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Luu LDW, Zhong L, Kaur S, Raftery MJ, Lan R. Comparative Phosphoproteomics of Classical Bordetellae Elucidates the Potential Role of Serine, Threonine and Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Bordetella Biology and Virulence. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:660280. [PMID: 33928046 PMCID: PMC8076611 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.660280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Bordetella genus is divided into two groups: classical and non-classical. Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella bronchiseptica and Bordetella parapertussis are known as classical bordetellae, a group of important human pathogens causing whooping cough or whooping cough-like disease and hypothesized to have evolved from environmental non-classical bordetellae. Bordetella infections have increased globally driving the need to better understand these pathogens for the development of new treatments and vaccines. One unexplored component in Bordetella is the role of serine, threonine and tyrosine phosphorylation. Therefore, this study characterized the phosphoproteome of classical bordetellae and examined its potential role in Bordetella biology and virulence. Applying strict identification of localization criteria, this study identified 70 unique phosphorylated proteins in the classical bordetellae group with a high degree of conservation. Phosphorylation was a key regulator of Bordetella metabolism with proteins involved in gluconeogenesis, TCA cycle, amino acid and nucleotide synthesis significantly enriched. Three key virulence pathways were also phosphorylated including type III secretion system, alcaligin synthesis and the BvgAS master transcriptional regulatory system for virulence genes in Bordetella. Seven new phosphosites were identified in BvgA with 6 located in the DNA binding domain. Of the 7, 4 were not present in non-classical bordetellae. This suggests that serine/threonine phosphorylation may play an important role in stabilizing/destabilizing BvgA binding to DNA for fine-tuning of virulence gene expression and that BvgA phosphorylation may be an important factor separating classical from non-classical bordetellae. This study provides the first insight into the phosphoproteome of classical Bordetella species and the role that Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphorylation may play in Bordetella biology and virulence.
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- Laurence Don Wai Luu
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Moore JE, Rendall JC, Millar BC. Does Bordetella pertussis vaccine offer any cross-protection against Bordetella bronchiseptica? Implications for pet owners with cystic fibrosis. J Clin Pharm Ther 2021; 46:1194-1198. [PMID: 33470435 DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.13350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE The Gram-negative bacterium, Bordetella bronchiseptica, causes lower airway respiratory disease in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), as well as in companion animals, especially dogs. Presently, there are several acellular vaccines available for B. pertussis but no vaccine available for B. bronchiseptica. However given the shared protein homology between these two closely related species, we wished to explore whether pertussis vaccines may offer some cross-protection against B. bronchiseptica. COMMENT Bordetella pertussis and B. bronchiseptica are closely related phylogenetically, as well as sharing protein homology in several pertussis vaccine components, including (i) pertussis toxin (PT), (ii) filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA), (iii) pertactin and (iv) fimbriae (types 2 and 3). Given that pertussis vaccine contains cross-reactive antigens with B. bronchiseptica, licensed pertussis vaccines may therefore offer cross-protection against B. bronchiseptica. WHAT IS NEW AND CONCLUSION Cystic fibrosis pet owners should ensure that they have an up-to-date vaccination record relating to their pertussis vaccine. Although no monovalent human pertussis vaccines are currently available, licensed non-live booster vaccines for B. pertussis are available for individuals in the age range >10 years old. People with CF should ensure that they are adequately and currently protected against pertussis, to avoid whooping cough, which may also offer some cross-protection against B. bronchiseptica and therefore help further mitigate the risk of zoonotic infection of this organism from pets to their owners.
