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Zhang Y, Ku YS, Cheung TY, Cheng SS, Xin D, Gombeau K, Cai Y, Lam HM, Chan TF. Challenges to rhizobial adaptability in a changing climate: Genetic engineering solutions for stress tolerance. Microbiol Res 2024; 288:127886. [PMID: 39232483 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2024.127886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2024] [Revised: 08/12/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/06/2024]
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Rhizobia interact with leguminous plants in the soil to form nitrogen fixing nodules in which rhizobia and plant cells coexist. Although there are emerging studies on rhizobium-associated nitrogen fixation in cereals, the legume-rhizobium interaction is more well-studied and usually serves as the model to study rhizobium-mediated nitrogen fixation in plants. Rhizobia play a crucial role in the nitrogen cycle in many ecosystems. However, rhizobia are highly sensitive to variations in soil conditions and physicochemical properties (i.e. moisture, temperature, salinity, pH, and oxygen availability). Such variations directly caused by global climate change are challenging the adaptive capabilities of rhizobia in both natural and agricultural environments. Although a few studies have identified rhizobial genes that confer adaptation to different environmental conditions, the genetic basis of rhizobial stress tolerance remains poorly understood. In this review, we highlight the importance of improving the survival of rhizobia in soil to enhance their symbiosis with plants, which can increase crop yields and facilitate the establishment of sustainable agricultural systems. To achieve this goal, we summarize the key challenges imposed by global climate change on rhizobium-plant symbiosis and collate current knowledge of stress tolerance-related genes and pathways in rhizobia. And finally, we present the latest genetic engineering approaches, such as synthetic biology, implemented to improve the adaptability of rhizobia to changing environmental conditions.
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- Yunjia Zhang
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Changjiang Road 600, Harbin 150030, China
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China; Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Pan H, Shim A, Lubin MB, Belin BJ. Hopanoid lipids promote soybean -Bradyrhizobium symbiosis. mBio 2024; 15:e0247823. [PMID: 38445860 PMCID: PMC11005386 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02478-23] [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: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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The symbioses between leguminous plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria known as rhizobia are well known for promoting plant growth and sustainably increasing soil nitrogen. Recent evidence indicates that hopanoids, a family of steroid-like lipids, promote Bradyrhizobium symbioses with tropical legumes. To characterize hopanoids in Bradyrhizobium symbiosis with soybean, we validated a recently published cumate-inducible hopanoid mutant of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110, Pcu-shc::∆shc. GC-MS analysis showed that this strain does not produce hopanoids without cumate induction, and under this condition, is impaired in growth in rich medium and under osmotic, temperature, and pH stress. In planta, Pcu-shc::∆shc is an inefficient soybean symbiont with significantly lower rates of nitrogen fixation and low survival within the host tissue. RNA-seq revealed that hopanoid loss reduces the expression of flagellar motility and chemotaxis-related genes, further confirmed by swim plate assays, and enhances the expression of genes related to nitrogen metabolism and protein secretion. These results suggest that hopanoids provide a significant fitness advantage to B. diazoefficiens in legume hosts and provide a foundation for future mechanistic studies of hopanoid function in protein secretion and motility. A major problem for global sustainability is feeding our exponentially growing human population while available arable land decreases. Harnessing the power of plant-beneficial microbes is a potential solution, including increasing our reliance on the symbioses of leguminous plants and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. This study examines the role of hopanoid lipids in the symbiosis between Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110, an important commercial inoculant strain, and its economically significant host soybean. Our research extends our knowledge of the functions of bacterial lipids in symbiosis to an agricultural context, which may one day help improve the practical applications of plant-beneficial microbes in agriculture.
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- Huiqiao Pan
- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Andretta E, De Chiara S, Pagliuca C, Cirella R, Scaglione E, Di Rosario M, Kokoulin MS, Nedashkovskaya OI, Silipo A, Salvatore P, Molinaro A, Di Lorenzo F. Increasing outer membrane complexity: the case of the lipopolysaccharide lipid A from marine Cellulophaga pacifica. Glycoconj J 2024; 41:119-131. [PMID: 38642279 PMCID: PMC11065906 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-024-10149-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
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Gram-negative bacteria living in marine waters have evolved peculiar adaptation strategies to deal with the numerous stress conditions that characterize aquatic environments. Among the multiple mechanisms for efficient adaptation, these bacteria typically exhibit chemical modifications in the structure of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which is a fundamental component of their outer membrane. In particular, the glycolipid anchor to the membrane of marine bacteria LPSs, i.e. the lipid A, frequently shows unusual chemical structures, which are reflected in equally singular immunological properties with potential applications as immune adjuvants or anti-sepsis drugs. In this work, we determined the chemical structure of the lipid A from Cellulophaga pacifica KMM 3664T isolated from the Sea of Japan. This bacterium showed to produce a heterogeneous mixture of lipid A molecules that mainly display five acyl chains and carry a single phosphate and a D-mannose disaccharide on the glucosamine backbone. Furthermore, we proved that C. pacifica KMM 3664T LPS acts as a weaker activator of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) compared to the prototypical enterobacterial Salmonella typhimurium LPS. Our results are relevant to the future development of novel vaccine adjuvants and immunomodulators inspired by marine LPS chemistry.
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- Emanuela Andretta
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 4, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 4, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini, 5, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 4, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini, 5, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini, 5, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Far Eastern Branch, G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 159/2, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
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- Far Eastern Branch, G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 159/2, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 4, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini, 5, Naples, 80131, Italy
- CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate Franco Salvatore, Via G. Salvatore, 436, Naples, 80131, Italy
- Task Force on Microbiome Studies University of Naples Federico II, Naples, 80100, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 4, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 4, Naples, 80126, Italy.
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Wongdee J, Piromyou P, Songwattana P, Greetatorn T, Boonkerd N, Teaumroong N, Giraud E, Gully D, Nouwen N, Kiatponglarp W, Tanthanuch W, Tittabutr P. Exploring the cellular surface polysaccharide and root nodule symbiosis characteristics of the rpoN mutants of Bradyrhizobium sp. DOA9 using synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy in conjunction with X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0194723. [PMID: 37681944 PMCID: PMC10581086 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01947-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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The functional significance of rpoN genes that encode two sigma factors in the Bradyrhizobium sp. strain DOA9 has been reported to affect colony formation, root nodulation characteristics, and symbiotic interactions with Aeschynomene americana. rpoN mutant strains are defective in cellular surface polysaccharide (CSP) production compared with the wild-type (WT) strain, and they accordingly exhibit smaller colonies and diminished symbiotic effectiveness. To gain deeper insights into the changes in CSP composition and the nodules of rpoN mutants, we employed synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR) microspectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. FTIR analysis of the CSP revealed the absence of specific components in the rpoN mutants, including lipids, carboxylic groups, polysaccharide-pyranose rings, and β-galactopyranosyl residues. Nodules formed by DOA9WT exhibited a uniform distribution of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates; mutant strains, particularly DOA9∆rpoNp:ΩrpoNc, exhibited decreased distribution uniformity and a lower concentration of C=O groups. Furthermore, Fe K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure and extended X-ray absorption fine structure analyses revealed deficiencies in the nitrogenase enzyme in the nodules of DOA9∆rpoNc and DOA9∆rpoNp:ΩrpoNc mutants; nodules from DOA9WT and DOA9∆rpoNp exhibited both leghemoglobin and the nitrogenase enzyme. IMPORTANCE This work provides valuable insights into how two rpoN genes affect the composition of cellular surface polysaccharides (CSPs) in Bradyrhizobium sp., which subsequently dictates root nodule chemical characteristics and nitrogenase production. We used advanced synchrotron methods, including synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR) microspectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), for the first time in this field to analyze CSP components and reveal the biochemical changes occurring within nodules. These cutting-edge techniques confer significant advantages by providing detailed molecular information, enabling the identification of specific functional groups, chemical bonds, and biomolecule changes. This research not only contributes to our understanding of plant-microbe interactions but also establishes a foundation for future investigations and potential applications in this field. The combined use of the synchrotron-based FTIR and XAS techniques represents a significant advancement in facilitating a comprehensive exploration of bacterial CSPs and their implications in plant-microbe interactions.
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- Jenjira Wongdee
- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- IRD, IRD/CIRAD/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/SupAgro, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, UMR-PHIM, Montpellier, France
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- IRD, IRD/CIRAD/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/SupAgro, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, UMR-PHIM, Montpellier, France
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- IRD, IRD/CIRAD/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/SupAgro, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, UMR-PHIM, Montpellier, France
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- Thai wah public company limited @CU innovation hub, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization), Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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Pan H, Shim A, Lubin MB, Belin BJ. Hopanoid lipids promote soybean- Bradyrhizobium symbiosis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.04.556284. [PMID: 37732186 PMCID: PMC10508751 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.04.556284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
The symbioses between leguminous plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria known as rhizobia are well known for promoting plant growth and sustainably increasing soil nitrogen. Recent evidence indicates that hopanoids, a family of steroid-like lipids, promote Bradyrhizobium symbioses with tropical legumes. To characterize hopanoids in Bradyrhizobium symbiosis with soybean, the most economically significant Bradyrhizobium host, we validated a recently published cumate-inducible hopanoid mutant of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110, Pcu- shc ::Δ shc . GC-MS analysis showed that this strain does not produce hopanoids without cumate induction, and under this condition, is impaired in growth in rich medium and under osmotic, temperature, and pH stress. In planta , Pcu- shc ::Δ shc is an inefficient soybean symbiont with significantly lower rates of nitrogen fixation and low survival within host tissue. RNA-seq revealed that hopanoid loss reduces expression of flagellar motility and chemotaxis-related genes, further confirmed by swim plate assays, and enhances expression of genes related to nitrogen metabolism and protein secretion. These results suggest that hopanoids provide a significant fitness advantage to B. diazoefficiens in legume hosts and provide a foundation for future mechanistic studies of hopanoid function in protein secretion and motility. IMPORTANCE A major problem for global sustainability is feeding our exponentially growing human population while available arable land is decreasing, especially in areas with the greatest population growth. Harnessing the power of plant-beneficial microbes has gained attention as a potential solution, including the increasing our reliance on the symbioses of leguminous plants and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. This study examines the role of hopanoid lipids in the symbiosis between Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110, an important commercial inoculant strain, and its economically important host soybean. Our research extends our knowledge of the functions of bacterial lipids in symbiosis to an agricultural context, which may one day help improve the practical applications of plant-beneficial microbes in agriculture.
