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Pourcel C, Essoh C, Ouldali M, Tavares P. Acinetobacter baumannii satellite phage Aci01-2-Phanie depends on a helper myophage for its multiplication. J Virol 2024; 98:e0066724. [PMID: 38829140 PMCID: PMC11264900 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00667-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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We report the discovery of a satellite-helper phage system with a novel type of dependence on a tail donor. The Acinetobacter baumannii satellite podovirus Aci01-2-Phanie (short name Phanie) uses a phage phi29-like DNA replication and packaging mode. Its linear 11,885 bp dsDNA genome bears 171 bp inverted terminal repeats (ITR). Phanie is related to phage DU-PP-III from Pectobacterium and to members of the Astrithrvirus from Salmonella enterica. Together, they form a new clade of phages with 27% to 30% identity over the whole genome. Detailed 3D protein structure prediction and mass spectrometry analyses demonstrate that Phanie encodes its capsid structural genes and genes necessary to form a short tail. However, our study reveals that Phanie virions are non-infectious unless they associate with the contractile tail of an unrelated phage, Aci01-1, to produce chimeric myoviruses. Following the coinfection of Phanie with myovirus Aci01-1, hybrid viral particles composed of Phanie capsids and Aci01-1 contractile tails are assembled together with Phanie and Aci01-1 particles.IMPORTANCEThere are few reported cases of satellite-helper phage interactions but many more may be yet undiscovered. Here we describe a new mode of satellite phage dependence on a helper phage. Phanie, like phage phi29, replicates its linear dsDNA by a protein primed-mechanism and protects it inside podovirus-like particles. However, these particles are defective, requiring the acquisition of the tail from a myovirus helper for production of infectious virions. The formation of chimeras between a phi29-like podovirus and a helper contractile tail reveals an unexpected association between very different bacterial viruses.
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- Christine Pourcel
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Biochemistry-Genetic, School of Biological Sciences, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Jaffal H, Kortebi M, Misson P, Tavares P, Ouldali M, Leh H, Lautru S, Lioy VS, Lecointe F, Bury-Moné SG. Prophage induction can facilitate the in vitro dispersal of multicellular Streptomyces structures. PLoS Biol 2024; 22:e3002725. [PMID: 39052683 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 08/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024] Open
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Streptomyces are renowned for their prolific production of specialized metabolites with applications in medicine and agriculture. These multicellular bacteria present a sophisticated developmental cycle and play a key role in soil ecology. Little is known about the impact of Streptomyces phage on bacterial physiology. In this study, we investigated the conditions governing the expression and production of "Samy", a prophage found in Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC 23877. This siphoprophage is produced simultaneously with the activation of other mobile genetic elements. Remarkably, the presence and production of Samy increases bacterial dispersal under in vitro stress conditions. Altogether, this study unveiled a new property of a bacteriophage infection in the context of multicellular aggregate dynamics.
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- Hoda Jaffal
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Pourcel C, Ouldali M, Tavares P, Essoh C. The saclayvirus Aci01-1 very long and complex fiber and its receptor at the Acinetobacter baumannii surface. Arch Virol 2023; 168:187. [PMID: 37351676 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-023-05817-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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The Acinetobacter baumannii bacteriophage Aci01-1, which belongs to the genus Saclayvirus of the order Caudoviricetes, has an icosahedral head and a contractile rigid tail. We report that Aci01-1 has, attached to the tail conical tip, a remarkable 146-nm-long flexible fiber with seven beads and a terminal knot. Its putative gene coding for a 241.36-kDa tail fiber protein is homologous to genes in Aci01-1-related and unrelated phages. Analysis of its 3D structure using AlphaFold provides a structural model for the fiber observed by electron microscopy. We also identified a putative receptor of the phage on the bacterial capsule that is hypothesized to interact with the Aci01-1 long fiber.
