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Sinha R, LeVeque RM, Callahan SM, Chatterjee S, Stopnisek N, Kuipel M, Johnson JG, DiRita VJ. Gut metabolite L-lactate supports Campylobacter jejuni population expansion during acute infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2316540120. [PMID: 38170751 PMCID: PMC10786315 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2316540120] [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: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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How the microaerobic pathogen Campylobacter jejuni establishes its niche and expands in the gut lumen during infection is poorly understood. Using 6-wk-old ferrets as a natural disease model, we examined this aspect of C. jejuni pathogenicity. Unlike mice, which require significant genetic or physiological manipulation to become colonized with C. jejuni, ferrets are readily infected without the need to disarm the immune system or alter the gut microbiota. Disease after C. jejuni infection in ferrets reflects closely how human C. jejuni infection proceeds. Rapid growth of C. jejuni and associated intestinal inflammation was observed within 2 to 3 d of infection. We observed pathophysiological changes that were noted by cryptic hyperplasia through the induction of tissue repair systems, accumulation of undifferentiated amplifying cells on the colon surface, and instability of HIF-1α in colonocytes, which indicated increased epithelial oxygenation. Metabolomic analysis demonstrated that lactate levels in colon content were elevated in infected animals. A C. jejuni mutant lacking lctP, which encodes an L-lactate transporter, was significantly decreased for colonization during infection. Lactate also influences adhesion and invasion by C. jejuni to a colon carcinoma cell line (HCT116). The oxygenation required for expression of lactate transporter (lctP) led to identification of a putative thiol-based redox switch regulator (LctR) that may repress lctP transcription under anaerobic conditions. Our work provides better insights into the pathogenicity of C. jejuni.
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- Ritam Sinha
- Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI48824
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- Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI48824
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN37996
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- Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI48824
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- Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI48824
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI48824
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- Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI48824
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Sinha R, LeVeque RM, Callahan SM, Chatterjee S, Stopnisek N, Kuipel M, Johnson JG, DiRita VJ. Gut metabolite L-lactate supports Campylobacter jejuni population expansion during acute infection. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.02.560557. [PMID: 37873437 PMCID: PMC10592923 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.02.560557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
How the microaerobic pathogen Campylobacter jejuni establishes its niche and expands in the gut lumen during infection is poorly understood. Using six-week-old ferrets as a natural disease model, we examined this aspect of C. jejuni pathogenicity. Unlike mice, which require significant genetic or physiological manipulation to become colonized with C. jejuni , ferrets are readily infected without the need to disarm the immune system or alter the gut microbiota. Disease after C. jejuni infection in ferrets reflects closely how human C. jejuni infection proceeds. Rapid growth of C. jejuni and associated intestinal inflammation was observed within two-three days of infection. We observed pathophysiological changes that were noted by cryptic hyperplasia through the induction of tissue repair systems, accumulation of undifferentiated amplifying cells on the colon surface, and instability of HIF-1α in colonocytes, which indicated increased epithelial oxygenation. Metabolomic analysis demonstrated that lactate levels in colon content were elevated in infected animals. A C. jejuni mutant lacking lctP , which encodes an L-lactate transporter, was significantly decreased for colonization during infection. Lactate also influences adhesion and invasion by C. jejuni to a colon carcinoma cell line (HCT116). The oxygenation required for expression of lactate transporter ( lctP ) led to discovery of a putative thiol based redox switch regulator (LctR) that may repress lctP transcription under anaerobic conditions. Our work provides new insights into the pathogenicity of C. jejuni . Significance There is a gap in knowledge about the mechanisms by which C. jejuni populations expand during infection. Using an animal model which accurately reflects human infection without the need to alter the host microbiome or the immune system prior to infection, we explored pathophysiological alterations of the gut after C. jejuni infection. Our study identified the gut metabolite L-lactate as playing an important role as a growth substrate for C. jejuni during acute infection. We identified a DNA binding protein, LctR, that binds to the lctP promoter and may repress lctP expression, resulting in decreased lactate transport under low oxygen levels. This work provides new insights about C. jejuni pathogenicity.
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Pokorzynski ND, Groisman EA. How Bacterial Pathogens Coordinate Appetite with Virulence. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2023; 87:e0019822. [PMID: 37358444 PMCID: PMC10521370 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00198-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/27/2023] Open
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Cells adjust growth and metabolism to nutrient availability. Having access to a variety of carbon sources during infection of their animal hosts, facultative intracellular pathogens must efficiently prioritize carbon utilization. Here, we discuss how carbon source controls bacterial virulence, with an emphasis on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, which causes gastroenteritis in immunocompetent humans and a typhoid-like disease in mice, and propose that virulence factors can regulate carbon source prioritization by modifying cellular physiology. On the one hand, bacterial regulators of carbon metabolism control virulence programs, indicating that pathogenic traits appear in response to carbon source availability. On the other hand, signals controlling virulence regulators may impact carbon source utilization, suggesting that stimuli that bacterial pathogens experience within the host can directly impinge on carbon source prioritization. In addition, pathogen-triggered intestinal inflammation can disrupt the gut microbiota and thus the availability of carbon sources. By coordinating virulence factors with carbon utilization determinants, pathogens adopt metabolic pathways that may not be the most energy efficient because such pathways promote resistance to antimicrobial agents and also because host-imposed deprivation of specific nutrients may hinder the operation of certain pathways. We propose that metabolic prioritization by bacteria underlies the pathogenic outcome of an infection.
