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Yang XT, Wang J, Jiang YH, Zhang L, Du L, Li J, Liu F. Insight into the mechanism of gallstone disease by proteomic and metaproteomic characterization of human bile. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1276951. [PMID: 38111640 PMCID: PMC10726133 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1276951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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Introduction Cholesterol gallstone disease is a prevalent condition that has a significant economic impact. However, the role of the bile microbiome in its development and the host's responses to it remain poorly understood. Methods In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of microbial and human bile proteins in 40 individuals with either gallstone disease or gallbladder polyps. We employed a combined proteomic and metaproteomic approach, as well as meta-taxonomic analysis, functional pathway enrichment, and Western blot analyses. Results Our metaproteomic analysis, utilizing the lowest common ancestor algorithm, identified 158 microbial taxa in the bile samples. We discovered microbial taxa that may contribute to gallstone formation, including β-glucuronidase-producing bacteria such as Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Clostridium, as well as those involved in biofilm formation like Helicobacter, Cyanobacteria, Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium. Furthermore, we identified 2,749 human proteins and 87 microbial proteins with a protein false discovery rate (FDR) of 1% and at least 2 distinct peptides. Among these proteins, we found microbial proteins crucial to biofilm formation, such as QDR3, ompA, ndk, pstS, nanA, pfIB, and dnaK. Notably, QDR3 showed a gradual upregulation from chronic to acute cholesterol gallstone disease when compared to polyp samples. Additionally, we discovered other microbial proteins that enhance bacterial virulence and gallstone formation by counteracting host oxidative stress, including sodB, katG, rbr, htrA, and ahpC. We also identified microbial proteins like lepA, rtxA, pckA, tuf, and tpiA that are linked to bacterial virulence and potential gallstone formation, with lepA being upregulated in gallstone bile compared to polyp bile. Furthermore, our analysis of the host proteome in gallstone bile revealed enhanced inflammatory molecular profiles, including innate immune molecules against microbial infections. Gallstone bile exhibited overrepresented pathways related to blood coagulation, folate metabolism, and the IL-17 pathway. However, we observed suppressed metabolic activities, particularly catabolic metabolism and transport activities, in gallstone bile compared to polyp bile. Notably, acute cholelithiasis bile demonstrated significantly impaired metabolic activities compared to chronic cholelithiasis bile. Conclusion Our study provides a comprehensive metaproteomic analysis of bile samples related to gallstone disease, offering new insights into the microbiome-host interaction and gallstone formation mechanism.
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- Xue-Ting Yang
- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Full Cycle Monitoring and Precise Intervention of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Cerna‐Vargas JP, Sánchez‐Romera B, Matilla MA, Ortega Á, Krell T. Sensing preferences for prokaryotic solute binding protein families. Microb Biotechnol 2023; 16:1823-1833. [PMID: 37547952 PMCID: PMC10443332 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Solute binding proteins (SBPs) are of central physiological relevance for prokaryotes. These proteins present substrates to transporters, but they also stimulate different signal transduction receptors. SBPs form a superfamily of at least 33 protein Pfam families. To assess possible links between SBP sequence and the ligand recognized, we have inspected manually all SBP three-dimensional structures deposited in the protein data bank and retrieved 748 prokaryotic structures that have been solved in complex with bound ligand. These structures were classified into 26 SBP Pfam families. The analysis of the ligands recognized revealed that most families possess a preference for a compound class. There were three families each that bind preferentially saccharides and amino acids. In addition, we identified families that bind preferentially purines, quaternary amines, iron and iron-chelating compounds, oxoanions, bivalent metal ions or phosphates. Phylogenetic analyses suggest convergent evolutionary events that lead to families that bind the same ligand. The functional link between chemotaxis and compound uptake is reflected in similarities in the ligands recognized by SBPs and chemoreceptors. Associating Pfam families with ligand profiles will be of help to design experimental strategies aimed at the identification of ligands for uncharacterized SBPs.
