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Resko ZJ, Suhi RF, Thota AV, Kroken AR. Evidence for intracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 2024; 206:e0010924. [PMID: 38597609 PMCID: PMC11112991 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00109-24] [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] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a significant cause of global morbidity and mortality. Although it is often regarded as an extracellular pathogen toward human cells, numerous investigations report its ability to survive and replicate within host cells, and additional studies demonstrate specific mechanisms enabling it to adopt an intracellular lifestyle. This ability of P. aeruginosa remains less well-investigated than that of other intracellular bacteria, although it is currently gaining attention. If intracellular bacteria are not killed after entering host cells, they may instead receive protection from immune recognition and experience reduced exposure to antibiotic therapy, among additional potential advantages shared with other facultative intracellular pathogens. For this review, we compiled studies that observe intracellular P. aeruginosa across strains, cell types, and experimental systems in vitro, as well as contextualize these findings with the few studies that report similar observations in vivo. We also seek to address key findings that drove the perception that P. aeruginosa remains extracellular in order to reconcile what is currently understood about intracellular pathogenesis and highlight open questions regarding its contribution to disease.
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- Zachary J. Resko
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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Thiroux A, Labanowski J, Venisse N, Crapart S, Boisgrollier C, Linares C, Berjeaud J, Villéger R, Crépin A. Exposure to endocrine disruptors promotes biofilm formation and contributes to increased virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2023; 15:740-756. [PMID: 37586891 PMCID: PMC10667657 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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Anthropogenic activities contribute to the spread of chemicals considered as endocrine disruptors (ED) in freshwater ecosystems. While several studies have reported interactions of EDs with organisms in those ecosystems, very few have assessed the effect of these compounds on pathogenic bacteria. Here we have evaluated the impact of five EDs found in aquatic resources on the virulence of human pathogen P. aeruginosa. ED concentrations in French aquatic resources of bisphenol A (BPA), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), ethylparaben (EP), methylparaben (MP) and triclosan (TCS) at mean molar concentration were 1.13, 3.58, 0.53, 0.69, and 0.81 nM respectively. No impact on bacterial growth was observed at EDs highest tested concentration. Swimming motility of P. aeruginosa decreased to 28.4% when exposed to EP at 100 μM. Swarming motility increased, with MP at 1 nM, 10 and 100 μM (1.5-fold); conversely, a decrease of 78.5%, with DBP at 100 μM was observed. Furthermore, exposure to 1 nM BPA, DBP and EP increased biofilm formation. P. aeruginosa adhesion to lung cells was two-fold higher upon exposure to 1 nM EP. We demonstrate that ED exposure may simultaneously decrease mobility and increase cell adhesion and biofilm formation, which may promote colonisation and establishment of the pathogen.
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- Audrey Thiroux
- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267Ecologie et Biologie des InteractionsPoitiersFrance
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- Université de PoitiersUMR 7285, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP)PoitiersFrance
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267Ecologie et Biologie des InteractionsPoitiersFrance
- Université de Poitiers, CHU de Poitiers, INSERMCentre d'investigation clinique CIC1402PoitiersFrance
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267Ecologie et Biologie des InteractionsPoitiersFrance
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267Ecologie et Biologie des InteractionsPoitiersFrance
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267Ecologie et Biologie des InteractionsPoitiersFrance
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267Ecologie et Biologie des InteractionsPoitiersFrance
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267Ecologie et Biologie des InteractionsPoitiersFrance
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267Ecologie et Biologie des InteractionsPoitiersFrance
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Zhao X, Xu C, Qu J, Jin Y, Bai F, Cheng Z, Wu W, Pan X. PitA Controls the H2- and H3-T6SSs through PhoB in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0209422. [PMID: 37184394 PMCID: PMC10304775 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02094-22] [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: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa possesses three type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) that are involved in interspecies competition, internalization into epithelial cells, and virulence. Host-derived mucin glycans regulate the T6SSs through RetS, and attacks from other species activate the H1-T6SS. However, other environmental signals that control the T6SSs remain to be explored. Previously, we determined PitA to be a constitutive phosphate transporter, whose mutation reduces the intracellular phosphate concentration. Here, we demonstrate that mutation in the pitA gene increases the expression of the H2- and H3-T6SS genes and enhances bacterial uptake by A549 cells. We further found that mutation of pitA results in activation of the quorum sensing (QS) systems, which contributes to the upregulation of the H2- and H3-T6SS genes. Overexpression of the phosphate transporter complex genes pstSCAB or knockdown of the phosphate starvation response regulator gene phoB in the ΔpitA mutant reduces the expression of the QS genes and subsequently the H2- and H3-T6SS genes and bacterial internalization. Furthermore, growth of wild-type PA14 in a low-phosphate medium results in upregulation of the QS and H2- and H3-T6SS genes and bacterial internalization compared to those in cells grown in a high-phosphate medium. Deletion of the phoB gene abolished the differences in the expression of the QS and T6SS genes as well as bacterial internalization in the low- and high- phosphate media. Overall, our results elucidate the mechanism of PitA-mediated regulation on the QS system and H2- and H3-T6SSs and reveal a novel pathway that regulates the T6SSs in response to phosphate starvation. IMPORTANCE Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium that causes acute and chronic infections in humans. The type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) have been shown to associate with chronic infections. Understanding the mechanism used by the bacteria to sense environmental signals and regulate virulence factors will provide clues for developing novel effective treatment strategies. Here, we demonstrate a relationship between a phosphate transporter and the T6SSs and reveal a novel regulatory pathway that senses phosphate limitation and controls bacterial virulence factors in P. aeruginosa.
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- Xinrui Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Bacteria thrive in environments rich in fluid flow, such as the gastrointestinal tract, bloodstream, aquatic systems, and the urinary tract. Despite the importance of flow, how flow affects bacterial life is underappreciated. In recent years, the combination of approaches from biology, physics, and engineering has led to a deeper understanding of how bacteria interact with flow. Here, we highlight the wide range of bacterial responses to flow, including changes in surface adhesion, motility, surface colonization, quorum sensing, virulence factor production, and gene expression. To emphasize the diversity of flow responses, we focus our review on how flow affects four ecologically distinct bacterial species: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Caulobacter crescentus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Additionally, we present experimental approaches to precisely study bacteria in flow, discuss how only some flow responses are triggered by shear force, and provide perspective on flow-sensitive bacterial signaling.
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- Gilberto C. Padron
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Oyardi O, Savage PB, Guzel CB. Effects of Ceragenins and Antimicrobial Peptides on the A549 Cell Line and an In Vitro Co-Culture Model of A549 Cells and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11091044. [PMID: 36145476 PMCID: PMC9503685 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11091044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important pathogen that can adhere to host tissues and epithelial surfaces, especially during chronic infections such as cystic fibrosis (CF) lung infections. The effect of ceragenins and antimicrobial peptides (AMP) on this colonization was investigated in a co-culture infection model. After determining the antimicrobial effects of the substances on P. aeruginosa planktonic cells, their cytotoxicity on the A549 cell line was also determined. After the A549 cell line was infected with P. aeruginosa, the effect of antimicrobials on intracellular bacteria as well as the effects in inhibiting the adhesion of P. aeruginosa were investigated. In addition, LDH release from cells was determined by performing an LDH experiment to understand the cytotoxicity of bacterial infection and antimicrobial treatment on cells. CSA-131 was determined as the antimicrobial agent with the highest antimicrobial activity, while the antimicrobial effects of AMPs were found to be much lower than those of ceragenins. The antimicrobial with the lowest IC50 value was determined as the combination of CSA-131 with Pluronic F127. CSA-13 has been determined to be the most effective antimicrobial with its effectiveness to both intracellular bacteria and bacterial adhesion. Nevertheless, further safety, efficacy, toxicity, and pharmacological studies of ceragenins are needed to evaluate clinical utility.
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- Ozlem Oyardi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, 34116 Istanbul, Turkey
- Institute of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Istanbul University, 34116 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 86001, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, 34116 Istanbul, Turkey
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Hall-Stoodley L, McCoy KS. Biofilm aggregates and the host airway-microbial interface. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:969326. [PMID: 36081767 PMCID: PMC9445362 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.969326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Biofilms are multicellular microbial aggregates that can be associated with host mucosal epithelia in the airway, gut, and genitourinary tract. The host environment plays a critical role in the establishment of these microbial communities in both health and disease. These host mucosal microenvironments however are distinct histologically, functionally, and regarding nutrient availability. This review discusses the specific mucosal epithelial microenvironments lining the airway, focusing on: i) biofilms in the human respiratory tract and the unique airway microenvironments that make it exquisitely suited to defend against infection, and ii) how airway pathophysiology and dysfunctional barrier/clearance mechanisms due to genetic mutations, damage, and inflammation contribute to biofilm infections. The host cellular responses to infection that contribute to resolution or exacerbation, and insights about evaluating and therapeutically targeting airway-associated biofilm infections are briefly discussed. Since so many studies have focused on Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the context of cystic fibrosis (CF) or on Haemophilus influenzae in the context of upper and lower respiratory diseases, these bacteria are used as examples. However, there are notable differences in diseased airway microenvironments and the unique pathophysiology specific to the bacterial pathogens themselves.