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Di Lorenzo F, Nicolardi S, Marchetti R, Vanacore A, Gallucci N, Duda K, Nieto Fabregat F, Nguyen HNA, Gully D, Saenz J, Giraud E, Paduano L, Molinaro A, D’Errico G, Silipo A. Expanding Knowledge of Methylotrophic Capacity: Structure and Properties of the Rough-Type Lipopolysaccharide from Methylobacterium extorquens and Its Role on Membrane Resistance to Methanol. JACS AU 2023; 3:929-942. [PMID: 37006758 PMCID: PMC10052234 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The ability of Methylobacterium extorquens to grow on methanol as the sole carbon and energy source has been the object of intense research activity. Unquestionably, the bacterial cell envelope serves as a defensive barrier against such an environmental stressor, with a decisive role played by the membrane lipidome, which is crucial for stress resistance. However, the chemistry and the function of the main constituent of the M. extorquens outer membrane, the lipopolysaccharide (LPS), is still undefined. Here, we show that M. extorquens produces a rough-type LPS with an uncommon, non-phosphorylated, and extensively O-methylated core oligosaccharide, densely substituted with negatively charged residues in the inner region, including novel monosaccharide derivatives such as O-methylated Kdo/Ko units. Lipid A is composed of a non-phosphorylated trisaccharide backbone with a distinctive, low acylation pattern; indeed, the sugar skeleton was decorated with three acyl moieties and a secondary very long chain fatty acid, in turn substituted by a 3-O-acetyl-butyrate residue. Spectroscopic, conformational, and biophysical analyses on M. extorquens LPS highlighted how structural and tridimensional features impact the molecular organization of the outer membrane. Furthermore, these chemical features also impacted and improved membrane resistance in the presence of methanol, thus regulating membrane ordering and dynamics.
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- Flaviana Di Lorenzo
- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Center
for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden
University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZA, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
- CSGI, Consorzio
Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, Via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence 50019, Italy
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- Research
Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Parkallee 4a, 23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- B-CUBE
Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische
Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 41, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- IRD,
Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes
(LSTM) UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, TA-A82/J, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- B-CUBE
Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische
Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 41, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- IRD,
Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes
(LSTM) UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, TA-A82/J, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
- CSGI, Consorzio
Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, Via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
- CSGI, Consorzio
Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, Via della Lastruccia 3, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence 50019, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Task Force for Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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Pither MD, Sun ML, Speciale I, Silipo A, Zhang YZ, Molinaro A, Di Lorenzo F. Structural determination of the lipid A from the deep-sea bacterium Zunongwangia profunda SM-A87: a small-scale approach. Glycoconj J 2022; 39:565-578. [PMID: 35930130 PMCID: PMC9470727 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-022-10076-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Zunongwangia profunda SM-A87 is a deep-sea sedimentary bacterium from the phylum Bacteroidetes, representing a new genus of Flavobacteriaceae. It was previously investigated for its capability of yielding high quantities of capsular polysaccharides (CPS) with interesting rheological properties, including high viscosity and tolerance to high salinities and temperatures. However, as a Gram-negative, Z. profunda SM-A87 also expresses lipopolysaccharides (LPS) as the main components of the external leaflet of its outer membrane. Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of the glycolipid part of this LPS, i.e. the lipid A, which was achieved by-passing the extraction procedure of the full LPS and by working on the ethanol precipitation product, which contained both the CPS fraction and bacterial cells. To this aim a dual approach was adopted and all analyses confirmed the isolation of Z. profunda SM-A87 lipid A that turned out to be a blend of species with high levels of heterogeneity both in the acylation and phosphorylation pattern, as well as in the hydrophilic backbone composition. Mono-phosphorylated tetra- and penta-acylated lipid A species were identified and characterized by a high content of branched, odd-numbered, and unsaturated fatty acid chains as well as, for some species, by the presence of a hybrid disaccharide backbone.
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- Molly Dorothy Pither
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- College of Marine Life Sciences and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Università, 80055, Portici, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- College of Marine Life Sciences and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Università, 80055, Portici, Naples, Italy.
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Hopanoids Confer Robustness to Physicochemical Variability in the Niche of the Plant Symbiont Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens. J Bacteriol 2022; 204:e0044221. [PMID: 35657706 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00442-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Rhizobia are a group of bacteria that increase soil nitrogen content through symbiosis with legume plants. The soil and symbiotic host are potentially stressful environments, and the soil will likely become even more stressful as the climate changes. Many rhizobia within the Bradyrhizobium clade, like Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens, possess the genetic capacity to synthesize hopanoids, steroid-like lipids similar in structure and function to cholesterol. Hopanoids are known to protect against stresses relevant to the niche of B. diazoefficiens. Paradoxically, mutants unable to synthesize the extended class of hopanoids participate in symbioses with success similar to that of the wild type, despite being delayed in root nodule initiation. Here, we show that in B. diazoefficiens, the growth defects of extended-hopanoid-deficient mutants can be at least partially compensated for by the physicochemical environment, specifically, by optimal osmotic and divalent cation concentrations. Through biophysical measurements of lipid packing and membrane permeability, we show that extended hopanoids confer robustness to environmental variability. These results help explain the discrepancy between previous in-culture and in planta results and indicate that hopanoids may provide a greater fitness advantage to rhizobia in the variable soil environment than the more controlled environments within root nodules. To improve the legume-rhizobium symbiosis through either bioengineering or strain selection, it will be important to consider the full life cycle of rhizobia, from soil to symbiosis. IMPORTANCE Rhizobia, such as B. diazoefficiens, play an important role in the nitrogen cycle by making nitrogen gas bioavailable through symbiosis with legume plants. As climate change threatens soil health, this symbiosis has received increased attention as a more sustainable source of soil nitrogen than the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process. Efforts to use rhizobia as biofertilizers have been effective; however, long-term integration of rhizobia into the soil community has been less successful. This work represents a small step toward improving the legume-rhizobium symbiosis by identifying a cellular component-hopanoid lipids-that confers robustness to environmental stresses rhizobia are likely to encounter in soil microenvironments as sporadic desiccation and flooding events become more common.
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Ginez LD, Osorio A, Vázquez-Ramírez R, Arenas T, Mendoza L, Camarena L, Poggio S. Changes in fluidity of the E. coli outer membrane in response to temperature, divalent cations and polymyxin-B show two different mechanisms of membrane fluidity adaptation. FEBS J 2022; 289:3550-3567. [PMID: 35038363 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The outer membrane (OM) is an essential component of the Gram-negative bacterial cell envelope. Restricted diffusion of integral OM proteins and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) that constitute the outer leaflet of the OM support a model in which the OM is in a semi-crystalline state. The low fluidity of the OM has been suggested to be an important property of this membrane that even contributes to cell rigidity. The LPS characteristics strongly determine the properties of the OM and the LPS layer fluidity has been measured using different techniques that require specific conditions or are technically challenging. Here, we characterize the Escherichia coli LPS fluidity by evaluating the lateral diffusion of the styryl dye FM4-64FX in fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments. This technique allowed us to determine the effect of different conditions and genetic backgrounds on the LPS fluidity. Our results show that a fraction of the LPS can slowly diffuse and that the fluidity of the LPS layer adapts by modifying the diffusion of the LPS and the fraction of mobile LPS molecules.
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- Luis David Ginez
- Departamento Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Departamento Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Departamento Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Departamento Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Departamento Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Departamento Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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- Departamento Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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Ferreira EGC, Gomes DF, Delai CV, Barreiros MAB, Grange L, Rodrigues EP, Henning LMM, Barcellos FG, Hungria M. Revealing potential functions of hypothetical proteins induced by genistein in the symbiosis island of Bradyrhizobium japonicum commercial strain SEMIA 5079 (= CPAC 15). BMC Microbiol 2022; 22:122. [PMID: 35513812 PMCID: PMC9069715 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-022-02527-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain SEMIA 5079 (= CPAC 15) is a nitrogen-fixing symbiont of soybean broadly used in commercial inoculants in Brazil. Its genome has about 50% of hypothetical (HP) protein-coding genes, many in the symbiosis island, raising questions about their putative role on the biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) process. This study aimed to infer functional roles to 15 HP genes localized in the symbiosis island of SEMIA 5079, and to analyze their expression in the presence of a nod-gene inducer. RESULTS A workflow of bioinformatics tools/databases was established and allowed the functional annotation of the HP genes. Most were enzymes, including transferases in the biosynthetic pathways of cobalamin, amino acids and secondary metabolites that may help in saprophytic ability and stress tolerance, and hydrolases, that may be important for competitiveness, plant infection, and stress tolerance. Putative roles for other enzymes and transporters identified are discussed. Some HP proteins were specific to the genus Bradyrhizobium, others to specific host legumes, and the analysis of orthologues helped to predict roles in BNF. CONCLUSIONS All 15 HP genes were induced by genistein and high induction was confirmed in five of them, suggesting major roles in the BNF process.
