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Schwardmann LS, Benninghaus L, Lindner SN, Wendisch VF. Prospects of formamide as nitrogen source in biotechnological production processes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:105. [PMID: 38204134 PMCID: PMC10781810 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12962-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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This review presents an analysis of formamide, focussing on its occurrence in nature, its functional roles, and its promising applications in the context of the bioeconomy. We discuss the utilization of formamide as an innovative nitrogen source achieved through metabolic engineering. These approaches underscore formamide's potential in supporting growth and production in biotechnological processes. Furthermore, our review illuminates formamide's role as a nitrogen source capable of safeguarding cultivation systems against contamination in non-sterile conditions. This attribute adds an extra layer of practicality to its application, rendering it an attractive candidate for sustainable and resilient industrial practices. Additionally, the article unveils the versatility of formamide as a potential carbon source that could be combined with formate or CO2 assimilation pathways. However, its attributes, i.e., enriched nitrogen content and comparatively limited energy content, led to conclude that formamide is more suitable as a co-substrate and that its use as a sole source of carbon for biomass and bio-production is limited. Through our exploration of formamide's properties and its applications, this review underscores the significance of formamide as valuable resource for a large spectrum of industrial applications. KEY POINTS: • Formidases enable access to formamide as source of nitrogen, carbon, and energy • The formamide/formamidase system supports non-sterile fermentation • The nitrogen source formamide supports production of nitrogenous compounds.
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- Lynn S Schwardmann
- Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
- , Aminoverse B.V., Daelderweg 9, 6361 HK, Nuth, Beekdaelen, The Netherlands
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- Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
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- Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Palus K. Dietary Exposure to Acrylamide Has Negative Effects on the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Review. Nutrients 2024; 16:2032. [PMID: 38999779 PMCID: PMC11243272 DOI: 10.3390/nu16132032] [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: 05/21/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024] Open
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Changing eating habits and an increase in consumption of thermally processed products have increased the risk of the harmful impact of chemical substances in food on consumer health. A 2002 report by the Swedish National Food Administration and scientists at Stockholm University on the formation of acrylamide in food products during frying, baking and grilling contributed to an increase in scientific interest in the subject. Acrylamide is a product of Maillard's reaction, which is a non-enzymatic chemical reaction between reducing sugars and amino acids that takes place during thermal processing. The research conducted over the past 20 years has shown that consumption of acrylamide-containing products leads to disorders in human and animal organisms. The gastrointestinal tract is a complex regulatory system that determines the transport, grinding, and mixing of food, secretion of digestive juices, blood flow, growth and differentiation of tissues, and their protection. As the main route of acrylamide absorption from food, it is directly exposed to the harmful effects of acrylamide and its metabolite-glycidamide. Despite numerous studies on the effect of acrylamide on the digestive tract, no comprehensive analysis of the impact of this compound on the morphology, innervation, and secretory functions of the digestive system has been made so far. Acrylamide present in food products modifies the intestine morphology and the activity of intestinal enzymes, disrupts enteric nervous system function, affects the gut microbiome, and increases apoptosis, leading to gastrointestinal tract dysfunction. It has also been demonstrated that it interacts with other substances in food in the intestines, which increases its toxicity. This paper summarises the current knowledge of the impact of acrylamide on the gastrointestinal tract, including the enteric nervous system, and refers to strategies aimed at reducing its toxic effect.
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- Katarzyna Palus
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowski Str. 13, 10-718 Olsztyn, Poland
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Vannini A, Pinatel E, Costantini PE, Pelliciari S, Roncarati D, Puccio S, De Bellis G, Scarlato V, Peano C, Danielli A. (Re)-definition of the holo- and apo-Fur direct regulons of Helicobacter pylori. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168573. [PMID: 38626867 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168573] [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: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Iron homeostasis is a critical process for living organisms because this metal is an essential co-factor for fundamental biochemical activities, like energy production and detoxification, albeit its excess quickly leads to cell intoxication. The protein Fur (ferric uptake regulator) controls iron homeostasis in bacteria by switching from its apo- to holo-form as a function of the cytoplasmic level of ferrous ions, thereby modulating gene expression. The Helicobacter pylori HpFur protein has the rare ability to operate as a transcriptional commutator; apo- and holo-HpFur function as two different repressors with distinct DNA binding recognition properties for specific sets of target genes. Although the regulation of apo- and holo-HpFur in this bacterium has been extensively investigated, we propose a genome-wide redefinition of holo-HpFur direct regulon in H. pylori by integration of RNA-seq and ChIP-seq data, and a large extension of the apo-HpFur direct regulon. We show that in response to iron availability, new coding sequences, non-coding RNAs, toxin-antitoxin systems, and transcripts within open reading frames are directly regulated by apo- or holo-HpFur. These new targets and the more thorough validation and deeper characterization of those already known provide a complete and updated picture of the direct regulons of this two-faced transcriptional regulator.
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- Andrea Vannini
- University of Bologna Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies - National Research Council, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20054 Segrate (MI), Italy.
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- University of Bologna Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Human Genetic Unit, Institute of Genetic and Cancer - University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK.
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- University of Bologna Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Institute of Genetics and Biomedical Research, UoS Milan - National Research Council, Via Manzoni 113, 20089 Rozzano (MI), Italy; Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano (MI), Italy.
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies - National Research Council, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20054 Segrate (MI), Italy.
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- University of Bologna Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Institute of Genetics and Biomedical Research, UoS Milan - National Research Council, Via Manzoni 113, 20089 Rozzano (MI), Italy; Human Technopole, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 1, 20157 Milan, Italy.
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- University of Bologna Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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Schwardmann LS, Wu T, Dransfeld AK, Lindner SN, Wendisch VF. Formamide-based production of amines by metabolically engineering Corynebacterium glutamicum. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023:10.1007/s00253-023-12592-3. [PMID: 37246985 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12592-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Formamide is rarely used as nitrogen source by microorganisms. Therefore, formamide and formamidase have been used as protection system to allow for growth under non-sterile conditions and for non-sterile production of acetoin, a product lacking nitrogen. Here, we equipped Corynebacterium glutamicum, a renowned workhorse for industrial amino acid production for 60 years, with formamidase from Helicobacter pylori 26695, enabling growth with formamide as sole nitrogen source. Thereupon, the formamide/formamidase system was exploited for efficient formamide-based production of the nitrogenous compounds L-glutamate, L-lysine, N-methylphenylalanine, and dipicolinic acid by transfer of the formamide/formamidase system to established producer strains. Stable isotope labeling verified the incorporation of nitrogen from formamide into biomass and the representative product L-lysine. Moreover, we showed ammonium leakage during formamidase-based access of formamide to be exploitable to support growth of formamidase-deficient C. glutamicum in co-cultivation and demonstrated that efficient utilization of formamide as sole nitrogen source benefitted from overexpression of formate dehydrogenase. KEY POINTS: • C. glutamicum was engineered to access formamide. • Formamide-based production of nitrogenous compounds was established. • Nitrogen cross-feeding supported growth of a formamidase-negative strain.
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- Lynn S Schwardmann
- Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Genetics of Prokaryotes, Faculty of Biology and CeBiTec, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany.
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A Positively Selected fur-R88H Mutation Enhances Helicobacter pylori Fitness in a High-Salt Environment and Alters Fur-Dependent Regulation of Gene Expression. Infect Immun 2023; 91:e0042022. [PMID: 36633416 PMCID: PMC9933627 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00420-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Both Helicobacter pylori infection and a high-salt diet are risk factors for gastric cancer. We previously showed that a mutation in fur (encoding the ferric uptake regulator variant Fur-R88H) was positively selected in H. pylori strains isolated from experimentally infected Mongolian gerbils receiving a high-salt diet. In the present study, we report that continuous H. pylori growth in high-salt conditions in vitro also leads to positive selection of the fur-R88H mutation. Competition experiments with strains containing wild-type fur or fur-R88H, each labeled with unique nucleotide barcodes, showed that the fur-R88H mutation enhances H. pylori fitness under high-salt conditions but reduces H. pylori fitness under routine culture conditions. The fitness advantage of the fur-R88H mutant under high-salt conditions was abrogated by the addition of supplemental iron. To test the hypothesis that the fur-R88H mutation alters the regulatory properties of Fur, we compared the transcriptional profiles of strains containing wild-type fur or fur-R88H. Increased transcript levels of fecA2, which encodes a predicted TonB-dependent outer membrane transporter, were detected in the fur-R88H variant compared to those in the strain containing wild-type fur under both high-salt and routine conditions. Competition experiments showed that fecA2 contributes to H. pylori fitness under both high-salt and routine conditions. These results provide new insights into mechanisms by which the fur-R88H mutation confers a selective advantage to H. pylori in high-salt environments.