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- Luanne Hall-Stoodley
- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
- *Correspondence: Luanne Hall-Stoodley,
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
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A Model of Intracellular Persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Airway Epithelial Cells. Cell Microbiol 2022. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/5431666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.a.) is a major human pathogen capable of causing chronic infections in hosts with weakened barrier functions and host defenses, most notably airway infections commonly observed in individuals with the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis (CF). While mainly described as an extracellular pathogen, previous in vitro studies have described the molecular events leading to P.a. internalization in diverse epithelial cell types. However, the long-term fate of intracellular P.a. remains largely unknown. Here, we developed a model allowing for a better understanding of long-term (up to 120 h) intracellular bacterial survival in the airway epithelial cell line BEAS-2B. Using a tobramycin protection assay, we characterized the internalization, long-term intracellular survival, and cytotoxicity of the lab strain PAO1, as well as clinical CF isolates, and conducted analyses at the single-cell level using confocal microscopy and flow cytometry techniques. We observed that infection at low multiplicity of infection allows for intracellular survival up to 120 h post-infection without causing significant host cytotoxicity. Finally, infection with clinical isolates revealed significant strain-to-strain heterogeneity in intracellular survival, including a high persistence phenotype associated with bacterial replication within host cells. Future studies using this model will further elucidate the host and bacterial mechanisms that promote P. aeruginosa intracellular persistence in airway epithelial cells, a potentially unrecognized bacterial reservoir during chronic infections.
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Assessing the threat posed by bacterial samples is fundamentally important to safeguarding human health. Whole-genome sequence analysis of bacteria provides a route to achieving this goal. However, this approach is fundamentally constrained by the scope, the diversity, and our understanding of the bacterial genome sequences that are available for devising threat assessment schemes. For example, genome-based strategies offer limited utility for assessing the threat associated with pathogens that exploit novel virulence mechanisms or are recently emergent. To address these limitations, we developed PathEngine, a machine learning strategy that features the use of phenotypic hallmarks of pathogenesis to assess pathogenic threat. PathEngine successfully classified potential pathogenic threats with high accuracy and thereby establishes a phenotype-based, sequence-independent pipeline for threat assessment. Bacterial pathogen identification, which is critical for human health, has historically relied on culturing organisms from clinical specimens. More recently, the application of machine learning (ML) to whole-genome sequences (WGSs) has facilitated pathogen identification. However, relying solely on genetic information to identify emerging or new pathogens is fundamentally constrained, especially if novel virulence factors exist. In addition, even WGSs with ML pipelines are unable to discern phenotypes associated with cryptic genetic loci linked to virulence. Here, we set out to determine if ML using phenotypic hallmarks of pathogenesis could assess potential pathogenic threat without using any sequence-based analysis. This approach successfully classified potential pathogenetic threat associated with previously machine-observed and unobserved bacteria with 99% and 85% accuracy, respectively. This work establishes a phenotype-based pipeline for potential pathogenic threat assessment, which we term PathEngine, and offers strategies for the identification of bacterial pathogens.
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Bai X, Nakatsu CH, Bhunia AK. Bacterial Biofilms and Their Implications in Pathogenesis and Food Safety. Foods 2021; 10:2117. [PMID: 34574227 PMCID: PMC8472614 DOI: 10.3390/foods10092117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Biofilm formation is an integral part of the microbial life cycle in nature. In food processing environments, bacterial transmissions occur primarily through raw or undercooked foods and by cross-contamination during unsanitary food preparation practices. Foodborne pathogens form biofilms as a survival strategy in various unfavorable environments, which also become a frequent source of recurrent contamination and outbreaks of foodborne illness. Instead of focusing on bacterial biofilm formation and their pathogenicity individually, this review discusses on a molecular level how these two physiological processes are connected in several common foodborne pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli. In addition, biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is discussed because it aids the persistence of many foodborne pathogens forming polymicrobial biofilms on food contact surfaces, thus significantly elevating food safety and public health concerns. Furthermore, in-depth analyses of several bacterial molecules with dual functions in biofilm formation and pathogenicity are highlighted.
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- Xingjian Bai
- Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;
- Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;
- Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Rao L, De La Rosa I, Xu Y, Sha Y, Bhattacharya A, Holtzman MJ, Gilbert BE, Eissa NT. Pseudomonas aeruginosa survives in epithelia by ExoS-mediated inhibition of autophagy and mTOR. EMBO Rep 2021; 22:e50613. [PMID: 33345425 PMCID: PMC7857434 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202050613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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One major factor that contributes to the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is its ability to reside and replicate unchallenged inside airway epithelial cells. The mechanism by which P. aeruginosa escapes destruction by intracellular host defense mechanisms, such as autophagy, is not known. Here, we show that the type III secretion system effector protein ExoS facilitates P. aeruginosa survival in airway epithelial cells by inhibiting autophagy in host cells. Autophagy inhibition is independent of mTOR activity, as the latter is also inhibited by ExoS, albeit by a different mechanism. Deficiency of the critical autophagy gene Atg7 in airway epithelial cells, both in vitro and in mouse models, greatly enhances the survival of ExoS-deficient P. aeruginosa but does not affect the survival of ExoS-containing bacteria. The inhibitory effect of ExoS on autophagy and mTOR depends on the activity of its ADP-ribosyltransferase domain. Inhibition of mTOR is caused by ExoS-mediated ADP ribosylation of RAS, whereas autophagy inhibition is due to the suppression of autophagic Vps34 kinase activity.
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- Lang Rao
- Department of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
- Veterans Administration Long Beach Health Care System and University of California at IrvineIrvineCAUSA
- Southern California Institute for Research and EducationLong BeachCAUSA
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- Department of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Molecular Virology and MicrobiologyBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
- Veterans Administration Long Beach Health Care System and University of California at IrvineIrvineCAUSA
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Identification of cGAS as an innate immune sensor of extracellular bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. iScience 2021; 24:101928. [PMID: 33385121 PMCID: PMC7772558 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is reported essential for detecting intracellular bacteria. However, it remains to be determined whether and how cGAS is involved in extracellular bacterial infection. Here, we report that cGAS is essential for mediating type I interferon (IFN) production in infection by multiple extracellular pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus. In addition, the canonical cGAS-stimulator of interferon gene (STING)-IFN axis is required for protecting mice from P. aeruginosa-induced mouse acute pulmonary infection, confirmed in cGAS pathway-specific gene deficiency mouse models. cGAS -/- and STING -/- mice exhibited reduced type I IFNs production, excessive inflammatory response accompanied with decreased resistance to P. aeruginosa challenge. Unfolded protein response was also modulated by cGAS through IRF3 and type I IFNs under P. aeruginosa infection. Collectively, these findings uncover the importance of cGAS in initiating immune responses against extracellular bacterial infection.
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Zhou CM, Luo LM, Lin P, Pu Q, Wang B, Qin S, Wu Q, Yu XJ, Wu M. Annexin A2 regulates unfolded protein response via IRE1-XBP1 axis in macrophages during P. aeruginosa infection. J Leukoc Biol 2020; 110:375-384. [PMID: 33225536 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.3a1219-686rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a severe Gram-negative opportunistic bacterium that causes a spectrum of organ system diseases, particularly in immunocompromised patients. This bacterium has been shown to induce unfolded protein response (UPR) during mammalian infection. Annexin A2 (AnxA2) is a multicompartmental protein relating to a number of cellular processes; however, it remains unknown whether AnxA2 coordinates a UPR pathway under bacterial infection conditions. Here, we report that the endoplasmic reticulum stress inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1)-X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) pathway was up-regulated by AnxA2 through p38 MAPK signaling following P. aeruginosa infection in macrophages, whereas ATF4 and ATF6 not. In addition, XBP1 was found as a positive regulator of innate immunity to tame P. aeruginosa challenges by enhancing autophagy and bacterial clearance. XBP1 also facilitated NF-κB activation to elicit the release of proinflammatory cytokines predominantly in macrophages. Together, our findings identify AnxA2 as a regulator for XBP1-mediated UPR pathway.
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- Chuan-Min Zhou
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.,Wuhan University School of Health Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Development Research Center, Shandong Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
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- Wuhan University School of Health Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
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Han SI, Huang C, Han A. In-droplet cell separation based on bipolar dielectrophoretic response to facilitate cellular droplet assays. LAB ON A CHIP 2020; 20:3832-3841. [PMID: 32926042 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc00710b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Precise manipulation of cells within water-in-oil emulsion droplets has the potential to vastly expand the type of cellular assays that can be conducted in droplet-based microfluidics systems. However, achieving such manipulation remains challenging. Here, we present an in-droplet label-free cell separation technology by utilizing different dielectrophoretic responses of two different cell types. Two pairs of angled planar electrodes were utilized to generate positive or negative dielectrophoretic force acting on each cell type, which results in selective in-droplet movement of only one specific cell type at a time. A downstream asymmetric Y-shaped microfluidic junction splits the mother droplet into two daughter droplets, each of which contains only one cell type. The capability of this platform was successfully demonstrated by conducting in-droplet separation from a mixture of Salmonella cells and macrophages, two cell types commonly used as a bacterial pathogenicity analysis model. This technology enable the precise manipulation of cells within droplets, which can be exploited as a critical function in implementing broader ranges of droplet-based microfluidics cellular assays.