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- Everton Geraldo Capote Ferreira
- Londrina State University (UEL), Celso Garcia Cid Road (PR 445), km 380, CEP 86057-970 Londrina, PR Brazil
- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, C.P. 231, CEP 86001-970 Londrina, PR Brazil
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- Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Estrada dos Pioneiros 2153, CEP 85950-000 Palotina, PR Brazil
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- Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Estrada dos Pioneiros 2153, CEP 85950-000 Palotina, PR Brazil
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- Londrina State University (UEL), Celso Garcia Cid Road (PR 445), km 380, CEP 86057-970 Londrina, PR Brazil
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- Londrina State University (UEL), Celso Garcia Cid Road (PR 445), km 380, CEP 86057-970 Londrina, PR Brazil
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- Londrina State University (UEL), Celso Garcia Cid Road (PR 445), km 380, CEP 86057-970 Londrina, PR Brazil
- Embrapa Soja, Rodovia Carlos João Strass, C.P. 231, CEP 86001-970 Londrina, PR Brazil
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Garcia-Vello P, Speciale I, Di Lorenzo F, Molinaro A, De Castro C. Dissecting Lipopolysaccharide Composition and Structure by GC-MS and MALDI Spectrometry. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2548:181-209. [PMID: 36151499 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2581-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are the main components of the external leaflet of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. They exert multiple functions, starting from conferring stability to the bacterial membrane to mediating the interaction of the microbe with the external environment. The composition and the structure of LPSs present tremendous diversity even within bacteria of the same species, and for this reason, the determination of the structure of these molecules is crucial because it can provide information on the motifs key for the virulence of a pathogen or that are associated to a bacterium of the commensal or beneficial microbiota. In addition, structural data disclose the effects triggered from a mutation or from the use of an antibiotic, or they can be used as tools to check the quality of adjuvants and/or medications, as vaccines, that make use of LPS.The structural study of LPSs is complex, and it can be achieved with the right combination of different techniques. In this frame, this chapter focuses on the two MS-based approaches, the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI).
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples, Portici, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples, Portici, Italy.
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Naafs BDA, Bianchini G, Monteiro FM, Sánchez-Baracaldo P. The occurrence of 2-methylhopanoids in modern bacteria and the geological record. GEOBIOLOGY 2022; 20:41-59. [PMID: 34291867 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The 2-methylhopanes (2-MeHops) are molecular fossils of 2-methylbacteriohopanepolyols (2-MeBHPs) and among the oldest biomarkers on Earth. However, these biomarkers' specific sources are currently unexplained, including whether they reflect an expansion of marine cyanobacteria. Here, we study the occurrence of 2-MeBHPs and the genes involved in their synthesis in modern bacteria and explore the occurrence of 2-MeHops in the geological record. We find that the gene responsible for 2-MeBHP synthesis (hpnP) is widespread in cyano- and ⍺-proteobacteria, but absent or very limited in other classes/phyla of bacteria. This result is consistent with the dominance of 2-MeBHP in cyano- and ⍺-proteobacterial cultures. The review of their geological occurrence indicates that 2-MeHops are found from the Paleoproterozoic onwards, although some Precambrian samples might be biased by drilling contamination. During the Phanerozoic, high 2-MeHops' relative abundances (index >15%) are associated with climatic and biogeochemical perturbations such as the Permo/Triassic boundary and the Oceanic Anoxic Events. We analyzed the modern habitat of all hpnP-containing bacteria and find that the only one species coming from an undisputed open marine habitat is an ⍺-proteobacterium acting upon the marine nitrogen cycle. Although organisms can change their habitat in response to environmental stress and evolutionary pressure, we speculate that the high sedimentary 2-MeHops' occurrence observed during the Phanerozoic reflect ⍺-proteobacteria expansion and marine N-cycle perturbations in response to climatic and environmental change.
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- B D A Naafs
- Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry and School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Rizk S, Henke P, Santana-Molina C, Martens G, Gnädig M, Nguyen NA, Devos DP, Neumann-Schaal M, Saenz JP. Functional diversity of isoprenoid lipids in Methylobacterium extorquens PA1. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:1064-1078. [PMID: 34387371 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hopanoids and carotenoids are two of the major isoprenoid-derived lipid classes in prokaryotes that have been proposed to have similar membrane ordering properties as sterols. Methylobacterium extorquens contains hopanoids and carotenoids in their outer membrane, making them an ideal system to investigate the role of isoprenoid lipids in surface membrane function and cellular fitness. By genetically knocking out hpnE, and crtB we disrupted the production of squalene, and phytoene in Methylobacterium extorquens PA1, which are the presumed precursors for hopanoids and carotenoids, respectively. Deletion of hpnE revealed that carotenoid biosynthesis utilizes squalene as a precursor resulting in pigmentation with a C30 backbone, rather than the previously predicted canonical C40 phytoene-derived pathway. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that M. extorquens may have acquired the C30 pathway through lateral gene transfer from Planctomycetes. Surprisingly, disruption of carotenoid synthesis did not generate any major growth or membrane biophysical phenotypes, but slightly increased sensitivity to oxidative stress. We further demonstrated that hopanoids but not carotenoids are essential for growth at higher temperatures, membrane permeability and tolerance of low divalent cation concentrations. These observations show that hopanoids and carotenoids serve diverse roles in the outer membrane of M. extorquens PA1.
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- Sandra Rizk
- Technische Universität Dresden, B CUBE, Dresden, Germany
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- Bacterial Metabolomics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologıa del Desarrollo (CABD)-CSIC, Junta de Andalucıa, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Bacterial Metabolomics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, B CUBE, Dresden, Germany
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologıa del Desarrollo (CABD)-CSIC, Junta de Andalucıa, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Bacterial Metabolomics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, B CUBE, Dresden, Germany
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Di Lorenzo F, Duda KA, Lanzetta R, Silipo A, De Castro C, Molinaro A. A Journey from Structure to Function of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides. Chem Rev 2021; 122:15767-15821. [PMID: 34286971 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a crucial constituent of the outer membrane of most Gram-negative bacteria, playing a fundamental role in the protection of bacteria from environmental stress factors, in drug resistance, in pathogenesis, and in symbiosis. During the last decades, LPS has been thoroughly dissected, and massive information on this fascinating biomolecule is now available. In this Review, we will give the reader a third millennium update of the current knowledge of LPS with key information on the inherent peculiar carbohydrate chemistry due to often puzzling sugar residues that are uniquely found on it. Then, we will drive the reader through the complex and multifarious immunological outcomes that any given LPS can raise, which is strictly dependent on its chemical structure. Further, we will argue about issues that still remain unresolved and that would represent the immediate future of LPS research. It is critical to address these points to complete our notions on LPS chemistry, functions, and roles, in turn leading to innovative ways to manipulate the processes involving such a still controversial and intriguing biomolecule.
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- Flaviana Di Lorenzo
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy.,Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center, Parkallee 4a, 23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy.,Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy.,Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Università 96, 80055 Portici, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy.,Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy.,Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Osaka University Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Vitiello G, Oliva R, Petraccone L, Vecchio PD, Heenan RK, Molinaro A, Silipo A, D'Errico G, Paduano L. Covalently bonded hopanoid-Lipid A from Bradyrhizobium: The role of unusual molecular structure and calcium ions in regulating the lipid bilayers organization. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 594:891-901. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Transposon sequencing analysis of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens 110spc4. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13211. [PMID: 34168197 PMCID: PMC8225791 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92534-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110 is one of the most effective nitrogen-fixing symbionts of soybeans. Here we carried out a large-scale transposon insertion sequencing (Tn-seq) analysis of strain Bd110spc4, which is derived from USDA110, with the goal of increasing available resources for identifying genes crucial for the survival of this plant symbiont under diverse conditions. We prepared two transposon (Tn) insertion libraries of Bd110spc4 with 155,042 unique Tn insertions when the libraries were combined, which is an average of one insertion every 58.7 bp of the reference USDA110 genome. Application of bioinformatic filtering steps to remove genes too small to be expected to have Tn insertions, resulted in a list of genes that were classified as putatively essential. Comparison of this gene set with genes putatively essential for the growth of the closely related alpha-proteobacterium, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, revealed a small set of five genes that may be collectively essential for closely related members of the family Bradyrhizobiaceae. This group includes bacteria with diverse lifestyles ranging from plant symbionts to animal-associated species to free-living species.
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Tookmanian EM, Belin BJ, Sáenz JP, Newman DK. The role of hopanoids in fortifying rhizobia against a changing climate. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:2906-2918. [PMID: 33989442 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bacteria are a globally sustainable source of fixed nitrogen, which is essential for life and crucial for modern agriculture. Many nitrogen-fixing bacteria are agriculturally important, including bacteria known as rhizobia that participate in growth-promoting symbioses with legume plants throughout the world. To be effective symbionts, rhizobia must overcome multiple environmental challenges: from surviving in the soil, to transitioning to the plant environment, to maintaining high metabolic activity within root nodules. Climate change threatens to exacerbate these challenges, especially through fluctuations in soil water potential. Understanding how rhizobia cope with environmental stress is crucial for maintaining agricultural yields in the coming century. The bacterial outer membrane is the first line of defence against physical and chemical environmental stresses, and lipids play a crucial role in determining the robustness of the outer membrane. In particular, structural remodelling of lipid A and sterol-analogues known as hopanoids are instrumental in stress acclimation. Here, we discuss how the unique outer membrane lipid composition of rhizobia may underpin their resilience in the face of increasing osmotic stress expected due to climate change, illustrating the importance of studying microbial membranes and highlighting potential avenues towards more sustainable soil additives.
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- Elise M Tookmanian
- Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Department of Embryology, The Carnegie Institution for Science, 3520 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- B CUBE Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Tatzberg 41, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01307, Germany
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- Division of Biology & Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
- Division of Geology & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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Darnet S, Blary A, Chevalier Q, Schaller H. Phytosterol Profiles, Genomes and Enzymes - An Overview. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:665206. [PMID: 34093623 PMCID: PMC8172173 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.665206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The remarkable diversity of sterol biosynthetic capacities described in living organisms is enriched at a fast pace by a growing number of sequenced genomes. Whereas analytical chemistry has produced a wealth of sterol profiles of species in diverse taxonomic groups including seed and non-seed plants, algae, phytoplanktonic species and other unicellular eukaryotes, functional assays and validation of candidate genes unveils new enzymes and new pathways besides canonical biosynthetic schemes. An overview of the current landscape of sterol pathways in the tree of life is tentatively assembled in a series of sterolotypes that encompass major groups and provides also peculiar features of sterol profiles in bacteria, fungi, plants, and algae.
