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Chandrasegaran S, Klose JW, Pukala TL. Unraveling DNA Triplex Assembly: Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Modified Triplex Forming Oligonucleotides for Enhanced Gene Targeting. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2024; 35:2056-2063. [PMID: 39088835 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.4c00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2024]
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Deoxyribonucleic acid triplexes have potential roles in a range of biological processes involving gene and transcriptional regulation. A major challenge in exploiting the formation of these higher-order structures to target genes in vivo is their low stability, which is dependent on many factors including the length and composition of bases in the sequence. Here, different DNA base modifications have been explored, primarily using native mass spectrometry, in efforts to enable stronger binding between the triplex forming oligonucleotide (TFO) and duplex target sites. These modifications can also be used to overcome pyrimidine interruptions in the duplex sequence in promoter regions of genomes, to expand triplex target sequences for antigene therapies. Using model sequences with a single pyrimidine interruption, triplex forming oligonucleotides containing locked nucleic acid base modifications were shown to have a higher triplex binding propensity than DNA-only and dSpacer-containing TFOs. However, the triplex forming ability of these systems was limited by the competitive formation of multiple higher order assemblies. Triplex forming sequences that correspond to specific gene targets from the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome were also investigated, with LNA-containing TFOs the only variant able to form triplex using these sequences. This work indicates the advantages of utilizing synthetically modified TFOs to form triplex assemblies in vivo for potential therapeutic applications and highlights the advantages of native mass spectrometry for the study of their formation.
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- Discipline of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Discipline of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Pirnay JP, Djebara S, Steurs G, Griselain J, Cochez C, De Soir S, Glonti T, Spiessens A, Vanden Berghe E, Green S, Wagemans J, Lood C, Schrevens E, Chanishvili N, Kutateladze M, de Jode M, Ceyssens PJ, Draye JP, Verbeken G, De Vos D, Rose T, Onsea J, Van Nieuwenhuyse B, Soentjens P, Lavigne R, Merabishvili M. Personalized bacteriophage therapy outcomes for 100 consecutive cases: a multicentre, multinational, retrospective observational study. Nat Microbiol 2024; 9:1434-1453. [PMID: 38834776 PMCID: PMC11153159 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01705-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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In contrast to the many reports of successful real-world cases of personalized bacteriophage therapy (BT), randomized controlled trials of non-personalized bacteriophage products have not produced the expected results. Here we present the outcomes of a retrospective observational analysis of the first 100 consecutive cases of personalized BT of difficult-to-treat infections facilitated by a Belgian consortium in 35 hospitals, 29 cities and 12 countries during the period from 1 January 2008 to 30 April 2022. We assessed how often personalized BT produced a positive clinical outcome (general efficacy) and performed a regression analysis to identify functional relationships. The most common indications were lower respiratory tract, skin and soft tissue, and bone infections, and involved combinations of 26 bacteriophages and 6 defined bacteriophage cocktails, individually selected and sometimes pre-adapted to target the causative bacterial pathogens. Clinical improvement and eradication of the targeted bacteria were reported for 77.2% and 61.3% of infections, respectively. In our dataset of 100 cases, eradication was 70% less probable when no concomitant antibiotics were used (odds ratio = 0.3; 95% confidence interval = 0.127-0.749). In vivo selection of bacteriophage resistance and in vitro bacteriophage-antibiotic synergy were documented in 43.8% (7/16 patients) and 90% (9/10) of evaluated patients, respectively. We observed a combination of antibiotic re-sensitization and reduced virulence in bacteriophage-resistant bacterial isolates that emerged during BT. Bacteriophage immune neutralization was observed in 38.5% (5/13) of screened patients. Fifteen adverse events were reported, including seven non-serious adverse drug reactions suspected to be linked to BT. While our analysis is limited by the uncontrolled nature of these data, it indicates that BT can be effective in combination with antibiotics and can inform the design of future controlled clinical trials. BT100 study, ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT05498363 .
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- Jean-Paul Pirnay
- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Non-traditional Antibacterial Therapy (ESGNTA), Basel, Switzerland.
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven; Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Pediatric Department, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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Herfurth M, Pérez-Burgos M, Søgaard-Andersen L. The mechanism for polar localization of the type IVa pilus machine in Myxococcus xanthus. mBio 2023; 14:e0159323. [PMID: 37754549 PMCID: PMC10653833 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01593-23] [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: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE Type IVa pili (T4aP) are widespread bacterial cell surface structures with important functions in motility, surface adhesion, biofilm formation, and virulence. Different bacteria have adapted different piliation patterns. To address how these patterns are established, we focused on the bipolar localization of the T4aP machine in the model organism Myxococcus xanthus by studying the localization of the PilQ secretin, the first component of this machine that assembles at the poles. Based on experiments using a combination of fluorescence microscopy, biochemistry, and computational structural analysis, we propose that PilQ, and specifically its AMIN domains, binds septal and polar peptidoglycan, thereby enabling polar Tgl localization, which then stimulates PilQ multimerization in the outer membrane. We also propose that the presence and absence of AMIN domains in T4aP secretins contribute to the different piliation patterns across bacteria.
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- Marco Herfurth
- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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Boamah D, Gilmore M, Bourget S, Ghosh A, Hossain M, Vogel J, Cava F, O’Connor T. Peptidoglycan deacetylation controls type IV secretion and the intracellular survival of the bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2119658120. [PMID: 37252954 PMCID: PMC10266036 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2119658120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Peptidoglycan is a critical component of the bacteria cell envelope. Remodeling of the peptidoglycan is required for numerous essential cellular processes and has been linked to bacterial pathogenesis. Peptidoglycan deacetylases that remove the acetyl group of the N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) subunit protect bacterial pathogens from immune recognition and digestive enzymes secreted at the site of infection. However, the full extent of this modification on bacterial physiology and pathogenesis is not known. Here, we identify a polysaccharide deacetylase of the intracellular bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila and define a two-tiered role for this enzyme in Legionella pathogenesis. First, NAG deacetylation is important for the proper localization and function of the Type IVb secretion system, linking peptidoglycan editing to the modulation of host cellular processes through the action of secreted virulence factors. As a consequence, the Legionella vacuole mis-traffics along the endocytic pathway to the lysosome, preventing the formation of a replication permissive compartment. Second, within the lysosome, the inability to deacetylate the peptidoglycan renders the bacteria more sensitive to lysozyme-mediated degradation, resulting in increased bacterial death. Thus, the ability to deacetylate NAG is important for bacteria to persist within host cells and in turn, Legionella virulence. Collectively, these results expand the function of peptidoglycan deacetylases in bacteria, linking peptidoglycan editing, Type IV secretion, and the intracellular fate of a bacterial pathogen.
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- David Boamah
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå90187, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO63110
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå90187, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD21205
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Identification of Cyclic-di-GMP-Modulating Protein Residues by Bidirectionally Evolving a Social Behavior in Pseudomonas fluorescens. mSystems 2022; 7:e0073722. [PMID: 36190139 PMCID: PMC9600634 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00737-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Modulation of the intracellular cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) pool is central to the formation of structured bacterial communities. Genome annotations predict the presence of dozens of conserved c-di-GMP catalytic enzymes in many bacterial species, but the functionality and regulatory control of the vast majority remain underexplored. Here, we begin to fill this gap by utilizing an experimental evolution system in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1, which repeatedly produces a unique social behavior through bidirectional transitions between two distinct phenotypes converging on c-di-GMP modulation. Parallel evolution of 33 lineages captured 147 unique mutations among 191 evolved isolates in genes that are empirically demonstrated, bioinformatically predicted, or previously unknown to impact the intracellular pool of c-di-GMP. Quantitative chemistry confirmed that each mutation causing the phenotypic shift either amplifies or reduces c-di-GMP production. We identify missense or in-frame deletion mutations in numerous diguanylate cyclase genes that largely fall outside the conserved catalytic domain. We also describe a novel relationship between a regulatory component of branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis and c-di-GMP production, and predict functions of several other unexpected proteins that clearly impact c-di-GMP production. Sequential mutations that continuously disrupt or recover c-di-GMP production across discrete functional elements suggest a complex and underappreciated interconnectivity within the c-di-GMP regulome of P. fluorescens. IMPORTANCE Microbial communities comprise densely packed cells where competition for space and resources is fierce. Aging colonies of Pseudomonas fluorescens are known to repeatedly produce mutants with two distinct phenotypes that physically work together to spread away from the overcrowded population. We demonstrate that the mutants with one phenotype produce high levels of cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) and those with the second phenotype produce low levels. C-di-GMP is an intracellular signaling molecule which regulates many bacterial traits that cause tremendous clinical and environmental problems. Here, we analyze 147 experimentally selected mutations, which manifest either of the two phenotypes, to identify key residues in diverse proteins that force or shut down c-di-GMP production. Our data indicate that the intracellular pool of c-di-GMP is modulated through the catalytic activities of many independent c-di-GMP enzymes, which appear to be in tune with several proteins with no known links to c-di-GMP modulation.
