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Cohen E, Azriel S, Auster O, Gal A, Mikhlin S, Crauwels S, Rahav G, Gal-Mor O. A new Salmonella enterica serovar that was isolated from a wild sparrow presents a distinct genetic, metabolic and virulence profile. Microbes Infect 2024; 26:105249. [PMID: 37956735 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Salmonella enterica is a ubiquitous and clinically-important bacterial pathogen, able to infect and cause different diseases in a wide range of hosts. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a new S. enterica serovar (13,23:i:-; S. Tirat-Zvi), belonging to the Havana supper-lineage that was isolated from a wild house sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Israel. Whole genome sequencing and complete assembly of its genome indicated a plasmid-free, 4.7 Mb genome that carries the Salmonella pathogenicity islands 1-6, 9, 19 and an integrative and conjugative element (ICE), encoding arsenic resistance genes. Phenotypically, S. Tirat-Zvi isolate TZ282 was motile, readily formed biofilm, more versatile in carbon source utilization than S. Typhimurium and highly tolerant to arsenic, but impaired in host cell invasion. In-vivo infection studies indicated that while S. Tirat-Zvi was able to infect and cause an acute inflammatory enterocolitis in young chicks, it was compromised in mice colonization and did not cause an inflammatory colitis in mice compared to S. Typhimurium. We suggest that these phenotypes reflect the distinctive ecological niche of this new serovar and its evolutionary adaptation to passerine birds, as a permissive host. Moreover, these results further illuminate the genetic, phenotypic and ecological diversity of S. enterica pathovars.
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- Emiliano Cohen
- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Sciences, Kibbutzim College, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Laboratory for Process Microbial Ecology and Bioinspirational Management (PME&BIM), Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Grote A, Piscon B, Manson AL, Adani B, Cohen H, Livny J, Earl AM, Gal-Mor O. Persistent Salmonella infections in humans are associated with mutations in the BarA/SirA regulatory pathway. Cell Host Microbe 2024; 32:79-92.e7. [PMID: 38211565 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Several bacterial pathogens, including Salmonella enterica, can cause persistent infections in humans by mechanisms that are poorly understood. By comparing genomes of isolates longitudinally collected from 256 prolonged salmonellosis patients, we identified repeated mutations in global regulators, including the barA/sirA two-component regulatory system, across multiple patients and Salmonella serovars. Comparative RNA-seq analysis revealed that distinct mutations in barA/sirA led to diminished expression of Salmonella pathogenicity islands 1 and 4 genes, which are required for Salmonella invasion and enteritis. Moreover, barA/sirA mutants were attenuated in an acute salmonellosis mouse model and induced weaker transcription of host immune responses. In contrast, in a persistent infection mouse model, these mutants exhibited long-term colonization and prolonged shedding. Taken together, these findings suggest that selection of mutations in global virulence regulators facilitates persistent Salmonella infection in humans, by attenuating Salmonella virulence and inducing a weaker host inflammatory response.
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- Alexandra Grote
- Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Vuotto C, Donelli G, Buckley A, Chilton C. Clostridioides difficile Biofilm. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2024; 1435:249-272. [PMID: 38175479 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-42108-2_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), previously Clostridium difficile infection, is a symptomatic infection of the large intestine caused by the spore-forming anaerobic, gram-positive bacterium Clostridioides difficile. CDI is an important healthcare-associated disease worldwide, characterized by high levels of recurrence, morbidity, and mortality. CDI is observed at a higher rate in immunocompromised patients after antimicrobial therapy, with antibiotics disrupting the commensal microbiota and promoting C. difficile colonization of the gastrointestinal tract.A rise in clinical isolates resistant to multiple antibiotics and the reduced susceptibility to the most commonly used antibiotic molecules have made the treatment of CDI more complicated, allowing the persistence of C. difficile in the intestinal environment.Gut colonization and biofilm formation have been suggested to contribute to the pathogenesis and persistence of C. difficile. In fact, biofilm growth is considered as a serious threat because of the related antimicrobial tolerance that makes antibiotic therapy often ineffective. This is the reason why the involvement of C. difficile biofilm in the pathogenesis and recurrence of CDI is attracting more and more interest, and the mechanisms underlying biofilm formation of C. difficile as well as the role of biofilm in CDI are increasingly being studied by researchers in the field.Findings on C. difficile biofilm, possible implications in CDI pathogenesis and treatment, efficacy of currently available antibiotics in treating biofilm-forming C. difficile strains, and some antimicrobial alternatives under investigation will be discussed here.
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- Claudia Vuotto
- Microbial Biofilm Laboratory, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
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- Microbiome and Nutritional Sciences Group, School of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Healthcare Associated Infection Research Group, Section of Molecular Gastroenterology, Leeds Institute for Medical Research at St James, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Ciolli Mattioli C, Eisner K, Rosenbaum A, Wang M, Rivalta A, Amir A, Golding I, Avraham R. Physiological stress drives the emergence of a Salmonella subpopulation through ribosomal RNA regulation. Curr Biol 2023; 33:4880-4892.e14. [PMID: 37879333 PMCID: PMC10843543 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Bacteria undergo cycles of growth and starvation to which they must adapt swiftly. One important strategy for adjusting growth rates relies on ribosomal levels. Although high ribosomal levels are required for fast growth, their dynamics during starvation remain unclear. Here, we analyzed ribosomal RNA (rRNA) content of individual Salmonella cells by using fluorescence in situ hybridization (rRNA-FISH) and measured a dramatic decrease in rRNA numbers only in a subpopulation during nutrient limitation, resulting in a bimodal distribution of cells with high and low rRNA content. During nutritional upshifts, the two subpopulations were associated with distinct phenotypes. Using a transposon screen coupled with rRNA-FISH, we identified two mutants, DksA and RNase I, acting on rRNA transcription shutdown and degradation, which abolished the formation of the subpopulation with low rRNA content. Our work identifies a bacterial mechanism for regulation of ribosomal bimodality that may be beneficial for population survival during starvation.
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- Camilla Ciolli Mattioli
- Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
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Huang C, Li W, Chen J. Stringent Response Factor DksA Contributes to Fatty Acid Degradation Function to Influence Cell Membrane Stability and Polymyxin B Resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11951. [PMID: 37569327 PMCID: PMC10418728 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241511951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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DksA is a proteobacterial regulator that binds directly to the secondary channel of RNA polymerase with (p)ppGpp and is responsible for various bacterial physiological activities. While (p)ppGpp is known to be involved in the regulation and response of fatty acid metabolism pathways in many foodborne pathogens, the role of DksA in this process has yet to be clarified. This study aimed to characterize the function of DksA on fatty acid metabolism and cell membrane structure in Yersinia enterocolitica. Therefore, comparison analysis of gene expression, growth conditions, and membrane permeabilization among the wide-type (WT), DksA-deficient mutant (YEND), and the complemented strain was carried out. It confirmed that deletion of DksA led to a more than four-fold decrease in the expression of fatty acid degradation genes, including fadADEIJ. Additionally, YEND exhibited a smaller growth gap compared to the WT strain at low temperatures, indicating that DksA is not required for the growth of Y. enterocolitica in cold environments. Given that polymyxin B is a cationic antimicrobial peptide that targets the cell membrane, the roles of DksA under polymyxin B exposure were also characterized. It was found that DksA positively regulates the integrity of the inner and outer membranes of Y. enterocolitica under polymyxin B, preventing the leakage of intracellular nucleic acids and proteins and ultimately reducing the sensitivity of Y. enterocolitica to polymyxin B. Taken together, this study provides insights into the functions of DksA and paves the way for novel fungicide development.
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- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17 Qinghua East Rd., Beijing 100083, China
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Ray A, Spiro S. DksA, ppGpp, and RegAB Regulate Nitrate Respiration in Paracoccus denitrificans. J Bacteriol 2023; 205:e0002723. [PMID: 36920204 PMCID: PMC10127633 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00027-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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The periplasmic (NAP) and membrane-associated (Nar) nitrate reductases of Paracoccus denitrificans are responsible for nitrate reduction under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, respectively. Expression of NAP is elevated in cells grown on a relatively reduced carbon and energy source (such as butyrate); it is believed that NAP contributes to redox homeostasis by coupling nitrate reduction to the disposal of excess reducing equivalents. Here, we show that deletion of either dksA1 (one of two dksA homologs in the P. denitrificans genome) or relA/spoT (encoding a bifunctional ppGpp synthetase and hydrolase) eliminates the butyrate-dependent increase in nap promoter and NAP enzyme activity. We conclude that ppGpp likely signals growth on a reduced substrate and, together with DksA1, mediates increased expression of the genes encoding NAP. Support for this model comes from the observation that nap promoter activity is increased in cultures exposed to a protein synthesis inhibitor that is known to trigger ppGpp synthesis in other organisms. We also show that, under anaerobic growth conditions, the redox-sensing RegAB two-component pair acts as a negative regulator of NAP expression and as a positive regulator of expression of the membrane-associated nitrate reductase Nar. The dksA1 and relA/spoT genes are conditionally synthetically lethal; the double mutant has a null phenotype for growth on butyrate and other reduced substrates while growing normally on succinate and citrate. We also show that the second dksA homolog (dksA2) and relA/spoT have roles in regulation of expression of the flavohemoglobin Hmp and in biofilm formation. IMPORTANCE Paracoccus denitrificans is a metabolically versatile Gram-negative bacterium that is used as a model for studies of respiratory metabolism. The organism can utilize nitrate as an electron acceptor for anaerobic respiration, reducing it to dinitrogen via nitrite, nitric oxide, and nitrous oxide. This pathway (known as denitrification) is important as a route for loss of fixed nitrogen from soil and as a source of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. Thus, it is important to understand those environmental and genetic factors that govern flux through the denitrification pathway. Here, we identify four proteins and a small molecule (ppGpp) which function as previously unknown regulators of expression of enzymes that reduce nitrate and oxidize nitric oxide.