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- Christine Pourcel
- CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Biochemistry-Genetic, School of Biological Sciences, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
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Wardani AK, Buana EOGHN, Sutrisno A. The potency of bacteriophages isolated from chicken intestine and beef tribe to control biofilm-forming bacteria, Bacillus subtilis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8222. [PMID: 37217567 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35474-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Biofilm becomes one of the crucial food safety problems in the food industry as the formation of biofilm can be a source of contamination. To deal with the problem, an industry generally employs physical and chemical methods including sanitizers, disinfectants, and antimicrobials to remove biofilm. However, the use of these methods may bring about new problems, which are bacterial resistance in the biofilm and the risk for product contamination. New strategies to deal with bacterial biofilms are needed. Bacteriophages (phages), as a green alternative to chemical, have re-emerged as a promising approach to treat bacterial biofilm. In the present study, the potential of lytic phages which have antibiofilm activity on biofilm-forming bacteria (Bacillus subtilis), were isolated from chicken intestines and beef tripe obtained from Indonesian traditional markets using host cells obtained isolated from these samples. Phages isolation was conducted by using double layer agar technique. A lytic test of phages was administered on biofilm-forming bacteria. The difference of turbidity level between control (which were not infected by phages) and the test tubes containing host bacteria infected by phages was investigated. The infection time for the production of phages was determined based on the level of clarity of the media in the test tube with a longer lysate addition time. Three phages were isolated namely: ϕBS6, ϕBS8, and ϕUA7. It showed the ability to inhibit B. subtilis as biofilm-forming spoilage bacteria. The best inhibition results were obtained from ϕBS6. Infection with ϕBS6 in B. subtilis lead to 0.5 log cycle decreased in bacterial cells. This study showed that isolated phages might be used as a potential approach for handling the problem of biofilm formation by B. subtilis.
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- Agustin Krisna Wardani
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, 65145, Indonesia.
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
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Gorzynski M, De Ville K, Week T, Jaramillo T, Danelishvili L. Understanding the Phage-Host Interaction Mechanism toward Improving the Efficacy of Current Antibiotics in Mycobacterium abscessus. Biomedicines 2023; 11:biomedicines11051379. [PMID: 37239050 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11051379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Pulmonary infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus (MAB) have been increasing in incidence in recent years, leading to chronic and many times fatal infections due to MAB's natural resistance to most available antimicrobials. The use of bacteriophages (phages) in clinics is emerging as a novel treatment strategy to save the lives of patients suffering from drug-resistant, chronic, and disseminated infections. The substantial research indicates that phage-antibiotic combination therapy can display synergy and be clinically more effective than phage therapy alone. However, there is limited knowledge in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms in phage-mycobacteria interaction and the synergism of phage-antibiotic combinations. We generated the lytic mycobacteriophage library and studied phage specificity and the host range in MAB clinical isolates and characterized the phage's ability to lyse the pathogen under various environmental and mammalian host stress conditions. Our results indicate that phage lytic efficiency is altered by environmental conditions, especially in conditions of biofilm and intracellular states of MAB. By utilizing the MAB gene knockout mutants of the MAB_0937c/MmpL10 drug efflux pump and MAB_0939/pks polyketide synthase enzyme, we discovered the surface glycolipid diacyltrehalose/polyacyltrehalose (DAT/PAT) as one of the major primary phage receptors in mycobacteria. We also established a set of phages that alter the MmpL10 multidrug efflux pump function in MAB through an evolutionary trade-off mechanism. The combination of these phages with antibiotics significantly decreases the number of viable bacteria when compared to phage or antibiotic-alone treatments. This study deepens our understanding of phage-mycobacteria interaction mechanisms and identifies therapeutic phages that can lower bacterial fitness by impairing an antibiotic efflux function and attenuating the MAB intrinsic resistance mechanism via targeted therapy.