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- Jean Paul Cerna‐Vargas
- Department of Biotechnology and Environmental ProtectionEstación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasGranadaSpain
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas CBGPUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid‐Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria/CSIC, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de la UPMMadridSpain
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- Scientific Instrumentation ServiceEstación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasGranadaSpain
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- Department of Biotechnology and Environmental ProtectionEstación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasGranadaSpain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B and Immunology, Faculty of ChemistryUniversity of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Department of Biotechnology and Environmental ProtectionEstación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasGranadaSpain
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Yu J, Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Zhang X, Ren H. Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Inorganic Phosphates in the Water Environment by Biosensors Based on Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer. Anal Chem 2023; 95:4904-4913. [PMID: 36942460 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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The accurate detection of phosphate in water is very important to prevent water eutrophication and ensure the health of water quality. However, traditional phosphomolybdenum blue spectrophotometry is not sensitive, is time-consuming, and demands large amounts of chemical reagents. Therefore, highly sensitive, rapid, and environmentally friendly Pi detection methods are urgently needed. Here, we developed a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET)-based biosensor, which can detect Pi in water quickly, highly sensitively, and highly selectively. The NanoLuc and the Venus fluorescent protein were selected as the bioluminescence donor and energy acceptor, respectively. The best-performing BRET sensor variant, VenusΔC10-PΔC12-ΔN4Nluc, was identified by Pi-specific binding protein (PiBP) screening and systematic truncation. Single-factor experiments optimized the key parameters affecting the detection performance of the sensor. Under the optimal detection conditions, the detection limit of this method was 1.3 μg·L-1, the detection range was 3.3-434 μg·L-1, and it had excellent selectivity, repeatability, and stability. This low-cost and environment-friendly BRET sensor showed a good application prospect in real water quality detection.
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- Jie Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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Di Bonaventura G, Picciani C, Lupetti V, Pompilio A. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Protein Patterns of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Biofilm and Planktonic Lifestyles. Microorganisms 2023; 11:microorganisms11020442. [PMID: 36838406 PMCID: PMC9960084 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11020442] [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: 12/31/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a clinically relevant bacterial pathogen, particularly in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Despite the well-known ability to form biofilms inherently resistant to antibiotics and host immunity, many aspects involved in S. maltophilia biofilm formation are yet to be elucidated. In the present study, a proteomic approach was used to elucidate the differential protein expression patterns observed during the planktonic-to-biofilm transition of S. maltophilia Sm126, a strong biofilm producer causing chronic infection in a CF patient, to identify determinants potentially associated with S. maltophilia biofilm formation. In all, 57 proteins were differentially (3-fold; p < 0.01) expressed in biofilm cells compared with planktonic counterparts: 38 were overexpressed, and 19 were down-expressed. It is worth noting that 34 proteins were exclusively found in biofilm, mainly associated with quorum sensing-mediated intercellular communication, augmented glycolysis, amino acid metabolism, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, phosphate signaling, response to nutrient starvation, and general stress. Further work is warranted to evaluate if these proteins can be suitable targets for developing anti-biofilm strategies effective against S. maltophilia.