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- Song-I Han
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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Mishra R, Kushveer JS, Khan MIK, Pagal S, Meena CK, Murali A, Dhayalan A, Venkateswara Sarma V. 2,4-Di-Tert-Butylphenol Isolated From an Endophytic Fungus, Daldinia eschscholtzii, Reduces Virulence and Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1668. [PMID: 32849344 PMCID: PMC7418596 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is among the top three gram-negative bacteria according to the WHO’s critical priority list of pathogens against which newer antibiotics are urgently needed and considered a global threat due to multiple drug resistance. This situation demands unconventional antimicrobial strategies such as the inhibition of quorum sensing to alleviate the manifestation of classical resistance mechanisms. Here, we report that 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol (2,4-DBP), isolated from an endophytic fungus, Daldinia eschscholtzii, inhibits the quorum-sensing properties of P. aeruginosa. We have found that treating P. aeruginosa with 2,4-DBP substantially reduced the secretion of virulence factors as well as biofilm, and its associated factors that are controlled by quorum sensing, in a dose-dependent manner. Concomitantly, 2,4-DBP also significantly reduced the expression of quorum sensing-related genes, i.e., lasI, lasR, rhlI, and rhlR significantly. Importantly, 2,4-DBP restricted the adhesion and invasion of P. aeruginosa to the A549 lung alveolar carcinoma cells. In addition, bactericidal assay with 2,4-DBP exhibited synergism with ampicillin to kill P. aeruginosa. Furthermore, our computational studies predicted that 2,4-DBP could bind to the P. aeruginosa quorum-sensing receptors LasR and RhlR. Collectively, these data suggest that 2,4-DBP can be exploited as a standalone drug or in combination with antibiotic(s) as an anti-virulence and anti-biofilm agent to combat the multidrug resistant P. aeruginosa infection.
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- Rashmi Mishra
- Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Centre for Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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von Ambüren J, Schreiber F, Fischer J, Winter S, van Gumpel E, Simonis A, Rybniker J. Comprehensive Host Cell-Based Screening Assays for Identification of Anti-Virulence Drugs Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella Typhimurium. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8081096. [PMID: 32707871 PMCID: PMC7463580 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8081096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The prevalence of bacterial pathogens being resistant to antibiotic treatment is increasing worldwide, leading to a severe global health challenge. Simultaneously, the development and approval of new antibiotics stagnated in the past decades, leading to an urgent need for novel approaches to avoid the spread of untreatable bacterial infections in the future. We developed a highly comprehensive screening platform based on quantification of pathogen driven host-cell death to detect new anti-virulence drugs targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (ST), both known for their emerging antibiotic resistance. By screening over 10,000 small molecules we could identify several substances showing promising effects on Pa and ST pathogenicity in our in vitro infection model. Importantly, we could detect compounds potently inhibiting bacteria induced killing of host cells and one novel comipound with impact on the function of the type 3 secretion system (T3SS) of ST. Thus, we provide proof of concept data of rapid and feasible medium- to high-throughput drug screening assays targeting virulence mechanisms of two major Gram-negative pathogens.
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- Julia von Ambüren
- Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; (J.v.A.); (F.S.); (J.F.)
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (S.W.); (E.v.G.)
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; (J.v.A.); (F.S.); (J.F.)
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (S.W.); (E.v.G.)
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; (J.v.A.); (F.S.); (J.F.)
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (S.W.); (E.v.G.)
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (S.W.); (E.v.G.)
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (S.W.); (E.v.G.)
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; (J.v.A.); (F.S.); (J.F.)
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (S.W.); (E.v.G.)
- Correspondence: (A.S.); (J.R.)
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; (J.v.A.); (F.S.); (J.F.)
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; (S.W.); (E.v.G.)
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
- Correspondence: (A.S.); (J.R.)
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Cryptides Identified in Human Apolipoprotein B as New Weapons to Fight Antibiotic Resistance in Cystic Fibrosis Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21062049. [PMID: 32192076 PMCID: PMC7139702 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21062049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Chronic respiratory infections are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and are characterized by the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype and biofilm formation, generally recalcitrant to treatment with conventional antibiotics. Hence, novel effective strategies are urgently needed. Antimicrobial peptides represent new promising therapeutic agents. Here, we analyze for the first time the efficacy of three versions of a cryptide identified in human apolipoprotein B (ApoB, residues 887-922) towards bacterial strains clinically isolated from CF patients. Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm properties of ApoB-derived cryptides have been analyzed by broth microdilution assays, crystal violet assays, confocal laser scanning microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Cell proliferation assays have been performed to test cryptide effects on human host cells. ApoB-derived cryptides have been found to be endowed with significant antimicrobial and anti-biofilm properties towards Pseudomonas and Burkholderia strains clinically isolated from CF patients. Peptides have been also found to be able to act in combination with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, and they are harmless when tested on human bronchial epithelial mesothelial cells. These findings open interesting perspectives to cryptide applicability in the treatment of chronic lung infections associated with CF disease.
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Otero-Asman JR, Quesada JM, Jim KK, Ocampo-Sosa A, Civantos C, Bitter W, Llamas MA. The extracytoplasmic function sigma factor σ VreI is active during infection and contributes to phosphate starvation-induced virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3139. [PMID: 32081993 PMCID: PMC7035377 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60197-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The extracytoplasmic function sigma factor σVreI of the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa promotes transcription of potential virulence determinants, including secretion systems and secreted proteins. Its activity is modulated by the VreR anti-σ factor that inhibits the binding of σVreI to the RNA polymerase in the absence of a (still unknown) inducing signal. The vreI-vreR genes are expressed under inorganic phosphate (Pi) starvation, a physiological condition often encountered in the host that increases P. aeruginosa pathogenicity. However, whether or not σVreI is active in vivo during infection and contributes to the Pi starvation-induced virulence of this pathogen has not been analyzed yet. Using zebrafish embryos and a human alveolar basal epithelial cell line as P. aeruginosa hosts, we demonstrate in this work that σVreI is active during infection and that lack of σVreI considerably reduces the Pi starvation-induced virulence of this pathogen. Surprisingly, lack of the σVreI inhibitor, the VreR anti-σ factor, also diminishes the virulence of P. aeruginosa. By transcriptomic analyses we show that VreR modulates gene expression not only in a σVreI-dependent but also in a σVreI-independent manner. This includes potential virulence determinants and transcriptional regulators that could be responsible for the reduced virulence of the ΔvreR mutant.
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- Joaquín R Otero-Asman
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amsterdam University medical centers, location VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Service of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amsterdam University medical centers, location VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain.
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Margalit A, Kavanagh K, Carolan JC. Characterization of the Proteomic Response of A549 Cells Following Sequential Exposure to Aspergillus fumigatus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:279-291. [PMID: 31693381 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Aspergillus fumigatus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are the most prevalent fungal and bacterial pathogens associated with cystic-fibrosis-related infections, respectively. P. aeruginosa eventually predominates as the primary pathogen, though it is unknown why this is the case. Label-free quantitative proteomics was employed to investigate the cellular response of the alveolar epithelial cell line, A549, to coexposure of A. fumigatus and P. aeruginosa. These studies revealed a significant increase in the rate of P. aeruginosa proliferation where A. fumigatus was present. Shotgun proteomics performed on A549 cells exposed to either A. fumigatus or P. aeruginosa or to A. fumigatus and P. aeruginosa sequentially revealed distinct changes to the host cell proteome in response to either or both pathogens. While key signatures of infection were retained among all pathogen-exposed groups, including changes in mitochondrial activity and energy output, the relative abundance of proteins associated with endocytosis, phagosomes, and lysosomes was decreased in sequentially exposed cells compared to cells exposed to either pathogen. Our findings indicate that A. fumigatus renders A549 cells unable to internalize bacteria, thus providing an environment in which P. aeruginosa can proliferate. This research provides novel insights into the whole-cell proteomic response of A549 cells to A. fumigatus and P. aeruginosa and highlights distinct differences in the proteome following sequential exposure to both pathogens, which may explain why P. aeruginosa can predominate.
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- Anatte Margalit
- Department of Biology , Maynooth University , Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23F2H6 , Ireland
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- Department of Biology , Maynooth University , Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23F2H6 , Ireland
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- Department of Biology , Maynooth University , Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23F2H6 , Ireland
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Mishra R, Kushveer JS, Khan MIK, Pagal S, Meena CK, Murali A, Dhayalan A, Venkateswara Sarma V. 2,4-Di-Tert-Butylphenol Isolated From an Endophytic Fungus, Daldinia eschscholtzii, Reduces Virulence and Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1668. [PMID: 32849344 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.0166-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is among the top three gram-negative bacteria according to the WHO's critical priority list of pathogens against which newer antibiotics are urgently needed and considered a global threat due to multiple drug resistance. This situation demands unconventional antimicrobial strategies such as the inhibition of quorum sensing to alleviate the manifestation of classical resistance mechanisms. Here, we report that 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol (2,4-DBP), isolated from an endophytic fungus, Daldinia eschscholtzii, inhibits the quorum-sensing properties of P. aeruginosa. We have found that treating P. aeruginosa with 2,4-DBP substantially reduced the secretion of virulence factors as well as biofilm, and its associated factors that are controlled by quorum sensing, in a dose-dependent manner. Concomitantly, 2,4-DBP also significantly reduced the expression of quorum sensing-related genes, i.e., lasI, lasR, rhlI, and rhlR significantly. Importantly, 2,4-DBP restricted the adhesion and invasion of P. aeruginosa to the A549 lung alveolar carcinoma cells. In addition, bactericidal assay with 2,4-DBP exhibited synergism with ampicillin to kill P. aeruginosa. Furthermore, our computational studies predicted that 2,4-DBP could bind to the P. aeruginosa quorum-sensing receptors LasR and RhlR. Collectively, these data suggest that 2,4-DBP can be exploited as a standalone drug or in combination with antibiotic(s) as an anti-virulence and anti-biofilm agent to combat the multidrug resistant P. aeruginosa infection.