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- Ashvini Ray
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
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Huang C, Li W, Chen J. Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Key Roles of (p)ppGpp and DksA in Regulating Metabolism and Chemotaxis in Yersinia enterocolitica. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087612. [PMID: 37108773 PMCID: PMC10142893 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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The stringent response is a rapid response system that is ubiquitous in bacteria, allowing them to sense changes in the external environment and undergo extensive physiological transformations. However, the regulators (p)ppGpp and DksA have extensive and complex regulatory patterns. Our previous studies demonstrated that (p)ppGpp and DksA in Yersinia enterocolitica positively co-regulated motility, antibiotic resistance, and environmental tolerance but had opposite roles in biofilm formation. To reveal the cellular functions regulated by (p)ppGpp and DksA comprehensively, the gene expression profiles of wild-type, ΔrelA, ΔrelAΔspoT, and ΔdksAΔrelAΔspoT strains were compared using RNA-Seq. Results showed that (p)ppGpp and DksA repressed the expression of ribosomal synthesis genes and enhanced the expression of genes involved in intracellular energy and material metabolism, amino acid transport and synthesis, flagella formation, and the phosphate transfer system. Additionally, (p)ppGpp and DksA inhibited amino acid utilization (such as arginine and cystine) and chemotaxis in Y. enterocolitica. Overall, the results of this study unraveled the link between (p)ppGpp and DksA in the metabolic networks, amino acid utilization, and chemotaxis in Y. enterocolitica and enhanced the understanding of stringent responses in Enterobacteriaceae.
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- Can Huang
- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17 Qinghua East Rd., Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17 Qinghua East Rd., Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, 17 Qinghua East Rd., Beijing 100083, China
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Bezada-Quintana SG, Carcelén-Cáceres FD, López-Guerra S, Guevara-Vásquez JE. Respuesta histomorfométrica de la mucosa del intestino delgado en cuyes (Cavia porcellus) de engorde desafiados con Salmonella enterica var. Typhimurium. REVISTA CIENTÍFICA DE LA FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS 2023. [DOI: 10.52973/rcfcv-e33203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Con el objetivo de evaluar la respuesta histomorfométrica de la mucosa del intestino delgado en cuyes (Cavia porcellus) desafiados con Salmonella enterica var. Typhimurium (SeVT) (2×106 UFC·0,5mL-1 por cuy) se tomaron 40 cuyes machos de 15 días (d) de edad, distribuidos aleatoriamente en cuatro tratamientos SeVT; 1.- cuyes que recibieron dieta base (DB) y se desafiaron con SeVT (T1); 2.- cuyes que recibieron DB con 50 ppm de zinc bacitracina y se desafiaron con SeVT (T2); 3.- cuyes que recibieron DB con 50 ppm de zinc bacitracina, sin desafío (T3) y 4.- cuyes que recibieron únicamente DB, sin desafío (T4, Grupo Control). Cada T estuvo conformado por 10 repeticiones. Al finalizar la fase experimental en la 8va semana (sem) se colectaron muestras de las secciones duodeno, yeyuno e íleon y se procesaron con hematoxilina y eosina (H-E) para el análisis histomorfométrico. Los parámetros evaluados fueron longitud de la vellosidad (LV), ancho de la vellosidad (AV), profundidad de la cripta de Lieberkühn (PC) y la relación longitud/cripta (LV/PC). Los datos se analizaron mediante análisis de varianza y la prueba de Tukey. Los resultados (promedio ± DE) fueron significativamente diferentes a P<0,05 en todos los T indicando vellosidades reducidas en longitud, ancho y con una relación LV/PC, menor de 2:1 en el T1, observando vellosidades hasta 40 % más largas en duodeno, 39 % en yeyuno y 55 % en íleon en los cuyes que no fueron desafiados con SeVT, concluyendo que existe un efecto negativo de este enteropatógeno sobre la histomorfometría de las vellosidades del intestino delgado en esta especie.
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- Sandra Gracia Bezada-Quintana
- Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Nutrición y Alimentación Animal. Lima, Perú
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- Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Nutrición y Alimentación Animal. Lima, Perú
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- Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Nutrición y Alimentación Animal. Lima, Perú
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- Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Química e Ingeniería Química, Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Agroindustrial. Lima, Perú
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Huang C, Meng J, Li W, Chen J. Similar and Divergent Roles of Stringent Regulator (p)ppGpp and DksA on Pleiotropic Phenotype of Yersinia enterocolitica. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0205522. [PMID: 36409141 PMCID: PMC9769547 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02055-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Stringent response plays an important role in the response of Enterobacteriaceae pathogens to rapid environmental changes. It has been shown that synergistic and antagonistic actions exist between the signaling molecules (p)ppGpp and DksA in several foodborne pathogens; however, the biological function of these molecules and their interactions in Yersinia are still unclear. This study systematically investigated the role of stringent response in Yersinia enterocolitica, a typical foodborne Enterobacteriaceae pathogen, by deleting the (p)ppGpp and DksA biosynthesis genes. (p)ppGpp and DksA copositively regulated most phenotypes, such as motility, antibiotic resistance, and tolerance to oxidative stress, whereas they exhibited independent and/or divergent roles in the growth and biofilm synthesis of Y. enterocolitica. Gene expression analysis revealed that (p)ppGpp- and DksA-deficiency reduced the transcription of flagellar synthesis genes (fliC and flgD) and biofilm synthesis genes (bssS and hmsHFRS), which could potentially contribute to changes in motility and biofilm formation. These results indicate that stringent response regulators (p)ppGpp and DksA have a synergistic role and independent or even completely opposite biological functions in regulating genes and phenotypes of Y. enterocolitica. Our findings revealed the biofunctional relationships between (p)ppGpp and DksA and the underlying molecular mechanisms in the regulation of the pathogenic phenotype of Y. enterocolitica. IMPORTANCE The synergetic actions between the stringent response signaling molecules, (p)ppGpp and DksA, have been widely reported. However, recent transcriptomic and phenotypic studies have suggested that independent or even opposite actions exist between them. In this study, we demonstrated that the knockout of (p)ppGpp and DksA affects the polymorphic phenotype of Yersinia enterocolitica. Although most of the tested phenotypes, such as motility, antibiotic resistance, and tolerance to oxidative stress, were copositively regulated by (p)ppGpp and DksA, it also showed inconsistencies in biofilm formation ability as well as some independent phenotypes. This study deepens our understanding of the strategies of foodborne pathogens to survive in complex environments, so as to provide theoretical basis for the control and treatment of these microorganisms.
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- Can Huang
- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Resources and Synthetic Biology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Fortuna A, Collalto D, Schiaffi V, Pastore V, Visca P, Ascenzioni F, Rampioni G, Leoni L. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa DksA1 protein is involved in H 2O 2 tolerance and within-macrophages survival and can be replaced by DksA2. Sci Rep 2022; 12:10404. [PMID: 35729352 PMCID: PMC9213440 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14635-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
In Gram-negative pathogens, the stringent response regulator DksA controls the expression of hundreds of genes, including virulence-related genes. Interestingly, Pseudomonas aeruginosa has two functional DksA paralogs: DksA1 is constitutively expressed and has a zinc-finger motif, while DksA2 is expressed only under zinc starvation conditions and does not contain zinc. DksA1 stimulates the production of virulence factors in vitro and is required for full pathogenicity in vivo. DksA2 can replace these DksA1 functions. Here, the role of dksA paralogs in P. aeruginosa tolerance to H2O2-induced oxidative stress has been investigated. The P. aeruginosa dksA1 dksA2 mutant showed impaired H2O2 tolerance in planktonic and biofilm-growing cultures and increased susceptibility to macrophages-mediated killing compared to the wild type. Complementation with either dksA1 or dksA2 genes restored the wild type phenotypes. The DksA-dependent tolerance to oxidative stress involves, at least in part, the positive transcriptional control of both katA and katE catalase-encoding genes. These data support the hypothesis that DksA1 and DksA2 are eco-paralogs with indistinguishable function but optimal activity under different environmental conditions, and highlight their mutual contribution to P. aeruginosa virulence.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology "Charles Darwin", University Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology "Charles Darwin", University Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology "Charles Darwin", University Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.
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Yin WL, Xie ZY, Zeng YH, Zhang J, Long H, Ren W, Zhang X, Cai XN, Huang AY. Two (p)ppGpp Synthetase Genes, relA and spoT, Are Involved in Regulating Cell Motility, Exopolysaccharides Production, and Biofilm Formation of Vibrio alginolyticus. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:858559. [PMID: 35422789 PMCID: PMC9002329 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.858559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The stringent response mediated by the signal molecule (p)ppGpp is involved in response to multiple environmental stresses and control of various physiological processes. Studies have revealed that (p)ppGpp strongly affects the formation and maintenance of several bacterial biofilms. However, the specific regulatory roles of (p)ppGpp in biofilms, especially in the expression of genes related to cell motility and exopolysaccharides (EPSs) production, remain poorly understood. We recently reported two (p)ppGpp synthetase genes relA and spoT from the epizootic pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus. Herein, we found that the (p)ppGpp synthetase genes of V. alginolyticus contributed to biofilm formation at low cell density and biofilm detachment at high cell density, respectively, in polystyrene microtiter plates. Quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that the expression levels of both EPSs and motility associated genes were consistent with the development of biofilms. Besides, the (p)ppGpp synthetase gene spoT was found to be closely involved in the regulation of flagellum, smooth/translucent colony morphology and spotty pellicle at the air-liquid interface. Interestingly, pleiotropic phenotypes of ΔrelAΔspoT were similar to that of the rpoN (σ54) deletion mutant. Meanwhile, the absence of (p)ppGpp synthetase genes significantly reduced the expression levels of rpoN at low cell density, suggesting that (p)ppGpp may mediate the formation via positively affecting the alternative sigma factor RpoN. These findings allow us to propose (p)ppGpp as a crucial regulator for biofilm development in V. alginolyticus, in view of the regulatory roles of relA and spoT in cell motility and EPSs production.
