, ADG2, ADG3, ADG4). Five hundred and thirty-three additive log-ratio transformed microbial genes (alr-MG) had non-zero genomic correlations (rg) with at least one ADG-trait (ranging from |0.21| to |0.42|). Only a few alr-MG correlated with more than one ADG-trait, which suggests that a differential host-microbiome determinism underlies ADG at different stages. These alr-MG were involved in ribosomal biosynthesis, energy processes, sulphur and aminoacid metabolism and transport, or lipopolysaccharide signalling, among others. We selected two alternative subsets of 32 alr-MG that had a non-uniform or a uniform rg sign with all the ADG-traits, regardless of the rg magnitude, and used them to develop a microbiome-driven breeding strategy based on alr-MG only, or combined with ADG-traits, which was aimed at shaping the rumen microbiome towards increased ADG at all finishing stages. Combining alr-MG information with ADG records increased prediction accuracy of genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) by 11 to 22% relative to the direct breeding strategy (using ADG-traits only), whereas using microbiome information, only, achieved lower accuracies (from 7 to 41%). Predicted selection responses varied consistently with accuracies. Restricting alr-MG based on their rg sign (uniform subset) did not yield a gain in the predicted response compared to the non-uniform subset, which is explained by the absence of alr-MG showing non-zero rg at least with more than one of the ADG-traits. CONCLUSIONS Our work sheds light on the role of the microbial metabolism in the growth trajectory of beef cattle at the genomic level and provides insights into the potential benefits of using microbiome information in future genomic breeding programs to accurately estimate GEBV and increase ADG at each finishing stage in beef cattle.
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- Marina Martínez-Álvaro
- Institute of Animal Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de Valéncia, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
- Scotland's Rural College, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK.
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- Escuela de Zootecnia y Centro de Investigación en Nutrición Animal, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501, Costa Rica
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- Scotland's Rural College, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK
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- Scotland's Rural College, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK
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- Scotland's Rural College, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK.
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Hong Y, Hu D, Verderosa AD, Qin J, Totsika M, Reeves PR. Repeat-Unit Elongations To Produce Bacterial Complex Long Polysaccharide Chains, an O-Antigen Perspective. EcoSal Plus 2023; 11:eesp00202022. [PMID: 36622162 PMCID: PMC10729934 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.esp-0020-2022] [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: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The O-antigen, a long polysaccharide that constitutes the distal part of the outer membrane-anchored lipopolysaccharide, is one of the critical components in the protective outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Most species produce one of the structurally diverse O-antigens, with nearly all the polysaccharide components having complex structures made by the Wzx/Wzy pathway. This pathway produces repeat-units of mostly 3-8 sugars on the cytosolic face of the cytoplasmic membrane that is translocated by Wzx flippase to the periplasmic face and polymerized by Wzy polymerase to give long-chain polysaccharides. The Wzy polymerase is a highly diverse integral membrane protein typically containing 10-14 transmembrane segments. Biochemical evidence confirmed that Wzy polymerase is the sole driver of polymerization, and recent progress also began to demystify its interacting partner, Wzz, shedding some light to speculate how the proteins may operate together during polysaccharide biogenesis. However, our knowledge of how the highly variable Wzy proteins work as part of the O-antigen processing machinery remains poor. Here, we discuss the progress to the current understanding of repeat-unit polymerization and propose an updated model to explain the formation of additional short chain O-antigen polymers found in the lipopolysaccharide of diverse Gram-negative species and their importance in the biosynthetic process.
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- Yaoqin Hong
- Centre for Immunology and Infection Control, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Immunology and Infection Control, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Infection Control, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Infection Control, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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Harnagel AP, Sheshova M, Zheng M, Zheng M, Skorupinska-Tudek K, Swiezewska E, Lupoli TJ. Preference of Bacterial Rhamnosyltransferases for 6-Deoxysugars Reveals a Strategy To Deplete O-Antigens. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37437030 PMCID: PMC10375533 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Bacteria synthesize hundreds of bacteria-specific or "rare" sugars that are absent in mammalian cells and enriched in 6-deoxy monosaccharides such as l-rhamnose (l-Rha). Across bacteria, l-Rha is incorporated into glycans by rhamnosyltransferases (RTs) that couple nucleotide sugar substrates (donors) to target biomolecules (acceptors). Since l-Rha is required for the biosynthesis of bacterial glycans involved in survival or host infection, RTs represent potential antibiotic or antivirulence targets. However, purified RTs and their unique bacterial sugar substrates have been difficult to obtain. Here, we use synthetic nucleotide rare sugar and glycolipid analogs to examine substrate recognition by three RTs that produce cell envelope components in diverse species, including a known pathogen. We find that bacterial RTs prefer pyrimidine nucleotide-linked 6-deoxysugars, not those containing a C6-hydroxyl, as donors. While glycolipid acceptors must contain a lipid, isoprenoid chain length, and stereochemistry can vary. Based on these observations, we demonstrate that a 6-deoxysugar transition state analog inhibits an RT in vitro and reduces levels of RT-dependent O-antigen polysaccharides in Gram-negative cells. As O-antigens are virulence factors, bacteria-specific sugar transferase inhibition represents a novel strategy to prevent bacterial infections.
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- Alexa P Harnagel
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 02-106, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States
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Zheng M, Zheng M, Epstein S, Harnagel AP, Kim H, Lupoli TJ. Chemical Biology Tools for Modulating and Visualizing Gram-Negative Bacterial Surface Polysaccharides. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:1841-1865. [PMID: 34569792 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Bacterial cells present a wide diversity of saccharides that decorate the cell surface and help mediate interactions with the environment. Many Gram-negative cells express O-antigens, which are long sugar polymers that makeup the distal portion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) that constitutes the surface of the outer membrane. This review highlights chemical biology tools that have been developed in recent years to facilitate the modulation of O-antigen synthesis and composition, as well as related bacterial polysaccharide pathways, and the detection of unique glycan sequences. Advances in the biochemistry and structural biology of O-antigen biosynthetic machinery are also described, which provide guidance for the design of novel chemical and biomolecular probes. Many of the tools noted here have not yet been utilized in biological systems and offer researchers the opportunity to investigate the complex sugar architecture of Gram-negative cells.
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- Meng Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003 New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003 New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003 New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003 New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003 New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003 New York, United States
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Stranahan LW, Arenas-Gamboa AM. When the Going Gets Rough: The Significance of Brucella Lipopolysaccharide Phenotype in Host-Pathogen Interactions. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:713157. [PMID: 34335551 PMCID: PMC8319746 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.713157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Brucella is a facultatively intracellular bacterial pathogen and the cause of worldwide zoonotic infections, infamous for its ability to evade the immune system and persist chronically within host cells. Despite the frequent association with attenuation in other Gram-negative bacteria, a rough lipopolysaccharide phenotype is retained by Brucella canis and Brucella ovis, which remain fully virulent in their natural canine and ovine hosts, respectively. While these natural rough strains lack the O-polysaccharide they, like their smooth counterparts, are able to evade and manipulate the host immune system by exhibiting low endotoxic activity, resisting destruction by complement and antimicrobial peptides, entering and trafficking within host cells along a similar pathway, and interfering with MHC-II antigen presentation. B. canis and B. ovis appear to have compensated for their roughness by alterations to their outer membrane, especially in regards to outer membrane proteins. B. canis, in particular, also shows evidence of being less proinflammatory in vivo, suggesting that the rough phenotype may be associated with an enhanced level of stealth that could allow these pathogens to persist for longer periods of time undetected. Nevertheless, much additional work is required to understand the correlates of immune protection against the natural rough Brucella spp., a critical step toward development of much-needed vaccines. This review will highlight the significance of rough lipopolysaccharide in the context of both natural disease and host–pathogen interactions with an emphasis on natural rough Brucella spp. and the implications for vaccine development.
