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Sauceda-Becerra R, Barrios-García H, Martínez-Burnes J, Arellano-Reynoso B, Benítez-Guzmán A, Hernández-Castro R, Alva-Pérez J. Brucella melitensis invA gene (BME_RS01060) transcription is promoted under acidic stress conditions. Arch Microbiol 2021; 204:52. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02664-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bharathi M, Senthil Kumar N, Chellapandi P. Functional Prediction and Assignment of Methanobrevibacter ruminantium M1 Operome Using a Combined Bioinformatics Approach. Front Genet 2020; 11:593990. [PMID: 33391347 PMCID: PMC7772410 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.593990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Methanobrevibacter ruminantium M1 (MRU) is a rod-shaped rumen methanogen with the ability to use H2 and CO2, and formate as substrates for methane formation in the ruminants. Enteric methane emitted from this organism can also be influential to the loss of dietary energy in ruminants and humans. To date, there is no successful technology to reduce methane due to a lack of knowledge on its molecular machinery and 73% conserved hypothetical proteins (HPs; operome) whose functions are still not ascertained perceptively. To address this issue, we have predicted and assigned a precise function to HPs and categorize them as metabolic enzymes, binding proteins, and transport proteins using a combined bioinformatics approach. The results of our study show that 257 (34%) HPs have well-defined functions and contributed essential roles in its growth physiology and host adaptation. The genome-neighborhood analysis identified 6 operon-like clusters such as hsp, TRAM, dsr, cbs and cas, which are responsible for protein folding, sudden heat-shock, host defense, and protection against the toxicities in the rumen. The functions predicted from MRU operome comprised of 96 metabolic enzymes with 17 metabolic subsystems, 31 transcriptional regulators, 23 transport, and 11 binding proteins. Functional annotation of its operome is thus more imperative to unravel the molecular and cellular machinery at the systems-level. The functional assignment of its operome would advance strategies to develop new anti-methanogenic targets to mitigate methane production. Hence, our approach provides new insight into the understanding of its growth physiology and lifestyle in the ruminants and also to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
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- M Bharathi
- Molecular Systems Engineering Lab, Department of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
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- Human Genetics Lab, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Mizoram University (Central University), Aizawl, India
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- Molecular Systems Engineering Lab, Department of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
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Kraszewska E, Drabinska J. Nudix proteins affecting microbial pathogenesis. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2020; 166:1110-1114. [PMID: 33253082 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nudix proteins catalyse hydrolysis of pyrophosphate bonds in a variety of substrates and are ubiquitous in all domains of life. Their widespread presence and broad substrate specificity suggest that they have important cellular functions. In this review, we summarize the state of knowledge on microbial Nudix proteins involved in pathogenesis.
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- Elzbieta Kraszewska
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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Gao A, Vasilyev N, Kaushik A, Duan W, Serganov A. Principles of RNA and nucleotide discrimination by the RNA processing enzyme RppH. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:3776-3788. [PMID: 31960065 PMCID: PMC7144940 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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All enzymes face a challenge of discriminating cognate substrates from similar cellular compounds. Finding a correct substrate is especially difficult for the Escherichia coli Nudix hydrolase RppH, which triggers 5'-end-dependent RNA degradation by removing orthophosphate from the 5'-diphosphorylated transcripts. Here we show that RppH binds and slowly hydrolyzes NTPs, NDPs and (p)ppGpp, which each resemble the 5'-end of RNA. A series of X-ray crystal structures of RppH-nucleotide complexes, trapped in conformations either compatible or incompatible with hydrolysis, explain the low reaction rates of mononucleotides and suggest two distinct mechanisms for their hydrolysis. While RppH adopts the same catalytic arrangement with 5'-diphosphorylated nucleotides as with RNA, the enzyme hydrolyzes 5'-triphosphorylated nucleotides by extending the active site with an additional Mg2+ cation, which coordinates another reactive nucleophile. Although the average intracellular pH minimizes the hydrolysis of nucleotides by slowing their reaction with RppH, they nevertheless compete with RNA for binding and differentially inhibit the reactivity of RppH with triphosphorylated and diphosphorylated RNAs. Thus, E. coli RppH integrates various signals, such as competing non-cognate substrates and a stimulatory protein factor DapF, to achieve the differential degradation of transcripts involved in cellular processes important for the adaptation of bacteria to different growth conditions.
