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Yang XT, Wang J, Jiang YH, Zhang L, Du L, Li J, Liu F. Insight into the mechanism of gallstone disease by proteomic and metaproteomic characterization of human bile. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1276951. [PMID: 38111640 PMCID: PMC10726133 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1276951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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Introduction Cholesterol gallstone disease is a prevalent condition that has a significant economic impact. However, the role of the bile microbiome in its development and the host's responses to it remain poorly understood. Methods In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of microbial and human bile proteins in 40 individuals with either gallstone disease or gallbladder polyps. We employed a combined proteomic and metaproteomic approach, as well as meta-taxonomic analysis, functional pathway enrichment, and Western blot analyses. Results Our metaproteomic analysis, utilizing the lowest common ancestor algorithm, identified 158 microbial taxa in the bile samples. We discovered microbial taxa that may contribute to gallstone formation, including β-glucuronidase-producing bacteria such as Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Clostridium, as well as those involved in biofilm formation like Helicobacter, Cyanobacteria, Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium. Furthermore, we identified 2,749 human proteins and 87 microbial proteins with a protein false discovery rate (FDR) of 1% and at least 2 distinct peptides. Among these proteins, we found microbial proteins crucial to biofilm formation, such as QDR3, ompA, ndk, pstS, nanA, pfIB, and dnaK. Notably, QDR3 showed a gradual upregulation from chronic to acute cholesterol gallstone disease when compared to polyp samples. Additionally, we discovered other microbial proteins that enhance bacterial virulence and gallstone formation by counteracting host oxidative stress, including sodB, katG, rbr, htrA, and ahpC. We also identified microbial proteins like lepA, rtxA, pckA, tuf, and tpiA that are linked to bacterial virulence and potential gallstone formation, with lepA being upregulated in gallstone bile compared to polyp bile. Furthermore, our analysis of the host proteome in gallstone bile revealed enhanced inflammatory molecular profiles, including innate immune molecules against microbial infections. Gallstone bile exhibited overrepresented pathways related to blood coagulation, folate metabolism, and the IL-17 pathway. However, we observed suppressed metabolic activities, particularly catabolic metabolism and transport activities, in gallstone bile compared to polyp bile. Notably, acute cholelithiasis bile demonstrated significantly impaired metabolic activities compared to chronic cholelithiasis bile. Conclusion Our study provides a comprehensive metaproteomic analysis of bile samples related to gallstone disease, offering new insights into the microbiome-host interaction and gallstone formation mechanism.
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- Xue-Ting Yang
- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Full Cycle Monitoring and Precise Intervention of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, The International Co-laboratory of Medical Epigenetics and Metabolism, Ministry of Science and Technology, Institutes of Biomedical of Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Maldonado J, Czarnecka B, Harmon DE, Ruiz C. The multidrug efflux pump regulator AcrR directly represses motility in Escherichia coli. mSphere 2023; 8:e0043023. [PMID: 37787551 PMCID: PMC10597343 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00430-23] [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: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
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Efflux and motility are two key biological functions in bacteria. Recent findings have shown that efflux impacts flagellum biosynthesis and motility in Escherichia coli and other bacteria. AcrR is known to be the major transcriptional repressor of AcrAB-TolC, the main multidrug efflux pump in E. coli and other Enterobacteriaceae. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of how efflux and motility are co-regulated remain poorly understood. Here, we have studied the role of AcrR in direct regulation of motility in E. coli. By combining bioinformatics, electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs), gene expression, and motility experiments, we have found that AcrR represses motility in E. coli by directly repressing transcription of the flhDC operon, but not the other flagellum genes/operons tested. flhDC encodes the master regulator of flagellum biosynthesis and motility genes. We found that such regulation primarily occurs by direct binding of AcrR to the flhDC promoter region containing the first of the two predicted AcrR-binding sites identified in this promoter. This is the first report of direct regulation by AcrR of genes unrelated to efflux or detoxification. Moreover, we report that overexpression of AcrR restores to parental levels the increased swimming motility previously observed in E. coli strains without a functional AcrAB-TolC pump, and that such effect by AcrR is prevented by the AcrR ligand and AcrAB-TolC substrate ethidium bromide. Based on these and prior findings, we provide a novel model in which AcrR senses efflux and then co-regulates efflux and motility in E. coli to maintain homeostasis and escape hazards. IMPORTANCE Efflux and motility play a major role in bacterial growth, colonization, and survival. In Escherichia coli, the transcriptional repressor AcrR is known to directly repress efflux and was later found to also repress flagellum biosynthesis and motility by Kim et al. (J Microbiol Biotechnol 26:1824-1828, 2016, doi: 10.4014/jmb.1607.07058). However, it remained unknown whether AcrR represses flagellum biosynthesis and motility directly and through which target genes, or indirectly because of altering the amount of efflux. This study reveals that AcrR represses flagellum biosynthesis and motility by directly repressing the expression of the flhDC master regulator of flagellum biosynthesis and motility genes, but not the other flagellum genes tested. We also show that the antimicrobial, efflux pump substrate, and AcrR ligand ethidium bromide regulates motility via AcrR. Overall, these findings support a novel model of direct co-regulation of efflux and motility mediated by AcrR in response to stress in E. coli.
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- Jessica Maldonado
- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, USA
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The metabolism of a bacterial cell stretches beyond its boundaries, often connecting with the metabolism of other cells to form extended metabolic networks that stretch across communities, and even the globe. Among the least intuitive metabolic connections are those involving cross-feeding of canonically intracellular metabolites. How and why are these intracellular metabolites externalized? Are bacteria simply leaky? Here I consider what it means for a bacterium to be leaky, and I review mechanisms of metabolite externalization from the context of cross-feeding. Despite common claims, diffusion of most intracellular metabolites across a membrane is unlikely. Instead, passive and active transporters are likely involved, possibly purging excess metabolites as part of homeostasis. Re-acquisition of metabolites by a producer limits the opportunities for cross-feeding. However, a competitive recipient can stimulate metabolite externalization and initiate a positive-feedback loop of reciprocal cross-feeding.
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- James B McKinlay
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA;
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Ding Y, Hao J, Xiao W, Ye C, Xiao X, Jian C, Tang M, Li G, Liu J, Zeng Z. Role of efflux pumps, their inhibitors, and regulators in colistin resistance. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1207441. [PMID: 37601369 PMCID: PMC10436536 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1207441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Colistin is highly promising against multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant bacteria clinically. Bacteria are resistant to colistin mainly through mcr and chromosome-mediated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) synthesis-related locus variation. However, the current understanding cannot fully explain the resistance mechanism in mcr-negative colistin-resistant strains. Significantly, the contribution of efflux pumps to colistin resistance remains to be clarified. This review aims to discuss the contribution of efflux pumps and their related transcriptional regulators to colistin resistance in various bacteria and the reversal effect of efflux pump inhibitors on colistin resistance. Previous studies suggested a complex regulatory relationship between the efflux pumps and their transcriptional regulators and LPS synthesis, transport, and modification. Carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), 1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-piperazine (NMP), and Phe-Arg-β-naphthylamide (PAβN) all achieved the reversal of colistin resistance, highlighting the role of efflux pumps in colistin resistance and their potential for adjuvant development. The contribution of the efflux pumps to colistin resistance might also be related to specific genetic backgrounds. They can participate in colistin tolerance and heterogeneous resistance to affect the treatment efficacy of colistin. These findings help understand the development of resistance in mcr-negative colistin-resistant strains.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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The Multidrug Efflux Regulator AcrR of Escherichia coli Responds to Exogenous and Endogenous Ligands To Regulate Efflux and Detoxification. mSphere 2022; 7:e0047422. [PMID: 36416552 PMCID: PMC9769551 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00474-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The transcriptional repressor AcrR is the main regulator of the multidrug efflux pump AcrAB-TolC, which plays a major role in antibiotic resistance and cell physiology in Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae. However, it remains unknown which ligands control the function of AcrR. To address this gap in knowledge, this study tested whether exogenous and/or endogenous molecules identified as potential AcrR ligands regulate the activity of AcrR. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) with purified AcrR and the acrAB promoter and in vivo gene expression experiments, we found that AcrR responds to both exogenous molecules and cellular metabolites produced by E. coli. In total, we identified four functional ligands of AcrR, ethidium bromide (EtBr), an exogenous antimicrobial known to be effluxed by the AcrAB-TolC pump and previously shown to bind to AcrR, and three polyamines produced by E. coli, namely, putrescine, cadaverine, and spermidine. We found that EtBr and polyamines bind to AcrR both in vitro and in vivo, which prevents the binding of AcrR to the acrAB promoter and, ultimately, induces the expression of acrAB. Finally, we also found that AcrR contributes to mitigating the toxicity produced by excess polyamines by directly regulating the expression of AcrAB-TolC and two previously unknown AcrR targets, the MdtJI spermidine efflux pump and the putrescine degradation enzyme PuuA. Overall, these findings significantly expand our understanding of the function of AcrR by revealing that this regulator responds to different exogenous and endogenous ligands to regulate the expression of multiple genes involved in efflux and detoxification. IMPORTANCE Multidrug efflux pumps can remove antibiotics and other toxic molecules from cells and are major contributors to antibiotic resistance and bacterial physiology. Therefore, it is essential to better understand their function and regulation. AcrAB-TolC is the main multidrug efflux pump in the Enterobacteriaceae family, and AcrR is its major transcriptional regulator. However, little is known about which ligands control the function of AcrR or which other genes are controlled by this regulator. This study contributes to addressing these gaps in knowledge by showing that (i) the activity of AcrR is controlled by the antimicrobial ethidium bromide and by polyamines produced by E. coli, and (ii) AcrR directly regulates the expression of AcrAB-TolC and genes involved in detoxification and efflux of excess polyamines. These findings significantly advance our understanding of the biological role of AcrR by identifying four ligands that control its function and two novel targets of this regulator.