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- Lauren W Stranahan
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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Henderson PJF, Maher C, Elbourne LDH, Eijkelkamp BA, Paulsen IT, Hassan KA. Physiological Functions of Bacterial "Multidrug" Efflux Pumps. Chem Rev 2021; 121:5417-5478. [PMID: 33761243 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps have come to prominence in human and veterinary pathogenesis because they help bacteria protect themselves against the antimicrobials used to overcome their infections. However, it is increasingly realized that many, probably most, such pumps have physiological roles that are distinct from protection of bacteria against antimicrobials administered by humans. Here we undertake a broad survey of the proteins involved, allied to detailed examples of their evolution, energetics, structures, chemical recognition, and molecular mechanisms, together with the experimental strategies that enable rapid and economical progress in understanding their true physiological roles. Once these roles are established, the knowledge can be harnessed to design more effective drugs, improve existing microbial production of drugs for clinical practice and of feedstocks for commercial exploitation, and even develop more sustainable biological processes that avoid, for example, utilization of petroleum.
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- Peter J F Henderson
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, New South Wales, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2019, New South Wales, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, New South Wales, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2019, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, New South Wales, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2019, New South Wales, Australia
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Khorsandi K, Keyvani-Ghamsari S, Khatibi Shahidi F, Hosseinzadeh R, Kanwal S. A mechanistic perspective on targeting bacterial drug resistance with nanoparticles. J Drug Target 2021; 29:941-959. [PMID: 33703979 DOI: 10.1080/1061186x.2021.1895818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bacterial infections are an important cause of mortality worldwide owing to the prevalence of drug resistant bacteria. Bacteria develop resistance against antimicrobial drugs by several mechanisms such as enzyme inactivation, reduced cell permeability, modifying target site or enzyme, enhanced efflux because of high expression of efflux pumps, biofilm formation or drug-resistance gene expression. New and alternative ways such as nanoparticle (NP) applications are being established to overcome the growing multidrug-resistance in bacteria. NPs have unique antimicrobial characteristics that make them appropriate for medical application to overcome antibiotic resistance. The proposed antibacterial mechanisms of NPs are cell membrane damage, changing cell wall penetration, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, effect on DNA and proteins, and impact on biofilm formation. The present review mainly focuses on discussing various mechanisms of bacterial drug resistance and the applications of NPs as alternative antibacterial systems. Combination therapy of NPs and antibiotics as a novel approach in medicine towards antimicrobial resistance is also discussed.
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- Khatereh Khorsandi
- Department of Photodynamic, Medical Laser Research Center, Yara Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Photodynamic, Medical Laser Research Center, Yara Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Laser, Medical Laser Research Center, Yara Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phuttamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
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Troudi A, Pagès JM, Brunel JM. Chemical Highlights Supporting the Role of Lipid A in Efficient Biological Adaptation of Gram-Negative Bacteria to External Stresses. J Med Chem 2021; 64:1816-1834. [PMID: 33538159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c02185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria provides an efficient barrier against external noxious compounds such as antimicrobial agents. Associated with drug target modification, it contributes to the overall failure of chemotherapy. In the complex OM architecture, Lipid A plays an essential role by anchoring the lipopolysaccharide in the membrane and ensuring the spatial organization between lipids, proteins, and sugars. Currently, the targets of almost all antibiotics are intracellularly located and require translocation across membranes. We report herein an integrated view of Lipid A synthesis, membrane assembly, a structure comparison at the molecular structure level of numerous Gram-negative bacterial species, as well as its recent use as a target for original antibacterial molecules. This review paves the way for a new vision of a key membrane component that acts during bacterial adaptation to environmental stresses and for the development of new weapons against microbial resistance to usual antibiotics.
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- Azza Troudi
- UMR-MD1, U1261, Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, SSA, MCT, 13385 Marseille, France.,Laboratory of Microorganisms and Active Biomolecules, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis 1008, Tunisia
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- UMR-MD1, U1261, Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, SSA, MCT, 13385 Marseille, France
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- UMR-MD1, U1261, Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, SSA, MCT, 13385 Marseille, France
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Menge C. The Role of Escherichia coli Shiga Toxins in STEC Colonization of Cattle. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12090607. [PMID: 32967277 PMCID: PMC7551371 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12090607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Many cattle are persistently colonized with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and represent a major source of human infections with human-pathogenic STEC strains (syn. enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)). Intervention strategies most effectively protecting humans best aim at the limitation of bovine STEC shedding. Mechanisms enabling STEC to persist in cattle are only partialy understood. Cattle were long believed to resist the detrimental effects of Shiga toxins (Stxs), potent cytotoxins acting as principal virulence factors in the pathogenesis of human EHEC-associated diseases. However, work by different groups, summarized in this review, has provided substantial evidence that different types of target cells for Stxs exist in cattle. Peripheral and intestinal lymphocytes express the Stx receptor globotriaosylceramide (Gb3syn. CD77) in vitro and in vivo in an activation-dependent fashion with Stx-binding isoforms expressed predominantly at early stages of the activation process. Subpopulations of colonic epithelial cells and macrophage-like cells, residing in the bovine mucosa in proximity to STEC colonies, are also targeted by Stxs. STEC-inoculated calves are depressed in mounting appropriate cellular immune responses which can be overcome by vaccination of the animals against Stxs early in life before encountering STEC. Considering Stx target cells and the resulting effects of Stxs in cattle, which significantly differ from effects implicated in human disease, may open promising opportunities to improve existing yet insufficient measures to limit STEC carriage and shedding by the principal reservoir host.
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- Christian Menge
- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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Caffalette CA, Kuklewicz J, Spellmon N, Zimmer J. Biosynthesis and Export of Bacterial Glycolipids. Annu Rev Biochem 2020; 89:741-768. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-011520-104707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Complex carbohydrates are essential for many biological processes, from protein quality control to cell recognition, energy storage, and cell wall formation. Many of these processes are performed in topologically extracellular compartments or on the cell surface; hence, diverse secretion systems evolved to transport the hydrophilic molecules to their sites of action. Polyprenyl lipids serve as ubiquitous anchors and facilitators of these transport processes. Here, we summarize and compare bacterial biosynthesis pathways relying on the recognition and transport of lipid-linked complex carbohydrates. In particular, we compare transporters implicated in O antigen and capsular polysaccharide biosyntheses with those facilitating teichoic acid and N-linked glycan transport. Further, we discuss recent insights into the generation, recognition, and recycling of polyprenyl lipids.
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- Christopher A. Caffalette
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Cell wall hydrolase as a surface-associated protein target for the specific detection of Lactobacillus rhamnosus using flow cytometry. INNOV FOOD SCI EMERG 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2019.102240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Watson JL, Sanchez-Garrido J, Goddard PJ, Torraca V, Mostowy S, Shenoy AR, Clements A. Shigella sonnei O-Antigen Inhibits Internalization, Vacuole Escape, and Inflammasome Activation. mBio 2019; 10:e02654-19. [PMID: 31848280 PMCID: PMC6918081 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02654-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Two Shigella species, Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei, cause approximately 90% of bacterial dysentery worldwide. While S. flexneri is the dominant species in low-income countries, S. sonnei causes the majority of infections in middle- and high-income countries. S. flexneri is a prototypic cytosolic bacterium; once intracellular, it rapidly escapes the phagocytic vacuole and causes pyroptosis of macrophages, which is important for pathogenesis and bacterial spread. In contrast, little is known about the invasion, vacuole escape, and induction of pyroptosis during S. sonnei infection of macrophages. We demonstrate here that S. sonnei causes substantially less pyroptosis in human primary monocyte-derived macrophages and THP1 cells. This is due to reduced bacterial uptake and lower relative vacuole escape, which results in fewer cytosolic S. sonnei and hence reduced activation of caspase-1 inflammasomes. Mechanistically, the O-antigen (O-Ag), which in S. sonnei is contained in both the lipopolysaccharide and the capsule, was responsible for reduced uptake and the type 3 secretion system (T3SS) was required for vacuole escape. Our findings suggest that S. sonnei has adapted to an extracellular lifestyle by incorporating multiple layers of O-Ag onto its surface compared to other Shigella species.IMPORTANCE Diarrheal disease remains the second leading cause of death in children under five. Shigella remains a significant cause of diarrheal disease with two species, S. flexneri and S. sonnei, causing the majority of infections. S. flexneri are well known to cause cell death in macrophages, which contributes to the inflammatory nature of Shigella diarrhea. Here, we demonstrate that S. sonnei causes less cell death than S. flexneri due to a reduced number of bacteria present in the cell cytosol. We identify the O-Ag polysaccharide which, uniquely among Shigella spp., is present in two forms on the bacterial cell surface as the bacterial factor responsible. Our data indicate that S. sonnei differs from S. flexneri in key aspects of infection and that more attention should be given to characterization of S. sonnei infection.