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Insights into the Orchestration of Gene Transcription Regulators in Helicobacter pylori. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232213688. [PMID: 36430169 PMCID: PMC9696931 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232213688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Bacterial pathogens employ a general strategy to overcome host defenses by coordinating the virulence gene expression using dedicated regulatory systems that could raise intricate networks. During the last twenty years, many studies of Helicobacter pylori, a human pathogen responsible for various stomach diseases, have mainly focused on elucidating the mechanisms and functions of virulence factors. In parallel, numerous studies have focused on the molecular mechanisms that regulate gene transcription to attempt to understand the physiological changes of the bacterium during infection and adaptation to the environmental conditions it encounters. The number of regulatory proteins deduced from the genome sequence analyses responsible for the correct orchestration of gene transcription appears limited to 14 regulators and three sigma factors. Furthermore, evidence is accumulating for new and complex circuits regulating gene transcription and H. pylori virulence. Here, we focus on the molecular mechanisms used by H. pylori to control gene transcription as a function of the principal environmental changes.
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Delineation of the pH-Responsive Regulon Controlled by the Helicobacter pylori ArsRS Two-Component System. Infect Immun 2021; 89:IAI.00597-20. [PMID: 33526561 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00597-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori encounters a wide range of pH within the human stomach. In a comparison of H. pylori cultured in vitro under neutral or acidic conditions, about 15% of genes are differentially expressed, and corresponding changes are detectable for many of the encoded proteins. The ArsRS two-component system (TCS), comprised of the sensor kinase ArsS and its cognate response regulator ArsR, has an important role in mediating pH-responsive changes in H. pylori gene expression. In this study, we sought to delineate the pH-responsive ArsRS regulon and further define the role of ArsR in pH-responsive gene expression. We compared H. pylori strains containing an intact ArsRS system with an arsS null mutant or strains containing site-specific mutations of a conserved aspartate residue (D52) in ArsR, which is phosphorylated in response to signals relayed by the cognate sensor kinase ArsS. We identified 178 genes that were pH-responsive in strains containing an intact ArsRS system but not in ΔarsS or arsR mutants. These constituents of the pH-responsive ArsRS regulon include genes involved in acid acclimatization (ureAB, amidases), oxidative stress responses (katA, sodB), transcriptional regulation related to iron or nickel homeostasis (fur, nikR), and genes encoding outer membrane proteins (including sabA, alpA, alpB, hopD [labA], and horA). When comparing H. pylori strains containing an intact ArsRS TCS with arsRS mutants, each cultured at neutral pH, relatively few genes are differentially expressed. Collectively, these data suggest that ArsRS-mediated gene regulation has an important role in H. pylori adaptation to changing pH conditions.
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Hamzalıoğlu A, Gökmen V. Potential reactions of thermal process contaminants during digestion. Trends Food Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Wu Z, Liu C, Zhang Z, Zheng R, Zheng Y. Amidase as a versatile tool in amide-bond cleavage: From molecular features to biotechnological applications. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 43:107574. [PMID: 32512219 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Amidases (EC 3. 5. 1. X) are versatile biocatalysts for synthesis of chiral carboxylic acids, α-amino acids and amides due to their hydrolytic and acyl transfer activity towards the C-N linkages. They have been extensively exploited and studied during the past years for their high specific activity and excellent enantioselectivity involved in various biotechnological applications in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. Additionally, they have attracted considerable attentions in biodegradation and bioremediation owing to environmental pressures. Motivated by industrial demands, crystallographic investigations and catalytic mechanisms of amidases based on structural biology have witnessed a dramatic promotion in the last two decades. The protein structures showed that different types of amidases have their typical stuctural elements, such as the conserved AS domains in signature amidases and the typical architecture of metal-associated active sites in acetamidase/formamidase family amidases. This review provides an overview of recent research advances in various amidases, with a focus on their structural basis of phylogenetics, substrate specificities and catalytic mechanisms as well as their biotechnological applications. As more crystal structures of amidases are determined, the structure/function relationships of these enzymes will also be further elucidated, which will facilitate molecular engineering and design of amidases to meet industrial requirements.
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- Zheming Wu
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China; The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, People's Republic of China
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Is Acrylamide as Harmful as We Think? A New Look at the Impact of Acrylamide on the Viability of Beneficial Intestinal Bacteria of the Genus Lactobacillus. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12041157. [PMID: 32326187 PMCID: PMC7230431 DOI: 10.3390/nu12041157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The impact of acrylamide (AA) on microorganisms is still not clearly understood as AA has not induced mutations in bacteria, but its epoxide analog has been reported to be mutagenic in Salmonella strains. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether AA could influence the growth and viability of beneficial intestinal bacteria. The impact of AA at concentrations of 0–100 µg/mL on lactic acid bacteria (LAB) was examined. Bacterial growth was evaluated by the culture method, while the percentage of alive, injured, and dead bacteria was assessed by flow cytometry after 24 h and 48 h of incubation. We demonstrated that acrylamide could influence the viability of the LAB, but its impact depended on both the AA concentration and the bacterial species. The viability of probiotic strain Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 increased while that of Lactobacillus plantarum decreased; Lactobacillus brevis was less sensitive. Moreover, AA influenced the morphology of L. plantarum, probably by blocking cell separation during division. We concluded that acrylamide present in food could modulate the viability of LAB and, therefore, could influence their activity in food products or, after colonization, in the human intestine.
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Wu D, Cao M, Li N, Zhang A, Yu Z, Cheng J, Xie X, Wang Z, Lu S, Yan S, Zhou J, Peng J, Zhao J. Effect of trimethylamine N-oxide on inflammation and the gut microbiota in Helicobacter pylori-infected mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2019; 81:106026. [PMID: 31759863 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2019.106026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Diet is one of the factors contributing to symptom of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a diet-related microbial metabolite, is associated with inflammatory and metabolic diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of TMAO intake on inflammation and gut microbiota composition in H. pylori-infected mice via 16S rRNA sequencing and biochemical analyses. The in vitro experiments showed that TMAO not only increased the expression of growth- and metabolism-associated genes and the urease activity of H. pylori, but increased the production of virulence factors. Moreover, TMAO intake increased the production of inflammatory markers and reduced the richness and diversity of the gut microbiota in H. pylori-infected mice. Further analysis showed that TMAO increased the relative abundance of Escherichia_Shigella in H. pylori-infected mice, which had positive correlation with the levels of LPS, CRP, and CXCL1. Collectively, our results suggest that TMAO may aggravate H. pylori-induced inflammation by increasing the viability and virulence of H. pylori and may aggravate inflammation in association with the gut microbiota in H. pylori-infected mice. This study may provide a novel insight into the mechanism for the effect of diet-derived metabolites such as TMAO on H. pylori-induced disease development.
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- Daoyan Wu
- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China; Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, PR China
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- Core Laboratory, School of Medicine, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital Affiliated to University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610072, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biological Resource and Ecological Environment of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, PR China.
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Fagoonee S, Pellicano R. Helicobacter pylori: molecular basis for colonization and survival in gastric environment and resistance to antibiotics. A short review. Infect Dis (Lond) 2019; 51:399-408. [PMID: 30907202 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2019.1588472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a human-specific pathogen with a strict tropism for the gastric mucosa. This bacterium infects around half of the world population and is the main responsible for gastritis, peptic ulcer and, in some cases, for the pathogenesis of gastric cancer. Nevertheless, disease development in infected subjects depends not only on the bacterium, but also on the host genetic predisposition and on environmental factors. The fascinating question of how the bacterium can survive in the gastric environment has stimulated research in this field. It is now clear that H. pylori is able to colonize and adhere to the gastric epithelium through several mechanisms, including the breakdown of urea with production of the cell-toxic ammonia. The resulting raise in pH neutralizes acidity of the stomach, thereby allowing the bacterium to safely cross the mucus layer to the epithelial surface. Current challenges regard understanding the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and how to overcome it. Lately, an increasing H. pylori resistance rate to antibiotics has been reported and several molecular bases for this phenomenon described. In this review, we highlight the current knowledge on mechanisms supporting H. pylori resistance to gastric environment and to therapy.
