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Casillo A, Parrilli E, Tutino ML, Corsaro MM. The outer membrane glycolipids of bacteria from cold environments: isolation, characterization, and biological activity. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:5519854. [DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiz094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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ABSTRACTLipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are the main components of the external leaflet of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Microorganisms that colonize permanently or transiently cold habitats have evolved an array of structural adaptations, some of which involve components of bacterial membranes. These adaptations assure the perfect functionality of the membrane even at freezing or sub-freezing growth temperatures. This review summarizes the state-of-the-art information concerning the structural features of the LPSs produced by cold-adapted bacteria. The LPS structure has recently been elucidated from species mainly belonging to Gammaproteobacteria and Flavobacteriaceae. Although the reported structural heterogeneity may arise from the phylogenetic diversity of the analyzed source strains, some generalized trends can be deduced. For instance, it is clear that only a small portion of LPSs displays the O-chain. In addition, the biological activity of the lipid A portion from several cold-adapted strains is reported.
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- Angela Casillo
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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Zabłotni A, Matusiak D, Arbatsky NP, Moryl M, Maciejewska A, Kondakova AN, Shashkov AS, Ługowski C, Knirel YA, Różalski A. Changes in the lipopolysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis 9B-m (O11a) clinical strain in response to planktonic or biofilm type of growth. Med Microbiol Immunol 2018; 207:129-139. [PMID: 29330591 PMCID: PMC5878192 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-018-0534-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The impact of planktonic and biofilm lifestyles of the clinical isolate Proteus mirabilis 9B-m on its lipopolysaccharide (O-polysaccharide, core region, and lipid A) was evaluated. Proteus mirabilis bacteria are able to form biofilm and lipopolysaccharide is one of the factors involved in the biofilm formation. Lipopolysaccharide was isolated from planktonic and biofilm cells of the investigated strain and analyzed by SDS–PAGE with silver staining, Western blotting and ELISA, as well as NMR and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry techniques. Chemical and NMR spectroscopic analyses revealed that the structure of the O-polysaccharide of P. mirabilis 9B-m strain did not depend on the form of cell growth, but the full-length chains of the O-antigen were reduced when bacteria grew in biofilm. The study also revealed structural modifications of the core region in the lipopolysaccharide of biofilm-associated cells—peaks assigned to compounds absent in cells from the planktonic culture and not previously detected in any of the known Proteus core oligosaccharides. No differences in the lipid A structure were observed. In summary, our study demonstrated for the first time that changes in the lifestyle of P. mirabilis bacteria leads to the modifications of their important virulence factor—lipopolysaccharide.
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- Agnieszka Zabłotni
- Laboratory of General Microbiology, Department of Biology of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Łódź, Poland.
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- Laboratory of General Microbiology, Department of Biology of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biology of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Immunochemistry, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolf Weigl 12, 53-114, Wrocław, Poland
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Immunochemistry, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolf Weigl 12, 53-114, Wrocław, Poland
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 47, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biology of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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Piacente F, De Castro C, Jeudy S, Gaglianone M, Laugieri ME, Notaro A, Salis A, Damonte G, Abergel C, Tonetti MG. The rare sugar N-acetylated viosamine is a major component of Mimivirus fibers. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:7385-7394. [PMID: 28314774 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.783217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The giant virus Mimivirus encodes an autonomous glycosylation system that is thought to be responsible for the formation of complex and unusual glycans composing the fibers surrounding its icosahedral capsid, including the dideoxyhexose viosamine. Previous studies have identified a gene cluster in the virus genome, encoding enzymes involved in nucleotide-sugar production and glycan formation, but the functional characterization of these enzymes and the full identification of the glycans found in viral fibers remain incomplete. Because viosamine is typically found in acylated forms, we suspected that one of the genes might encode an acyltransferase, providing directions to our functional annotations. Bioinformatic analyses indicated that the L142 protein contains an N-terminal acyltransferase domain and a predicted C-terminal glycosyltransferase. Sequence analysis of the structural model of the L142 N-terminal domain indicated significant homology with some characterized sugar acetyltransferases that modify the C-4 amino group in the bacillosamine or perosamine biosynthetic pathways. Using mass spectrometry and NMR analyses, we confirmed that the L142 N-terminal domain is a sugar acetyltransferase, catalyzing the transfer of an acetyl moiety from acetyl-CoA to the C-4 amino group of UDP-d-viosamine. The presence of acetylated viosamine in vivo has also been confirmed on the glycosylated viral fibers, using GC-MS and NMR. This study represents the first report of a virally encoded sugar acetyltransferase.