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- Nick D. Pokorzynski
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Yale Microbial Sciences Institute, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Bhowmik BK, Kumar A, Gangaiah D. Transcriptome Analyses of Chicken Primary Macrophages Infected With Attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium Mutants. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:857378. [PMID: 35591991 PMCID: PMC9111174 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.857378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica is one of the most common foodborne illnesses in the United States and worldwide, with nearly one-third of the cases attributed to contaminated eggs and poultry products. Vaccination has proven to be an effective strategy to reduce Salmonella load in poultry. The Salmonella Typhimurium Δcrp-cya (MeganVac1) strain is the most commonly used vaccine in the United States; however, the mechanisms of virulence attenuation and host response to this vaccine strain are poorly understood. Here, we profiled the invasion and intracellular survival phenotypes of Δcrp-cya and its derivatives (lacking key genes required for intra-macrophage survival) in HD11 macrophages and the transcriptome response in primary chicken macrophages using RNA-seq. Compared to the parent strain UK1, all the mutant strains were highly defective in metabolizing carbon sources related to the TCA cycle and had greater doubling times in macrophage-simulating conditions. Compared to UK1, the majority of the mutants were attenuated for invasion and intra-macrophage survival. Compared to Δcrp-cya, while derivatives lacking phoPQ, ompR-envZ, feoABC and sifA were highly attenuated for invasion and intracellular survival within macrophages, derivatives lacking ssrAB, SPI13, SPI2, mgtRBC, sitABCD, sopF, sseJ and sspH2 showed increased ability to invade and survive within macrophages. Transcriptome analyses of macrophages infected with UK1, Δcrp-cya and its derivatives lacking phoPQ, sifA and sopF demonstrated that, compared to uninfected macrophages, 138, 148, 153, 155 and 142 genes were differentially expressed in these strains, respectively. Similar changes in gene expression were observed in macrophages infected with these strains; the upregulated genes belonged to innate immune response and host defense and the downregulated genes belonged to various metabolic pathways. Together, these data provide novel insights on the relative phenotypes and early response of macrophages to the vaccine strain and its derivatives. The Δcrp-cya derivatives could facilitate development of next-generation vaccines with improved safety.
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- Bijit K Bhowmik
- Discovery Bacteriology and Microbiome, Elanco Animal Health Inc., Greenfield, IN, United States
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- Discovery Bacteriology and Microbiome, Elanco Animal Health Inc., Greenfield, IN, United States
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- Discovery Bacteriology and Microbiome, Elanco Animal Health Inc., Greenfield, IN, United States
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Yang J, Yang XL, Su YB, Peng XX, Li H. Activation of the TCA Cycle to Provide Immune Protection in Zebrafish Immunized by High Magnesium-Prepared Vibrio alginolyticus Vaccine. Front Immunol 2021; 12:739591. [PMID: 34950133 PMCID: PMC8688852 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.739591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Vaccines are safe and efficient in controlling bacterial diseases in the aquaculture industry and are in line with green farming. The present study develops a previously unreported approach to prepare a live-attenuated V. alginolyticus vaccine by culturing bacteria in a high concentration of magnesium to attenuate bacterial virulence. Furthermore, metabolomes of zebrafish immunized with the live-attenuated vaccines were compared with those of survival and dying zebrafish infected by V. alginolyticus. The enhanced TCA cycle and increased fumarate were identified as the most key metabolic pathways and the crucial biomarker of vaccine-mediated and survival fish, respectively. Exogenous fumarate promoted expression of il1β, il8, il21, nf-κb, and lysozyme in a dose-dependent manner. Among the five innate immune genes, the elevated il1β, il8, and lysozyme are overlapped in the vaccine-immunized zebrafish and the survival from the infection. These findings highlight a way in development of vaccines and exploration of the underlying mechanisms.
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- Jun Yang
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, State Key Laboratory of Bio-Control, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, State Key Laboratory of Bio-Control, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, State Key Laboratory of Bio-Control, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, State Key Laboratory of Bio-Control, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Zandonadi FS, Ferreira SP, Alexandrino AV, Carnielli CM, Artier J, Barcelos MP, Nicolela NCS, Prieto EL, Goto LS, Belasque J, Novo-Mansur MTM. Periplasm-enriched fractions from Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri type A and X. fuscans subsp. aurantifolii type B present distinct proteomic profiles under in vitro pathogenicity induction. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243867. [PMID: 33338036 PMCID: PMC7748154 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The causative agent of Asiatic citrus canker, the Gram-negative bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (XAC), produces more severe symptoms and attacks a larger number of citric hosts than Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. aurantifolii XauB and XauC, the causative agents of cancrosis, a milder form of the disease. Here we report a comparative proteomic analysis of periplasmic-enriched fractions of XAC and XauB in XAM-M, a pathogenicity- inducing culture medium, for identification of differential proteins. Proteins were resolved by two-dimensional electrophoresis combined with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Among the 12 proteins identified from the 4 unique spots from XAC in XAM-M (p<0.05) were phosphoglucomutase (PGM), enolase, xylose isomerase (XI), transglycosylase, NAD(P)H-dependent glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, succinyl-CoA synthetase β subunit, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, and conserved hypothetical proteins XAC0901 and XAC0223; most of them were not detected as differential for XAC when both bacteria were grown in NB medium, a pathogenicity non-inducing medium. XauB showed a very different profile from XAC in XAM-M, presenting 29 unique spots containing proteins related to a great diversity of metabolic pathways. Preponderant expression of PGM and XI in XAC was validated by Western Blot analysis in the periplasmic-enriched fractions of both bacteria. This work shows remarkable differences between the periplasmic-enriched proteomes of XAC and XauB, bacteria that cause symptoms with distinct degrees of severity during citrus infection. The results suggest that some proteins identified in XAC can have an important role in XAC pathogenicity.
