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Harrell JE, Roy CJ, Gunn JS, McLachlan JB. Current vaccine strategies and novel approaches to combatting Francisella infection. Vaccine 2024; 42:2171-2180. [PMID: 38461051 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.086] [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: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
Abstract
Tularemia is caused by subspecies of Francisella tularensis and can manifest in a variety of disease states, with the pneumonic presentation resulting in the greatest mortality. Despite decades of research, there are no approved vaccines against F. tularensis in the United States. Traditional vaccination strategies, such as live-attenuated or subunit vaccines, are not favorable due to inadequate protection or safety concerns. Because of this, novel vaccination strategies are needed to combat tularemia. Here we discuss the current state of and challenges to the tularemia vaccine field and suggest novel vaccine approaches going forward that might be better suited for protecting against F. tularensis infection.
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- Jaikin E Harrell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA, Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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van Hoek ML, Marchesani A, Rawat M. Diverse roles of low-molecular weight thiol GSH in Francisella's virulence, location sensing and GSH-stealing from host. CURRENT RESEARCH IN MICROBIAL SCIENCES 2023; 6:100218. [PMID: 38303966 PMCID: PMC10831187 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2023.100218] [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] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Low-molecular weight (LMW) thiols, encompassing peptides and small proteins with active cysteine residue(s), are important to bacteria as they are involved in a wide range of redox reactions. They include the tripeptide glutathione (GSH) and the small redox proteins, thioredoxins and glutaredoxins. We review the low MW thiols and related molecules in Francisella species and what role they may play in growth and virulence. Genes for GSH biosynthesis, metabolism and thioredoxins are present in all strains of Francisella, including the fully human-virulent strains. GSH and cysteine (CSH) are the major LMW thiols in Francisella extracts. We explore the potential role of the LMW thiols to overcome the nutritional challenges of intracellular growth (high GSH conditions) as well as the nutritional challenges of planktonic growth (low GSH conditions), and their contribution to Francisella's sensing its environmental location. Francisella may also use GSH as a source of CSH, for which it is auxotrophic. "Glutathione stealing" from the host may be an important part of Francisella's success strategy as a facultative intracellular pathogen both to detect its location and obtain CSH. An understanding of GSH metabolism in Francisella provides insights into the interaction of this pathogen with its host and may reveal additional targets for therapeutic intervention for tularemia infections.
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- Monique L. van Hoek
- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, United States
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- Biology Department, California State University, Fresno, CA, United States
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Degabriel M, Valeva S, Boisset S, Henry T. Pathogenicity and virulence of Francisella tularensis. Virulence 2023; 14:2274638. [PMID: 37941380 PMCID: PMC10653695 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2023.2274638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Tularaemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the Gram-negative bacterium, Francisella tularensis. Depending on its entry route into the organism, F. tularensis causes different diseases, ranging from life-threatening pneumonia to less severe ulceroglandular tularaemia. Various strains with different geographical distributions exhibit different levels of virulence. F. tularensis is an intracellular bacterium that replicates primarily in the cytosol of the phagocytes. The main virulence attribute of F. tularensis is the type 6 secretion system (T6SS) and its effectors that promote escape from the phagosome. In addition, F. tularensis has evolved a peculiar envelope that allows it to escape detection by the immune system. In this review, we cover tularaemia, different Francisella strains, and their pathogenicity. We particularly emphasize the intracellular life cycle, associated virulence factors, and metabolic adaptations. Finally, we present how F. tularensis largely escapes immune detection to be one of the most infectious and lethal bacterial pathogens.
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- Manon Degabriel
- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Univ Lyon, LYON, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Univ Lyon, LYON, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Univ Lyon, LYON, France
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CHU Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, UMR5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Inserm U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Univ Lyon, LYON, France
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Li XY, Zeng ZX, Cheng ZX, Wang YL, Yuan LJ, Zhai ZY, Gong W. Common pathogenic bacteria-induced reprogramming of the host proteinogenic amino acids metabolism. Amino Acids 2023; 55:1487-1499. [PMID: 37814028 PMCID: PMC10689525 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-023-03334-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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Apart from cancer, metabolic reprogramming is also prevalent in other diseases, such as bacterial infections. Bacterial infections can affect a variety of cells, tissues, organs, and bodies, leading to a series of clinical diseases. Common Pathogenic bacteria include Helicobacter pylori, Salmonella enterica, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Staphylococcus aureus, and so on. Amino acids are important and essential nutrients in bacterial physiology and support not only their proliferation but also their evasion of host immune defenses. Many pathogenic bacteria or opportunistic pathogens infect the host and lead to significant changes in metabolites, especially the proteinogenic amino acids, to inhibit the host's immune mechanism to achieve its immune evasion and pathogenicity. Here, we review the regulation of host metabolism, while host cells are infected by some common pathogenic bacteria, and discuss how amino acids of metabolic reprogramming affect bacterial infections, revealing the potential adjunctive application of amino acids alongside antibiotics.
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- Xiao-Yue Li
- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, 510515, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, 510515, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, 510515, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, 510515, China
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- The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, 510515, China
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- Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, 518101, China.
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- Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, 518101, China.