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Extreme Acid Modulates Fitness Trade-Offs of Multidrug Efflux Pumps MdtEF-TolC and AcrAB-TolC in Escherichia coli K-12. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0072421. [PMID: 34085861 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00724-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Bacterial genomes encode various multidrug efflux pumps (MDR) whose specific conditions for fitness advantage are unknown. We show that the efflux pump MdtEF-TolC, in Escherichia coli, confers a fitness advantage during exposure to extreme acid (pH 2). Our flow cytometry method revealed pH-dependent fitness trade-offs between bile acids (a major pump substrate) and salicylic acid, a membrane-permeant aromatic acid that induces a drug resistance regulon but depletes proton motive force (PMF). The PMF drives MdtEF-TolC and related pumps such as AcrAB-TolC. Deletion of mdtE (with loss of the pump MdtEF-TolC) increased the strain's relative fitness during growth with or without salicylate or bile acids. However, when the growth cycle included a 2-h incubation at pH 2 (below the pH growth range), MdtEF-TolC conferred a fitness advantage. The fitness advantage required bile salts but was decreased by the presence of salicylate, whose uptake is amplified by acid. For comparison, AcrAB-TolC, the primary efflux pump for bile acids, conferred a PMF-dependent fitness advantage with or without acid exposure in the growth cycle. A different MDR pump, EmrAB-TolC, conferred no selective benefit during growth in the presence of bile acids. Without bile acids, all three MDR pumps incurred a large fitness cost with salicylate when exposed at pH 2. These results are consistent with the increased uptake of salicylate at low pH. Overall, we showed that MdtEF-TolC is an MDR pump adapted for transient extreme-acid exposure and that low pH amplifies the salicylate-dependent fitness cost for drug pumps. IMPORTANCE Antibiotics and other drugs that reach the gut must pass through stomach acid. However, little is known of how extreme acid modulates the effect of drugs on gut bacteria. We find that extreme-acid exposure leads to a fitness advantage for a multidrug pump that otherwise incurs a fitness cost. At the same time, extreme acid amplifies the effect of salicylate selection against multidrug pumps. Thus, organic acids and stomach acid could play important roles in regulating multidrug resistance in the gut microbiome. Our flow cytometry assay provides a way to measure the fitness effects of extreme-acid exposure to various membrane-soluble organic acids, including plant-derived nutrients and pharmaceutical agents. Therapeutic acids might be devised to control the prevalence of multidrug pumps in environmental and host-associated habitats.
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ToxR Mediates the Antivirulence Activity of Phenyl-Arginine-β-Naphthylamide To Attenuate Vibrio cholerae Virulence. Infect Immun 2021; 89:e0014721. [PMID: 33941578 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00147-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Multidrug efflux systems belonging to the resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND) family are ubiquitous in Gram-negative bacteria and are critical for antimicrobial resistance. This realization has led to efforts to develop efflux pump inhibitors (EPI) for use as adjuvants for antibiotic treatment of resistant organisms. However, the functions of RND transporters extend beyond antimicrobial resistance to include physiological functions that are critical for pathogenesis, suggesting that EPIs could also be used as antivirulence therapeutics. This was documented in the enteric pathogen Vibrio cholerae, in which EPIs were shown to attenuate the production of the critical virulence factors cholera toxin (CT) and the toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP). In this study, we investigated the antivirulence mechanism of action of the EPI phenyl-arginine-β-naphthylamide (PAβN) on V. cholerae. Using bioassays, we documented that PAβN inhibited virulence factor production in three epidemic V. cholerae isolates. Transcriptional reporter studies and mutant analysis indicated that PAβN initiated a ToxR-dependent regulatory circuit to activate leuO expression and that LeuO repressed the expression of the critical virulence activator aphA to attenuate CT and TCP production. The antivirulence activity of PAβN was found to be dependent on the ToxR periplasmic sensing domain (PPD), suggesting that a feedback mechanism was involved in its activity. Collectively, the data indicated that PAβN inhibited V. cholerae virulence factor production by activating a ToxR-dependent metabolic feedback mechanism to repress the expression of the ToxR virulence regulon. This suggests that efflux pump inhibitors could be used as antivirulence therapeutics for the treatment of cholera and perhaps that of other Gram-negative pathogens.
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Lagha R, Ben Abdallah F, ALKhammash AAH, Amor N, Hassan MM, Mabrouk I, Alhomrani M, Gaber A. Molecular characterization of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates recovered from King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital at Taif City, Saudi Arabia. J Infect Public Health 2021; 14:143-151. [PMID: 33412373 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for a significant proportion of nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Genotypic variation in K. pneumoniae populations is a major barrier to control public health risk associated with pathogen. In this work, thirty K. pneumoniae were recovered from hospital and were tested for their resistance to antibiotics. Genetic variability of the isolates was performed using PCR based on genes coding for porins and efflux pumps, (GTG)5 and BOX repetitive sequences. K. pneumoniae showed heterogenicity of resistance to antibiotics based on gender or specimen type. Further, out of 30 isolates, 25 different profiles were found and 83.33% are multidrug-resistant. PCR detection of genes coding for porins and efflux pumps revealed seven different genotypes and strong correlation between antibiotics resistance profiles and investigated genes. PCR genomic fingerprinting showed high genetic diversity of K. pneumoniae. BOX-PCR and (GTG)5 generated 18 and 19 clusters with discriminatory indexes 0.97 and 0.98, respectively at 80% of similarity. K. pneumoniae clinical isolates showed high phenotypic and genetic variability, and many strains can be circulating simultaneously. This genetic variability should be taken into consideration when designing strategies for controlling K. pneumoniae outbreaks. In addition, a significant correlation, was detected for the first time, between (GTG)5-genotyping and antibiotic resistance patterns of K. pneumoniae and could be valuable in the prediction of antibiotic resistance profiles of K. pneumoniae.
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- Rihab Lagha
- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; Unité de Recherche: Virologie, Biotechnologie et Stratégies Antivirales: UR17ES30, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; Unité de Recherche: Virologie, Biotechnologie et Stratégies Antivirales: UR17ES30, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia.
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Minufiya University, Shibin El Kom, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sousse, Tunisia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratories Science, The Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Hafeezunnisa M, Sen R. The Rho-Dependent Transcription Termination Is Involved in Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Susceptibility in Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:605305. [PMID: 33329496 PMCID: PMC7734253 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.605305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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One of the major ways of acquiring multidrug resistance in bacteria is via drug influx and efflux pathways. Here, we show that E. coli with compromised Rho-dependent transcription termination function has enhanced broad-spectrum antibiotic susceptibility, which arises from the inefficient TolC-efflux process and increased permeability of the membrane. The Rho mutants have altered morphology, distinct cell surface, and increased levels of lipopolysaccharide in their outer membrane, which might have rendered the TolC efflux pumps inefficient. These alterations are due to the upregulations of poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine and lipopolysaccharide synthesis operons because of inefficient Rho functions. The Rho mutants are capable of growing on various dipeptides and carbohydrate sources, unlike their WT counterpart. Dipeptides uptake arises from the upregulations of the di-peptide permease operon in these mutants. The metabolomics of the Rho mutants revealed the presence of a high level of novel metabolites. Accumulation of these metabolites in these Rho mutants might titrate out the TolC-efflux pumps, which could further reduce their efficiency. We conclude that the transcription termination factor, Rho, regulates the broad-spectrum antibiotic susceptibility of E. coli through multipartite pathways in a TolC-dependent manner. The involvement of Rho-dependent termination in multiple pathways and its association with antibiotic susceptibility should make Rho-inhibitors useful in the anti-bacterial treatment regimen.