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- Ang Gao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Marriott AS, Vasieva O, Fang Y, Copeland NA, McLennan AG, Jones NJ. NUDT2 Disruption Elevates Diadenosine Tetraphosphate (Ap4A) and Down-Regulates Immune Response and Cancer Promotion Genes. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154674. [PMID: 27144453 PMCID: PMC4856261 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Regulation of gene expression is one of several roles proposed for the stress-induced nucleotide diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A). We have examined this directly by a comparative RNA-Seq analysis of KBM-7 chronic myelogenous leukemia cells and KBM-7 cells in which the NUDT2 Ap4A hydrolase gene had been disrupted (NuKO cells), causing a 175-fold increase in intracellular Ap4A. 6,288 differentially expressed genes were identified with P < 0.05. Of these, 980 were up-regulated and 705 down-regulated in NuKO cells with a fold-change ≥ 2. Ingenuity® Pathway Analysis (IPA®) was used to assign these genes to known canonical pathways and functional networks. Pathways associated with interferon responses, pattern recognition receptors and inflammation scored highly in the down-regulated set of genes while functions associated with MHC class II antigens were prominent among the up-regulated genes, which otherwise showed little organization into major functional gene sets. Tryptophan catabolism was also strongly down-regulated as were numerous genes known to be involved in tumor promotion in other systems, with roles in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, proliferation, invasion and metastasis. Conversely, some pro-apoptotic genes were up-regulated. Major upstream factors predicted by IPA® for gene down-regulation included NFκB, STAT1/2, IRF3/4 and SP1 but no major factors controlling gene up-regulation were identified. Potential mechanisms for gene regulation mediated by Ap4A and/or NUDT2 disruption include binding of Ap4A to the HINT1 co-repressor, autocrine activation of purinoceptors by Ap4A, chromatin remodeling, effects of NUDT2 loss on transcript stability, and inhibition of ATP-dependent regulatory factors such as protein kinases by Ap4A. Existing evidence favors the last of these as the most probable mechanism. Regardless, our results suggest that the NUDT2 protein could be a novel cancer chemotherapeutic target, with its inhibition potentially exerting strong anti-tumor effects via multiple pathways involving metastasis, invasion, immunosuppression and apoptosis.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Dinucleoside Phosphates/metabolism
- Down-Regulation
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/immunology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/metabolism
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/deficiency
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics
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- Andrew S. Marriott
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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- Department of Functional and Comparative Genomics, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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- Department of Functional and Comparative Genomics, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (AGM); (NJJ)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (AGM); (NJJ)
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Prusinski MA, White JL, Wong SJ, Conlon MA, Egan C, Kelly-Cirino CD, Laniewicz BR, Backenson PB, Nicholson WL, Eremeeva ME, Karpathy SE, Dasch GA, White DJ. Sylvatic Typhus Associated with Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys volans) in New York State, United States. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2014; 14:240-4. [DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Melissa A. Prusinski
- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Albany, New York
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- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Albany, New York
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- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory, Albany, New York
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- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center Biodefense Laboratory, Albany, New York
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- New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center Biodefense Laboratory, Albany, New York
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- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Albany, New York
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- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Albany, New York
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, Georgia
- Current affiliation: Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta, Georgia
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- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Albany, New York
- Current affiliation: New York State Department of Health, Office of Health Emergency Preparedness, Menands, New York
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Alva-Pérez J, Arellano-Reynoso B, Hernández-Castro R, Suárez-Güemes F. The invA gene of Brucella melitensis is involved in intracellular invasion and is required to establish infection in a mouse model. Virulence 2014; 5:563-74. [PMID: 24667775 DOI: 10.4161/viru.28589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Some of the mechanisms underlying the invasion and intracellular survival of B. melitensis are still unknown, including the role of a subfamily of NUDIX enzymes, which have been described in other bacterial species as invasins and are present in Brucella spp. We have generated a mutation in the coding gene of one of these proteins, the invA gene (BMEI0215) of B. melitensis strain 133, to understand its role in virulence. HeLa cell invasion results showed that mutant strain survival was decreased 5-fold compared with that of the parental strain at 2 h pi (P<0.001). In a goat macrophage infection assay, mutant strain replication was 8-fold less than in the parental strain at 24 h pi (P<0.001); yet, at 48 h pi, no significant differences in intracellular replication were observed. Additionally, colocalization of the invA mutant with calregulin was significantly lower at 24 h pi compared with that of the parental strain. Furthermore, the mutant strain exhibited a low level of colocalization with cathepsin D, which was similar to the parental strain colocalization at 24 h pi. In vivo infection results demonstrated that spleen colonization was significantly lower with the mutant than with the parental strain. The immune response, measured in terms of antibody switching and IFN-γ transcription, was similar for Rev1 and infection with the mutant, although it was lower than the immune response elicited by the parental strain. Consequently, these results indicate that the invA gene is important during invasion but not for intracellular replication. Additionally, mutation of the invA gene results in in vivo attenuation.