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- Giovanni Di Bonaventura
- Department of Medical, Oral, and Biotechnological Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via L. Polacchi 11, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Medical, Oral, and Biotechnological Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via L. Polacchi 11, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral, and Biotechnological Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via L. Polacchi 11, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral, and Biotechnological Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via L. Polacchi 11, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Yi X, Xu X, Qi X, Chen Y, Zhu Z, Xu G, Li H, Kraco EK, Shen H, Lin M, Zheng J, Qin Y, Jiang X. Mechanisms Underlying the Virulence Regulation of Vibrio alginolyticus ND-01 pstS and pstB with a Transcriptomic Analysis. Microorganisms 2022; 10:2093. [PMID: 36363689 PMCID: PMC9698627 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10112093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Vibrio alginolyticus is a common opportunistic pathogen of fish, shrimp, and shellfish, and many diseases it causes can result in severe economic losses in the aquaculture industry. Causing host disease was confirmed by several virulence factors of V. alginolyticus. To date, there have been no reports on the effect of the pstS gene on its virulence regulation of V. alginolyticus. The virulence mechanism of target genes regulating V. alginolyticus is worthy of further study. Previous studies found that Fructus schisandrae (30 mg/mL) inhibited the growth of V. alginolyticus ND-01 (OD600 = 0.5) for 4 h, while the expressions of pstS and pstB were significantly affected by F. schisandrae stress. So, we speculated that pstS and pstB might be the virulence genes of V. alginolyticus, which were stably silenced by RNAi to construct the silencing strains pstS-RNAi and pstB-RNAi, respectively. After the expression of pstS or pstB gene was inhibited, the adhesion capacity and biofilm formation of V. alginolyticus were significantly down-regulated. The chemotaxis and biofilm formation ability of pstS-RNAi was reduced by 33.33% and 68.13% compared with the wild-type strain, respectively. Sequence alignment and homology analysis showed that pstS was highly conserved, which suggested that pstS played a vital role in the secretion system of V. alginolyticus. The pstS-RNAi with the highest silencing efficiency was selected for transcriptome sequencing. The Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs) and GO terms were mapped to the reference genome of V. alginolyticus, including 1055 up-regulated genes and 1134 down-regulated genes. The functions of the DEGs were analyzed by GO and categorized into different enriched functional groups, such as ribosome synthesis, organelles, biosynthesis, pathogenesis, and secretion. These DEGs were then mapped to the reference KEGG pathways of V. alginolyticus and enriched in commonalities in the metabolic, ribosomal, and bacterial secretion pathways. Therefore, pstS and pstB could regulate the bacterial virulence of V. alginolyticus by affecting its adhesion, biofilm formation ability, and motility. Understanding the relationship between the expressions of pstS and pstB with bacterial virulence could provide new perspectives to prevent bacterial diseases.
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- Xin Yi
- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian, Xiamen 361013, China
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 600 East Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China
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Mallick SP, Mallick Z, Mayer BK. Meta-analysis of the prevalence of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in water and wastewater and review of DON removal and recovery strategies. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 828:154476. [PMID: 35276173 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Most wastewater removal and recovery processes primarily target dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) species, leaving the untreated non-reactive dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in the effluent. This DON fraction can account for a substantial part of the total nitrogen (N) load. We analyzed large datasets of N species and concentrations (with a focus on quantifying the fraction of DON) in surface water, ground water, and wastewater effluent across the United States. We then reviewed strategies to remove and recover DON based on results of a range of treatment technologies reported in the literature, including laboratory-scale up to full-scale operation in wastewater treatment plants. Our meta-analysis showed that DON concentrations are greatest in wastewater effluent followed by surface water and groundwater. The concentration of DON in wastewater effluent varied from 0.01 to 10.9 mg N/L (number of data points, n = 163), where the range in surface water was 0.002 to 14.3 mg N/L (n = 11,803). Organic N accounted for the majority of total N in 12.3% of wastewater effluent samples and 49.1% of surface waters. Our literature review showed that currently available wastewater treatment processes do not efficiently target DON removal nor recovery of the DON as a valuable product. One potential DON removal and recovery strategy is transforming DON into DIN, which is generally more easily removed and recovered. Transformation strategies reported in the literature include ozonation, UV/H2O2, and electrooxidation. However, as advanced oxidation processes are often energy- and cost-intensive, further research is needed to improve DON removal and recovery.