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- Wen-Liang Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Tropical Hydrobiology and Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Haikou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Tropical Hydrobiology and Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Haikou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Tropical Hydrobiology and Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Haikou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Tropical Hydrobiology and Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Haikou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in the South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Laboratory of Development and Utilization of Marine Microbial Resource, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,College of Marine Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Tropical Hydrobiology and Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Haikou, China
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Cohen H, Adani B, Cohen E, Piscon B, Azriel S, Desai P, Bähre H, McClelland M, Rahav G, Gal-Mor O. The ancestral stringent response potentiator, DksA has been adapted throughout Salmonella evolution to orchestrate the expression of metabolic, motility, and virulence pathways. Gut Microbes 2022; 14:1997294. [PMID: 34923900 PMCID: PMC8726615 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2021.1997294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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DksA is a conserved RNA polymerase-binding protein known to play a key role in the stringent response of proteobacteria species, including many gastrointestinal pathogens. Here, we used RNA-sequencing of Escherichia coli, Salmonella bongori and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, together with phenotypic comparison to study changes in the DksA regulon, during Salmonella evolution. Comparative RNA-sequencing showed that under non-starved conditions, DksA controls the expression of 25%, 15%, and 20% of the E. coli, S. bongori, and S. enterica genes, respectively, indicating that DksA is a pleiotropic regulator, expanding its role beyond the canonical stringent response. We demonstrate that DksA is required for the growth of these three enteric bacteria species in minimal medium and controls the expression of the TCA cycle, glycolysis, pyrimidine biosynthesis, and quorum sensing. Interestingly, at multiple steps during Salmonella evolution, the type I fimbriae and various virulence genes encoded within SPIs 1, 2, 4, 5, and 11 have been transcriptionally integrated under the ancestral DksA regulon. Consequently, we show that DksA is necessary for host cells invasion by S. Typhimurium and S. bongori and for intracellular survival of S. Typhimurium in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM). Moreover, we demonstrate regulatory inversion of the conserved motility-chemotaxis regulon by DksA, which acts as a negative regulator in E. coli, but activates this pathway in S. bongori and S. enterica. Overall, this study demonstrates the regulatory assimilation of multiple horizontally acquired virulence genes under the DksA regulon and provides new insights into the evolution of virulence genes regulation in Salmonella spp.
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- Helit Cohen
- Sheba Medical Center, The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Tel-Hashomer, Israel,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, New Jersey, USA,Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Hannover Medical School, Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Sheba Medical Center, The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Tel-Hashomer, Israel,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Tel-Hashomer, Israel,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel,Contact Ohad Gal-Mor The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory Sheba Medical Cente, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Koczerka M, Lantier I, Pinard A, Morillon M, Deperne J, Gal-Mor O, Grépinet O, Virlogeux-Payant I. In Vivo Tracking of Bacterial Colonization in Different Murine Models Using Bioluminescence: The Example of Salmonella. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2427:235-248. [PMID: 35619038 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1971-1_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Applications of bioluminescence for the in vivo study of pathogenic microorganisms are numerous, ranging from the quantification of virulence gene expression to measuring the effect of antimicrobial molecules on the colonization of tissues and organs by the pathogen. Most studies are performed in mice, but recent works demonstrate that this technique is applicable to larger animals like fish, guinea pigs, ferrets, and chickens. Here, we describe the construction and the utilization of a constitutively luminescent strain of Salmonella Typhimurium to monitor in vivo and ex vivo the colonization of mice in the gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, and asymptomatic carriage models of Salmonella infection.
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- The Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Alves Coelho Trevisan D, Aline Zanetti Campanerut-Sa P, da Silva AF, Farias Pereira Batista A, Seixas FAV, Peralta RM, de Sa-Nakanishi AB, de Abreu Filho BA, Machinski Junior M, Graton Mikcha JM. Action of carvacrol in Salmonella Typhimurium biofilm: A proteomic study. J Appl Biomed 2021; 18:106-114. [PMID: 34907763 DOI: 10.32725/jab.2020.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Carvacrol presents action in Salmonella Typhimurium biofilms, however the antibiofilm mechanism of this compound has not been fully established yet. In the present study, the aim was to evaluate protein profile changes in S. Typhimurium biofilm treated with carvacrol. Proteomic analysis of treated versus untreated biofilm showed several changes in proteins involved with S. Typhimurium biofilm and antioxidant activity. The proteins DsbA (thiol: disulfide interchange protein DsbA), LuxS (S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase), DksA (RNA polymerase binding transcription factor DksA), and SODs (superoxide dismutases) A, B and C had their synthesis decreased after treatment with carvacrol. These proteins play a key role in S. Typhimurium biofilm formation, demonstrating the dynamic antibiofilm action of carvacrol. The differentially expressed proteins identified provide possible action targets for future studies in order to gain more insight into the mechanism of action of carvacrol on S. Typhimurium biofilm.
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- State University of Minas Gerais, Department of Biological Sciences, Ituiutaba, Brasil
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Fortuna A, Bähre H, Visca P, Rampioni G, Leoni L. The two Pseudomonas aeruginosa DksA stringent response proteins are largely interchangeable at the whole transcriptome level and in the control of virulence-related traits. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:5487-5504. [PMID: 34327807 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The stringent response regulator DksA plays a key role in Gram negative bacteria adaptation to challenging environments. Intriguingly, the plant and human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is unique as it expresses two functional DksA paralogs: DksA1 and DksA2. However, the role of DksA2 in P. aeruginosa adaptive strategies has been poorly investigated so far. Here, RNA-Seq analysis and phenotypic assays showed that P. aeruginosa DksA1 and DksA2 proteins are largely interchangeable. Relative to wild type P. aeruginosa, transcription of 1779 genes was altered in a dksA1 dksA2 double mutant, and the wild type expression level of ≥90% of these genes was restored by in trans complementation with either dksA1 or dksA2. Interestingly, the expression of a small sub-set of genes seems to be preferentially or exclusively complemented by either dksA1 or dksA2. In addition, evidence has been provided that the DksA-dependent regulation of virulence genes expression is independent and hierarchically dominant over two major P. aeruginosa regulatory circuits, i.e., quorum sensing and cyclic-di-GMP signalling systems. Our findings support the prominent role of both DksA paralogs in P. aeruginosa environmental adaptation.
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Science, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Science, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
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Prudent V, Demarre G, Vazeille E, Wery M, Quenech'Du N, Ravet A, Dauverd-Girault J, van Dijk E, Bringer MA, Descrimes M, Barnich N, Rimsky S, Morillon A, Espéli O. The Crohn's disease-related bacterial strain LF82 assembles biofilm-like communities to protect itself from phagolysosomal attack. Commun Biol 2021; 4:627. [PMID: 34035436 PMCID: PMC8149705 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02161-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Patients with Crohn's disease exhibit abnormal colonization of the intestine by adherent invasive E. coli (AIEC). They adhere to epithelial cells, colonize them and survive inside macrophages. It appeared recently that AIEC LF82 adaptation to phagolysosomal stress involves a long lag phase in which many LF82 cells become antibiotic tolerant. Later during infection, they proliferate in vacuoles and form colonies harboring dozens of LF82 bacteria. In the present work, we investigated the mechanism sustaining this phase of growth. We found that intracellular LF82 produced an extrabacterial matrix that acts as a biofilm and controls the formation of LF82 intracellular bacterial communities (IBCs) for several days post infection. We revealed the crucial role played by the pathogenicity island encoding the yersiniabactin iron capture system to form IBCs and for optimal LF82 survival. These results illustrate that AIECs use original strategies to establish their replicative niche within macrophages.
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- Victoria Prudent
- CIRB - Collège de France, CNRS-UMR7241, INSERM U1050, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- CIRB - Collège de France, CNRS-UMR7241, INSERM U1050, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Microbes, Intestin, Inflammation et Susceptibilité de l'Hôte. UMR Inserm/ Université de Clermont -Auvergne U1071, USC INRA 2018, Clermont, Ferrand, France
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- ncRNA, Epigenetic and Genome Fluidity, Institut Curie, Sorbonne University, CNRS UMR 3244, Paris, France
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- CIRB - Collège de France, CNRS-UMR7241, INSERM U1050, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- CIRB - Collège de France, CNRS-UMR7241, INSERM U1050, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- CIRB - Collège de France, CNRS-UMR7241, INSERM U1050, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Next-Generation Sequencing Service - I2BC, I2BC-CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Microbes, Intestin, Inflammation et Susceptibilité de l'Hôte. UMR Inserm/ Université de Clermont -Auvergne U1071, USC INRA 2018, Clermont, Ferrand, France
- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRA, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- ncRNA, Epigenetic and Genome Fluidity, Institut Curie, Sorbonne University, CNRS UMR 3244, Paris, France
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- Microbes, Intestin, Inflammation et Susceptibilité de l'Hôte. UMR Inserm/ Université de Clermont -Auvergne U1071, USC INRA 2018, Clermont, Ferrand, France
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- CIRB - Collège de France, CNRS-UMR7241, INSERM U1050, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- ncRNA, Epigenetic and Genome Fluidity, Institut Curie, Sorbonne University, CNRS UMR 3244, Paris, France
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- CIRB - Collège de France, CNRS-UMR7241, INSERM U1050, PSL Research University, Paris, France.