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- Jorge Alva-Pérez
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; College of Veterinary Medicine; National Autonomous University of Mexico; Mexico DF, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; College of Veterinary Medicine; National Autonomous University of Mexico; Mexico DF, Mexico
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- Department of Ecology of Pathogen Agents; General Hospital "Dr. Manuel Gea González"; National Health Department; Mexico DF, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; College of Veterinary Medicine; National Autonomous University of Mexico; Mexico DF, Mexico
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Longo PL, Nunes ACR, Umeda JE, Mayer MPA. Gene expression and phenotypic traits of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
in response to environmental changes. J Periodontal Res 2013; 48:766-72. [DOI: 10.1111/jre.12067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- P. L. Longo
- Department of Microbiology; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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McLennan AG. Substrate ambiguity among the nudix hydrolases: biologically significant, evolutionary remnant, or both? Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:373-85. [PMID: 23184251 PMCID: PMC11113851 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1210-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Many members of the nudix hydrolase family exhibit considerable substrate multispecificity and ambiguity, which raises significant issues when assessing their functions in vivo and gives rise to errors in database annotation. Several display low antimutator activity when expressed in bacterial tester strains as well as some degree of activity in vitro towards mutagenic, oxidized nucleotides such as 8-oxo-dGTP. However, many of these show greater activity towards other nucleotides such as ADP-ribose or diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap(4)A). The antimutator activities have tended to gain prominence in the literature, whereas they may in fact represent the residual activity of an ancestral antimutator enzyme that has become secondary to the more recently evolved major activity after gene duplication. Whether any meaningful antimutagenic function has also been retained in vivo requires very careful assessment. Then again, other examples of substrate ambiguity may indicate as yet unexplored regulatory systems. For example, bacterial Ap(4)A hydrolases also efficiently remove pyrophosphate from the 5' termini of mRNAs, suggesting a potential role for Ap(4)A in the control of bacterial mRNA turnover, while the ability of some eukaryotic mRNA decapping enzymes to degrade IDP and dIDP or diphosphoinositol polyphosphates (DIPs) may also be indicative of new regulatory networks in RNA metabolism. DIP phosphohydrolases also degrade diadenosine polyphosphates and inorganic polyphosphates, suggesting further avenues for investigation. This article uses these and other examples to highlight the need for a greater awareness of the possible significance of substrate ambiguity among the nudix hydrolases as well as the need to exert caution when interpreting incomplete analyses.
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- Alexander G McLennan
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Crown St., Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK.
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Luo Y, Liu Y, Sun D, Ojcius DM, Zhao J, Lin X, Wu D, Zhang R, Chen M, Li L, Yan J. InvA protein is a Nudix hydrolase required for infection by pathogenic Leptospira in cell lines and animals. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:36852-63. [PMID: 21862592 PMCID: PMC3196074 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.219931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2011] [Revised: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Leptospirosis caused by pathogenic species of the genus Leptospira is a re-emerging zoonotic disease, which affects a wide variety of host species and is transmitted by contaminated water. The genomes of several pathogenic Leptospira species contain a gene named invA, which contains a Nudix domain. However, the function of this gene has never been characterized. Here, we demonstrated that the invA gene was highly conserved in protein sequence and present in all tested pathogenic Leptospira species. The recombinant InvA protein of pathogenic L. interrogans strain Lai hydrolyzed several specific dinucleoside oligophosphate substrates, reflecting the enzymatic activity of Nudix in Leptospira species. Pathogenic leptospires did not express this protein in media but temporarily expressed it at early stages (within 60 min) of infection of macrophages and nephric epithelial cells. Comparing with the wild type, the invA-deficient mutant displayed much lower infectivity and a significantly reduced survival rate in macrophages and nephric epithelial cells. Moreover, the invA-deficient leptospires presented an attenuated virulence in hamsters, caused mild histopathological damage, and were transmitted in lower numbers in the urine, compared with the wild-type strain. The invA revertant, made by complementing the invA-deficient mutant with the invA gene, reacquired virulence similar to the wild type in vitro and in vivo. The LD(50) in hamsters was 1000-fold higher for the invA-deficient mutant than for the invA revertant and wild type. These results demonstrate that the InvA protein is a Nudix hydrolase, and the invA gene is essential for virulence in pathogenic Leptospira species.
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- Yihui Luo
- From the Division of Basic Medical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China
- the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, and
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- the National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College, Cornell University SinoUnited Health, New York, New York 10021, and
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- the Health Sciences Research Institute and School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, California 95343
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- From the Division of Basic Medical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China
- the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, and
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- From the Division of Basic Medical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China
- the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, and
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- the National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- the National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- the Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- From the Division of Basic Medical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China
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- From the Division of Basic Medical Microbiology, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China
- the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, and
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Pinheiro ET, Kawamoto D, Ota-Tsuzuki C, Almeida LRS, Nunes ACR, Longo PL, Wikstrom M, Mayer MPA. Analysis of genotypic variation in genes associated with virulence in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans clinical isolates. J Periodontal Res 2011; 46:310-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.2011.01344.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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McShan WM, Ferretti JJ, Karasawa T, Suvorov AN, Lin S, Qin B, Jia H, Kenton S, Najar F, Wu H, Scott J, Roe BA, Savic DJ. Genome sequence of a nephritogenic and highly transformable M49 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:7773-85. [PMID: 18820018 PMCID: PMC2583620 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00672-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 09/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The 1,815,783-bp genome of a serotype M49 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus [GAS]), strain NZ131, has been determined. This GAS strain (FCT type 3; emm pattern E), originally isolated from a case of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, is unusually competent for electrotransformation and has been used extensively as a model organism for both basic genetic and pathogenesis investigations. As with the previously sequenced S. pyogenes genomes, three unique prophages are a major source of genetic diversity. Two clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) regions were present in the genome, providing genetic information on previous prophage encounters. A unique cluster of genes was found in the pathogenicity island-like emm region that included a novel Nudix hydrolase, and, further, this cluster appears to be specific for serotype M49 and M82 strains. Nudix hydrolases eliminate potentially hazardous materials or prevent the unbalanced accumulation of normal metabolites; in bacteria, these enzymes may play a role in host cell invasion. Since M49 S. pyogenes strains have been known to be associated with skin infections, the Nudix hydrolase and its associated genes may have a role in facilitating survival in an environment that is more variable and unpredictable than the uniform warmth and moisture of the throat. The genome of NZ131 continues to shed light upon the evolutionary history of this human pathogen. Apparent horizontal transfer of genetic material has led to the existence of highly variable virulence-associated regions that are marked by multiple rearrangements and genetic diversification while other regions, even those associated with virulence, vary little between genomes. The genome regions that encode surface gene products that will interact with host targets or aid in immune avoidance are the ones that display the most sequence diversity. Thus, while natural selection favors stability in much of the genome, it favors diversity in these regions.