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- Jayne L Watson
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious Disease, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Infectious Disease, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious Disease, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Lima J, Auffret MD, Stewart RD, Dewhurst RJ, Duthie CA, Snelling TJ, Walker AW, Freeman TC, Watson M, Roehe R. Identification of Rumen Microbial Genes Involved in Pathways Linked to Appetite, Growth, and Feed Conversion Efficiency in Cattle. Front Genet 2019; 10:701. [PMID: 31440274 PMCID: PMC6694183 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The rumen microbiome is essential for the biological processes involved in the conversion of feed into nutrients that can be utilized by the host animal. In the present research, the influence of the rumen microbiome on feed conversion efficiency, growth rate, and appetite of beef cattle was investigated using metagenomic data. Our aim was to explore the associations between microbial genes and functional pathways, to shed light on the influence of bacterial enzyme expression on host phenotypes. Two groups of cattle were selected on the basis of their high and low feed conversion ratio. Microbial DNA was extracted from rumen samples, and the relative abundances of microbial genes were determined via shotgun metagenomic sequencing. Using partial least squares analyses, we identified sets of 20, 14, 17, and 18 microbial genes whose relative abundances explained 63, 65, 66, and 73% of the variation of feed conversion efficiency, average daily weight gain, residual feed intake, and daily feed intake, respectively. The microbial genes associated with each of these traits were mostly different, but highly correlated traits such as feed conversion ratio and growth rate showed some overlapping genes. Consistent with this result, distinct clusters of a coabundance network were enriched with microbial genes identified to be related with feed conversion ratio and growth rate or daily feed intake and residual feed intake. Microbial genes encoding for proteins related to cell wall biosynthesis, hemicellulose, and cellulose degradation and host-microbiome crosstalk (e.g., aguA, ptb, K01188, and murD) were associated with feed conversion ratio and/or average daily gain. Genes related to vitamin B12 biosynthesis, environmental information processing, and bacterial mobility (e.g., cobD, tolC, and fliN) were associated with residual feed intake and/or daily feed intake. This research highlights the association of the microbiome with feed conversion processes, influencing growth rate and appetite, and it emphasizes the opportunity to use relative abundances of microbial genes in the prediction of these performance traits, with potential implementation in animal breeding programs and dietary interventions.
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- Joana Lima
- Beef and Sheep Research Centre, Future Farming Systems Group, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Beef and Sheep Research Centre, Future Farming Systems Group, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Beef and Sheep Research Centre, Future Farming Systems Group, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Beef and Sheep Research Centre, Future Farming Systems Group, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Beef and Sheep Research Centre, Future Farming Systems Group, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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A step further in a vaccine for Escherichia coli. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2019; 19:565-567. [PMID: 31079948 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30069-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mostowy RJ, Holt KE. Diversity-Generating Machines: Genetics of Bacterial Sugar-Coating. Trends Microbiol 2018; 26:1008-1021. [PMID: 30037568 PMCID: PMC6249986 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Bacterial pathogens and commensals are surrounded by diverse surface polysaccharides which include capsules and lipopolysaccharides. These carbohydrates play a vital role in bacterial ecology and interactions with the environment. Here, we review recent rapid advancements in this field, which have improved our understanding of the roles, structures, and genetics of bacterial polysaccharide antigens. Genetic loci encoding the biosynthesis of these antigens may have evolved as bacterial diversity-generating machines, driven by selection from a variety of forces, including host immunity, bacteriophages, and cell-cell interactions. We argue that the high adaptive potential of polysaccharide antigens should be taken into account in the design of polysaccharide-targeting medical interventions like conjugate vaccines and phage-based therapies.
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- Rafał J Mostowy
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Structure of О-polysaccharide of Escherichia coli O95: a disaccharide repeating unit containing d-fucose and d-threo-pent-2-ulose (xylulose). Russ Chem Bull 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-018-2310-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zabłotni A, Arbatsky NP, Drzewiecka D, Shashkov AS, Knirel YA. Chemical characterization and serological properties of a unique O-polysaccharide of the Proteus mirabilis Sm 99 clinical strain - Identification of a new, O81, serotype. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 118:1131-1135. [PMID: 30001599 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.06.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The current serological classification scheme of the medically important bacteria from the genus Proteus consists of 80 O serogroups, the last four of which (O77-O80) were created from clinical strains from Łódź, Poland. There are more serologically unique strains isolated from patient that do not fit into the existing scheme, such as Proteus mirabilis strain Sm 99 isolated from urine of a 74-year-old woman in Łódź. Serological investigation involving ELISA and Western blotting failed to classify the Proteus mirabilis strain Sm 99 into any of the 80 Proteus O serogroups. Sugar analysis along with two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy showed that the O-polysaccharide is composed of branched pentasaccharide repeating units containing one residue each of d-Glc, d-GlcNAc, d-GalNAc, d-glucuronic acid, and 4-[(R)-3-hydroxybutanoylamino]-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose. The chemical and serological data show that the O antigen of P. mirabilis Sm 99 is unique among the known Proteus O antigens. Based on this finding, it is proposed to extend the current serological classification scheme of Proteus by adding a new serogroup, O81, which at present consists of P. mirabilis strain Sm 99 only.
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- Agnieszka Zabłotni
- Laboratory of General Microbiology, Department of Biology of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland.
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of General Microbiology, Department of Biology of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Védrine M, Berthault C, Leroux C, Répérant-Ferter M, Gitton C, Barbey S, Rainard P, Gilbert FB, Germon P. Sensing of Escherichia coli and LPS by mammary epithelial cells is modulated by O-antigen chain and CD14. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202664. [PMID: 30142177 PMCID: PMC6108492 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli is one of the major pathogens causing mastitis in dairy cattle. Yet, the factors which mediate the ability for E. coli to develop in the bovine mammary gland remain poorly elucidated. In a mouse model, infections induced by the reference mastitis E. coli P4 showed a strong colonisation of the mammary gland, while this strain had a low stimulating power on cells of the PS bovine mammary epithelial cell line. In order to understand if such a reduced response contributes to the severity of infection, a library of random mutants of P4 strain was screened to identify mutants inducing stronger response of PS cells. Among hyper-stimulating mutants, six were altered in genes involved in biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and had lost their O-polysaccharide region, suggesting that the presence of O-antigen impairs the response of PS cells to LPS. Using purified smooth (S) and rough (R) fractions of LPS, we showed that the R-LPS fraction induced a stronger response from PS cells than the smooth LPS fraction. Biological activity of the S-LPS fraction could be restored by the addition of recombinant bovine CD14 (rbCD14), indicating a crucial role of CD14 in the recognition of S-LPS by Mammary Epithelial Cells (MEC). When S-LPS and R-LPS were injected in udder quarters of healthy lactating cows, an inflammation developed in all infused quarters, but the S-LPS induced a more intense pro-inflammatory response, possibly in relation to sizeable concentrations of CD14 in milk. Altogether, our results demonstrate that the O-antigen modulates the pro-inflammatory response of MEC to LPS, that S-LPS and R-LPS trigger different responses of MEC and that these responses depend on the presence of CD14.