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- Mylene Gorzynski
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
- Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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CryoEM structure and assembly mechanism of a bacterial virus genome gatekeeper. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7283. [PMID: 36435855 PMCID: PMC9701221 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34999-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Numerous viruses package their dsDNA genome into preformed capsids through a portal gatekeeper that is subsequently closed. We report the structure of the DNA gatekeeper complex of bacteriophage SPP1 (gp612gp1512gp166) in the post-DNA packaging state at 2.7 Å resolution obtained by single particle cryo-electron microscopy. Comparison of the native SPP1 complex with assembly-naïve structures of individual components uncovered the complex program of conformational changes leading to its assembly. After DNA packaging, gp15 binds via its C-terminus to the gp6 oligomer positioning gp15 subunits for oligomerization. Gp15 refolds its inner loops creating an intersubunit β-barrel that establishes different types of contacts with six gp16 subunits. Gp16 binding and oligomerization is accompanied by folding of helices that close the portal channel to keep the viral genome inside the capsid. This mechanism of assembly has broad functional and evolutionary implications for viruses of the prokaryotic tailed viruses-herpesviruses lineage.
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Chaikeeratisak V, Khanna K, Nguyen KT, Egan ME, Enustun E, Armbruster E, Lee J, Pogliano K, Villa E, Pogliano J. Subcellular organization of viral particles during maturation of nucleus-forming jumbo phage. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabj9670. [PMID: 35507660 PMCID: PMC9067925 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj9670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Many eukaryotic viruses assemble mature particles within distinct subcellular compartments, but bacteriophages are generally assumed to assemble randomly throughout the host cell cytoplasm. Here, we show that viral particles of Pseudomonas nucleus-forming jumbo phage PhiPA3 assemble into a unique structure inside cells we term phage bouquets. We show that after capsids complete DNA packaging at the surface of the phage nucleus, tails assemble and attach to capsids, and these particles accumulate over time in a spherical pattern, with tails oriented inward and the heads outward to form bouquets at specific subcellular locations. Bouquets localize at the same fixed distance from the phage nucleus even when it is mispositioned, suggesting an active mechanism for positioning. These results mark the discovery of a pathway for organizing mature viral particles inside bacteria and demonstrate that nucleus-forming jumbo phages, like most eukaryotic viruses, are highly spatially organized during all stages of their lytic cycle.
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- Vorrapon Chaikeeratisak
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Labarde A, Jakutyte L, Billaudeau C, Fauler B, López-Sanz M, Ponien P, Jacquet E, Mielke T, Ayora S, Carballido-López R, Tavares P. Temporal compartmentalization of viral infection in bacterial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2018297118. [PMID: 34244425 PMCID: PMC8285916 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018297118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Virus infection causes major rearrangements in the subcellular architecture of eukaryotes, but its impact in prokaryotic cells was much less characterized. Here, we show that infection of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis by bacteriophage SPP1 leads to a hijacking of host replication proteins to assemble hybrid viral-bacterial replisomes for SPP1 genome replication. Their biosynthetic activity doubles the cell total DNA content within 15 min. Replisomes operate at several independent locations within a single viral DNA focus positioned asymmetrically in the cell. This large nucleoprotein complex is a self-contained compartment whose boundaries are delimited neither by a membrane nor by a protein cage. Later during infection, SPP1 procapsids localize at the periphery of the viral DNA compartment for genome packaging. The resulting DNA-filled capsids do not remain associated to the DNA transactions compartment. They bind to phage tails to build infectious particles that are stored in warehouse compartments spatially independent from the viral DNA. Free SPP1 structural proteins are recruited to the dynamic phage-induced compartments following an order that recapitulates the viral particle assembly pathway. These findings show that bacteriophages restructure the crowded host cytoplasm to confine at different cellular locations the sequential processes that are essential for their multiplication.