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- Flávia S. Zandonadi
- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, USP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular Aplicada, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Nguyen BD, Cuenca V M, Hartl J, Gül E, Bauer R, Meile S, Rüthi J, Margot C, Heeb L, Besser F, Escriva PP, Fetz C, Furter M, Laganenka L, Keller P, Fuchs L, Christen M, Porwollik S, McClelland M, Vorholt JA, Sauer U, Sunagawa S, Christen B, Hardt WD. Import of Aspartate and Malate by DcuABC Drives H 2/Fumarate Respiration to Promote Initial Salmonella Gut-Lumen Colonization in Mice. Cell Host Microbe 2020; 27:922-936.e6. [PMID: 32416061 PMCID: PMC7292772 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Initial enteropathogen growth in the microbiota-colonized gut is poorly understood. Salmonella Typhimurium is metabolically adaptable and can harvest energy by anaerobic respiration using microbiota-derived hydrogen (H2) as an electron donor and fumarate as an electron acceptor. As fumarate is scarce in the gut, the source of this electron acceptor is unclear. Here, transposon sequencing analysis along the colonization trajectory of S. Typhimurium implicates the C4-dicarboxylate antiporter DcuABC in early murine gut colonization. In competitive colonization assays, DcuABC and enzymes that convert the C4-dicarboxylates aspartate and malate into fumarate (AspA, FumABC), are required for fumarate/H2-dependent initial growth. Thus, S. Typhimurium obtains fumarate by DcuABC-mediated import and conversion of L-malate and L-aspartate. Fumarate reduction yields succinate, which is exported by DcuABC in exchange for L-aspartate and L-malate. This cycle allows S. Typhimurium to harvest energy by H2/fumarate respiration in the microbiota-colonized gut. This strategy may also be relevant for commensal E. coli diminishing the S. Typhimurium infection.
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- Bidong D Nguyen
- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4025, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4025, USA
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Himpsl SD, Shea AE, Zora J, Stocki JA, Foreman D, Alteri CJ, Mobley HLT. The oxidative fumarase FumC is a key contributor for E. coli fitness under iron-limitation and during UTI. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008382. [PMID: 32106241 PMCID: PMC7064253 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The energy required for a bacterium to grow and colonize the host is generated by metabolic and respiratory functions of the cell. Proton motive force, produced by these processes, drives cellular mechanisms including redox balance, membrane potential, motility, acid resistance, and the import and export of substrates. Previously, disruption of succinate dehydrogenase (sdhB) and fumarate reductase (frdA) within the oxidative and reductive tricarboxylic acid (TCA) pathways in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) CFT073 indicated that the oxidative, but not the reductive TCA pathway, is required for fitness in the urinary tract. Those findings led to the hypothesis that fumA and fumC encoding fumarase enzymes of the oxidative TCA cycle would be required for UPEC colonization, while fumB of the reductive TCA pathway would be dispensable. However, only UPEC strains lacking fumC had a fitness defect during experimental urinary tract infection (UTI). To further characterize the role of respiration in UPEC during UTI, additional mutants disrupting both the oxidative and reductive TCA pathways were constructed. We found that knock-out of frdA in the sdhB mutant strain background ameliorated the fitness defect observed in the bladder and kidneys for the sdhB mutant strain and results in a fitness advantage in the bladder during experimental UTI. The fitness defect was restored in the sdhBfrdA double mutant by complementation with frdABCD. Taken together, we demonstrate that it is not the oxidative or reductive pathway that is important for UPEC fitness per se, but rather only the oxidative TCA enzyme FumC. This fumarase lacks an iron-sulfur cluster and is required for UPEC fitness during UTI, most likely acting as a counter measure against exogenous stressors, especially in the iron-limited bladder niche.
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- Stephanie D. Himpsl
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Jung K, Fabiani F, Hoyer E, Lassak J. Bacterial transmembrane signalling systems and their engineering for biosensing. Open Biol 2019; 8:rsob.180023. [PMID: 29695618 PMCID: PMC5936718 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.180023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Every living cell possesses numerous transmembrane signalling systems that receive chemical and physical stimuli from the environment and transduce this information into an intracellular signal that triggers some form of cellular response. As unicellular organisms, bacteria require these systems for survival in rapidly changing environments. The receptors themselves act as ‘sensory organs’, while subsequent signalling circuits can be regarded as forming a ‘neural network’ that is involved in decision making, adaptation and ultimately in ensuring survival. Bacteria serve as useful biosensors in industry and clinical diagnostics, in addition to producing drugs for therapeutic purposes. Therefore, there is a great demand for engineered bacterial strains that contain transmembrane signalling systems with high molecular specificity, sensitivity and dose dependency. In this review, we address the complexity of transmembrane signalling systems and discuss principles to rewire receptors and their signalling outputs.
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- Kirsten Jung
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPSM) at the Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPSM) at the Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPSM) at the Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPSM) at the Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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Fang SB, Huang CJ, Huang CH, Wang KC, Chang NW, Pan HY, Fang HW, Huang MT, Chen CK. speG Is Required for Intracellular Replication of Salmonella in Various Human Cells and Affects Its Polyamine Metabolism and Global Transcriptomes. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2245. [PMID: 29187844 PMCID: PMC5694781 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The speG gene has been reported to regulate polyamine metabolism in Escherichia coli and Shigella, but its role in Salmonella remains unknown. Our preliminary studies have revealed that speG widely affects the transcriptomes of infected in vitro M and Caco-2 cells and that it is required for the intracellular replication of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) in HeLa cells. In this study, we demonstrated that speG plays a time-dependent and cell type-independent role in the intracellular replication of S. Typhimurium. Moreover, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of four major polyamines demonstrated putrescine, spermine, and cadaverine as the leading polyamines in S. Typhimurium. The deletion of speG significantly increased the levels of the three polyamines in intracellular S. Typhimurium, suggesting the inhibitory effect of speG on the biosynthesis of these polyamines. The deletion of speG was associated with elevated levels of these polyamines in the attenuated intracellular replication of S. Typhimurium in host cells. This result was subsequently validated by the dose-dependent suppression of intracellular proliferation after the addition of the polyamines. Furthermore, our RNA transcriptome analysis of S. Typhimurium SL1344 and its speG mutant outside and inside Caco-2 cells revealed that speG regulates the genes associated with flagellar biosynthesis, fimbrial expression, and functions of types III and I secretion systems. speG also affects the expression of genes that have been rarely reported to correlate with polyamine metabolism in Salmonella, including those associated with the periplasmic nitrate reductase system, glucarate metabolism, the phosphotransferase system, cytochromes, and the succinate reductase complex in S. Typhimurium in the mid-log growth phase, as well as those in the ilv-leu and histidine biosynthesis operons of intracellular S. Typhimurium after invasion in Caco-2 cells. In the present study, we characterized the phenotypes and transcriptome effects of speG in S. Typhimurium and reviewed the relevant literature to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the potential role of speG in the polyamine metabolism and virulence regulation of Salmonella.