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- Rashmi Mishra
- Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Centre for Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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Hashemi FB, Behrouz B, Irajian G, Laghaei P, Korpi F, Fatemi MJ. A trivalent vaccine consisting of "flagellin A+B and pilin" protects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a murine burn model. Microb Pathog 2019; 138:103697. [PMID: 31465785 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103697] [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: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common nosocomial pathogen in burn patients, and rapidly achieves antibiotic resistance, and thus, developing an effective vaccine is critically important for combating P. aeruginosa infection. Flagella and pili play important roles in colonization of P. aeruginosa at the burn wound site and its subsequent dissemination to deeper tissue and organs. In the present study, we evaluated protective efficacy of a trivalent vaccine containing flagellins A and B (FlaA + FlaB) + pilin (PilA) in a murine burn model of infection. "FlaA + FlaB + PilA" induced greater protection in P. aeruginosa murine burn model than the single components alone, and it showed broad immune protection against P. aeruginosa strains. Immunization with "FlaA + FlaB + PilA" induced strong opsonophagocytic antibodies and resulted in reduced bacterial loads, systemic IL-12/IL-10 cytokine expression, and increased survival after challenge with three times lethal dose fifty (LD50) of P. eruginosa strains. Moreover, the protective efficacy of "FlaA + FlaB + PilA" vaccination was largely attributed to specific antibodies. Taken together, these data further confirm that the protective effects of "FlaA + FlaB + PilA" vaccine significantly enhance efficacy compared with antibodies against either mono or divalent antigen, and that the former broadens the coverage against P. eruginosa strains that express two of the three antigens.
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- Farhad B Hashemi
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Burn Research Center, Hazrat Fatima Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Burn Research Center, Hazrat Fatima Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Fu TK, Ng SK, Chen YE, Lee YC, Demeter F, Herczeg M, Borbás A, Chiu CH, Lan CY, Chen CL, Chang MDT. Rhamnose Binding Protein as an Anti-Bacterial Agent-Targeting Biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:md17060355. [PMID: 31207891 PMCID: PMC6628293 DOI: 10.3390/md17060355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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More than 80% of infectious bacteria form biofilm, which is a bacterial cell community surrounded by secreted polysaccharides, proteins and glycolipids. Such bacterial superstructure increases resistance to antimicrobials and host defenses. Thus, to control these biofilm-forming pathogenic bacteria requires antimicrobial agents with novel mechanisms or properties. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative opportunistic nosocomial pathogen, is a model strain to study biofilm development and correlation between biofilm formation and infection. In this study, a recombinant hemolymph plasma lectin (rHPLOE) cloned from Taiwanese Tachypleus tridentatus was expressed in an Escherichia coli system. This rHPLOE was shown to have the following properties: (1) Binding to P. aeruginosa PA14 biofilm through a unique molecular interaction with rhamnose-containing moieties on bacteria, leading to reduction of extracellular di-rhamnolipid (a biofilm regulator); (2) decreasing downstream quorum sensing factors, and inhibiting biofilm formation; (3) dispersing the mature biofilm of P. aeruginosa PA14 to improve the efficacies of antibiotics; (4) reducing P. aeruginosa PA14 cytotoxicity to human lung epithelial cells in vitro and (5) inhibiting P. aeruginosa PA14 infection of zebrafish embryos in vivo. Taken together, rHPLOE serves as an anti-biofilm agent with a novel mechanism of recognizing rhamnose moieties in lipopolysaccharides, di-rhamnolipid and structural polysaccharides (Psl) in biofilms. Thus rHPLOE links glycan-recognition to novel anti-biofilm strategies against pathogenic bacteria.
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- Tse-Kai Fu
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
- Simpson Biotech Co., Ltd., Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ML 21218, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen 4032, Hungary (F.D.).
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen 4032, Hungary (F.D.).
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen 4032, Hungary (F.D.).
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- Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
- Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
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- Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
- Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
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Neuhaus M, Munder A, Schipke J, Schmiedl A. Lung infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a CD26/DPP4 deficient F344 rat model. Inflamm Res 2019; 68:529-544. [PMID: 31089745 PMCID: PMC7079754 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-019-01236-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is the most important opportunistic pathogen in causing nosocomial infections and, furthermore, poses a permanent threat for severe chronic infections in patients with cystic fibrosis or COPD. The transmembrane protein CD26 with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) activity shows an increased expression in inflamed tissue. We tested whether CD26/DPP4 deficiency leads to reduced inflammation and decreased structural damage when infected with PA. Methods CD26/DPP4+ and CD26/DPP4− rats were instilled intratracheally with NaCl (controls) or with PA. Six hours later, bacterial distribution was detected with the in vivo imaging system 200 (IVIS). Lungs were then processed for molecular biology, light and electron microscopy and analyzed qualitatively, quantitatively and stereologically. Bacterial numbers were determined in homogenized lungs. Results Compared to saline treated controls, in both infected groups (1) the acinar airspace was significantly increased, (2) the volume density of the alveolar epithelium was significantly decreased, (3) the septal thickness was significantly reduced, (4) more than 40% of the alveolar epithelial surface was damaged, and up to 36% of the epithelial surface was covered with edema. In infected CD26− rats, the increase in lung weight was significantly less pronounced, the portion of edematous alveolar airspace was significantly lower and the part of edema interspersed with PA was decreased significantly. Conclusions CD26/DPP4 deficiency resulted in reduced pulmonary edema under sublethal PA infection, implicating a role for CD26 in infection progression. The partly pronounced structural damage may mask further possible influences of CD26 on the inflammatory response.
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- M Neuhaus
- Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.,Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.,Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany. .,Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. .,REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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McHugh BJ, Wang R, Li HN, Beaumont PE, Kells R, Stevens H, Young L, Rossi AG, Gray RD, Dorin JR, Gwyer Findlay EL, Brough D, Davidson DJ. Cathelicidin is a "fire alarm", generating protective NLRP3-dependent airway epithelial cell inflammatory responses during infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007694. [PMID: 30978238 PMCID: PMC6481867 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Pulmonary infections are a major global cause of morbidity, exacerbated by an increasing threat from antibiotic-resistant pathogens. In this context, therapeutic interventions aimed at protectively modulating host responses, to enhance defence against infection, take on ever greater significance. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important multidrug-resistant, opportunistic respiratory pathogen, the clearance of which can be enhanced in vivo by the innate immune modulatory properties of antimicrobial host defence peptides from the cathelicidin family, including human LL-37. Initially described primarily as bactericidal agents, cathelicidins are now recognised as multifunctional antimicrobial immunomodulators, modifying host responses to pathogens, but the key mechanisms involved in these protective functions are not yet defined. We demonstrate that P. aeruginosa infection of airway epithelial cells promotes extensive infected cell internalisation of LL-37, in a manner that is dependent upon epithelial cell interaction with live bacteria, but does not require bacterial Type 3 Secretion System (T3SS). Internalised LL-37 acts as a second signal to induce inflammasome activation in airway epithelial cells, which, in contrast to myeloid cells, are relatively unresponsive to P. aeruginosa. We demonstrate that this is mechanistically dependent upon cathepsin B release, and NLRP3-dependent activation of caspase 1. These result in LL-37-mediated release of IL-1β and IL-18 in a manner that is synergistic with P. aeruginosa infection, and can induce caspase 1-dependent death of infected epithelial cells, and promote neutrophil chemotaxis. We propose that cathelicidin can therefore act as a second signal, required by P. aeruginosa infected epithelial cells to promote an inflammasome-mediated altruistic cell death of infection-compromised epithelial cells and act as a "fire alarm" to enhance rapid escalation of protective inflammatory responses to an uncontrolled infection. Understanding this novel modulatory role for cathelicidins, has the potential to inform development of novel therapeutic strategies to antibiotic-resistant pathogens, harnessing innate immunity as a complementation or alternative to current interventions.