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Zhang H, Zhao Z, Guan W, Zhong Y, Wang Y, Zhou Q, Liu F, Luo Q, Liu J, Ni J, He N, Guo D, Li L, Xing Q. Nano-Selenium inhibited antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors by suppressing bacterial selenocompound metabolism and chemotaxis pathways in animal manure. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 263:115277. [PMID: 37499390 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Numerous antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and virulence factors (VFs) found in animal manure pose significant risks to human health. However, the effects of graphene sodium selenite (GSSe), a novel chemical nano-Selenium, and biological nano-Selenium (BNSSe), a new bioaugmentation nano-Se, on bacterial Se metabolism, chemotaxis, ARGs, and VFs in animal manure remain unknown. In this study, we investigated the effects of GSSe and BNSSe on ARGs and VFs expression in broiler manure using high-throughput sequencing. Results showed that BNSSe reduced Se pressure during anaerobic fermentation by inhibiting bacterial selenocompound metabolism pathways, thereby lowering manure Selenium pollution. Additionally, the expression levels of ARGs and VFs were lower in the BNSSe group compared to the Sodium Selenite and GSSe groups, as BNSSe inhibited bacterial chemotaxis pathways. Co-occurrence network analysis identified ARGs and VFs within the following phyla Bacteroidetes (genera Butyricimonas, Odoribacter, Paraprevotella, and Rikenella), Firmicutes (genera Lactobacillus, Candidatus_Borkfalkia, Merdimonas, Oscillibacter, Intestinimonas, and Megamonas), and Proteobacteria (genera Desulfovibrio). The expression and abundance of ARGs and VFs genes were found to be associated with ARGs-VFs coexistence. Moreover, BNSSe disruption of bacterial selenocompound metabolism and chemotaxis pathways resulted in less frequent transfer of ARGs and VFs. These findings indicate that BNSSe can reduce ARGs and VFs expression in animal manure by suppressing bacterial selenocompound metabolism and chemotaxis pathways.
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- Haibo Zhang
- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China.
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- College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, Yi Chun 336000, China.
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Wang Y, Ledvina HE, Tower CA, Kambarev S, Liu E, Charity JC, Kreuk LSM, Tang Q, Chen Q, Gallagher LA, Radey MC, Rerolle GF, Li Y, Penewit KM, Turkarslan S, Skerrett SJ, Salipante SJ, Baliga NS, Woodward JJ, Dove SL, Peterson SB, Celli J, Mougous JD. Discovery of a glutathione utilization pathway in Francisella that shows functional divergence between environmental and pathogenic species. Cell Host Microbe 2023; 31:1359-1370.e7. [PMID: 37453420 PMCID: PMC10763578 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Glutathione (GSH) is an abundant metabolite within eukaryotic cells that can act as a signal, a nutrient source, or serve in a redox capacity for intracellular bacterial pathogens. For Francisella, GSH is thought to be a critical in vivo source of cysteine; however, the cellular pathways permitting GSH utilization by Francisella differ between strains and have remained poorly understood. Using genetic screening, we discovered a unique pathway for GSH utilization in Francisella. Whereas prior work suggested GSH catabolism initiates in the periplasm, the pathway we define consists of a major facilitator superfamily (MFS) member that transports intact GSH and a previously unrecognized bacterial cytoplasmic enzyme that catalyzes the first step of GSH degradation. Interestingly, we find that the transporter gene for this pathway is pseudogenized in pathogenic Francisella, explaining phenotypic discrepancies in GSH utilization among Francisella spp. and revealing a critical role for GSH in the environmental niche of these bacteria.
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- Yaxi Wang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Microbial Interactions and Microbiome Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Alqahtani M, Ma Z, Miller J, Yu J, Malik M, Bakshi CS. Comparative analysis of absent in melanoma 2-inflammasome activation in Francisella tularensis and Francisella novicida. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1188112. [PMID: 37266012 PMCID: PMC10230036 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1188112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent Gram-negative bacterium that causes the fatal zoonotic disease tularemia. The mechanisms and signaling pathways leading to the absent in melanoma 2 (Aim2) inflammasome activation have been elegantly elucidated using Francisella novicida as a model. Although not pathogenic for humans, F. novicida can cause tularemia in mice, and the inflammatory response it triggers is the polar opposite to that observed in mice infected with F. tularensis strains. This study aimed to understand the mechanisms of Aim2 inflammasome activation in F. tularensis-infected macrophages. The results reveal that macrophages infected with the F. tularensis live vaccine strain (LVS) induce lower levels of Aim2-dependent IL-1β than those infected with F. novicida. The suppression/weak activation of Aim2 in F. tularensis LVS-infected macrophages is due to the suppression of the cGAS-STING DNA-sensing pathway. Furthermore, the introduction of exogenous F. tularensis LVS DNA into the cytosol of the F. tularensis LVS-infected macrophages, alone or in conjunction with a priming signal, failed to restore IL-1β levels similar to those observed for F. novicida-infected macrophages. These results indicated that, in addition to the bacterial DNA, DNA from some other sources, specifically from the damaged mitochondria, might contribute to the robust Aim2-dependent IL-1β levels observed in F. novicida-infected macrophages. The results indicate that F. tularensis LVS induces mitophagy that may potentially prevent the leakage of mitochondrial DNA and the subsequent activation of the Aim2 inflammasome. Collectively, this study demonstrates that the mechanisms of Aim2 inflammasome activation established for F. novicida are not operative in F. tularensis.