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- Shiuh-Bin Fang
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institution of Engineering Technology-Doctoral, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institution of Engineering Technology-Doctoral, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.,Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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Mou X, Spinard EJ, Hillman SL, Nelson DR. Isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation in Vibrio anguillarum results in virulence attenuation and immunoprotection in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). BMC Microbiol 2017; 17:217. [PMID: 29137620 PMCID: PMC5686843 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-017-1124-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Vibrio anguillarum is an extracellular bacterial pathogen that is a causative agent of vibriosis in finfish and crustaceans with mortality rates ranging from 30% to 100%. Mutations in central metabolism (glycolysis and the TCA cycle) of intracellular pathogens often result in attenuated virulence due to depletion of required metabolic intermediates; however, it was not known whether mutations in central metabolism would affect virulence in an extracellular pathogen such as V. anguillarum. Results Seven central metabolism mutants were created and characterized with regard to growth in minimal and complex media, expression of virulence genes, and virulence in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Only the isocitrate dehydrogenase (icd) mutant was attenuated in virulence against rainbow trout challenged by either intraperitoneal injection or immersion. Further, the icd mutant was shown to be immunoprotective against wild type V. anguillarum infection. There was no significant decrease in the expression of the three hemolysin genes detected by qRT-PCR. Additionally, only the icd mutant exhibited a significantly decreased growth yield in complex media. Growth yield was directly related to the abundance of glutamate. A strain with a restored wild type icd gene was created and shown to restore growth to a wild type cell density in complex media and pathogenicity in rainbow trout. Conclusions The data strongly suggest that a decreased growth yield, resulting from the inability to synthesize α-ketoglutarate, caused the attenuation despite normal levels of expression of virulence genes. Therefore, the ability of an extracellular pathogen to cause disease is dependent upon the availability of host-supplied nutrients for growth. Additionally, a live vaccine strain could be created from an icd deletion strain. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12866-017-1124-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xiangyu Mou
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.,Present Address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, 65 Landsdowne St, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
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Spiga L, Winter MG, Furtado de Carvalho T, Zhu W, Hughes ER, Gillis CC, Behrendt CL, Kim J, Chessa D, Andrews-Polymenis HL, Beiting DP, Santos RL, Hooper LV, Winter SE. An Oxidative Central Metabolism Enables Salmonella to Utilize Microbiota-Derived Succinate. Cell Host Microbe 2017; 22:291-301.e6. [PMID: 28844888 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The mucosal inflammatory response induced by Salmonella serovar Typhimurium creates a favorable niche for this gut pathogen. Conventional wisdom holds that S. Typhimurium undergoes an incomplete tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in the anaerobic mammalian gut. One change during S. Typhimurium-induced inflammation is the production of oxidized compounds by infiltrating neutrophils. We show that inflammation-derived electron acceptors induce a complete, oxidative TCA cycle in S. Typhimurium, allowing the bacteria to compete with the microbiota for colonization. A complete TCA cycle facilitates utilization of the microbiota-derived fermentation product succinate as a carbon source. S. Typhimurium succinate utilization genes contribute to efficient colonization in conventionally raised mice, but provide no growth advantage in germ-free mice. Mono-association of gnotobiotic mice with Bacteroides, a major succinate producer, restores succinate utilization in S. Typhimurium. Thus, oxidative central metabolism enables S. Typhimurium to utilize a variety of carbon sources, including microbiota-derived succinate.
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- Luisella Spiga
- Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Immunology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Clinical Science, Quantitative Biomedical Research Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Bacterial pathogens have evolved to exploit humans as a rich source of nutrients to support survival and replication. The pathways of bacterial metabolism that permit successful colonization are surprisingly varied and highlight remarkable metabolic flexibility. The constraints and immune pressures of distinct niches within the human body set the stage for understanding the mechanisms by which bacteria acquire critical nutrients. In this article we discuss how different bacterial pathogens carry out carbon and energy metabolism in the host and how they obtain or use key nutrients for replication and immune evasion.
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Ruecker N, Jansen R, Trujillo C, Puckett S, Jayachandran P, Piroli GG, Frizzell N, Molina H, Rhee KY, Ehrt S. Fumarase Deficiency Causes Protein and Metabolite Succination and Intoxicates Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Cell Chem Biol 2017; 24:306-315. [PMID: 28219662 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2016] [Revised: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Enzymes of central carbon metabolism are essential mediators of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) physiology and pathogenicity, but are often perceived to lack sufficient species selectivity to be pursued as potential drug targets. Fumarase (Fum) is an enzyme of the canonical tricarboxylic acid cycle and is dispensable in many organisms. Transposon mutagenesis studies in Mtb, however, indicate that Fum is required for optimal growth. Here, we report the generation and characterization of a genetically engineered Mtb strain in which Fum expression is conditionally regulated. This revealed that Fum deficiency is bactericidal in vitro and during both the acute and chronic phases of mouse infection. This essentiality is linked to marked accumulations of fumarate resulting in protein and metabolite succination, a covalent modification of cysteine thiol residues. These results identify Mtb Fum as a potentially species-specific drug target whose inactivation may kill Mtb through a covalently irreversible form of metabolic toxicity.