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- Synthia P Mallick
- Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, 1637 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Science & Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, 1637 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Initiates a Rapid and Specific Transcriptional Response during Surface Attachment. J Bacteriol 2022; 204:e0008622. [PMID: 35467391 PMCID: PMC9112911 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00086-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chronic biofilm infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa are a major contributor to the morbidity and mortality of patients. The formation of multicellular bacterial aggregates, called biofilms, is associated with increased resistance to antimicrobials and immune clearance and the persistence of infections. Biofilm formation is dependent on bacterial cell attachment to surfaces, and therefore, attachment plays a key role in chronic infections. We hypothesized that bacteria sense various surfaces and initiate a rapid, specific response to increase adhesion and establish biofilms. RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) analysis identified transcriptional changes of adherent cells during initial attachment, identifying the bacterial response to an abiotic surface over a 1-h period. Subsequent screens investigating the most highly regulated genes in surface attachment identified 4 genes, pfpI, phnA, leuD, and moaE, all of which have roles in both metabolism and biofilm formation. In addition, the transcriptional responses to several different medically relevant abiotic surfaces were compared after initial attachment. Surprisingly, there was a specific transcriptional response to each surface, with very few genes being regulated in response to surfaces in general. We identified a set of 20 genes that were differentially expressed across all three surfaces, many of which have metabolic functions, including molybdopterin cofactor biosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism. This study has advanced the understanding of the kinetics and specificity of bacterial transcriptional responses to surfaces and suggests that metabolic cues are important signals during the transition from a planktonic to a biofilm lifestyle. IMPORTANCE Bacterial biofilms are a significant concern in many aspects of life, including chronic infections of airways, wounds, and indwelling medical devices; biofouling of industrial surfaces relevant for food production and marine surfaces; and nosocomial infections. The effects of understanding surface adhesion could impact many areas of life. This study utilized emerging technology in a novel approach to address a key step in bacterial biofilm development. These findings have elucidated both conserved and surface-specific responses to several disease-relevant abiotic surfaces. Future work will expand on this report to identify mechanisms of biofilm initiation with the aim of identifying bacterial factors that could be targeted to prevent biofilms.
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Tan X, Cheng X, Hu M, Zhang Y, Jia A, Zhou J, Zhu G. Transcriptional analysis and target genes discovery of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm developed ex vivo chronic wound model. AMB Express 2021; 11:157. [PMID: 34837552 PMCID: PMC8627541 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-021-01317-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Bacterial biofilms formation is one of the major reasons for treatment failure in chronic wound infections. Therefore, diagnostic biomarkers remain the best option for prevention and treatment of chronic wound infections by biofilms. Herein, Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was used to mimic biofilm development in porcine skin explants wells as ex vivo wound model. The microscopic imaging showed that PAO1 in porcine skin explants wells formed micro-colonies at 24 h, developed mushroom-like structure at 48 h, and at 72 h mushroom-like structure disappeared, remaining a thin bacterial lawn. RNA-seq data analysis revealed that the expression levels of genes involved in the type II hxc secretion system were significantly higher in biofilms than in planktonic cells, especially the expression of lapA encoding alkaline phosphatase. However, the expression levels of genes associated with denitrification pathway were markedly decreased in biofilms, especially the transcription of nirS encoding nitrite reductase to produce nitric oxide (NO). Therefore, their expressions and products were further detected using RT-qPCR and biochemical assays, respectively. The results found that the expression of lapA and alkaline phosphatase activity were induced, but the expression of nirS and intracellular NO were reduced at the whole biofilms cycle. The study indicates that LapA and NO would play an important role for P. aeruginosa biofilm formation in chronic wound infections. LapA would serve as potential target to monitor chronic wound infections by P. aeruginosa biofilms. Inducing NO would be used to treat chronic wound infections due to P. aeruginosa biofilms.
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Gil-Marqués ML, Labrador Herrera G, Miró Canturri A, Pachón J, Smani Y, Pachón-Ibáñez ME. Role of PstS in the Pathogenesis of Acinetobacter baumannii Under Microaerobiosis and Normoxia. J Infect Dis 2021; 222:1204-1212. [PMID: 32324853 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a successful pathogen responsible for infections with high mortality rate. During the course of infection it can be found in microaerobic environments, which influences virulence factor expression. From a previous transcriptomic analysis of A. baumannii ATCC 17978 under microaerobiosis, we know the gene pstS is overexpressed under microaerobiosis. Here, we studied its role in A. baumannii virulence. pstS loss significantly decreased bacterial adherence and invasion into A549 cells and increased A549 cell viability. pstS loss also reduced motility and biofilm-forming ability of A. baumannii. In a peritoneal sepsis murine model, the minimum lethal dose required by A. baumannii ATCC 17978 ΔpstS was lower compared to the wild type (4.3 vs 3.2 log colony forming units/mL, respectively), and the bacterial burden in tissues and fluids was lower. Thus, the loss of the phosphate sensor PstS produced a decrease in A. baumannii pathogenesis, supporting its role as a virulence factor.