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- Md Hafeezunnisa
- Laboratory of Transcription, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India.,Graduate Studies, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Laboratory of Transcription, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India
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Nazarov PA, Sorochkina AI, Karakozova MV. New Functional Criterion for Evaluation of Homologous MDR Pumps. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:592283. [PMID: 33262749 PMCID: PMC7686461 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.592283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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- Pavel A Nazarov
- Department of Bioenergetics, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.,Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Center of Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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Marshall RL, Bavro VN. Mutations in the TolC Periplasmic Domain Affect Substrate Specificity of the AcrAB-TolC Pump. Front Mol Biosci 2020; 7:166. [PMID: 32850959 PMCID: PMC7396618 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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TolC and the other members of the outer membrane factor (OMF) family are outer membrane proteins forming trimeric channels that serve as a conduit for most actively effluxed substrates in Gram-negative bacteria by providing a key component in a multitude of tripartite efflux-pumps. Current models of tripartite pump assembly ascribe substrate selection to the inner-membrane transporter and periplasmic-adapter protein (PAP) assembly, suggesting that TolC is a passive, non-selective channel. While the membrane-embedded portion of the protein adopts a porin-like fold, the periplasmic domain of TolC presents a unique "alpha-barrel" architecture. This alpha-barrel consists of pseudo-continuous α-helices forming curved coiled-coils, whose tips form α-helical hairpins, relaxation of which results in a transition of TolC from a closed to an open-aperture state allowing effective efflux of substrates through its channel. Here, we analyzed the effects of site-directed mutations targeting the alpha-barrel of TolC, of the principal tripartite efflux-pump Escherichia coli AcrAB-TolC, on the activity and specificity of efflux. Live-cell functional assays with these TolC mutants revealed that positions both at the periplasmic tip of, and partway up the TolC coiled-coil alpha-barrel domain are involved in determining the functionality of the complex. We report that mutations affecting the electrostatic properties of the channel, particularly the D371V mutation, significantly impact growth even in the absence of antibiotics, causing hyper-susceptibility to all tested efflux-substrates. These results suggest that inhibition of TolC functionality is less well-tolerated than deletion of tolC, and such inhibition may have an antibacterial effect. Significantly and unexpectedly, we identified antibiotic-specific phenotypes associated with novel TolC mutations, suggesting that substrate specificity may not be determined solely by the transporter protein or the PAP, but may reside at least partially with the TolC-channel. Furthermore, some of the effects of mutations are difficult to reconcile with the currently prevalent tip-to-tip model of PAP-TolC interaction due to their location higher-up on the TolC alpha-barrel relative to the proposed PAP-docking sites. Taken together our results suggest a possible new role for TolC in vetting of efflux substrates, alongside its established role in tripartite complex assembly.
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- Robert L. Marshall
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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Costa OY, Zerillo MM, Zühlke D, Kielak AM, Pijl A, Riedel K, Kuramae EE. Responses of Acidobacteria Granulicella sp. WH15 to High Carbon Revealed by Integrated Omics Analyses. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E244. [PMID: 32059463 PMCID: PMC7074687 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8020244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The phylum Acidobacteria is widely distributed in soils, but few representatives have been cultured. In general, Acidobacteria are oligotrophs and exhibit slow growth under laboratory conditions. We sequenced the genome of Granulicella sp. WH15, a strain obtained from decaying wood, and determined the bacterial transcriptome and proteome under growth in poor medium with a low or high concentration of sugar. We detected the presence of 217 carbohydrate-associated enzymes in the genome of strain WH15. Integrated analysis of the transcriptomic and proteomic profiles showed that high sugar triggered a stress response. As part of this response, transcripts related to cell wall stress, such as sigma factor σW and toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems, were upregulated, as were several proteins involved in detoxification and repair, including MdtA and OprM. KEGG metabolic pathway analysis indicated the repression of carbon metabolism (especially the pentose phosphate pathway) and the reduction of protein synthesis, carbohydrate metabolism, and cell division, suggesting the arrest of cell activity and growth. In summary, the stress response of Granulicella sp. WH15 induced by the presence of a high sugar concentration in the medium resulted in the intensification of secretion functions to eliminate toxic compounds and the reallocation of resources to cell maintenance instead of growth.
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- Ohana Y.A. Costa
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (M.M.Z.); (A.M.K.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (M.M.Z.); (A.M.K.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 8, 17487 Greifswald, Germany; (D.Z.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (M.M.Z.); (A.M.K.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (M.M.Z.); (A.M.K.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 8, 17487 Greifswald, Germany; (D.Z.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (M.M.Z.); (A.M.K.); (A.P.)
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Guest RL, Court EA, Waldon JL, Schock KA, Raivio TL. Impaired Efflux of the Siderophore Enterobactin Induces Envelope Stress in Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2776. [PMID: 31866967 PMCID: PMC6908949 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The Cpx response is one of several envelope stress responses that monitor and maintain the integrity of the gram-negative bacterial envelope. While several conditions that are known or predicted to generate misfolded inner membrane proteins activate the Cpx response, the molecular nature of the Cpx inducing cue is not yet known. Studies have demonstrated that mutation of multidrug efflux pumps activates the Cpx response in many gram-negative bacteria. In Vibrio cholerae, pathway activation is due to accumulation of the catechol siderophore vibriobactin. However, the mechanism by which the Cpx response is activated by mutation of efflux pumps in Escherichia coli remains unknown. Here we show that inhibition of efflux by deletion of tolC, the outer membrane channel of several multidrug efflux pumps, activates the Cpx response in E. coli as a result of impaired efflux of the siderophore enterobactin. Enterobactin accumulation in the tolC mutant reduces activity of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) oxidation arm of the aerobic respiratory chain. However, the Cpx pathway remains active in the tolC mutant when either NADH dehydrogenase I, NADH dehydrogenase II, or cytochrome bo3 is absent. Finally, we show that the Cpx response down-regulates transcription of the enterobactin biosynthesis operon. These results suggest that the Cpx response promotes adaptation to envelope stress in enteric bacteria that are exposed to iron-limited environments, which are rich in envelope-damaging compounds and conditions.
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- Randi L Guest
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Moore JP, Li H, Engmann ML, Bischof KM, Kunka KS, Harris ME, Tancredi AC, Ditmars FS, Basting PJ, George NS, Bhagwat AA, Slonczewski JL. Inverted Regulation of Multidrug Efflux Pumps, Acid Resistance, and Porins in Benzoate-Evolved Escherichia coli K-12. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:e00966-19. [PMID: 31175192 PMCID: PMC6677852 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00966-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Benzoic acid, a partial uncoupler of the proton motive force (PMF), selects for sensitivity to chloramphenicol and tetracycline during the experimental evolution of Escherichia coli K-12. Transcriptomes of E. coli isolates evolved with benzoate showed the reversal of benzoate-dependent regulation, including the downregulation of multidrug efflux pump genes, the gene for the Gad acid resistance regulon, the nitrate reductase genes narHJ, and the gene for the acid-consuming hydrogenase Hyd-3. However, the benzoate-evolved strains had increased expression of OmpF and other large-hole porins that admit fermentable substrates and antibiotics. Candidate genes identified from benzoate-evolved strains were tested for their roles in benzoate tolerance and in chloramphenicol sensitivity. Benzoate or salicylate tolerance was increased by deletion of the Gad activator ariR or of the acid fitness island from slp to the end of the gadX gene encoding Gad regulators and the multidrug pump genes mdtEF Benzoate tolerance was also increased by deletion of multidrug component gene emrA, RpoS posttranscriptional regulator gene cspC, adenosine deaminase gene add, hydrogenase gene hyc (Hyd-3), and the RNA chaperone/DNA-binding regulator gene hfq Chloramphenicol resistance was decreased by mutations in genes for global regulators, such as RNA polymerase alpha subunit gene rpoA, the Mar activator gene rob, and hfq Deletion of lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic kinase gene rfaY decreased the rate of growth in chloramphenicol. Isolates from experimental evolution with benzoate had many mutations affecting aromatic biosynthesis and catabolism, such as aroF (encoding tyrosine biosynthesis) and apt (encoding adenine phosphoribosyltransferase). Overall, benzoate or salicylate exposure selects for the loss of multidrug efflux pumps and of hydrogenases that generate a futile cycle of PMF and upregulates porins that admit fermentable nutrients and antibiotics.IMPORTANCE Benzoic acid is a common food preservative, and salicylic acid (2-hydroxybenzoic acid) is the active form of aspirin. At high concentrations, benzoic acid conducts a proton across the membrane, depleting the proton motive force. In the absence of antibiotics, benzoate exposure selects against proton-driven multidrug efflux pumps and upregulates porins that admit fermentable substrates but that also allow the entry of antibiotics. Thus, evolution with benzoate and related molecules, such as salicylates, requires a trade-off for antibiotic sensitivity, a trade-off that could help define a stable gut microbiome. Benzoate and salicylate are naturally occurring plant signal molecules that may modulate the microbiomes of plants and animal digestive tracts so as to favor fermenters and exclude drug-resistant pathogens.