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- Nadine Ruecker
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29209, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29209, USA
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- Proteomics Resource Center, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Diacovich L, Lorenzi L, Tomassetti M, Méresse S, Gramajo H. The infectious intracellular lifestyle of Salmonella enterica relies on the adaptation to nutritional conditions within the Salmonella-containing vacuole. Virulence 2016; 8:975-992. [PMID: 27936347 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1270493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is a Gram-negative pathogen that causes various host-specific diseases. During their life cycle, Salmonellae survive frequent exposures to a variety of environmental stresses, e.g. carbon-source starvation. The virulence of this pathogen relies on its ability to establish a replicative niche, named Salmonella-containing vacuole, inside host cells. However, the microenvironment of the SCV and the bacterial metabolic pathways required during infection are largely undefined. In this work we developed different biological probes whose expression is modulated by the environment and the physiological state of the bacterium. We constructed transcriptional reporters by fusing promoter regions to the gfpmut3a gene to monitor the expression profile of genes involved in glucose utilization and lipid catabolism. The induction of these probes by a specific metabolic change was first tested in vitro, and then during different conditions of infection in macrophages. We were able to determine that Entner-Doudoroff is the main metabolic pathway utilized by Salmonella during infection in mouse macrophages. Furthermore, we found sub-populations of bacteria expressing genes involved in pathways for the utilization of different sources of carbon. These populations are modified in presence of different metabolizable substrates, suggesting the coexistence of Salmonella with diverse metabolic states during the infection.
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- Lautaro Diacovich
- a Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario , Rosario , Argentina
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- a Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario , Rosario , Argentina
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- a Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario , Rosario , Argentina
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- b Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, INSERM, CIML , Marseille , France
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- a Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario , Rosario , Argentina
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Liu Y, Yu K, Zhou F, Ding T, Yang Y, Hu M, Liu X. Quantitative Proteomics Charts the Landscape of Salmonella Carbon Metabolism within Host Epithelial Cells. J Proteome Res 2016; 16:788-797. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yanhua Liu
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry
and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry
and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry
and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry
and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry
and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry
and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry
and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry
and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Metabolic flux analyses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis isolates. Metab Eng 2016; 38:251-263. [PMID: 27637318 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a metabolically versatile wide-ranging opportunistic pathogen. In humans P. aeruginosa causes infections of the skin, urinary tract, blood, and the lungs of Cystic Fibrosis patients. In addition, P. aeruginosa's broad environmental distribution, relatedness to biotechnologically useful species, and ability to form biofilms have made it the focus of considerable interest. We used 13C metabolic flux analysis (MFA) and flux balance analysis to understand energy and redox production and consumption and to explore the metabolic phenotypes of one reference strain and five strains isolated from the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. Our results highlight the importance of the oxidative pentose phosphate and Entner-Doudoroff pathways in P. aeruginosa growth. Among clinical strains we report two divergent metabolic strategies and identify changes between genetically related strains that have emerged during a chronic infection of the same patient. MFA revealed that the magnitude of fluxes through the glyoxylate cycle correlates with growth rates.
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Passalacqua KD, Charbonneau ME, O'Riordan MXD. Bacterial Metabolism Shapes the Host-Pathogen Interface. Microbiol Spectr 2016; 4:10.1128/microbiolspec.VMBF-0027-2015. [PMID: 27337445 PMCID: PMC4922512 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.vmbf-0027-2015+10.1128/microbiolspec.vmbf-0027-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
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Bacterial pathogens have evolved to exploit humans as a rich source of nutrients to support survival and replication. The pathways of bacterial metabolism that permit successful colonization are surprisingly varied and highlight remarkable metabolic flexibility. The constraints and immune pressures of distinct niches within the human body set the stage for understanding the mechanisms by which bacteria acquire critical nutrients. In this article we discuss how different bacterial pathogens carry out carbon and energy metabolism in the host and how they obtain or use key nutrients for replication and immune evasion.
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- Karla D Passalacqua
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Passalacqua KD, Charbonneau ME, O'Riordan MXD. Bacterial Metabolism Shapes the Host-Pathogen Interface. Microbiol Spectr 2016; 4:10.1128/microbiolspec.VMBF-0027-2015. [PMID: 27337445 PMCID: PMC4922512 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.vmbf-0027-2015 10.1128/microbiolspec.vmbf-0027-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Bacterial pathogens have evolved to exploit humans as a rich source of nutrients to support survival and replication. The pathways of bacterial metabolism that permit successful colonization are surprisingly varied and highlight remarkable metabolic flexibility. The constraints and immune pressures of distinct niches within the human body set the stage for understanding the mechanisms by which bacteria acquire critical nutrients. In this article we discuss how different bacterial pathogens carry out carbon and energy metabolism in the host and how they obtain or use key nutrients for replication and immune evasion.
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- Karla D Passalacqua
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Altinok I, Capkin E, Karsi A. Succinate dehydrogenase mutant of Listonella anguillarum protects rainbow trout against vibriosis. Vaccine 2015; 33:5572-5577. [PMID: 26382599 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Listonella anguillarum is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic rod causing hemorrhagic septicemia in marine and rarely in freshwater fish. Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) plays an important role in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle by oxidizing succinate to fumarate while reducing ubiquinone to ubiquinol. Recent studies indicate that central metabolic pathways, including the TCA cycle, contribute to bacterial virulence. However, the role of SDH in L. anguillarum virulence has not been studied. Here, we report in-frame deletion of the succinate dehydrogenase iron-sulfur protein (SDHB) and its role in L. anguillarum virulence in rainbow trout. To accomplish this goal, upstream and downstream regions of the L. anguillarum sdhB gene were amplified in-frame and cloned into a suicide plasmid. The chromosomal sdhB gene of L. anguillarum was deleted by homologous recombination. Virulence and immunogenicity of the L. anguillarum ΔsdhB mutant (LaΔsdhB) were determined in rainbow trout. Results show that LaΔsdhB was highly attenuated in rainbow trout, and fish immunized with LaΔsdhB displayed high relative survival rate after exposure to wild type L. anguillarum. These findings indicate SDH is important in L. anguillarum virulence in rainbow trout, and LaΔsdhB could be used as an immersion, oral, or injection vaccine to protect rainbow trout against vibriosis.
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- Ilhan Altinok
- Department of Fisheries Technology Engineering, Faculty of Marine Science, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon 61530, Turkey.