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- Maha Alqahtani
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY, United States
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY, United States
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- Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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Dominguez SR, Whiles S, Deobald KN, Kawula T. Francisella tularensis Exploits AMPK Activation to Harvest Host-Derived Nutrients Liberated from Host Lipolysis. Infect Immun 2022; 90:e0015522. [PMID: 35916521 PMCID: PMC9387300 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00155-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Francisella tularensis is a zoonotic, facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that replicates in a variety of cell types during infection. Following entry into the cell and phagosome escape, the bacterium replicates rapidly in the cytoplasm. F. tularensis intracellular growth depends on the availability of metabolizable essential nutrients to support replication. However, the mechanism by which metabolizable nutrients become available to the bacterium in the intracellular environment is not fully understood. We found that F. tularensis-infected cells had significantly smaller and fewer lipid droplets than uninfected cells. Inhibition of triacylglycerol degradation significantly reduced bacterial growth, whereas inhibition of triacylglycerol formation did not reduce bacterial growth, suggesting that triacylglycerols sequestered within lipid droplets are important nutrient sources for F. tularensis. We found that F. tularensis-infected cells had increased activation of lipolysis and the upstream regulatory protein AMP protein kinase (AMPK). These data suggest that F. tularensis exploits AMPK activation and lipid metabolism to use host-derived nutrients. Finally, we found that AMPK activation is correlated with an increased bacterial burden, which suggests that it is a host-mediated response to nutrient starvation that results from increased bacterial replication. Altogether, we conclude that F. tularensis exploits AMPK activation to access nutrients sequestered in lipid droplets, specifically glycerol and fatty acids, to undergo efficient bacterial replication and cause successful infection.
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- Sedelia R. Dominguez
- Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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Deletion Mutants of Francisella Phagosomal Transporters FptA and FptF Are Highly Attenuated for Virulence and Are Protective Against Lethal Intranasal Francisella LVS Challenge in a Murine Model of Respiratory Tularemia. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10070799. [PMID: 34202420 PMCID: PMC8308642 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10070799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis (Ft) is a Gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacterium that is a Tier 1 Select Agent of concern for biodefense for which there is no licensed vaccine. A subfamily of 9 Francisella phagosomal transporter (fpt) genes belonging to the Major Facilitator Superfamily of transporters was identified as critical to pathogenesis and potential targets for attenuation and vaccine development. We evaluated the attenuation and protective capacity of LVS derivatives with deletions of the fptA and fptF genes in the C57BL/6J mouse model of respiratory tularemia. LVSΔfptA and LVSΔfptF were highly attenuated with LD50 values of >20 times that of LVS when administered intranasally and conferred 100% protection against lethal challenge. Immune responses to the fpt mutant strains in mouse lungs on day 6 post-infection were substantially modified compared to LVS and were associated with reduced organ burdens and reduced pathology. The immune responses to LVSΔfptA and LVSΔfptF were characterized by decreased levels of IL-10 and IL-1β in the BALF versus LVS, and increased numbers of B cells, αβ and γδ T cells, NK cells, and DCs versus LVS. These results support a fundamental requirement for FptA and FptF in the pathogenesis of Ft and the modulation of the host immune response.
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Liu YK, Kuo HC, Lai CH, Chou CC. Single amino acid utilization for bacterial categorization. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12686. [PMID: 32728059 PMCID: PMC7391690 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69686-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Despite great advancement in genetic typing, phenotyping is still an indispensable tool for categorization of bacteria. Certain amino acids may be essential for bacterial survival, growth, pathogenicity or toxin production, which prompts the idea that the intrinsic ability to utilize single amino acid under live-or-die situation could be a basis for differentiation of bacteria species. In this study, we determined the single amino acid consumption profiles of 7 bacterial species, and demonstrated that most bacteria have species-specific pattern of amino acid consumption. We also discovered that bacterial strains from different hosts, toxigenicity, and antibiotic-resistance presented distinct preference for certain amino acids. Taken altogether, the amino acid consumption profiles showed potential to be a novel tool complementary to study not only bacterial categorization but also biochemical characteristics of the bacteria such that its phenotyping can be used to uncover strategies for nutritional, pharmaceutical, taxonomic, and evolutionary aspects of bacterial researches.
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- Yi-Kai Liu
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan.
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Chen F, Köppen K, Rydzewski K, Einenkel R, Morguet C, Vu DT, Eisenreich W, Heuner K. Myo-Inositol as a carbon substrate in Francisella and insights into the metabolism of Francisella sp. strain W12-1067. Int J Med Microbiol 2020; 310:151426. [PMID: 32444321 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2020.151426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Recently, a new environmental Francisella strain, Francisella sp. strain W12-1067, has been identified in Germany. This strain is negative for the Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI) but exhibits a putative alternative type VI secretion system. Some known virulence factors of Francisella are present, but the pathogenic capacity of this species is not known yet. In silico genome analysis reveals the presence of a gene cluster tentatively enabling myo-inositol (MI) utilization via a putative inositol oxygenase. Labelling experiments starting from 2H-inositol demonstrate that this gene cluster is indeed involved in the metabolism of MI. We further show that, under in vitro conditions, supply of MI increases growth rates of strain W12-1067 in the absence of glucose and that the metabolism of MI is strongly reduced in a W12-1067 mutant lacking the MI gene cluster. The positive growth effect of MI in the absence of glucose is restored in this mutant strain by introducing the complete MI gene cluster. F. novicida Fx1 is also positive for the MI metabolizing gene cluster and MI again increases growth in a glucose-free medium, in contrast to F. novicida strain U112, which is shown to be a natural mutant of the MI metabolizing gene cluster. Labelling experiments of Francisella sp. strain W12-1067 in medium T containing 13C-glucose, 13C-serine or 13C-glycerol as tracers suggest a bipartite metabolism where glucose is mainly metabolized through glycolysis, but not through the Entner-Doudoroff pathway or the pentose phosphate pathway. Carbon flux from 13C-glycerol and 13C-serine is less active, and label from these tracers is transferred mostly into amino acids, lactate and fatty acids. Together, the metabolism of Francisella sp. strain W12-1067 seems to be more related to the respective one in F. novicida rather than in F. tularensis subsp. holarctica.