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- Brian J. McHugh
- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh, Queens’ Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh BioQuarter, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Structural and Functional Insights into PpgL, a Metal-Independent β-Propeller Gluconolactonase That Contributes to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence. Infect Immun 2019; 87:IAI.00847-18. [PMID: 30642898 PMCID: PMC6434122 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00847-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Biofilm formation is a critical determinant in the pathopoiesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa It could significantly increase bacterial resistance to drugs and host defense. Thus, inhibition of biofilm matrix production could be regarded as a promising attempt to prevent colonization of P. aeruginosa and the subsequent infection. PpgL, a periplasmic gluconolactonase, has been reported to be involved in P. aeruginosa quorum-sensing (QS) system regulation. However, the detailed function and catalysis mechanism remain elusive. Here, the crystal structure of PpgL is described in the current study, along with biochemical analysis, revealing that PpgL is a typical β-propeller enzyme with unique metal-independent lactone hydrolysis activity. Consequently, comparative analysis of seven-bladed propeller lactone-catalyzing enzymes and mutagenesis studies identify the critical sites which contribute to the diverse catalytic and substrate recognition functions. In addition, the reduced biofilm formation and attenuated invasion phenotype resulting from deletion of ppgL confirm the importance of PpgL in P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. These results suggest that PpgL is a potential target for developing new agents against the diseases caused by P. aeruginosa.
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Bertuzzi M, Hayes GE, Bignell EM. Microbial uptake by the respiratory epithelium: outcomes for host and pathogen. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2019; 43:145-161. [PMID: 30657899 PMCID: PMC6435450 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuy045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Intracellular occupancy of the respiratory epithelium is a useful pathogenic strategy facilitating microbial replication and evasion of professional phagocytes or circulating antimicrobial drugs. A less appreciated but growing body of evidence indicates that the airway epithelium also plays a crucial role in host defence against inhaled pathogens, by promoting ingestion and quelling of microorganisms, processes that become subverted to favour pathogen activities and promote respiratory disease. To achieve a deeper understanding of beneficial and deleterious activities of respiratory epithelia during antimicrobial defence, we have comprehensively surveyed all current knowledge on airway epithelial uptake of bacterial and fungal pathogens. We find that microbial uptake by airway epithelial cells (AECs) is a common feature of respiratory host-microbe interactions whose stepwise execution, and impacts upon the host, vary by pathogen. Amidst the diversity of underlying mechanisms and disease outcomes, we identify four key infection scenarios and use best-characterised host-pathogen interactions as prototypical examples of each. The emergent view is one in which effi-ciency of AEC-mediated pathogen clearance correlates directly with severity of disease outcome, therefore highlighting an important unmet need to broaden our understanding of the antimicrobial properties of respiratory epithelia and associated drivers of pathogen entry and intracellular fate.
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- Margherita Bertuzzi
- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Core Technology Facility, Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Biology, Medicine and Health. The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
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- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, North Devon District Hospital, Raleigh Park, Barnstaple EX31 4JB, UK
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- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Core Technology Facility, Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Biology, Medicine and Health. The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
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Laventie BJ, Sangermani M, Estermann F, Manfredi P, Planes R, Hug I, Jaeger T, Meunier E, Broz P, Jenal U. A Surface-Induced Asymmetric Program Promotes Tissue Colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cell Host Microbe 2018; 25:140-152.e6. [PMID: 30581112 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa effectively colonizes host epithelia using pili as primary adhesins. Here we uncover a surface-specific asymmetric virulence program that enhances P. aeruginosa host colonization. We show that when P. aeruginosa encounters surfaces, the concentration of the second messenger c-di-GMP increases within a few seconds. This leads to surface adherence and virulence induction by stimulating pili assembly through activation of the c-di-GMP receptor FimW. Surface-attached bacteria divide asymmetrically to generate a piliated, surface-committed progeny (striker) and a flagellated, motile offspring that leaves the surface to colonize distant sites (spreader). Cell differentiation is driven by a phosphodiesterase that asymmetrically positions to the flagellated pole, thereby maintaining c-di-GMP levels low in the motile offspring. Infection experiments demonstrate that cellular asymmetry strongly boosts infection spread and tissue damage. Thus, P. aeruginosa promotes surface colonization and infection transmission through a cooperative virulence program that we termed Touch-Seed-and-Go.
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- Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Cai G, Wang K, Qu N, Qiu P, Vlahakis JZ, Szarek WA, Lee RJ, Gao Y. Antitumor effect of a liposome-encapsulated β1,4-galactosyltransferase inhibitor. Int J Pharm 2018; 552:388-393. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mixed bacterial responses to dust exposure in an A549 eukaryotic co-culture. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:9759-9770. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9322-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Worstell NC, Singla A, Saenkham P, Galbadage T, Sule P, Lee D, Mohr A, Kwon JSI, Cirillo JD, Wu HJ. Hetero-Multivalency of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectin LecA Binding to Model Membranes. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8419. [PMID: 29849092 PMCID: PMC5976636 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26643-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A single glycan-lectin interaction is often weak and semi-specific. Multiple binding domains in a single lectin can bind with multiple glycan molecules simultaneously, making it difficult for the classic “lock-and-key” model to explain these interactions. We demonstrated that hetero-multivalency, a homo-oligomeric protein simultaneously binding to at least two types of ligands, influences LecA (a Pseudomonas aeruginosa adhesin)-glycolipid recognition. We also observed enhanced binding between P. aeruginosa and mixed glycolipid liposomes. Interestingly, strong ligands could activate weaker binding ligands leading to higher LecA binding capacity. This hetero-multivalency is probably mediated via a simple mechanism, Reduction of Dimensionality (RD). To understand the influence of RD, we also modeled LecA’s two-step binding process with membranes using a kinetic Monte Carlo simulation. The simulation identified the frequency of low-affinity ligand encounters with bound LecA and the bound LecA’s retention of the low-affinity ligand as essential parameters for triggering hetero-multivalent binding, agreeing with experimental observations. The hetero-multivalency can alter lectin binding properties, including avidities, capacities, and kinetics, and therefore, it likely occurs in various multivalent binding systems. Using hetero-multivalency concept, we also offered a new strategy to design high-affinity drug carriers for targeted drug delivery.
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- Nolan C Worstell
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV minor pilins and PilY1 regulate virulence by modulating FimS-AlgR activity. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1007074. [PMID: 29775484 PMCID: PMC5979040 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Type IV pili are expressed by a wide range of prokaryotes, including the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These flexible fibres mediate twitching motility, biofilm maturation, surface adhesion, and virulence. The pilus is composed mainly of major pilin subunits while the low abundance minor pilins FimU-PilVWXE and the putative adhesin PilY1 prime pilus assembly and are proposed to form the pilus tip. The minor pilins and PilY1 are encoded in an operon that is positively regulated by the FimS-AlgR two-component system. Independent of pilus assembly, PilY1 was proposed to be a mechanosensory component that—in conjunction with minor pilins—triggers up-regulation of acute virulence phenotypes upon surface attachment. Here, we investigated the link between the minor pilins/PilY1 and virulence. pilW, pilX, and pilY1 mutants had reduced virulence towards Caenorhabditis elegans relative to wild type or a major pilin mutant, implying a role in pathogenicity that is independent of pilus assembly. We hypothesized that loss of specific minor pilins relieves feedback inhibition on FimS-AlgR, increasing transcription of the AlgR regulon and delaying C. elegans killing. Reporter assays confirmed that FimS-AlgR were required for increased expression of the minor pilin operon upon loss of select minor pilins. Overexpression of AlgR or its hyperactivation via a phosphomimetic mutation reduced virulence, and the virulence defects of pilW, pilX, and pilY1 mutants required FimS-AlgR expression and activation. We propose that PilY1 and the minor pilins inhibit their own expression, and that loss of these proteins leads to FimS-mediated activation of AlgR that suppresses expression of acute-phase virulence factors and delays killing. This mechanism could contribute to adaptation of P. aeruginosa in chronic lung infections, as mutations in the minor pilin operon result in the loss of piliation and increased expression of AlgR-dependent virulence factors–such as alginate–that are characteristic of such infections. Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes dangerous infections, including chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. It uses many strategies to infect its hosts, including deployment of grappling hook-like fibres called type IV pili. Among the components involved in assembly and function of the pilus are five proteins called minor pilins that—along with a larger protein called PilY1—may help the pilus attach to surfaces. In a roundworm infection model, loss of PilY1 and specific minor pilins delayed killing, while loss of other pilus components did not. We traced this effect to increased activation of the FimS-AlgR regulatory system that inhibits the expression of virulence factors used early in infection, while positively regulating chronic infection traits such as alginate production, a phenotype called mucoidy. A disruption in the appropriate timing of FimS-AlgR-dependent virulence factor expression when select minor pilins or PilY1 are missing may explain why those pilus-deficient mutants have reduced virulence compared with others whose products are not under FimS-AlgR control. Increased FimS-AlgR activity upon loss of PilY1 and specific minor pilins could help to explain the frequent co-occurrence of the non-piliated and mucoid phenotypes that are hallmarks of chronic P. aeruginosa lung infections.