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- Department of Fisheries Technology Engineering, Faculty of Marine Science, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon 61530, Turkey
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
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Brissac T, Ziveri J, Ramond E, Tros F, Kock S, Dupuis M, Brillet M, Barel M, Peyriga L, Cahoreau E, Charbit A. Gluconeogenesis, an essential metabolic pathway for pathogenic Francisella. Mol Microbiol 2015; 98:518-34. [PMID: 26192619 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Intracellular multiplication and dissemination of the infectious bacterial pathogen Francisella tularensis implies the utilization of multiple host-derived nutrients. Here, we demonstrate that gluconeogenesis constitutes an essential metabolic pathway in Francisella pathogenesis. Indeed, inactivation of gene glpX, encoding the unique fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase of Francisella, severely impaired bacterial intracellular multiplication when cells were supplemented by gluconeogenic substrates such as glycerol or pyruvate. The ΔglpX mutant also showed a severe virulence defect in the mouse model, confirming the importance of this pathway during the in vivo life cycle of the pathogen. Isotopic profiling revealed the major role of the Embden-Meyerhof (glycolysis) pathway in glucose catabolism in Francisella and confirmed the importance of glpX in gluconeogenesis. Altogether, the data presented suggest that gluconeogenesis allows Francisella to cope with the limiting glucose availability it encounters during its infectious cycle by relying on host amino acids. Hence, targeting the gluconeogenic pathway might constitute an interesting therapeutic approach against this pathogen.
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- Terry Brissac
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse, 31077, France.,INRA, UMR792, Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, Toulouse, 31400, France.,CNRS, UMR5504, Toulouse, 31400, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse, 31077, France.,INRA, UMR792, Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, Toulouse, 31400, France.,CNRS, UMR5504, Toulouse, 31400, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche, Paris, France.,INSERM U1151 - CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Equipe 11: Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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Alteri CJ, Himpsl SD, Mobley HLT. Preferential use of central metabolism in vivo reveals a nutritional basis for polymicrobial infection. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1004601. [PMID: 25568946 PMCID: PMC4287612 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The human genitourinary tract is a common anatomical niche for polymicrobial infection and a leading site for the development of bacteremia and sepsis. Most uncomplicated, community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI) are caused by Escherichia coli, while another bacterium, Proteus mirabilis, is more often associated with complicated UTI. Here, we report that uropathogenic E. coli and P. mirabilis have divergent requirements for specific central pathways in vivo despite colonizing and occupying the same host environment. Using mutants of specific central metabolism enzymes, we determined glycolysis mutants lacking pgi, tpiA, pfkA, or pykA all have fitness defects in vivo for P. mirabilis but do not affect colonization of E. coli during UTI. Similarly, the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway is required only for P. mirabilis in vivo. In contrast, gluconeogenesis is required only for E. coli fitness in vivo. The remarkable difference in central pathway utilization between E. coli and P. mirabilis during experimental UTI was also observed for TCA cycle mutants in sdhB, fumC, and frdA. The distinct in vivo requirements between these pathogens suggest E. coli and P. mirabilis are not direct competitors within host urinary tract nutritional niche. In support of this, we found that co-infection with E. coli and P. mirabilis wild-type strains enhanced bacterial colonization and persistence of both pathogens during UTI. Our results reveal that complementary utilization of central carbon metabolism facilitates polymicrobial disease and suggests microbial activity in vivo alters the host urinary tract nutritional niche. The human urinary tract is a leading source for polymicrobial infections and for the development of bacteremia and sepsis. Treating these potentially dangerous infections have recently become more challenging due to the appearance of uropathogenic strains that are resistant to the many of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics. The majority of urinary tract infections (UTI) are caused by Escherichia coli, while another bacterium, Proteus mirabilis, is more likely to cause catheter-associated UTI. Here, we report that uropathogenic E. coli and P. mirabilis have divergent nutritional requirements despite growing in the same host environment. This result indicates that E. coli and P. mirabilis do not directly compete for nutrients during UTI. Indeed, we found that persistence of both pathogens is enhanced when they co-colonize the host. This work represents an important step toward understanding the basic nutritional requirements for two major pathogens that cause UTI and shows how mixed infections can change these requirements. Understanding how bacteria grow during infections is fundamental to ultimately uncover new ways to combat increasingly drug-resistant bacterial infections.
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- Christopher J. Alteri
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Bücker R, Heroven AK, Becker J, Dersch P, Wittmann C. The pyruvate-tricarboxylic acid cycle node: a focal point of virulence control in the enteric pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:30114-32. [PMID: 25164818 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.581348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Despite our increasing knowledge of the specific pathogenicity factors in bacteria, the contribution of metabolic processes to virulence is largely unknown. Here, we elucidate a tight connection between pathogenicity and core metabolism in the enteric pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis by integrated transcriptome and [(13)C]fluxome analysis of the wild type and virulence-regulator mutants. During aerobic growth on glucose, Y. pseudotuberculosis reveals an unusual flux distribution with a high level of secreted pyruvate. The absence of the transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulators RovA, CsrA, and Crp strongly perturbs the fluxes of carbon core metabolism at the level of pyruvate metabolism and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, and these perturbations are accompanied by transcriptional changes in the corresponding enzymes. Knock-outs of regulators of this metabolic branch point and of its central enzyme, pyruvate kinase (ΔpykF), result in mutants with significantly reduced virulence in an oral mouse infection model. In summary, our work identifies the pyruvate-TCA cycle node as a focal point for controlling the host colonization and virulence of Yersinia.