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- W Michael McShan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, CPB307, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
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Emerging and re-emerging rickettsioses: endothelial cell infection and early disease events. Nat Rev Microbiol 2008; 6:375-86. [PMID: 18414502 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fisher DI, Cartwright JL, McLennan AG. Characterization of the Mn2+-stimulated (di)adenosine polyphosphate hydrolase encoded by the Deinococcus radiodurans DR2356 nudix gene. Arch Microbiol 2006; 186:415-24. [PMID: 16900379 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0155-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2006] [Revised: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 07/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The DR2356 nudix hydrolase gene from Deinococcus radiodurans has been cloned and the product expressed as an 18 kDa histidine-tagged protein. The enzyme hydrolysed adenosine and diadenosine polyphosphates, always generating ATP as one of the initial products. ATP and other (deoxy)nucleoside triphosphates were also substrates, yielding (d)NDP and Pi as products. The DR2356 protein was most active at pH 8.6-9.0 and showed a strong preference for Mn(2+) as activating cation. Mg(2+) ions at 15 mM supported only 5% of the activity achieved with 2 mM Mn(2+). K (m) and k (cat) values for diadenosine tetra-, penta- and hexaphosphates were 2.0, 2.4 and 1.1 microM and 11.4, 28.6 and 12.0 s(-1), respectively, while for GTP they were 20.3 microM and 1.8 s(-1), respectively. The K (m )for adenosine 5'-pentaphosphate was <1 microM. Expression analysis showed the DR2356 gene to be induced eight- to ninefold in stationary phase and in cells subjected to slow dehydration plus rehydration. Superoxide (but not peroxide) treatment and rapid dehydration caused a two-to threefold induction. The Mn-requirement and induction in stationary phase suggest that DR2356 may have a specific role in maintenance mode metabolism in stationary phase as Mn(2+) accumulates.
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- David I Fisher
- School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, UK
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Wu H, Lippmann JE, Oza JP, Zeng M, Fives-Taylor P, Reich NO. Inactivation of DNA adenine methyltransferase alters virulence factors in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 21:238-44. [PMID: 16842508 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302x.2006.00284.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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DNA adenine methyltransferase (DAM) plays critical roles in diverse biological pathways in gram-negative bacteria, and specifically in regulating the expression of virulence genes in several organisms. Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans plays an important role in the pathogenesis of juvenile and adult periodontal disease, yet little is known about its mechanisms of gene regulation. DAM is shown here to directly or indirectly affect well-known A. actinomycetemcomitans virulence factors. A mutant A. actinomycetemcomitans strain lacking the dam gene was created by homologous recombination and shows normal growth phenotypes when grown exponentially. This mutant strain has four sixfold increased levels of extracellular leukotoxin, altered cellular levels of leukotoxin, and significant changes in bacterial invasion of KB oral epithelial cells. These results provide a basis for further characterization of regulatory mechanisms that control A. actinomycetemcomitans virulence.
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- H Wu
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular alpha-proteobacteria that primarily target the microvascular endothelium. In the last two decades, new rickettsial pathogens have been associated with human illness around the world. Clinically, the common denominator in all rickettsioses is the development of increased microvascular permeability, leading to cerebral and non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema. With the development of powerful research tools, advances in the understanding of rickettsial pathogenesis have been dramatic. Entry into the host cell is followed by rapid escape into the cytoplasm to avoid phagolysosomal fusion. Spotted fever group rickettsiae induce actin polymerization via a group of proteins called RickA, which promote nucleation of actin monomers via the Arp2/3 complex at one rickettsial pole, propelling the bacteria across the cytoplasm and into neighboring cells. Damage to the host cell is most likely multifactorial. The most extensively studied mechanism is the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and downregulation of enzymes involved in protection against oxidative injury. The significance of ROS-mediated cellular damage in vivo is beginning to be elucidated. The main pathogenic mechanism is increased microvascular permeability leading to profound metabolic disturbances in the extravascular compartment. The underlying factors responsible for those changes are beginning to be elucidated in vitro and include direct effects of intracellular rickettsiae, cytokines, and possibly activated coagulation factors--all of which most likely modify interendothelial junctions. Our knowledge on rickettsial pathogenesis will continue to expand in the near future as new research tools become available.
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- Juan P Olano
- Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA.