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- Plant Isoprenoid Biology Team, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Schijns V, Majhen D, van der Ley P, Thakur A, Summerfield A, Berisio R, Nativi C, Fernández-Tejada A, Alvarez-Dominguez C, Gizurarson S, Zamyatina A, Molinaro A, Rosano C, Jakopin Ž, Gursel I, McClean S. Rational Vaccine Design in Times of Emerging Diseases: The Critical Choices of Immunological Correlates of Protection, Vaccine Antigen and Immunomodulation. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:501. [PMID: 33917629 PMCID: PMC8067490 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13040501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Vaccines are the most effective medical intervention due to their continual success in preventing infections and improving mortality worldwide. Early vaccines were developed empirically however, rational design of vaccines can allow us to optimise their efficacy, by tailoring the immune response. Establishing the immune correlates of protection greatly informs the rational design of vaccines. This facilitates the selection of the best vaccine antigens and the most appropriate vaccine adjuvant to generate optimal memory immune T cell and B cell responses. This review outlines the range of vaccine types that are currently authorised and those under development. We outline the optimal immunological correlates of protection that can be targeted. Finally we review approaches to rational antigen selection and rational vaccine adjuvant design. Harnessing current knowledge on protective immune responses in combination with critical vaccine components is imperative to the prevention of future life-threatening diseases.
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- Virgil Schijns
- Intravacc, Institute for Translational Vaccinology (Intravacc), Utrecht Science Park, 3721 MA Bilthoven, The Netherlands;
- Epitopoietic Research Corporation (ERC), 5374 RE Schaijk, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Cell Biology and Signalling, Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Instiute, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia;
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- Intravacc, Institute for Translational Vaccinology (Intravacc), Utrecht Science Park, 3721 MA Bilthoven, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;
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- Institute of Virology and Immunology, 3147 Mittelhausern, Switzerland;
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council, I-80134 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy;
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- Chemical Immunology Laboratory, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Biscay Science and Technology Park, 48160 Derio-Bilbao, Spain;
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Facultativo en plantilla (Research Faculty), Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), 39011 Santander, Spain;
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland;
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre 3, Malawi
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria;
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte Santangelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy;
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Osaka University Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova-1, Italy;
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubiljana, Slovenia;
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Science Faculty, Bilkent University, Bilkent, 06800 Ankara, Turkey;
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland
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Alvares DS, Monti MR, Ruggiero Neto J, Wilke N. The antimicrobial peptide Polybia-MP1 differentiates membranes with the hopanoid, diplopterol from those with cholesterol. BBA ADVANCES 2021; 1:100002. [PMID: 37082019 PMCID: PMC10074923 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadva.2021.100002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Polybia-MP1 is an antimicrobial peptide that shows a decreased activity in membranes with cholesterol (CHO). Since it is now accepted that hopanoids act as sterol-surrogates in some sterol-lacking bacteria, we here inquire about the impact of Polybia-MP1 on membranes containing the hopanoid diplopterol (DP) in comparison to membranes with CHO. We found that, despite the properties induced on lipid membranes by DP are similar to those induced by CHO, the effect of Polybia-MP1 on membranes with CHO or DP was significantly different. DP did not prevent dye release from LUVs, nor the insertion of Polybia-MP1 into monolayers, and peptide-membrane affinity was higher for those with DP than with CHO. Zeta potentials ( ζ ) for DP-containing LUVs showed a complex behavior at increasing peptide concentration. The effect of the peptide on membrane elasticity, investigated by nanotube retraction experiments, showed that peptide addition softened all membrane compositions, but membranes with DP got stiffer at long times. Considering this, and the ζ results, we propose that peptides accumulate at the interface adopting different arrangements, leading to a non-monotonic behavior. Possible correlations with cell membranes were inquired testing the antimicrobial activity of Polybia-MP1 against hopanoid-lacking bacteria pre-incubated with DP or CHO. The fraction of surviving cells was lower in cultures incubated with DP compared to those incubated with CHO. We propose that the higher activity of Polybia-MP1 against some bacteria compared to mammalian cells is not only related to membrane electrostatics, but also the composition of neutral lipids, particularly the hopanoids, could be important.
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The Lipid A from the Lipopolysaccharide of the Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodomicrobium vannielii ATCC 17100 Revisited. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 22:ijms22010258. [PMID: 33383833 PMCID: PMC7795004 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22010258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The structure of lipid A from lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Rhodomicrobium vannielii ATCC 17100 (Rv) a phototrophic, budding bacterium was re-investigated using high-resolution mass spectrometry, NMR, and chemical degradation protocols. It was found that the (GlcpN)-disaccharide lipid A backbone was substituted by a GalpA residue that was connected to C-1 of proximal GlcpN. Some of this GalpA residue was β-eliminated by alkaline de-acylation, which indicated the possibility of the presence of another so far unidentified substituent at C-4 in non-stoichiometric amounts. One Manp residue substituted C-4′ of distal GlcpN. The lipid A backbone was acylated by 16:0(3-OH) at C-2 of proximal GlcpN, and by 16:0(3-OH), i17:0(3-OH), or 18:0(3-OH) at C-2′ of distal GlcpN. Two acyloxy-acyl moieties that were mainly formed by 14:0(3-O-14:0) and 16:0(3-O-22:1) occupied the distal GlcpN of lipid A. Genes that were possibly involved in the modification of Rv lipid A were compared with bacterial genes of known function. The biological activity was tested at the model of human mononuclear cells (MNC), showing that Rv lipid A alone does not significantly stimulate MNC. At low concentrations of toxic Escherichia coli O111:B4 LPS, pre-incubation with Rv lipid A resulted in a substantial reduction of activity, but, when higher concentrations of E. coli LPS were used, the stimulatory effect was increased.
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Banta AB, Enright AL, Siletti C, Peters JM. A High-Efficacy CRISPR Interference System for Gene Function Discovery in Zymomonas mobilis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e01621-20. [PMID: 32978126 PMCID: PMC7657623 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01621-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Zymomonas mobilis is a promising biofuel producer due to its high alcohol tolerance and streamlined metabolism that efficiently converts sugar to ethanol. Z. mobilis genes are poorly characterized relative to those of model bacteria, hampering our ability to rationally engineer the genome with pathways capable of converting sugars from plant hydrolysates into valuable biofuels and bioproducts. Many of the unique properties that make Z. mobilis an attractive biofuel producer are controlled by essential genes; however, these genes cannot be manipulated using traditional genetic approaches (e.g., deletion or transposon insertion) because they are required for viability. CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) is a programmable gene knockdown system that can precisely control the timing and extent of gene repression, thus enabling targeting of essential genes. Here, we establish a stable, high-efficacy CRISPRi system in Z. mobilis that is capable of perturbing all genes-including essential genes. We show that Z. mobilis CRISPRi causes either strong knockdowns (>100-fold) using single guide RNA (sgRNA) spacers that perfectly match target genes or partial knockdowns using spacers with mismatches. We demonstrate the efficacy of Z. mobilis CRISPRi by targeting essential genes that are universally conserved in bacteria, are key to the efficient metabolism of Z. mobilis, or underlie alcohol tolerance. Our Z. mobilis CRISPRi system will enable comprehensive gene function discovery, opening a path to rational design of biofuel production strains with improved yields.IMPORTANCE Biofuels produced by microbial fermentation of plant feedstocks provide renewable and sustainable energy sources that have the potential to mitigate climate change and improve energy security. Engineered strains of the bacterium Z. mobilis can convert sugars extracted from plant feedstocks into next-generation biofuels like isobutanol; however, conversion by these strains remains inefficient due to key gaps in our knowledge about genes involved in metabolism and stress responses such as alcohol tolerance. Here, we develop CRISPRi as a tool to explore gene function in Z. mobilis We characterize genes that are essential for growth, required to ferment sugar to ethanol, and involved in resistance to isobutanol. Our Z. mobilis CRISPRi system makes it straightforward to define gene function and can be applied to improve strain engineering and increase biofuel yields.
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- Amy B Banta
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Hagi T, Geerlings SY, Nijsse B, Belzer C. The effect of bile acids on the growth and global gene expression profiles in Akkermansia muciniphila. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:10641-10653. [PMID: 33159542 PMCID: PMC7671984 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10976-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Akkermansia muciniphila is a prominent member of the gut microbiota and the organism gets exposed to bile acids within this niche. Several gut bacteria have bile response genes to metabolize bile acids or an ability to change their membrane structure to prevent membrane damage from bile acids. To understand the response to bile acids and how A. muciniphila can persist in the gut, we studied the effect of bile acids and individual bile salts on growth. In addition, the change in gene expression under ox-bile condition was studied. The growth of A. muciniphila was inhibited by ox-bile and the bile salts mixture. Individual bile salts have differential effects on the growth. Although most bile salts inhibited the growth of A. muciniphila, an increased growth was observed under culture conditions with sodium deoxycholate. Zaragozic acid A, which is a squalene synthase inhibitor leading to changes in the membrane structure, increased the susceptibility of A. muciniphila to bile acids. Transcriptome analysis showed that gene clusters associated with an ABC transporter and RND transporter were upregulated in the presence of ox-bile. In contrast, a gene cluster containing a potassium transporter was downregulated. Membrane transporter inhibitors also decreased the tolerance to bile acids of A. muciniphila. Our results indicated that membrane transporters and the squalene-associated membrane structure could be major bile response systems required for bile tolerance in A. muciniphila. KEY POINTS: • The growth of Akkermansia muciniphila was inhibited by most bile salts. • Sodium deoxycholate increased the growth of A. muciniphila. • The genes encoding transporters and hopanoid synthesis were upregulated by ox-bile. • The inhibitors of transporters and hopanoid synthesis reduced ox-bile tolerance.