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- Fan Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Working Group: Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, ZBS 2, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Working Group: Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, ZBS 2, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Working Group: Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, ZBS 2, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
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- Working Group: Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens, Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, ZBS 2, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
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The Production of Listeriolysin O and Subsequent Intracellular Infections by Listeria monocytogenes Are Regulated by Exogenous Short Chain Fatty Acid Mixtures. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12040218. [PMID: 32235519 PMCID: PMC7232371 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12040218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen capable of secreting listeriolysin O (LLO), a pore-forming toxin encoded by the hly gene. While the functions of LLO have been studied extensively, how the production of LLO is modulated by the intestinal environment, devoid of oxygen and enriched in short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), is not completely understood. Using L. monocytogenes strain 10403s, we found that hly transcription was moderately decreased by aerobic SCFA exposures but significantly increased by anaerobic SCFA exposures. Moreover, aerobic, but not anaerobic, exposure to low levels of SCFAs resulted in a significantly higher LLO activity. These results demonstrated that transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulations of LLO production were separately modulated by SCFAs and were responsive to oxygen levels. Examining isogenic mutants revealed that PrfA and SigB play a role in regulating LLO production in response to SCFAs. Effects of SCFAs were also present in the cardiotropic strain 07PF0776 but distinctly different from those in strain 10403s. For both strains, prior exposures to SCFAs altered intracellular infections in Caco-2 and RAW264.7 cells and the plaque sizes in L fibroblasts, a result confirming the ability of L. monocytogenes to adapt to SCFAs in ways that impact its subsequent infection outcomes.
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Engineering a defined culture medium to grow Piscirickettsia salmonis for its use in vaccine formulations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 47:299-309. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-020-02265-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Piscirickettsia salmonis is a facultative Gram-negative intracellular bacterium that produces piscirickettsiosis, disease that causes a high negative impact in salmonid cultures. The so-far-unidentified nutritional requirements have hindered its axenic culture at laboratory and industrial scales for the formulation of vaccines. The present study describes the development of a defined culture medium for P. salmonis. The culture medium was formulated through rational design involving auxotrophy test and statistical designs of experiments, considering the genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of P. salmonis reported by our group. The whole optimization process allowed for a twofold increase in biomass and a reduction of about 50% of the amino acids added to the culture medium. The final culture medium contains twelve amino acids, where glutamic acid, threonine and arginine were the main carbon and energy sources, supporting 1.65 g/L of biomass using 6.5 g/L of amino acids in the formulation. These results will contribute significantly to the development of new operational strategies to culture this bacterium for the production of vaccines.
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Ziveri J, Chhuon C, Jamet A, Rytter H, Prigent G, Tros F, Barel M, Coureuil M, Lays C, Henry T, Keep NH, Guerrera IC, Charbit A. Critical Role of a Sheath Phosphorylation Site On the Assembly and Function of an Atypical Type VI Secretion System. Mol Cell Proteomics 2019; 18:2418-2432. [PMID: 31578219 PMCID: PMC6885697 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra119.001532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The bacterial pathogen Francisella tularensis possesses a noncanonical type VI secretion system (T6SS) that is required for phagosomal escape in infected macrophages. KCl stimulation has been previously used to trigger assembly and secretion of the T6SS in culture. By differential proteomics, we found here that the amounts of the T6SS proteins remained unchanged upon KCl stimulation, suggesting involvement of post-translational modifications in T6SS assembly. A phosphoproteomic analysis indeed identified a unique phosphorylation site on IglB, a key component of the T6SS sheath. Substitutions of Y139 with alanine or phosphomimetics prevented T6SS formation and abolished phagosomal escape whereas substitution with phenylalanine delayed but did not abolish phagosomal escape in J774-1 macrophages. Altogether our data demonstrated that the Y139 site of IglB plays a critical role in T6SS biogenesis, suggesting that sheath phosphorylation could participate to T6SS dynamics.Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD013619; and on MS-Viewer, key lkaqkllxwx.
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- Jason Ziveri
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades. Team 7: Pathogenesis of Systemic Infections, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France
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- Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades. Team 7: Pathogenesis of Systemic Infections, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades. Team 7: Pathogenesis of Systemic Infections, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades. Team 7: Pathogenesis of Systemic Infections, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades. Team 7: Pathogenesis of Systemic Infections, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades. Team 7: Pathogenesis of Systemic Infections, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades. Team 7: Pathogenesis of Systemic Infections, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université Lyon, Inserm, U1111, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Labex ECOFECT, Eco-evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases, F-69007, LYON, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université Lyon, Inserm, U1111, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Labex ECOFECT, Eco-evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases, F-69007, LYON, France
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- Crystallography, Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
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- Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France.
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades. Team 7: Pathogenesis of Systemic Infections, Paris 75015, France; Plateforme protéomique 3P5-Necker, Universit[c33c]zpi;● Paris Descartes - Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris 75015, France.
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Screen for fitness and virulence factors of Francisella sp. strain W12-1067 using amoebae. Int J Med Microbiol 2019; 309:151341. [PMID: 31451389 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2019.151341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of the human disease referred to as tularemia. Other Francisella species are known but less is understood about their virulence factors. The role of environmental amoebae in the life-cycle of Francisella is still under discussion. Francisella sp. strain W12-1067 (F-W12) is an environmental Francisella isolate recently identified in Germany which is negative for the Francisella pathogenicity island, but exhibits a putative alternative type VI secretion system. Putative virulence factors have been identified in silico in the genome of F-W12. In this work, we established a "scatter screen", used earlier for pathogenic Legionella, to verify experimentally and identify candidate fitness factors using a transposon mutant bank of F-W12 and Acanthamoeba lenticulata as host organism. In these experiments, we identified 79 scatter clones (amoeba sensitive), which were further analyzed by an infection assay identifying 9 known virulence factors, but also candidate fitness factors of F-W12 not yet described as fitness factors in Francisella. The majority of the identified genes encoded proteins involved in the synthesis or maintenance of the cell envelope (LPS, outer membrane, capsule) or in the metabolism (glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, pentose phosphate pathway). Further 13C-flux analysis of the Tn5 glucokinase mutant strain revealed that the identified gene indeed encodes the sole active glucokinase in F-W12. In conclusion, candidate fitness factors of the new Francisella species F-W12 were identified using the scatter screen method which might also be usable for other Francisella species.