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Chau NYE, Ahmad S, Whitney JC, Coombes BK. Emerging and divergent roles of pyrophosphorylated nucleotides in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009532. [PMID: 33984072 PMCID: PMC8118318 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Bacteria inhabit diverse environmental niches and consequently must modulate their metabolism to adapt to stress. The nucleotide second messengers guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) and guanosine pentaphosphate (pppGpp) (collectively referred to as (p)ppGpp) are essential for survival during nutrient starvation. (p)ppGpp is synthesized by the RelA-SpoT homologue (RSH) protein family and coordinates the control of cellular metabolism through its combined effect on over 50 proteins. While the role of (p)ppGpp has largely been associated with nutrient limitation, recent studies have shown that (p)ppGpp and related nucleotides have a previously underappreciated effect on different aspects of bacterial physiology, such as maintaining cellular homeostasis and regulating bacterial interactions with a host, other bacteria, or phages. (p)ppGpp produced by pathogenic bacteria facilitates the evasion of host defenses such as reactive nitrogen intermediates, acidic pH, and the complement system. Additionally, (p)ppGpp and pyrophosphorylated derivatives of canonical adenosine nucleotides called (p)ppApp are emerging as effectors of bacterial toxin proteins. Here, we review the RSH protein family with a focus on its unconventional roles during host infection and bacterial competition.
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- N. Y Elizabeth Chau
- Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- David Braley Centre for Antibiotic Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- David Braley Centre for Antibiotic Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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An AY, Choi KYG, Baghela AS, Hancock REW. An Overview of Biological and Computational Methods for Designing Mechanism-Informed Anti-biofilm Agents. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:640787. [PMID: 33927701 PMCID: PMC8076610 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.640787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Bacterial biofilms are complex and highly antibiotic-resistant aggregates of microbes that form on surfaces in the environment and body including medical devices. They are key contributors to the growing antibiotic resistance crisis and account for two-thirds of all infections. Thus, there is a critical need to develop anti-biofilm specific therapeutics. Here we discuss mechanisms of biofilm formation, current anti-biofilm agents, and strategies for developing, discovering, and testing new anti-biofilm agents. Biofilm formation involves many factors and is broadly regulated by the stringent response, quorum sensing, and c-di-GMP signaling, processes that have been targeted by anti-biofilm agents. Developing new anti-biofilm agents requires a comprehensive systems-level understanding of these mechanisms, as well as the discovery of new mechanisms. This can be accomplished through omics approaches such as transcriptomics, metabolomics, and proteomics, which can also be integrated to better understand biofilm biology. Guided by mechanistic understanding, in silico techniques such as virtual screening and machine learning can discover small molecules that can inhibit key biofilm regulators. To increase the likelihood that these candidate agents selected from in silico approaches are efficacious in humans, they must be tested in biologically relevant biofilm models. We discuss the benefits and drawbacks of in vitro and in vivo biofilm models and highlight organoids as a new biofilm model. This review offers a comprehensive guide of current and future biological and computational approaches of anti-biofilm therapeutic discovery for investigators to utilize to combat the antibiotic resistance crisis.
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Min KB, Hwang W, Lee KM, Kim JB, Yoon SS. Chemical inhibitors of the conserved bacterial transcriptional regulator DksA1 suppressed quorum sensing-mediated virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100576. [PMID: 33757766 PMCID: PMC8081920 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen whose virulence is dependent on quorum sensing (QS). DksA1, an RNA polymerase-binding transcriptional regulator, plays a role in determining a number of phenotypes, including QS-mediated virulence. We therefore envisioned that DksA1 inhibitors may help to control P. aeruginosa infection. Here, we screened a library of 6970 chemical compounds and identified two compounds (henceforth termed Dkstatins) that specifically suppressed DksA1 activity. Treatment with these two compounds also substantially decreased the production of elastase and pyocyanin, dominant virulence determinants of P. aeruginosa, and protected murine hosts from lethal infection from a prototype strain of P. aeruginosa, PAO1. The Dkstatins also suppressed production of homoserine lactone (HSL)-based autoinducers that activate P. aeruginosa QS. The level of 3-oxo-C12-HSL produced by Dkstatin-treated wildtype PAO1 closely resembled that of the ΔdksA1 mutant. RNA-Seq analysis showed that transcription levels of QS- and virulence-associated genes were markedly reduced in Dkstatin-treated PAO1 cells, indicating that Dkstatin-mediated suppression occurs at the transcriptional level. Importantly, Dkstatins increased the antibiotic susceptibilities of PAO1, particularly to protein synthesis inhibitors, such as tobramycin and tetracycline. Co-immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that these Dkstatins interfered with DksA1 binding to the β subunit of RNA polymerase, pointing to a potential mechanism of action. Collectively, our results illustrate that inhibition of P. aeruginosa QS may be achieved via DksA1 inhibitors and that Dkstatins may serve as potential lead compounds to control infection.
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- Kyung Bae Min
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Cohen E, Azriel S, Auster O, Gal A, Zitronblat C, Mikhlin S, Scharte F, Hensel M, Rahav G, Gal-Mor O. Pathoadaptation of the passerine-associated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium lineage to the avian host. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009451. [PMID: 33739988 PMCID: PMC8011750 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica is a diverse bacterial pathogen and a primary cause of human and animal infections. While many S. enterica serovars present a broad host-specificity, several specialized pathotypes have been adapted to colonize and cause disease in one or limited numbers of host species. The underlying mechanisms defining Salmonella host-specificity are far from understood. Here, we present genetic analysis, phenotypic characterization and virulence profiling of a monophasic S. enterica serovar Typhimurium strain that was isolated from several wild sparrows in Israel. Whole genome sequencing and complete assembly of its genome demonstrate a unique genetic signature that includes the integration of the BTP1 prophage, loss of the virulence plasmid, pSLT and pseudogene accumulation in multiple T3SS-2 effectors (sseJ, steC, gogB, sseK2, and sseK3), catalase (katE), tetrathionate respiration (ttrB) and several adhesion/ colonization factors (lpfD, fimH, bigA, ratB, siiC and siiE) encoded genes. Correspondingly, this strain demonstrates impaired biofilm formation, intolerance to oxidative stress and compromised intracellular replication within non-phagocytic host cells. Moreover, while this strain showed attenuated pathogenicity in the mouse, it was highly virulent and caused an inflammatory disease in an avian host. Overall, our findings demonstrate a unique phenotypic profile and genetic makeup of an overlooked S. Typhimurium sparrow-associated lineage and present distinct genetic signatures that are likely to contribute to its pathoadaptation to passerine birds. During Salmonella enterica evolution, many different ecological niches have been effectively occupied by this highly diverse bacterial pathogen. While many S. enterica serovars successfully maintained their ability to infect and colonize in a wide-array of host species, a few biotypes have evolved to colonize and cause a disease in only one or a small group of hosts. The evolutionary dynamic and the mechanisms shaping the host-specificity of Salmonella adapted strains are important to better understand Salmonella pathogenicity and its ecology, but still not fully understood. Here, we report genetic and phenotypic characterization of a S. Typhimurium strain that was isolated from several wild sparrows in Israel. This strain presented unique phenotypic profile that included impaired biofilm formation, high sensitivity to oxidative stress and reduced intracellular replication in non-phagocytic cells. In addition, while this strain was able to cause high inflammatory disease in an avian host, it was highly attenuated in the mouse model. Genome analysis identified that specific genetic signatures found in the sparrow strain are more frequently associated with poultry isolates than clinical isolates of S. Typhimurium. These genetic features are expected to accumulatively contribute toward the adaptation of this strain to birds.
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- Emiliano Cohen
- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Sciences, Kibbutzim College, Tel-Aviv Israel
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- Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Dhouib R, Vagenas D, Hong Y, Verderosa AD, Martin JL, Heras B, Totsika M. Antivirulence DsbA inhibitors attenuate Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium fitness without detectable resistance. FASEB Bioadv 2021; 3:231-242. [PMID: 33842848 PMCID: PMC8019255 DOI: 10.1096/fba.2020-00100] [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: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Inhibition of the DiSulfide Bond (DSB) oxidative protein folding machinery, a major facilitator of virulence in Gram‐negative bacteria, represents a promising antivirulence strategy. We previously developed small molecule inhibitors of DsbA from Escherichia coli K‐12 (EcDsbA) and showed that they attenuate virulence of Gram‐negative pathogens by directly inhibiting multiple diverse DsbA homologues. Here we tested the evolutionary robustness of DsbA inhibitors as antivirulence antimicrobials against Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium under pathophysiological conditions in vitro. We show that phenylthiophene DsbA inhibitors slow S. Typhimurium growth in minimal media, phenocopying S. Typhimurium isogenic dsbA null mutants. Through passaging experiments, we found that DsbA inhibitor resistance was not induced under conditions that rapidly induced resistance to ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic commonly used to treat Salmonella infections. Furthermore, no mutations were identified in the dsbA gene of inhibitor‐treated S. Typhimurium, and S. Typhimurium virulence remained susceptible to DsbA inhibitors. Our work demonstrates that under in vitro pathophysiological conditions, DsbA inhibitors can have both antivirulence and antibiotic action. Importantly, our finding that DsbA inhibitors appear to be evolutionarily robust offers promise for their further development as next‐generation antimicrobials against Gram‐negative pathogens.