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- Tatsuro Hagi
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands. .,Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 2 Ikenodai, Tsukuba, 305-0901, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Choma A, Zamłyńska K, Mazur A, Pastuszka A, Kaczyński Z, Komaniecka I. Lipid A from Oligotropha carboxidovorans Lipopolysaccharide That Contains Two Galacturonic Acid Residues in the Backbone and Malic Acid A Tertiary Acyl Substituent. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21217991. [PMID: 33121154 PMCID: PMC7663294 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21217991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The free-living Gram-negative bacterium Oligotropha carboxidovorans (formerly: Pseudomonas carboxydovorans), isolated from wastewater, is able to live in aerobic and, facultatively, in autotrophic conditions, utilizing carbon monoxide or hydrogen as a source of energy. The structure of O. carboxidovorans lipid A, a hydrophobic part of lipopolysaccharide, was studied using NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS) techniques. It was demonstrated that the lipid A backbone is composed of two d-GlcpN3N residues connected by a β-(1→6) glycosidic linkage, substituted by galacturonic acids (d-GalpA) at C-1 and C-4’ positions. Both diaminosugars are symmetrically substituted by 3-hydroxy fatty acids (12:0(3-OH) and 18:0(3-OH)). Ester-linked secondary acyl residues (i.e., 18:0, and 26:0(25-OH) and a small amount of 28:0(27-OH)) are located in the distal part of lipid A. These very long-chain hydroxylated fatty acids (VLCFAs) were found to be almost totally esterified at the (ω-1)-OH position with malic acid. Similarities between the lipid A of O. carboxidovorans and Mesorhizobium loti, Rhizobium leguminosarum, Caulobacter crescentus as well as Aquifex pyrophylus were observed and discussed from the perspective of the genomic context of these bacteria.
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- Adam Choma
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland; (A.C.); (K.Z.); (A.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland; (A.C.); (K.Z.); (A.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland; (A.C.); (K.Z.); (A.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland; (A.C.); (K.Z.); (A.M.); (A.P.)
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- Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland;
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland; (A.C.); (K.Z.); (A.M.); (A.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-81-537-5981
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Di Lorenzo F, Speciale I, Silipo A, Alías-Villegas C, Acosta-Jurado S, Rodríguez-Carvajal MÁ, Dardanelli MS, Palmigiano A, Garozzo D, Ruiz-Sainz JE, Molinaro A, Vinardell JM. Structure of the unusual Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 lipopolysaccharide and its role in symbiosis. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:10969-10987. [PMID: 32546484 PMCID: PMC7415993 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rhizobia are soil bacteria that form important symbiotic associations with legumes, and rhizobial surface polysaccharides, such as K-antigen polysaccharide (KPS) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), might be important for symbiosis. Previously, we obtained a mutant of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103, rkpA, that does not produce KPS, a homopolysaccharide of a pseudaminic acid derivative, but whose LPS electrophoretic profile was indistinguishable from that of the WT strain. We also previously demonstrated that the HH103 rkpLMNOPQ operon is responsible for 5-acetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-7-(3-hydroxybutyramido)-l-glycero-l-manno-nonulosonic acid [Pse5NAc7(3OHBu)] production and is involved in HH103 KPS and LPS biosynthesis and that an HH103 rkpM mutant cannot produce KPS and displays an altered LPS structure. Here, we analyzed the LPS structure of HH103 rkpA, focusing on the carbohydrate portion, and found that it contains a highly heterogeneous lipid A and a peculiar core oligosaccharide composed of an unusually high number of hexuronic acids containing β-configured Pse5NAc7(3OHBu). This pseudaminic acid derivative, in its α-configuration, was the only structural component of the S. fredii HH103 KPS and, to the best of our knowledge, has never been reported from any other rhizobial LPS. We also show that Pse5NAc7(3OHBu) is the complete or partial epitope for a mAb, NB6-228.22, that can recognize the HH103 LPS, but not those of most of the S. fredii strains tested here. We also show that the LPS from HH103 rkpM is identical to that of HH103 rkpA but devoid of any Pse5NAc7(3OHBu) residues. Notably, this rkpM mutant was severely impaired in symbiosis with its host, Macroptilium atropurpureum.
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- Flaviana Di Lorenzo
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto-INBIAS, CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
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We describe the synthesis of the unusual bicyclic sugar bradyrhizose in 14 steps and a 6% overall yield from d-glucose. The synthesis involves the elaboration of a trans-fused carbocyclic ring onto the preexisting glucopyranose framework followed by adjustment of the oxidation levels. Key steps include radical extension of the glucopyranose side chain, ring closing metathesis, allylic oxidation, Luche reduction, hydroxy-directed epoxidation, and acid-catalyzed epoxide opening at the more substituted position.
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- Philemon Ngoje
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences , University of Georgia , 250 West Green Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences , University of Georgia , 250 West Green Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , University of Georgia , 140 Cedar Street , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States.,Complex Carbohydrate Research Center , University of Georgia , 315 Riverbend Road , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States
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Mangiarotti A, Genovese DM, Naumann CA, Monti MR, Wilke N. Hopanoids, like sterols, modulate dynamics, compaction, phase segregation and permeability of membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:183060. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Belin BJ, Tookmanian EM, de Anda J, Wong GCL, Newman DK. Extended Hopanoid Loss Reduces Bacterial Motility and Surface Attachment and Leads to Heterogeneity in Root Nodule Growth Kinetics in a Bradyrhizobium-Aeschynomene Symbiosis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:1415-1428. [PMID: 31170026 PMCID: PMC7583662 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-04-19-0111-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Hopanoids are steroid-like bacterial lipids that enhance membrane rigidity and promote bacterial growth under diverse stresses. Hopanoid biosynthesis genes are conserved in nitrogen-fixing plant symbionts, and we previously found that the extended (C35) class of hopanoids in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens are required for efficient symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the tropical legume host Aeschynomene afraspera. Here, we demonstrate that the nitrogen-fixation defect conferred by extended hopanoid loss can be fully explained by a reduction in root nodule sizes rather than per-bacteroid nitrogen-fixation levels. Using a single-nodule tracking approach to quantify A. afraspera nodule development, we provide a quantitative model of root nodule development in this host, uncovering both the baseline growth parameters for wild-type nodules and a surprising heterogeneity of extended hopanoid mutant developmental phenotypes. These phenotypes include a delay in root nodule initiation and the presence of a subpopulation of nodules with slow growth rates and low final volumes, which are correlated with reduced motility and surface attachment in vitro and lower bacteroid densities in planta, respectively. This work provides a quantitative reference point for understanding the phenotypic diversity of ineffective symbionts in A. afraspera and identifies specific developmental stages affected by extended hopanoid loss for future mechanistic work.
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- Brittany J. Belin
- Division of Biology & Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A
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- Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A
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- Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
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- Division of Biology & Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A
- Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
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Welander PV. Deciphering the evolutionary history of microbial cyclic triterpenoids. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 140:270-278. [PMID: 31071437 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cyclic triterpenoids are a class of lipids that have fascinated chemists, biologist, and geologist alike for many years. These molecules have diverse physiological roles in a variety of bacterial and eukaryotic organisms and a shared evolutionary ancestry that is reflected in the elegant biochemistry required for their synthesis. Cyclic triterpenoids are also quite recalcitrant and are preserved in sedimentary rocks where they are utilized as "molecular fossils" or biomarkers that can physically link microbial taxa and their metabolisms to a specific time or event in Earth's history. However, a proper interpretation of cyclic triterpenoid biosignatures requires a robust understanding of their function in extant organisms and in the evolutionary history of their biosynthetic pathways. Here, I review two potential cyclic triterpenoid evolutionary scenarios and the recent genetic and biochemical studies that are providing experimental evidence to distinguish between these hypotheses. The study of cyclic triterpenoids will continue to provide a wealth of information that can significantly impact the interpretation of lipid biosignatures in the rock record and provides a compelling model of how two natural repositories of evolutionary history available on Earth, the geologic record in sedimentary rocks and the molecular record in living organisms, can be linked.
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- Paula V Welander
- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Rm 140, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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Mergaert P. Role of antimicrobial peptides in controlling symbiotic bacterial populations. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 35:336-356. [PMID: 29393944 DOI: 10.1039/c7np00056a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Covering: up to 2018 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been known for well over three decades as crucial mediators of the innate immune response in animals and plants, where they are involved in the killing of infecting microbes. However, AMPs have now also been found to be produced by eukaryotic hosts during symbiotic interactions with bacteria. These symbiotic AMPs target the symbionts and therefore have a more subtle biological role: not eliminating the microbial symbiont population but rather keeping it in check. The arsenal of AMPs and the symbionts' adaptations to resist them are in a careful balance, which contributes to the establishment of the host-microbe homeostasis. Although in many cases the biological roles of symbiotic AMPs remain elusive, for a number of symbiotic interactions, precise functions have been assigned or proposed to the AMPs, which are discussed here. The microbiota living on epithelia in animals, from the most primitive ones to the mammals, are challenged by a cocktail of AMPs that determine the specific composition of the bacterial community as well as its spatial organization. In the symbiosis of legume plants with nitrogen-fixing rhizobium bacteria, the host deploys an extremely large panel of AMPs - called nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides - that drive the bacteria into a terminally differentiated state and manipulate the symbiont physiology to maximize the benefit for the host. The NCR peptides are used as tools to enslave the bacterial symbionts, limiting their reproduction but keeping them metabolically active for nitrogen fixation. In the nutritional symbiotic interactions of insects and protists that have vertically transmitted bacterial symbionts with reduced genomes, symbiotic AMPs could facilitate the integration of the endosymbiont and host metabolism by favouring the flow of metabolites across the symbiont membrane through membrane permeabilization.
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- P Mergaert
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Karaś MA, Turska-Szewczuk A, Janczarek M, Szuster-Ciesielska A. Glycoconjugates of Gram-negative bacteria and parasitic protozoa - are they similar in orchestrating the innate immune response? Innate Immun 2019; 25:73-96. [PMID: 30782045 PMCID: PMC6830889 DOI: 10.1177/1753425918821168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Innate immunity is an evolutionarily ancient form of host defense that serves to limit infection. The invading microorganisms are detected by the innate immune system through germline-encoded PRRs. Different classes of PRRs, including TLRs and cytoplasmic receptors, recognize distinct microbial components known collectively as PAMPs. Ligation of PAMPs with receptors triggers intracellular signaling cascades, activating defense mechanisms. Despite the fact that Gram-negative bacteria and parasitic protozoa are phylogenetically distant organisms, they express glycoconjugates, namely bacterial LPS and protozoan GPI-anchored glycolipids, which share many structural and functional similarities. By activating/deactivating MAPK signaling and NF-κB, these ligands trigger general pro-/anti-inflammatory responses depending on the related patterns. They also use conservative strategies to subvert cell-autonomous defense systems of specialized immune cells. Signals triggered by Gram-negative bacteria and parasitic protozoa can interfere with host homeostasis and, depending on the type of microorganism, lead to hypersensitivity or silencing of the immune response. Activation of professional immune cells, through a ligand which triggers the opposite effect (antagonist versus agonist) appears to be a promising solution to restoring the immune balance.