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- Sharmila Fagoonee
- a Institute for Biostructure and Bioimaging (CNR) c/o Molecular Biotechnology Center , Turin , Italy
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- b Unit of Gastroenterology , Molinette-SGAS Hospital , Turin , Italy
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Martínez-Rodríguez S, Conejero-Muriel M, Gavira JA. A novel cysteine carbamoyl-switch is responsible for the inhibition of formamidase, a nitrilase superfamily member. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 662:151-159. [PMID: 30528776 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Formamidases (EC 3.5.1.49) and amidases (EC 3.5.1.4) are paralogous cysteine-dependent enzymes which catalyze the conversion of amide substrates to ammonia and the corresponding carboxylic acid. Both enzymes have been suggested as an alternative pathway for ammonia production during urea shortage. Urea was proved key in the transcriptional regulation of formamidases/amidases, connecting urea level to amide metabolism. In addition, different amidases have also been shown to be inhibited by urea, pointing to urea-regulation at the enzymatic level. Although amidases have been widely studied due to its biotechnological application in the hydrolysis of aliphatic amides, up to date, only two formamidases have been extensively characterized, belonging to Helicobacter pylori (HpyAmiF) and Bacillus cereus (BceAmiF). In this work, we report the first structure of an acyl-intermediate of BceAmiF. We also report the inhibition of BceAmiF by urea, together with mass spectrometry studies confirming the S-carbamoylation of BceAmiF after urea treatment. X-ray studies of urea-soaked BceAmiF crystals showed short- and long-range rearrangements affecting oligomerization interfaces. Since cysteine-based switches are known to occur in the regulation of different metabolic and signaling pathways, our results suggest a novel S-carbamoylation-switch for the regulation of BceAmiF. This finding could relate to previous observations of unexplained modifications in the catalytic cysteine of different nitrilase superfamily members and therefore extending this regulation mechanism to the whole nitrilase superfamily.
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- Sergio Martínez-Rodríguez
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III e Inmunología, Universidad de Granada (Campus de Melilla), 52071, Melilla, Spain; Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, CSIC-UGR, 18100, Granada, Spain.
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Jaworska K, Nieckarz M, Ludwiczak M, Raczkowska A, Brzostek K. OmpR-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation and Function of Two Heme Receptor Proteins of Yersinia enterocolitica Bio-Serotype 2/O:9. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:333. [PMID: 30294593 PMCID: PMC6158557 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We show that Yersinia enterocolitica strain Ye9 (bio-serotype 2/O:9) utilizes heme-containing molecules as an iron source. The Ye9 genome contains two multigenic clusters, hemPRSTUV-1 and hemPRST-2, encoding putative heme receptors HemR1 and HemR2, that share 62% amino acid identity. Expression of these proteins in an Escherichia coli mutant defective in heme biosynthesis allowed this strain to use hemin and hemoglobin as a source of porphyrin. The hemPRSTUV-1 and hemPRST-2 clusters are organized as operons, expressed from the phem−1 and weaker phem−2 promoters, respectively. Expression of both operons is negatively regulated by iron and the iron-responsive transcriptional repressor Fur. In addition, OmpR, the response regulator of two component system (TCSs) EnvZ/OmpR, represses transcription of both operons through interaction with binding sequences overlapping the −35 region of their promoters. Western blot analysis of the level of HemR1 in ompR, fur, and ompRfur mutants, showed an additive effect of these mutations, indicating that OmpR may regulate HemR expression independently of Fur. However, the effect of OmpR on the activity of the phem−1 promoter and on HemR1 production was observed in both iron-depleted and iron-replete conditions, i.e., when Fur represses the iron-regulated promoter. In addition, a hairpin RNA thermometer, composed of four uracil residues (FourU) that pair with the ribosome-binding site in the 5′-untranslated region (5′-UTR) of hemR1 was predicted by in silico analysis. However, thermoregulated expression of HemR1 could not be demonstrated. Taken together, these data suggest that Fur and OmpR control iron/heme acquisition via a complex mechanism based on negative regulation of hemR1 and hemR2 at the transcriptional level. This interplay could fine-tune the level of heme receptor proteins to allow Y. enterocolitica to fulfill its iron/heme requirements without over-accumulation, which might be important for pathogenic growth within human hosts.
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- Karolina Jaworska
- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Jones MD, Li Y, Zamble DB. Acid-responsive activity of the Helicobacter pylori metalloregulator NikR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:8966-8971. [PMID: 30126985 PMCID: PMC6130374 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808393115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a human pathogen that infects the stomach, where it experiences variable pH. To survive the acidic gastric conditions, H. pylori produces large quantities of urease, a nickel enzyme that hydrolyzes urea to ammonia, which neutralizes the local environment. One of the regulators of urease expression in H. pylori is HpNikR, a nickel-responsive transcription factor. Here we show that HpNikR also regulates urease expression in response to changes in pH, linking acid adaptation and nickel homeostasis. Upon measuring the cytosolic pH of H. pylori exposed to an external pH of 2, similar to the acidic shock conditions that occur in the human stomach, a significant drop in internal pH was observed. This decrease in internal pH resulted in HpNikR-dependent activation of ureA transcription. Furthermore, analysis of a slate of H. pylori genes encoding other acid adaptation or nickel homeostasis components revealed HpNikR-dependent regulation in response to acid shock. This regulation was consistent with pH-dependent DNA binding to the corresponding promoter sequences observed in vitro with purified HpNikR. These results demonstrate that HpNikR can directly respond to changes in cytosolic pH during acid acclimation and illustrate the exquisitely coordinated regulatory networks that support H. pylori infections in the harsh environment of the human stomach.
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- Michael D Jones
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada;
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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He X, Liao X, Li H, Xia W, Sun H. Bismuth-Induced Inactivation of Ferric Uptake Regulator from Helicobacter pylori. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:15041-15048. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Xiaojun He
- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory
of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R, China
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori is well adapted to colonize the epithelial surface of the human gastric mucosa and can cause persistent infections. In order to infect the gastric mucosa, it has to survive in the gastric acidic pH. This organism has well developed mechanisms to neutralize the effects of acidic pH. OBJECTIVE This review article was designed to summarize the various functional and molecular aspects by which the bacterium can combat and survive the gastric acidic pH in order to establish the persistent infections. METHODS We used the keywords (acid acclimation, gastric acidic environment, H. pylori and survival) in combination or alone for pubmed search of recent scientific literatures. One hundred and forty one papers published between 1989 and 2016 were sorted out. The articles published with only abstracts, other than in English language, case reports and reviews were excluded. RESULTS Many literatures describing the role of several factors in acid survival were found. Recently, the role of several other factors has been claimed to participate in acid survival. CONCLUSION In conclusion, this organism has well characterized mechanisms for acid survival.
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- Shamshul Ansari
- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan,Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA,Corresponding author: Yoshio Yamaoka, MD, PhD, Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita 879-5593, Japan, Tel: +81-97-586-5740; Fax: +81-97-586-5749,
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De la Cruz MA, Ares MA, von Bargen K, Panunzi LG, Martínez-Cruz J, Valdez-Salazar HA, Jiménez-Galicia C, Torres J. Gene Expression Profiling of Transcription Factors of Helicobacter pylori under Different Environmental Conditions. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:615. [PMID: 28443084 PMCID: PMC5385360 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the human gastric mucosa and causes peptic ulcers and gastric carcinoma. H. pylori strain 26695 has a small genome (1.67 Mb), which codes for few known transcriptional regulators that control bacterial metabolism and virulence. We analyzed by qRT-PCR the expression of 16 transcriptional regulators in H. pylori 26695, including the three sigma factors under different environmental conditions. When bacteria were exposed to acidic pH, urea, nickel, or iron, the sigma factors were differentially expressed with a particularly strong induction of fliA. The regulatory genes hrcA, hup, and crdR were highly induced in the presence of urea, nickel, and iron. In terms of biofilm formation fliA, flgR, hp1021, fur, nikR, and crdR were induced in sessile bacteria. Transcriptional expression levels of rpoD, flgR, hspR, hp1043, and cheY were increased in contact with AGS epithelial cells. Kanamycin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline increased or decreased expression of regulatory genes, showing that these antibiotics affect the transcription of H. pylori. Our data indicate that environmental cues which may be present in the human stomach modulate H. pylori transcription.
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- Miguel A De la Cruz
- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro SocialMexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro SocialMexico City, Mexico
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- CNRS UMR7280, Inserm, U1104, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université UM2Marseille, France
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro SocialMexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro SocialMexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Clínico, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro SocialMexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro SocialMexico City, Mexico
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Mroczek E, Konieczny P, Lewicki A, Waśkiewicz A, Dach J. Preliminary study of acrylamide monomer decomposition during methane fermentation of dairy waste sludge. J Environ Sci (China) 2016; 45:108-114. [PMID: 27372124 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Polyacrylamide (PAM) used in sludge dewatering exists widely in high-solid anaerobic digestion. Acrylamide is registered in the list of chemicals demonstrating toxic, carcinogenic and mutagenic properties. Therefore, it is reasonable to ask about the mobility of such residual substances in the environment. The study was carried out to assess the impact of the mesophilic (39±1°C) and thermophilic (54±1°C) fermentation process on the level of acrylamide monomer (AMD) content in the dairy sludge. The material was analysed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for quantification of AMD. The results indicate that the process of methane fermentation continues regardless of the temperature effects on the degradation of AMD in dairy sludge. The degree of reduction of acrylamide monomer for thermophilic fermentation is 100%, while for mesophilic fermentation it is 91%. In practice, this means that biogas technology eliminates the risk of AMD migration to plant tissue. Moreover, it should be stressed that 90% of cumulative biogas and methane production was reached one week earlier under thermophilic conditions - the dynamics of the methanisation process were over 20% faster.