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Edelstein PH, Hu B, Shinzato T, Edelstein MAC, Xu W, Bessman MJ. Legionella pneumophila NudA Is a Nudix hydrolase and virulence factor. Infect Immun 2005; 73:6567-76. [PMID: 16177332 PMCID: PMC1230914 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.10.6567-6576.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2005] [Revised: 04/12/2005] [Accepted: 05/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We studied the identity and function of the 528-bp gene immediately upstream of Legionella pneumophila F2310 ptsP (enzyme I(Ntr)). This gene, nudA, encoded for a Nudix hydrolase based on the inferred protein sequence. NudA had hydrolytic activity typical of other Nudix hydrolases, such as Escherichia coli YgdP, in that Ap(n)A's, in particular diadenosine pentaphosphate (Ap(5)A), were the preferred substrates. NudA hydrolyzed Ap(5)A to ATP plus ADP. Both ptsP and nudA were cotranscribed. Bacterial two-hybrid analysis showed no PtsP-NudA interactions. Gene nudA was present in 19 of 20 different L. pneumophila strains tested and in 5 of 10 different Legionella spp. other than L. pneumophila. An in-frame nudA mutation was made in L. pneumophila F2310 to determine the phenotype. The nudA mutant was an auxotroph that grew slowly in liquid and on solid media and had a smaller colony size than its parent. In addition, the mutant was more salt resistant than its parent and grew very poorly at 25 degrees C; all of these characteristics, as well as auxotrophy and slow-growth rate, were reversed by transcomplementation with nudA. The nudA mutant was outcompeted by about fourfold by the parent in competition studies in macrophages; transcomplementation almost completely restored this defect. Competition studies in guinea pigs with L. pneumophila pneumonia showed that the nudA mutant was outcompeted by its parent in both lung and spleen. NudA is of major importance for resisting stress in L. pneumophila and is a virulence factor.
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- Paul H Edelstein
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104-4283, USA.
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Urick T, I-Chang C, Arena E, Xu W, Bessman MJ, Ruffolo CG. The pnhA gene of Pasteurella multocida encodes a dinucleoside oligophosphate pyrophosphatase member of the Nudix hydrolase superfamily. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:5809-17. [PMID: 16077129 PMCID: PMC1196092 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.16.5809-5817.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2004] [Accepted: 03/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The pnhA gene of Pasteurella multocida encodes PnhA, which is a member of the Nudix hydrolase subfamily of dinucleoside oligophosphate pyrophosphatases. PnhA hydrolyzes diadenosine tetra-, penta-, and hexaphosphates with a preference for diadenosine pentaphosphate, from which it forms ATP and ADP. PnhA requires a divalent metal cation, Mg(2+) or Mn(2+), and prefers an alkaline pH of 8 for optimal activity. A P. multocida strain that lacked a functional pnhA gene, ACP13, was constructed to further characterize the function of PnhA. The cellular size of ACP13 was found to be 60% less than that of wild-type P. multocida, but the growth rate of ACP13 and its sensitivity to heat shock conditions were similar to those of the wild type, and the wild-type cell size was restored in the presence of a functional pnhA gene. Wild-type and ACP13 strains were tested for virulence by using the chicken embryo lethality model, and ACP13 was found to be up to 1,000-fold less virulent than the wild-type strain. This is the first study to use an animal model in assessing the virulence of a bacterial strain that lacked a dinucleoside oligophosphate pyrophosphatase and suggests that the pyrophosphatase PnhA, catalyzing the hydrolysis of diadenosine pentaphosphates, may also play a role in facilitating P. multocida pathogenicity in the host.
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- Tonia Urick
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, P.O. Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53144, USA
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McLeod MP, Qin X, Karpathy SE, Gioia J, Highlander SK, Fox GE, McNeill TZ, Jiang H, Muzny D, Jacob LS, Hawes AC, Sodergren E, Gill R, Hume J, Morgan M, Fan G, Amin AG, Gibbs RA, Hong C, Yu XJ, Walker DH, Weinstock GM. Complete genome sequence of Rickettsia typhi and comparison with sequences of other rickettsiae. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:5842-55. [PMID: 15317790 PMCID: PMC516817 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.17.5842-5855.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2004] [Accepted: 05/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rickettsia typhi, the causative agent of murine typhus, is an obligate intracellular bacterium with a life cycle involving both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Here we present the complete genome sequence of R. typhi (1,111,496 bp) and compare it to the two published rickettsial genome sequences: R. prowazekii and R. conorii. We identified 877 genes in R. typhi encoding 3 rRNAs, 33 tRNAs, 3 noncoding RNAs, and 838 proteins, 3 of which are frameshifts. In addition, we discovered more than 40 pseudogenes, including the entire cytochrome c oxidase system. The three rickettsial genomes share 775 genes: 23 are found only in R. prowazekii and R. typhi, 15 are found only in R. conorii and R. typhi, and 24 are unique to R. typhi. Although most of the genes are colinear, there is a 35-kb inversion in gene order, which is close to the replication terminus, in R. typhi, compared to R. prowazekii and R. conorii. In addition, we found a 124-kb R. typhi-specific inversion, starting 19 kb from the origin of replication, compared to R. prowazekii and R. conorii. Inversions in this region are also seen in the unpublished genome sequences of R. sibirica and R. rickettsii, indicating that this region is a hot spot for rearrangements. Genome comparisons also revealed a 12-kb insertion in the R. prowazekii genome, relative to R. typhi and R. conorii, which appears to have occurred after the typhus (R. prowazekii and R. typhi) and spotted fever (R. conorii) groups diverged. The three-way comparison allowed further in silico analysis of the SpoT split genes, leading us to propose that the stringent response system is still functional in these rickettsiae.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosome Inversion
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics
- Frameshifting, Ribosomal