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Barceló IM, Jordana-Lluch E, Escobar-Salom M, Torrens G, Fraile-Ribot PA, Cabot G, Mulet X, Zamorano L, Juan C, Oliver A. Role of Enzymatic Activity in the Biological Cost Associated with the Production of AmpC β-Lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0270022. [PMID: 36214681 PMCID: PMC9604156 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02700-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In the current scenario of growing antibiotic resistance, understanding the interplay between resistance mechanisms and biological costs is crucial for designing therapeutic strategies. In this regard, intrinsic AmpC β-lactamase hyperproduction is probably the most important resistance mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, proven to entail important biological burdens that attenuate virulence mostly under peptidoglycan recycling alterations. P. aeruginosa can acquire resistance to new β-lactam-β-lactamase inhibitor combinations (ceftazidime-avibactam and ceftolozane-tazobactam) through mutations affecting ampC and its regulatory genes, but the impact of these mutations on the associated biological cost and the role that β-lactamase activity plays per se in contributing to the above-mentioned virulence attenuation are unknown. The same questions remain unsolved for plasmid-encoded AmpC-type β-lactamases such as FOX enzymes, some of which also provide resistance to new β-lactam-β-lactamase inhibitor combinations. Here, we assessed from different perspectives the effects of changes in the active center and, thus, in the hydrolytic spectrum resistance to inhibitors of AmpC-type β-lactamases on the fitness and virulence of P. aeruginosa, using site-directed mutagenesis; the previously described AmpC variants T96I, G183D, and ΔG229-E247; and, finally, blaFOX-4 versus blaFOX-8. Our results indicate the essential role of AmpC activity per se in causing the reported full virulence attenuation (in terms of growth, motility, cytotoxicity, and Galleria mellonella larvae killing), although the biological cost of the above-mentioned AmpC-type variants was similar to that of the wild-type enzymes. This suggests that there is not an important biological burden that may limit the selection/spread of these variants, which could progressively compromise the future effectiveness of the above-mentioned drug combinations. IMPORTANCE The growing antibiotic resistance of the top nosocomial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa pushes research to explore new therapeutic strategies, for which the resistance-versus-virulence balance is a promising source of targets. While resistance often entails significant biological costs, little is known about the bases of the virulence attenuations associated with a resistance mechanism as extraordinarily relevant as β-lactamase production. We demonstrate that besides potential energy and cell wall alterations, the enzymatic activity of the P. aeruginosa cephalosporinase AmpC is essential for causing the full attenuation associated with its hyperproduction by affecting different features related to pathogenesis, a fact exploitable from the antivirulence perspective. Less encouraging, we also show that the production of different chromosomal/plasmid-encoded AmpC derivatives conferring resistance to some of the newest antibiotic combinations causes no significantly increased biological burdens, which suggests a free way for the selection/spread of these types of variants, potentially compromising the future effectiveness of these antipseudomonal therapies.
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- Isabel M. Barceló
- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Unit, University Hospital Son Espases-Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
- Microbiology Department, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain
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Ellison CK, Fei C, Dalia TN, Wingreen NS, Dalia AB, Shaevitz JW, Gitai Z. Subcellular localization of type IV pili regulates bacterial multicellular development. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6334. [PMID: 36284096 PMCID: PMC9596432 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33564-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In mammals, subcellular protein localization of factors like planar cell polarity proteins is a key driver of the multicellular organization of tissues. Bacteria also form organized multicellular communities, but these patterns are largely thought to emerge from regulation of whole-cell processes like growth, motility, cell shape, and differentiation. Here we show that a unique intracellular patterning of appendages known as type IV pili (T4P) can drive multicellular development of complex bacterial communities. Specifically, dynamic T4P appendages localize in a line along the long axis of the cell in the bacterium Acinetobacter baylyi. This long-axis localization is regulated by a functionally divergent chemosensory Pil-Chp system, and an atypical T4P protein homologue (FimV) bridges Pil-Chp signaling and T4P positioning. We further demonstrate through modeling and empirical approaches that subcellular T4P localization controls how individual cells interact with one another, independently of T4P dynamics, with different patterns of localization giving rise to distinct multicellular architectures. Our results reveal how subcellular patterning of single cells regulates the development of multicellular bacterial communities.
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- Courtney K Ellison
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
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Rick T, Kreiling V, Höing A, Fiedler S, Glatter T, Steinchen W, Hochberg G, Bähre H, Seifert R, Bange G, Knauer SK, Graumann PL, Thormann KM. GGDEF domain as spatial on-switch for a phosphodiesterase by interaction with landmark protein HubP. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2022; 8:35. [PMID: 35501424 PMCID: PMC9061725 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-022-00297-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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AbstractIn bacteria, the monopolar localization of enzymes and protein complexes can result in a bimodal distribution of enzyme activity between the dividing cells and heterogeneity of cellular behaviors. In Shewanella putrefaciens, the multidomain hybrid diguanylate cyclase/phosphodiesterase PdeB, which degrades the secondary messenger c-di-GMP, is located at the flagellated cell pole. Here, we show that direct interaction between the inactive diguanylate cyclase (GGDEF) domain of PdeB and the FimV domain of the polar landmark protein HubP is crucial for full function of PdeB as a phosphodiesterase. Thus, the GGDEF domain serves as a spatially controlled on-switch that effectively restricts PdeBs activity to the flagellated cell pole. PdeB regulates abundance and activity of at least two crucial surface-interaction factors, the BpfA surface-adhesion protein and the MSHA type IV pilus. The heterogeneity in c-di-GMP concentrations, generated by differences in abundance and timing of polar appearance of PdeB, orchestrates the population behavior with respect to cell-surface interaction and environmental spreading.
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Homma M, Nishikino T, Kojima S. Achievements in bacterial flagellar research with focus on Vibrio species. Microbiol Immunol 2021; 66:75-95. [PMID: 34842307 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In 1980's, the most genes involved in the bacterial flagellar function and formation had been isolated though many of their functions or roles were not clarified. Bacterial flagella are the primary locomotive organ and are not necessary for growing in vitro but are probably essential for living in natural condition and are involved in the pathogenicity. In vitro, the flagella-deficient strains can grow at rates similar to wild-type strains. More than 50 genes are responsible for flagellar function, and the flagellum is constructed by more than 20 structural proteins. The maintenance cost of flagellum is high as several genes are required for its development. The fact that it evolved as a motor organ even with such the high cost shows that the motility is indispensable to survive under the harsh environment of Earth. In this review, we focus on flagella-related research conducted by the authors for about 40 years and flagellar research focused on Vibrio spp. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Michio Homma
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
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Bacteria thrive both in liquids and attached to surfaces. The concentration of bacteria on surfaces is generally much higher than in the surrounding environment, offering bacteria ample opportunity for mutualistic, symbiotic, and pathogenic interactions. To efficiently populate surfaces, they have evolved mechanisms to sense mechanical or chemical cues upon contact with solid substrata. This is of particular importance for pathogens that interact with host tissue surfaces. In this review we discuss how bacteria are able to sense surfaces and how they use this information to adapt their physiology and behavior to this new environment. We first survey mechanosensing and chemosensing mechanisms and outline how specific macromolecular structures can inform bacteria about surfaces. We then discuss how mechanical cues are converted to biochemical signals to activate specific cellular processes in a defined chronological order and describe the role of two key second messengers, c-di-GMP and cAMP, in this process.
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; ,
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Zouhir S, Contreras-Martel C, Maragno Trindade D, Attrée I, Dessen A, Macheboeuf P. MagC is a NplC/P60-like member of the α-2-macroglobulin Mag complex of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that interacts with peptidoglycan. FEBS Lett 2021; 595:2034-2046. [PMID: 34115884 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bacterial α-2 macroglobulins (A2Ms) structurally resemble the large spectrum protease inhibitors of the eukaryotic immune system. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, MagD acts as an A2M and is expressed within a six-gene operon encoding the MagA-F proteins. In this work, we employ isothermal calorimetry (ITC), analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC), and X-ray crystallography to investigate the function of MagC and show that MagC associates with the macroglobulin complex and with the peptidoglycan (PG). However, the catalytic residues of MagC display an inactive conformation that could suggest that it binds to PG but does not degrade it. We hypothesize that MagC could serve as an anchor between the MagD macroglobulin and the PG and could provide stabilization and/or regulation for the entire complex.
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- Samira Zouhir
- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), CNPEM, Campinas, Brazil
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- Unité de Biologie Cellulaire et Infection, CEA, INSERM, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, France
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), CNPEM, Campinas, Brazil.,CNRS, CEA, IBS, Université Grenoble Alpes, France
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Reigada I, San-Martin-Galindo P, Gilbert-Girard S, Chiaro J, Cerullo V, Savijoki K, Nyman TA, Fallarero A, Miettinen I. Surfaceome and Exoproteome Dynamics in Dual-Species Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:672975. [PMID: 34248881 PMCID: PMC8267900 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.672975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Bacterial biofilms are an important underlying cause for chronic infections. By switching into the biofilm state, bacteria can evade host defenses and withstand antibiotic chemotherapy. Despite the fact that biofilms at clinical and environmental settings are mostly composed of multiple microbial species, biofilm research has largely been focused on single-species biofilms. In this study, we investigated the interaction between two clinically relevant bacterial pathogens (Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) by label-free quantitative proteomics focusing on proteins associated with the bacterial cell surfaces (surfaceome) and proteins exported/released to the extracellular space (exoproteome). The changes observed in the surfaceome and exoproteome of P. aeruginosa pointed toward higher motility and lower pigment production when co-cultured with S. aureus. In S. aureus, lower abundances of proteins related to cell wall biosynthesis and cell division, suggesting increased persistence, were observed in the dual-species biofilm. Complementary phenotypic analyses confirmed the higher motility and the lower pigment production in P. aeruginosa when co-cultured with S. aureus. Higher antimicrobial tolerance associated with the co-culture setting was additionally observed in both species. To the best of our knowledge, this study is among the first systematic explorations providing insights into the dynamics of both the surfaceome and exoproteome of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa dual-species biofilms.