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- Jeremy P Moore
- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA
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- Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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- Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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Zhang CZ, Chen PX, Yang L, Li W, Chang MX, Jiang HX. Coordinated Expression of acrAB-tolC and Eight Other Functional Efflux Pumps Through Activating ramA and marA in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Microb Drug Resist 2017. [PMID: 28650690 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2017.0086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to determine the expression of eight other functional transporter genes upon acrAB inactivation and also the expression of acrAB when the function of eight other transporters are impaired in Salmonella enterica. We used single- or multigene deletion mutants (i.e., ΔacrA, ΔacrB, ΔtolC, ΔacrAB, ΔacrEF, ΔacrD, ΔmdsABC, ΔmdtABC, ΔemrAB, ΔmacAB, ΔmdfA, ΔmdtK, ΔacrABramA, ΔacrABmarA, and ΔacrABsoxS) and real time (RT)-PCR to quantify the expression of different pump and regulator genes; infection ability was characterized by adhesion and invasion assays. The expression of acrAB operon was increased upon acrB inactivation. Single deletion of acrA or tolC also increased expression of acrB. The deletion of acrAB increased expression of eight other functional efflux pumps genes and vice versa, in which increased expression of ramA and marA was also detected. Mutants containing single deletions of functional pump genes were attenuated in cells. In conclusion, there is a feedback mechanism that coordinates regulation of AcrAB-TolC and eight other functional efflux pumps through the global transcriptional regulators ramA and marA in S. enterica serovar Typhimurium.
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Bergmiller T, Andersson AMC, Tomasek K, Balleza E, Kiviet DJ, Hauschild R, Tkačik G, Guet CC. Biased partitioning of the multidrug efflux pump AcrAB-TolC underlies long-lived phenotypic heterogeneity. Science 2017; 356:311-315. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf4762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Beyond Antimicrobial Resistance: Evidence for a Distinct Role of the AcrD Efflux Pump in Salmonella Biology. mBio 2016; 7:mBio.01916-16. [PMID: 27879336 PMCID: PMC5120143 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01916-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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For over 20 years, bacterial multidrug resistance (MDR) efflux pumps have been studied because of their impact on resistance to antimicrobials. However, critical questions remain, including why produce efflux pumps under non-antimicrobial treatment conditions, and why have multiple pumps if their only purpose is antimicrobial efflux? Salmonella spp. possess five efflux pump families, including the resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps. Notably, the RND efflux pump AcrD has a unique substrate profile, distinct from other Salmonella efflux pumps. Here we show that inactivation of acrD results in a profoundly altered transcriptome and modulation of pathways integral to Salmonella biology. The most significant transcriptome changes were central metabolism related, with additional changes observed in pathogenicity, environmental sensing, and stress response pathway expression. The extent of tricarboxylic acid cycle and fumarate metabolism expression changes led us to hypothesize that acrD inactivation may result in motility defects due to perturbation of metabolite concentrations, such as fumarate, for which a role in motility has been established. Despite minimal detectable changes in flagellar gene expression, we found that an acrD mutant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolate was significantly impaired for swarming motility, which was restored by addition of fumarate. The acrD mutant outcompeted the wild type in fitness experiments. The results of these diverse experiments provide strong evidence that the AcrD efflux pump is not simply a redundant system providing response resilience, but also has distinct physiological functions. Together, these data indicate that the AcrD efflux pump has a significant and previously underappreciated impact on bacterial biology, despite only minor perturbations of antibiotic resistance profiles. Efflux pumps in Gram-negative bacteria are studied because of their important contributions to antimicrobial resistance. However, the role of these pumps in bacterial biology has remained surprisingly elusive. Here, we provide evidence that loss of the AcrD efflux pump significantly impacts the physiology of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Inactivation of acrD led to changes in the expression of 403 genes involved in fundamental processes, including basic metabolism, virulence, and stress responses. Pathways such as these allow Salmonella to grow, survive in the environment, and cause disease. Indeed, our data show that the acrD mutant is more fit than wild-type Salmonella under standard lab conditions. We hypothesized that inactivation of acrD would alter levels of bacterial metabolites, impacting traits such as swarming motility. We demonstrated this by exogenous addition of the metabolite fumarate, which partially restored the acrD mutant’s swarming defect. This work extends our understanding of the role of bacterial efflux pumps.
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Lee JJ, Wu YC, Kuo CJ, Hsuan SL, Chen TH. TolC is important for bacterial survival and oxidative stress response in Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis in an acidic environment. Vet Microbiol 2016; 193:42-8. [PMID: 27599929 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Revised: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The outer membrane protein TolC, which is one of the key components of several multidrug efflux pumps, is thought to be involved in various independent systems in Enterobacteriaceae. Since the acidic environment of the stomach is an important protection barrier against foodborne pathogen infections in hosts, we evaluated whether TolC played a role in the acid tolerance of Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis. Comparison of the acid tolerance of the tolC mutant and the parental wild-type strain showed that the absence of TolC limits the ability of Salmonella to sustain life under extreme acidic conditions. Additionally, the mutant exhibited morphological changes during growth in an acidic medium, leading to the conflicting results of cell viability measured by spectrophotometry and colony-forming unit counting. Reverse-transcriptional-PCR analysis indicated that acid-related molecules, apparatus, or enzymes and oxidation-induced factors were significantly affected by the acidic environment in the null-tolC mutant. The elongated cellular morphology was restored by adding antioxidants to the culture medium. Furthermore, we found that increased cellular antioxidative activity provides an overlapping protection against acid killing, demonstrating the complexity of the bacterial acid stress response. Our findings reinforce the multifunctional characteristics of TolC in acid tolerance or oxidative stress resistance and support the correlative protection mechanism between oxygen- and acid-mediated stress responses in Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis.
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- Jen-Jie Lee
- Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.
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- Graduate Institute of Veterinary Pathobiology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Public Health, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.
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Small RNA Regulation of TolC, the Outer Membrane Component of Bacterial Multidrug Transporters. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:1101-13. [PMID: 26811318 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00971-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Bacteria use multidrug efflux pumps to export drugs and toxic compounds out of the cell. One of the most important efflux pumps in Escherichia coli is the AcrAB-TolC system. Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are known to be major posttranscriptional regulators that can enhance or repress translation by binding to the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of mRNA targets with the help of a chaperone protein, Hfq. In this study, we investigated the expression of acrA, acrB, and tolC translational fusions using 27 Hfq-dependent sRNAs overexpressed from plasmids. No significant sRNA regulation of acrA or acrB was detected. SdsR (also known as RyeB), an abundant and well-conserved stationary-phase sRNA, was found to repress the expression of tolC, the gene encoding the outer membrane protein of many multidrug resistance efflux pumps. This repression was shown to be by direct base pairing occurring upstream from the ribosomal binding site. SdsR overexpression and its regulation of tolC were found to reduce resistance to novobiocin and crystal violet. Our results suggest that additional targets for SdsR exist that contribute to increased antibiotic sensitivity and reduced biofilm formation. In an effort to identify phenotypes associated with single-copy SdsR and its regulation of tolC, the effect of a deletion of sdsR or mutations in tolC that should block SdsR pairing were investigated using a Biolog phenotypic microarray. However, no significant phenotypes were identified. Therefore, SdsR appears to modulate rather than act as a major regulator of its targets. IMPORTANCE AcrAB-TolC is a major efflux pump present in E. coli and Gram-negative bacteria used to export toxic compounds; the pump confers resistance to many antibiotics of unrelated classes. In this study, we found that SdsR, a small RNA expressed in stationary phase, repressed the expression of tolC, resulting in increased sensitivity to some antibiotics. This extends the findings of previous studies showing that sRNAs contribute to the regulation of many outer membrane proteins; manipulating or enhancing their action might help in sensitizing bacteria to antibiotics.
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Song S, Lee B, Yeom JH, Hwang S, Kang I, Cho JC, Ha NC, Bae J, Lee K, Kim YH. MdsABC-Mediated Pathway for Pathogenicity in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. Infect Immun 2015; 83:4266-76. [PMID: 26283336 PMCID: PMC4598412 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00653-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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MdsABC is a Salmonella-specific tripartite efflux pump that has been implicated in the virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium; however, little is known about the virulence factors associated with this pump. We observed MdsABC expression-dependent alterations in the degree of resistance to extracellular oxidative stress and macrophage-mediated killing. Thin-layer chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry analyses revealed that overexpression of MdsABC led to increased secretion of 1-palmitoyl-2-stearoyl-phosphatidylserine (PSPS), affecting the ability of the bacteria to invade and survive in host cells. Overexpression of MdsABC and external addition of PSPS similarly rendered the mdsABC deletion strain resistant to diamide. Diagonal gel analysis showed that PSPS treatment reduced the diamide-mediated formation of disulfide bonds, particularly in the membrane fraction of the bacteria. Salmonella infection of macrophages induced the upregulation of MdsABC expression and led to an increase of intracellular bacterial number and host cell death, similar to the effects of MdsABC overexpression and PSPS pretreatment on the mdsABC deletion strain. Our study shows that MdsABC mediates a previously uncharacterized pathway that involves PSPS as a key factor for the survival and virulence of S. Typhimurium in phagocytic cells.