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- Mégane Védrine
- ISP UMR 1282, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- ISP UMR 1282, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- ISP UMR 1282, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- ISP UMR 1282, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- UE 0326 Domaine Expérimental du Pin-Au-Haras, INRA, Le-Pin-Au-Haras, France
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- ISP UMR 1282, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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- ISP UMR 1282, INRA, Université François Rabelais de Tours, Nouzilly, France
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Zdorovenko EL, Wang Y, Shashkov AS, Chen T, Ovchinnikova OG, Liu B, Golomidova AK, Babenko VV, Letarov AV, Knirel YA. O-Antigens of Escherichia coli Strains O81 and HS3-104 Are Structurally and Genetically Related, Except O-Antigen Glucosylation in E. coli HS3-104. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2018; 83:534-541. [PMID: 29738687 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297918050061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Glycerophosphate-containing O-specific polysaccharides (OPSs) were obtained by mild acidic degradation of lipopolysaccharides isolated from Escherichia coli type strain O81 and E. coli strain HS3-104 from horse feces. The structures of both OPSs and of the oligosaccharide derived from the strain O81 OPS by treatment with 48% HF were studied by monosaccharide analysis and one- and two-dimensional 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. Both OPSs had similar structures and differed only in the presence of a side-chain glucose residue in the strain HS3-104 OPS. The genes and the organization of the O-antigen biosynthesis gene cluster in both strains are almost identical with the exception of the gtr gene cluster responsible for glucosylations in the strain HS3-104, which is located elsewhere in the genome.
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- E L Zdorovenko
- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, 119435, Russia.
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312, Russia.
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Hou X, Perepelov AV, Guo X, Senchenkova SN, Shashkov AS, Liu B, Knirel YA, Wang L. A gene cluster at an unusual chromosomal location responsible for the novel O-antigen synthesis in Escherichia coli O62 by the ABC transporter-dependent pathway. Glycobiology 2018; 27:669-676. [PMID: 28402541 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwx030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The O-antigen is a part of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria and is related to bacterial virulence. It is one of the most variable cell constituents, and its structural diversity is almost entirely due to genetic variation of the O-antigen gene cluster. In this study, the O-antigen structure of Escherichia coli O62 was elucidated by chemical analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, but showing not consistent with the O-antigen gene cluster between conserved genes galF and gnd reported earlier. The complete genome of E. coli O62 was then sequenced and analyzed, and another O-antigen gene cluster was found and characterized that correlated perfectly with the established O-antigen structure. A deletion and complementation experiment confirmed the functionality of the novel gene cluster and demonstrated that the O62-antigen is synthesized by the ABC transporter-dependent system. To our knowledge, this is the first report that the O-antigen gene cluster is positioned at a novel locus in E. coli. Comparative analysis indicated that E. coli O62 likely originated from E. coli O68 via an IS event resulting in the repression of the O68-antigen synthesis, followed by the acquisition of a novel O-antigen gene cluster from Enterobacter aerogenes.
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- Xi Hou
- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Leninskii Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Leninskii Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Leninskii Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Leninskii Prospekt 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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Clark-Curtiss JE, Curtiss R. Salmonella Vaccines: Conduits for Protective Antigens. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 200:39-48. [PMID: 29255088 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Vaccines afford a better and more cost-effective approach to combatting infectious diseases than continued reliance on antibiotics or antiviral or antiparasite drugs in the current era of increasing incidences of diseases caused by drug-resistant pathogens. Recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccines (RASVs) have been significantly improved to exhibit the same or better attributes than wild-type parental strains to colonize internal lymphoid tissues and persist there to serve as factories to continuously synthesize and deliver rAgs. Encoded by codon-optimized pathogen genes, Ags are selected to induce protective immunity to infection by that pathogen. After immunization through a mucosal surface, the RASV attributes maximize their abilities to elicit mucosal and systemic Ab responses and cell-mediated immune responses. This article summarizes many of the numerous innovative technologies and discoveries that have resulted in RASV platforms that will enable development of safe efficacious RASVs to protect animals and humans against a diversity of infectious disease agents.
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- Josephine E Clark-Curtiss
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610.,Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; and .,Department of Comparative, Diagnostic and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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Progress in Our Understanding of Wzx Flippase for Translocation of Bacterial Membrane Lipid-Linked Oligosaccharide. J Bacteriol 2017; 200:JB.00154-17. [PMID: 28696276 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00154-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Translocation of lipid-linked oligosaccharides is a common theme across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. For bacteria, such activity is used in cell wall construction, polysaccharide synthesis, and the relatively recently discovered protein glycosylation. To the best of our knowledge, the Gram-negative inner membrane flippase Wzx was the first protein identified as being involved in oligosaccharide translocation, and yet we still have only a limited understanding of this protein after 3 decades of research. At present, Wzx is known to be a multitransmembrane protein with enormous sequence diversity that flips oligosaccharide substrates with varied degrees of preference. In this review, we provide an overview of the major findings for this protein, with a particular focus on substrate preference.
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Perepelov AV, Chen T, Senchenkova SN, Filatov AV, Song J, Shashkov AS, Liu B, Knirel YA. Structure and genetics of the O-specific polysaccharide of Escherichia coli O27. Carbohydr Res 2017; 456:1-4. [PMID: 29220644 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2017.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The O-specific polysaccharide (O-antigen) is a part of the lipopolysaccharide on the cell surface of Gram-negative bacteria. The O-polysaccharide was obtained by mild acid hydrolysis of the lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli O27 and studied by sugar analysis and Smith degradation along with 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The following structure of the branched hexasaccharide repeating unit was established, which is unique among known structures of bacterial polysaccharides:where GlcA is non-stoichiometrically O-acetylated at position 3 (∼22%) or 4 (∼37%). Functions of genes in the O-antigen gene cluster of E. coli O27 were tentatively assigned by comparison with sequences in the available databases and found to be consistent with the O-polysaccharide structure.
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- Andrei V Perepelov
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin, PR China
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin, PR China
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin, PR China
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Kupferschmied P, Chai T, Flury P, Blom J, Smits THM, Maurhofer M, Keel C. Specific surface glycan decorations enable antimicrobial peptide resistance in plant-beneficial pseudomonads with insect-pathogenic properties. Environ Microbiol 2017; 18:4265-4281. [PMID: 27727519 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Some plant-beneficial pseudomonads can invade and kill pest insects in addition to their ability to protect plants from phytopathogens. We explored the genetic basis of O-polysaccharide (O-PS, O-antigen) biosynthesis in the representative insecticidal strains Pseudomonas protegens CHA0 and Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1391 and investigated its role in insect pathogenicity. Both strains produce two distinct forms of O-PS, but differ in the organization of their O-PS biosynthesis clusters. Biosynthesis of the dominant O-PS in both strains depends on a gene cluster similar to the O-specific antigen (OSA) cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In CHA0 and other P. protegens strains, the OSA cluster is extensively reduced and new clusters were acquired, resulting in high diversity of O-PS structures, possibly reflecting adaptation to different hosts. CHA0 mutants lacking the short OSA form of O-PS were significantly impaired in insect virulence in Galleria injection and Plutella feeding assays. CHA0, PCL1391, and other insecticidal pseudomonads exhibited high resistance to antimicrobial peptides, including cecropins that are central to insect immune defense. Resistance of both model strains depended on the dominant OSA-type O-PS. Our results suggest that O-antigen is essential for successful insect infection and illustrate, for the first time, its importance in resistance of Pseudomonas to antimicrobial peptides.