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- Magdalena A Karaś
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie–Skłodowska
University, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie–Skłodowska
University, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie–Skłodowska
University, Lublin, Poland
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Lamouche F, Bonadé-Bottino N, Mergaert P, Alunni B. Symbiotic Efficiency of Spherical and Elongated Bacteroids in the Aeschynomene-Bradyrhizobium Symbiosis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:377. [PMID: 31001301 PMCID: PMC6454206 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The legume-rhizobium symbiosis is a major supplier of fixed nitrogen in the biosphere and constitutes a key step of the nitrogen biogeochemical cycle. In some legume species belonging to the Inverted Repeat Lacking Clade (IRLC) and the Dalbergioids, the differentiation of rhizobia into intracellular nitrogen-fixing bacteroids is terminal and involves pronounced cell enlargement and genome endoreduplication, in addition to a strong loss of viability. In the Medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium spp. system, the extent of bacteroid differentiation correlates with the level of symbiotic efficiency. Here, we used different physiological measurements to compare the symbiotic efficiency of photosynthetic bradyrhizobia in different Aeschynomene spp. (Dalbergioids) hosts inducing different bacteroid morphotypes associated with increasing ploidy levels. The strongly differentiated spherical bacteroids were more efficient than the less strongly differentiated elongated ones, providing a higher mass gain to their hosts. However, symbiotic efficiency is not solely correlated with the extent of bacteroid differentiation especially in spherical bacteroid-inducing plants, suggesting the existence of other factors controlling symbiotic efficiency.
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Lodha TD, B I, Ch S, Ch V R. Transcriptome analysis of hopanoid deficient mutant of Rhodopseuodomonas palustris TIE-1. Microbiol Res 2018; 218:108-117. [PMID: 30454652 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.10.009] [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: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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All three domains of life have an ordered plasma membrane which is pivotal in the selective fitness of primitive life. Like cholesterol in eukaryotes, hopanoids are important in bacteria to modulate membrane order. Hopanoids are pentacyclic triterpenoid lipids biosynthesised in many eubacteria, few ferns and lichens. Hopanoid modulates outer membrane order and hopanoid deficiency results in the weakened structural integrity of the membrane which may in turn affect the other structures within or spanning the cell envelope and contributing to various membrane functions. Hence, to decipher the role of hopanoid, genome-wide transcriptome of wild-type and Δshc mutant of Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 was studied which indicated 299 genes were upregulated and 306 genes were downregulated in hopanoid deficient mutant, representing ∼11.5% of the genome. Thirty-eight genes involved in chemotaxis, response to stimuli and signal transduction were differentially regulated and impaired motility in hopanoid deficient mutant showed that hopanoid plays a crucial role in chemotaxis. The docking study demonstrated that diguanylate cyclase which catalyses the synthesis of secondary messenger exhibited the capability to interact with hopanoids and might be confederating in chemotaxis and signal transduction. Seventy-four genes involved in membrane transport were differentially expressed and cell assays also explicit that the multidrug transport is compromised in Δshc mutant. Membrane transport is reliant on hopanoids which may explain the basis for previous observations linking hopanoids to antibiotic resistance. Disturbing the membrane order by targeting lipid synthesis can be a possible novel approach in developing new antimicrobials and hopanoid biosynthesis could be a potential target.
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- Tushar D Lodha
- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Hyderabad, 500 046, India; National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, 411011, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Hyderabad, 500 046, India
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- Bacterial Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Environment, IST, JNT University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, 500 085, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Hyderabad, 500 046, India.
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Lembo-Fazio L, Billod JM, Di Lorenzo F, Paciello I, Pallach M, Vaz-Francisco S, Holgado A, Beyaert R, Fresno M, Shimoyama A, Lanzetta R, Fukase K, Gully D, Giraud E, Martín-Santamaría S, Bernardini ML, Silipo A. Bradyrhizobium Lipid A: Immunological Properties and Molecular Basis of Its Binding to the Myeloid Differentiation Protein-2/Toll-Like Receptor 4 Complex. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1888. [PMID: 30154796 PMCID: PMC6102379 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are potent activator of the innate immune response through the binding to the myeloid differentiation protein-2 (MD-2)/toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) receptor complexes. Although a variety of LPSs have been characterized so far, a detailed molecular description of the structure–activity relationship of the lipid A part has yet to be clarified. Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium strains, symbiont of Aeschynomene legumes, express distinctive LPSs bearing very long-chain fatty acids with a hopanoid moiety covalently linked to the lipid A region. Here, we investigated the immunological properties of LPSs isolated from Bradyrhizobium strains on both murine and human immune systems. We found that they exhibit a weak agonistic activity and, more interestingly, a potent inhibitory effect on MD-2/TLR4 activation exerted by toxic enterobacterial LPSs. By applying computational modeling techniques, we also furnished a plausible explanation for the Bradyrhizobium LPS inhibitory activity at atomic level, revealing that its uncommon lipid A chemical features could impair the proper formation of the receptorial complex, and/or has a destabilizing effect on the pre-assembled complex itself.
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- Luigi Lembo-Fazio
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "C. Darwin", Sapienza-Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "C. Darwin", Sapienza-Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Center for Inflammation Research, Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Inflammation Research, Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Diomune SL, Parque Científico de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- IRD, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, TA-A82/J - Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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- IRD, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, TA-A82/J - Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "C. Darwin", Sapienza-Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.,Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Structure and inflammatory activity of the LPS isolated from Acetobacter pasteurianus CIP103108. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 119:1027-1035. [PMID: 30098357 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Acetobacter pasteurianus is an acetic acid-producing Gram-negative bacterium commonly found associated with plants and plant products and widely used in the production of fermented foods, such as kefir and vinegar. Due to the acid conditions of the bacterium living habitat, uncommon structural features composing its cell envelope are expected. In the present work we have investigated the A. pasteurianus CIP103108 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structure and immunoactivity. The structure of the lipid A and of two different O-polysaccharides was assessed. Furthermore, immunological studies with human cells showed a low immunostimulant activity of the isolated LPS, in addition to a slight capability to lower the NF-kB activation upon stimulation by toxic LPS.
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Lamouche F, Gully D, Chaumeret A, Nouwen N, Verly C, Pierre O, Sciallano C, Fardoux J, Jeudy C, Szücs A, Mondy S, Salon C, Nagy I, Kereszt A, Dessaux Y, Giraud E, Mergaert P, Alunni B. Transcriptomic dissection of Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS285 in symbiosis with Aeschynomene spp. inducing different bacteroid morphotypes with contrasted symbiotic efficiency. Environ Microbiol 2018; 21:3244-3258. [PMID: 29921018 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To circumvent the paucity of nitrogen sources in the soil legume plants establish a symbiotic interaction with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria called rhizobia. During symbiosis, the plants form root organs called nodules, where bacteria are housed intracellularly and become active nitrogen fixers known as bacteroids. Depending on their host plant, bacteroids can adopt different morphotypes, being either unmodified (U), elongated (E) or spherical (S). E- and S-type bacteroids undergo a terminal differentiation leading to irreversible morphological changes and DNA endoreduplication. Previous studies suggest that differentiated bacteroids display an increased symbiotic efficiency (E > U and S > U). In this study, we used a combination of Aeschynomene species inducing E- or S-type bacteroids in symbiosis with Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS285 to show that S-type bacteroids present a better symbiotic efficiency than E-type bacteroids. We performed a transcriptomic analysis on E- and S-type bacteroids formed by Aeschynomene afraspera and Aeschynomene indica nodules and identified the bacterial functions activated in bacteroids and specific to each bacteroid type. Extending the expression analysis in E- and S-type bacteroids in other Aeschynomene species by qRT-PCR on selected genes from the transcriptome analysis narrowed down the set of bacteroid morphotype-specific genes. Functional analysis of a selected subset of 31 bacteroid-induced or morphotype-specific genes revealed no symbiotic phenotypes in the mutants. This highlights the robustness of the symbiotic program but could also indicate that the bacterial response to the plant environment is partially anticipatory or even maladaptive. Our analysis confirms the correlation between differentiation and efficiency of the bacteroids and provides a framework for the identification of bacterial functions that affect the efficiency of bacteroids.© 2018 Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- Florian Lamouche
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud/CEA, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud/CEA, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud/CEA, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud/CEA, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, 21065, France
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- Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud/CEA, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, 21065, France
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- Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
- Seqomics Biotechnology Ltd, Mórahalom, 6782, Hungary
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- Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
- Seqomics Biotechnology Ltd, Mórahalom, 6782, Hungary
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud/CEA, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud/CEA, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud/CEA, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Belin BJ, Busset N, Giraud E, Molinaro A, Silipo A, Newman DK. Hopanoid lipids: from membranes to plant-bacteria interactions. Nat Rev Microbiol 2018; 16:304-315. [PMID: 29456243 PMCID: PMC6087623 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Lipid research represents a frontier for microbiology, as showcased by hopanoid lipids. Hopanoids, which resemble sterols and are found in the membranes of diverse bacteria, have left an extensive molecular fossil record. They were first discovered by petroleum geologists. Today, hopanoid-producing bacteria remain abundant in various ecosystems, such as the rhizosphere. Recently, great progress has been made in our understanding of hopanoid biosynthesis, facilitated in part by technical advances in lipid identification and quantification. A variety of genetically tractable, hopanoid-producing bacteria have been cultured, and tools to manipulate hopanoid biosynthesis and detect hopanoids are improving. However, we still have much to learn regarding how hopanoid production is regulated, how hopanoids act biophysically and biochemically, and how their production affects bacterial interactions with other organisms, such as plants. The study of hopanoids thus offers rich opportunities for discovery.