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- Rabeb Dhouib
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia.,Centre for Immunology and Infection Control School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia.,Centre for Immunology and Infection Control School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia.,Centre for Immunology and Infection Control School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery Griffith University Nathan QLD Australia.,University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science La Trobe University Bundoora VIC Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia.,Centre for Immunology and Infection Control School of Biomedical Sciences Queensland University of Technology Herston QLD Australia
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Kolenda R, Burdukiewicz M, Wimonć M, Aleksandrowicz A, Ali A, Szabo I, Tedin K, Bartholdson Scott J, Pickard D, Schierack P. Identification of Natural Mutations Responsible for Altered Infection Phenotypes of Salmonella enterica Clinical Isolates by Using Cell Line Infection Screens. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e02177-20. [PMID: 33127819 PMCID: PMC7783345 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02177-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The initial steps of Salmonella pathogenesis involve adhesion to and invasion into host epithelial cells. While well-studied for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, the factors contributing to this process in other, host-adapted serovars remains unexplored. Here, we screened clinical isolates of serovars Gallinarum, Dublin, Choleraesuis, Typhimurium, and Enteritidis for adhesion to and invasion into intestinal epithelial cell lines of human, porcine, and chicken origins. Thirty isolates with altered infectivity were used for genomic analyses, and 14 genes and novel mutations associated with high or low infectivity were identified. The functions of candidate genes included virulence gene expression regulation and cell wall or membrane synthesis and components. The role of several of these genes in Salmonella adhesion to and invasion into cells has not previously been investigated. The genes dksA (encoding a stringent response regulator) and sanA (encoding a vancomycin high-temperature exclusion protein) were selected for further analyses, and we confirmed their roles in adhesion to and invasion into host cells. Furthermore, transcriptomic analyses were performed for S Enteritidis and S Typhimurium, with two highly infective and two marginally infective isolates for each serovar. Expression profiles for the isolates with altered infection phenotypes revealed the importance of type 3 secretion system expression levels in the determination of an isolate's infection phenotype. Taken together, these data indicate a new role in cell host infection for genes or gene variants previously not associated with adhesion to and invasion into the epithelial cells.IMPORTANCESalmonella is a foodborne pathogen affecting over 200 million people and resulting in over 200,000 fatal cases per year. Its adhesion to and invasion into intestinal epithelial cells represent one of the first and key steps in the pathogenesis of salmonellosis. Still, around 35 to 40% of bacterial genes have no experimentally validated function, and their contribution to bacterial virulence, including adhesion and invasion, remains largely unknown. Therefore, the significance of this study is in the identification of new genes or gene allelic variants previously not associated with adhesion and invasion. It is well established that blocking adhesion and/or invasion would stop or hamper bacterial infection; therefore, the new findings from this study could be used in future developments of anti-Salmonella therapy targeting genes involved in these key processes. Such treatment could be a valuable alternative, as the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is increasing very rapidly.
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- Rafał Kolenda
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
- Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty Environment and Natural Sciences, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- National Salmonella Reference Laboratory, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
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- Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge Department of Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge Department of Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty Environment and Natural Sciences, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Senftenberg, Germany
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Public Health Campus, Brandenburg, Germany
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Sofia MK, Dziejman M. DksA coordinates bile-mediated regulation of virulence-associated phenotypes in type three secretion system-positive Vibrio cholerae. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2020; 167. [PMID: 33332258 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In order to cause disease, pathogenic strains of Vibrio cholerae rely on intricate regulatory networks to orchestrate the transition between their native aquatic environment and the human host. For example, bacteria in a nutrient-starved environment undergo a metabolic shift called the stringent response, which is mediated by the alarmone ppGpp and an RNA-polymerase binding transcriptional factor, DksA. In O1 serogroup strains of V. cholerae, which use the toxin co-regulated pilus (TCP) and cholera toxin (CT) as primary virulence factors, DksA was reported to have additional functions as a mediator of virulence gene expression. However, little is known about the regulatory networks coordinating virulence phenotypes in pathogenic strains that use TCP/CT-independent virulence mechanisms. We therefore investigated whether functions of DksA outside of the stringent response are conserved in type three secretion system (T3SS)-positive V. cholerae. In using the T3SS-positive clinically isolated O39 serogroup strain AM-19226, we observed an increase in dksA expression in the presence of bile at 37 °C. However, DksA was not required for wild-type levels of T3SS structural gene expression, or for colonization in vivo. Rather, data indicate that DksA positively regulates the expression of master regulators in the motility hierarchy. Interestingly, the ΔdksA strain forms a less robust biofilm than the WT parent strain at both 30 and 37 °C. We also found that DksA regulates the expression of hapR, encoding a major regulator of biofilm formation and protease expression. Athough DksA does not appear to modulate T3SS virulence factor expression, its activity is integrated into existing regulatory networks governing virulence-related phenotypes. Strain variations therefore may take advantage of conserved ancestral proteins to expand regulons responding to in vivo signals and thus coordinate multiple phenotypes important for infection.
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- Madeline K Sofia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Fernández L, Gutiérrez D, García P, Rodríguez A. Environmental pH is a key modulator of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm development under predation by the virulent phage phiIPLA-RODI. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 15:245-259. [PMID: 32963343 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00778-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Previous work had shown that, in some Staphylococcus aureus strains, low concentrations of the virulent phage vB_SauM_phiIPLA-RODI (phiIPLA-RODI) promoted the formation of DNA-rich biofilms, whose cells exhibited significant transcriptional differences compared to an uninfected control. This study aimed to dissect the sequence of events leading to these changes. Analysis of phage propagation throughout biofilm development revealed that the number of phage particles increased steadily up to a certain point and then declined. This partial phage inactivation seemed to be a consequence of medium acidification due to glucose fermentation by the bacterium. Computer simulation of phage-host dynamics during biofilm development showed how even small differences in pH evolution can affect the outcome of phage infection. An acidic pH, together with successful phage propagation, was also necessary to observe the phage-associated changes in biofilm architecture and in the transcriptional profile of the bacterial population. Altogether, this study shows how the dynamics between phage and host can be tightly coordinated through an environmental cue, even in the context of a complex biofilm population.
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- Lucía Fernández
- Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA-CSIC), Paseo Río Linares s/n, 33300, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain. .,DairySafe Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain.
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- Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA-CSIC), Paseo Río Linares s/n, 33300, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain.,Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Bioscience engineering, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA-CSIC), Paseo Río Linares s/n, 33300, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain.,DairySafe Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (IPLA-CSIC), Paseo Río Linares s/n, 33300, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain.,DairySafe Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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Salzer A, Keinhörster D, Kästle C, Kästle B, Wolz C. Small Alarmone Synthetases RelP and RelQ of Staphylococcus aureus Are Involved in Biofilm Formation and Maintenance Under Cell Wall Stress Conditions. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:575882. [PMID: 33072039 PMCID: PMC7533549 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.575882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The stringent response is characterized by the synthesis of the alarmone (p)ppGpp. The phenotypic consequences resulting from (p)ppGpp accumulation vary among species, and for several pathogenic bacteria, it has been shown that the activation of the stringent response strongly affects biofilm formation and maintenance. In Staphylococcus aureus, (p)ppGpp can be synthesized by the RelA/SpoT homolog Rel upon amino acid deprivation or by the two small alarmone synthetases RelP and RelQ under cell wall stress. We found that relP and relQ increase biofilm formation under cell wall stress conditions induced by a subinhibitory vancomycin concentration. However, the effect of (p)ppGpp on biofilm formation is independent of the regulators CodY and Agr. Biofilms formed by the strain HG001 or its (p)ppGpp-defective mutants are mainly composed of extracellular DNA and proteins. Furthermore, the induction of the RelPQ-mediated stringent response contributes to biofilm-related antibiotic tolerance. The proposed (p)ppGpp-inhibiting peptide DJK-5 shows bactericidal and biofilm-inhibitory activity. However, a non-(p)ppGpp-producing strain is even more vulnerable to DJK-5. This strongly argues against the assumption that DJK-5 acts via (p)ppGpp inhibition. In summary, RelP and RelQ play a major role in biofilm formation and maintenance under cell wall stress conditions.
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Zhang K, Li X, Yu C, Wang Y. Promising Therapeutic Strategies Against Microbial Biofilm Challenges. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:359. [PMID: 32850471 PMCID: PMC7399198 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that are attached to a biological or abiotic surface and are surrounded by a self-produced extracellular matrix. Cells within a biofilm have intrinsic characteristics that are different from those of planktonic cells. Biofilm resistance to antimicrobial agents has drawn increasing attention. It is well-known that medical device- and tissue-associated biofilms may be the leading cause for the failure of antibiotic treatments and can cause many chronic infections. The eradication of biofilms is very challenging. Many researchers are working to address biofilm-related infections, and some novel strategies have been developed and identified as being effective and promising. Nevertheless, more preclinical studies and well-designed multicenter clinical trials are critically needed to evaluate the prospects of these strategies. Here, we review information about the mechanisms underlying the drug resistance of biofilms and discuss recent progress in alternative therapies and promising strategies against microbial biofilms. We also summarize the strengths and weaknesses of these strategies in detail.