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Radlinski LC, Brunton J, Steele S, Taft-Benz S, Kawula TH. Defining the Metabolic Pathways and Host-Derived Carbon Substrates Required for Francisella tularensis Intracellular Growth. mBio 2018; 9:e01471-18. [PMID: 30459188 PMCID: PMC6247087 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01471-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative, facultative, intracellular bacterial pathogen and one of the most virulent organisms known. A hallmark of F. tularensis pathogenesis is the bacterium's ability to replicate to high densities within the cytoplasm of infected cells in over 250 known host species, including humans. This demonstrates that F. tularensis is adept at modulating its metabolism to fluctuating concentrations of host-derived nutrients. The precise metabolic pathways and nutrients utilized by F. tularensis during intracellular growth, however, are poorly understood. Here, we use systematic mutational analysis to identify the carbon catabolic pathways and host-derived nutrients required for F. tularensis intracellular replication. We demonstrate that the glycolytic enzyme phosphofructokinase (PfkA), and thus glycolysis, is dispensable for F. tularensis SchuS4 virulence, and we highlight the importance of the gluconeogenic enzyme fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (GlpX). We found that the specific gluconeogenic enzymes that function upstream of GlpX varied based on infection model, indicating that F. tularensis alters its metabolic flux according to the nutrients available within its replicative niche. Despite this flexibility, we found that glutamate dehydrogenase (GdhA) and glycerol 3-phosphate (G3P) dehydrogenase (GlpA) are essential for F. tularensis intracellular replication in all infection models tested. Finally, we demonstrate that host cell lipolysis is required for F. tularensis intracellular proliferation, suggesting that host triglyceride stores represent a primary source of glycerol during intracellular replication. Altogether, the data presented here reveal common nutritional requirements for a bacterium that exhibits characteristic metabolic flexibility during infection.IMPORTANCE The widespread onset of antibiotic resistance prioritizes the need for novel antimicrobial strategies to prevent the spread of disease. With its low infectious dose, broad host range, and high rate of mortality, F. tularensis poses a severe risk to public health and is considered a potential agent for bioterrorism. F. tularensis reaches extreme densities within the host cell cytosol, often replicating 1,000-fold in a single cell within 24 hours. This remarkable rate of growth demonstrates that F. tularensis is adept at harvesting and utilizing host cell nutrients. However, like most intracellular pathogens, the types of nutrients utilized by F. tularensis and how they are acquired is not fully understood. Identifying the essential pathways for F. tularensis replication may reveal new therapeutic strategies for targeting this highly infectious pathogen and may provide insight for improved targeting of intracellular pathogens in general.
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- Lauren C Radlinski
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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Branching Out: Alterations in Bacterial Physiology and Virulence Due to Branched-Chain Amino Acid Deprivation. mBio 2018; 9:mBio.01188-18. [PMID: 30181248 PMCID: PMC6123439 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01188-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs [Ile, Leu, and Val]) represent important nutrients in bacterial physiology, with roles that range from supporting protein synthesis to signaling and fine-tuning the adaptation to amino acid starvation. In some pathogenic bacteria, the adaptation to amino acid starvation includes induction of virulence gene expression: thus, BCAAs support not only proliferation during infection, but also the evasion of host defenses. The branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs [Ile, Leu, and Val]) represent important nutrients in bacterial physiology, with roles that range from supporting protein synthesis to signaling and fine-tuning the adaptation to amino acid starvation. In some pathogenic bacteria, the adaptation to amino acid starvation includes induction of virulence gene expression: thus, BCAAs support not only proliferation during infection, but also the evasion of host defenses. A body of research has accumulated over the years to describe the multifaceted physiological roles of BCAAs and the mechanisms bacteria use to maintain their intracellular levels. More recent studies have focused on understanding how fluctuations in their intracellular levels impact global regulatory pathways that coordinate the adaptation to nutrient limitation, especially in pathogenic bacteria. In this minireview, we discuss how these studies have refined the individual roles of BCAAs, shed light on how BCAA auxotrophy might promote higher sensitivity to exogenous BCAA levels, and revealed pathogen-specific responses to BCAA deprivation. These advancements improve our understanding of how bacteria meet their nutritional requirements for growth while simultaneously remaining responsive to changes in environmental nutrient availability to promote their survival in a range of environments.