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- Inés Reigada
- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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De Smet J, Wagemans J, Hendrix H, Staes I, Visnapuu A, Horemans B, Aertsen A, Lavigne R. Bacteriophage-mediated interference of the c-di-GMP signalling pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microb Biotechnol 2021; 14:967-978. [PMID: 33314648 PMCID: PMC8085984 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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C-di-GMP is a key signalling molecule which impacts bacterial motility and biofilm formation and is formed by the condensation of two GTP molecules by a diguanylate cyclase. We here describe the identification and characterization of a family of bacteriophage-encoded peptides that directly impact c-di-GMP signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These phage proteins target Pseudomonas diguanylate cyclase YfiN by direct protein interaction (termed YIPs, YfiN Interacting Peptides). YIPs induce an increase of c-di-GMP production in the host cell, resulting in a decrease in motility and an increase in biofilm mass in P. aeruginosa. A dynamic analysis of the biofilm morphology indicates a denser biofilm structure after induction of the phage protein. This intracellular signalling interference strategy by a lytic phage constitutes an unexplored phage-based mechanism of metabolic regulation and could potentially serve as inspiration for the development of molecules that interfere with biofilm formation in P. aeruginosa and other pathogens.
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- Jeroen De Smet
- Laboratory of Gene TechnologyDepartment of BiosystemsKU LeuvenHeverlee3001Belgium
- Present address:
Lab4FoodDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S)KU Leuven Campus GeelGeel2440Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene TechnologyDepartment of BiosystemsKU LeuvenHeverlee3001Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene TechnologyDepartment of BiosystemsKU LeuvenHeverlee3001Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food MicrobiologyDepartment of Microbial and Molecular SystemsKU LeuvenHeverlee3001Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene TechnologyDepartment of BiosystemsKU LeuvenHeverlee3001Belgium
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- Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesKU LeuvenHeverlee3001Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food MicrobiologyDepartment of Microbial and Molecular SystemsKU LeuvenHeverlee3001Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene TechnologyDepartment of BiosystemsKU LeuvenHeverlee3001Belgium
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Nishikino T, Kojima S, Homma M. [Flagellar related genes and functions in Vibrio]. Nihon Saikingaku Zasshi 2021; 75:195-214. [PMID: 33390367 DOI: 10.3412/jsb.75.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Bacteria can move or swim by flagella. On the other hand, the motile ability is not necessary to live at all. In laboratory, the flagella-deficient strains can grow just like the wild-type strains. The flagellum is assembled from more than 20 structural proteins and there are more than 50 genes including the structural genes to regulate or support the flagellar formation. The cost to construct the flagellum is so expensive. The fact that it evolved as a motor organ means even at such the large cost shows that the flagellum is essential for survival in natural condition. In this review, we would like to focus on the flagella-related researches conducted by the authors and the flagellar research on Vibrio spp.
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
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Weaver SJ, Ortega DR, Sazinsky MH, Dalia TN, Dalia AB, Jensen GJ. CryoEM structure of the type IVa pilus secretin required for natural competence in Vibrio cholerae. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5080. [PMID: 33033258 PMCID: PMC7545093 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18866-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Natural transformation is the process by which bacteria take up genetic material from their environment and integrate it into their genome by homologous recombination. It represents one mode of horizontal gene transfer and contributes to the spread of traits like antibiotic resistance. In Vibrio cholerae, a type IVa pilus (T4aP) is thought to facilitate natural transformation by extending from the cell surface, binding to exogenous DNA, and retracting to thread this DNA through the outer membrane secretin, PilQ. Here, we use a functional tagged allele of VcPilQ purified from native V. cholerae cells to determine the cryoEM structure of the VcPilQ secretin in amphipol to ~2.7 Å. We use bioinformatics to examine the domain architecture and gene neighborhood of T4aP secretins in Proteobacteria in comparison with VcPilQ. This structure highlights differences in the architecture of the T4aP secretin from the type II and type III secretion system secretins. Based on our cryoEM structure, we design a series of mutants to reversibly regulate VcPilQ gate dynamics. These experiments support the idea of VcPilQ as a potential druggable target and provide insight into the channel that DNA likely traverses to promote the spread of antibiotic resistance via horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation.
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- Sara J Weaver
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, Departments of Biological Chemistry and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, 615 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, 333N. College Way, Claremont, CA, 91711, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, 107S. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, 107S. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
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Zhang Y, Han L, Zhang L, Xu C, Shi X, Hikichi Y, Ohnishi K. Expression of Ralstonia solanacearum type III secretion system is dependent on a novel type 4 pili (T4P) assembly protein (TapV) but is T4P independent. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 21:777-793. [PMID: 32196936 PMCID: PMC7214476 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Type IV pili (T4P) are virulence factors in various pathogenic bacteria of animals and plants that play important roles in twitching motility, swimming motility, biofilm formation, and adhesion to host cells. Here, we genetically characterized functional roles of a putative T4P assembly protein TapV (Rsc1986 in reference strain GMI1000) and its homologue Rsp0189, which shares 58% amino acid identity with TapV, in Ralstonia solanacearum. Deletion of tapV, but not rsp0189, resulted in significantly impaired twitching motility, swimming motility, and adhesion to tomato roots, which are consistent as phenotypes of the pilA mutant (a known R. solanacearum T4P-deficient mutant). However, unlike the pilA mutant, the tapV mutant produced more biofilm than the wild-type strain. Our gene expression studies revealed that TapV, but not Rsp0189, is important for expression of a type III secretion system (T3SS, a pathogenicity determinant of R. solanacearum) both in vitro and in planta, but it is T4P independent. We further revealed that TapV affected the T3SS expression via the PhcA-TapV-PrhG-HrpB pathway, consistent with previous reports that PhcA positively regulates expression of pilA and prhG. Moreover, deletion of tapV, but not rsp0189, significantly impaired the ability to migrate into and colonize xylem vessels of host plants, but there was no alteration in intercellular proliferation of R. solanacearum in tobacco leaves, which is similar to the pilA mutant. The tapV mutant showed significantly impaired virulence in host plants. This is the first report on the impact of T4P components on the T3SS, providing novel insights into our understanding of various biological functions of T4P and the complex regulatory pathway of T3SS in R. solanacearum.
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- Yong Zhang
- College of Resources and EnvironmentSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer ResourcesChongqingChina
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- College of Resources and EnvironmentSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Research Institute of Molecular GeneticsKochi UniversityKochiJapan
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- College of Resources and EnvironmentSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Research Institute of Molecular GeneticsKochi UniversityKochiJapan
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- College of Life scienceSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- College of Resources and EnvironmentSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer ResourcesChongqingChina
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology and BiotechnologyKochi UniversityKochiJapan
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- Research Institute of Molecular GeneticsKochi UniversityKochiJapan
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Regulation of the Single Polar Flagellar Biogenesis. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10040533. [PMID: 32244780 PMCID: PMC7226244 DOI: 10.3390/biom10040533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Some bacterial species, such as the marine bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus, have a single polar flagellum that allows it to swim in liquid environments. Two regulators, FlhF and FlhG, function antagonistically to generate only one flagellum at the cell pole. FlhF, a signal recognition particle (SRP)-type guanosine triphosphate (GTP)ase, works as a positive regulator for flagellar biogenesis and determines the location of flagellar assembly at the pole, whereas FlhG, a MinD-type ATPase, works as a negative regulator that inhibits flagellar formation. FlhF intrinsically localizes at the cell pole, and guanosine triphosphate (GTP) binding to FlhF is critical for its polar localization and flagellation. FlhG also localizes at the cell pole via the polar landmark protein HubP to directly inhibit FlhF function at the cell pole, and this localization depends on ATP binding to FlhG. However, the detailed regulatory mechanisms involved, played by FlhF and FlhG as the major factors, remain largely unknown. This article reviews recent studies that highlight the post-translational regulation mechanism that allows the synthesis of only a single flagellum at the cell pole.
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Xu A, Zhang M, Du W, Wang D, Ma LZ. A molecular mechanism for how sigma factor AlgT and transcriptional regulator AmrZ inhibit twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Environ Microbiol 2020; 23:572-587. [PMID: 32162778 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients are often mucoid (due to the overexpression of exopolysaccharide alginate) yet lost motility. It remains unclear about how P. aeruginosa coordinately regulates alginate production and the type IV pili-driven twitching motility. Here we showed that sigma 22 factor (AlgT/U), an activator of alginate biosynthesis, repressed twitching motility by inhibiting the expression of pilin (PilA) through the intermediate transcriptional regulator AmrZ, which directly bound to the promoter region of pilA in both mucoid strain FRD1 and non-mucoid strain PAO1. Four conserved AmrZ-binding sites were found in pilA promoters among 10 P. aeruginosa strains although their entire pilA promoters had low identity. AmrZ has been reported to be essential for twitching in PAO1. We found that AmrZ was also required for twitching in mucoid FRD1, yet a high level of AmrZ inhibited twitching motility. This result was consistent with the phenomenon that twitching is frequently repressed in mucoid strains, in which the expression of AmrZ was highly activated by AlgT. Additionally, AlgT also inhibited the transcription of pilMNOP operon, which is involved in efficient pilus assembly. Our data elucidated a mechanism for how AlgT and AmrZ coordinately controlled twitching motility in P. aeruginosa.