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- Ewelina Mroczek
- Department of Food Quality Management, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71, PL-60-625 Poznan, Poland.
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- Department of Food Quality Management, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71, PL-60-625 Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Biosystems Engineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, PL-60-637 Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 75, PL-60-625 Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Biosystems Engineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, PL-60-637 Poznan, Poland
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Borges CL, Parente JA, Barbosa MS, Santa JM, Báo SN, de Sousa MV, de Almeida Soares CM. Detection of a homotetrameric structure and protein-protein interactions of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis formamidase lead to new functional insights. FEMS Yeast Res 2016; 10:104-13. [PMID: 20002196 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00594.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis causes paracoccidioidomycosis, a systemic mycosis in Latin America. Formamidases hydrolyze formamide, putatively plays a role in fungal nitrogen metabolism. An abundant 45-kDa protein was identified as the P. brasiliensis formamidase. In this study, recombinant formamidase was overexpressed in bacteria and a polyclonal antibody to this protein was produced. We identified a 180-kDa protein species reactive to the antibody produced in mice against the P. brasiliensis recombinant purified formamidase of 45 kDa. The 180-kDa purified protein yielded a heat-denatured species of 45 kDa. Both protein species of 180 and 45 kDa were identified as formamidase by peptide mass fingerprinting using MS. The identical mass spectra generated by the 180 and the 45-kDa protein species indicated that the fungal formamidase is most likely homotetrameric in its native conformation. Furthermore, the purified formamidase migrated as a protein of 191 kDa in native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, thus revealing that the enzyme forms a homotetrameric structure in its native state. This enzyme is present in the fungus cytoplasm and the cell wall. Use of a yeast two-hybrid system revealed cell wall membrane proteins, in addition to cytosolic proteins interacting with formamidase. These data provide new insights into formamidase structure as well as potential roles for formamidase and its interaction partners in nitrogen metabolism.
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- Clayton Luiz Borges
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas II, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Duda-Chodak A, Wajda Ł, Tarko T, Sroka P, Satora P. A review of the interactions between acrylamide, microorganisms and food components. Food Funct 2016; 7:1282-95. [DOI: 10.1039/c5fo01294e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Acrylamide (AA) and its metabolites have been recognized as potential carcinogens, but also they can cause other negative symptoms in human or animal organisms and therefore this class of chemical compounds has attracted a lot of attention.
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- A. Duda-Chodak
- Faculty of Food Technology
- University of Agriculture in Krakow
- 30-149 Krakow
- Poland
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- Faculty of Food Technology
- University of Agriculture in Krakow
- 30-149 Krakow
- Poland
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- Faculty of Food Technology
- University of Agriculture in Krakow
- 30-149 Krakow
- Poland
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- Faculty of Food Technology
- University of Agriculture in Krakow
- 30-149 Krakow
- Poland
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- Faculty of Food Technology
- University of Agriculture in Krakow
- 30-149 Krakow
- Poland
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Ferric Uptake Regulator Fur Control of Putative Iron Acquisition Systems in Clostridium difficile. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:2930-40. [PMID: 26148711 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00098-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, spore-forming opportunistic pathogen and is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infectious diarrhea. Although iron acquisition in the host is a key to survival of bacterial pathogens, high levels of intracellular iron can increase oxidative damage. Therefore, expression of iron acquisition mechanisms is tightly controlled by transcriptional regulators. We identified a C. difficile homologue of the master bacterial iron regulator Fur. Using targetron mutagenesis, we generated a fur insertion mutant of C. difficile. To identify the genes regulated by Fur in C. difficile, we used microarray analysis to compare transcriptional differences between the fur mutant and the wild type when grown in high-iron medium. The fur mutant had increased expression of greater than 70 transcriptional units. Using quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (qRT-PCR), we analyzed several of the Fur-regulated genes identified by the microarray and verified that they are both iron and Fur regulated in C. difficile. Among those Fur- and iron-repressed genes were C. difficile genes encoding 7 putative cation transport systems of different classes. We found that Fur was able to bind the DNA upstream of three Fur-repressed genes in electrophoretic mobility shift assays. We also demonstrate that expression of Fur-regulated putative iron acquisition systems was increased during C. difficile infection using the hamster model. Our data suggest that C. difficile expresses multiple iron transport mechanisms in response iron depletion in vitro and in vivo. IMPORTANCE Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infectious diarrhea and has been recently classified as an "urgent" antibiotic resistance threat by the CDC. To survive and cause disease, most bacterial pathogens must acquire the essential enzymatic cofactor iron. While import of adequate iron is essential for most bacterial growth, excess intracellular iron can lead to extensive oxidative damage. Thus, bacteria must regulate iron import to maintain iron homeostasis. We demonstrate here that C. difficile regulates expression of several putative iron acquisition systems using the transcriptional regulator Fur. These import mechanisms are induced under iron-limiting conditions in vitro and during C. difficile infection of the host. This suggests that during a C. difficile infection, iron availability is limited in vivo.
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Castilho DG, Chaves AFA, Xander P, Zelanis A, Kitano ES, Serrano SMT, Tashima AK, Batista WL. Exploring Potential Virulence Regulators in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Isolates of Varying Virulence through Quantitative Proteomics. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:4259-71. [DOI: 10.1021/pr5002274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Daniele G. Castilho
- Departamento
de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Mirassol, 207, São Paulo, 04044-010 SP, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Mirassol, 207, São Paulo, 04044-010 SP, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus Diadema, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, 09913-030 SP, Brazil
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- Instituto
de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus São José dos Campos, Rua Talim, 330, São José dos Campos, 12231-280 SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório
Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada − CeTICS, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, São Paulo, 05503-900 SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório
Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada − CeTICS, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, São Paulo, 05503-900 SP, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Bioquímica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua 3 de maio, 100 - Vila Clementino, São
Paulo, 04023-062 SP, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Mirassol, 207, São Paulo, 04044-010 SP, Brazil
- Departamento
de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus Diadema, Rua São Nicolau, 210, Diadema, 09913-030 SP, Brazil
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Botello-Morte L, Bes MT, Heras B, Fernández-Otal Á, Peleato ML, Fillat MF. Unraveling the redox properties of the global regulator FurA from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120: disulfide reductase activity based on its CXXC motifs. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 20:1396-406. [PMID: 24093463 PMCID: PMC3936511 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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UNLABELLED Cyanobacterial FurA works as a global regulator linking iron homeostasis to photosynthetic metabolism and the responses to different environmental stresses. Additionally, FurA modulates several genes involved in redox homeostasis and fulfills the characteristics of a heme-sensor protein whose interaction with this cofactor negatively affects its DNA binding ability. FurA from Anabaena PCC 7120 contains five cysteine residues, four of them arranged in two redox CXXC motifs. AIMS Our goals were to analyze in depth the putative contribution of these CXXC motifs in the redox properties of FurA and to identify potential interacting partners of this regulator. RESULTS Insulin reduction assays unravel that FurA exhibits disulfide reductase activity. Simultaneous presence of both CXXC signatures greatly enhances the reduction rate, although the redox motif containing Cys(101) and Cys(104) seems a major contributor to this activity. Disulfide reductase activity was not detected in other ferric uptake regulator (Fur) proteins isolated from heterotrophic bacteria. In vivo, FurA presents different redox states involving intramolecular disulfide bonds when is partially oxidized. Redox potential values for CXXC motifs, -235 and -238 mV, are consistent with those reported for other proteins displaying disulfide reductase activity. Pull-down and two-hybrid assays unveil potential FurA interacting partners, namely phosphoribulokinase Alr4123, the hypothetical amidase-containing domain All1140 and the DNA-binding protein HU. INNOVATION A novel biochemical activity of cyanobacterial FurA based on its cysteine arrangements and the identification of novel interacting partners are reported. CONCLUSION The present study discloses a putative connection of FurA with the cyanobacterial redox-signaling pathway.
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- Laura Botello-Morte
- 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza , Zaragoza, Spain
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Raghwan, Chowdhury R. Host cell contact induces fur-dependent expression of virulence factors CagA and VacA in Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter 2014; 19:17-25. [PMID: 24020886 DOI: 10.1111/hel.12087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori, a gram negative bacterium, colonizes the stomach in a majority of the world population. The two major virulence factors of H. pylori VacA and CagA, thought to be associated with chronic inflammation and disease, have been extensively studied, but the regulation of the expression of these virulence genes in H. pylori remains poorly understood. METHODS qRT-PCR was performed to quantify gene expression in unadhered and AGS-adhered H. pylori. Δfur mutant was constructed by splicing by overlap extension PCR and allelic exchange. RESULTS Adherence of H. pylori to the gastric epithelial cell line AGS strongly induces the expression of both cagA and vacA. Induction of cagA and vacA in the AGS cell-adhered H. pylori Δfur mutant strain was consistently lower than in the adhered parent strain. However, expression of the genes was similar between the wild-type and Δfur mutant strains in the unadhered state, suggesting that Fur has a role in the upregulation of cagA and vacA expression, especially in AGS-adhered H. pylori. Consistent with these results, microscopic observations revealed that infection of AGS cells with H. pylori Δfur mutant strain produced much less damage as compared to that produced by the wild-type H. pylori strain. CONCLUSIONS These results suggested that cagA and vacA gene expression is upregulated in H. pylori, especially by host cell contact, and Fur has a role in the upregulation.