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- Kaiyu Zhang
- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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Aviv G, Cornelius A, Davidovich M, Cohen H, Suwandi A, Galeev A, Steck N, Azriel S, Rokney A, Valinsky L, Rahav G, Grassl GA, Gal-Mor O. Differences in the expression of SPI-1 genes pathogenicity and epidemiology between the emerging Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis and the model Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. J Infect Dis 2020; 220:1071-1081. [PMID: 31062854 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis (S. Infantis) is one of the ubiquitous serovars of the bacterial pathogen S. enterica and recently has been emerging in many countries worldwide. Nonetheless, not much is known about its epidemiology, host adaptation, and virulence. METHODS Epidemiological and molecular approaches were used together with tissue-culture and mouse models to conduct phenotypic comparison with the model S. enterica serovar Typhimurium. RESULTS We show that S. Infantis is more frequently associated with infections in infants <2 years old and prone to cause significantly less invasive infections than serovar Typhimurium. Moreover, although S. Infantis adheres better to host cells and highly colonizes mouse intestines soon after infection, it is significantly less invasive and induces much lower inflammation and disease in vivo than S. Typhimurium. These differences were associated with lower expression of Salmonella pathogenicity island (SPI) 1 genes in S. Infantis than in S. Typhimurium. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate previously unknown differences in the epidemiology, virulence pathway expression, and pathogenicity between two highly abundant Salmonella serovars and suggest that native variation in the expression of the SPI-1 regulon is likely to contribute to epidemiological and virulence variation between genetically similar nontyphoidal Salmonella serovars.
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- Gili Aviv
- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Jerusalem, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School and German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School and German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
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- Central Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Central Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Research Center Borstel, Germany.,Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School and German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig
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- The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Jerusalem, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Min KB, Yoon SS. Transcriptome analysis reveals that the RNA polymerase-binding protein DksA1 has pleiotropic functions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:3851-3864. [PMID: 32047111 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The stringent response (SR) is a highly conserved stress response in bacteria. It is composed of two factors, (i) a nucleotide alarmone, guanosine tetra- and pentaphosphate ((p)ppGpp), and (ii) an RNA polymerase-binding protein, DksA, that regulates various phenotypes, including bacterial virulence. The clinically significant opportunistic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa possesses two genes, dksA1 and dksA2, that encode DksA proteins. It remains elusive, however, which of these two genes plays a more important role in SR regulation. In this work, we compared genome-wide, RNA-Seq-based transcriptome profiles of ΔdksA1, ΔdksA2, and ΔdksA1ΔdksA2 mutants to globally assess the effects of these gene deletions on transcript levels coupled with phenotypic analyses. The ΔdksA1 mutant exhibited substantial defects in a wide range of phenotypes, including quorum sensing (QS), anaerobiosis, and motility, whereas the ΔdksA2 mutant exhibited no significant phenotypic changes, suggesting that the dksA2 gene may not have an essential function in P. aeruginosa under the conditions used here. Of note, the ΔdksA1 mutants displayed substantially increased transcription of genes involved in polyamine biosynthesis, and we also detected increased polyamine levels in these mutants. Because SAM is a shared precursor for the production of both QS autoinducers and polyamines, these findings suggest that DksA1 deficiency skews the flow of SAM toward polyamine production rather than to QS signaling. Together, our results indicate that DksA1, but not DksA2, controls many important phenotypes in P. aeruginosa We conclude that DksA1 may represent a potential target whose inhibition may help manage recalcitrant P. aeruginosa infections.
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- Kyung Bae Min
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea.,Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea .,Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea.,Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
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Zhang Y, Teper D, Xu J, Wang N. Stringent response regulators (p)ppGpp and DksA positively regulate virulence and host adaptation of Xanthomonas citri. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2019; 20:1550-1565. [PMID: 31621195 PMCID: PMC6804348 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The bacterial stringent response is a response to nutrition deprivation and other stress conditions. In Gram-negative bacteria, this process is mediated by the small signal molecules guanosine pentaphosphate pppGpp and guanosine tetraphosphate ppGpp (collectively referred to as (p)ppGpp), and the RNA polymerase-binding transcription factor DksA. The (p)ppGpp synthetase RelA and the bifunctional (p)ppGpp synthase/hydrolase SpoT are responsible for cellular (p)ppGpp levels. Here, we investigated the roles of DksA and (p)ppGpp in the virulence traits of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc), the causal agent of citrus canker. ΔdksA and (p)ppGpp-deficient ΔspoTΔrelA strains caused reduced virulence and compromised growth in host plants, indicating that DksA and (p)ppGpp are required for full virulence of Xcc. To characterize the effect of stringent response regulators on gene expression, RNA-seq was conducted using ΔdksA and ΔspoTΔrelA mutant strains grown in hrp-inducing XVM2 medium. Transcriptome analyses showed that DksA and (p)ppGpp repressed the expression of genes encoding tRNAs, ribosome proteins, iron acquisition and flagellum assembly, and enhanced the expression of genes for histidine metabolism, type 3 secretion system (T3SS), type 2 secretion system (T2SS) and TonB-dependent transporters. Phenotypically, the ΔdksA and ΔspoTΔrelA strains displayed altered motility, enhanced siderophore production and were unable to cause the hypersensitive response on non-host plants. In conclusion, stringent response regulators DksA and (p)ppGpp play an important role in virulence, nutrition uptake and host adaptation of Xcc.
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- Yanan Zhang
- Citrus Research and Education CenterDepartment of Microbiology and Cell ScienceInstitute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of FloridaLake Alfred33850 FLUnited States
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- Citrus Research and Education CenterDepartment of Microbiology and Cell ScienceInstitute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of FloridaLake Alfred33850 FLUnited States
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- Citrus Research and Education CenterDepartment of Microbiology and Cell ScienceInstitute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of FloridaLake Alfred33850 FLUnited States
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- Citrus Research and Education CenterDepartment of Microbiology and Cell ScienceInstitute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of FloridaLake Alfred33850 FLUnited States
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Canals R, Chaudhuri RR, Steiner RE, Owen SV, Quinones-Olvera N, Gordon MA, Baym M, Ibba M, Hinton JCD. The fitness landscape of the African Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 strain D23580 reveals unique properties of the pBT1 plasmid. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007948. [PMID: 31560731 PMCID: PMC6785131 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We have used a transposon insertion sequencing (TIS) approach to establish the fitness landscape of the African Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ST313 strain D23580, to complement our previous comparative genomic and functional transcriptomic studies. We used a genome-wide transposon library with insertions every 10 nucleotides to identify genes required for survival and growth in vitro and during infection of murine macrophages. The analysis revealed genomic regions important for fitness under two in vitro growth conditions. Overall, 724 coding genes were required for optimal growth in LB medium, and 851 coding genes were required for growth in SPI-2-inducing minimal medium. These findings were consistent with the essentiality analyses of other S. Typhimurium ST19 and S. Typhi strains. The global mutagenesis approach also identified 60 sRNAs and 413 intergenic regions required for growth in at least one in vitro growth condition. By infecting murine macrophages with the transposon library, we identified 68 genes that were required for intra-macrophage replication but did not impact fitness in vitro. None of these genes were unique to S. Typhimurium D23580, consistent with a high conservation of gene function between S. Typhimurium ST313 and ST19 and suggesting that novel virulence factors are not involved in the interaction of strain D23580 with murine macrophages. We discovered that transposon insertions rarely occurred in many pBT1 plasmid-encoded genes (36), compared with genes carried by the pSLT-BT virulence plasmid and other bacterial plasmids. The key essential protein encoded by pBT1 is a cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase, and our enzymological analysis revealed that the plasmid-encoded CysRSpBT1 had a lower ability to charge tRNA than the chromosomally-encoded CysRSchr enzyme. The presence of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in plasmids from a range of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria suggests that plasmid-encoded essential genes are more common than had been appreciated.
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- Rocío Canals
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.,Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Central Africa
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Zhang X, He L, Zhang C, Yu C, Yang Y, Jia Y, Cheng X, Li Y, Liao C, Li J, Yu Z, Du F. The impact of sseK2 deletion on Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium virulence in vivo and in vitro. BMC Microbiol 2019; 19:182. [PMID: 31390974 PMCID: PMC6686396 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1543-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Salmonella enterica is regarded as a major public health threat worldwide. Salmonella secretes the novel translocated effector protein K2 (SseK2), but it is unclear whether this protein plays a significant role in Salmonella enterica Typhimurium virulence. Results A ΔsseK2 mutant of S. Typhimurium exhibited similar growth curves, adhesion and invasive ability compared with wild-type (WT) bacteria. However, deletion of sseK2 rendered Salmonella deficient in biofilm formation and the early proliferative capacity of the ΔsseK2 mutant was significantly lower than that of the WT strain. In vivo, the LD50 (median lethal dose) of the ΔsseK2 mutant strain was increased 1.62 × 103-fold compared with the WT strain. In addition, vaccinating mice with the ΔsseK2 mutant protected them against challenge with a lethal dose of the WT strain. The ability of the ΔsseK2 mutant strain to induce systemic infection was highly attenuated compared with the WT strain, and the bacterial load in the animals’ internal organs was lower when they were infected with the ΔsseK2 mutant strain than when they were infected with the WT strain. Conclusions We conclude that sseK2 is a virulence-associated gene that plays a vital role in Salmonella virulence. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12866-019-1543-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xiaojie Zhang
- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China. .,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China. .,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Polytechnic, 6 Airport Road, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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- The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health, Henan University of Science and Technology, 263 Kaiyuan Avenue, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China.,Luoyang Key Laboratory of Live Carrier Biomaterial and Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Luoyang, 471023, Henan, China
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Steiner RE, Ibba M. Regulation of tRNA-dependent translational quality control. IUBMB Life 2019; 71:1150-1157. [PMID: 31135095 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Translation is the most error-prone process in protein synthesis; however, it is important that accuracy is maintained because erroneous translation has been shown to affect all domains of life. Translational quality control is maintained by both proteins and RNA through intricate processes. The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases help maintain high levels of translational accuracy through the esterification of tRNA and proofreading mechanisms. tRNA is often recognized by an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase in a sequence and structurally dependent manner, sometimes involving modified nucleotides. Additionally, some proofreading mechanisms of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases require tRNA elements for hydrolysis of a noncognate aminoacyl-tRNA. Finally, tRNA is also important for proper decoding of the mRNA message by codon and anticodon pairing. Here, recent developments regarding the importance of tRNA in maintenance of translational accuracy are reviewed. © 2019 IUBMB Life, 2019 © 2019 IUBMB Life, 71(8):1150-1157, 2019.