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Curran CS, Bolig T, Torabi-Parizi P. Mechanisms and Targeted Therapies for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018; 197:708-727. [PMID: 29087211 PMCID: PMC5855068 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201705-1043so] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a complex gram-negative facultative anaerobe replete with a variety of arsenals to activate, modify, and destroy host defense mechanisms. The microbe is a common cause of nosocomial infections and an antibiotic-resistant priority pathogen. In the lung, P. aeruginosa disrupts upper and lower airway homeostasis by damaging the epithelium and evading innate and adaptive immune responses. The biology of these interactions is essential to understand P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. P. aeruginosa interacts directly with host cells via flagella, pili, lipoproteins, lipopolysaccharides, and the type III secretion system localized in the outer membrane. P. aeruginosa quorum-sensing molecules regulate the release of soluble factors that enhance the spread of infection. These characteristics of P. aeruginosa differentially affect lung epithelial, innate, and adaptive immune cells involved in the production of mediators and the recruitment of additional immune cell subsets. Pathogen interactions with individual host cells and in the context of host acute lung infection are discussed to reveal pathways that may be targeted therapeutically.
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- Colleen S Curran
- Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Liu L, Li T, Cheng XJ, Peng CT, Li CC, He LH, Ju SM, Wang NY, Ye TH, Lian M, Xiao QJ, Song YJ, Zhu YB, Yu LT, Wang ZL, Bao R. Structural and functional studies on Pseudomonas aeruginosa DspI: implications for its role in DSF biosynthesis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3928. [PMID: 29500457 PMCID: PMC5834635 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22300-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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DspI, a putative enoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) hydratase/isomerase, was proposed to be involved in the synthesis of cis-2-decenoic acid (CDA), a quorum sensing (QS) signal molecule in the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). The present study provided a structural basis for the dehydration reaction mechanism of DspI during CDA synthesis. Structural analysis reveals that Glu126, Glu146, Cys127, Cys131 and Cys154 are important for its enzymatic function. Moreover, we show that the deletion of dspI results in a remarkable decreased in the pyoverdine production, flagella-dependent swarming motility, and biofilm dispersion as well as attenuated virulence in P. aeruginosa PA14. This study thus unravels the mechanism of DspI in diffusible signal factor (DSF) CDA biosynthesis, providing vital information for developing inhibitors that interfere with DSF associated pathogenicity in P. aeruginosa.
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- Li Liu
- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Department of Dermatology, Southwest Medical University, affiliated hospital, Luzhou, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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Peng CT, Liu L, Li CC, He LH, Li T, Shen YL, Gao C, Wang NY, Xia Y, Zhu YB, Song YJ, Lei Q, Yu LT, Bao R. Structure-Function Relationship of Aminopeptidase P from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2385. [PMID: 29259588 PMCID: PMC5723419 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PepP is a virulence-associated gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, making it an attractive target for anti-P. aeruginosa drug development. The encoded protein, aminopeptidases P (Pa-PepP), is a type of X-prolyl peptidase that possesses diverse biological functions. The crystal structure verified its canonical pita-bread fold and functional tetrameric assembly, and the functional studies measured the influences of different metal ions on the activity. A trimetal manganese cluster was observed at the active site, elucidating the mechanism of inhibition by metal ions. Additionally, a loop extending from the active site appeared to be important for specific large-substrate binding. Based on the structural comparison and bacterial invasion assays, we showed that this non-conserved surface loop was critical for P. aeruginosa virulence. Taken together, these findings can extend our understanding of the catalytic mechanism and virulence-related functions of Pa-PepP and provide a solid foundation for the design of specific inhibitors against pathogenic-bacterial infections.
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- Cui-Ting Peng
- Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering Department, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering Department, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China,School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China
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- Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering Department, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China,*Correspondence: Rui Bao, Luo-Ting Yu,
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- Center of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, China,*Correspondence: Rui Bao, Luo-Ting Yu,
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Characterization of Three Ocular Clinical Isolates of P. aeruginosa: Viability, Biofilm Formation, Adherence, Infectivity, and Effects of Glycyrrhizin. Pathogens 2017; 6:pathogens6040052. [PMID: 29064403 PMCID: PMC5750576 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens6040052] [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: 09/30/2017] [Revised: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We selectively characterized three isolates from Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis patients and how glycyrrhizin (GLY) affected them. Type III toxins were determined using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of GLY and assays for its effects on: time kill, bacterial permeability, and biofilm/adhesion were done. In vivo, C57BL/6 (B6) mice were treated topically with GLY after G81007 infection. Clinical score, photography with a slit lamp and RT-PCR were used to assess treatment effects. Isolates expressed exoS and exoT, but not exoU. MIC for all isolates was 40 mg/mL GLY and bacteriostatic effects were seen for G81007 after treatment using time kill assays. From viability testing, GLY treatment significantly increased the number of permeabilized bacteria (live/dead assay). Isolates 070490 and G81007 formed more biofilms compared with R59733 and PAO1 (control). GLY-treated bacteria had diminished biofilm compared with controls for all isolates. GLY reduced adherence of the G81007 isolate to cultured cells and affected specific biofilm associated systems tested by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). In vivo, after G81007 infection, GLY treatment reduced clinical score and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of IL-1β, TNF-α, CXCL2 and HMGB1. This study provides evidence that GLY is bacteriostatic for G81007. It also affects biofilm production, adherence to cultured cells, and an improved keratitis outcome.
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Zheng S, Eierhoff T, Aigal S, Brandel A, Thuenauer R, de Bentzmann S, Imberty A, Römer W. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin LecA triggers host cell signalling by glycosphingolipid-dependent phosphorylation of the adaptor protein CrkII. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:1236-1245. [PMID: 28428058 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces phosphorylation of the adaptor protein CrkII by activating the non-receptor tyrosine kinase Abl to promote its uptake into host cells. So far, specific factors of P. aeruginosa, which induce Abl/CrkII signalling, are entirely unknown. In this research, we employed human lung epithelial cells H1299, Chinese hamster ovary cells and P. aeruginosa wild type strain PAO1 to study the invasion process of P. aeruginosa into host cells by using microbiological, biochemical and cell biological approaches such as Western Blot, immunofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. Here, we demonstrate that the host glycosphingolipid globotriaosylceramide, also termed Gb3, represents a signalling receptor for the P. aeruginosa lectin LecA to induce CrkII phosphorylation at tyrosine 221. Alterations in Gb3 expression and LecA function correlate with CrkII phosphorylation. Interestingly, phosphorylation of CrkIIY221 occurs independently of Abl kinase. We further show that Src family kinases transduce the signal induced by LecA binding to Gb3, leading to CrkY221 phosphorylation. In summary, we identified LecA as a bacterial factor, which utilizes a so far unrecognized mechanism for phospho-CrkIIY221 induction by binding to the host glycosphingolipid receptor Gb3. The LecA/Gb3 interaction highlights the potential of glycolipids to mediate signalling processes across the plasma membrane and should be further elucidated to gain deeper insights into this non-canonical mechanism of activating host cell processes.
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- Shuangshuang Zheng
- Faculty of Biology, Schänzlestraβe 1, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Schänzlestraβe 18, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Schänzlestraβe 1, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Schänzlestraβe 18, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Faculty of Biology, Schänzlestraβe 1, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Schänzlestraβe 18, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Schänzlestraβe 1, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Schänzlestraβe 18, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Schänzlestraβe 1, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Schänzlestraβe 18, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS UMR7255, Marseille, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, UPR5301 CNRS and University of Grenoble Alpes, BP53, 38041 Grenoble cédex 09, France
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- Faculty of Biology, Schänzlestraβe 1, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Schänzlestraβe 18, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany.
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Saffari M, Behbood S, Irajian G, Khorshidi A, Moniri R, Behrouz B. Antibodies raised against divalent type b flagellin and pilin provide effective immunotherapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of mice with burn wounds. Biologicals 2017; 45:20-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2016.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Revised: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Esculentin-1a-Derived Peptides Promote Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Internalized in Bronchial Cells of Cystic Fibrosis Patients and Lung Cell Migration: Biochemical Properties and a Plausible Mode of Action. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016; 60:7252-7262. [PMID: 27671059 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00904-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the major microorganism colonizing the respiratory epithelium in cystic fibrosis (CF) sufferers. The widespread use of available antibiotics has drastically reduced their efficacy, and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a promising alternative. Among them, the frog skin-derived AMPs, i.e., Esc(1-21) and its diastereomer, Esc(1-21)-1c, have recently shown potent activity against free-living and sessile forms of P. aeruginosa Importantly, this pathogen also escapes antibiotics treatment by invading airway epithelial cells. Here, we demonstrate that both AMPs kill Pseudomonas once internalized into bronchial cells which express either the functional or the ΔF508 mutant of the CF transmembrane conductance regulator. A higher efficacy is displayed by Esc(1-21)-1c (90% killing at 15 μM in 1 h). We also show the peptides' ability to stimulate migration of these cells and restore the induction of cell migration that is inhibited by Pseudomonas lipopolysaccharide when used at concentrations mimicking lung infection. This property of AMPs was not investigated before. Our findings suggest new therapeutics that not only eliminate bacteria but also can promote reepithelialization of the injured infected tissue. Confocal microscopy indicated that both peptides are intracellularly localized with a different distribution. Biochemical analyses highlighted that Esc(1-21)-1c is significantly more resistant than the all-l peptide to bacterial and human elastase, which is abundant in CF lungs. Besides proposing a plausible mechanism underlying the properties of the two AMPs, we discuss the data with regard to differences between them and suggest Esc(1-21)-1c as a candidate for the development of a new multifunctional drug against Pseudomonas respiratory infections.