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- Saemee Song
- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Anes J, McCusker MP, Fanning S, Martins M. The ins and outs of RND efflux pumps in Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:587. [PMID: 26113845 PMCID: PMC4462101 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Infectious diseases remain one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Relevant authorities including the WHO and CDC have expressed serious concern regarding the continued increase in the development of multidrug resistance among bacteria. They have also reaffirmed the urgent need for investment in the discovery and development of new antibiotics and therapeutic approaches to treat multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria. The extensive use of antimicrobial compounds in diverse environments, including farming and healthcare, has been identified as one of the main causes for the emergence of MDR bacteria. Induced selective pressure has led bacteria to develop new strategies of defense against these chemicals. Bacteria can accomplish this by several mechanisms, including enzymatic inactivation of the target compound; decreased cell permeability; target protection and/or overproduction; altered target site/enzyme and increased efflux due to over-expression of efflux pumps. Efflux pumps can be specific for a single substrate or can confer resistance to multiple antimicrobials by facilitating the extrusion of a broad range of compounds including antibiotics, heavy metals, biocides and others, from the bacterial cell. To overcome antimicrobial resistance caused by active efflux, efforts are required to better understand the fundamentals of drug efflux mechanisms. There is also a need to elucidate how these mechanisms are regulated and how they respond upon exposure to antimicrobials. Understanding these will allow the development of combined therapies using efflux inhibitors together with antibiotics to act on Gram-negative bacteria, such as the emerging globally disseminated MDR pathogen Escherichia coli ST131 (O25:H4). This review will summarize the current knowledge on resistance-nodulation-cell division efflux mechanisms in E. coli, a bacteria responsible for community and hospital-acquired infections, as well as foodborne outbreaks worldwide.
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- João Anes
- UCD Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, UCD Centre for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, UCD Centre for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, UCD Centre for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Centre for Food Safety, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, UCD Centre for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
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Li XZ, Plésiat P, Nikaido H. The challenge of efflux-mediated antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. Clin Microbiol Rev 2015; 28:337-418. [PMID: 25788514 PMCID: PMC4402952 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00117-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 899] [Impact Index Per Article: 99.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The global emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria is a growing threat to antibiotic therapy. The chromosomally encoded drug efflux mechanisms that are ubiquitous in these bacteria greatly contribute to antibiotic resistance and present a major challenge for antibiotic development. Multidrug pumps, particularly those represented by the clinically relevant AcrAB-TolC and Mex pumps of the resistance-nodulation-division (RND) superfamily, not only mediate intrinsic and acquired multidrug resistance (MDR) but also are involved in other functions, including the bacterial stress response and pathogenicity. Additionally, efflux pumps interact synergistically with other resistance mechanisms (e.g., with the outer membrane permeability barrier) to increase resistance levels. Since the discovery of RND pumps in the early 1990s, remarkable scientific and technological advances have allowed for an in-depth understanding of the structural and biochemical basis, substrate profiles, molecular regulation, and inhibition of MDR pumps. However, the development of clinically useful efflux pump inhibitors and/or new antibiotics that can bypass pump effects continues to be a challenge. Plasmid-borne efflux pump genes (including those for RND pumps) have increasingly been identified. This article highlights the recent progress obtained for organisms of clinical significance, together with methodological considerations for the characterization of MDR pumps.
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- Xian-Zhi Li
- Human Safety Division, Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine-Pharmacie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Motta SS, Cluzel P, Aldana M. Adaptive resistance in bacteria requires epigenetic inheritance, genetic noise, and cost of efflux pumps. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118464. [PMID: 25781931 PMCID: PMC4363326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Adaptive resistance emerges when populations of bacteria are subjected to gradual increases of antibiotics. It is characterized by a rapid emergence of resistance and fast reversibility to the non-resistant phenotype when the antibiotic is removed from the medium. Recent work shows that adaptive resistance requires epigenetic inheritance and heterogeneity of gene expression patterns that are, in particular, associated with the production of porins and efflux pumps. However, the precise mechanisms by which inheritance and variability govern adaptive resistance, and what processes cause its reversibility remain unclear. Here, using an efflux pump regulatory network (EPRN) model, we show that the following three mechanisms are essential to obtain adaptive resistance in a bacterial population: 1) intrinsic variability in the expression of the EPRN transcription factors; 2) epigenetic inheritance of the transcription rate of EPRN associated genes; and 3) energetic cost of the efflux pumps activity that slows down cell growth. While the first two mechanisms acting together are responsible for the emergence and gradual increase of the resistance, the third one accounts for its reversibility. In contrast with the standard assumption, our model predicts that adaptive resistance cannot be explained by increased mutation rates. Our results identify the molecular mechanism of epigenetic inheritance as the main target for therapeutic treatments against the emergence of adaptive resistance. Finally, our theoretical framework unifies known and newly identified determinants such as the burden of efflux pumps that underlie bacterial adaptive resistance to antibiotics.
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- FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Taylor DL, Ante VM, Bina XR, Howard MF, Bina JE. Substrate-dependent activation of the Vibrio cholerae vexAB RND efflux system requires vexR. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117890. [PMID: 25695834 PMCID: PMC4335029 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Vibrio cholerae encodes six resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux systems which function in antimicrobial resistance, virulence factor production, and intestinal colonization. Among the six RND efflux systems, VexAB exhibited broad substrate specificity and played a predominant role in intrinsic antimicrobial resistance. The VexAB system was encoded in an apparent three gene operon that included vexR; which encodes an uncharacterized TetR family regulator. In this work we examined the role of vexR in vexRAB expression. We found that VexR bound to the vexRAB promoter and vexR deletion resulted in decreased vexRAB expression and increased susceptibility to VexAB antimicrobial substrates. Substrate-dependent induction of vexRAB was dependent on vexR and episomal vexR expression provided a growth advantage in the presence of the VexAB substrate deoxycholate. The expression of vexRAB increased, in a vexR-dependent manner, in response to the loss of RND efflux activity. This suggested that VexAB may function to export intracellular metabolites. Support for this hypothesis was provided by data showing that vexRAB was upregulated in several metabolic mutants including tryptophan biosynthetic mutants that were predicted to accumulate indole. In addition, vexRAB was found to be upregulated in response to exogenous indole and to contribute to indole resistance. The collective results indicate that vexR is required for vexRAB expression in response to VexAB substrates and that the VexAB RND efflux system modulates the intracellular levels of metabolites that could otherwise accumulate to toxic levels.
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- Dawn L. Taylor
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Zhou J, Wang K, Xu S, Wu J, Liu P, Du G, Li J, Chen J. Identification of membrane proteins associated with phenylpropanoid tolerance and transport in Escherichia coli BL21. J Proteomics 2015; 113:15-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Blair JMA, Smith HE, Ricci V, Lawler AJ, Thompson LJ, Piddock LJV. Expression of homologous RND efflux pump genes is dependent upon AcrB expression: implications for efflux and virulence inhibitor design. J Antimicrob Chemother 2014; 70:424-31. [PMID: 25288678 PMCID: PMC4291234 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Objectives Enterobacteriaceae have multiple efflux pumps that confer intrinsic resistance to antibiotics. AcrB mediates clinically relevant multidrug resistance and is required for virulence and biofilm formation, making it an attractive target for the design of inhibitors. The aim of this study was to assess the viability of single transporters as a target for efflux inhibition using Salmonella Typhimurium as the model pathogen. Methods The expression of resistance–nodulation–division (RND) efflux pump genes in response to the inactivation of single or multiple homologues was measured using real-time RT–PCR. Phenotypes of mutants were characterized by measuring antimicrobial susceptibility, dye accumulation and the ability to cause infection in vitro. Results The expression of all RND efflux pump genes was increased when single or multiple acr genes were inactivated, suggesting a feedback mechanism that activates the transcription of homologous efflux pump genes. When two or three acr genes were inactivated, the mutants had further reduced efflux, altered susceptibility to antimicrobials (including increased susceptibility to some, but conversely and counterintuitively, decreased susceptibility to some others) and were more attenuated in the tissue culture model than mutants lacking single pumps were. Conclusions These data indicate that it is critical to understand which pumps an inhibitor is active against and the effect of this on the expression of homologous systems. For some antimicrobials, an inhibitor with activity against multiple pumps will have a greater impact on susceptibility, but an unintended consequence of this may be decreased susceptibility to other drugs, such as aminoglycosides.
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- Jessica M A Blair
- Antimicrobials Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Antimicrobials Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Antimicrobials Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Antimicrobials Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Antimicrobials Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Antimicrobials Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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AraC/XylS family stress response regulators Rob, SoxS, PliA, and OpiA in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:3098-110. [PMID: 24936054 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01838-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transcriptional regulators of the AraC/XylS family have been associated with multidrug resistance, organic solvent tolerance, oxidative stress, and virulence in clinically relevant enterobacteria. In the present study, we identified four homologous AraC/XylS regulators, Rob, SoxS, PliA, and OpiA, from the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora Ea1189. Previous studies have shown that the regulators MarA, Rob, and SoxS from Escherichia coli mediate multiple-antibiotic resistance, primarily by upregulating the AcrAB-TolC efflux system. However, none of the four AraC/XylS regulators from E. amylovora was able to induce a multidrug resistance phenotype in the plant pathogen. Overexpression of rob led to a 2-fold increased expression of the acrA gene. However, the rob-overexpressing strain showed increased resistance to only a limited number of antibiotics. Furthermore, Rob was able to induce tolerance to organic solvents in E. amylovora by mechanisms other than efflux. We demonstrated that SoxS from E. amylovora is involved in superoxide resistance. A soxS-deficient mutant of Ea1189 was not able to grow on agar plates supplemented with the superoxide-generating agent paraquat. Furthermore, expression of soxS was induced by redox cycling agents. We identified two novel members of the AraC/XylS family in E. amylovora. PliA was highly upregulated during the early infection phase in apple rootstock and immature pear fruits. Multiple compounds were able to induce the expression of pliA, including apple leaf extracts, phenolic compounds, redox cycling agents, heavy metals, and decanoate. OpiA was shown to play a role in the regulation of osmotic and alkaline pH stress responses.