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genes, rRNA
- Genome, Bacterial
- Genomics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pseudogenes
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Untranslated/genetics
- Rickettsia/genetics
- Rickettsia conorii/genetics
- Rickettsia typhi/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology
- Synteny
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- Michael P McLeod
- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Alkek N1519, Houston, TX 77030-7783, USA
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Ranatunga W, Hill EE, Mooster JL, Holbrook EL, Schulze-Gahmen U, Xu W, Bessman MJ, Brenner SE, Holbrook SR. Structural studies of the Nudix hydrolase DR1025 from Deinococcus radiodurans and its ligand complexes. J Mol Biol 2004; 339:103-16. [PMID: 15123424 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.01.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2004] [Accepted: 01/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have determined the crystal structure, at 1.4A, of the Nudix hydrolase DR1025 from the extremely radiation resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans. The protein forms an intertwined homodimer by exchanging N-terminal segments between chains. We have identified additional conserved elements of the Nudix fold, including the metal-binding motif, a kinked beta-strand characterized by a proline two positions upstream of the Nudix consensus sequence, and participation of the N-terminal extension in the formation of the substrate-binding pocket. Crystal structures were also solved of DR1025 crystallized in the presence of magnesium and either a GTP analog or Ap(4)A (both at 1.6A resolution). In the Ap(4)A co-crystal, the electron density indicated that the product of asymmetric hydrolysis, ATP, was bound to the enzyme. The GTP analog bound structure showed that GTP was bound almost identically as ATP. Neither nucleoside triphosphate was further cleaved.
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- Wasantha Ranatunga
- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Drevets DA, Leenen PJM, Greenfield RA. Invasion of the central nervous system by intracellular bacteria. Clin Microbiol Rev 2004; 17:323-47. [PMID: 15084504 PMCID: PMC387409 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.17.2.323-347.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a severe and frequently fatal event during the course of many diseases caused by microbes with predominantly intracellular life cycles. Examples of these include the facultative intracellular bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Brucella and Salmonella spp. and obligate intracellular microbes of the Rickettsiaceae family and Tropheryma whipplei. Unfortunately, the mechanisms used by intracellular bacterial pathogens to enter the CNS are less well known than those used by bacterial pathogens with an extracellular life cycle. The goal of this review is to elaborate on the means by which intracellular bacterial pathogens establish infection within the CNS. This review encompasses the clinical and pathological findings that pertain to the CNS infection in humans and includes experimental data from animal models that illuminate how these microbes enter the CNS. Recent experimental data showing that L. monocytogenes can invade the CNS by more than one mechanism make it a useful model for discussing the various routes for neuroinvasion used by intracellular bacterial pathogens.
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- Douglas A Drevets
- Department of Medicine, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA.
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Xu W, Dunn CA, Jones CR, D'Souza G, Bessman MJ. The 26 Nudix hydrolases of Bacillus cereus, a close relative of Bacillus anthracis. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:24861-5. [PMID: 15060060 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403272200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The genome of Bacillus cereus contains 26 Nudix hydrolase genes, second only to its closest relative, Bacillus anthracis which has 30. All 26 genes have been cloned, 25 have been expressed, and 21 produced soluble proteins suitable for analysis. Substrates for 16 of the enzymes were identified; these included ADP-ribose, diadenosine polyphosphates, sugar nucleotides, and deoxynucleoside triphosphates. One of the enzymes was a CDP-choline pyrophosphatase, the first Nudix hydrolase active on this substrate. Furthermore, as a result of this and previous work we have identified a new sub-family of the Nudix hydrolase superfamily recognizable by a specific amino acid motif outside of the Nudix box.
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- WenLian Xu
- Department of Biology and The McCollum-Pratt Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Ismail TM, Hart CA, McLennan AG. Regulation of dinucleoside polyphosphate pools by the YgdP and ApaH hydrolases is essential for the ability of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium to invade cultured mammalian cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:32602-7. [PMID: 12824172 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305994200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The ygdP and apaH genes of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) encode two unrelated dinucleoside polyphosphate (NpnN) hydrolases. For example, YgdP cleaves diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) producing AMP and ATP, while ApaH cleaves Ap4A producing 2ADP. Disruption of ygdP, apaH individually, and disruption of both genes together reduced intracellular invasion of human HEp-2 epithelial cells by S. Typhimurium by 9-, 250-, and 3000-fold, respectively. Adhesion of the mutants was also greatly reduced compared with the wild type. Invasive capacity of both single mutants was restored by transcomplementation with the ygdP gene, suggesting that loss of invasion was due to increased intracellular NpnN. The normal level of 3 microM adenylated NpnN (ApnN) was increased 1.5-, 3.5-, and 10-fold in the ygdP, apaH and double mutants, respectively. Expression of the putative ptsP virulence gene downstream of ygdP was not affected in the ygdP mutant. Analysis of 19 metabolic enzyme activities and the ability to use a range of carbohydrate carbon sources revealed a number of differences between the mutants and wild type. The increase in intracellular NpnN in the mutants appears to cause changes in gene expression that limit the ability of S. Typhimurium to adhere to and invade mammalian cells.