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- John E Moore
- Laboratory for Disinfection and Pathogen Elimination Studies, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Nightingale (Belfast City) Hospital, Belfast, UK.,School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
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- Northern Ireland Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Laboratory for Disinfection and Pathogen Elimination Studies, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Nightingale (Belfast City) Hospital, Belfast, UK.,School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
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Rivera I, Linz B, Harvill ET. Evolution and Conservation of Bordetella Intracellular Survival in Eukaryotic Host Cells. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:557819. [PMID: 33178148 PMCID: PMC7593398 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.557819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The classical bordetellae possess several partially characterized virulence mechanisms that are studied in the context of a complete extracellular life cycle in their mammalian hosts. Yet, classical bordetellae have repeatedly been reported within dendritic cells (DCs) and alveolar macrophages in clinical samples, and in vitro experiments convincingly demonstrate that the bacteria can survive intracellularly within mammalian phagocytic cells, an ability that appears to have descended from ancestral progenitor species that lived in the environment and acquired the mechanisms to resist unicellular phagocytic predators. Many pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella enterica, Francisella tularensis, and Legionella pneumophila, are known to parasitize and multiply inside eukaryotic host cells. This strategy provides protection, nutrients, and the ability to disseminate systemically. While some work has been dedicated at characterizing intracellular survival of Bordetella pertussis, there is limited understanding of how this strategy has evolved within the genus Bordetella and the contributions of this ability to bacterial pathogenicity, evasion of host immunity as well as within and between-host dissemination. Here, we explore the mechanisms that control the metabolic changes accompanying intracellular survival and how these have been acquired and conserved throughout the evolutionary history of the Bordetella genus and discuss the possible implications of this strategy in the persistence and reemergence of B. pertussis in recent years.
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- Israel Rivera
- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.,Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Taylor-Mulneix DL, Hamidou Soumana I, Linz B, Harvill ET. Evolution of Bordetellae from Environmental Microbes to Human Respiratory Pathogens: Amoebae as a Missing Link. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:510. [PMID: 29322035 PMCID: PMC5732149 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The genus Bordetella comprises several bacterial species that colonize the respiratory tract of mammals. It includes B. pertussis, a human-restricted pathogen that is the causative agent of Whooping Cough. In contrast, the closely related species B. bronchiseptica colonizes a broad range of animals as well as immunocompromised humans. Recent metagenomic studies have identified known and novel bordetellae isolated from different environmental sources, providing a new perspective on their natural history. Using phylogenetic analysis, we have shown that human and animal pathogenic bordetellae have most likely evolved from ancestors that originated from soil and water. Our recent study found that B. bronchiseptica can evade amoebic predation and utilize Dictyostelium discoideum as an expansion and transmission vector, which suggests that the evolutionary pressure to evade the amoebic predator enabled the rise of bordetellae as respiratory pathogens. Interactions with amoeba may represent the starting point for bacterial adaptation to eukaryotic cells. However, as bacteria evolve and adapt to a novel host, they can become specialized and restricted to a specific host. B. pertussis is known to colonize and cause infection only in humans, and this specialization to a closed human-to-human lifecycle has involved genome reduction and the loss of ability to utilize amoeba as an environmental reservoir. The discoveries from studying the interaction of Bordetella species with amoeba will elicit a better understanding of the evolutionary history of these and other important human pathogens.
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- Dawn L Taylor-Mulneix
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Since the first description of Bordetella holmesii in 1995, almost 100 publications have contributed to the increasing knowledge of this emerging bacterium. Although first reported to induce bacteremia mainly in immunocompromised patients, it has also been isolated in healthy persons and has shown the capacity to induce pertussis-like symptoms and other clinical entities, such as meningitis, arthritis, or endocarditis. Respiratory diseases are generally less severe than those induced by Bordetella pertussis. However, B. holmesii was found to have a higher capacity of invasiveness given the various infection sites in which it was isolated. The diagnosis is difficult, particularly as it is a slow-growing organism but also because respiratory infections are systematically misdiagnosed as B. pertussis. Treatment is delicate, as its susceptibility to macrolides (prescribed in respiratory infections) and ceftriaxone (used in invasive disease) is challenged. Regarding prevention, there is no consensus on prophylactic treatment following index cases and no vaccine is available. Epidemiological data are also sparse, with few prevalence studies available. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on B. holmesii.