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- Audrey Labarde
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale, CNRS Unité Propre de Recherche 3296 and Institut Fédératif de Recherche 115, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Microscopy and Cryo-electron Microscopy Service Group, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Microscopy and Cryo-electron Microscopy Service Group, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Micalis Institute, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;
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Holger D, Kebriaei R, Morrisette T, Lev K, Alexander J, Rybak M. Clinical Pharmacology of Bacteriophage Therapy: A Focus on Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:556. [PMID: 34064648 PMCID: PMC8151982 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10050556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most common causes of healthcare-associated diseases and is among the top three priority pathogens listed by the World Health Organization (WHO). This Gram-negative pathogen is especially difficult to eradicate because it displays high intrinsic and acquired resistance to many antibiotics. In addition, growing concerns regarding the scarcity of antibiotics against multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) P. aeruginosa infections necessitate alternative therapies. Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that target and infect bacterial cells, and they represent a promising candidate for combatting MDR infections. The aim of this review was to highlight the clinical pharmacology considerations of phage therapy, such as pharmacokinetics, formulation, and dosing, while addressing several challenges associated with phage therapeutics for MDR P. aeruginosa infections. Further studies assessing phage pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics will help to guide interested clinicians and phage researchers towards greater success with phage therapy for MDR P. aeruginosa infections.
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- Dana Holger
- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; (D.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (K.L.)
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- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; (D.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (K.L.)
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- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; (D.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (K.L.)
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- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; (D.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (K.L.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, AdventHealth Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32803, USA;
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- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; (D.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (K.L.)
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
- Detroit Medical Center, Department of Pharmacy, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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The Development of Bacteriophage Resistance in Vibrio alginolyticus Depends on a Complex Metabolic Adaptation Strategy. Viruses 2021; 13:v13040656. [PMID: 33920240 PMCID: PMC8069663 DOI: 10.3390/v13040656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Lytic bacteriophages have been well documented to play a pivotal role in microbial ecology due to their complex interactions with bacterial species, especially in aquatic habitats. Although the use of phages as antimicrobial agents, known as phage therapy, in the aquatic environment has been increasing, recent research has revealed drawbacks due to the development of phage-resistant strains among Gram-negative species. Acquired phage resistance in marine Vibrios has been proven to be a very complicated process utilizing biochemical, metabolic, and molecular adaptation strategies. The results of our multi-omics approach, incorporating transcriptome and metabolome analyses of Vibrio alginolyticus phage-resistant strains, corroborate this prospect. Our results provide insights into phage-tolerant strains diminishing the expression of phage receptors ompF, lamB, and btuB. The same pattern was observed for genes encoding natural nutrient channels, such as rbsA, ptsG, tryP, livH, lysE, and hisp, meaning that the cell needs to readjust its biochemistry to achieve phage resistance. The results showed reprogramming of bacterial metabolism by transcript regulations in key-metabolic pathways, such as the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) and lysine biosynthesis, as well as the content of intracellular metabolites belonging to processes that could also significantly affect the cell physiology. Finally, SNP analysis in resistant strains revealed no evidence of amino acid alterations in the studied putative bacterial phage receptors, but several SNPs were detected in genes involved in transcriptional regulation. This phenomenon appears to be a phage-specific, fine-tuned metabolic engineering, imposed by the different phage genera the bacteria have interacted with, updating the role of lytic phages in microbial marine ecology.
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Romero DA, Magill D, Millen A, Horvath P, Fremaux C. Dairy lactococcal and streptococcal phage-host interactions: an industrial perspective in an evolving phage landscape. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2021; 44:909-932. [PMID: 33016324 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Almost a century has elapsed since the discovery of bacteriophages (phages), and 85 years have passed since the emergence of evidence that phages can infect starter cultures, thereby impacting dairy fermentations. Soon afterward, research efforts were undertaken to investigate phage interactions regarding starter strains. Investigations into phage biology and morphology and phage-host relationships have been aimed at mitigating the negative impact phages have on the fermented dairy industry. From the viewpoint of a supplier of dairy starter cultures, this review examines the composition of an industrial phage collection, providing insight into the development of starter strains and cultures and the evolution of phages in the industry. Research advances in the diversity of phages and structural bases for phage-host recognition and an overview of the perpetual arms race between phage virulence and host defense are presented, with a perspective toward the development of improved phage-resistant starter culture systems.