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Passive immunization against Pseudomonas aeruginosa recombinant PilA in a murine burn wound model. Microb Pathog 2016; 101:83-88. [PMID: 27836762 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili have an essential role in twitching motility, colonization and biofilm formation. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of intraperitoneal administration of rabbit anti-recombinant PilA (anti-r-PilA) immunoglobulin G (IgG) against P. aeruginosa infection in a mouse burn-wound model. After burn and infection, mortality rate was assessed in all mice, and that of mice passively immunized with rabbit anti-r-PilA IgG was compared to non-immunized mice. Bacterial quantities in the skin and internal organs were measured to determine the level of systemic infection. Results showed that passive immunotherapy with anti-r-PilA IgG protected the burned mice infected with P. aeruginosa strains, PAO1 and the clinical isolate (CI). Anti-r-PilA antibodies enhanced the opsonophagocytosis of these strains. Moreover, the administration of anti-r-PilA IgG was also successful in reducing the bacterial burden in infected mice. The reduction of systemic bacterial spread increased the survival rate of passively immunized mice. Findings of this study revealed an improved survival rate of 62.5%, thus confirming the protective effect of anti-r-PilA IgG.
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Banadkoki AZ, Keshavarzmehr M, Afshar Z, Aleyasin N, Fatemi MJ, Behrouz B, Hashemi FB. Protective effect of pilin protein with alum+naloxone adjuvant against acute pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Biologicals 2016; 44:367-73. [PMID: 27427517 DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2016.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2016] [Revised: 05/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic human pathogen that causes a wide variety of severe nosocomial infections. Type IV pili of P. aeruginosa are made up of polymerized pilin that aids in bacterial adhesion, biofilm formation and twitching motility. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of alum and naloxone (alum+NLX) as an adjuvant for P. aeruginosa recombinant PilA (r-PilA) as a vaccine candidate in the improvement of humoral and cellular immunity. Primary immunization with r-PilA in combination with alum+NLX followed by two booster shots was sufficient to generate robust cellular and humoral responses, which were Th1 and Th2 type responses consisting of IgG1 and IgG2a subtypes. Analysis of the cytokine response among immunized mice showed an increased production of IL-4, INF-γ and IL-17 by splenocytes upon stimulation by r-PilA. These sera were also able to reduce bacterial load in the lung tissue of challenged mice. The reduction of systemic bacterial spread resulted in increased survival rates in challenged immunized mice. In conclusion, immunization with r-PilA combined with alum+NLX evokes cellular and humoral immune responses, which play an important role in providing protection against acute P. aeruginosa lung infection among immunized mice.
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- Abbas Zare Banadkoki
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Quality Control Department of Iran Gelatin Capsule Mfg. Co., Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Burn Research Center, Hazrat Fatima Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Burn Research Center, Hazrat Fatima Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Sana TG, Berni B, Bleves S. The T6SSs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PAO1 and Their Effectors: Beyond Bacterial-Cell Targeting. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2016; 6:61. [PMID: 27376031 PMCID: PMC4899435 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for many diseases such as chronic lung colonization in cystic fibrosis patients and acute infections in hospitals. The capacity of P. aeruginosa to be pathogenic toward several hosts is notably due to different secretion systems. Amongst them, P. aeruginosa encodes three Type Six Secretion Systems (T6SS), named H1- to H3-T6SS, that act against either prokaryotes and/or eukaryotic cells. They are independent from each other and inject diverse toxins that interact with different components in the host cell. Here we summarize the roles of these T6SSs in the PAO1 strain, as well as the toxins injected and their targets. While H1-T6SS is only involved in antiprokaryotic activity through at least seven different toxins, H2-T6SS and H3-T6SS are also able to target prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic cells. Moreover, recent studies proposed that H2- and H3-T6SS have a role in epithelial cells invasion by injecting at least three different toxins. The diversity of T6SS effectors is astounding and other effectors still remain to be discovered. In this review, we present a table with other putative P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 T6SS-dependent effectors. Altogether, the T6SSs of P. aeruginosa are important systems that help fight other bacteria for their ecological niche, and are important in the pathogenicity process.
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- Thibault G Sana
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (UMR7255), IMM, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Aix-Marseille UniversityMarseille, France; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (UMR7255), IMM, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (UMR7255), IMM, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France
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Korpi F, Hashemi FB, Irajian G, Fatemi MJ, Laghaei P, Behrouz B. Flagellin and pilin immunization against multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa protects mice in the burn wound sepsis model. Immunol Lett 2016; 176:8-17. [PMID: 27210422 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2016.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 03/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a formidable pathogen and a major threat to burn patients. Antimicrobial therapy is often unsuccessful because P. aeruginosa can develop multi-drug resistance; thus, immunotherapy and vaccine can be a rational alternative. Flagella and type IV pili have been identified as important virulence factors in the colonization and pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa in burn wound infections. Immunogenicity and efficacy of mixed recombinant full-length type b flagellin (r-b-flagellin) and recombinant PilA (r-PilA) as candidate vaccines were assessed by measuring humoral and cellular responses, using an experimental burned mouse model. Primary immunization with "r-b-flagellin+r-PilA" followed by two booster shots was sufficient to generate a robust humoral response, which was predominantly a Th2 response consisting mainly of subtype IgG1 and low levels of IgG2a. Analysis of the cytokine response among immunized mice showed an increased production of IL-4, INF-γ and IL-17 by splenocytes upon stimulation by "r-b-flagellin+r-PilA". Opsonophagocytosis assays confirmed the enhanced killing of bacteria by anti "r-b-flagellin+r-PilA" immune sera. These antibodies were also able to reduce bacterial load in the site of original infection into the liver and spleen of challenged mice. The reduction of systemic bacterial spread resulted in an increased survival rate of challenged immunized mice. In conclusion, immunization with "r-b-flagellin+r-PilA" proteins provides a better protective response against P. aeruginosa infection in the burn mouse model.
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- Fatemeh Korpi
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Burn Research Center, Motahari Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Burn Research Center, Motahari Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Higgins G, Fustero Torre C, Tyrrell J, McNally P, Harvey BJ, Urbach V. Lipoxin A4 prevents tight junction disruption and delays the colonization of cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2016; 310:L1053-61. [PMID: 27084849 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00368.2015] [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] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The specialized proresolution lipid mediator lipoxin A4 (LXA4) is abnormally produced in cystic fibrosis (CF) airways. LXA4 increases the CF airway surface liquid height and stimulates airway epithelial repair and tight junction formation. We report here a protective effect of LXA4 (1 nM) against tight junction disruption caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial challenge together with a delaying action against bacterial invasion in CF airway epithelial cells from patients with CF and immortalized cell lines. Bacterial invasion and tight junction integrity were measured by gentamicin exclusion assays and confocal fluorescence microscopy in non-CF (NuLi-1) and CF (CuFi-1) bronchial epithelial cell lines and in primary CF cultures, grown under an air/liquid interface, exposed to either a clinical or laboratory strains of P. aeruginosa LXA4 delayed P. aeruginosa invasion and transepithelial migration in CF and normal bronchial epithelial cell cultures. These protective effects of LXA4 were inhibited by the ALX/FPR2 lipoxin receptor antagonist BOC-2. LXA4 prevented the reduction in mRNA biosynthesis and protein abundance of the tight junction protein ZO-1 and reduced tight junction disruption induced by P. aeruginsosa inoculation. In conclusion, LXA4 plays a protective role in bronchial epithelium by stimulating tight junction repair and by delaying and reducing the invasion of CF bronchial epithelial cells by P. aeruginsosa.
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- Gerard Higgins
- National Children Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Molecular Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Children Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Paediatrics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland; and
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Children Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Molecular Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; INSERM U1151, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Transmigrates at Epithelial Cell-Cell Junctions, Exploiting Sites of Cell Division and Senescent Cell Extrusion. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005377. [PMID: 26727615 PMCID: PMC4699652 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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To achieve systemic infection, bacterial pathogens must overcome the critical and challenging step of transmigration across epithelial barriers. This is particularly true for opportunistic pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an agent which causes nosocomial infections. Despite extensive study, details on the mechanisms used by this bacterium to transmigrate across epithelial tissues, as well as the entry sites it uses, remain speculative. Here, using real-time microscopy and a model epithelial barrier, we show that P. aeruginosa employs a paracellular transmigration route, taking advantage of altered cell-cell junctions at sites of cell division or when senescent cells are expelled from the cell layer. Once a bacterium transmigrates, it is followed by a cohort of bacteria using the same entry point. The basal compartment is then invaded radially from the initial penetration site. Effective transmigration and propagation require type 4 pili, the type 3 secretion system (T3SS) and a flagellum, although flagellum-deficient bacteria can occasionally invade the basal compartment from wounded areas. In the basal compartment, the bacteria inject the T3SS toxins into host cells, disrupting the cytoskeleton and focal contacts to allow their progression under the cells. Thus, P. aeruginosa exploits intrinsic host cell processes to breach the epithelium and invade the subcellular compartment. In normal situations, the mucosae constitute efficient barriers against the invasion of opportunistic pathogens. The bacteria inducing nosocomial infections take advantage of pre-existing pathological situations to cross the epithelium and spread in deeper tissues. The conditions on the host side permitting transmigration and the combination of virulence factors used by the bacteria to transmigrate are mostly speculative. Here, we studied the transmigration process of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium causing hospital-acquired acute and chronic infections. We found that bacteria exploits weakened cell-cell junctions of the epithelium, such as those generated at sites of cell division or when dying cells are extruded from the cell layer, to breach the cell layer, using specific virulence factors and motility appendages.