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- Peter Kupferschmied
- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Research Group, Institute for Natural Resource Sciences, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Geue L, Menge C, Eichhorn I, Semmler T, Wieler LH, Pickard D, Berens C, Barth SA. Evidence for Contemporary Switching of the O-Antigen Gene Cluster between Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Colonizing Cattle. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:424. [PMID: 28377748 PMCID: PMC5359238 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) comprise a group of zoonotic enteric pathogens with ruminants, especially cattle, as the main reservoir. O-antigens are instrumental for host colonization and bacterial niche adaptation. They are highly immunogenic and, therefore, targeted by the adaptive immune system. The O-antigen is one of the most diverse bacterial cell constituents and variation not only exists between different bacterial species, but also between individual isolates/strains within a single species. We recently identified STEC persistently infecting cattle and belonging to the different serotypes O156:H25 (n = 21) and O182:H25 (n = 15) that were of the MLST sequence types ST300 or ST688. These STs differ by a single nucleotide in purA only. Fitness-, virulence-associated genome regions, and CRISPR/CAS (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated sequence) arrays of these STEC O156:H25 and O182:H25 isolates were highly similar, and identical genomic integration sites for the stx converting bacteriophages and the core LEE, identical Shiga toxin converting bacteriophage genes for stx1a, identical complete LEE loci, and identical sets of chemotaxis and flagellar genes were identified. In contrast to this genomic similarity, the nucleotide sequences of the O-antigen gene cluster (O-AGC) regions between galF and gnd and very few flanking genes differed fundamentally and were specific for the respective serotype. Sporadic aEPEC O156:H8 isolates (n = 5) were isolated in temporal and spatial proximity. While the O-AGC and the corresponding 5' and 3' flanking regions of these aEPEC isolates were identical to the respective region in the STEC O156:H25 isolates, the core genome, the virulence associated genome regions and the CRISPR/CAS elements differed profoundly. Our cumulative epidemiological and molecular data suggests a recent switch of the O-AGC between isolates with O156:H8 strains having served as DNA donors. Such O-antigen switches can affect the evaluation of a strain's pathogenic and virulence potential, suggesting that NGS methods might lead to a more reliable risk assessment.
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- Lutz Geue
- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular PathogenesisJena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular PathogenesisJena, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Free University BerlinBerlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Free University BerlinBerlin, Germany
- Robert Koch InstituteBerlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Free University BerlinBerlin, Germany
- Robert Koch InstituteBerlin, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Pathogen GenomicsCambridge, UK
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular PathogenesisJena, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut/Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular PathogenesisJena, Germany
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Zhou D, Chen C, Xu L, Utkina N, Danilov L, Torgov V, Veselovsky V, Liu B, Feng L. Mass spectrometric characterization of a two-glycosyltransferase tandem reaction for assembly of tetrasaccharide repeating unit of Escherichia coli O77 O-antigen. Carbohydr Res 2016; 424:24-9. [PMID: 26963608 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The wbaD gene and wbaC gene from Escherichia coli O77 O-antigen gene cluster encoding mannosyltransferases were functionally characterized in vitro. A synthetic acceptor P(1)-(11-phenoxyundecyl)-P(2)-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranosyl) diphosphate (GlcNAc-PP-PhU) was used as an acceptor and GDP-Man as a donor substrate; the activities of WbaD and WbaC were confirmed by detailed structural characterization of their lipooligosacharide enzyme products using high-sensitivity negative-ion electrospray ionization (ESI) collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (CID) MS-MS. The extensive fragmentation unequivocally demonstrated that the Man(1-3)-GlcNAc linkage in WbaD catalyzed reaction product and two Man(1-2)-Man linkages in tandem WbaD/WbaC catalyzed reaction product are present, respectively. This study provided valuable information for the understanding of diversified glycosyltransferase (GT) functions and the two GTs characterized can serve as additional enzyme sources for possible pharmaceutical related applications.
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- Dawei Zhou
- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, China
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prosp., 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prosp., 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prosp., 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prosp., 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, China.
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Atzinger A, Butela K, Lawrence JG. The O-antigen mediates differential survival of Salmonella against communities of natural predators. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2016; 162:610-621. [PMID: 26888189 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Antigenically distinct members of bacterial species can be differentially distributed in the environment. Predators known to consume antigenically distinct prey with different efficiencies are also differentially distributed. Here we show that antigenically distinct, but otherwise isogenic and physiologically indistinct, strains of Salmonella enterica show differential survival in natural soil, sediment and intestinal environments, where they would face a community of predators. Decline in overall cell numbers is attenuated by factors that inhibit the action of predators, including heat and antiprotozoal and antihelminthic drugs. Moreover, the fitness of strains facing these predators - calculated by comparing survival with and without treatments attenuating predator activity - varies between environments. These results suggest that relative survival in natural environments is arbitrated by communities of natural predators whose feeding preferences, if not species composition, vary between environments. These data support the hypothesis that survival against natural predators may drive the differential distribution of bacteria among microenvironments.
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- Aletheia Atzinger
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Mancilla M. Smooth to Rough Dissociation in Brucella: The Missing Link to Virulence. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2016; 5:98. [PMID: 26779449 PMCID: PMC4700419 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dissociation encompasses changes in a series of phenotypes: colony and cell morphology, inmunological and biochemical reactions and virulence. The concept is generally associated to the in vitro transition between smooth (S) and rough (R) colonies, a phenotypic observation in Gram-negative bacteria commonly made since the beginning of microbiology as a science. It is also well known that the loss of the O-polysaccharide, the most external lipopolysaccharide (LPS) moiety, triggers the change in the colony phenotype. Although dissociation is related to one of the most basic features used to distinguish between species, i.e., colony morphology, and, in the case of pathogens, predict their virulence behavior, it has been considered a laboratory artifact and thus did not gain further attention. However, recent insights into genetics and pathogenesis of members of Brucella, causative agents of brucellosis, have brought a new outlook on this experimental fact, suggesting that it plays a role beyond the laboratory observations. In this perspective article, the current knowledge on Brucella LPS genetics and its connection with dissociation in the frame of evolution is discussed. Latest reports support the notion that, by means of a better understanding of genetic pathways linked to R phenotype and the biological impact of this intriguing "old" phenomenon, unexpected applications can be achieved.
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- Marcos Mancilla
- Research and Development Department, ADL Diagnostic Chile Ltd.Puerto Montt, Chile
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Cao B, Tian Z, Wang S, Zhu Z, Sun Y, Feng L, Wang L. Structural comparison of O-antigen gene clusters of Legionella pneumophila and its application of a serogroup-specific multiplex PCR assay. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1405-1423. [PMID: 26415652 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-015-0594-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Legionella pneumophila serogroups O1, O4, O6, O7, O10 and O13 are pathogenic strains associated with pneumonia. The surface O-antigen gene clusters of L. pneumophila serogroups O4, O6, O7, O10 and O13 were sequenced and analyzed, with the function annotated on the basis of homology to that of the genes of L. pneumophila serogroup O1 (L. pneumophila subsp. pneumophila str. Philadelphia 1). The gene locus of the six L. pneumophila serogroups contains genes of yvfE, neuABCD, pseA-like for nucleotide sugar biosynthesis, wecA for sugar transfer, and wzm as well as wzt for O-antigen processing. The detection of O-antigen genes allows the fine differentiation at species and serogroup level without the neccessity of nucleotide sequencing. The O-antigen-processing genes wzm and wzt, which were found to be distinctive for different for different serogroups, have been used as the target genes for the detection and identification of L. pneumophila strains of different O serogroups. In this report, a multiplex PCR assay based on wzm or wzt that diferentiates all the six serogroups by amplicon size was developed with the newly designed specific primer pairs for O1 and O7, and the specific primer pairs for O4, O6, O10, and O13 reported previously. The array was validated by analysis of 34 strains including 15 L. pneumophila O-standard reference strains, eight reference strains of other Legionella non-pneumophila species, six other bacterial species, and five L. pneumophila environmental isolates. The detection sensitivity was one ng genomic DNA. The accurate and sensitive assay is suitable for the identification and detection of strains of these serogroups in environmental and clinical samples.