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Reciprocal regulation of resistance-nodulation-division efflux systems and the Cpx two-component system in Vibrio cholerae. Infect Immun 2014; 82:2980-91. [PMID: 24799626 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00025-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The Cpx two-component regulatory system has been shown in Escherichia coli to alleviate stress caused by misfolded cell envelope proteins. The Vibrio cholerae Cpx system was previously found to respond to cues distinct from those in the E. coli system, suggesting that this system fulfills a different physiological role in the cholera pathogen. Here, we used microarrays to identify genes that were regulated by the V. cholerae Cpx system. Our observations suggest that the activation of the V. cholerae Cpx system does not induce expression of genes involved in the mitigation of stress generated by misfolded cell envelope proteins but promotes expression of genes involved in antimicrobial resistance. In particular, activation of the Cpx system induced expression of the genes encoding the VexAB and VexGH resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux systems and their cognate outer membrane pore protein TolC. The promoters for these loci contained putative CpxR consensus binding sites, and ectopic cpxR expression activated transcription from the promoters for the RND efflux systems. CpxR was not required for intrinsic antimicrobial resistance, but CpxR activation enhanced resistance to antimicrobial substrates of VexAB and VexGH. Mutations that inactivated VexAB or VexGH efflux activity resulted in the activation of the Cpx response, suggesting that vexAB and vexGH and the cpxP-cpxRA system are reciprocally regulated. We speculate that the reciprocal regulation of the V. cholerae RND efflux systems and the Cpx two-component system is mediated by the intracellular accumulation of an endogenously produced metabolic by-product that is normally extruded from the cell by the RND efflux systems.
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Ruiz C, Levy SB. Regulation of acrAB expression by cellular metabolites in Escherichia coli. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013; 69:390-9. [PMID: 24043404 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Multidrug efflux pumps mediate resistance to antibiotics and other toxic compounds. We studied the role of AcrAB-TolC, the main efflux pump in Escherichia coli, in regulating gene expression. METHODS Deletion mutants, an acrABp-lacZ fusion and reverse transcription-real-time quantitative PCR experiments were used to study the role of AcrAB-TolC and metabolism in regulating gene expression of the acrAB operon and its transcriptional regulators. RESULTS Deletion of the acrB gene increased the expression of the acrAB operon. A similar induction of acrAB was found when acrA or tolC was deleted, and when the pump function was inhibited using phenylalanine-arginine-β-naphthylamide. The induction of acrAB in the ΔacrB strain was totally (AcrR or SoxS) or partially (SoxR or MarA) prevented when the genes for these acrAB regulators were also deleted. The expression of soxS and marA, but not of acrR, was increased in the ΔacrB strain, which also showed altered expression of many other genes related to different cellular processes, including motility. Deletion of the metabolic genes entA and entE (enterobactin biosysnthesis), glpX (gluconeogenesis), cysH (cysteine biosynthesis) and purA (purine biosynthesis) also prevented activation of the acrAB promoter in the ΔacrB strain. Addition of the enterobactin biosynthesis intermediate metabolite 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate induced the expression of acrAB. CONCLUSIONS These results together suggest a model in which the AcrAB-TolC pump effluxes cellular metabolites that are toxic and/or have a signalling role. If the pump is inactivated or inhibited, these metabolites would accumulate, inactivating AcrR and/or up-regulating soxS and marA expression, ultimately triggering the up-regulation of acrAB expression to restore homeostasis.
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- Cristian Ruiz
- Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance and the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
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Masi M, Pagès JM. Structure, Function and Regulation of Outer Membrane Proteins Involved in Drug Transport in Enterobactericeae: the OmpF/C - TolC Case. Open Microbiol J 2013; 7:22-33. [PMID: 23569467 PMCID: PMC3617542 DOI: 10.2174/1874285801307010022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2012] [Revised: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Antibiotic translocation across membranes of Gram-negative bacteria is a key step for the activity on their specific intracellular targets. Resistant bacteria control their membrane permeability as a first line of defense to protect themselves against external toxic compounds such as antibiotics and biocides. On one hand, resistance to small hydrophilic antibiotics such as ß-lactams and fluoroquinolones frequently results from the « closing » of their way in: the general outer membrane porins. On the other hand, an effective way out for a wide range of antibiotics is provided by TolC-like proteins, which are outer membrane components of multidrug efflux pumps. Accordingly, altered membrane permeability, including porin modifications and/or efflux pumps’ overexpression, is always associated to multidrug resistance (MDR) in a number of clinical isolates. Several recent studies have highlighted our current understanding of porins/TolC structures and functions in Enterobacteriaceae. Here, we review the transport of antibiotics through the OmpF/C general porins and the TolC-like channels with regards to recent data on their structure, function, assembly, regulation and contribution to bacterial resistance. Because MDR strains have evolved global strategies to identify and fight our antibiotic arsenal, it is important to constantly update our global knowledge on antibiotic transport.
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- Muriel Masi
- CNRS-UMR 8619, Institut de Biophysique et de Biochimie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IBBMC), Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France
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Minato Y, Fassio SR, Wolfe AJ, Häse CC. Central metabolism controls transcription of a virulence gene regulator in Vibrio cholerae. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2013; 159:792-802. [PMID: 23429745 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.064865-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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ToxT is the central regulatory protein involved in activation of the main virulence genes in Vibrio cholerae. We have identified transposon insertions in central metabolism genes, whose disruption increases toxT transcription. These disrupted genes encode the primary respiration-linked sodium pump (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase or NQR) and certain tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzymes. Observations made following stimulation of respiration in the nqr mutant or chemical inhibition of NQR activity in the TCA cycle mutants led to the hypothesis that NQR affects toxT transcription via the TCA cycle. That toxT transcription increased when the growth medium was supplemented with citrate, but decreased with oxaloacetate, focused our attention on the TCA cycle substrate acetyl-CoA and its non-TCA cycle metabolism. Indeed, both the nqr and the TCA cycle mutants increased acetate excretion. A similar correlation between acetate excretion and toxT transcription was observed in a tolC mutant and upon amino acid (NRES) supplementation. As acetate and its tendency to decrease pH exerted no strong effect on toxT transcription, and because disruption of the major acetate excretion pathway increased toxT transcription, we propose that toxT transcription is regulated by either acetyl-CoA or some close derivative.
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- Yusuke Minato
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Health Sciences Division, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Duval V, Lister IM. MarA, SoxS and Rob of Escherichia coli - Global regulators of multidrug resistance, virulence and stress response. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 2:101-124. [PMID: 24860636 DOI: 10.6000/1927-3037.2013.02.03.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Bacteria have a great capacity for adjusting their metabolism in response to environmental changes by linking extracellular stimuli to the regulation of genes by transcription factors. By working in a co-operative manner, transcription factors provide a rapid response to external threats, allowing the bacteria to survive. This review will focus on transcription factors MarA, SoxS and Rob in Escherichia coli, three members of the AraC family of proteins. These homologous proteins exemplify the ability to respond to multiple threats such as oxidative stress, drugs and toxic compounds, acidic pH, and host antimicrobial peptides. MarA, SoxS and Rob recognize similar DNA sequences in the promoter region of more than 40 regulatory target genes. As their regulons overlap, a finely tuned adaptive response allows E. coli to survive in the presence of different assaults in a co-ordinated manner. These regulators are well conserved amongst Enterobacteriaceae and due to their broad involvement in bacterial adaptation in the host, have recently been explored as targets to develop new anti-virulence agents. The regulators are also being examined for their roles in novel technologies such as biofuel production.