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- Dennis A Romero
- DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, 3329 Agriculture Dr., Madison, WI 53716, USA
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- DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, CS 10010, Dangé-Saint-Romain 86220, France
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- DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, 3329 Agriculture Dr., Madison, WI 53716, USA
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- DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, CS 10010, Dangé-Saint-Romain 86220, France
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- DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, CS 10010, Dangé-Saint-Romain 86220, France
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Ignatiou A, Brasilès S, El Sadek Fadel M, Bürger J, Mielke T, Topf M, Tavares P, Orlova EV. Structural transitions during the scaffolding-driven assembly of a viral capsid. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4840. [PMID: 31649265 PMCID: PMC6813328 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12790-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Assembly of tailed bacteriophages and herpesviruses starts with formation of procapsids (virion precursors without DNA). Scaffolding proteins (SP) drive assembly by chaperoning the major capsid protein (MCP) to build an icosahedral lattice. Here we report near-atomic resolution cryo-EM structures of the bacteriophage SPP1 procapsid, the intermediate expanded procapsid with partially released SPs, and the mature capsid with DNA. In the intermediate state, SPs are bound only to MCP pentons and to adjacent subunits from hexons. SP departure results in the expanded state associated with unfolding of the MCP N-terminus and straightening of E-loops. The newly formed extensive inter-capsomere bonding appears to compensate for release of SPs that clasp MCP capsomeres together. Subsequent DNA packaging instigates bending of MCP A domain loops outwards, closing the hexons central opening and creating the capsid auxiliary protein binding interface. These findings provide a molecular basis for the sequential structural rearrangements during viral capsid maturation.
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- Athanasios Ignatiou
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Microscopy and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Group, Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany
- Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Microscopy and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Group, Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK
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- Department of Virology, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
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The Revisited Genome of Bacillus subtilis Bacteriophage SPP1. Viruses 2018; 10:v10120705. [PMID: 30544981 PMCID: PMC6316719 DOI: 10.3390/v10120705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 is a lytic siphovirus first described 50 years ago [1]. Its complete DNA sequence was reported in 1997 [2]. Here we present an updated annotation of the 44,016 bp SPP1 genome and its correlation to different steps of the viral multiplication process. Five early polycistronic transcriptional units encode phage DNA replication proteins and lysis functions together with less characterized, mostly non-essential, functions. Late transcription drives synthesis of proteins necessary for SPP1 viral particles assembly and for cell lysis, together with a short set of proteins of unknown function. The extensive genetic, biochemical and structural biology studies on the molecular mechanisms of SPP1 DNA replication and phage particle assembly rendered it a model system for tailed phages research. We propose SPP1 as the reference species for a new SPP1-like viruses genus of the Siphoviridae family.
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Mielich-Süss B, Wagner RM, Mietrach N, Hertlein T, Marincola G, Ohlsen K, Geibel S, Lopez D. Flotillin scaffold activity contributes to type VII secretion system assembly in Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006728. [PMID: 29166667 PMCID: PMC5718613 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Scaffold proteins are ubiquitous chaperones that promote efficient interactions between partners of multi-enzymatic protein complexes; although they are well studied in eukaryotes, their role in prokaryotic systems is poorly understood. Bacterial membranes have functional membrane microdomains (FMM), a structure homologous to eukaryotic lipid rafts. Similar to their eukaryotic counterparts, bacterial FMM harbor a scaffold protein termed flotillin that is thought to promote interactions between proteins spatially confined to the FMM. Here we used biochemical approaches to define the scaffold activity of the flotillin homolog FloA of the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, using assembly of interacting protein partners of the type VII secretion system (T7SS) as a case study. Staphylococcus aureus cells that lacked FloA showed reduced T7SS function, and thus reduced secretion of T7SS-related effectors, probably due to the supporting scaffold activity of flotillin. We found that the presence of flotillin mediates intermolecular interactions of T7SS proteins. We tested several small molecules that interfere with flotillin scaffold activity, which perturbed T7SS activity in vitro and in vivo. Our results suggest that flotillin assists in the assembly of S. aureus membrane components that participate in infection and influences the infective potential of this pathogen. The recently discovered functional membrane microdomains (FMM) of prokaryotic cells contain a protein homologous to the scaffold protein flotillin found in eukaryotic lipid rafts. It remains to be elucidated whether, like their eukaryotic counterparts, flotillin homolog proteins have a scaffold function in bacteria. Here we show that the Staphylococcus aureus flotillin FloA acts as a scaffold protein, to promote more efficient assembly of membrane-associated protein interacting partners of multi-enzyme complexes. In a case study, we provide biochemical evidence that FloA participates in assembly of the Type VII secretion system and thus contributes to S. aureus infective potential. Targeted dispersion of FMM-related processes using anti-FMM molecules opens up new perspectives for microbial therapies to treat persistent S. aureus infections.