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- Boyang Cao
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. .,TEDA Institue of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. .,Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochips, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. .,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.,TEDA Institue of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochips, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.,TEDA Institue of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochips, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Basic Medical College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochips, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.,TEDA Institue of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochips, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. .,TEDA Institue of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China. .,Tianjin Research Center for Functional Genomics and Biochips, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. .,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
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Fur is the master regulator of the extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli response to serum. mBio 2014; 5:mBio.01460-14. [PMID: 25118243 PMCID: PMC4145685 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01460-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Drug-resistant extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains are the major cause of colisepticemia (colibacillosis), a condition that has become an increasing public health problem in recent years. ExPEC strains are characterized by high resistance to serum, which is otherwise highly toxic to most bacteria. To understand how these bacteria survive and grow in serum, we performed system-wide analyses of their response to serum, making a clear distinction between the responses to nutritional immunity and innate immunity. Thus, mild heat inactivation of serum destroys the immune complement and abolishes the bactericidal effect of serum (inactive serum), making it possible to examine nutritional immunity. We used a combination of deep RNA sequencing and proteomics in order to characterize ExPEC genes whose expression is affected by the nutritional stress of serum and by the immune complement. The major change in gene expression induced by serum-active and inactive-involved metabolic genes. In particular, the serum metabolic response is coordinated by three transcriptional regulators, Fur, BasR, and CysB. Fur alone was responsible for more than 80% of the serum-induced transcriptional response. Consistent with its role as a major serum response regulator, deletion of Fur renders the bacteria completely serum sensitive. These results highlight the role of metabolic adaptation in colisepticemia and virulence. IMPORTANCE Drug-resistant extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains have emerged as major pathogens, especially in community- and hospital-acquired infections. These bacteria cause a large spectrum of syndromes, the most serious of which is septicemia, a condition with a high mortality rate. These bacterial strains are characterized by high resistance to serum, otherwise highly toxic to most bacteria. To understand the basis of this resistance, we carried out system-wide analyses of the response of ExPEC strains to serum by using proteomics and deep RNA sequencing. The major changes in gene expression induced by exposure to serum involved metabolic genes, not necessarily implicated in relation to virulence. One metabolic regulator-Fur-involved in iron metabolism was responsible for more than 80% of the serum-induced response, and its deletion renders the bacteria completely serum sensitive. These results highlight the role of metabolic adaptation in virulence.
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Geurtsen J, Fae KC, van den Dobbelsteen GPJM. Importance of (antibody-dependent) complement-mediated serum killing in protection against Bordetella pertussis. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 13:1229-40. [PMID: 25081731 DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.944901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease that is caused by Bordetella pertussis. Despite being vaccine preventable, pertussis rates have been rising steadily over the last decades, even in areas with high vaccine uptake. Recently, experiments with infant baboons indicated that although vaccination with acellular pertussis vaccines prevented disease, no apparent effect was observed on infection and transmission. One explanation may be that current acellular pertussis vaccines do not induce high levels of opsonophagocytic and/or bactericidal activity, implying that engineering of vaccines that promote bacterial killing may improve efficacy. Here, we discuss the importance of complement-mediated killing in vaccine-induced protection against B. pertussis. We first examine how B. pertussis may have evolved different complement evasion strategies. Second, we explore the benefits of opsonophagocytic and/or bactericidal killing in vaccine-induced protection and discuss whether or not inclusion of new opsonophagocytic or bactericidal target antigens in pertussis vaccines may benefit efficacy.
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- Jeroen Geurtsen
- Crucell Holland B.V, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson - Bacterial Vaccines Research and Development, PO Box 2048, Archimedesweg 4-6, 2333 CN Leiden, The Netherlands
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Ingle AB, Chao CS, Hung WC, Mong KKT. Chemical Synthesis of the O-Antigen Repeating Unit ofEscherichia coliO86 by anN-Formylmorpholine-Modulated One-Pot Glycosylation Strategy. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201402057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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ABC Transporters Involved in the Biogenesis of the Outer Membrane in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 75:1044-54. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.110115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ganguly T, Johnson JB, Kock ND, Parks GD, Deora R. The Bordetella pertussis Bps polysaccharide enhances lung colonization by conferring protection from complement-mediated killing. Cell Microbiol 2014; 16:1105-18. [PMID: 24438122 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 12/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bordetella pertussis is a human-restricted Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that causes whooping cough or pertussis. Pertussis is the leading vaccine preventable disease that is resurging in the USA and other parts of the developed world. There is an incomplete understanding of the mechanisms by which B. pertussis evades killing and clearance by the complement system, a first line of host innate immune defence. The present study examined the role of the Bps polysaccharide to resist complement activity in vitro and in the mouse respiratory tract. The isogenic bps mutant strain containing a large non-polar in-frame deletion of the bpsA-D locus was more sensitive to serum and complement mediated killing than the WT strain. As determined by Western blotting, flow cytometry and electron microscopic studies, the heightened sensitivity of the mutant strain was due to enhanced deposition of complement proteins and the formation of membrane attack complex, the end-product of complement activation. Bps was sufficient to confer complement resistance as evidenced by a Bps-expressing Escherichia coli being protected by serum killing. Additionally, Western blotting and flow cytometry assays revealed that Bps inhibited the deposition of complement proteins independent of other B. pertussis factors. The bps mutant strain colonized the lungs of complement-deficient mice at higher levels than that observed in C57Bl/6 mice. These results reveal a previously unknown interaction between Bps and the complement system in controlling B. pertussis colonization of the respiratory tract. These findings also make Bps a potential target for the prevention and therapy of whooping cough.
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- Tridib Ganguly
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Center Blvd., Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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Zhou D, Utkina N, Li D, Dong C, Druzhinina T, Veselovsky V, Liu B. Biochemical characterization of a new β-1,3-galactosyltransferase WbuP from Escherichia coli O114 that catalyzes the second step in O-antigen repeating-unit. Carbohydr Res 2013; 381:43-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2013.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Revised: 08/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hester SE, Park J, Goodfield LL, Feaga HA, Preston A, Harvill ET. Horizontally acquired divergent O-antigen contributes to escape from cross-immunity in the classical bordetellae. BMC Evol Biol 2013; 13:209. [PMID: 24067113 PMCID: PMC3849452 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) allows for rapid spread of genetic material between species, increasing genetic and phenotypic diversity. Although HGT contributes to adaptation and is widespread in many bacteria, others show little HGT. This study builds on previous work to analyze the evolutionary mechanisms contributing to variation within the locus encoding a prominent antigen of the classical bordetellae. Results We observed amongst classical bordetellae discrete regions of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen locus with higher sequence diversity than the genome average. Regions of this locus had less than 50% sequence similarity, low dN/dS ratios and lower GC content compared to the genome average. Additionally, phylogenetic tree topologies based on genome-wide SNPs were incongruent with those based on genes within these variable regions, suggesting portions of the O-antigen locus may have been horizontally transferred. Furthermore, several predicted recombination breakpoints correspond with the ends of these variable regions. To examine the evolutionary forces that might have selected for this rare example of HGT in bordetellae, we compared in vitro and in vivo phenotypes associated with different O-antigen types. Antibodies against O1- and O2-serotypes were poorly cross-reactive, and did not efficiently kill or mediate clearance of alternative O-type bacteria, while a distinct and poorly immunogenic O-antigen offered no protection against colonization. Conclusions This study suggests that O-antigen variation was introduced to the classical bordetellae via HGT through recombination. Additionally, genetic variation may be maintained within the O-antigen locus because it can provide escape from immunity to different O-antigen types, potentially allowing for the circulation of different Bordetella strains within the same host population.