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- María Luisa Gil-Marqués
- Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Department of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
- Department of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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Accumulation of ambient phosphate into the periplasm of marine bacteria is proton motive force dependent. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2642. [PMID: 32457313 PMCID: PMC7250820 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16428-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Bacteria acquire phosphate (Pi) by maintaining a periplasmic concentration below environmental levels. We recently described an extracellular Pi buffer which appears to counteract the gradient required for Pi diffusion. Here, we demonstrate that various treatments to outer membrane (OM) constituents do not affect the buffered Pi because bacteria accumulate Pi in the periplasm, from which it can be removed hypo-osmotically. The periplasmic Pi can be gradually imported into the cytoplasm by ATP-powered transport, however, the proton motive force (PMF) is not required to keep Pi in the periplasm. In contrast, the accumulation of Pi into the periplasm across the OM is PMF-dependent and can be enhanced by light energy. Because the conventional mechanism of Pi-specific transport cannot explain Pi accumulation in the periplasm we propose that periplasmic Pi anions pair with chemiosmotic cations of the PMF and millions of accumulated Pi pairs could influence the periplasmic osmolarity of marine bacteria. The ubiquitous oceanic bacteria harbour an external phosphate buffer for modulating phosphate (Pi) uptake. Here, using both oceanic SAR11, Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus strains as a model, the authors show that the Pi buffer accumulation in the periplasm is proton motive force-dependent and can be enhanced by light energy.
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Zhou J, Zhang C, Han J, Lu C, Li Y, Ming T, Su X. NMR-based metabolomics reveals the metabolite profiles of Vibrio parahaemolyticus under blood agar stimulation. Arch Microbiol 2019; 202:437-445. [PMID: 31690974 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-019-01759-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Vibrio parahemolyticus is a halophilic bacterium which causes widespread seafood poisoning pathogenicity. Although the incidence of disease caused by V. parahemolyticus was stepwise increased, the pathogenic mechanism remained unclear. Herein, the difference of V. parahemolyticus's metabonomic which on blood agar and seawater beef extract peptone medium was detected via nuclear magnetic resonance and 55 metabolites were identified. Among them, 40 kinds of metabolites were upregulated in blood agar group, and 12 kinds were downregulated. Nine pathways were verified by enrichment analysis which were predicted involved in amino acids and protein synthesis, energy metabolism, DNA and RNA synthesis and DNA damage repair. We supposed that the metabolic pathway obtained from this study is related to V. parahemolyticus pathogenicity and our findings will aid in the identification of alternative targets or strategies to treat V. parahemolyticus-caused disease.