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- Anming Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Nicastro GG, Kaihami GH, Pulschen AA, Hernandez-Montelongo J, Boechat AL, de Oliveira Pereira T, Rosa CGT, Stefanello E, Colepicolo P, Bordi C, Baldini RL. c-di-GMP-related phenotypes are modulated by the interaction between a diguanylate cyclase and a polar hub protein. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3077. [PMID: 32080219 PMCID: PMC7033161 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59536-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
c-di-GMP is a major player in the switch between biofilm and motile lifestyles. Several bacteria exhibit a large number of c-di-GMP metabolizing proteins, thus a fine-tuning of this nucleotide levels may occur. It is hypothesized that some c-di-GMP metabolizing proteins would provide the global c-di-GMP levels inside the cell whereas others would maintain a localized pool, with the resulting c-di-GMP acting at the vicinity of its production. Although attractive, this hypothesis has yet to be demonstrated in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We found that the diguanylate cyclase DgcP interacts with the cytosolic region of FimV, a polar peptidoglycan-binding protein involved in type IV pilus assembly. Moreover, DgcP is located at the cell poles in wild type cells but scattered in the cytoplasm of cells lacking FimV. Overexpression of dgcP leads to the classical phenotypes of high c-di-GMP levels (increased biofilm and impaired motilities) in the wild-type strain, but not in a ΔfimV background. Therefore, our findings suggest that DgcP activity is regulated by FimV. The polar localization of DgcP might contribute to a local c-di-GMP pool that can be sensed by other proteins at the cell pole, bringing to light a specialized function for a specific diguanylate cyclase.
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- Gianlucca G Nicastro
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin", Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
- Departamento de Ciencias Matemáticas y Físicas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Silva YRDO, Contreras-Martel C, Macheboeuf P, Dessen A. Bacterial secretins: Mechanisms of assembly and membrane targeting. Protein Sci 2020; 29:893-904. [PMID: 32020694 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Secretion systems are employed by bacteria to transport macromolecules across membranes without compromising their integrities. Processes including virulence, colonization, and motility are highly dependent on the secretion of effector molecules toward the immediate cellular environment, and in some cases, into the host cytoplasm. In Type II and Type III secretion systems, as well as in Type IV pili, homomultimeric complexes known as secretins form large pores in the outer bacterial membrane, and the localization and assembly of such 1 MDa molecules often relies on pilotins or accessory proteins. Significant progress has been made toward understanding details of interactions between secretins and their partner proteins using approaches ranging from bacterial genetics to cryo electron microscopy. This review provides an overview of the mode of action of pilotins and accessory proteins for T2SS, T3SS, and T4PS secretins, highlighting recent near-atomic resolution cryo-EM secretin complex structures and underlining the importance of these interactions for secretin functionality.
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- Yuri Rafael de Oliveira Silva
- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), CNPEM, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.,Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Grenoble, France
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), CNPEM, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.,Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Grenoble, France
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Park S, Yoon J, Lee CR, Lee JY, Kim YR, Jang KS, Lee KH, Seok YJ. Polar landmark protein HubP recruits flagella assembly protein FapA under glucose limitation in Vibrio vulnificus. Mol Microbiol 2019; 112:266-279. [PMID: 31058375 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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How motile bacteria recognize their environment and decide whether to stay or navigate toward more favorable location is a fundamental issue in survival. The flagellum is an elaborate molecular device responsible for bacterial locomotion, and the flagellum-driven motility allows bacteria to move themselves to the appropriate location at the right time. Here, we identify the polar landmark protein HubP as a modulator of polar flagellation that recruits the flagellar assembly protein FapA to the old cell pole, thereby controlling its activity for the early events of flagellar assembly in Vibrio vulnificus. We show that dephosphorylated EIIAGlc of the PEP-dependent sugar transporting phosphotransferase system sequesters FapA from HubP in response to glucose and hence inhibits FapA-mediated flagellation. Thus, flagellar assembly and motility is governed by spatiotemporal control of FapA, which is orchestrated by the competition between dephosphorylated EIIAGlc and HubP, in the human pathogen V. vulnificus.
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- Soyoung Park
- School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, Yongin, 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Omics Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, 28119, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Omics Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.,Department of Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Altinoglu I, Merrifield CJ, Yamaichi Y. Single molecule super-resolution imaging of bacterial cell pole proteins with high-throughput quantitative analysis pipeline. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6680. [PMID: 31040310 PMCID: PMC6491441 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43051-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacteria show sophisticated control of their cellular organization, and many bacteria deploy different polar landmark proteins to organize the cell pole. Super-resolution microscopy, such as Photo-Activated Localization Microscopy (PALM), provides the nanoscale localization of molecules and is crucial for better understanding of organization and dynamics in single-molecule. However, analytical tools are not fully available yet, in particular for bacterial cell biology. For example, quantitative and statistical analyses of subcellular localization with multiple cells from multiple fields of view are lacking. Furthermore, brightfield images are not sufficient to get accurate contours of small and low contrast bacterial cells, compared to subpixel presentation of target molecules. Here we describe a novel analytic tool for PALM which integrates precisely drawn cell outlines, of either inner membrane or periplasm, labelled by PALM-compatible fluorescent protein fusions, with molecule data for >10,000 molecules from >100 cells by fitting each cell into an oval arc. In the vibrioid bacterium Vibrio cholerae, the polar anchor HubP constitutes a big polar complex which includes multiple proteins involved in chemotaxis and the flagellum. With this pipeline, HubP is shown to be slightly skewed towards the inner curvature side of the cell, while its interaction partners showed rather loose polar localization.
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- Ipek Altinoglu
- Department of Genome Biology, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Gif sur Yvette, France.,Graduate School of Structure and Dynamics of Living Systems, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Department of Genome Biology, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Gif sur Yvette, France.
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Bense S, Bruchmann S, Steffen A, Stradal TEB, Häussler S, Düvel J. Spatiotemporal control of FlgZ activity impacts Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellar motility. Mol Microbiol 2019; 111:1544-1557. [PMID: 30864240 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The c-di-GMP-binding effector protein FlgZ has been demonstrated to control motility in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and it was suggested that c-di-GMP-bound FlgZ impedes motility via its interaction with the MotCD stator. To further understand how motility is downregulated in P. aeruginosa and to elucidate the general control mechanisms operating during bacterial growth, we examined the spatiotemporal activity of FlgZ. We re-annotated the P. aeruginosaflgZ open reading frame and demonstrated that FlgZ-mediated downregulation of motility is fine-tuned via three independent mechanisms. First, we found that flgZ gene is transcribed independently from flgMN in stationary growth phase to increase FlgZ protein levels in the cell. Second, FlgZ localizes to the cell pole upon c-di-GMP binding and third, we describe that FimV, a cell pole anchor protein, is involved in increasing the polar localized c-di-GMP bound FlgZ to inhibit both, swimming and swarming motility. Our results shed light on the complex dynamics and spatiotemporal control of c-di-GMP-dependent bacterial motility phenotypes and on how the polar anchor protein FimV, the motor brake FlgZ and the stator proteins function to repress flagella-driven swimming and swarming motility.
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- Sarina Bense
- Department of Molecular Bacteriology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Bacteriology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Bacteriology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Bacteriology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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The GGDEF Domain of the Phosphodiesterase PdeB in Shewanella putrefaciens Mediates Recruitment by the Polar Landmark Protein HubP. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:JB.00534-18. [PMID: 30670544 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00534-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Bacteria commonly exhibit a high degree of cellular organization and polarity which affect many vital processes such as replication, cell division, and motility. In Shewanella and other bacteria, HubP is a polar marker protein which is involved in proper chromosome segregation, placement of the chemotaxis system, and various aspects of pilus- and flagellum-mediated motility. Here, we show that HubP also recruits a transmembrane multidomain protein, PdeB, to the flagellated cell pole. PdeB is an active phosphodiesterase and degrades the second messenger c-di-GMP. In Shewanella putrefaciens, PdeB affects both the polar and the lateral flagellar systems at the level of function and/or transcription in response to environmental medium conditions. Mutant analysis on fluorescently labeled PdeB indicated that a diguanylate cyclase (GGDEF) domain in PdeB is strictly required for HubP-dependent localization. Bacterial two-hybrid and in vitro interaction studies on purified proteins strongly indicate that this GGDEF domain of PdeB directly interacts with the C-terminal FimV domain of HubP. Polar localization of PdeB occurs late during the cell cycle after cell division and separation and is not dependent on medium conditions. In vitro activity measurements did not reveal a difference in PdeB phosphodiesterase activities in the presence or absence of the HubP FimV domain. We hypothesize that recruitment of PdeB to the flagellated pole by HubP may create an asymmetry of c-di-GMP levels between mother and daughter cells and may assist in organization of c-di-GMP-dependent regulation within the cell.IMPORTANCE c-di-GMP-dependent signaling affects a range of processes in many bacterial species. Most bacteria harbor a plethora of proteins with domains which are potentially involved in synthesis and breakdown of c-di-GMP. A potential mechanism to elicit an appropriate c-di-GMP-dependent response is to organize the corresponding proteins in a spatiotemporal fashion. Here, we show that a major contributor to c-di-GMP levels and flagellum-mediated swimming in Shewanella, PdeB, is recruited to the flagellated cell pole by the polar marker protein HubP. Polar recruitment involves a direct interaction between HubP and a GGDEF domain in PdeB, demonstrating a novel mechanism of polar targeting by the widely conserved HubP/FimV polar marker.