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- Sara E Hester
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, W-210 Millennium Science Complex, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
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Liu B, Knirel YA, Feng L, Perepelov AV, Senchenkova SN, Reeves PR, Wang L. Structural diversity in Salmonella O antigens and its genetic basis. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2013; 38:56-89. [PMID: 23848592 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This review covers the structures and genetics of the 46 O antigens of Salmonella, a major pathogen of humans and domestic animals. The variation in structures underpins the serological specificity of the 46 recognized serogroups. The O antigen is important for the full function and virulence of many bacteria, and the considerable diversity of O antigens can confer selective advantage. Salmonella O antigens can be divided into two major groups: those which have N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) or N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) and those which have galactose (Gal) as the first sugar in the O unit. In recent years, we have determined 21 chemical structures and sequenced 28 gene clusters for GlcNAc-/GalNAc-initiated O antigens, thus completing the structure and DNA sequence data for the 46 Salmonella O antigens. The structures and gene clusters of the GlcNAc-/GalNAc-initiated O antigens were found to be highly diverse, and 24 of them were found to be identical or closely related to Escherichia coli O antigens. Sequence comparisons indicate that all or most of the shared gene clusters were probably present in the common ancestor, although alternative explanations are also possible. In contrast, the better-known eight Gal-initiated O antigens are closely related both in structures and gene cluster sequences.
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- Bin Liu
- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin, China; The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, China
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Horizontally acquired glycosyltransferase operons drive salmonellae lipopolysaccharide diversity. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003568. [PMID: 23818865 PMCID: PMC3688519 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The immunodominant lipopolysaccharide is a key antigenic factor for Gram-negative pathogens such as salmonellae where it plays key roles in host adaptation, virulence, immune evasion, and persistence. Variation in the lipopolysaccharide is also the major differentiating factor that is used to classify Salmonella into over 2600 serovars as part of the Kaufmann-White scheme. While lipopolysaccharide diversity is generally associated with sequence variation in the lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis operon, extraneous genetic factors such as those encoded by the glucosyltransferase (gtr) operons provide further structural heterogeneity by adding additional sugars onto the O-antigen component of the lipopolysaccharide. Here we identify and examine the O-antigen modifying glucosyltransferase genes from the genomes of Salmonella enterica and Salmonella bongori serovars. We show that Salmonella generally carries between 1 and 4 gtr operons that we have classified into 10 families on the basis of gtrC sequence with apparent O-antigen modification detected for five of these families. The gtr operons localize to bacteriophage-associated genomic regions and exhibit a dynamic evolutionary history driven by recombination and gene shuffling events leading to new gene combinations. Furthermore, evidence of Dam- and OxyR-dependent phase variation of gtr gene expression was identified within eight gtr families. Thus, as O-antigen modification generates significant intra- and inter-strain phenotypic diversity, gtr-mediated modification is fundamental in assessing Salmonella strain variability. This will inform appropriate vaccine and diagnostic approaches, in addition to contributing to our understanding of host-pathogen interactions. Bacterial pathogens frequently evolve mechanisms to vary the composition of their surface structures. The consequence is enhanced long-term survival by facilitating persistence and evasion of the host immune system. Salmonella sp., cause severe infections in a range of mammalian hosts and guard themselves with a protective coat, termed the O-antigen. Through genome sequence analyses we found that Salmonella have acquired an unprecedented repertoire of genetic sequences for modifying their O-antigen coat. There is strong evidence that these genetic factors have a dynamic evolutionary history and are spread through the bacterial population by bacteriophage. In addition to this genetic repertoire, we determined that Salmonella can and often do employ stochastic mechanisms for expression of these genetic factors. This means that O-antigen coat diversity can be generated within a Salmonella population that otherwise has a common genome. Our data significantly enhance our appreciation of the genetic and regulatory characteristics underpinning Salmonella O-antigen diversity. The role attributed to bacteriophage in generating this diversity highlights that Salmonella are acquiring an extensive repertoire of O-antigen modifying traits that may enhance the pathogen's ability to persist and cause disease in mammalian hosts. Such genetic traits may make useful markers for defining new epidemiological and diagnostic tools.
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Improved PCR for identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:3643-51. [PMID: 23504075 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4709-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to develop a noble and specific marker for a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the species-specific detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa based on the O-antigen acetylase gene. It is an important challenge to characterize populations of the bacterium P. aeruginosa, an opportunist by virtue of its physiological and genetic adaptability. However, molecular and serological methods currently available for sensitive and specific detection of P. aeruginosa are by no means satisfactory because there have been critical defects in the diagnosis and identification of P. aeruginosa strains in that these assays also detect other Pseudomonas species, or do not obtain amplified products from P. aeruginosa strains. Therefore, a primer set was designed based on the O-antigen acetylase gene of P. aeruginosa PA01 because it has been known that this gene is structurally diverse among species. The specificity of the primer set was evaluated using genomic DNA from six isolates of P. aeruginosa, 18 different species of Pseudomonas, and 23 other reference pathogenic bacteria. The primer set used in the PCR assay amplified a 232-bp amplicon for only six P. aeruginosa strains. The assay was also able to detect at least 1.41 × 10(3) copies/μl of cloned amplified target DNA using purified DNA, or 2.7 × 10(2) colony-forming unit per reaction when using calibrated cell suspension. In conclusion, this assay can be applied as a practical diagnostic method for epidemiological research and the sanitary management of water with a low level or latent infection of P. aeruginosa.
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Sun Y, Arbatsky NP, Wang M, Shashkov AS, Liu B, Wang L, Knirel YA. Structure and genetics of the O-antigen ofCronobacter turicensisG3882 from a new serotype,C. turicensisO2, and identification of a serotype-specific gene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 66:323-33. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2012.01013.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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New technologies in developing recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccine vectors. Microb Pathog 2012; 58:17-28. [PMID: 23142647 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2012.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccine (RASV) vectors producing recombinant gene-encoded protective antigens should have special traits. These features ensure that the vaccines survive stresses encountered in the gastrointestinal tract following oral vaccination to colonize lymphoid tissues without causing disease symptoms and to result in induction of long-lasting protective immune responses. We recently described ways to achieve these goals by using regulated delayed in vivo attenuation and regulated delayed in vivo antigen synthesis, enabling RASVs to efficiently colonize effector lymphoid tissues and to serve as factories to synthesize protective antigens that induce higher protective immune responses. We also developed some additional new strategies to increase vaccine safety and efficiency. Modification of lipid A can reduce the inflammatory responses without compromising the vaccine efficiency. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) from Salmonella-containing heterologous protective antigens can be used to increase vaccine efficiency. A dual-plasmid system, possessing Asd+ and DadB+ selection markers, each specifying a different protective antigen, can be used to develop multivalent live vaccines. These new technologies have been adopted to develop a novel, low-cost RASV synthesizing multiple protective pneumococcal protein antigens that could be safe for newborns/infants and induce protective immunity to diverse Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes after oral immunization.
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Azmuda N, Rahman MZ, Sultana M, Jenssen EL, Khan SI, Birkeland NK. Evidence of interspecies O antigen gene cluster transfer between Shigella boydii 15 and Escherichia fergusonii. APMIS 2012; 120:959-66. [PMID: 23030400 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02926.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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An environmental bacterial isolate, Iso10, previously found to show serological cross-reactivity with type-specific Shigella boydii 15 antisera was subjected to further molecular and serological analyses that revealed interspecies transfer of the O antigen gene cluster. Western blot analysis of Iso10 cell surface extracts and purified lipopolysaccharides demonstrated strong cross-reactivity with S. boydii 15-specific monovalent antisera and a lipopolysaccharide gel banding profile similar to that of S. boydii 15. Biochemical and phylogenetic analyses identified the Iso10 isolate as Escherichia fergusonii. O antigen gene cluster analyses of Iso10, carried out by restriction fragment length analysis of the amplified ~10-kb O antigen-encoding gene cluster, revealed a profile highly similar to that of S. boydii 15, confirming the presence of the S. boydii 15 somatic antigen in Iso10. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of interspecies transfer of O antigen-encoding genes between S. boydii and E. fergusonii, and it has implications for our understanding of the role of lateral gene transfer in the emergence of novel Shigella serotypes.