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- Rebecca E Steiner
- The Ohio State University Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- The Ohio State University Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.,Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.,Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Dasgupta S, Das S, Biswas A, Bhadra RK, Das S. Small alarmones (p)ppGpp regulate virulence associated traits and pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Cell Microbiol 2019; 21:e13034. [PMID: 31013389 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.13034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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How Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), an important human pathogen, survives the stressful microenvironments inside the gastrointestinal tract and within macrophages remains poorly understood. We report here that S. Typhi has a bonafide stringent response (SR) system, which is mediated by (p)ppGpp and regulates multiple virulence-associated traits and the pathogenicity of the S. Typhi Ty2 strain. In an iron overload mouse model of S. Typhi infection, the (p)ppGpp0 (Ty2ΔRelAΔSpoT) strain showed minimal systemic spread and no mortality, as opposed to 100% death of the mice challenged with the isogenic wild-type strain. Ty2ΔRelAΔSpoT had markedly elongated morphology with incomplete septa formation and demonstrated severely attenuated motility and chemotaxis due to the loss of flagella. Absence of the Vi-polysaccharide capsule rendered the mutant strain highly susceptible to complement-mediated lysis. The phenotypes of Ty2ΔRelAΔSpoT was contributed by transcriptional repression of several genes, including fliC, tviA, and ftsZ, as found by reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction and gene complementation studies. Finally, Ty2ΔRelAΔSpoT had markedly reduced invasion into intestinal epithelial cells and significantly attenuated survival within macrophages. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first study that addressed SR in S. Typhi and showed that (p)ppGpp was essential for optimal pathogenic fitness of the organism.
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- Shreya Dasgupta
- Division of Clinical Medicine, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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Oxidation of phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase positively regulates translational quality control. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:10058-10063. [PMID: 31036643 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1901634116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Accurate translation of the genetic code is maintained in part by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) proofreading mechanisms that ensure correct attachment of a cognate amino acid to a transfer RNA (tRNA). During environmental stress, such as oxidative stress, demands on aaRS proofreading are altered by changes in the availability of cytoplasmic amino acids. For example, oxidative stress increases levels of cytotoxic tyrosine isomers, noncognate amino acids normally excluded from translation by the proofreading activity of phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS). Here we show that oxidation of PheRS induces a conformational change, generating a partially unstructured protein. This conformational change does not affect Phe or Tyr activation or the aminoacylation activity of PheRS. However, in vitro and ex vivo analyses reveal that proofreading activity to hydrolyze Tyr-tRNAPhe is increased during oxidative stress, while the cognate Phe-tRNAPhe aminoacylation activity is unchanged. In HPX-, Escherichia coli that lack reactive oxygen-scavenging enzymes and accumulate intracellular H2O2, we found that PheRS proofreading is increased by 11%, thereby providing potential protection against hazardous cytoplasmic m-Tyr accumulation. These findings show that in response to oxidative stress, PheRS proofreading is positively regulated without negative effects on the enzyme's housekeeping activity in translation. Our findings also illustrate that while the loss of quality control and mistranslation may be beneficial under some conditions, increased proofreading provides a mechanism for the cell to appropriately respond to environmental changes during oxidative stress.
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Usage of a Bioluminescence Reporter System to Image Promoter Activity During Host Infection. Methods Mol Biol 2018. [PMID: 29288444 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7604-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Bioluminescence is the process of production and emission of light by a living organism, usually as the by-product of the oxidative enzyme, luciferase. Currently available technology allows for the exploitation of a bioluminescent reporter system to study bacterial gene regulation during rodent infection, in real time, over a large dynamic range. Here we show how this imaging system can be used to study virulence gene regulation during Salmonella enterica infection in the mouse model. To demonstrate this technique we show the ex vivo expression pattern of the gene dksA, encoding a conserved and pleotropic regulator, which plays a key role in Salmonella pathogenicity [1].
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Mechanisms of Bacterial Tolerance and Persistence in the Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Environments. Clin Microbiol Rev 2018; 31:31/4/e00023-18. [PMID: 30068737 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00023-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Pathogens that infect the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts are subjected to intense pressure due to the environmental conditions of the surroundings. This pressure has led to the development of mechanisms of bacterial tolerance or persistence which enable microorganisms to survive in these locations. In this review, we analyze the general stress response (RpoS mediated), reactive oxygen species (ROS) tolerance, energy metabolism, drug efflux pumps, SOS response, quorum sensing (QS) bacterial communication, (p)ppGpp signaling, and toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems of pathogens, such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Vibrio spp., Helicobacter spp., Campylobacter jejuni, Enterococcus spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia spp., and Clostridium difficile, all of which inhabit the gastrointestinal tract. The following respiratory tract pathogens are also considered: Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Burkholderia cenocepacia, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Knowledge of the molecular mechanisms regulating the bacterial tolerance and persistence phenotypes is essential in the fight against multiresistant pathogens, as it will enable the identification of new targets for developing innovative anti-infective treatments.
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Magana M, Sereti C, Ioannidis A, Mitchell CA, Ball AR, Magiorkinis E, Chatzipanagiotou S, Hamblin MR, Hadjifrangiskou M, Tegos GP. Options and Limitations in Clinical Investigation of Bacterial Biofilms. Clin Microbiol Rev 2018; 31:e00084-16. [PMID: 29618576 PMCID: PMC6056845 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00084-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Bacteria can form single- and multispecies biofilms exhibiting diverse features based upon the microbial composition of their community and microenvironment. The study of bacterial biofilm development has received great interest in the past 20 years and is motivated by the elegant complexity characteristic of these multicellular communities and their role in infectious diseases. Biofilms can thrive on virtually any surface and can be beneficial or detrimental based upon the community's interplay and the surface. Advances in the understanding of structural and functional variations and the roles that biofilms play in disease and host-pathogen interactions have been addressed through comprehensive literature searches. In this review article, a synopsis of the methodological landscape of biofilm analysis is provided, including an evaluation of the current trends in methodological research. We deem this worthwhile because a keyword-oriented bibliographical search reveals that less than 5% of the biofilm literature is devoted to methodology. In this report, we (i) summarize current methodologies for biofilm characterization, monitoring, and quantification; (ii) discuss advances in the discovery of effective imaging and sensing tools and modalities; (iii) provide an overview of tailored animal models that assess features of biofilm infections; and (iv) make recommendations defining the most appropriate methodological tools for clinical settings.
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- Maria Magana
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Athens Medical School, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Athens Medical School, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Department of Microbiology, Thriassio General Hospital, Attiki, Greece
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Athens Medical School, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Gliese 623b, Mendon, Massachusetts, USA
- GAMA Therapeutics LLC, Pepperell, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens-Goudi, Greece
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- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Gliese 623b, Mendon, Massachusetts, USA
- GAMA Therapeutics LLC, Pepperell, Massachusetts, USA
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Tapscott T, Kim JS, Crawford MA, Fitzsimmons L, Liu L, Jones-Carson J, Vázquez-Torres A. Guanosine tetraphosphate relieves the negative regulation of Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 gene transcription exerted by the AT-rich ssrA discriminator region. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9465. [PMID: 29930310 PMCID: PMC6013443 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27780-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The repressive activity of ancestral histone-like proteins helps integrate transcription of foreign genes with discrepant AT content into existing regulatory networks. Our investigations indicate that the AT-rich discriminator region located between the −10 promoter element and the transcription start site of the regulatory gene ssrA plays a distinct role in the balanced expression of the Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 (SPI2) type III secretion system. The RNA polymerase-binding protein DksA activates the ssrAB regulon post-transcriptionally, whereas the alarmone guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) relieves the negative regulation imposed by the AT-rich ssrA discriminator region. An increase in the GC-content of the ssrA discriminator region enhances ssrAB transcription and SsrB translation, thus activating the expression of downstream SPI2 genes. A Salmonella strain expressing a GC-rich ssrA discriminator region is attenuated in mice and grows poorly intracellularly. The combined actions of ppGpp and DksA on SPI2 expression enable Salmonella to grow intracellularly, and cause disease in a murine model of infection. Collectively, these findings indicate that (p)ppGpp relieves the negative regulation associated with the AT-rich discriminator region in the promoter of the horizontally-acquired ssrA gene, whereas DksA activates ssrB gene expression post-transcriptionally. The combined effects of (p)ppGpp and DksA on the ssrAB locus facilitate a balanced SPI2 virulence gene transcription that is essential for Salmonella pathogenesis.