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Bouchez V, AlBitar-Nehmé S, Novikov A, Guiso N, Caroff M. Bordetella holmesii: Lipid A Structures and Corresponding Genomic Sequences Comparison in Three Clinical Isolates and the Reference Strain ATCC 51541. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18051080. [PMID: 28524084 PMCID: PMC5454989 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18051080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bordetella holmesii can cause invasive infections but can also be isolated from the respiratory tract of patients with whooping-cough like symptoms. For the first time, we describe the lipid A structure of B. holmesii reference strain ATCC 51541 (alias NCTC12912 or CIP104394) and those of three French B. holmesii clinical isolates originating from blood (Bho1) or from respiratory samples (FR4020 and FR4101). They were investigated using chemical analyses, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–mass spectrometry (MALDI–MS). The analyses revealed a common bisphosphorylated β-(1→6)-linked d-glucosamine disaccharide with hydroxytetradecanoic acid in amide linkages. Similar to B. avium, B. hinzii and B. trematum lipids A, the hydroxytetradecanoic acid at the C-2′ position are carrying in secondary linkage a 2-hydroxytetradecanoic acid residue resulting of post-traductional biosynthesis modifications. The three clinical isolates displayed characteristic structural traits compared to the ATCC 51541 reference strain: the lipid A phosphate groups are more or less modified with glucosamine in the isolates and reference strain, but the presence of 10:0(3-OH) is only observed in the isolates. This trait was only described in B. pertussis and B. parapertussis strains, as well as in B. petrii isolates by the past. The genetic bases for most of the key structural elements of lipid A were analyzed and supported the structural data.
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- Valérie Bouchez
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Prévention et Thérapies Moléculaires des Maladies Humaines, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, France.
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- Institute for integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France.
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- LPS-BioSciences, I2BC, Bâtiment 409, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Prévention et Thérapies Moléculaires des Maladies Humaines, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, France.
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- Institute for integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France.
- LPS-BioSciences, I2BC, Bâtiment 409, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France.
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Hiramatsu Y, Saito M, Otsuka N, Suzuki E, Watanabe M, Shibayama K, Kamachi K. BipA Is Associated with Preventing Autoagglutination and Promoting Biofilm Formation in Bordetella holmesii. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159999. [PMID: 27448237 PMCID: PMC4957798 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bordetella holmesii causes both invasive and respiratory diseases in humans. Although the number of cases of pertussis-like respiratory illnesses due to B. holmesii infection has increased in the last decade worldwide, little is known about the virulence factors of the organism. Here, we analyzed a B. holmesii isolate that forms large aggregates and precipitates in suspension, and subsequently demonstrated that the autoagglutinating isolate is deficient in Bordetella intermediate protein A (BipA) and that this deletion is caused by a frame-shift mutation in the bipA gene. A BipA-deficient mutant generated by homologous recombination also exhibited the autoagglutination phenotype. Moreover, the BipA mutant adhered poorly to an abiotic surface and failed to form biofilms, as did two other B. holmesii autoagglutinating strains, ATCC 51541 and ATCC 700053, which exhibit transcriptional down-regulation of bipA gene expression, indicating that autoagglutination indirectly inhibits biofilm formation. In a mouse intranasal infection model, the BipA mutant showed significantly lower levels of initial lung colonization than did the parental strain (P < 0.01), suggesting that BipA might be a critical virulence factor in B. holmesii respiratory infection. Together, our findings suggest that BipA production plays an essential role in preventing autoagglutination and indirectly promoting biofilm formation by B. holmesii.
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- Yukihiro Hiramatsu
- Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- * E-mail: (YH); (KK)
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- Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- * E-mail: (YH); (KK)
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The Bordetella genus comprises nine species of which Bordetella pertussis and B. parapertussis are isolated from humans and are the most studied Bordetella species since they cause whooping cough. They both originate from B. bronchiseptica, which infects several mammals and immune compromised humans, but the intensive use of pertussis vaccines induced changes in B. pertussis and B. parapertussis populations. B. petrii and B. holmesii are other species of unknown reservoir and transmission pattern that have been described in humans. It is still unknown whether these species are pathogens for humans or only opportunistic bacteria but biological diagnosis has confirmed the presence of B. holmesii in human respiratory samples while B. petrii and the four other species have little implications for public health.