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- Thamir M Ismail
- School of Biological Sciences and Department of Medical Microbiology and Genito-urinary Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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Rahman MS, Simser JA, Macaluso KR, Azad AF. Molecular and functional analysis of the lepB gene, encoding a type I signal peptidase from Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia typhi. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:4578-84. [PMID: 12867468 PMCID: PMC165774 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.15.4578-4584.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The type I signal peptidase lepB genes from Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia typhi, the etiologic agents of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and murine typhus, respectively, were cloned and characterized. Sequence analysis of the cloned lepB genes from R. rickettsii and R. typhi shows open reading frames of 801 and 795 nucleotides, respectively. Alignment analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences reveals the presence of highly conserved motifs that are important for the catalytic activity of bacterial type I signal peptidase. Reverse transcription-PCR and Northern blot analysis demonstrated that the lepB gene of R. rickettsii is cotranscribed in a polycistronic message with the putative nuoF (encoding NADH dehydrogenase I chain F), secF (encoding protein export membrane protein), and rnc (encoding RNase III) genes in a secF-nuoF-lepB-rnc cluster. The cloned lepB genes from R. rickettsii and R. typhi have been demonstrated to possess signal peptidase I activity in Escherichia coli preprotein processing in vivo by complementation assay.
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- M Sayeedur Rahman
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
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Kang LW, Gabelli SB, Bianchet MA, Xu WL, Bessman MJ, Amzel LM. Structure of a coenzyme A pyrophosphatase from Deinococcus radiodurans: a member of the Nudix family. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:4110-8. [PMID: 12837785 PMCID: PMC164880 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.14.4110-4118.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gene Dr1184 from Deinococcus radiodurans codes for a Nudix enzyme (DR-CoAse) that hydrolyzes the pyrophosphate moiety of coenzyme A (CoA). Nudix enzymes with the same specificity have been found in yeast, humans, and mice. The three-dimensional structure of DR-CoAse, the first of a Nudix hydrolase with this specificity, reveals that this enzyme contains, in addition to the fold observed in other Nudix enzymes, insertions that are characteristic of a CoA-hydrolyzing Nudix subfamily. The structure of the complex of the enzyme with Mg(2+), its activating cation, reveals the position of the catalytic site. A helix, part of the N-terminal insertion, partially occludes the binding site and has to change its position to permit substrate binding. Comparison of the structure of DR-CoAse to those of other Nudix enzymes, together with the location in the structure of the sequence characteristic of CoAses, suggests a mode of binding of the substrate to the enzyme that is compatible with all available data.
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- Lin-Woo Kang
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Rose JE, Meyer DH, Fives-Taylor PM. Aae, an autotransporter involved in adhesion of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to epithelial cells. Infect Immun 2003; 71:2384-93. [PMID: 12704108 PMCID: PMC153273 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.5.2384-2393.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2002] [Revised: 12/13/2002] [Accepted: 02/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The periodontal pathogen Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans possesses myriad virulence factors, among them the ability to adhere to and invade epithelial cells. Recent advances in the molecular manipulation of this pathogen and the sequencing of strain HK 1651 (http://www.genome.ou.edu/act.html) have facilitated examination of the genetics of its interaction with epithelial cells. The related gram-negative organism, Haemophilus influenzae, possesses autotransporter adhesins. A search of the sequence database of strain HK 1651 revealed a homologue with similarity in the pore-forming domain to that of the H. influenzae autotransporter, Hap. A. actinomycetemcomitans mutants deficient in the homologue, Aae, showed reduced binding to epithelial cells. A method for making A. actinomycetemcomitans SUNY 465 transiently resistant to spectinomycin was used with conjugation to generate an isogenic aae mutant. An allelic replacement mutant was created in the naturally transformable A. actinomycetemcomitans strain ATCC 29523. Lactoferrin, an important part of the innate host defense system, protects against bacterial infection by bactericidal and antiadhesion mechanisms. Lactoferrin in human milk removes or cleaves Hap and another autotransporter, an immunoglobulin A1 protease, from the surface of H. influenzae, thereby reducing their binding to epithelial cells. Human milk whey had similar effects on Aae from A. actinomycetemcomitans ATCC 29523 and its binding to epithelial cells; however, there was little effect on the binding of SUNY 465. A difference in the genetic structure of aae in the two strains, apparently due to the copy number of a 135-base repeated sequence, may be the cause of the differential action of lactoferrin. aae is the first A. actinomycetemcomitans gene involved in adhesion to epithelial cells to be identified.