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Regulatory protein SrpA controls phage infection and core cellular processes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1846. [PMID: 29748556 PMCID: PMC5945682 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04232-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind bacteria-phage interactions remains limited. Here we report that a small protein, SrpA, controls core cellular processes in response to phage infection and environmental signals in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We show that SrpA is essential for efficient genome replication of phage K5, and controls transcription by binding to a palindromic sequence upstream of the phage RNA polymerase gene. We identify potential SrpA-binding sites in 66 promoter regions across the P. aeruginosa genome, and experimentally validate direct binding of SrpA to some of these sites. Using transcriptomics and further experiments, we show that SrpA, directly or indirectly, regulates many cellular processes including cell motility, chemotaxis, biofilm formation, pyocyanin synthesis and protein secretion, as well as virulence in a Caenorhabditis elegans model of infection. Further research on SrpA and similar proteins, which are widely present in many other bacteria, is warranted. You et al. show that SrpA, a small protein widely conserved among bacteria, controls core cellular processes in response to phage infection and environmental signals in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including cell motility, chemotaxis, biofilm formation, and virulence.
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Faezi S, Nikokar I, Elmi A, Ghasemi Y, Farahbakhsh M, Salimi Chirani A, Mahdavi M. Molecular characterization and Functional Analysis of the PilQ 380-706: a Novel Secretin Domain in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Avicenna J Med Biotechnol 2018; 10:34-40. [PMID: 29296265 PMCID: PMC5742652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Type 4 pili (T4P) is an important virulence factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). T4P pass the outer membrane through a large oligomeric channel made of a single PilQ protein that is most highly conserved at their C-termini. To develop a functional vaccine that can be used in clinical application, the secretin domain of the PilQ (PilQ380-706) was produced as a recombinant protein. METHODS A 981 bp fragment of C-terminal of the pilQ secretin (pilQ1138-2118) from was designed into the prokaryotic expression vector pET28a. The presence of the pilQ1138-2118 gene in the recombinant construct (pET28a/pilQ) was assessed by double digestion and PCR. After transformation, expression of the recombinant PilQ was induced by addition of IPTG. The expressed recombinant protein was purified by a modified method using a HisTrap affinity column and finally confirmed by SDS-PAGE. The functional activities of the produced PilQ380-706 confirmed by Western blot analysis and twitching inhibition assay. RESULTS The PCR and enzymatic digestion results showed the presence of the pilQ1138-2118 gene in the construct. The protein electrophoresis showed that the molecular weight of the recombinant PilQ380-706 is approximately 37 kDa. The Western blot analysis confirmed the specificity of specific IgG against the PilQ380-706 protein. The PilQ380-706 protein showed high biological activity in all of these standard assays. CONCLUSION Since, the PilQ380-706 protein plays an important role in the biogenesis of pili; and thus, the primary establishment of P. aeruginosa; it seems that it can be used as a candidate vaccine or an adjuvant in the future studies.
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- Sobhan Faezi
- Medical Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran,Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran,Mycobacteriology Research Center (MRC), Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran,Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran,Corresponding author: Iraj Nikokar, Ph.D., Central Research Laboratory of Modern Technologies of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Guilan, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Tel: +98 1342537171, Fax: +98 1342537171, E-mail: ,
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- Medical Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Medical Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Medical Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshty University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Xia J, Chen J, Chen Y, Qian G, Liu F. Type IV pilus biogenesis genes and their roles in biofilm formation in the biological control agent Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 102:833-846. [PMID: 29134332 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8619-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2017] [Revised: 10/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Type IV pilus (T4P) is widespread in bacteria, yet its biogenesis mechanism and functionality is only partially elucidated in a limited number of bacterial species. Here, by using strain OH11 as the model organism, we reported the identification of 26 T4P structural or functional component (SFC) proteins in the Gram-negative Lysobacter enzymogenes, which is a biocontrol agent potentially exploiting T4P-mediated twitching motility for antifungal activity. Twenty such SFC coding genes were individually knocked-out in-frame to create a T4P SFC deletion library. By using combined phenotypic and genetic approaches, we found that 14 such SFCs, which were expressed from four operons, were essential for twitching motility. These SFCs included the minor pilins (PilEi, PilXi, PilVi, and FimTi), the anti-retraction protein PilY1i, the platform protein PilC, the extension/extraction ATPases (PilB, PilT, and PilU), and the PilMNOPQ complex. Among these, mutation of pilT or pilU caused a hyper piliation, while the remaining 12 SFCs were indispensable for pilus formation. Ten (FimTi, PilY1i, PilB, PilT, PilU, and the PilMNOPQ complex) of the 14 SFC proteins, as well as PilA, were further shown to play a key role in L. enzymogenes biofilm formation. Overall, our results provide the first report to dissect the genetic basis of T4P biogenesis and its role in biofilm formation in L. enzymogenes in detail, which can serve as an alternative platform for studying T4P biogenesis and its antifungal function.
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- Jing Xia
- College of Plant Protection (Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests), Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection (Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests), Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection (Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests), Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection (Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests), Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Plant Protection (Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests), Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1 Weigang, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, 210095, People's Republic of China.
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, 210014, People's Republic of China.
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Martinez-Gil M, Goh KGK, Rackaityte E, Sakamoto C, Audrain B, Moriel DG, Totsika M, Ghigo JM, Schembri MA, Beloin C. YeeJ is an inverse autotransporter from Escherichia coli that binds to peptidoglycan and promotes biofilm formation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11326. [PMID: 28900103 PMCID: PMC5595812 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10902-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli is a commensal or pathogenic bacterium that can survive in diverse environments. Adhesion to surfaces is essential for E. coli colonization, and thus it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms that promote this process in different niches. Autotransporter proteins are a class of cell-surface factor used by E. coli for adherence. Here we characterized the regulation and function of YeeJ, a poorly studied but widespread representative from an emerging class of autotransporter proteins, the inverse autotransporters (IAT). We showed that the yeeJ gene is present in ~40% of 96 completely sequenced E. coli genomes and that YeeJ exists as two length variants, albeit with no detectable functional differences. We demonstrated that YeeJ promotes biofilm formation in different settings through exposition at the cell-surface. We also showed that YeeJ contains a LysM domain that interacts with peptidoglycan and thus assists its localization into the outer membrane. Additionally, we identified the Polynucleotide Phosphorylase PNPase as a repressor of yeeJ transcription. Overall, our work provides new insight into YeeJ as a member of the recently defined IAT class, and contributes to our understanding of how commensal and pathogenic E. coli colonise their environments.
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- Marta Martinez-Gil
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris, CEDEX 15, France
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris, CEDEX 15, France
- University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris, CEDEX 15, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris, CEDEX 15, France
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health S.r.l., 53100, Siena, Italy
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, 4059, Australia
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris, CEDEX 15, France
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris, CEDEX 15, France.
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Ramos-León F, Mariscal V, Battchikova N, Aro EM, Flores E. Septal protein SepJ from the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena forms multimers and interacts with peptidoglycan. FEBS Open Bio 2017; 7:1515-1526. [PMID: 28979840 PMCID: PMC5623728 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Heterocyst‐forming cyanobacteria grow as filaments that can be hundreds of cells long. Proteinaceous septal junctions provide cell–cell binding and communication functions in the filament. In Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, the SepJ protein is important for the formation of septal junctions. SepJ consists of integral membrane and extramembrane sections – the latter including linker and coiled‐coil domains. SepJ (predicted MW, 81.3 kDa) solubilized from Anabaena membranes was found in complexes of about 296–334 kDa, suggesting that SepJ forms multimeric complexes. We constructed an Anabaena strain producing a double‐tagged SepJ protein (SepJ‐GFP‐His10) and isolated the tagged protein by a two‐step affinity chromatography procedure. Analysis of the purified protein preparation provided no indication of the presence of specific SepJ partners, but suggested that SepJ is processed to remove an N‐terminal fragment. Additionally, pull‐down experiments showed that His6‐tagged versions of SepJ and of the SepJ coiled‐coil domain interact with Anabaena peptidoglycan (PG). Our results indicate that SepJ forms multimers, that it interacts with PG, and that the coiled‐coil domain is involved in this interaction. These observations support the idea that SepJ is a component of the septal junctions that join the cells in the Anabaena filament.
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- Félix Ramos-León
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis CSIC Universidad de Sevilla Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis CSIC Universidad de Sevilla Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology Department of Biochemistry University of Turku Finland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology Department of Biochemistry University of Turku Finland
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis CSIC Universidad de Sevilla Spain
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Mycobacterial 6-kDa early secreted antigenic target (ESAT-6) system (ESX) exporters transport proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane. Many proteins transported by ESX systems are then translocated across the mycobacterial cell envelope and secreted from the cell. Although the mechanism underlying protein transport across the mycolate outer membrane remains elusive, the ESX systems are closely connected with and localize to the cell envelope. Links between ESX-associated proteins, cell wall synthesis, and the maintenance of cell envelope integrity have been reported. Genes encoding the ESX systems and those required for biosynthesis of the mycobacterial envelope are coregulated. Here, we review the interplay between ESX systems and the mycobacterial cell envelope.