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- Nicole Guiso
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Prévention et Thérapies Moléculaires des Maladies Humaines, 25-28 rue du Dr Roux, F-75015 Paris, France
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Pittet LF, Emonet S, Schrenzel J, Siegrist CA, Posfay-Barbe KM. Bordetella holmesii: an under-recognised Bordetella species. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2014; 14:510-9. [PMID: 24721229 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(14)70021-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bordetella holmesii, first described in 1995, is believed to cause both invasive infections (bacteraemia, meningitis, endocarditis, pericarditis, pneumonia, and arthritis) and pertussis-like symptoms. Infection with B holmesii is frequently misidentified as being with B pertussis, the cause of whooping cough, because routine diagnostic tests for pertussis are not species-specific. In this Review, we summarise knowledge about B holmesii diagnosis and treatment, and assess research needs. Although no fatal cases of B holmesii have been reported, associated invasive infections can cause substantial morbidities, even in previously healthy individuals. Antimicrobial treatment can be problematic because B holmesii's susceptibility to macrolides (used empirically to treat B pertussis) and third-generation cephalosporins (often used to treat invasive infections) is lower than would be expected. B holmesii's adaptation to human beings is continuing, and virulence might increase, causing the need for better diagnostic assays and epidemiological surveillance.
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- Laure F Pittet
- Department of Paediatrics, Division of General Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medical Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medical Specialties, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of General Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Paediatrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of General Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Planet PJ, Narechania A, Hymes SR, Gagliardo C, Huard RC, Whittier S, Della-Latta P, Ratner AJ. Bordetella holmesii: initial genomic analysis of an emerging opportunist. Pathog Dis 2013; 67:132-5. [PMID: 23620158 DOI: 10.1111/2049-632x.12028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bordetella holmesii is an emerging opportunistic pathogen that causes respiratory disease in healthy individuals and invasive infections among patients lacking splenic function. We used 16S rRNA gene analysis to confirm B. holmesii as the cause of bacteremia in a child with sickle cell disease. Semiconductor-based draft genome sequencing provided insight into B. holmesii phylogeny and potential virulence mechanisms and also identified a toluene-4-monoxygenase locus unique among bordetellae.
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- Paul J Planet
- Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Bouchez V, Guiso N. <i>Bordetella holmesii</i>: Comparison of Two Isolates from Blood and a Respiratory Sample. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/aid.2013.32020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mooi FR, Bruisten S, Linde I, Reubsaet F, Heuvelman K, van der Lee S, J. King A. Characterization of Bordetella holmesii isolates from patients with pertussis-like illness in the Netherlands. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 64:289-91. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2011.00911.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2011] [Revised: 11/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Frits R. Mooi
- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); Centre for Infectious Diseases Control (CIb); Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening (LIS); Bilthoven; The Netherlands
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- Public health laboratory; Cluster Infectious diseases, GGD; Amsterdam; The Netherlands
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- Public health laboratory; Cluster Infectious diseases, GGD; Amsterdam; The Netherlands
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); Centre for Infectious Diseases Control (CIb); Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening (LIS); Bilthoven; The Netherlands
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); Centre for Infectious Diseases Control (CIb); Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening (LIS); Bilthoven; The Netherlands
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); Centre for Infectious Diseases Control (CIb); Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening (LIS); Bilthoven; The Netherlands
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); Centre for Infectious Diseases Control (CIb); Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening (LIS); Bilthoven; The Netherlands