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- René Bücker
- From the Institute of Systems Biotechnology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, the Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität, Braunschweig and
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- the Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- From the Institute of Systems Biotechnology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken
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- the Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- From the Institute of Systems Biotechnology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken,
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Chakraborty S, Chaudhuri D, Balakrishnan A, Chakravortty D. Salmonella methylglyoxal detoxification by STM3117-encoded lactoylglutathione lyase affects virulence in coordination with Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 and phagosomal acidification. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2014; 160:1999-2017. [PMID: 24961952 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.078998-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Intracellular pathogens such as Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) manipulate their host cells through the interplay of various virulence factors. A multitude of such virulence factors are encoded on the genome of S. Typhimurium and are usually organized in pathogenicity islands. The virulence-associated genomic stretch of STM3117-3120 has structural features of pathogenicity islands and is present exclusively in non-typhoidal serovars of Salmonella. It encodes metabolic enzymes predicted to be involved in methylglyoxal metabolism. STM3117-encoded lactoylglutathione lyase significantly impacts the proliferation of intracellular Salmonella. The deletion mutant of STM3117 (Δlgl) fails to grow in epithelial cells but hyper-replicates in macrophages. This difference in proliferation outcome was the consequence of failure to detoxify methylglyoxal by Δlgl, which was also reflected in the form of oxidative DNA damage and upregulation of kefB in the mutant. Within macrophages, the toxicity of methylglyoxal adducts elicits the potassium efflux channel (KefB) in the mutant which subsequently modulates the acidification of mutant-containing vacuoles (MCVs). The perturbation in the pH of the MCV milieu and bacterial cytosol enhances the Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 translocation in Δlgl, increasing its net growth within macrophages. In epithelial cells, however, the maturation of Δlgl-containing vacuoles were affected as these non-phagocytic cells maintain less acidic vacuoles compared to those in macrophages. Remarkably, ectopic expression of Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 on epithelial cells partially restored the survival of Δlgl. This study identified a novel metabolic enzyme in S. Typhimurium whose activity during intracellular infection within a given host cell type differentially affected the virulence of the bacteria.
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- Sangeeta Chakraborty
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Dieppedale J, Gesbert G, Ramond E, Chhuon C, Dubail I, Dupuis M, Guerrera IC, Charbit A. Possible links between stress defense and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in Francisella pathogenesis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:2278-92. [PMID: 23669032 PMCID: PMC3734585 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m112.024794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious bacterium causing the zoonotic disease tularemia. In vivo, this facultative intracellular bacterium survives and replicates mainly in the cytoplasm of infected cells. We have recently identified a genetic locus, designated moxR that is important for stress resistance and intramacrophage survival of F. tularensis. In the present work, we used tandem affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry to identify in vivo interacting partners of three proteins encoded by this locus: the MoxR-like ATPase (FTL_0200), and two proteins containing motifs predicted to be involved in protein-protein interactions, bearing von Willebrand A (FTL_0201) and tetratricopeptide (FTL_0205) motifs. The three proteins were designated here for simplification, MoxR, VWA1, and TPR1, respectively. MoxR interacted with 31 proteins, including various enzymes. VWA1 interacted with fewer proteins, but these included the E2 component of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase and TPR1. The protein TPR1 interacted with one hundred proteins, including the E1 and E2 subunits of both oxoglutarate and pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme complexes, and their common E3 subunit. Remarkably, chromosomal deletion of either moxR or tpr1 impaired pyruvate dehydrogenase and oxoglutarate dehydrogenase activities, supporting the hypothesis of a functional role for the interaction of MoxR and TPR1 with these complexes. Altogether, this work highlights possible links between stress resistance and metabolism in F. tularensis virulence.
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- Jennifer Dieppedale
- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche. 96 rue Didot 75993 Paris Cedex 14 – France
- §INSERM, U1002, Unité de Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche. 96 rue Didot 75993 Paris Cedex 14 – France
- §INSERM, U1002, Unité de Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche. 96 rue Didot 75993 Paris Cedex 14 – France
- §INSERM, U1002, Unité de Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche. 96 rue Didot 75993 Paris Cedex 14 – France
- ¶Plateau Protéome Necker, PPN, IFR94, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Paris 75015 France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche. 96 rue Didot 75993 Paris Cedex 14 – France
- §INSERM, U1002, Unité de Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche. 96 rue Didot 75993 Paris Cedex 14 – France
- §INSERM, U1002, Unité de Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche. 96 rue Didot 75993 Paris Cedex 14 – France
- ¶Plateau Protéome Necker, PPN, IFR94, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Paris 75015 France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche. 96 rue Didot 75993 Paris Cedex 14 – France
- §INSERM, U1002, Unité de Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France
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Jones SA, Gibson T, Maltby RC, Chowdhury FZ, Stewart V, Cohen PS, Conway T. Anaerobic respiration of Escherichia coli in the mouse intestine. Infect Immun 2011; 79:4218-26. [PMID: 21825069 PMCID: PMC3187261 DOI: 10.1128/iai.05395-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The intestine is inhabited by a large microbial community consisting primarily of anaerobes and, to a lesser extent, facultative anaerobes, such as Escherichia coli, which we have shown requires aerobic respiration to compete successfully in the mouse intestine (S. A. Jones et al., Infect. Immun. 75:4891-4899, 2007). If facultative anaerobes efficiently lower oxygen availability in the intestine, then their sustained growth must also depend on anaerobic metabolism. In support of this idea, mutants lacking nitrate reductase or fumarate reductase have extreme colonization defects. Here, we further explore the role of anaerobic respiration in colonization using the streptomycin-treated mouse model. We found that respiratory electron flow is primarily via the naphthoquinones, which pass electrons to cytochrome bd oxidase and the anaerobic terminal reductases. We found that E. coli uses nitrate and fumarate in the intestine, but not nitrite, dimethyl sulfoxide, or trimethylamine N-oxide. Competitive colonizations revealed that cytochrome bd oxidase is more advantageous than nitrate reductase or fumarate reductase. Strains lacking nitrate reductase outcompeted fumarate reductase mutants once the nitrate concentration in cecal mucus reached submillimolar levels, indicating that fumarate is the more important anaerobic electron acceptor in the intestine because nitrate is limiting. Since nitrate is highest in the absence of E. coli, we conclude that E. coli is the only bacterium in the streptomycin-treated mouse large intestine that respires nitrate. Lastly, we demonstrated that a mutant lacking the NarXL regulator (activator of the NarG system), but not a mutant lacking the NarP-NarQ regulator, has a colonization defect, consistent with the advantage provided by NarG. The emerging picture is one in which gene regulation is tuned to balance expression of the terminal reductases that E. coli uses to maximize its competitiveness and achieve the highest possible population in the intestine.