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Cyclic AMP-Independent Control of Twitching Motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00188-17. [PMID: 28583947 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00188-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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FimV is a Pseudomonas aeruginosa inner membrane hub protein that modulates levels of the second messenger, cyclic AMP (cAMP), through the activation of adenylate cyclase CyaB. Although type IVa pilus (T4aP)-dependent twitching motility is modulated by cAMP levels, mutants lacking FimV are twitching impaired, even when exogenous cAMP is provided. Here we further define FimV's cAMP-dependent and -independent regulation of twitching. We confirmed that the response regulator of the T4aP-associated Chp chemotaxis system, PilG, requires both FimV and the CyaB regulator, FimL, to activate CyaB. However, in cAMP-replete backgrounds-lacking the cAMP phosphodiesterase CpdA or the CheY-like protein PilH or expressing constitutively active CyaB-pilG and fimV mutants failed to twitch. Both cytoplasmic and periplasmic domains of FimV were important for its cAMP-dependent and -independent roles, while its septal peptidoglycan-targeting LysM motif was required only for twitching motility. Polar localization of the sensor kinase PilS, a key regulator of transcription of the major pilin, was FimV dependent. However, unlike its homologues in other species that localize flagellar system components, FimV was not required for swimming motility. These data provide further evidence to support FimV's role as a key hub protein that coordinates the polar localization and function of multiple structural and regulatory proteins involved in P. aeruginosa twitching motility.IMPORTANCEPseudomonas aeruginosa is a serious opportunistic pathogen. Type IVa pili (T4aP) are important for its virulence, because they mediate dissemination and invasion via twitching motility and are involved in surface sensing, which modulates pathogenicity via changes in cAMP levels. Here we show that the hub protein FimV and the response regulator of the Chp system, PilG, regulate twitching independently of their roles in the modulation of cAMP synthesis. These functions do not require the putative scaffold protein FimL, proposed to link PilG with FimV. PilG may regulate asymmetric functioning of the T4aP system to allow for directional movement, while FimV appears to localize both structural and regulatory elements-including the PilSR two-component system-to cell poles for optimal function.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells attached to a surface display a typical proteome early as 20 minutes of incubation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0180341. [PMID: 28678862 PMCID: PMC5498041 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Biofilms are present in all environments and often result in negative effects due to properties of the biofilm lifestyle and especially antibiotics resistance. Biofilms are associated with chronic infections. Controlling bacterial attachment, the first step of biofilm formation, is crucial for fighting against biofilm and subsequently preventing the persistence of infection. Thus deciphering the underlying molecular mechanisms involved in attachment could allow discovering molecular targets from it would be possible to develop inhibitors against bacterial colonization and potentiate antibiotherapy. To identify the key components and pathways that aid the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa in attachment we performed for the first time a proteomic analysis as early as after 20 minutes of incubation using glass wool fibers as a surface. We compared the protein contents of the attached and unattached bacteria. Using mass spectrometry, 3043 proteins were identified. Our results showed that, as of 20 minutes of incubation, using stringent quantification criteria 616 proteins presented a modification of their abundance in the attached cells compared to their unattached counterparts. The attached cells presented an overall reduced gene expression and characteristics of slow-growing cells. The over-accumulation of outer membrane proteins, periplasmic folding proteins and O-antigen chain length regulators was also observed, indicating a profound modification of the cell envelope. Consistently the sigma factor AlgU required for cell envelope homeostasis was highly over-accumulated in attached cells. In addition our data suggested a role of alarmone (p)ppGpp and polyphosphate during the early attachment phase. Furthermore, almost 150 proteins of unknown function were differentially accumulated in the attached cells. Our proteomic analysis revealed the existence of distinctive biological features in attached cells as early as 20 minutes of incubation. Analysis of some mutants demonstrated the interest of this proteomic approach in identifying genes involved in the early phase of adhesion to a surface.
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Faezi S, Bahrmand AR, Mahdavi M, Siadat SD, Nikokar I, Sardari S. Development of a Novel Anti-Adhesive Vaccine Against Pseudomonasaeruginosa Targeting the C-terminal Disulfide Loop of the Pilin Protein. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MEDICINE 2017; 6:96-108. [PMID: 28890886 PMCID: PMC5581551 DOI: 10.22088/acadpub.bums.6.2.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Type IV pili (T4P) are major virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) that are associated with primary adhesion, biofilm formation and twitching motility. This study focuses on the introduction of a novel biologically active subunit vaccine derived from the disulfide loop (DSL) of P. aeruginosa pilin. We investigated the expression of the novel PilA in-frame with pET26b vector, which contains three domains, that each domain contains three tandem repeats. The flexible (GGGGS) and (GGGGS)3 linkers were linked between the three tandem repeats and each pilA domain, respectively. The recombinant construct (pET26b/pilA) was transformed and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The reactivity of specific antiserum against PilA was assessed by ELISA method. The biological activities of this candidate vaccine were evaluated by western blotting, opsonophagocytosis and twitching inhibition assays. The pET26b/pilA plasmid was confirmed by enzymatic digestion. The purified PilA protein was confirmed by immunoblot analysis. The checkerboard titration showed that the optimal dilution of the antibody to react with antigen was 1:8. The results of opsonophagocytosis assay revealed that the antibodies raised against PilA promoted phagocytosis of the PAO1 and 6266E strains to some extent (17.5% and 16.3%, respectively), so the twitching inhibition test confirmed this result. Taken together, these are the preliminary results based on a first chimerical structure failure to induce antibodies that promote the opsonization and eradication of the pathogen. Therefore, the biological activity of the PilA protein showed that it should be introduced with other proteins or target antigens against P. aeruginosa in the future studies.
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- Sobhan Faezi
- Departments of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.,Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Departments of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.,Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Departments of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Departments of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.,Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Drug Design and Bioinformatics Group, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Inaba S, Nishigaki T, Takekawa N, Kojima S, Homma M. Localization and domain characterization of the SflA regulator of flagellar formation in Vibrio alginolyticus. Genes Cells 2017; 22:619-627. [DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Satoshi Inaba
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science; Nagoya University; Chikusa-Ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science; Nagoya University; Chikusa-Ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science; Nagoya University; Chikusa-Ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science; Nagoya University; Chikusa-Ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science; Nagoya University; Chikusa-Ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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Marana MH, Jørgensen LVG, Skov J, Chettri JK, Holm Mattsson A, Dalsgaard I, Kania PW, Buchmann K. Subunit vaccine candidates against Aeromonas salmonicida in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171944. [PMID: 28182704 PMCID: PMC5300222 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida is the etiological agent of furunculosis and a major fish health problem in salmonid aquaculture worldwide. Injection vaccination with commercial mineral oil-adjuvanted bacterin vaccines has been partly successful in preventing the disease but in Danish rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum) aquaculture furunculosis outbreaks still occur. In this study we tested the efficacy of experimental subunit vaccines against A. salmonicida infection in rainbow trout. We utilized in silico screening of the proteome of A. salmonicida subsp. salmonicida strain A449 and identified potential protective protein antigens that were tested by in vivo challenge trial. A total of 14 proteins were recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli and prepared in 3 different subunit vaccine combinations to immunize 3 groups of rainbow trout by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection. The fish were exposed to virulent A. salmonicida 7 weeks after immunization. To assess the efficacy of the subunit vaccines we evaluated the immune response in fish after immunization and challenge infection by measuring the antibody levels and monitoring the survival of fish in different groups. The survival of fish at 3 weeks after challenge infection showed that all 3 groups of fish immunized with 3 different protein combinations exhibited significantly lower mortalities (17–30%) compared to the control groups (48% and 56%). The ELISA results revealed significantly elevated antibody levels in fish against several protein antigens, which in some cases were positively correlated to the survival.
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- Moonika Haahr Marana
- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Type IVa pili (T4aP) are ubiquitous microbial appendages used for adherence, twitching motility, DNA uptake, and electron transfer. Many of these functions depend on dynamic assembly and disassembly of the pilus by a megadalton-sized, cell envelope-spanning protein complex located at the poles of rod-shaped bacteria. How the T4aP assembly complex becomes integrated into the cell envelope in the absence of dedicated peptidoglycan (PG) hydrolases is unknown. After ruling out the potential involvement of housekeeping PG hydrolases in the installation of the T4aP machinery in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, we discovered that key components of inner (PilMNOP) and outer (PilQ) membrane subcomplexes are recruited to future sites of cell division. Midcell recruitment of a fluorescently tagged alignment subcomplex component, mCherry-PilO, depended on PilQ secretin monomers—specifically, their N-terminal PG-binding AMIN domains. PilP, which connects PilO to PilQ, was required for recruitment, while PilM, which is structurally similar to divisome component FtsA, was not. Recruitment preceded secretin oligomerization in the outer membrane, as loss of the PilQ pilotin PilF had no effect on localization. These results were confirmed in cells chemically blocked for cell division prior to outer membrane invagination. The hub protein FimV and a component of the polar organelle coordinator complex—PocA—were independently required for midcell recruitment of PilO and PilQ. Together, these data suggest an integrated, energy-efficient strategy for the targeting and preinstallation—rather than retrofitting—of the T4aP system into nascent poles, without the need for dedicated PG-remodeling enzymes. The peptidoglycan (PG) layer of bacterial cell envelopes has limited porosity, representing a physical barrier to the insertion of large protein complexes involved in secretion and motility. Many systems include dedicated PG hydrolase components that create space for their insertion, but the ubiquitous type IVa pilus (T4aP) system lacks such an enzyme. Instead, we found that components of the T4aP system are recruited to future sites of cell division, where they could be incorporated into the cell envelope during the formation of new poles, eliminating the need for PG hydrolases. Targeting depends on the presence of septal PG-binding motifs in specific components, as removal of those motifs causes delocalization. This preinstallation strategy for the T4aP assembly system would ensure that both daughter cells are poised to extrude pili from new poles as soon as they separate from one another.