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Resemblance and divergence: the “new” members of the genus Bordetella. Med Microbiol Immunol 2010; 199:155-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s00430-010-0148-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Link S, Schmitt K, Beier D, Gross R. Identification and regulation of expression of a gene encoding a filamentous hemagglutinin-related protein in Bordetella holmesii. BMC Microbiol 2007; 7:100. [PMID: 17988394 PMCID: PMC2225982 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2007] [Accepted: 11/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Bordetella holmesii is a human pathogen closely related to B. pertussis, the etiological agent of whooping cough. It is able to cause disease in immunocompromised patients, but also whooping cough-like symptoms in otherwise healthy individuals. However, virtually nothing was known so far about the underlying virulence mechanisms and previous attempts to identify virulence factors related to those of B. pertussis were not successful. Results By use of a PCR approach we were able to identify a B. holmesii gene encoding a protein with significant sequence similarities to the filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) of B. avium and to a lesser extent to the FHA proteins of B. pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica. For these human and animal pathogens FHA is a crucial virulence factor required for successful colonization of the host. Interestingly, the B. holmesii protein shows a relatively high overall sequence similarity with the B. avium protein, while sequence conservation with the FHA proteins of the human and mammalian pathogens is quite limited and is most prominent in signal sequences required for their export to the cell surface. In the other Bordetellae expression of the fhaB gene encoding FHA was shown to be regulated by the master regulator of virulence, the BvgAS two-component system. Recently, we identified orthologs of BvgAS in B. holmesii, and here we show that this system also contributes to regulation of fhaB expression in B. holmesii. Accordingly, the purified BvgA response regulator of B. holmesii was shown to bind specifically in the upstream region of the fhaB promoter in vitro in a manner similar to that previously described for the BvgA protein of B. pertussis. Moreover, by deletion analysis of the fhaB promoter region we show that the BvgA binding sites are relevant for in vivo transcription from this promoter in B. holmesii. Conclusion The data reported here show that B. holmesii is endowed with a factor highly related to filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), a prominent virulence factor of the well characterized pathogenic Bordetellae. We show that like in the other Bordetellae the virulence regulatory BvgAS system is also involved in the regulation of fhaB expression in B. holmesii. Taken together these data indicate that in contrast to previous notions B. holmesii may in fact make use of virulence mechanisms related to those described for the other Bordetellae.
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- Stefanie Link
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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Horvat A, Gross R. Molecular characterization of the BvgA response regulator of Bordetella holmesii. Microbiol Res 2007; 164:243-52. [PMID: 17400438 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2006.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2006] [Revised: 10/25/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The BvgAS system controls the expression of most virulence factors in Bordetella pertussis. Recently, we identified an orthologous system in the related human pathogen Bordetella holmesii. However, while we found that the orthologous histidine kinases BvgS could be functionally exchanged between the two species, the B. holmesii response regulator BvgA(BH) could not substitute for its B. pertussis counterpart in vivo and, accordingly, was not able to bind to B. pertussis virulence promoters in vitro. Here we show that a hybrid response regulator consisting of the B. pertussis derived DNA-binding output domain of BvgA(BP) combined with the B. holmesii receiver domain binds to BvgA(BP) regulated virulence promoters of B. pertussis in vitro and is functional in B. pertussis in vivo. This shows that the inability of BvgA(BH) to complement BvgA(BP) in B. pertussis is due to the small number of sequence variations present in its output domain. However, by mutation analysis we show that four amino acid exchanges present in the helix-turn-helix motif of BvgA(BH) as compared to BvgA(BP) are not the only reason for its inability to substitute for BvgA(BP) but additional mutations present in the output domain must play a role.
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- Aleksandra Horvat
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany
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Diavatopoulos DA, Cummings CA, van der Heide HGJ, van Gent M, Liew S, Relman DA, Mooi FR. Characterization of a highly conserved island in the otherwise divergent Bordetella holmesii and Bordetella pertussis genomes. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:8385-94. [PMID: 17041054 PMCID: PMC1698220 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01081-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
The recently discovered pathogen Bordetella holmesii has been isolated from the airways and blood of diseased humans. Genetic events contributing to the emergence of B. holmesii are not understood, and its phylogenetic position among the bordetellae remains unclear. To address these questions, B. holmesii strains were analyzed by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) to a Bordetella pertussis microarray and by multilocus sequence typing. Both methods indicated substantial sequence divergence between B. pertussis and B. holmesii. However, CGH identified a putative pathogenicity island of 66 kb that is highly conserved between these species and contains several IS481 elements that may have been laterally transferred from B. pertussis to B. holmesii. This island contains, among other genes, a functional, iron-regulated locus encoding the biosynthesis, export, and uptake of the siderophore alcaligin. The acquisition of this genomic island by B. holmesii may have significantly contributed to its emergence as a human pathogen. Horizontal gene transfer between B. pertussis and B. holmesii may also explain the unusually high sequence identity of their 16S rRNA genes.