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- Valérie Duval
- Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111
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- Arietis Corporation, 650 Albany Street, Room 130, Boston, MA 02118
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Reduction of cellular stress by TolC-dependent efflux pumps in Escherichia coli indicated by BaeSR and CpxARP activation of spy in efflux mutants. J Bacteriol 2012; 195:1042-50. [PMID: 23264577 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01996-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli has nine inner membrane efflux pumps which complex with the outer membrane protein TolC and cognate membrane fusion proteins to form tripartite transperiplasmic pumps with diverse functions, including the expulsion of antibiotics. We recently observed that tolC mutants have elevated activities for three stress response regulators, MarA, SoxS, and Rob, and we suggested that TolC-dependent efflux is required to prevent the accumulation of stressful cellular metabolites. Here, we used spy::lacZ fusions to show that two systems for sensing/repairing extracytoplasmic stress, BaeRS and CpxARP, are activated in the absence of TolC-dependent efflux. In either tolC mutants or bacteria with mutations in the genes for four TolC-dependent efflux pumps, spy expression was increased 6- to 8-fold. spy encodes a periplasmic chaperone regulated by the BaeRS and CpxARP stress response systems. The overexpression of spy in tolC or multiple efflux pump mutants also depended on these systems. spy overexpression was not due to acetate, ethanol, or indole accumulation, since external acetate had only a minor effect on wild-type cells, ethanol had a large effect that was not CpxA dependent, and a tolC tnaA mutant which cannot accumulate internal indole overexpressed spy. We propose that, unless TolC-dependent pumps excrete certain metabolites, the metabolites accumulate and activate at least five different stress response systems.
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Koita K, Rao CV. Identification and analysis of the putative pentose sugar efflux transporters in Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43700. [PMID: 22952739 PMCID: PMC3429515 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli possesses a number of proteins that transport sugars out of the cell. We identified 31 candidate sugar efflux transporters based on their similarity to known sugar efflux transporters. We then tested whether these transporters affect arabinose and xylose metabolism. We identified 13 transporters – setC, cmr, ynfM, mdtD, yfcJ, yhhS, emrD, ydhC, ydeA, ybdA, ydeE, mhpT, and kgtP – that appeared to increase or decrease intracellular arabinose concentrations when respectively deleted or over-expressed. None of the candidate transporters affected xylose concentrations. These results indicate that E. coli possesses multiple arabinose efflux transporters. They also provide a novel target for future metabolic engineering.
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- Khushnuma Koita
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Transcriptional cross talk within the mar-sox-rob regulon in Escherichia coli is limited to the rob and marRAB operons. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:4867-75. [PMID: 22753060 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00680-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Bacteria possess multiple mechanisms to survive exposure to various chemical stresses and antimicrobial compounds. In the enteric bacterium Escherichia coli, three homologous transcription factors-MarA, SoxS, and Rob-play a central role in coordinating this response. Three separate systems are known to regulate the expression and activities of MarA, SoxS, and Rob. However, a number of studies have shown that the three do not function in isolation but rather are coregulated through transcriptional cross talk. In this work, we systematically investigated the extent of transcriptional cross talk in the mar-sox-rob regulon. While the three transcription factors were found to have the potential to regulate each other's expression when ectopically expressed, the only significant interactions observed under physiological conditions were between mar and rob systems. MarA, SoxS, and Rob all activate the marRAB promoter, more so when they are induced by their respective inducers: salicylate, paraquat, and decanoate. None of the three proteins affects the soxS promoter, though unexpectedly, it was mildly repressed by decanoate by an unknown mechanism. SoxS is the only one of the three proteins to repress the rob promoter. Surprisingly, salicylate somewhat activates transcription of rob, while decanoate represses it a bit. Rob, in turn, activates not only its downstream promoters in response to salicylate but also the marRAB promoter. These results demonstrate that the mar and rob systems function together in response to salicylate.
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Vallejos AC, Socías SB, de Cristóbal RE, Salomón RA. An Escherichia coli sbmA tolC double mutant displays a thermosensitive colony formation phenotype. ANN MICROBIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-011-0310-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Kandhavelu M, Lihavainen E, Muthukrishnan AB, Yli-Harja O, Ribeiro AS. Effects of Mg(2+) on in vivo transcriptional dynamics of the lar promoter. Biosystems 2012; 107:129-34. [PMID: 22101250 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Revised: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In vitro studies show that the transcriptional dynamics in Escherichia coli is sensitive to Mg(2+) concentration in the cell. We study in vivo how Mg(2+) affects the production of RNA molecules under the control of the lar promoter, P(lar), a lac promoter variant. The target RNA codes for RFP followed by 96 MS2d-GFP binding sites, allowing in vivo detection of individual RNA molecules following transcription. As Mg(2+) concentration is increased, transcripts' production first increases, but then decreases. Results were confirmed by qPCR and gel assay. Analysis of cell to cell diversity in RNA production shows that the variance of RNA numbers changes with Mg(2+). Gel assay confirms changes in the structure of the target RNA. These results suggest that changes in the dynamics of elongation may also affect RNA production, along with changes in the dynamics of the promoter open complex. The findings suggest that changes in metabolite concentration can have multiple, complex effects on the in vivo dynamics of transcription. Comparative analysis of the effects on the dynamics of transcription of other metabolites confirms the significance of the effects of Mg(2+) ions. Namely, we show that Ca(2+) and Fe(2+) have almost negligible effects in comparison to Mg(2+).
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- Meenakshisundaram Kandhavelu
- Laboratory of Biosystem Dynamics, Computational Systems Biology Research Group, Department of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
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Yersinia pestis AcrAB-TolC in antibiotic resistance and virulence. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011; 56:1120-3. [PMID: 22083483 DOI: 10.1128/aac.05338-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The efflux pump AcrAB is important in the antibiotic resistance and virulence of several pathogenic bacteria. We report that deletion of the Yersinia pestis AcrAB-TolC homolog leads to increased susceptibility to diverse substrates, including, though unlike in Escherichia coli, the aminoglycosides. Neither is the Y. pestis pump affected by the efflux pump inhibitor phenylalanine-arginine beta-naphthylamide. In mouse plague models, pump deletion does not have a significant effect on tissue colonization.
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Akiyama T, Khan AA. Molecular characterization of strains of fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Schwarzengrund carrying multidrug resistance isolated from imported foods. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011; 67:101-10. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Zgurskaya HI, Krishnamoorthy G, Ntreh A, Lu S. Mechanism and Function of the Outer Membrane Channel TolC in Multidrug Resistance and Physiology of Enterobacteria. Front Microbiol 2011; 2:189. [PMID: 21954395 PMCID: PMC3174397 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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TolC is an archetypal member of the outer membrane efflux protein (OEP) family. These proteins are involved in export of small molecules and toxins across the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Genomes of some bacteria such as Pseudomonas species contain multiple copies of OEPs. In contrast, enterobacteria contain a single tolC gene, the product of which functions with multiple transporters. Inactivation of tolC has a major impact on enterobacterial physiology and virulence. Recent studies suggest that the role of TolC in physiology of enterobacteria is very broad and affects almost all aspects of cell adaptation to adverse environments. We review the current state of understanding TolC structure and present an integrated view of TolC function in enterobacteria. We propose that seemingly unrelated phenotypes of tolC mutants are linked together by a single most common condition – an oxidative damage to membranes.
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- Helen I Zgurskaya
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, USA
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A Vibrio cholerae tolC mutant showed increased toxT expression in M9 medium, but not in the presence of four amino acids that induce cholera toxin production, and in LB with high osmolarity but not high pH or temperature. TolC did not affect expression of other regulatory genes in the ToxR regulon.