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- John E Rose
- Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Lundin A, Nilsson C, Gerhard M, Andersson DI, Krabbe M, Engstrand L. The NudA protein in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is an ubiquitous and constitutively expressed dinucleoside polyphosphate hydrolase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:12574-8. [PMID: 12551907 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212542200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori harbors one Nudix hydrolase, NudA, that belongs to the nucleoside polyphosphate hydrolase subgroup. In this work, the enzymatic activity of purified recombinant NudA protein was analyzed on a number of nucleoside polyphosphates. This predicted 18.6-kDa protein preferably hydrolyzes diadenosine tetraphosphate, Ap(4)A at a k(cat) of 0.15 s(-1) and a K(m) of 80 microm, resulting in an asymmetrical cleavage of the molecule into ATP and AMP. To study the biological role of this enzyme in H. pylori, an insertion mutant was constructed. There was a 2-7-fold decrease in survival of the mutant as compared with the wild type after hydrogen peroxide exposure but no difference in survival after heat shock or in spontaneous mutation frequency. Western blot analyses revealed that NudA is constitutively expressed in H. pylori at different growth stages and during stress, which would indicate that this protein has a housekeeping function. Given that H. pylori is a diverse species and that all the H. pylori strains tested in this study harbor the nudA gene and show protein expression, we consider NudA to be an important enzyme in this bacterium.
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- Annelie Lundin
- Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, 171 82 Solna, Sweden
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Gaywee J, Radulovic S, Higgins JA, Azad AF. Transcriptional analysis of Rickettsia prowazekii invasion gene homolog (invA) during host cell infection. Infect Immun 2002; 70:6346-54. [PMID: 12379714 PMCID: PMC130406 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.11.6346-6354.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2002] [Revised: 07/12/2002] [Accepted: 08/08/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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An invasion gene homolog, invA, of Rickettsia prowazekii has recently been identified to encode a member of the Nudix hydrolase subfamily which acts specifically on dinucleoside oligophosphates (Np(n)N; n >/= 5), a group of cellular signaling molecules known as alarmones. InvA is thought to enhance intracellular survival by regulating stress-induced toxic nucleotide levels during rickettsial infection. To further characterize the physiological function of InvA, the gene expression pattern during various stages of rickettsial intracellular growth was investigated. Using semiquantitative reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) and real-time fluorescent probe-based quantitative RT-PCR, a differential expression profile of invA during rickettsial host cell infection was examined. The invA transcript temporarily increased during the early period of infection. Expression of rickettsial groEL, a molecular indicator of cellular stresses, was also shown to be upregulated during the early period of infection. Furthermore, invA was cotranscribed in a polycistronic message with rrp, a gene encoding the response regulator protein homolog, which is a part of a two-component signal transduction system. These results support our earlier findings that under such stress conditions dinucleoside oligophosphate pyrophosphatase may function as a buffer, enhancing rickettsial survival within the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell. The expression of rickettsial dinucleoside oligophosphate pyrophosphatase may be regulated by a part of the two-component signal transduction system similar to that described for response regulators in other bacterial systems.
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- Jariyanart Gaywee
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Leslie NR, McLennan AG, Safrany ST. Cloning and characterisation of hAps1 and hAps2, human diadenosine polyphosphate-metabolising Nudix hydrolases. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 3:20. [PMID: 12121577 PMCID: PMC117780 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-3-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2002] [Accepted: 07/16/2002] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The human genome contains at least 18 genes for Nudix hydrolase enzymes. Many have similar functions to one another. In order to understand their roles in cell physiology, these proteins must be characterised. RESULTS We have characterised two novel human gene products, hAps1, encoded by the NUDT11 gene, and hAps2, encoded by the NUDT10 gene. These cytoplasmic proteins are members of the DIPP subfamily of Nudix hydrolases, and differ from each other by a single amino acid. Both metabolise diadenosine-polyphosphates and, weakly, diphosphoinositol polyphosphates. An apparent polymorphism of hAps1 has also been identified, which leads to the point mutation S39N. This has also been characterised. The favoured nucleotides were diadenosine 5',5"'-pentaphosphate (kcat/Km = 11, 8 and 16 x 10(3) M(-1) x s(-1) respectively for hAps1, hAps1-39N and hAps2) and diadenosine 5',5"'-hexaphosphate (kcat/Km = 13, 14 and 11 x 10(3) M(-1) x s(-1) respectively for hAps1, hAps1-39N and hAps2). Both hAps1 and hAps2 had pH optima of 8.5 and an absolute requirement for divalent cations, with manganese (II) being favoured. Magnesium was not able to activate the enzymes. Therefore, these enzymes could be acutely regulated by manganese fluxes within the cell. CONCLUSIONS Recent gene duplication has generated the two Nudix genes, NUDT11 and NUDT10. We have characterised their gene products as the closely related Nudix hydrolases, hAps1 and hAps2. These two gene products complement the activity of previously described members of the DIPP family, and reinforce the concept that Ap5A and Ap6A act as intracellular messengers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nick R Leslie
- Division of Cell Signalling, School of Life Sciences, The University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Division of Cell Signalling, School of Life Sciences, The University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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