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- Timothy Tapscott
- Molecular Biology Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. .,Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. .,Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO, USA.
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Azriel S, Goren A, Shomer I, Aviv G, Rahav G, Gal-Mor O. The Typhi colonization factor (Tcf) is encoded by multiple non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars but exhibits a varying expression profile and interchanging contribution to intestinal colonization. Virulence 2017; 8:1791-1807. [PMID: 28922626 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1380766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A are human-restricted pathogens and the leading causative agents of enteric fever. The Typhi colonization factor (Tcf) is a chaperone-usher fimbria, thought to play a role in the host-specificity of typhoidal serovars. Here we show that the tcf cluster (tcfABCD tinR tioA) is present in at least 25 non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) serovars and demonstrate its native expression in clinically-important serovars including Schwarzengrund, 9,12:l,v:-, Choleraesuis, Bredeney, Heidelberg, Montevideo, Virchow and Infantis. Although the genetic organization of the tcf cluster is well conserved, the N-terminal half of the fimbrial adhesin, TcfD is highly diverse, suggesting different binding properties of distinct tcfD variants. Comparison of tcfA expression in typhoidal and NTS serovars demonstrated unexpected differences in its expression profiles, with the highest transcription levels in S. Typhi, S. Choleraesuis and S. Infantis. In the latter, tcf is induced in rich broth and under microaerobic conditions, characterizing the intestines of warm blooded animals. Furthermore, Tcf is negatively regulated by the ancestral leucine-responsive transcriptional regulator (Lrp). Using the colitis mouse model, we demonstrate that during mice infection tcfA is expressed at higher levels by S. Infantis than S. Schwarzengrund or S. Heidelberg. Moreover, while Tcf is dispensable for S. Schwarzengrund and S. Heidelberg mouse colonization, Tcf is involved in cecum and colon colonization by S. Infantis. Taken together, our results establish that Tcf is broadly encoded by multiple NTS serovars, but presents variable expression profiles and contributes differently to their virulence.
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- Shalhevet Azriel
- a The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center , Tel-Hashomer , Israel
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- a The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center , Tel-Hashomer , Israel.,b Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology , Tel-Aviv University , Tel-Aviv , Israel.,c Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University , Tel-Aviv , Israel
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- a The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center , Tel-Hashomer , Israel
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- a The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center , Tel-Hashomer , Israel.,b Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology , Tel-Aviv University , Tel-Aviv , Israel.,c Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University , Tel-Aviv , Israel
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- a The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center , Tel-Hashomer , Israel.,c Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University , Tel-Aviv , Israel
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- a The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center , Tel-Hashomer , Israel.,b Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology , Tel-Aviv University , Tel-Aviv , Israel.,c Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University , Tel-Aviv , Israel
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Cabello FC, Godfrey HP, Bugrysheva J, Newman SA. Sleeper cells: the stringent response and persistence in the Borreliella (Borrelia) burgdorferi enzootic cycle. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:3846-3862. [PMID: 28836724 PMCID: PMC5794220 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 08/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Infections with tick-transmitted Borreliella (Borrelia) burgdorferi, the cause of Lyme disease, represent an increasingly large public health problem in North America and Europe. The ability of these spirochetes to maintain themselves for extended periods of time in their tick vectors and vertebrate reservoirs is crucial for continuance of the enzootic cycle as well as for the increasing exposure of humans to them. The stringent response mediated by the alarmone (p)ppGpp has been determined to be a master regulator in B. burgdorferi. It modulates the expression of identified and unidentified open reading frames needed to deal with and overcome the many nutritional stresses and other challenges faced by the spirochete in ticks and animal reservoirs. The metabolic and morphologic changes resulting from activation of the stringent response in B. burgdorferi may also be involved in the recently described non-genetic phenotypic phenomenon of tolerance to otherwise lethal doses of antimicrobials and to other antimicrobial activities. It may thus constitute a linchpin in multiple aspects of infections with Lyme disease borrelia, providing a link between the micro-ecological challenges of its enzootic life-cycle and long-term residence in the tissues of its animal reservoirs, with the evolutionary side effect of potential persistence in incidental human hosts.
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- Felipe C. Cabello
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
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RNA target profiles direct the discovery of virulence functions for the cold-shock proteins CspC and CspE. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:6824-6829. [PMID: 28611217 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620772114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The functions of many bacterial RNA-binding proteins remain obscure because of a lack of knowledge of their cellular ligands. Although well-studied cold-shock protein A (CspA) family members are induced and function at low temperature, others are highly expressed in infection-relevant conditions. Here, we have profiled transcripts bound in vivo by the CspA family members of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to link the constitutively expressed CspC and CspE proteins with virulence pathways. Phenotypic assays in vitro demonstrated a crucial role for these proteins in membrane stress, motility, and biofilm formation. Moreover, double deletion of cspC and cspE fully attenuates Salmonella in systemic mouse infection. In other words, the RNA ligand-centric approach taken here overcomes a problematic molecular redundancy of CspC and CspE that likely explains why these proteins have evaded selection in previous virulence factor screens in animals. Our results highlight RNA-binding proteins as regulators of pathogenicity and potential targets of antimicrobial therapy. They also suggest that globally acting RNA-binding proteins are more common in bacteria than currently appreciated.
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Shomer I, Avisar A, Desai P, Azriel S, Smollan G, Belausov N, Keller N, Glikman D, Maor Y, Peretz A, McClelland M, Rahav G, Gal-Mor O. Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of a Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis Emerging Strain with Superior Intra-macrophage Replication Phenotype. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1468. [PMID: 27695450 PMCID: PMC5025531 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is one of the ubiquitous Salmonella serovars worldwide and a major cause of food-born outbreaks, which are often associated with poultry and poultry derivatives. Here we report a nation-wide S. Enteritidis clonal outbreak that occurred in Israel during the last third of 2015. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis and whole genome sequencing identified genetically related strains that were circulating in Israel as early as 2008. Global comparison linked this outbreak strain to several clinical and marine environmental isolates that were previously isolated in California and Canada, indicating that similar strains are prevalent outside of Israel. Phenotypic comparison between the 2015 outbreak strain and other clinical and reference S. Enteritidis strains showed only limited intra-serovar phenotypic variation in growth in rich medium, invasion into Caco-2 cells, uptake by J774.1A macrophages, and host cell cytotoxicity. In contrast, significant phenotypic variation was shown among different S. Enteritidis isolates when biofilm-formation, motility, invasion into HeLa cells and uptake by THP-1 human macrophages were studied. Interestingly, the 2015 outbreak clone was found to possess superior intra-macrophage replication ability within both murine and human macrophages in comparison to the other S. Enteritidis strains studied. This phenotype is likely to play a role in the virulence and host-pathogen interactions of this emerging clone.
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- Inna Shomer
- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical CenterTel-Hashomer, Israel; Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan UniversitySafed, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California at Irvine, Irvine CA, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Sheba Medical CenterTel Hashomer, Israel; The Department of Health Management, Ariel UniversityAriel, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan UniversitySafed, Israel; Galilee Medical CenterNahariya, Israel
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- Wolfson Medical CentreHolon, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv UniversityTel-Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan UniversitySafed, Israel; Baruch Padeh Medical CenterPoriya, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California at Irvine, Irvine CA, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical CenterTel-Hashomer, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv UniversityTel-Aviv, Israel
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical CenterTel-Hashomer, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv UniversityTel-Aviv, Israel
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Marzel A, Desai PT, Goren A, Schorr YI, Nissan I, Porwollik S, Valinsky L, McClelland M, Rahav G, Gal-Mor O. Persistent Infections by Nontyphoidal Salmonella in Humans: Epidemiology and Genetics. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 62:879-886. [PMID: 26740515 DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ1221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Although chronic infections by typhoidal Salmonella are well-known, prolonged human infections by nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) are poorly characterized. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 48 345 culture-confirmed NTS infections that occurred in Israel 1995-2012. A case-control study was performed to identify risk factors associated with persistent infections. Whole-genome-sequencing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and a mouse infection model were used to study genetic and phenotypic differences between same-patient persistent, recurring isolates. RESULTS In total, 1047 cases of persistent NTS infections, comprising 2.2% of all reported cases of salmonellosis, were identified. The persistence periods ranged between 30 days to 8.3 years. The majority (93%) of the persistently infected patients were immunocompetent, and 65% were symptomatic with relapsing diarrhea, indicating a distinct clinical manifestation from the asymptomatic carriage of typhoidal Salmonella. Four NTS serovars (Mbandaka, Bredeney, Infantis and Virchow) were found to be significantly more frequently associated with persistence than others. Comparative genomics between early and later isolates obtained from the same patients confirmed clonal infection and showed 0 to 10 SNPs between persistent isolates. A different composition of mobile genetic elements (plasmids and phages) or amino acid substitutions in global regulators was identified in multiple cases. These changes resulted in differences in phenotype and virulence between early and later same-patient isolates. CONCLUSIONS These results illuminate the overlooked clinical manifestation of persistent salmonellosis that can serve as a human reservoir for NTS infections. Additionally, we demonstrate mechanisms of in-host microevolution and exhibit their potential to shape Salmonella pathogenicity, antimicrobial resistance and host-pathogen interactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alex Marzel
- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.,Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine
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- Ministry of Health Central Laboratories, Jerusalem
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer.,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
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