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Chubiz LM, Rao CV. Role of the mar-sox-rob regulon in regulating outer membrane porin expression. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:2252-60. [PMID: 21398557 PMCID: PMC3133058 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01382-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Multiple factors control the expression of the outer membrane porins OmpF and OmpC in Escherichia coli. In this work, we investigated the role of the mar-sox-rob regulon in regulating outer membrane porin expression in response to salicylate. We provide both genetic and physiological evidence that MarA and Rob can independently activate micF transcription in response to salicylate, leading to reduced OmpF expression. MarA was also found to repress OmpF expression through a MicF-independent pathway. In the case of OmpC, we found that its transcription was moderately increased in response to salicylate. However, this increase was independent of MarA and Rob. Finally, we found that the reduction in OmpF expression in a tolC mutant is due primarily to Rob. Collectively, this work further clarifies the coordinated role of MarA and Rob in regulating the expression of the outer membrane porins.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Deininger KNW, Horikawa A, Kitko RD, Tatsumi R, Rosner JL, Wachi M, Slonczewski JL. A requirement of TolC and MDR efflux pumps for acid adaptation and GadAB induction in Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18960. [PMID: 21541325 PMCID: PMC3082540 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background The TolC outer membrane channel is a key component of several multidrug resistance (MDR) efflux pumps driven by H+ transport in Escherichia coli. While tolC expression is under the regulation of the EvgA-Gad acid resistance regulon, the role of TolC in growth at low pH and extreme-acid survival is unknown. Methods and Principal Findings TolC was required for extreme-acid survival (pH 2) of strain W3110 grown aerobically to stationary phase. A tolC deletion decreased extreme-acid survival (acid resistance) of aerated pH 7.0-grown cells by 105-fold and of pH 5.5-grown cells by 10-fold. The requirement was specific for acid resistance since a tolC defect had no effect on aerobic survival in extreme base (pH 10). TolC was required for expression of glutamate decarboxylase (GadA, GadB), a key component of glutamate-dependent acid resistance (Gad). TolC was also required for maximal exponential growth of E. coli K-12 W3110, in LBK medium buffered at pH 4.5–6.0, but not at pH 6.5–8.5. The TolC growth requirement in moderate acid was independent of Gad. TolC-associated pump components EmrB and MdtB contributed to survival in extreme acid (pH 2), but were not required for growth at pH 5. A mutant lacking the known TolC-associated efflux pumps (acrB, acrD, emrB, emrY, macB, mdtC, mdtF, acrEF) showed no growth defect at acidic pH and a relatively small decrease in extreme-acid survival when pre-grown at pH 5.5. Conclusions TolC and proton-driven MDR efflux pump components EmrB and MdtB contribute to E. coli survival in extreme acid and TolC is required for maximal growth rates below pH 6.5. The TolC enhancement of extreme-acid survival includes Gad induction, but TolC-dependent growth rates below pH 6.5 do not involve Gad. That MDR resistance can enhance growth and survival in acid is an important consideration for enteric organisms passing through the acidic stomach.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, United States of America
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Deletion of mtrC in Haemophilus ducreyi increases sensitivity to human antimicrobial peptides and activates the CpxRA regulon. Infect Immun 2011; 79:2324-34. [PMID: 21444663 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01316-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Haemophilus ducreyi resists killing by antimicrobial peptides encountered during human infection, including cathelicidin LL-37, α-defensins, and β-defensins. In this study, we examined the role of the proton motive force-dependent multiple transferable resistance (MTR) transporter in antimicrobial peptide resistance in H. ducreyi. We found a proton motive force-dependent effect on H. ducreyi's resistance to LL-37 and β-defensin HBD-3, but not α-defensin HNP-2. Deletion of the membrane fusion protein MtrC rendered H. ducreyi more sensitive to LL-37 and human β-defensins but had relatively little effect on α-defensin resistance. The mtrC mutant 35000HPmtrC exhibited phenotypic changes in outer membrane protein profiles, colony morphology, and serum sensitivity, which were restored to wild type by trans-complementation with mtrC. Similar phenotypes were reported in a cpxA mutant; activation of the two-component CpxRA regulator was confirmed by showing transcriptional effects on CpxRA-regulated genes in 35000HPmtrC. A cpxR mutant had wild-type levels of antimicrobial peptide resistance; a cpxA mutation had little effect on defensin resistance but led to increased sensitivity to LL-37. 35000HPmtrC was more sensitive than the cpxA mutant to LL-37, indicating that MTR contributed to LL-37 resistance independent of the CpxRA regulon. The CpxRA regulon did not affect proton motive force-dependent antimicrobial peptide resistance; however, 35000HPmtrC had lost proton motive force-dependent peptide resistance, suggesting that the MTR transporter promotes proton motive force-dependent resistance to LL-37 and human β-defensins. This is the first report of a β-defensin resistance mechanism in H. ducreyi and shows that LL-37 resistance in H. ducreyi is multifactorial.
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Amaral L, Fanning S, Pagès JM. Efflux pumps of gram-negative bacteria: genetic responses to stress and the modulation of their activity by pH, inhibitors, and phenothiazines. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 77:61-108. [PMID: 21692367 DOI: 10.1002/9780470920541.ch2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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- Leonard Amaral
- Unit of Mycobacteriology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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In Escherichia coli more than 180 genes are regulated by the cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP receptor protein (CRP) complex. However, more than 90% of cAMP that is made by intracellular adenylyl cyclases is found in the culture medium. How is cAMP exported from E. coli? In a tolC mutant, 0.03 mM IPTG (isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside) was sufficient to induce β-galactosidase compared to 0.1 mM IPTG in the parent strain. In a cya mutant unable to produce cAMP about 1 mM extracellular cAMP was required to induce β-galactosidase, whereas in a cya tolC mutant 0.1 mM cAMP was sufficient. When cAMP in E. coli cya was generated intracellularly by a recombinant, weakly active adenylyl cyclase from Corynebacterium glutamicum, the critical level of cAMP necessary for induction of maltose degradation was only achieved in a tolC mutant and not in the parent strain. Deletion of a putative cAMP phosphodiesterase of E. coli, CpdA, resulted in a slightly similar, yet more diffuse phenotype. The data demonstrate that export of cAMP via TolC is a most efficient way of E. coli to lower high concentrations of cAMP in the cell and maintain its sensitivity in changing metabolic environments.
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Aromatic acid metabolites of Escherichia coli K-12 can induce the marRAB operon. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:4786-9. [PMID: 20639340 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00371-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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MarR is a key regulator of the marRAB operon involved in antibiotic resistance and solvent stress tolerance in Escherichia coli. We show that two metabolic intermediates, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate and anthranilate, involved in enterobactin and tryptophan biosynthesis, respectively, can activate marRAB transcription. We also found that a third intermediate involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis, 4-hydroxybenzoate, activates marRAB transcription in the absence of TolC. Of the three, however, only 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate directly binds MarR and affects its activity.
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Santos MR, Cosme AM, Becker JD, Medeiros JMC, Mata MF, Moreira LM. Absence of functional TolC protein causes increased stress response gene expression in Sinorhizobium meliloti. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:180. [PMID: 20573193 PMCID: PMC2912261 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The TolC protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti has previously been demonstrated to be required for establishing successful biological nitrogen fixation symbiosis with Medicago sativa. It is also needed in protein and exopolysaccharide secretion and for protection against osmotic and oxidative stresses. Here, the transcriptional profile of free-living S. meliloti 1021 tolC mutant is described as a step toward understanding its role in the physiology of the cell. RESULTS Comparison of tolC mutant and wild-type strains transcriptomes showed 1177 genes with significantly increased expression while 325 had significantly decreased expression levels. The genes with an increased expression suggest the activation of a cytoplasmic and extracytoplasmic stress responses possibly mediated by the sigma factor RpoH1 and protein homologues of the CpxRA two-component regulatory system of Enterobacteria, respectively. Stress conditions are probably caused by perturbation of the cell envelope. Consistent with gene expression data, biochemical analysis indicates that the tolC mutant suffers from oxidative stress. This is illustrated by the elevated enzyme activity levels detected for catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione reductase. The observed increase in the expression of genes encoding products involved in central metabolism and transporters for nutrient uptake suggests a higher metabolic rate of the tolC mutant. We also demonstrated increased swarming motility in the tolC mutant strain. Absence of functional TolC caused decreased expression mainly of genes encoding products involved in nitrogen metabolism and transport. CONCLUSION This work shows how a mutation in the outer membrane protein TolC, common to many bacterial transport systems, affects expression of a large number of genes that act in concert to restore cell homeostasis. This finding further underlines the fundamental role of this protein in Sinorhizobium meliloti biology.
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- Mário R Santos
- Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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Dhamdhere G, Zgurskaya HI. Metabolic shutdown in Escherichia coli cells lacking the outer membrane channel TolC. Mol Microbiol 2010; 77:743-54. [PMID: 20545840 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07245.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The outer membrane channel TolC is a key component of multidrug efflux and type I secretion transporters in Escherichia coli. Mutational inactivation of TolC renders cells highly susceptible to antibiotics and leads to defects in secretion of protein toxins. Despite impairment of various transport functions, no growth defects were reported in cells lacking TolC. Unexpectedly, we found that the loss of TolC notably impairs cell division and growth in minimal glucose medium. The TolC-dependent phenotype was further exacerbated by the loss of ygiB and ygiC genes expressed in the same operon as tolC and their homologues yjfM and yjfC located elsewhere on the chromosome. Our results show that this growth deficiency is caused by depletion of the critical metabolite NAD(+) and high NADH/NAD(+) ratios. The increased amounts of PspA and decreased rates of NADH oxidation in Delta tolC membranes indicated stress on the membrane and dissipation of a proton motive force. We conclude that inactivation of TolC triggers metabolic shutdown in E. coli cells grown in minimal glucose medium. The Delta tolC phenotype is partially rescued by YgiBC and YjfMC, which have parallel functions independent from TolC.
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- Girija Dhamdhere
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington Oval, Room 208, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Many chromosomal genes modulate MarA-mediated multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010; 54:2125-34. [PMID: 20211899 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01420-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli can be associated with overexpression of marA, a transcription factor that upregulates multidrug efflux and downregulates membrane permeability. Using random transposome mutagenesis, we found that many chromosomal genes and environmental stimuli affected MarA-mediated antibiotic resistance. Seven genes affected resistance mediated by MarA in an antibiotic-specific way; these were mostly genes encoding unrelated enzymes, transporters, and unknown proteins. Other genes affected MarA-mediated resistance to all antibiotics tested. These genes were acrA, acrB, and tolC (which encode the major MarA-regulated multidrug efflux pump AcrAB-TolC), crp, cyaA, hns, and pcnB (four genes involved in global regulation of gene expression), and the unknown gene damX. The last five genes affected MarA-mediated MDR by altering marA expression or MarA function specifically on acrA. These findings demonstrate that MarA-mediated MDR is regulated at multiple levels by different genes and stimuli, which makes it both complex and fine-tuned and interconnects it with global cell regulation and metabolism. Such a regulation could contribute to the adaptation and spread of MDR strains and may be targeted to treat antibiotic-resistant E. coli and related pathogens.
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