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- Nafisa Azmuda
- Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Ronholm J, Zhang Z, Cao X, Lin M. Monoclonal antibodies to lipopolysaccharide antigens of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT104. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 2011; 30:43-52. [PMID: 21466285 DOI: 10.1089/hyb.2010.0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Typhimurium is one of the major causative agents of human gastroenteritis. Here we raised a panel of 45 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against ser. Typhimurium DT104 by immunizing mice with formalin-killed bacteria and demonstrated that all the MAbs recognized the bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigen. These MAbs were specific for group O:4 Salmonella with very little or no cross-reactivity with other closely related bacteria and were able to bind to the cell surface of live bacterial cells, making them potential candidates for capture and concentration of the pathogen in food and water samples. Epitope characterization revealed that the O:5 antigen present in the LPS of some serogroup 4 Salmonella is the critical factor for the binding of these MAbs to LPS. This study has provided some insights into the structure of the Salmonella LPS and its influence on the antigenicity of LPS.
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- Jennifer Ronholm
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Wildschutte H, Preheim SP, Hernandez Y, Polz MF. O-antigen diversity and lateral transfer of the wbe region among Vibrio splendidus isolates. Environ Microbiol 2011; 12:2977-87. [PMID: 20629700 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02274.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The O-antigen is a highly diverse structure expressed on the outer surface of Gram-negative bacteria. The products responsible for O-antigen synthesis are encoded in the wbe region, which exhibits extensive genetic diversity. While heterogeneous O-antigens are observed within Vibrio species, characterization of these structures has been devoted almost exclusively to pathogens. Here, we investigate O-antigen diversity among coastal marine Vibrio splendidus-like isolates. The wbe region was first identified and characterized using the sequenced genomes of strains LGP32, 12B01 and Med222. These regions were genetically diverse, reflective of their expressed O-antigen. Additional isolates from physically distinct habitats in Plum Island Estuary (MA, USA), including within animal hosts and on suspended particles, were further characterized based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) and O-antigen profiles. Results showed serotype diversity within an ecological setting. Among 48 isolates which were identical in three MLSA genes, 41 showed gpm genetic diversity, a gene closely linked to the wbe locus, and at least 12 expressed different O-antigen profiles further suggesting wbe genetic diversity. Our results demonstrate O-antigen hyper-variability among these environmental strains and suggest that frequent lateral gene transfer generates wbe extensive diversity among V. splendidus and its close relatives.
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- Hans Wildschutte
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Burkholderia thailandensis oacA mutants facilitate the expression of Burkholderia mallei-like O polysaccharides. Infect Immun 2010; 79:961-9. [PMID: 21115721 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01023-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that the O polysaccharides (OPS) expressed by Burkholderia mallei are similar to those produced by Burkholderia thailandensis except that they lack the 4-O-acetyl modifications on their 6-deoxy-α-l-talopyranosyl residues. In the present study, we describe the identification and characterization of an open reading frame, designated oacA, expressed by B. thailandensis that accounts for this phenomenon. Utilizing the B. thailandensis and B. mallei lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-specific monoclonal antibodies Pp-PS-W and 3D11, Western immunoblot analyses demonstrated that the LPS antigens expressed by the oacA mutant, B. thailandensis ZT0715, were antigenically similar to those produced by B. mallei ATCC 23344. In addition, immunoblot analyses demonstrated that when B. mallei ATCC 23344 was complemented in trans with oacA, it synthesized B. thailandensis-like LPS antigens. To elucidate the structure of the OPS moieties expressed by ZT0715, purified samples were analyzed via nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. As predicted, these studies demonstrated that the loss of OacA activity influenced the O acetylation phenotype of the OPS moieties. Unexpectedly, however, the results indicated that the O methylation status of the OPS antigens was also affected by the loss of OacA activity. Nonetheless, it was revealed that the LPS moieties expressed by the oacA mutant reacted strongly with the B. mallei LPS-specific protective monoclonal antibody 9C1-2. Based on these findings, it appears that OacA is required for the 4-O acetylation and 2-O methylation of B. thailandensis OPS antigens and that ZT0715 may provide a safe and cost-effective source of B. mallei-like OPS to facilitate the synthesis of glanders subunit vaccine candidates.
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Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection of Nonserotypable Shiga Toxin–ProducingEscherichia coliStrains of Serogroup O147. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2010; 7:1407-14. [DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lipopolysaccharide as an antigen target for the formulation of a universal vaccine against Escherichia coli O111 strains. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2010; 17:1772-80. [PMID: 20861324 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00232-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A promising approach to developing a vaccine against O111 strains of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli that exhibit different mechanisms of virulence is to target either the core or the polysaccharide chain (O antigen) of their lipopolysaccharide (LPS). However, due to structural variations found in both these LPS components, to use them as antigen targets for vaccination, it is necessary to formulate a vaccine able to induce a humoral immune response that can recognize all different variants found in E. coli O111 strains. In this study, it was demonstrated that, despite differences in composition of oligosaccharide repeat units between O111ab and O111ac LPS subtypes, antibodies against one O111 subtype can recognize and inhibit the adhesion to human epithelial cells of all categories of O111 E. coli (enteropathogenic E. coli [EPEC], enterohemorrhagic E. coli [EHEC], and enteroaggregative E. coli [EAEC]) strains regardless of the nature of their flagellar antigens, mechanisms of virulence, or O111 polysaccharide subtypes. These antibodies were also able to increase the clearance of different strains of O111 E. coli by macrophages. PCR analyses of the pathways involved in O111 LPS core biosynthesis showed that all EAEC strains have core type R2, whereas typical EPEC and EHEC have core type R3. In contrast, atypical EPEC strains have core types R2 and R3. In summary, the results presented herein indicate that the O111 polysaccharide and LPS core types R2 and R3 are antigen targets for panspecific immunotherapy against all categories of O111 E. coli.
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Perepelov AV, Liu B, Shevelev SD, Senchenkova SN, Hu B, Shashkov AS, Feng L, Knirel YA, Wang L. Structural and genetic characterization of the O-antigen of Salmonella enterica O56 containing a novel derivative of 4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose. Carbohydr Res 2010; 345:1891-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2010.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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A multiplex PCR method to detect 14 Escherichia coli serogroups associated with urinary tract infections. J Microbiol Methods 2010; 82:71-7. [PMID: 20434495 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2009] [Revised: 04/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections and are predominantly caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). E. coli strains belonging to 14 serogroups, including O1, O2, O4, O6, O7, O8, O15, O16, O18, O21, O22, O25, O75 and O83, are the most frequently detected UPEC strains in a diverse range of clinical urine specimens. In the current study, the O-antigen gene clusters of E. coli serogroups O1, O2, O18 and O75 were characterized. A multiplex PCR method based on O-antigen-specific genes was developed for the simultaneous detection of all 14 E. coli serogroups. The multiplex PCR method was shown to be highly specific and reproducible when tested against 186 E. coli and Shigella O-serogroup reference strains, 47 E. coli clinical isolates and 10 strains of other bacterial species. The sensitivity of the multiplex PCR method was analyzed and shown to detect O-antigen-specific genes in samples containing 25 ng of genomic DNA or in mock urine specimens containing 40 colony-forming units (CFUs) per ml. Five urine specimens from hospital were examined using this multiplex PCR method, and the result for one sample was verified by the conventional serotyping methods. The multiplex PCR method developed herein can be used for the detection of relevant E. coli strains from clinical and/or environmental samples, and it is particularly useful for epidemiologic analysis of urine specimens from patients with UTIs.
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