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- Francesco Piacente
- From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
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- the Aix-Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique et Structurale, UMR 7256, IMM FR3479, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
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- From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
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- From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
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- the Aix-Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique et Structurale, UMR 7256, IMM FR3479, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France.,Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli, 80138 Napoli, Italy, and
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- From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
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- From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
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- the Aix-Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique et Structurale, UMR 7256, IMM FR3479, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
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- From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy,
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Zhang X, Xu Y, Hsieh PH, Liu J, Lin L, Schmidt EP, Linhardt RJ. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of unmodified heparin oligosaccharides: cleavage of p-nitrophenyl glucuronide by alkaline and Smith degradation. Org Biomol Chem 2017; 15:1222-1227. [PMID: 28091666 PMCID: PMC5288288 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02603f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A heparin oligosaccharide having a completely natural structure was successfully synthesized through a chemoenzymatic approach using an unnatural glycosyl acceptor, p-nitrophenyl glucuronide (GlcA-pNP). The use of an inexpensive and commercially available GlcA-pNP acceptor facilitates oligosaccharide recovery and purification on C-18 resin during chemoenzymatic synthesis. Oligosaccharide chain extension and modification afforded a heptasaccharide with gluconic acid residues at its reducing and non-reducing ends. Treatment with periodate oxidation followed by Smith degradation or alkaline elimination resulted in the selective cleavage of vicinal diol-containing glucuronic acid residues affording highly sulfated heparin pentasaccharides having a completely natural structure. This methodology should facilitate the chemoenzymatic synthesis of a family of highly sulfated heparin oligosaccharides with unmodified structures for biological evaluation.
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- Xing Zhang
- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Avenue, Troy, New York 12180, USA.
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Avenue, Troy, New York 12180, USA.
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- University of Colorado Denver, Dept. of Medicine, Research Complex 2, 12700 E. 19th Avenue, Aurora CO 80045 and Denver Health Medical Center, 660 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Avenue, Troy, New York 12180, USA.
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Shashkov AS, Kenyon JJ, Senchenkova SN, Shneider MM, Popova AV, Arbatsky NP, Miroshnikov KA, Volozhantsev NV, Hall RM, Knirel YA. Acinetobacter baumanniiK27 and K44 capsular polysaccharides have the same K unit but different structures due to the presence of distinctwzygenes in otherwise closely related K gene clusters. Glycobiology 2015; 26:501-8. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwv168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Related structures of the O-polysaccharides of Cronobacter dublinensis G3983 and G3977 containing 3-(N-acetyl-l-alanyl)amino-3,6-dideoxy-d-galactose. Carbohydr Res 2015; 404:132-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2014.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structure of the polysaccharide isolated from Acinetobacter baumannii strain LAC-4. Carbohydr Res 2014; 390:42-5. [PMID: 24690675 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2014.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The structure of the surface polysaccharide from a hypervirulent for mice Acinetobacter baumannii strain LAC-4 was studied. The polysaccharide was built of trisaccharide repeating units containing α-l-fucosamine, α-d-glucosamine, and α-8-epi-legionaminic acid. The structure interpretation was based mostly on NMR data. Polysaccharide was obtained using a procedure of LPS O-chain preparation, although whether it is an LPS O-chain or capsular polysaccharide remained unclear.
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Arbatsky NP, Kondakova AN, Shashkov AS, Drutskaya MS, Belousov PV, Nedospasov SA, Petrova MA, Knirel YA. Structure of the O-polysaccharide of Acinetobacter sp. VS-15 and Acinetobacter lwoffii EK67. Carbohydr Res 2010; 345:2287-90. [PMID: 20732679 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2010.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2010] [Accepted: 07/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An O-polysaccharide was released by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of Acinetobacter sp. VS-15 and studied by chemical methods along with (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, including 2D (1)H,(1)H COSY, TOCSY, ROESY, (1)H,(13)C HSQC and HMBC experiments. The following structure of the pentasaccharide repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established: [Formula: see text]. The O-polysaccharide of Acinetobacter lwoffii EK67 was found to have the same structure.
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- Nikolay P Arbatsky
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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