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- Shari A. Jones
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616-8665
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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Pang E, Tien-Lin C, Selvaraj M, Chang J, Kwang J. Deletion of the aceE gene (encoding a component of pyruvate dehydrogenase) attenuates Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 63:108-18. [PMID: 21707778 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2011.00834.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is a major food-borne pathogen. From a transposon insertion mutant library created previously using S. Enteritidis 10/02, one of the mutants was identified to have a 50% lethal dose (LD(50) ) at least 100 times that of the parental strain in young chicks, with an attenuation in a poorly studied gene encoding a component of pyruvate dehydrogenase, namely the aceE gene. Evaluation of the in vitro virulence characteristics of the ΔaceE∷kan mutant revealed that it was less able to invade epithelial cells, less resistant to reactive oxygen intermediate, less able to survive within a chicken macrophage cell line and had a retarded growth rate compared with the parental strain. Young chicks vaccinated with 2 × 10(9) CFU of the ΔaceE∷kan mutant were protected from the subsequent challenge of the parental strain, with the mutant colonized in the liver and spleen in a shorter time than the group infected with the parental strain. In addition, compared with the parental strain, the ΔaceE∷kan mutant did not cause persistent eggshell contamination of vaccinated hens.
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- Ervinna Pang
- Animal Health Biotechnology Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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McDermott JE, Yoon H, Nakayasu ES, Metz TO, Hyduke DR, Kidwai AS, Palsson BO, Adkins JN, Heffron F. Technologies and approaches to elucidate and model the virulence program of salmonella. Front Microbiol 2011; 2:121. [PMID: 21687430 PMCID: PMC3108385 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 05/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Salmonella is a primary cause of enteric diseases in a variety of animals. During its evolution into a pathogenic bacterium, Salmonella acquired an elaborate regulatory network that responds to multiple environmental stimuli within host animals and integrates them resulting in fine regulation of the virulence program. The coordinated action by this regulatory network involves numerous virulence regulators, necessitating genome-wide profiling analysis to assess and combine efforts from multiple regulons. In this review we discuss recent high-throughput analytic approaches used to understand the regulatory network of Salmonella that controls virulence processes. Application of high-throughput analyses have generated large amounts of data and necessitated the development of computational approaches for data integration. Therefore, we also cover computer-aided network analyses to infer regulatory networks, and demonstrate how genome-scale data can be used to construct regulatory and metabolic systems models of Salmonella pathogenesis. Genes that are coordinately controlled by multiple virulence regulators under infectious conditions are more likely to be important for pathogenesis. Thus, reconstructing the global regulatory network during infection or, at the very least, under conditions that mimic the host cellular environment not only provides a bird's eye view of Salmonella survival strategy in response to hostile host environments but also serves as an efficient means to identify novel virulence factors that are essential for Salmonella to accomplish systemic infection in the host.
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- Jason E. McDermott
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Group, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichland, WA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences UniversityPortland, OR, USA
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- Biological Separations and Mass Spectroscopy Group, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichland WA, USA
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- Biological Separations and Mass Spectroscopy Group, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichland WA, USA
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- Systems Biology, University of California San DiegoSan Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences UniversityPortland, OR, USA
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- Biological Separations and Mass Spectroscopy Group, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichland WA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences UniversityPortland, OR, USA
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Carbon metabolism of enterobacterial human pathogens growing in epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10586. [PMID: 20485672 PMCID: PMC2868055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 04/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Analysis of the genome sequences of the major human bacterial pathogens has provided a large amount of information concerning their metabolic potential. However, our knowledge of the actual metabolic pathways and metabolite fluxes occurring in these pathogens under infection conditions is still limited. In this study, we analysed the intracellular carbon metabolism of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC HN280 and EIEC 4608-58) and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium (Stm 14028) replicating in epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma cells (Caco-2). To this aim, we supplied [U-13C6]glucose to Caco-2 cells infected with the bacterial strains or mutants thereof impaired in the uptake of glucose, mannose and/or glucose 6-phosphate. The 13C-isotopologue patterns of protein-derived amino acids from the bacteria and the host cells were then determined by mass spectrometry. The data showed that EIEC HN280 growing in the cytosol of the host cells, as well as Stm 14028 replicating in the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV) utilised glucose, but not glucose 6-phosphate, other phosphorylated carbohydrates, gluconate or fatty acids as major carbon substrates. EIEC 4608-58 used C3-compound(s) in addition to glucose as carbon source. The labelling patterns reflected strain-dependent carbon flux via glycolysis and/or the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, the pentose phosphate pathway, the TCA cycle and anapleurotic reactions between PEP and oxaloacetate. Mutants of all three strains impaired in the uptake of glucose switched to C3-substrate(s) accompanied by an increased uptake of amino acids (and possibly also other anabolic monomers) from the host cell. Surprisingly, the metabolism of the host cells, as judged by the efficiency of 13C-incorporation into host cell amino acids, was not significantly affected by the infection with either of these intracellular pathogens.
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Eisenreich W, Dandekar T, Heesemann J, Goebel W. Carbon metabolism of intracellular bacterial pathogens and possible links to virulence. Nat Rev Microbiol 2010; 8:401-12. [PMID: 20453875 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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New technologies such as high-throughput methods and 13C-isotopologue-profiling analysis are beginning to provide us with insight into the in vivo metabolism of microorganisms, especially in the host cell compartments that are colonized by intracellular bacterial pathogens. In this Review, we discuss the recent progress made in determining the major carbon sources and metabolic pathways used by model intracellular bacterial pathogens that replicate either in the cytosol or in vacuoles of infected host cells. Furthermore, we highlight the possible links between intracellular carbon metabolism and the expression of virulence genes.
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- Wolfgang Eisenreich
- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching, Germany
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