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Deletion of the Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter fptB Alters Host Cell Interactions and Attenuates Virulence of Type A Francisella tularensis. Infect Immun 2018; 86:IAI.00832-17. [PMID: 29311235 PMCID: PMC5820938 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00832-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative, facultative, intracellular coccobacillus that can infect a wide variety of hosts. In humans, F. tularensis causes the zoonosis tularemia following insect bites, ingestion, inhalation, and the handling of infected animals. The fact that a very small inoculum delivered by the aerosol route can cause severe disease, coupled with the possibility of its use as an aerosolized bioweapon, has led to the classification of Francisella tularensis as a category A select agent and has renewed interest in the formulation of a vaccine. To this end, we engineered a type A strain SchuS4 derivative containing a targeted deletion of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporter fptB. Based on the attenuating capacity of this deletion in the F. tularensis LVS background, we hypothesized that the deletion of this transporter would alter the intracellular replication and cytokine induction of the type A strain and attenuate virulence in the stringent C57BL/6J mouse model. Here we demonstrate that the deletion of fptB significantly alters the intracellular life cycle of F. tularensis, attenuating intracellular replication in both cell line-derived and primary macrophages and inducing a novel cytosolic escape delay. Additionally, we observed prominent differences in the in vitro cytokine profiles in human macrophage-like cells. The mutant was highly attenuated in the C57BL/6J mouse model and provided partial protection against virulent type A F. tularensis challenge. These results indicate a fundamental necessity for this nutrient transporter in the timely progression of F. tularensis through its replication cycle and in pathogenesis.
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Sprenger M, Kasper L, Hensel M, Hube B. Metabolic adaptation of intracellular bacteria and fungi to macrophages. Int J Med Microbiol 2017; 308:215-227. [PMID: 29150190 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The mature phagosome of macrophages is a hostile environment for the vast majority of phagocytosed microbes. In addition to active destruction of the engulfed microbes by antimicrobial compounds, restriction of essential nutrients in the phagosomal compartment contributes to microbial growth inhibition and killing. However, some pathogenic microorganisms have not only developed various strategies to efficiently withstand or counteract antimicrobial activities, but also to acquire nutrients within macrophages for intracellular replication. Successful intracellular pathogens are able to utilize host-derived amino acids, carbohydrates and lipids as well as trace metals and vitamins during intracellular growth. This requires sophisticated strategies such as phagosome modification or escape, efficient nutrient transporters and metabolic adaptation. In this review, we discuss the metabolic adaptation of facultative intracellular bacteria and fungi to the intracellular lifestyle inside macrophages.
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- Marcel Sprenger
- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Microbiology, University Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany; Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care, University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
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The metabolic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase acts as a transcriptional regulator in pathogenic Francisella. Nat Commun 2017; 8:853. [PMID: 29021545 PMCID: PMC5636795 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00889-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The enzyme fructose-bisphosphate aldolase occupies a central position in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis pathways. Beyond its housekeeping role in metabolism, fructose-bisphosphate aldolase has been involved in additional functions and is considered as a potential target for drug development against pathogenic bacteria. Here, we address the role of fructose-bisphosphate aldolase in the bacterial pathogen Francisella novicida. We demonstrate that fructose-bisphosphate aldolase is important for bacterial multiplication in macrophages in the presence of gluconeogenic substrates. In addition, we unravel a direct role of this metabolic enzyme in transcription regulation of genes katG and rpoA, encoding catalase and an RNA polymerase subunit, respectively. We propose a model in which fructose-bisphosphate aldolase participates in the control of host redox homeostasis and the inflammatory immune response.The enzyme fructose-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA) plays central roles in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. Here, Ziveri et al. show that FBA of the pathogen Francisella novicida acts, in addition, as a transcriptional regulator and is important for bacterial multiplication in macrophages.
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Chen F, Rydzewski K, Kutzner E, Häuslein I, Schunder E, Wang X, Meighen-Berger K, Grunow R, Eisenreich W, Heuner K. Differential Substrate Usage and Metabolic Fluxes in Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica and Francisella novicida. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:275. [PMID: 28680859 PMCID: PMC5478678 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis is an intracellular pathogen for many animals causing the infectious disease, tularemia. Whereas F. tularensis subsp. holarctica is highly pathogenic for humans, F. novicida is almost avirulent for humans, but virulent for mice. In order to compare metabolic fluxes between these strains, we performed 13C-labeling experiments with F. tularensis subsp. holarctica wild type (beaver isolate), F. tularensis subsp. holarctica strain LVS, or F. novicida strain U112 in complex media containing either [U-13C6]glucose, [1,2-13C2]glucose, [U-13C3]serine, or [U-13C3]glycerol. GC/MS-based isotopolog profiling of amino acids, polysaccharide-derived glucose, free fructose, amino sugars derived from the cell wall, fatty acids, 3-hydroxybutyrate, lactate, succinate and malate revealed uptake and metabolic usage of all tracers under the experimental conditions with glucose being the major carbon source for all strains under study. The labeling patterns of the F. tularensis subsp. holarctica wild type were highly similar to those of the LVS strain, but showed remarkable differences to the labeling profiles of the metabolites from the F. novicida strain. Glucose was directly used for polysaccharide and cell wall biosynthesis with higher rates in F. tularensis subsp. holarctica or metabolized, with higher rates in F. novicida, via glycolysis and the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). Catabolic turnover of glucose via gluconeogenesis was also observed. In all strains, Ala was mainly synthesized from pyruvate, although no pathway from pyruvate to Ala is annotated in the genomes of F. tularensis and F. novicida. Glycerol efficiently served as a gluconeogenetic substrate in F. novicida, but only less in the F. tularensis subsp. holarctica strains. In any of the studied strains, serine did not serve as a major substrate and was not significantly used for gluconeogenesis under the experimental conditions. Rather, it was only utilized, at low rates, in downstream metabolic processes, e.g., via acetyl-CoA in the citrate cycle and for fatty acid biosynthesis, especially in the F. tularensis subsp. holarctica strains. In summary, the data reflect differential metabolite fluxes in F. tularensis subsp. holarctica and F. novicida suggesting that the different utilization of substrates could be related to host specificity and virulence of Francisella.