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- Raghwan
- Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Kolkata, India
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Pich OQ, Merrell DS. The ferric uptake regulator of Helicobacter pylori: a critical player in the battle for iron and colonization of the stomach. Future Microbiol 2013; 8:725-38. [PMID: 23701330 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.13.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is arguably one of the most successful pathogens; it colonizes the stomachs of more than half of the human population. Colonization and persistence in such an inhospitable niche requires the presence of exquisite adaptive mechanisms. One of the proteins that contributes significantly to the remarkable adaptability of H. pylori is the ferric uptake regulator (Fur), which functions as a master regulator of gene expression. In addition to genes directly related to iron homeostasis, Fur controls expression of several enzymes that play a central role in metabolism and energy production. The absence of Fur leads to severe H. pylori colonization defects and, accordingly, several Fur-regulated genes have been shown to be essential for colonization. Moreover, proteins encoded by Fur-regulated genes have a strong impact on redox homeostasis in the stomach and are major determinants of inflammation. In this review, we discuss the main roles of Fur in the biology of H. pylori and highlight the importance of this regulatory protein in the infectious process.
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- Oscar Q Pich
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Identification and characterization of novel Helicobacter pylori apo-fur-regulated target genes. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:5526-39. [PMID: 24097951 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01026-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In Helicobacter pylori, the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) has evolved additional regulatory functions not seen in other bacteria; it can repress and activate different groups of genes in both its iron-bound and apo forms. Because little is understood about the process of apo-Fur repression and because only two apo-Fur-repressed genes (pfr and sodB) have previously been identified, we sought to expand our understanding of this type of regulation. Utilizing published genomic studies, we selected three potential new apo-Fur-regulated gene targets: serB, hydA, and the cytochrome c553 gene. Transcriptional analyses confirmed Fur-dependent repression of these genes in the absence of iron, as well as derepression in the absence of Fur. Binding studies showed that apo-Fur directly interacted with the suspected hydA and cytochrome c553 promoters but not that of serB, which was subsequently shown to be cotranscribed with pfr; apo-Fur-dependent regulation occurred at the pfr promoter. Alignments of apo-regulated promoter regions revealed a conserved, 6-bp consensus sequence (AAATGA). DNase I footprinting showed that this sequence lies within the protected regions of the pfr and hydA promoters. Moreover, mutation of the sequence in the pfr promoter abrogated Fur binding and DNase protection. Likewise, fluorescence anisotropy studies and binding studies with mutated consensus sequences showed that the sequence was important for apo-Fur binding to the pfr promoter. Together these studies expand the known apo-Fur regulon in H. pylori and characterize the first reported apo-Fur box sequence.
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Inhibition of Klebsiella pneumoniae Growth and Capsular Polysaccharide Biosynthesis by Fructus mume. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2013; 2013:621701. [PMID: 24062785 PMCID: PMC3770061 DOI: 10.1155/2013/621701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is the predominant pathogen isolated from liver abscess of diabetic patients in Asian countries. With the spread of multiple-drug-resistant K. pneumoniae, there is an increasing need for the development of alternative bactericides and approaches to block the production of bacterial virulence factors. Capsular polysaccharide (CPS), especially from the K1 and K2 serotypes, is considered the major determinant for K. pneumoniae virulence. We found that extracts of the traditional Chinese medicine Fructus mume inhibited the growth of K. pneumoniae strains of both serotypes. Furthermore, Fructus mume decreased the mucoviscosity, and the CPS produced in a dose-dependent manner, thus reducing bacterial resistance to serum killing. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analyses showed that Fructus mume downregulated the mRNA levels of cps biosynthesis genes in both serotypes, possibly by increasing the intracellular iron concentration in K. pneumoniae. Moreover, citric acid, a major organic acid in Fructus mume extracts, was found to have an inhibitory effect on growth and CPS biosynthesis in K. pneumoniae. Taken together, our results indicate that Fructus mume not only possesses antibacterial activity against highly virulent K. pneumoniae strains but also inhibits bacterial CPS biosynthesis, thereby facilitating pathogen clearance by the host immune system.
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Gilbreath JJ, Pich OQ, Benoit SL, Besold AN, Cha JH, Maier RJ, Michel SLJ, Maynard EL, Merrell DS. Random and site-specific mutagenesis of the Helicobacter pylori ferric uptake regulator provides insight into Fur structure-function relationships. Mol Microbiol 2013; 89:304-23. [PMID: 23710935 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) of Helicobacter pylori is a global regulator that is important for colonization and survival within the gastric mucosa. H. pylori Fur is unique in its ability to activate and repress gene expression in both the iron-bound (Fe-Fur) and apo forms (apo-Fur). In the current study we combined random and site-specific mutagenesis to identify amino acid residues important for both Fe-Fur and apo-Fur function. We identified 25 mutations that affected Fe-Fur repression and 23 mutations that affected apo-Fur repression, as determined by transcriptional analyses of the Fe-Fur target gene amiE, and the apo-Fur target gene, pfr. In addition, eight of these mutations also significantly affected levels of Fur in the cell. Based on regulatory phenotypes, we selected several representative mutations to characterize further. Of those selected, we purified the wild-type (HpFurWT) and three mutant Fur proteins (HpFurE5A, HpFurA92T and HpFurH134Y), which represent mutations in the N-terminal extension, the regulatory metal binding site (S2) and the structural metal binding site (S3) respectively. Purified proteins were evaluated for secondary structure by circular dichroism spectroscopy, iron-binding by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, oligomerization in manganese-substituted and apo conditions by in vitro cross-linking assays, and DNA binding to Fe-Fur and apo-Fur target sequences by fluorescence anisotropy. The results showed that the N-terminal, S2 and S3 regions play distinct roles in terms of Fur structure-function relationships. Overall, these studies provide novel information regarding the role of these residues in Fur function, and provide mechanistic insight into how H. pylori Fur regulates gene expression in both the iron-bound and apo forms of the protein.
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- Jeremy J Gilbreath
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Hoe CH, Raabe CA, Rozhdestvensky TS, Tang TH. Bacterial sRNAs: regulation in stress. Int J Med Microbiol 2013; 303:217-29. [PMID: 23660175 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bacteria are often exposed to a hostile environment and have developed a plethora of cellular processes in order to survive. A burgeoning list of small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) has been identified and reported to orchestrate crucial stress responses in bacteria. Among them, cis-encoded sRNA, trans-encoded sRNA, and 5'-untranslated regions (UTRs) of the protein coding sequence are influential in the bacterial response to environmental cues, such as fluctuation of temperature and pH as well as other stress conditions. This review summarizes the role of bacterial sRNAs in modulating selected stress conditions and highlights the alliance between stress response and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) in bacterial defense.
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- Chee-Hock Hoe
- Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kepala Batas, 13200 Penang, Malaysia.
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The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein has been shown to function as a repressor of transcription in a number of diverse microorganisms. However, recent studies have established that Fur can function at a global level as both an activator and a repressor of transcription through both direct and indirect mechanisms. Fur-mediated indirect activation occurs via the repression of additional repressor proteins, or small regulatory RNAs, thereby activating transcription of a previously silent gene. Fur mediates direct activation through binding of Fur to the promoter regions of genes. Whereas the repressive mechanism of Fur has been thoroughly investigated, emerging studies on direct and indirect Fur-mediated activation mechanisms have revealed novel global regulatory circuits.