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Understanding the interplay between antibiotic resistance and bacterial fitness and virulence is essential to guide individual treatments and improve global antibiotic policies. A paradigmatic example of a resistance mechanism is the intrinsic inducible chromosomal β-lactamase AmpC from multiple Gram-negative bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a major nosocomial pathogen. The regulation of ampC expression is intimately linked to peptidoglycan recycling, and AmpC-mediated β-lactam resistance is frequently mediated by inactivating mutations in ampD, encoding an N-acetyl-anhydromuramyl-l-alanine amidase, affecting the levels of ampC-activating muropeptides. Here we dissect the impact of the multiple pathways causing AmpC hyperproduction on P. aeruginosa fitness and virulence. Through a detailed analysis, we demonstrate that the lack of all three P. aeruginosa AmpD amidases causes a dramatic effect in fitness and pathogenicity, severely compromising growth rates, motility, and cytotoxicity; the latter effect is likely achieved by repressing key virulence factors, such as protease LasA, phospholipase C, or type III secretion system components. We also show that ampC overexpression is required but not sufficient to confer the growth-motility-cytotoxicity impaired phenotype and that alternative pathways leading to similar levels of ampC hyperexpression and resistance, such as those involving PBP4, had no fitness-virulence cost. Further analysis indicated that fitness-virulence impairment is caused by overexpressing ampC in the absence of cell wall recycling, as reproduced by expressing ampC from a plasmid in an AmpG (muropeptide permease)-deficient background. Thus, our findings represent a major step in the understanding of β-lactam resistance biology and its interplay with fitness and pathogenesis. IMPORTANCE Understanding the impact of antibiotic resistance mechanisms on bacterial pathogenesis is critical to curb the spread of antibiotic resistance. A particularly noteworthy antibiotic resistance mechanism is the β-lactamase AmpC, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a major pathogen causing hospital-acquired infections. The regulation of AmpC is linked to the cell wall recycling pathways, and frequently, resistance to β-lactams is caused by mutation of several of the components of the cell wall recycling pathways such as AmpD. Here we dissect the impact of the pathways for AmpC hyperproduction on virulence, showing that the lack of all three P. aeruginosa AmpD amidases causes a major effect in fitness and pathogenicity, compromising growth, motility, and cytotoxicity. Further analysis indicated that fitness-virulence impairment is specifically caused by the hyperproduction of AmpC in the absence of cell wall recycling. Our work provides valuable information for delineating future strategies for combating P. aeruginosa infections by simultaneously targeting virulence and antibiotic resistance.
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HubP, a Polar Landmark Protein, Regulates Flagellar Number by Assisting in the Proper Polar Localization of FlhG in Vibrio alginolyticus. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:3091-3098. [PMID: 27573015 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00462-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The marine bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus has a single polar flagellum, the number of which is regulated positively by FlhF and negatively by FlhG. FlhF is intrinsically localized at the cell pole, whereas FlhG is localized there through putative interactions with the polar landmark protein HubP. Here we focused on the role of HubP in the regulation of flagellar number in V. alginolyticus Deletion of hubP increased the flagellar number and completely disrupted the polar localization of FlhG. It was thought that the flagellar number is determined primarily by the absolute amount of FlhF localized at the cell pole. Here we found that deletion of hubP increased the flagellar number although it did not increase the polar amount of FlhF. We also found that FlhG overproduction did not reduce the polar localization of FlhF. These results show that the absolute amount of FlhF is not always the determinant of flagellar number. We speculate that cytoplasmic FlhG works as a quantitative regulator, controlling the amount of FlhF localized at the pole, and HubP-anchored polar FlhG works as a qualitative regulator, directly inhibiting the activity of polar FlhF. This regulation by FlhF, FlhG, and HubP might contribute to achieving optimal flagellar biogenesis at the cell pole in V. alginolyticus IMPORTANCE: For regulation of the flagellar number in marine Vibrio, two proteins, FlhF and FlhG, work as positive and negative regulators, respectively. In this study, we found that the polar landmark protein HubP is involved in the regulation of flagellar biogenesis. Deletion of hubP increased the number of flagella without increasing the amount of pole-localizing FlhF, indicating that the number of flagella is not determined solely by the absolute amount of pole-localizing FlhF, which is inconsistent with the previous model. We propose that cytoplasmic FlhG and HubP-anchored polar FlhG negatively regulate flagellar formation through two independent schemes.
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Koo J, Lamers R, Rubinstein J, Burrows L, Howell P. Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IVa Pilus Secretin at 7.4 Å. Structure 2016; 24:1778-1787. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Inclan YF, Persat A, Greninger A, Von Dollen J, Johnson J, Krogan N, Gitai Z, Engel JN. A scaffold protein connects type IV pili with the Chp chemosensory system to mediate activation of virulence signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol 2016; 101:590-605. [PMID: 27145134 PMCID: PMC4980298 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Type IV pili (TFP) function as mechanosensors to trigger acute virulence programs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. On surface contact, TFP retraction activates the Chp chemosensory system phosphorelay to upregulate 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) production and transcription of virulence-associated genes. To dissect the specific interactions mediating the mechanochemical relay, we used affinity purification/mass spectrometry, directed co-immunoprecipitations in P. aeruginosa, single cell analysis of contact-dependent transcriptional reporters, subcellular localization and bacterial two hybrid assays. We demonstrate that FimL, a Chp chemosensory system accessory protein of unknown function, directly links the integral component of the TFP structural complex FimV, a peptidoglycan binding protein, with one of the Chp system output response regulators PilG. FimL and PilG colocalize at cell poles in a FimV-dependent manner. While PilG phosphorylation is required for TFP function and mechanochemical signaling, it is not required for polar localization or binding to FimL. Phylogenetic analysis reveals other bacterial species simultaneously encode TFP, the Chp system, FimL, FimV and adenylate cyclase homologs, suggesting that surface sensing may be widespread among TFP-expressing bacteria. We propose that FimL acts as a scaffold enabling spatial colocalization of TFP and Chp system components to coordinate signaling leading to cAMP-dependent upregulation of virulence genes on surface contact.
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- Yuki F. Inclan
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, San Francisco, CA 94148, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, San Francisco, CA 94148, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, San Francisco, CA 94148, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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The Conserved Tetratricopeptide Repeat-Containing C-Terminal Domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa FimV Is Required for Its Cyclic AMP-Dependent and -Independent Functions. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:2263-74. [PMID: 27297880 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00322-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED FimV is a Pseudomonas aeruginosa inner membrane protein that regulates intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels-and thus type IV pilus (T4P)-mediated twitching motility and type II secretion (T2S)-by activating the adenylate cyclase CyaB. Its cytoplasmic domain contains three predicted tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) motifs separated by an unstructured region: two proximal to the inner membrane and one within the "FimV C-terminal domain," which is highly conserved across diverse homologs. Here, we present the crystal structure of the FimV C terminus, FimV861-919, containing a TPR motif decorated with solvent-exposed, charged side chains, plus a C-terminal capping helix. FimV689, a truncated form lacking this C-terminal motif, did not restore wild-type levels of twitching or surface piliation compared to the full-length protein. FimV689 failed to restore wild-type levels of the T4P motor ATPase PilU or T2S, suggesting that it was unable to activate cAMP synthesis. Bacterial two-hybrid analysis showed that TPR3 interacts directly with the CyaB activator, FimL. However, FimV689 failed to restore wild-type motility in a fimV mutant expressing a constitutively active CyaB (fimV cyaB-R456L), suggesting that the C-terminal motif is also involved in cAMP-independent functions of FimV. The data show that the highly conserved TPR-containing C-terminal domain of FimV is critical for its cAMP-dependent and -independent functions. IMPORTANCE FimV is important for twitching motility and cAMP-dependent virulence gene expression in P. aeruginosa FimV homologs have been identified in several human pathogens, and their functions are not limited to T4P expression. The C terminus of FimV is remarkably conserved among otherwise very diverse family members, but its role is unknown. We provide here biological evidence for the importance of the C-terminal domain in both cAMP-dependent (through FimL) and -independent functions of FimV. We present X-ray crystal structures of the conserved C-terminal domain and identify a consensus sequence for the C-terminal TPR within the conserved domain. Our data extend our knowledge of FimV's functionally important domains, and the structures and consensus sequences provide a foundation for studies of FimV and its homologs.
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During the first step of biofilm formation, initial attachment is dictated by physicochemical and electrostatic interactions between the surface and the bacterial envelope. Depending on the nature of these interactions, attachment can be transient or permanent. To achieve irreversible attachment, bacterial cells have developed a series of surface adhesins promoting specific or nonspecific adhesion under various environmental conditions. This article reviews the recent advances in our understanding of the secretion, assembly, and regulation of the bacterial adhesins during biofilm formation, with a particular emphasis on the fimbrial, nonfimbrial, and discrete polysaccharide adhesins in Gram-negative bacteria.