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Affiliation(s)
- D A Diavatopoulos
- Laboratory for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Donato GM, Hsia HLJ, Green CS, Hewlett EL. Adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) from Bordetella hinzii: characterization and differences from ACT of Bordetella pertussis. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:7579-88. [PMID: 16267282 PMCID: PMC1280298 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.22.7579-7588.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bordetella hinzii is a commensal respiratory microorganism in poultry but is increasingly being recognized as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised humans. Although associated with a variety of disease states, practically nothing is known about the mechanisms employed by this bacterium. In this study, we show by DNA sequencing and reverse transcription-PCR that both commensal and clinical strains of B. hinzii possess and transcriptionally express cyaA, the gene encoding adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) in other pathogenic Bordetella species. By Western blotting, we also found that B. hinzii produces full-length ACT protein in quantities that are comparable to those made by B. pertussis. In contrast to B. pertussis ACT, however, ACT from B. hinzii is less extractable from whole bacteria, nonhemolytic, has a 50-fold reduction in adenylate cyclase activity, and is unable to elevate cyclic AMP levels in host macrophages (nontoxic). The decrease in enzymatic activity is attributable, at least in part, to a decreased binding affinity of B. hinzii ACT for calmodulin, the eukaryotic activator of B. pertussis ACT. In addition, we demonstrate that the lack of intoxication by B. hinzii ACT may be due to the absence of expression of cyaC, the gene encoding the accessory protein required for the acylation of B. pertussis ACT. These results demonstrate the expression of ACT by B. hinzii and represent the first characterization of a potential virulence factor of this organism.
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MESH Headings
- Adenylate Cyclase Toxin/analysis
- Adenylate Cyclase Toxin/genetics
- Adenylate Cyclase Toxin/isolation & purification
- Adenylate Cyclase Toxin/toxicity
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins/analysis
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification
- Bacterial Proteins/toxicity
- Blotting, Western
- Bordetella/enzymology
- Bordetella/genetics
- Calmodulin/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Cyclic AMP/analysis
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Gene Expression
- Hemolysis
- Macrophages/microbiology
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Binding
- RNA, Bacterial/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella/analysis
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella/genetics
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella/isolation & purification
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella/toxicity
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Affiliation(s)
- Gina M Donato
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, 22908, USA
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Fernández J, Sisti F, Bottero D, Gaillard ME, Hozbor D. Constitutive expression of bvgR-repressed factors is not detrimental to the Bordetella bronchiseptica–host interaction. Res Microbiol 2005; 156:843-50. [PMID: 16002267 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2005] [Revised: 03/10/2005] [Accepted: 04/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bordetella bronchiseptica infection requires the activation of virulence genes by the two-component BvgAS regulatory system, which also activates bvgR, a repressor of another set of genes called avirulence genes. Whether or not BvgR-repressed genes play a role in pathogenesis is poorly understood. To evaluate their possible contribution to the bacteria-host interaction we constructed a B. bronchiseptica bvgR insertional mutant (BbBvgR mutant). As expected, this mutant simultaneously expressed virulence and avirulence markers. In vitro experiments demonstrated that, although the BbBvgR mutant expressed avirulence factors during its virulent state, the bacteria adhered to and survived within human epithelial cells as efficiently as the wild-type strain. The mutant was not impaired for colonization of the respiratory tract in vivo, as it was effectively cleared from lungs during the same time period as the wild-type strain.
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- Julieta Fernández
- Instituto de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 y 115 (1900), La Plata, República Argentina
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