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- Fan Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität MünchenGarching, Germany
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- Working Group "Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens", ZBS 2, Robert Koch InstituteBerlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität MünchenGarching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität MünchenGarching, Germany
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- Working Group "Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens", ZBS 2, Robert Koch InstituteBerlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität MünchenGarching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität MünchenGarching, Germany
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- Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Division 2 (ZBS 2), Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch InstituteBerlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Biochemistry, Technische Universität MünchenGarching, Germany
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- Working Group "Cellular Interactions of Bacterial Pathogens", ZBS 2, Robert Koch InstituteBerlin, Germany
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Bao Y, Tian M, Li P, Liu J, Ding C, Yu S. Characterization of Brucella abortus mutant strain Δ22915, a potential vaccine candidate. Vet Res 2017; 48:17. [PMID: 28376905 PMCID: PMC5381064 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-017-0422-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Brucellosis, caused by Brucella spp., is an important zoonosis worldwide. Vaccination is an effective strategy for protection against Brucella infection in livestock in developing countries and in wildlife in developed countries. However, current vaccine strains including S19 and RB51 are pathogenic to humans and pregnant animals, limiting their use. In this study, we constructed the Brucella abortus (B. abortus) S2308 mutant strain Δ22915, in which the putative lytic transglycosylase gene BAB_RS22915 was deleted. The biological properties of mutant strain Δ22915 were characterized and protection of mice against virulent S2308 challenge was evaluated. The mutant strain Δ22915 showed reduced survival within RAW264.7 cells and survival in vivo in mice. In addition, the mutant strain Δ22915 failed to escape fusion with lysosomes within host cells, and caused no observable pathological damage. RNA-seq analysis indicated that four genes associated with amino acid/nucleotide transport and metabolism were significantly upregulated in mutant strain Δ22915. Furthermore, inoculation of ∆22915 at 105 colony forming units induced effective host immune responses and long-term protection of BALB/c mice. Therefore, mutant strain ∆22915 could be used as a novel vaccine candidate in the future to protect animals against B. abortus infection.
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- Yanqing Bao
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China
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Ziveri J, Barel M, Charbit A. Importance of Metabolic Adaptations in Francisella Pathogenesis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:96. [PMID: 28401066 PMCID: PMC5368251 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious Gram-negative bacterium and the causative agent of the zoonotic disease tularemia. This bacterial pathogen can infect a broad variety of animal species and can be transmitted to humans in numerous ways with various clinical outcomes. Although, Francisella possesses the capacity to infect numerous mammalian cell types, the macrophage constitutes the main intracellular niche, used for in vivo bacterial dissemination. To survive and multiply within infected macrophages, Francisella must imperatively escape from the phagosomal compartment. In the cytosol, the bacterium needs to control the host innate immune response and adapt its metabolism to this nutrient-restricted niche. Our laboratory has shown that intracellular Francisella mainly relied on host amino acid as major gluconeogenic substrates and provided evidence that the host metabolism was also modified upon Francisella infection. We will review here our current understanding of how Francisella copes with the available nutrient sources provided by the host cell during the course of infection.
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- Jason Ziveri
- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris DescartesParis, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1151 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Team 11: Pathogenesis of Systemic InfectionsParis, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris DescartesParis, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1151 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Team 11: Pathogenesis of Systemic InfectionsParis, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris DescartesParis, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1151 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Team 11: Pathogenesis of Systemic InfectionsParis, France
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Issa MN, Ashhab Y. Identification of Brucella melitensis Rev.1 vaccine-strain genetic markers: Towards understanding the molecular mechanism behind virulence attenuation. Vaccine 2016; 34:4884-4891. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2016] [Revised: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Garai P, Chandra K, Chakravortty D. Bacterial peptide transporters: Messengers of nutrition to virulence. Virulence 2016; 8:297-309. [PMID: 27589415 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1221025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bacteria possess numerous peptide transporters for importing peptides as nutrients. However, these peptide transporters are now consistently reported to play a role in the virulence of various bacterial pathogens. Their ability to transport peptides has implications in antibacterial therapy as well. Therefore, it would be instrumental to have complete knowledge about the role of peptide transporters in mediating this cross connection between metabolism and pathogenesis. Studies on various peptide transporters in bacterial pathogens have improved our understanding of this field. In this review, we have given an overview of the functioning of bacterial peptide transporters and their contribution in virulence of major bacterial pathogens.
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- Preeti Garai
- a Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology , Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore , India
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- a Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology , Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore , India
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- a Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology , Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore , India
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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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Microinjection of Francisella tularensis and Listeria monocytogenes reveals the importance of bacterial and host factors for successful replication. Infect Immun 2015; 83:3233-42. [PMID: 26034213 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00416-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Certain intracellular bacteria use the host cell cytosol as the replicative niche. Although it has been hypothesized that the successful exploitation of this compartment requires a unique metabolic adaptation, supportive evidence is lacking. For Francisella tularensis, many genes of the Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI) are essential for intracellular growth, and therefore, FPI mutants are useful tools for understanding the prerequisites of intracytosolic replication. We compared the growth of bacteria taken up by phagocytic or nonphagocytic cells with that of bacteria microinjected directly into the host cytosol, using the live vaccine strain (LVS) of F. tularensis; five selected FPI mutants thereof, i.e., ΔiglA, ΔiglÇ ΔiglG, ΔiglI, and ΔpdpE strains; and Listeria monocytogenes. After uptake in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM), ASC(-/-) BMDM, MyD88(-/-) BMDM, J774 cells, or HeLa cells, LVS, ΔpdpE and ΔiglG mutants, and L. monocytogenes replicated efficiently in all five cell types, whereas the ΔiglA and ΔiglC mutants showed no replication. After microinjection, all 7 strains showed effective replication in J774 macrophages, ASC(-/-) BMDM, and HeLa cells. In contrast to the rapid replication in other cell types, L. monocytogenes showed no replication in MyD88(-/-) BMDM and LVS showed no replication in either BMDM or MyD88(-/-) BMDM after microinjection. Our data suggest that the mechanisms of bacterial uptake as well as the permissiveness of the cytosolic compartment per se are important factors for the intracytosolic replication. Notably, none of the investigated FPI proteins was found to be essential for intracytosolic replication after microinjection.