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- Jun Zhou
- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.,School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.,School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.,School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.,School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China.,School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China. .,School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
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Tong L, Zhang M, Zhang X, Wang Y, Ou D, Zhang J, Wu Q, Ye Y. Exploration of factors in response to low acid tolerance using random mutagenesis in Cronobacter malonaticus. Food Res Int 2018; 116:994-999. [PMID: 30717032 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cronobacter species are associated with rare but severe infections in newborns, and their tolerance to environmental stress such as acid stress has been described. However, the factors involved in low acid tolerance in Cronobacter are poorly understood. Here, a transposon mutagenesis approach was used to explore the factors involved in acid tolerance in C. malonaticus. Eight mutants from mutant library (n = 215) were successfully screened through a comparison of growth with wild type (WT) strain under acid stress (pH 4.0). Eight mutating sites including glucosyltransferase MdoH, extracellular serine protease, sulfate transporter, phosphate transporter permease subunit PstC, lysine transporter, nitrogen regulation protein NR (II), D-alanine-D-alanine ligase, glucan biosynthesis protein G were successfully identified by arbitrary polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. The biomass of biofilm of eight mutants were significantly reduced using crystal violet staining (CVS) compared with that of WT. furthermore, the more compact biofilms of WT was observed than those of eight mutants through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Disassembly of biofilms appeared among mutants and WT strain from 48 h to 72 h through the increasing of dead cells and reduction of viable cells and exopolysaccharide. The study reveals the molecular basis involved in acid tolerance of C. malonaticus and a possible relationship between biofilm formation and acid tolerance, which provides valuable information for survival of C. malonaticus under acid stress.
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- Liaowang Tong
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbiology Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbiology Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbiology Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbiology Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbiology Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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Chemoreceptors in bacteria detect a variety of signals and feed this information into chemosensory pathways that represent a major mode of signal transduction. The five chemoreceptors from Escherichia coli have served as traditional models in the study of this protein family. Genome analyses revealed that many bacteria contain much larger numbers of chemoreceptors with broader sensory capabilities. Chemoreceptors differ in topology, sensing mode, cellular location, and, above all, the type of ligand binding domain (LBD). Here, we highlight LBD diversity using well-established and emerging model organisms as well as genomic surveys. Nearly a hundred different types of protein domains that are found in chemoreceptor sequences are known or predicted LBDs, but only a few of them are ubiquitous. LBDs of the same class recognize different ligands, and conversely, the same ligand can be recognized by structurally different LBDs; however, recent studies began to reveal common characteristics in signal-LBD relationships. Although signals can stimulate chemoreceptors in a variety of different ways, diverse LBDs appear to employ a universal transmembrane signaling mechanism. Current and future studies aim to establish relationships between LBD types, the nature of signals that they recognize, and the mechanisms of signal recognition and transduction.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells attached to a surface display a typical proteome early as 20 minutes of incubation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0180341. [PMID: 28678862 PMCID: PMC5498041 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Biofilms are present in all environments and often result in negative effects due to properties of the biofilm lifestyle and especially antibiotics resistance. Biofilms are associated with chronic infections. Controlling bacterial attachment, the first step of biofilm formation, is crucial for fighting against biofilm and subsequently preventing the persistence of infection. Thus deciphering the underlying molecular mechanisms involved in attachment could allow discovering molecular targets from it would be possible to develop inhibitors against bacterial colonization and potentiate antibiotherapy. To identify the key components and pathways that aid the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa in attachment we performed for the first time a proteomic analysis as early as after 20 minutes of incubation using glass wool fibers as a surface. We compared the protein contents of the attached and unattached bacteria. Using mass spectrometry, 3043 proteins were identified. Our results showed that, as of 20 minutes of incubation, using stringent quantification criteria 616 proteins presented a modification of their abundance in the attached cells compared to their unattached counterparts. The attached cells presented an overall reduced gene expression and characteristics of slow-growing cells. The over-accumulation of outer membrane proteins, periplasmic folding proteins and O-antigen chain length regulators was also observed, indicating a profound modification of the cell envelope. Consistently the sigma factor AlgU required for cell envelope homeostasis was highly over-accumulated in attached cells. In addition our data suggested a role of alarmone (p)ppGpp and polyphosphate during the early attachment phase. Furthermore, almost 150 proteins of unknown function were differentially accumulated in the attached cells. Our proteomic analysis revealed the existence of distinctive biological features in attached cells as early as 20 minutes of incubation. Analysis of some mutants demonstrated the interest of this proteomic approach in identifying genes involved in the early phase of adhesion to a surface.