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Huang SH, Wang CK, Peng HL, Wu CC, Chen YT, Hong YM, Lin CT. Role of the small RNA RyhB in the Fur regulon in mediating the capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis and iron acquisition systems in Klebsiella pneumoniae. BMC Microbiol 2012; 12:148. [PMID: 22827802 PMCID: PMC3423075 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) and iron acquisition systems are important determinants of Klebsiella pneumoniae infections, and we have previously reported that the ferric uptake repressor (Fur) can play dual role in iron acquisition and CPS biosynthesis. In many bacteria, Fur negatively controls the transcription of the small non-coding RNA RyhB to modulate cellular functions and virulence. However, in K. pneumoniae, the role played by RyhB in the Fur regulon has not been characterised. This study investigated Fur regulation of ryhB transcription and the functional role of RyhB in K. pneumoniae. RESULTS Deletion of fur from K. pneumoniae increased the transcription of ryhB; the electric mobility shift assay and the Fur-titration assay revealed that Fur could bind to the promoter region of ryhB, suggesting that Fur directly represses ryhB transcription. Additionally, in a Δfur strain with elevated CPS production, deletion of ryhB obviously reduced CPS production. The following promoter-reporter assay and quantitative real-time PCR of cps genes verified that RyhB activated orf1 and orf16 transcription to elevate CPS production. However, deletion of ryhB did not affect the mRNA levels of rcsA, rmpA, or rmpA2. These results imply that Fur represses the transcription of ryhB to mediate the biosynthesis of CPS, which is independent of RcsA, RmpA, and RmpA2. In addition, the Δfur strain's high level of serum resistance was attenuated by the deletion of ryhB, indicating that RyhB plays a positive role in protecting the bacterium from serum killing. Finally, deletion of ryhB in Δfur reduced the expression of several genes corresponding to 3 iron acquisition systems in K. pneumoniae, and resulted in reduced siderophore production. CONCLUSIONS The regulation and functional role of RyhB in K. pneumoniae is characterized in this study. RyhB participates in Fur regulon to modulate the bacterial CPS biosynthesis and iron acquisition systems in K. pneumoniae.
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- Su-Hua Huang
- School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Pich OQ, Carpenter BM, Gilbreath JJ, Merrell DS. Detailed analysis of Helicobacter pylori Fur-regulated promoters reveals a Fur box core sequence and novel Fur-regulated genes. Mol Microbiol 2012; 84:921-41. [PMID: 22507395 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In Helicobacter pylori, iron balance is controlled by the Ferric uptake regulator (Fur), an iron-sensing repressor protein that typically regulates expression of genes implicated in iron transport and storage. Herein, we carried out extensive analysis of Fur-regulated promoters and identified a 7-1-7 motif with dyad symmetry (5'-TAATAATnATTATTA-3'), which functions as the Fur box core sequence of H. pylori. Addition of this sequence to the promoter region of a typically non-Fur regulated gene was sufficient to impose Fur-dependent regulation in vivo. Moreover, mutation of this sequence within Fur-controlled promoters negated regulation. Analysis of the H. pylori chromosome for the occurrence of the Fur box established the existence of well-conserved Fur boxes in the promoters of numerous known Fur-regulated genes, and revealed novel putative Fur targets. Transcriptional analysis of the new candidate genes demonstrated Fur-dependent repression of HPG27_51, HPG27_52, HPG27_199, HPG27_445, HPG27_825 and HPG27_1063, as well as Fur-mediated activation of the cytotoxin associated gene A, cagA (HPG27_507). Furthermore, electrophoretic mobility shift assays confirmed specific binding of Fur to the promoters of each of these genes. Future experiments will determine whether loss of Fur regulation of any of these particular genes contributes to the defects in colonization exhibited by the H. pylori fur mutant.
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- Oscar Q Pich
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Heath Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Toledo H, Villafaena C, Valenzuela M, López-Solís R. Arginine 66 residue of Fur is required for the regulatory function of this protein in the acid adaptation mechanism of Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter 2012; 17:16-22. [PMID: 22221611 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2011.00893.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa and must survive the acid pH of that environment. Like other enteric bacterial pathogens, including Salmonella enterica, H. pylori develops an acid tolerance response that is dependent on the function of the transcriptional regulator protein Fur. OBJECTIVE To explore by site-directed mutagenesis whether two particular amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of the H. pylori Fur protein, arginine 66 and histidine 99, are involved in the acid response mechanism in this bacterium. MATERIALS AND METHODS Complementation assays in Escherichia coli H1780 (fur null mutant) both with plasmids carrying the H. pylori fur gene bearing substitution mutations R66A or H99A or R66A/H99A and with the H. pylori Fur-R66A mutant were conducted. Wild-type and mutated Fur proteins from H. pylori were assayed by using the fiu::lacZ reporter gene in the E. coli H1780 heterologous system at various pH and iron concentrations. RESULTS Both bacterial growth and repression of the reporter gene were impaired under acid conditions in E. coli H1780 complemented with pUC19-fur-R66A. Also, in the H. pylori Fur-R66 strain bacterial growth and speA gene expression were impaired under acid conditions. CONCLUSIONS Arginine 66 but not histidine 99 in H. pylori Fur is required for the regulatory function of the Fur protein in the acid adaptation mechanism of the bacterium.
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- Héctor Toledo
- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Avenida Independencia 1027, Casilla 70086, Santiago-7, Chile.
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Iron trafficking system in Helicobacter pylori. Biometals 2011; 25:247-58. [PMID: 22127376 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-011-9512-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori infections are closely associated with peptic ulcers, gastric malignancy and iron deficiency anemia. Iron is essential for almost all living organisms and the investigation of iron uptake and trafficking system is thus important to understand the pathological roles of H. pylori. Up to now, the iron trafficking system of H. pylori is not yet fully clear and merits further efforts in this regards. The available information about iron uptake and regulation has been discussed in this concise review, such as FeoB in ferrous transportation, FrpB2 in hemoglobin uptake, HugZ in heme processing, virulence factors (VacA and CagA) in transferrin utilization, Pfr and NapA in iron storage and Fur in iron regulation. The identified iron trafficking system will help us to understand the pathological roles of H. pylori in the various gastric diseases and iron deficiency anemia and stimulates further development of effective anti-bacterial drugs.
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Biochemical and mutational studies of the Bacillus cereus CECT 5050T formamidase support the existence of a C-E-E-K tetrad in several members of the nitrilase superfamily. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:5761-9. [PMID: 21705545 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00312-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Formamidases (EC 3.5.1.49) are poorly characterized proteins. In spite of this scarce knowledge, ammonia has been described as playing a central role in the pathogenesis of human pathogens such as Helicobacter pylori, for which formamidase has been shown to participate in the nitrogen metabolic pathway. Sequence analysis has revealed that at least two different groups of formamidases are classified as EC 3.5.1.49: on the one hand, the derivatives of the FmdA-AmdA superfamily, which are the best studied to date, and on the other hand, the derivatives of Helicobacter pylori AmiF. Here we present the cloning, purification, and characterization of a recombinant formamidase from Bacillus cereus CECT 5050T (BceAmiF), the second member of the AmiF subfamily to be characterized, showing new features of the enzyme further supporting its relationship with aliphatic amidases. We also present homology modeling-based mutational studies confirming the importance of the Glu140 and Tyr191 residues in the enzymatic activities of the AmiF family. Moreover, we can conclude that a second glutamate residue is critical in several members of the nitrilase superfamily, meaning that what has consistently been identified as a C-E-K triad is in fact a C-E-E-K tetrad.
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Gancz H, Merrell DS. The Helicobacter pylori Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur) is essential for growth under sodium chloride stress. J Microbiol 2011; 49:294-8. [PMID: 21538253 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0396-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Epidemiological data and animal models indicate that Helicobacter pylori and dietary NaCl have a synergistic ill effect on gastric maladies. Here we show that the Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur), which is a crucial regulatory factor required for H. pylori colonization, is essential for growth in the presence of high NaCl concentrations. Moreover, we demonstrate that the transcriptional response induced by sodium chloride stress exhibits similarities to that seen under iron depletion.
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- Hanan Gancz
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Dian C, Vitale S, Leonard GA, Bahlawane C, Fauquant C, Leduc D, Muller C, de Reuse H, Michaud-Soret I, Terradot L. The structure of the Helicobacter pylori ferric uptake regulator Fur reveals three functional metal binding sites. Mol Microbiol 2011; 79:1260-75. [PMID: 21208302 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07517.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Fur, the ferric uptake regulator, is a transcription factor that controls iron metabolism in bacteria. Binding of ferrous iron to Fur triggers a conformational change that activates the protein for binding to specific DNA sequences named Fur boxes. In Helicobacter pylori, HpFur is involved in acid response and is important for gastric colonization in model animals. Here we present the crystal structure of a functionally active HpFur mutant (HpFur2M; C78S-C150S) bound to zinc. Although its fold is similar to that of other Fur and Fur-like proteins, the crystal structure of HpFur reveals a unique structured N-terminal extension and an unusual C-terminal helix. The structure also shows three metal binding sites: S1 the structural ZnS₄ site previously characterized biochemically in HpFur and the two zinc sites identified in other Fur proteins. Site-directed mutagenesis and spectroscopy analyses of purified wild-type HpFur and various mutants show that the two metal binding sites common to other Fur proteins can be also metallated by cobalt. DNA protection and circular dichroism experiments demonstrate that, while these two sites influence the affinity of HpFur for DNA, only one is absolutely required for DNA binding and could be responsible for the conformational changes of Fur upon metal binding while the other is a secondary site.