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Identifying Francisella tularensis genes required for growth in host cells. Infect Immun 2015; 83:3015-25. [PMID: 25987704 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00004-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent Gram-negative intracellular pathogen capable of infecting a vast diversity of hosts, ranging from amoebae to humans. A hallmark of F. tularensis virulence is its ability to quickly grow to high densities within a diverse set of host cells, including, but not limited to, macrophages and epithelial cells. We developed a luminescence reporter system to facilitate a large-scale transposon mutagenesis screen to identify genes required for growth in macrophage and epithelial cell lines. We screened 7,454 individual mutants, 269 of which exhibited reduced intracellular growth. Transposon insertions in the 269 growth-defective strains mapped to 68 different genes. FTT_0924, a gene of unknown function but highly conserved among Francisella species, was identified in this screen to be defective for intracellular growth within both macrophage and epithelial cell lines. FTT_0924 was required for full Schu S4 virulence in a murine pulmonary infection model. The ΔFTT_0924 mutant bacterial membrane is permeable when replicating in hypotonic solution and within macrophages, resulting in strongly reduced viability. The permeability and reduced viability were rescued when the mutant was grown in a hypertonic solution, indicating that FTT_0924 is required for resisting osmotic stress. The ΔFTT_0924 mutant was also significantly more sensitive to β-lactam antibiotics than Schu S4. Taken together, the data strongly suggest that FTT_0924 is required for maintaining peptidoglycan integrity and virulence.
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Ramond E, Gesbert G, Guerrera IC, Chhuon C, Dupuis M, Rigard M, Henry T, Barel M, Charbit A. Importance of host cell arginine uptake in Francisella phagosomal escape and ribosomal protein amounts. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 14:870-81. [PMID: 25616868 PMCID: PMC4390266 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.044552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Upon entry into mammalian host cells, the pathogenic bacterium Francisella must import host cell arginine to multiply actively in the host cytoplasm. We identified and functionally characterized an arginine transporter (hereafter designated ArgP) whose inactivation considerably delayed bacterial phagosomal escape and intracellular multiplication. Intramacrophagic growth of the ΔargP mutant was fully restored upon supplementation of the growth medium with excess arginine, in both F. tularensis subsp. novicida and F. tularensis subsp. holarctica LVS, demonstrating the importance of arginine acquisition in these two subspecies. High-resolution mass spectrometry revealed that arginine limitation reduced the amount of most of the ribosomal proteins in the ΔargP mutant. In response to stresses such as nutritional limitation, repression of ribosomal protein synthesis has been observed in all kingdoms of life. Arginine availability may thus contribute to the sensing of the intracellular stage of the pathogen and to trigger phagosomal egress. All MS data have been deposited in the ProteomeXchange database with identifier PXD001584 (http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/dataset/PXD001584).
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- Elodie Ramond
- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche; §INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Team 11. Paris, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche; §INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Team 11. Paris, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche; ¶Plateforme Protéome Institut Necker, PPN, Structure Fédérative de Recherche SFR Necker, Université Paris Descartes, Paris 75015 France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche; ¶Plateforme Protéome Institut Necker, PPN, Structure Fédérative de Recherche SFR Necker, Université Paris Descartes, Paris 75015 France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche; §INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Team 11. Paris, France
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- ‖CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Lyon, France
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- ‖CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Lyon, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche; §INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Team 11. Paris, France
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- From the ‡Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bâtiment Leriche; §INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades, Team 11. Paris, France;
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Barel M, Ramond E, Gesbert G, Charbit A. The complex amino acid diet of Francisella in infected macrophages. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2015; 5:9. [PMID: 25705612 PMCID: PMC4319460 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Francisella tularensis, the agent of the zoonotic disease tularemia, is a highly infectious bacterium for a large number of animal species and can be transmitted to humans by various means. The bacterium is able to infect a variety of cell types but replicates in mammalian hosts mainly in the cytosol of infected macrophages. In order to resist the stressful and nutrient-restricted intracellular environments, it encounters during its systemic dissemination, Francisella has developed dedicated stress resistance mechanisms and adapted its metabolic and nutritional needs. Recent data form our laboratory and from several other groups have shown that Francisella simultaneously relies on multiple host amino acid sources during its intracellular life cycle. This review will summarize how intracellular Francisella use different amino acid sources, and their role in phagosomal escape and/or cytosolic multiplication and systemic dissemination. We will first summarize the data that we have obtained on two amino acid transporters involved in Francisella phagosomal escape and cytosolic multiplication i.e., the glutamate transporter GadC and the asparagine transporter AnsP, respectively. The specific contribution of glutamate and asparagine to the physiology of the bacterium will be evoked. Then, we will discuss how Francisella has adapted to obtain and utilize host amino acid resources, and notably the contribution of host transporters and autophagy process in the establishment of a nutrient-replete intracellular niche.
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- Monique Barel
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité Paris, France ; INSERM U1151 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité Paris, France ; INSERM U1151 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité Paris, France ; INSERM U1151 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité Paris, France ; INSERM U1151 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8253, Institut Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France
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