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Structural features of PhoX, one of the phosphate-binding proteins from Pho regulon of Xanthomonas citri. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0178162. [PMID: 28542513 PMCID: PMC5439949 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In Escherichia coli, the ATP-Binding Cassette transporter for phosphate is encoded by the pstSCAB operon. PstS is the periplasmic component responsible for affinity and specificity of the system and has also been related to a regulatory role and chemotaxis during depletion of phosphate. Xanthomonas citri has two phosphate-binding proteins: PstS and PhoX, which are differentially expressed under phosphate limitation. In this work, we focused on PhoX characterization and comparison with PstS. The PhoX three-dimensional structure was solved in a closed conformation with a phosphate engulfed in the binding site pocket between two domains. Comparison between PhoX and PstS revealed that they originated from gene duplication, but despite their similarities they show significant differences in the region that interacts with the permeases.
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Liu Y, Wu X, Hou W, Li P, Sha W, Tian Y. Structure and function of seed storage proteins in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). 3 Biotech 2017; 7:74. [PMID: 28452019 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-017-0691-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The protein subunit is the most important basic unit of protein, and its study can unravel the structure and function of seed storage proteins in faba bean. In this study, we identified six specific protein subunits in Faba bean (cv. Qinghai 13) combining liquid chromatography (LC), liquid chromatography-electronic spray ionization mass (LC-ESI-MS/MS) and bio-information technology. The results suggested a diversity of seed storage proteins in faba bean, and a total of 16 proteins (four GroEL molecular chaperones and 12 plant-specific proteins) were identified from 97-, 96-, 64-, 47-, 42-, and 38-kD-specific protein subunits in faba bean based on the peptide sequence. We also analyzed the composition and abundance of the amino acids, the physicochemical characteristics, secondary structure, three-dimensional structure, transmembrane domain, and possible subcellular localization of these identified proteins in faba bean seed, and finally predicted function and structure. The three-dimensional structures were generated based on homologous modeling, and the protein function was analyzed based on the annotation from the non-redundant protein database (NR database, NCBI) and function analysis of optimal modeling. The objective of this study was to identify the seed storage proteins in faba bean and confirm the structure and function of these proteins. Our results can be useful for the study of protein nutrition and achieve breeding goals for optimal protein quality in faba bean.
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- Yujiao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Xining, Qinghai, 810016, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Xining, Qinghai, 810016, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Xining, Qinghai, 810016, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Xining, Qinghai, 810016, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Xining, Qinghai, 810016, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Xining, Qinghai, 810016, People's Republic of China
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A Novel Biocontainment Strategy Makes Bacterial Growth and Survival Dependent on Phosphite. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44748. [PMID: 28317852 PMCID: PMC5357788 DOI: 10.1038/srep44748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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There is a growing demand to develop biocontainment strategies that prevent unintended proliferation of genetically modified organisms in the open environment. We found that the hypophosphite (H3PO2, HPt) transporter HtxBCDE from Pseudomonas stutzeri WM88 was also capable of transporting phosphite (H3PO3, Pt) but not phosphate (H3PO4, Pi), suggesting the potential for engineering a Pt/HPt-dependent bacterial strain as a biocontainment strategy. We disrupted all Pi and organic Pi transporters in an Escherichia coli strain expressing HtxABCDE and a Pt dehydrogenase, leaving Pt/HPt uptake and oxidation as the only means to obtain Pi. Challenge on non-permissive growth medium revealed that no escape mutants appeared for at least 21 days with a detection limit of 1.94 × 10-13 per colony forming unit. This represents, to the best of our knowledge, the lowest escape frequency among reported strategies. Since Pt/HPt are ecologically rare and not available in amounts sufficient for the growth of the Pt/HPt-dependent bacteria, this strategy offers a reliable and practical method for biocontainment.