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- Cyril Dian
- Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220 F-38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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Letek M, González P, MacArthur I, Rodríguez H, Freeman TC, Valero-Rello A, Blanco M, Buckley T, Cherevach I, Fahey R, Hapeshi A, Holdstock J, Leadon D, Navas J, Ocampo A, Quail MA, Sanders M, Scortti MM, Prescott JF, Fogarty U, Meijer WG, Parkhill J, Bentley SD, Vázquez-Boland JA. The genome of a pathogenic rhodococcus: cooptive virulence underpinned by key gene acquisitions. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1001145. [PMID: 20941392 PMCID: PMC2947987 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2010] [Accepted: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We report the genome of the facultative intracellular parasite Rhodococcus equi, the only animal pathogen within the biotechnologically important actinobacterial genus Rhodococcus. The 5.0-Mb R. equi 103S genome is significantly smaller than those of environmental rhodococci. This is due to genome expansion in nonpathogenic species, via a linear gain of paralogous genes and an accelerated genetic flux, rather than reductive evolution in R. equi. The 103S genome lacks the extensive catabolic and secondary metabolic complement of environmental rhodococci, and it displays unique adaptations for host colonization and competition in the short-chain fatty acid–rich intestine and manure of herbivores—two main R. equi reservoirs. Except for a few horizontally acquired (HGT) pathogenicity loci, including a cytoadhesive pilus determinant (rpl) and the virulence plasmid vap pathogenicity island (PAI) required for intramacrophage survival, most of the potential virulence-associated genes identified in R. equi are conserved in environmental rhodococci or have homologs in nonpathogenic Actinobacteria. This suggests a mechanism of virulence evolution based on the cooption of existing core actinobacterial traits, triggered by key host niche–adaptive HGT events. We tested this hypothesis by investigating R. equi virulence plasmid-chromosome crosstalk, by global transcription profiling and expression network analysis. Two chromosomal genes conserved in environmental rhodococci, encoding putative chorismate mutase and anthranilate synthase enzymes involved in aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, were strongly coregulated with vap PAI virulence genes and required for optimal proliferation in macrophages. The regulatory integration of chromosomal metabolic genes under the control of the HGT–acquired plasmid PAI is thus an important element in the cooptive virulence of R. equi. Rhodococcus is a prototypic genus within the Actinobacteria, one of the largest microbial groups on Earth. Many of the ubiquitous rhodococcal species are biotechnologically useful due to their metabolic versatility and biodegradative properties. We have deciphered the genome of a facultatively parasitic Rhodococcus, the animal and human pathogen R. equi. Comparative genomic analyses of related species provide a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of niche-adaptive genome evolution and specialization. The environmental rhodococci have much larger genomes, richer in metabolic and degradative pathways, due to gene duplication and acquisition, not genome contraction in R. equi. This probably reflects that the host-associated R. equi habitat is more stable and favorable than the chemically diverse but nutrient-poor environmental niches of nonpathogenic rhodococci, necessitating metabolically more complex, expanded genomes. Our work also highlights that the recruitment or cooption of core microbial traits, following the horizontal acquistion of a few critical genes that provide access to the host niche, is an important mechanism in actinobacterial virulence evolution. Gene cooption is a key evolutionary mechanism allowing rapid adaptive change and novel trait acquisition. Recognizing the contribution of cooption to virulence provides a rational framework for understanding and interpreting the emergence and evolution of microbial pathogenicity.
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- Michal Letek
- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Ireland
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Ireland
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Ireland
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Roslin BioCentre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Ireland
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Ireland
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- Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Ireland
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- Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular IV, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Centres for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Grupo de Patogenómica Bacteriana, Universidad de León, León, Spain
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Characterization of Acrylamidase Isolated from a Newly Isolated Acrylamide-Utilizing Bacterium, Ralstonia eutropha AUM-01. Curr Microbiol 2010; 62:671-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-010-9761-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Accepted: 09/08/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mutagenesis of conserved amino acids of Helicobacter pylori fur reveals residues important for function. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:5037-52. [PMID: 20644138 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00198-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) of the medically important pathogen Helicobacter pylori is unique in that it has been shown to function as a repressor both in the presence of an Fe2+ cofactor and in its apo (non-Fe2+-bound) form. However, virtually nothing is known concerning the amino acid residues that are important for Fur functioning. Therefore, mutations in six conserved amino acid residues of H. pylori Fur were constructed and analyzed for their impact on both iron-bound and apo repression. In addition, accumulation of the mutant proteins, protein secondary structure, DNA binding ability, iron binding capacity, and the ability to form higher-order structures were also examined for each mutant protein. While none of the mutated residues completely abrogated the function of Fur, we were able to identify residues that were critical for both iron-bound and apo-Fur repression. One mutation, V64A, did not alter regulation of any target genes. However, each of the five remaining mutations showed an effect on either iron-bound or apo regulation. Of these, H96A, E110A, and E117A mutations altered iron-bound Fur regulation and were all shown to influence iron binding to different extents. Additionally, the H96A mutation was shown to alter Fur oligomerization, and the E110A mutation was shown to impact oligomerization and DNA binding. Conversely, the H134A mutant exhibited changes in apo-Fur regulation that were the result of alterations in DNA binding. Although the E90A mutant exhibited alterations in apo-Fur regulation, this mutation did not affect any of the assessed protein functions. This study is the first for H. pylori to analyze the roles of specific amino acid residues of Fur in function and continues to highlight the complexity of Fur regulation in this organism.
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Miles S, Carpenter BM, Gancz H, Merrell DS. Helicobacter pylori apo-Fur regulation appears unconserved across species. J Microbiol 2010; 48:378-86. [PMID: 20571957 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-010-0022-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur) is a transcriptional regulator that is conserved across a broad number of bacterial species and has been shown to regulate expression of iron uptake and storage genes. Additionally, Fur has been shown to be an important colonization factor of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. In H. pylori, Fur-dependent regulation appears to be unique in that Fur is able to act as a transcriptional repressor when bound to iron as well as in its iron free (apo) form. To date, apo-regulation has not been identified in any other bacterium. To determine whether Fur from other species has the capacity for apo-regulation, we investigated the ability of Fur from Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Vibrio cholerae to complement both iron-bound and apo-Fur regulation within the context of a H. pylori fur mutant. We found that while some Fur species (E. coli, C. jejuni, and V. cholerae) complemented iron-bound regulation, apo-regulation was unable to be complemented by any of the examined species. These data suggest that despite the conservation among bacterial Fur proteins, H. pylori Fur contains unique structure/function features that make it novel in comparison to Fur from other species.
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- Shana Miles
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Built shallow to maintain homeostasis and persistent infection: insight into the transcriptional regulatory network of the gastric human pathogen Helicobacter pylori. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1000938. [PMID: 20548942 PMCID: PMC2883586 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Transcriptional regulatory networks (TRNs) transduce environmental signals into coordinated output expression of the genome. Accordingly, they are central for the adaptation of bacteria to their living environments and in host-pathogen interactions. Few attempts have been made to describe a TRN for a human pathogen, because even in model organisms, such as Escherichia coli, the analysis is hindered by the large number of transcription factors involved. In light of the paucity of regulators, the gastric human pathogen Helicobacter pylori represents a very appealing system for understanding how bacterial TRNs are wired up to support infection in the host. Herein, we review and analyze the available molecular and "-omic" data in a coherent ensemble, including protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions relevant for transcriptional control of pathogenic responses. The analysis covers approximately 80% of the annotated H. pylori regulators, and provides to our knowledge the first in-depth description of a TRN for an important pathogen. The emerging picture indicates a shallow TRN, made of four main modules (origons) that process the physiological responses needed to colonize the gastric niche. Specific network motifs confer distinct transcriptional response dynamics to the TRN, while long regulatory cascades are absent. Rather than having a plethora of specialized regulators, the TRN of H. pylori appears to transduce separate environmental inputs by using different combinations of a small set of regulators.
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Danielli A, Scarlato V. Regulatory circuits in Helicobacter pylori : network motifs and regulators involved in metal-dependent responses. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010; 34:738-52. [PMID: 20579104 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00233.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The ability of Helicobacter pylori, one of the most successful human bacterial pathogens, to colonize the acidic gastric niche persistently, depends on the proper homeostasis of intracellular metal ions, needed as cofactors of essential metallo-proteins involved in acid acclimation, respiration and detoxification. This fundamental task is controlled at the transcriptional level mainly by the regulators Fur and NikR, involved in iron homeostasis and nickel response, respectively. Herein, we review the molecular mechanisms that underlie the activity of these key pleiotropic regulators. In addition, we will focus on their involvement in the transcriptional regulatory network of the bacterium, pinpointing a surprising complexity of network motifs that interconnects them and their gene targets. These motifs appear to confer versatile dynamics of metal-dependent responses by extensive horizontal connections between the regulators and feedback control of metal-cofactor availability.