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- Brittany J. Belin
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LSTM, UMR IRD, SupAgro, INRA, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LSTM, UMR IRD, SupAgro, INRA, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, France
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Ceapă CD, Vázquez-Hernández M, Rodríguez-Luna SD, Cruz Vázquez AP, Jiménez Suárez V, Rodríguez-Sanoja R, Alvarez-Buylla ER, Sánchez S. Genome mining of Streptomyces scabrisporus NF3 reveals symbiotic features including genes related to plant interactions. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192618. [PMID: 29447216 PMCID: PMC5813959 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192618] [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: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Endophytic bacteria are wide-spread and associated with plant physiological benefits, yet their genomes and secondary metabolites remain largely unidentified. In this study, we explored the genome of the endophyte Streptomyces scabrisporus NF3 for discovery of potential novel molecules as well as genes and metabolites involved in host interactions. The complete genomes of seven Streptomyces and three other more distantly related bacteria were used to define the functional landscape of this unique microbe. The S. scabrisporus NF3 genome is larger than the average Streptomyces genome and not structured for an obligate endosymbiotic lifestyle; this and the fact that can grow in R2YE media implies that it could include a soil-living stage. The genome displays an enrichment of genes associated with amino acid production, protein secretion, secondary metabolite and antioxidants production and xenobiotic degradation, indicating that S. scabrisporus NF3 could contribute to the metabolic enrichment of soil microbial communities and of its hosts. Importantly, besides its metabolic advantages, the genome showed evidence for differential functional specificity and diversification of plant interaction molecules, including genes for the production of plant hormones, stress resistance molecules, chitinases, antibiotics and siderophores. Given the diversity of S. scabrisporus mechanisms for host upkeep, we propose that these strategies were necessary for its adaptation to plant hosts and to face changes in environmental conditions.
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- Corina Diana Ceapă
- Departmento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
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- Departmento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
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- Departmento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
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- Departmento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
- Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtla Gutiérrez,Tuxtla, Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
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- Departmento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
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- Departmento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
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Kucho KI, Tamari D, Matsuyama S, Nabekura T, Tisa LS. Nitrogen Fixation Mutants of the Actinobacterium Frankia Casuarinae CcI3. Microbes Environ 2017; 32:344-351. [PMID: 29151446 PMCID: PMC5745019 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me17099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Frankia is a representative genus of nitrogen-fixing (N2-fixing) actinobacteria; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying various phenomena such as the differentiation of a N2 fixation-specific structure (vesicle) and the regulation of N2 fixation (nif) genes, have yet to be elucidated in detail. In the present study, we screened hyphal fragments of Frankia casuarinae that were mutagenized by 1-methyl-3-nitro-1-nitrosoguanidine or gamma rays, and isolated 49 candidate N2 fixation mutants. Twelve of these mutants were selected for further study, and their abilities to grow in NH3-deficient (N-) liquid media and their rates of acetylene reduction activities were evaluated. Eleven mutant strains were confirmed to lack the ability to fix N2. Five mutant strains formed significantly reduced numbers of vesicles, while some failed to form large mature vesicles. These vesicle mutants also exhibited an aberrant hyphal morphology, suggesting a relationship between vesicle differentiation and hyphal branching. Ten mutants showed significant reductions in the expression of nifE, nifH, and nifV genes under N- conditions. The genome sequencing of eight mutants identified 20 to 400 mutations. Although mutant strains N3H4 and N6F4 shared a large number of mutations (108), most were unique to each strain. Mutant strain N7C9 had 3 mutations in the nifD and nifH genes that may result in the inability to fix N2. The other mutant strains did not have any mutations in any known N2 fixation-related genes, indicating that they are novel N2 fixation mutants.
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- Ken-ichi Kucho
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University1–21–35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890–0065Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University1–21–35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890–0065Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University1–21–35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890–0065Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University1–21–35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890–0065Japan
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire289 Rudman Hall, 46 College Road, Durham, NH 03824–2617USA
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Ziaco M, Górska S, Traboni S, Razim A, Casillo A, Iadonisi A, Gamian A, Corsaro MM, Bedini E. Development of Clickable Monophosphoryl Lipid A Derivatives toward Semisynthetic Conjugates with Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigens. J Med Chem 2017; 60:9757-9768. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Marcello Ziaco
- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- L. Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- L. Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- L. Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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Zamlynska K, Komaniecka I, Zebracki K, Mazur A, Sroka-Bartnicka A, Choma A. Studies on lipid A isolated from Phyllobacterium trifolii PETP02 T lipopolysaccharide. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:1413-1433. [PMID: 28409238 PMCID: PMC5644692 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0872-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The structure of lipid A from lipopolysaccharide of Phyllobacterium trifolii PETP02T, a nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium, was studied. It was found that the lipid A backbone was composed of two 2,3-diamino-2,3-dideoxy-D-glucose (GlcpN3N) residues connected by a β-(1 → 6) glycosidic linkage, substituted by galacturonic acid (GalpA) at position C-1 and partly decorated by a phosphate residue at C-4' of the non-reducing GlcpN3N. Both diaminosugars were symmetrically substituted by 3-hydroxy fatty acids (14:0(3-OH) and 16:0(3-OH)). Ester-linked secondary acyl residues [i.e. 19:0cyc and 28:0(27-OH) or 28:0(27-4:0(3-OMe))] were located in the distal part of lipid A. A high similarity between the lipid A of P. trifolii and Mesorhizobium was observed and discussed from the perspective of the genetic context of both genomes.
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- Katarzyna Zamlynska
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland.
- Department of General Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland.
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Busset N, Di Lorenzo F, Palmigiano A, Sturiale L, Gressent F, Fardoux J, Gully D, Chaintreuil C, Molinaro A, Silipo A, Giraud E. The Very Long Chain Fatty Acid (C 26:25OH) Linked to the Lipid A Is Important for the Fitness of the Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Strain ORS278 and the Establishment of a Successful Symbiosis with Aeschynomene Legumes. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1821. [PMID: 28983292 PMCID: PMC5613085 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In rhizobium strains, the lipid A is modified by the addition of a very long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) shown to play an important role in rigidification of the outer membrane, thereby facilitating their dual life cycle, outside and inside the plant. In Bradyrhizobium strains, the lipid A is more complex with the presence of at least two VLCFAs, one covalently linked to a hopanoid molecule, but the importance of these modifications is not well-understood. In this study, we identified a cluster of VLCFA genes in the photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium strain ORS278, which nodulates Aeschynomene plants in a Nod factor-independent process. We tried to mutate the different genes of the VLCFA gene cluster to prevent the synthesis of the VLCFAs, but only one mutant in the lpxXL gene encoding an acyltransferase was obtained. Structural analysis of the lipid A showed that LpxXL is involved in the transfer of the C26:25OH VLCFA to the lipid A but not in the one of the C30:29OH VLCFA which harbors the hopanoid molecule. Despite maintaining the second VLCFA, the ability of the mutant to cope with various stresses (low pH, high temperature, high osmolarity, and antimicrobial peptides) and to establish an efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiosis was drastically reduced. In parallel, we investigated whether the BRADO0045 gene, which encodes a putative acyltransferase displaying a weak identity with the apo-lipoprotein N-acyltransferase Lnt, could be involved in the transfer of the C30:29OH VLCFA to the lipid A. Although the mutant exhibited phenotypes similar to the lpxXL mutant, no difference in the lipid A structure was observed from that in the wild-type strain, indicating that this gene is not involved in the modification of lipid A. Our results advance our knowledge of the biosynthesis pathway and the role of VLCFAs-modified lipid A in free-living and symbiotic states of Bradyrhizobium strains.
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- Nicolas Busset
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LSTM, UMR IRD, SupAgro, INRA, Université de Montpellier, CIRADMontpellier, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Università di Napoli Federico IINaples, Italy
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- Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCatania, Italy
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- Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheCatania, Italy
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LSTM, UMR IRD, SupAgro, INRA, Université de Montpellier, CIRADMontpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LSTM, UMR IRD, SupAgro, INRA, Université de Montpellier, CIRADMontpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LSTM, UMR IRD, SupAgro, INRA, Université de Montpellier, CIRADMontpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LSTM, UMR IRD, SupAgro, INRA, Université de Montpellier, CIRADMontpellier, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Università di Napoli Federico IINaples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Università di Napoli Federico IINaples, Italy
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LSTM, UMR IRD, SupAgro, INRA, Université de Montpellier, CIRADMontpellier, France
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Lack of Methylated Hopanoids Renders the Cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme Sensitive to Osmotic and pH Stress. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.00777-17. [PMID: 28455341 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00777-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To investigate the function of 2-methylhopanoids in modern cyanobacteria, the hpnP gene coding for the radical S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) methylase protein that acts on the C-2 position of hopanoids was deleted from the filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133S. The resulting ΔhpnP mutant lacked all 2-methylhopanoids but was found to produce much higher levels of two bacteriohopanepentol isomers than the wild type. Growth rates of the ΔhpnP mutant cultures were not significantly different from those of the wild type under standard growth conditions. Akinete formation was also not impeded by the absence of 2-methylhopanoids. The relative abundances of the different hopanoid structures in akinete-dominated cultures of the wild-type and ΔhpnP mutant strains were similar to those of vegetative cell-dominated cultures. However, the ΔhpnP mutant was found to have decreased growth rates under both pH and osmotic stress, confirming a role for 2-methylhopanoids in stress tolerance. Evidence of elevated photosystem II yield and NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductase activity in the ΔhpnP mutant under stress conditions, compared to the wild type, suggested that the absence of 2-methylhopanoids increases cellular metabolic rates under stress conditions.IMPORTANCE As the first group of organisms to develop oxygenic photosynthesis, Cyanobacteria are central to the evolutionary history of life on Earth and the subsequent oxygenation of the atmosphere. To investigate the origin of cyanobacteria and the emergence of oxygenic photosynthesis, geobiologists use biomarkers, the remnants of lipids produced by different organisms that are found in geologic sediments. 2-Methylhopanes have been considered indicative of cyanobacteria in some environmental settings, with the parent lipids 2-methylhopanoids being present in many contemporary cyanobacteria. We have created a Nostoc punctiforme ΔhpnP mutant strain that does not produce 2-methylhopanoids to assess the influence of 2-methylhopanoids on stress tolerance. Increased metabolic activity in the mutant under stress indicates compensatory alterations in metabolism in the absence of 2-methylhopanoids.