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Yang Y, Ballent W, Mayer BK. High-affinity phosphate-binding protein (PBP) for phosphorous recovery: proof of concept using recombinantEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2016; 363:fnw240. [DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnw240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Keegan R, Waterman DG, Hopper DJ, Coates L, Taylor G, Guo J, Coker AR, Erskine PT, Wood SP, Cooper JB. The 1.1 Å resolution structure of a periplasmic phosphate-binding protein fromStenotrophomonas maltophilia: a crystallization contaminant identified by molecular replacement using the entire Protein Data Bank. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2016; 72:933-43. [DOI: 10.1107/s2059798316010433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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During efforts to crystallize the enzyme 2,4-dihydroxyacetophenone dioxygenase (DAD) fromAlcaligenessp. 4HAP, a small number of strongly diffracting protein crystals were obtained after two years of crystal growth in one condition. The crystals diffracted synchrotron radiation to almost 1.0 Å resolution and were, until recently, assumed to be formed by the DAD protein. However, when another crystal form of this enzyme was eventually solved at lower resolution, molecular replacement using this new structure as the search model did not give a convincing solution with the original atomic resolution data set. Hence, it was considered that these crystals might have arisen from a protein impurity, although molecular replacement using the structures of common crystallization contaminants as search models again failed. A script to perform molecular replacement usingMOLREPin which the first chain of every structure in the PDB was used as a search model was run on a multi-core cluster. This identified a number of prokaryotic phosphate-binding proteins as scoring highly in theMOLREPpeak lists. Calculation of an electron-density map at 1.1 Å resolution based on the solution obtained with PDB entry 2q9t allowed most of the amino acids to be identified visually and built into the model. ABLASTsearch then indicated that the molecule was most probably a phosphate-binding protein fromStenotrophomonas maltophilia(UniProt ID B4SL31; gene ID Smal_2208), and fitting of the corresponding sequence to the atomic resolution map fully corroborated this. Proteins in this family have been linked to the virulence of antibiotic-resistant strains of pathogenic bacteria and with biofilm formation. The structure of theS. maltophiliaprotein has been refined to anRfactor of 10.15% and anRfreeof 12.46% at 1.1 Å resolution. The molecule adopts the type II periplasmic binding protein (PBP) fold with a number of extensively elaborated loop regions. A fully dehydrated phosphate anion is bound tightly between the two domains of the protein and interacts with conserved residues and a number of helix dipoles.
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Zheng JJ, Sinha D, Wayne KJ, Winkler ME. Physiological Roles of the Dual Phosphate Transporter Systems in Low and High Phosphate Conditions and in Capsule Maintenance of Streptococcus pneumoniae D39. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2016; 6:63. [PMID: 27379215 PMCID: PMC4913102 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Unlike most bacteria, Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) has two evolutionarily distinct ABC transporters (Pst1 and Pst2) for inorganic phosphate (Pi) uptake. The genes encoding a two-component regulator (PnpRS) are located immediately upstream of the pst1 operon. Both the pst1 and pst2 operons encode putative PhoU-family regulators (PhoU1 and PhoU2) at their ends. This study addresses why S. pneumoniae contains dual Pi uptake systems and the regulation and contribution of the Pst1 and Pst2 systems in conditions of high (mM) Pi amount and low (μM) Pi amount. We show that in unencapsulated mutants, both pst1 and pst2 can be deleted, and Pi is taken up by a third Na+/Pi co-transporter, designated as NptA. In contrast, either pst1 or pst2 is unexpectedly required for the growth of capsule producing strains. We used a combination of mutational analysis, transcript level determinations by qRT-PCR and RNA-Seq, assays for cellular PnpR~P amounts by SDS-PAGE, and pulse-Pi uptake experiments to study the regulation of Pi uptake. In high Pi medium, PhoU2 serves as the master negative regulator of Pst2 transporter function and PnpR~P levels (post-transcriptionally). ΔphoU2 mutants have high PnpR~P levels and induction of the pst1 operon, poor growth, and sensitivity to antibiotics, possibly due to high Pi accumulation. In low Pi medium, Pst2 is still active, but PnpR~P amount and pst1 operon levels increase. Together, these results support a model in which pneumococcus maintains high Pi transport in high and low Pi conditions that is required for optimal capsule biosynthesis.
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- Jiaqi J Zheng
- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN, USA
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