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Cabeen MT, Leiman SA, Losick R. Colony-morphology screening uncovers a role for the Pseudomonas aeruginosa nitrogen-related phosphotransferase system in biofilm formation. Mol Microbiol 2016; 99:557-70. [PMID: 26483285 PMCID: PMC5130288 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen whose survival is aided by forming communities known as biofilms, in which cells are encased in a self-produced matrix. We devised a mutant screen based on colony morphology to identify additional genes with previously unappreciated roles in biofilm formation. Our screen, which identified most known biofilm-related genes, also uncovered PA14_16550 and PA14_69700, deletions of which abrogated and augmented biofilm formation respectively. We also identified ptsP, which encodes enzyme I of the nitrogen-regulated phosphotransferase (PTS(Ntr)) system, as being important for cyclic-di-GMP production and for biofilm formation. Further experiments showed that biofilm formation is hindered in the absence of phosphotransfer through the PTS(Ntr), but only in the presence of enzyme II (PtsN), the putative regulatory module of the PTS(Ntr). These results implicate unphosphorylated PtsN as a negative regulator of biofilm formation and establish one of the first known roles of the PTS(Ntr) in P. aeruginosa.
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- Matthew T Cabeen
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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Rossmann F, Brenzinger S, Knauer C, Dörrich AK, Bubendorfer S, Ruppert U, Bange G, Thormann KM. The role of FlhF and HubP as polar landmark proteins in Shewanella putrefaciens CN-32. Mol Microbiol 2015; 98:727-42. [PMID: 26235439 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Spatiotemporal regulation of cell polarity plays a role in many fundamental processes in bacteria and often relies on 'landmark' proteins which recruit the corresponding clients to their designated position. Here, we explored the localization of two multi-protein complexes, the polar flagellar motor and the chemotaxis array, in Shewanella putrefaciens CN-32. We demonstrate that polar positioning of the flagellar system, but not of the chemotaxis system, depends on the GTPase FlhF. In contrast, the chemotaxis array is recruited by a transmembrane protein which we identified as the functional ortholog of Vibrio cholerae HubP. Mediated by its periplasmic N-terminal LysM domain, SpHubP exhibits an FlhF-independent localization pattern during cell cycle similar to its Vibrio counterpart and also has a role in proper chromosome segregation. In addition, while not affecting flagellar positioning, SpHubP is crucial for normal flagellar function and is involved in type IV pili-mediated twitching motility. We hypothesize that a group of HubP/FimV homologs, characterized by a rather conserved N-terminal periplasmic section required for polar targeting and a highly variable acidic cytoplasmic part, primarily mediating recruitment of client proteins, serves as polar markers in various bacterial species with respect to different cellular functions.
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- Florian Rossmann
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392, Giessen, Germany.,Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392, Giessen, Germany.,Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (Synmikro) & Department of Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (Synmikro) & Department of Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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Leighton TL, Buensuceso RNC, Howell PL, Burrows LL. Biogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili and regulation of their function. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:4148-63. [PMID: 25808785 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Type IV pili (T4P) are bacterial virulence factors involved in a wide variety of functions including deoxyribonucleic acid uptake, surface attachment, biofilm formation and twitching motility. While T4P are common surface appendages, the systems that assemble them and the regulation of their function differ between species. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Neisseria spp. and Myxococcus xanthus are common model systems used to study T4P biology. This review focuses on recent advances in P. aeruginosa T4P structural biology, and the regulatory pathways controlling T4P biogenesis and function.
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- Tiffany L Leighton
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Program in Molecular Structure & Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Alain Filloux
- Alain Filloux, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; E-mail:
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Mercante V, Duarte CM, Sánchez CM, Zalguizuri A, Caetano-Anollés G, Lepek VC. The absence of protein Y4yS affects negatively the abundance of T3SS Mesorhizobium loti secretin, RhcC2, in bacterial membranes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:12. [PMID: 25688250 PMCID: PMC4311626 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 has a functional type III secretion system (T3SS) that is involved in the determination of nodulation competitiveness on Lotus. The M. loti T3SS cluster contains gene y4yS (mlr8765) that codes for a protein of unknown function (Y4yS). A mutation in the y4yS gene favors the M. loti symbiotic competitive ability on Lotus tenuis cv. Esmeralda and affects negatively the secretion of proteins through T3SS. Here we localize Y4yS in the bacterial membrane using a translational reporter peptide fusion. In silico analysis indicated that this protein presents a tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain, a signal peptide and a canonical lipobox LGCC in the N-terminal sequence. These features that are shared with proteins required for the formation of the secretin complex in type IV secretion systems and in the Tad system, together with its localization, suggest that the y4yS-encoded protein is required for the formation of the M. loti T3SS secretin (RhcC2) complex. Remarkably, analysis of RhcC2 in the wild-type and M. loti y4yS mutant strains indicated that the absence of Y4yS affects negatively the accumulation of normal levels of RhcC2 in the membrane.
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- Virginia Mercante
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde,” Universidad Nacional de San MartínBuenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde,” Universidad Nacional de San MartínBuenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde,” Universidad Nacional de San MartínBuenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde,” Universidad Nacional de San MartínBuenos Aires, Argentina
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- Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Crop Sciences, University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas “Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde,” Universidad Nacional de San MartínBuenos Aires, Argentina
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Luo Y, Zhao K, Baker AE, Kuchma SL, Coggan KA, Wolfgang MC, Wong GCL, O'Toole GA. A hierarchical cascade of second messengers regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface behaviors. mBio 2015; 6:e02456-14. [PMID: 25626906 PMCID: PMC4324313 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02456-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Biofilms are surface-attached multicellular communities. Using single-cell tracking microscopy, we showed that a pilY1 mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is defective in early biofilm formation. We leveraged the observation that PilY1 protein levels increase on a surface to perform a genetic screen to identify mutants altered in surface-grown expression of this protein. Based on our genetic studies, we found that soon after initiating surface growth, cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels increase, dependent on PilJ, a chemoreceptor-like protein of the Pil-Chp complex, and the type IV pilus (TFP). cAMP and its receptor protein Vfr, together with the FimS-AlgR two-component system (TCS), upregulate the expression of PilY1 upon surface growth. FimS and PilJ interact, suggesting a mechanism by which Pil-Chp can regulate FimS function. The subsequent secretion of PilY1 is dependent on the TFP assembly system; thus, PilY1 is not deployed until the pilus is assembled, allowing an ordered signaling cascade. Cell surface-associated PilY1 in turn signals through the TFP alignment complex PilMNOP and the diguanylate cyclase SadC to activate downstream cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) production, thereby repressing swarming motility. Overall, our data support a model whereby P. aeruginosa senses the surface through the Pil-Chp chemotaxis-like complex, TFP, and PilY1 to regulate cAMP and c-di-GMP production, thereby employing a hierarchical regulatory cascade of second messengers to coordinate its program of surface behaviors. IMPORTANCE Biofilms are surface-attached multicellular communities. Here, we show that a stepwise regulatory circuit, involving ordered signaling via two different second messengers, is required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa to control early events in cell-surface interactions. We propose that our studies have uncovered a multilayered "surface-sensing" system that allows P. aeruginosa to effectively coordinate its surface-associated behaviors. Understanding how cells transition into the biofilm state on a surface may provide new approaches to prevent formation of these communities.
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- Yun Luo
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, California Nanosystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, California Nanosystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Muschiol S, Balaban M, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B. Uptake of extracellular DNA: competence induced pili in natural transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Bioessays 2015; 37:426-35. [PMID: 25640084 PMCID: PMC4405041 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Transport of DNA across bacterial membranes involves complex DNA uptake systems. In Gram-positive bacteria, the DNA uptake machinery shares fundamental similarities with type IV pili and type II secretion systems. Although dedicated pilus structures, such as type IV pili in Gram-negative bacteria, are necessary for efficient DNA uptake, the role of similar structures in Gram-positive bacteria is just beginning to emerge. Recently two essentially very different pilus structures composed of the same major pilin protein ComGC were proposed to be involved in transformation of the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae – one is a long, thin, type IV pilus-like fiber with DNA binding capacity and the other one is a pilus structure that was thicker, much shorter and not able to bind DNA. Here we discuss how competence induced pili, either by pilus retraction or by a transient pilus-related opening in the cell wall, may mediate DNA uptake in S. pneumoniae.
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- Sandra Muschiol
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Berry JL, Pelicic V. Exceptionally widespread nanomachines composed of type IV pilins: the prokaryotic Swiss Army knives. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2014; 39:134-54. [PMID: 25793961 PMCID: PMC4471445 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuu001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Prokaryotes have engineered sophisticated surface nanomachines that have allowed them to colonize Earth and thrive even in extreme environments. Filamentous machineries composed of type IV pilins, which are associated with an amazing array of properties ranging from motility to electric conductance, are arguably the most widespread since distinctive proteins dedicated to their biogenesis are found in most known species of prokaryotes. Several decades of investigations, starting with type IV pili and then a variety of related systems both in bacteria and archaea, have outlined common molecular and structural bases for these nanomachines. Using type IV pili as a paradigm, we will highlight in this review common aspects and key biological differences of this group of filamentous structures. Using type IV pili as a paradigm, we review common genetic, structural and mechanistic features (many) as well as differences (few) of the exceptionally widespread and functionally versatile prokaryotic nano-machines composed of type IV pilins.
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- Jamie-Lee Berry
- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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