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Di Lorenzo F, Palmigiano A, Duda KA, Pallach M, Busset N, Sturiale L, Giraud E, Garozzo D, Molinaro A, Silipo A. Structure of the Lipopolysaccharide from the Bradyrhizobium sp. ORS285 rfaL Mutant Strain. ChemistryOpen 2017; 6:541-553. [PMID: 28794950 PMCID: PMC5542761 DOI: 10.1002/open.201700074] [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: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The importance of the outer membrane and of its main constituent, lipopolysaccharide, in the symbiosis between rhizobia and leguminous host plants has been well studied. Here, the first complete structural characterization of the entire lipopolysaccharide from an O‐chain‐deficient Bradyrhizobium ORS285 rfaL mutant is achieved by a combination of chemical analysis, NMR spectroscopy, MALDI MS and MS/MS. The lipid A structure is shown to be consistent with previously reported Bradyrhizobium lipid A, that is, a heterogeneous blend of penta‐ to hepta‐acylated species carrying a nonstoichiometric hopanoid unit and possessing very‐long‐chain fatty acids ranging from 26:0(25‐OH) to 32:0(31‐OH). The structure of the core oligosaccharide region, fully characterized for the first time here, is revealed to be a nonphosphorylated linear chain with methylated sugar residues, with a heptose residue exclusively present in the outer core region, and with the presence of two singly substituted 3‐deoxy‐d‐manno‐oct‐2‐ulosonic acid (Kdo) residues, one of which is located in the outer core region. The lipid A moiety is linked to the core moiety through an uncommon 4‐substituted Kdo unit.
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- Flaviana Di Lorenzo
- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples Federico II Via Cinthia 4 80126 Naples Italy
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- CNR-Istituto per i Polimeri Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB-Unità di CataniaVia Gaifami 18 95126 Catania Italy
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- Junior Group of Allergobiochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Airway Research Center North (ARCN) German Center for Lung Research 23845 Borstel Germany
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples Federico II Via Cinthia 4 80126 Naples Italy
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- IRD, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CNR-Istituto per i Polimeri Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB-Unità di CataniaVia Gaifami 18 95126 Catania Italy
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- IRD, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CNR-Istituto per i Polimeri Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB-Unità di CataniaVia Gaifami 18 95126 Catania Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples Federico II Via Cinthia 4 80126 Naples Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Naples Federico II Via Cinthia 4 80126 Naples Italy
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Bradley AS, Swanson PK, Muller EEL, Bringel F, Caroll SM, Pearson A, Vuilleumier S, Marx CJ. Hopanoid-free Methylobacterium extorquens DM4 overproduces carotenoids and has widespread growth impairment. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173323. [PMID: 28319163 PMCID: PMC5358736 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Hopanoids are sterol-like membrane lipids widely used as geochemical proxies for bacteria. Currently, the physiological role of hopanoids is not well understood, and this represents one of the major limitations in interpreting the significance of their presence in ancient or contemporary sediments. Previous analyses of mutants lacking hopanoids in a range of bacteria have revealed a range of phenotypes under normal growth conditions, but with most having at least an increased sensitivity to toxins and osmotic stress. We employed hopanoid-free strains of Methylobacterium extorquens DM4, uncovering severe growth defects relative to the wild-type under many tested conditions, including normal growth conditions without additional stressors. Mutants overproduce carotenoids-the other major isoprenoid product of this strain-and show an altered fatty acid profile, pronounced flocculation in liquid media, and lower growth yields than for the wild-type strain. The flocculation phenotype can be mitigated by addition of cellulase to the medium, suggesting a link between the function of hopanoids and the secretion of cellulose in M. extorquens DM4. On solid media, colonies of the hopanoid-free mutant strain were smaller than wild-type, and were more sensitive to osmotic or pH stress, as well as to a variety of toxins. The results for M. extorquens DM4 are consistent with the hypothesis that hopanoids are important for membrane fluidity and lipid packing, but also indicate that the specific physiological processes that require hopanoids vary across bacterial lineages. Our work provides further support to emerging observations that the role of hopanoids in membrane robustness and barrier function may be important across lineages, possibly mediated through an interaction with lipid A in the outer membrane.
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- Alexander S. Bradley
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, United States of America
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
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- Equipe Adaptations et interactions microbiennes, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 7156 UNISTRA–CNRS Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Equipe Adaptations et interactions microbiennes, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 7156 UNISTRA–CNRS Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
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- Equipe Adaptations et interactions microbiennes, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 7156 UNISTRA–CNRS Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States of America
- Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States of America
- Center for Modeling Complex Interactions, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States of America
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Li W, Silipo A, Gersby LBA, Newman MA, Molinaro A, Yu B. Synthesis of Bradyrhizose Oligosaccharides Relevant to theBradyrhizobiumO-Antigen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:2092-2096. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Wei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry; Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; University of Naples “Federico II”; Via Cintia 4 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences; University of Copenhagen; 1871 Frederiksberg Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; University of Naples “Federico II”; Via Cintia 4 80126 Napoli Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry; Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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Li W, Silipo A, Gersby LBA, Newman MA, Molinaro A, Yu B. Synthesis of Bradyrhizose Oligosaccharides Relevant to theBradyrhizobiumO-Antigen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201610680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Wei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry; Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; University of Naples “Federico II”; Via Cintia 4 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences; University of Copenhagen; 1871 Frederiksberg Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; University of Naples “Federico II”; Via Cintia 4 80126 Napoli Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry; Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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Ricci JN, Morton R, Kulkarni G, Summers ML, Newman DK. Hopanoids play a role in stress tolerance and nutrient storage in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme. GEOBIOLOGY 2017; 15:173-183. [PMID: 27527874 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hopanes are abundant in ancient sedimentary rocks at discrete intervals in Earth history, yet interpreting their significance in the geologic record is complicated by our incomplete knowledge of what their progenitors, hopanoids, do in modern cells. To date, few studies have addressed the breadth of diversity of physiological functions of these lipids and whether those functions are conserved across the hopanoid-producing bacterial phyla. Here, we generated mutants in the filamentous cyanobacterium, Nostoc punctiforme, that are unable to make all hopanoids (shc) or 2-methylhopanoids (hpnP). While the absence of hopanoids impedes growth of vegetative cells at high temperature, the shc mutant grows faster at low temperature. This finding is consistent with hopanoids acting as membrane rigidifiers, a function shared by other hopanoid-producing phyla. Apart from impacting fitness under temperature stress, hopanoids are dispensable for vegetative cells under other stress conditions. However, hopanoids are required for stress tolerance in akinetes, a resting survival cell type. While 2-methylated hopanoids do not appear to contribute to any stress phenotype, total hopanoids and to a lesser extent 2-methylhopanoids were found to promote the formation of cyanophycin granules in akinetes. Finally, although hopanoids support symbiotic interactions between Alphaproteobacteria and plants, they do not appear to facilitate symbiosis between N. punctiforme and the hornwort Anthoceros punctatus. Collectively, these findings support interpreting hopanes as general environmental stress biomarkers. If hopanoid-mediated enhancement of nitrogen-rich storage products turns out to be a conserved phenomenon in other organisms, a better understanding of this relationship may help us parse the enrichment of 2-methylhopanes in the rock record during episodes of disrupted nutrient cycling.
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- J N Ricci
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Di Lorenzo F, Palmigiano A, Al Bitar-Nehme S, Sturiale L, Duda KA, Gully D, Lanzetta R, Giraud E, Garozzo D, Bernardini ML, Molinaro A, Silipo A. The Lipid A from Rhodopseudomonas palustris Strain BisA53 LPS Possesses a Unique Structure and Low Immunostimulant Properties. Chemistry 2016; 23:3637-3647. [PMID: 28004420 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The search for novel lipid A analogues from any biological source that can act as antagonists, displaying inhibitory activity towards the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, or as immunomodulators in mammals, is a very topical issue. To this aim, the structure and immunological properties of the lipopolysaccharide lipid A from the purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain BisA53 have been determined. This lipid A displays a unique structural feature, with a non-phosphorylated skeleton made up of the tetrasaccharide Manp-α-(1→4)-GlcpN3N-β-1→6-GlcpN3N-α-(1→1)-α-GalpA, and four primary amide-linked 14:0(3-OH) and, as secondary O-acyl substituents, a 16:0 and the very long-chain fatty acid 26:0(25-OAc), appended on the GlcpN3N units. This lipid A architecture is definitely rare, so far identified only in the genus Bradyrhizobium. Immunological tests on both murine bone-marrow-derived and human monocyte-derived macrophages revealed an extremely low immunostimulant capability of this LPS lipid A.
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- Flaviana Di Lorenzo
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB-Unità di Catania, Via Gaifami 18, 95126, Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "C. Darwin", Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB-Unità di Catania, Via Gaifami 18, 95126, Catania, Italy
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- Junior Group of Allergobiochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, 23845, Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research, Germany
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- IRD, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, 34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- IRD, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/UM2/CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, 34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CNR-Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali IPCB-Unità di Catania, Via Gaifami 18, 95126, Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "C. Darwin", Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy.,Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126, Naples, Italy
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Choma A, Komaniecka I, Zebracki K. Structure, biosynthesis and function of unusual lipids A from nodule-inducing and N 2-fixing bacteria. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2016; 1862:196-209. [PMID: 27836696 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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This review focuses on the chemistry and structures of (Brady)rhizobium lipids A, indispensable parts of lipopolysaccharides. These lipids contain unusual (ω-1) hydroxylated very long chain fatty acids, which are synthesized by a very limited group of bacteria, besides rhizobia. The significance and requirement of the very long chain fatty acids for outer membrane stability as well as the genetics of the synthesis pathway are discussed. The biological role of these fatty acids for bacterial life in extremely different environments (soil and intracellular space within nodules) is also considered.
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- Adam Choma
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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