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Inactivation of specific Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm factors does not alter virulence in infected cholesteatomas. Otol Neurotol 2015; 35:1585-91. [PMID: 25118585 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000000558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS When experimental cholesteatomas are infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) mutants lacking factors associated with the formation of biofilms, host defenses are more effective against these strains when compared with wild-type strains (PAO1 and OPPA8) in preventing tissue destruction. BACKGROUND Previous studies have identified biofilms within chronically infected aural cholesteatomas. These infected cholesteatomas are associated with increased tissue destruction. Because biofilms are highly resistant to host defenses leading to prolonged infection, we propose that the biofilm phenotype of P. aeruginosa may be a virulence factor leading to persistence of infection and increased tissue destruction. METHODS Aural cholesteatomas were induced in Mongolian gerbils. At the time of induction, the ear canals were inoculated with wild-type (PAO1 and OPPA8) and biofilm-deficient (PAO1 ΔpilA, PAO1 algD::aacC1 and PAO1 galU::aacC1) strains of P. aeruginosa. After 8 weeks, the size of the cholesteatomas and levels of bone destruction and deposition were measured using microCT scanning and double fluorochrome bone labeling. RESULT Infected cholesteatomas resulted in increased growth, bone destruction, and bone deposition when compared with vehicle-only controls. We observed no differences between the wild-type (biofilm forming) and the biofilm-deficient strains of P. aeruginosa. CONCLUSION Our hypothesis that biofilm formation is a virulence factor in cholesteatomas infected with P. aeruginosa was not supported. A number of interpretations of these data are reasonable. It is possible that biofilms are not critical in infected cholesteatomas. Alternatively, the mutants that are deficient in generating biofilms in vitro may be able to form effective biofilms in vivo using alternative pathways.
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Internalization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PAO1 into Epithelial Cells Is Promoted by Interaction of a T6SS Effector with the Microtubule Network. mBio 2015; 6:e00712. [PMID: 26037124 PMCID: PMC4453011 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00712-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Invasion of nonphagocytic cells through rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton is a common immune evasion mechanism used by most intracellular bacteria. However, some pathogens modulate host microtubules as well by a still poorly understood mechanism. In this study, we aim at deciphering the mechanisms by which the opportunistic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa invades nonphagocytic cells, although it is considered mainly an extracellular bacterium. Using confocal microscopy and immunofluorescence, we show that the evolved VgrG2b effector of P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 is delivered into epithelial cells by a type VI secretion system, called H2-T6SS, involving the VgrG2a component. An in vivo interactome of VgrG2b in host cells allows the identification of microtubule components, including the γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC), a multiprotein complex catalyzing microtubule nucleation, as the major host target of VgrG2b. This interaction promotes a microtubule-dependent internalization of the bacterium since colchicine and nocodazole, two microtubule-destabilizing drugs, prevent VgrG2b-mediated P. aeruginosa entry even if the invasion still requires actin. We further validate our findings by demonstrating that the type VI injection step can be bypassed by ectopic production of VgrG2b inside target cells prior to infection. Moreover, such uncoupling between VgrG2b injection and bacterial internalization also reveals that they constitute two independent steps. With VgrG2b, we provide the first example of a bacterial protein interacting with the γTuRC. Our study offers key insight into the mechanism of self-promoting invasion of P. aeruginosa into human cells via a directed and specific effector-host protein interaction. Innate immunity and specifically professional phagocytic cells are key determinants in the ability of the host to control P. aeruginosa infection. However, among various virulence strategies, including attack, this opportunistic bacterial pathogen is able to avoid host clearance by triggering its own internalization in nonphagocytic cells. We previously showed that a protein secretion/injection machinery, called the H2 type VI secretion system (H2-T6SS), promotes P. aeruginosa uptake by epithelial cells. Here we investigate which H2-T6SS effector enables P. aeruginosa to enter nonphagocytic cells. We show that VgrG2b is delivered by the H2-T6SS machinery into epithelial cells, where it interacts with microtubules and, more particularly, with the γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC) known as the microtubule-nucleating center. This interaction precedes a microtubule- and actin-dependent internalization of P. aeruginosa. We thus discovered an unprecedented target for a bacterial virulence factor since VgrG2b constitutes, to our knowledge, the first example of a bacterial protein interacting with the γTuRC.
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Glycosphingolipids are important structural constituents of cellular membranes. They are involved in the formation of nanodomains ("lipid rafts"), which serve as important signaling platforms. Invasive bacterial pathogens exploit these signaling domains to trigger actin polymerization for the bending of the plasma membrane and the engulfment of the bacterium--a key process in bacterial uptake. However, it is unknown whether glycosphingolipids directly take part in the membrane invagination process. Here, we demonstrate that a "lipid zipper," which is formed by the interaction between the bacterial surface lectin LecA and its cellular receptor, the glycosphingolipid Gb3, triggers plasma membrane bending during host cell invasion of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In vitro experiments with Gb3-containing giant unilamellar vesicles revealed that LecA/Gb3-mediated lipid zippering was sufficient to achieve complete membrane engulfment of the bacterium. In addition, theoretical modeling elucidated that the adhesion energy of the LecA-Gb3 interaction is adequate to drive the engulfment process. In cellulo experiments demonstrated that inhibition of the LecA/Gb3 lipid zipper by either lecA knockout, Gb3 depletion, or application of soluble sugars that interfere with LecA binding to Gb3 significantly lowered P. aeruginosa uptake by host cells. Of note, membrane engulfment of P. aeruginosa occurred independently of actin polymerization, thus corroborating that lipid zippering alone is sufficient for this crucial first step of bacterial host-cell entry. Our study sheds new light on the impact of glycosphingolipids in the cellular invasion of bacterial pathogens and provides a mechanistic explication of the initial uptake processes.
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Bowler LL, Ball TB, Saward LL. A novel in vitro co-culture system allows the concurrent analysis of mature biofilm and planktonic bacteria with human lung epithelia. J Microbiol Methods 2014; 101:49-55. [PMID: 24726869 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa establishes chronic infections by forming biofilms; however studies of the virulence have focused on the planktonic form. Few in vitro co-culture models exist to study biofilm infections. We present a novel in vitro co-culture method examining the interactions between mature P. aeruginosa biofilms and human lung epithelial cells.
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- Laura L Bowler
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Cangene Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Cangene Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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While human or animal models are often considered the gold standard experimental system for defining virulence factors, cell culture-based infection models have proven useful for identifying important virulence factors and for examining the interactions between pathogens and the epithelial barrier. The first step in infections for most mucosal pathogens involves binding (adhesion) to the epithelial cells that line the mucosa. Successful pathogens can then penetrate the barrier by (1) inducing their uptake (i.e., "entry" or "invasion") into epithelial cells, (2) crossing the barrier by inducing epithelial cell death, and/or (3) penetrating between cells. This chapter describes growth conditions to form polarized cultures, either two-dimensional monolayers or three-dimensional cysts, of various immortalized epithelial cell lines. It describes assays to measure key early interactions between P. aeruginosa and host cells, including binding, invasion, and cytotoxicity. Many virulence factors defined by these criteria have been shown to be important for pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa infections in animals or humans. These methods are also applicable to other pathogens.
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- Iwona Bucior
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 0654, Room S380, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0654, USA
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The predominant milk oligosaccharide 6′-sialyllactose reduces the internalisation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in human pneumocytes. J Funct Foods 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Porphyromonas gingivalis modulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced apoptosis of respiratory epithelial cells through the STAT3 signaling pathway. Microbes Infect 2013; 16:17-27. [PMID: 24140557 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 09/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic bacterial pathogen, causing infections of respiratory and other organ systems in immunocompromised hosts that may invade and proliferate in mucosal epithelial cells to induce apoptosis. Previous studies suggest that oral bacteria, especially gram-negative periodontal pathogens, may enhance P. aeruginosa invasion into respiratory epithelial cells to augment tissue destruction. In this study, we investigated the effect of the periodontopathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis on P. aeruginosa-induced epithelial cell apoptosis. P. gingivalis invasion transiently inhibited P. aeruginosa-induced apoptosis in respiratory epithelial cells via the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway. The activated STAT3 up-regulated the downstream anti-apoptotic moleculars survivin and B-cell leukemia-2 (bcl-2). This process was accompanied by down-regulation of pro-apoptosis molecular Bcl-2-associated death promoter (bad) and caspase-3 activity inhibition. In addition, the activation of the STAT3 pathway was affected by P. gingivalis in a dose-dependent manner. Finally, co-invasion of P. aeruginosa and P. gingivalis led to greater cell death compared with P. aeruginosa challenge alone. These results suggest that regulation of P. aeruginosa-induced apoptosis by P. gingivalis contributes to the pathogenesis of respiratory disease. Interference with this process may provide a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment and prevention of respiratory disease.
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