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Detailed in vivo analysis of the role of Helicobacter pylori Fur in colonization and disease. Infect Immun 2010; 78:3073-82. [PMID: 20421381 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00190-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori persistently colonizes the harsh and dynamic environment of the stomach in over one-half of the world's population and has been identified as a causal agent in a spectrum of pathologies that range from gastritis to invasive adenocarcinoma. The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is one of the few regulatory proteins that has been identified in H. pylori. Fur regulates genes important for acid acclimation and oxidative stress and has been shown to be important for colonization of H. pylori in both murine and Mongolian gerbil models of infection. To more thoroughly define the role of Fur in vivo, we conducted an extensive temporal analysis of the location of, competitive ability of, and resultant pathology induced by a Deltafur strain in the Mongolian gerbil model of infection and compared the results to results for its wild-type parent. We found that at the earliest time points postinfection, significantly more Deltafur bacteria than wild-type bacteria were recovered. However, this trend was reversed by day 3, when there was significantly increased recovery of the wild-type strain. The increased recovery of the Deltafur strain at 1 day postinfection reflected increased recovery from both the corpus and the antrum of the stomach. When the wild-type strain was allowed to colonize first, the Deltafur strain was unable to compete for colonization at any time postinfection. However, when the Deltafur strain was allowed to colonize first, the wild type efficiently outcompeted the Deltafur strain only at early times postinfection. Finally, we demonstrated that there was a delay in the development and severity of inflammation and pathology of the Deltafur strain in the gastric mucosa even after comparable levels of colonization occurred. Together, these data indicate that H. pylori Fur is most important at early stages of infection and illustrate the importance of the ability of H. pylori to adapt to its constantly fluctuating environment when it is establishing infection, inflammation, and disease.
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Analysis of protein expression regulated by the Helicobacter pylori ArsRS two-component signal transduction system. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:2034-43. [PMID: 20154125 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01703-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that the Helicobacter pylori ArsRS two-component signal transduction system contributes to acid-responsive gene expression. To identify additional members of the ArsRS regulon and further investigate the regulatory role of the ArsRS system, we analyzed protein expression in wild-type and arsS null mutant strains. Numerous proteins were differentially expressed in an arsS mutant strain compared to a wild-type strain when the bacteria were cultured at pH 5.0 and also when they were cultured at pH 7.0. Genes encoding 14 of these proteins were directly regulated by the ArsRS system, based on observed binding of ArsR to the relevant promoter regions. The ArsRS-regulated proteins identified in this study contribute to acid resistance (urease and amidase), acetone metabolism (acetone carboxylase), resistance to oxidative stress (thioredoxin reductase), quorum sensing (Pfs), and several other functions. These results provide further definition of the ArsRS regulon and underscore the importance of the ArsRS system in regulating expression of H. pylori proteins during bacterial growth at both neutral pH and acidic pH.
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Lee JS, Choe YH, Lee JH, Lee HJ, Lee JH, Choi YO. Helicobacter pylori urease activity is influenced by ferric uptake regulator. Yonsei Med J 2010; 51:39-44. [PMID: 20046512 PMCID: PMC2799959 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.1.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2009] [Revised: 05/06/2009] [Accepted: 05/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The role of the Ferric Uptake Regulator (FUR) in the acid resistance of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has been thought to be independent of urease. However, we demonstrated in this study that Fur influences urease activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS A fur knockout mutant of H. pylori was constructed by replacing the Fur gene with a kanamycin resistant marker gene. The wild-type H. pylori and fur mutant were compared for survival. The integrity of the inner membrane of the bacteria was evaluated by confocal microscopy using membrane-permeant and -impermeant fluorescent DNA probes. Urease activity of intact H. pylori was measured between pH 3 and 8. Real time PCR of both strains was performed for urease genes including ureI, ureE, ureF, ureG, and ureH. RESULTS The fur deletion affected the survival of H. pylori at pH 4. The urease activity curve of the intact fur mutant showed the same shape as the wild-type but was 3-fold lower than the wild-type at a pH of less than 5. Real time PCR revealed that the expression of all genes was consistently down-regulated in the fur mutant. CONCLUSION The results of this study showed that fur appears to be involved in acid resistant H. pylori urease activity.
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- Jong Seung Lee
- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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In vitro antibacterial activity of acyl-lysyl oligomers against Helicobacter pylori. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 53:4231-9. [PMID: 19620333 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00510-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori has developed resistance to virtually all current antibiotics; thus, there is a pressing need to develop new anti-H. pylori therapies. The goal of this work was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of oligo-acyl-lysyl (OAK) antimicrobial peptidomimetics to determine if they might represent alternatives to conventional antibiotic treatment of H. pylori infection. A total of five OAK sequences were screened for growth-inhibitory and/or bactericidal effects against H. pylori strain G27; four of these sequences had growth-inhibitory and bactericidal effects. The peptide with the highest efficacy against strain G27, C12K-2beta12, was selected for further characterization against five additional H. pylori strains (26695, J99, 7.13, SS1, and HPAG1). C12K-2beta12 displayed MIC and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) ranges of 6.5 to 26 microM and 14.5 to 90 microM, respectively, across the six strains after 24 h of exposure. G27 was the most sensitive H. pylori strain (MIC = 6.5 to 7 microM; MBC = 15 to 20 microM), whereas 26695 was the least susceptible strain (MIC = 25 to 26 microM; MBC = 70 to 90 microM). H. pylori was completely killed after 6 to 8 h of incubation in liquid cultures containing two times the MBC of C12K-2beta12. The OAK demonstrated strong in vitro stability, since efficacy was maintained after incubation at extreme temperatures (4 degrees C, 37 degrees C, 42 degrees C, 50 degrees C, 55 degrees C, 60 degrees C, and 95 degrees C) and at low pH, although reduced killing kinetics were observed at pH 4.5. Additionally, upon transient exposure to the bacteria, C12K-2beta12 showed irreversible and significant antibacterial effects and was also nonhemolytic. Our results show a significant in vitro effect of C12K-2beta12 against H. pylori and suggest that OAKs may be a valuable resource for the treatment of H. pylori infection.
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Vitale S, Fauquant C, Lascoux D, Schauer K, Saint-Pierre C, Michaud-Soret I. A ZnS4 Structural Zinc Site in the Helicobacter pylori Ferric Uptake Regulator. Biochemistry 2009; 48:5582-91. [DOI: 10.1021/bi9004396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Sylvia Vitale
- CNRS UMR 5249 Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Direction des Sciences du Vivant (DSV), l’Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant (iRTSV), and Université Joseph Fourier, 17 rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- CNRS UMR 5249 Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Direction des Sciences du Vivant (DSV), l’Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant (iRTSV), and Université Joseph Fourier, 17 rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale, Jean-Pierre Ebel (UMR 5075 CNRS/CEA/UJF), F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France
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- Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Laboratoire des Lésions des Acides Nucléiques, DSM/INAC/Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR E-3 CEA/UJF CNRS FRE 3200, 17 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble F-38054 Cedex 9, France
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- CNRS UMR 5249 Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Direction des Sciences du Vivant (DSV), l’Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant (iRTSV), and Université Joseph Fourier, 17 rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Carpenter BM, Gancz H, Gonzalez-Nieves RP, West AL, Whitmire JM, Michel SLJ, Merrell DS. A single nucleotide change affects fur-dependent regulation of sodB in H. pylori. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5369. [PMID: 19399190 PMCID: PMC2671405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [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: 08/25/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a significant human pathogen that has adapted to survive the many stresses found within the gastric environment. Superoxide Dismutase (SodB) is an important factor that helps H. pylori combat oxidative stress. sodB was previously shown to be repressed by the Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur) in the absence of iron (apo-Fur regulation) [1]. Herein, we show that apo regulation is not fully conserved among all strains of H. pylori. apo-Fur dependent changes in sodB expression are not observed under iron deplete conditions in H. pylori strains G27, HPAG1, or J99. However, Fur regulation of pfr and amiE occurs as expected. Comparative analysis of the Fur coding sequence between G27 and 26695 revealed a single amino acid difference, which was not responsible for the altered sodB regulation. Comparison of the sodB promoters from G27 and 26695 also revealed a single nucleotide difference within the predicted Fur binding site. Alteration of this nucleotide in G27 to that of 26695 restored apo-Fur dependent sodB regulation, indicating that a single base difference is at least partially responsible for the difference in sodB regulation observed among these H. pylori strains. Fur binding studies revealed that alteration of this single nucleotide in G27 increased the affinity of Fur for the sodB promoter. Additionally, the single base change in G27 enabled the sodB promoter to bind to apo-Fur with affinities similar to the 26695 sodB promoter. Taken together these data indicate that this nucleotide residue is important for direct apo-Fur binding to the sodB promoter.
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- Beth M. Carpenter
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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