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- Benjamin Mielich-Süss
- Research Center for Infectious Diseases ZINF, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology IMIB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Research Center for Infectious Diseases ZINF, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology IMIB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- National Center for Biotechnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center for Infectious Diseases ZINF, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology IMIB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Rudolf Virchow Center - DFG Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology IMIB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Research Center for Infectious Diseases ZINF, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology IMIB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology IMIB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Research Center for Infectious Diseases ZINF, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology IMIB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Rudolf Virchow Center - DFG Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Research Center for Infectious Diseases ZINF, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Infection Biology IMIB, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- National Center for Biotechnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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DISARM is a widespread bacterial defence system with broad anti-phage activities. Nat Microbiol 2017; 3:90-98. [PMID: 29085076 PMCID: PMC5739279 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The evolutionary pressure imposed by phage predation on bacteria and archaea has resulted in the development of effective anti-phage defence mechanisms, including restriction-modification and CRISPR-Cas systems. Here, we report on a new defence system, DISARM (defence island system associated with restriction-modification), which is widespread in bacteria and archaea. DISARM is composed of five genes, including a DNA methylase and four other genes annotated as a helicase domain, a phospholipase D (PLD) domain, a DUF1998 domain and a gene of unknown function. Engineering the Bacillus paralicheniformis 9945a DISARM system into Bacillus subtilis has rendered the engineered bacteria protected against phages from all three major families of tailed double-stranded DNA phages. Using a series of gene deletions, we show that four of the five genes are essential for DISARM-mediated defence, with the fifth (PLD) being redundant for defence against some of the phages. We further show that DISARM restricts incoming phage DNA and that the B. paralicheniformis DISARM methylase modifies host CCWGG motifs as a marker of self DNA akin to restriction-modification systems. Our results suggest that DISARM is a new type of multi-gene restriction-modification module, expanding the arsenal of defence systems known to be at the disposal of prokaryotes against their viruses.
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Formation of a Viral Replication Focus in Sulfolobus Cells Infected by the Rudivirus Sulfolobus islandicus Rod-Shaped Virus 2. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.00486-17. [PMID: 28424282 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00486-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Viral factories are compartmentalized centers for viral replication and assembly in infected eukaryotic cells. Here, we report the formation of a replication focus by prototypical archaeal Sulfolobus islandicus rod-shaped virus 2 (SIRV2) in the model archaeon Sulfolobus This rod-shaped virus belongs to the viral family Rudiviridae, carrying linear double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genomes, which are very common in geothermal environments. We demonstrate that SIRV2 DNA synthesis is confined to a focus near the periphery of infected cells. Moreover, viral and cellular replication proteins are recruited to, and concentrated in, the viral replication focus. Furthermore, we show that of the four host DNA polymerases (DNA polymerase I [Dpo1] to Dpo4), only Dpo1 participates in viral DNA synthesis. This constitutes the first report of the formation of a viral replication focus in archaeal cells, suggesting that organization of viral replication in foci is a widespread strategy employed by viruses of the three domains of life.IMPORTANCE The organization of viral replication in foci or viral factories has been mostly described for different eukaryotic viruses and for several bacteriophages. This work constitutes the first report of the formation of a viral replication center by a virus infecting members of the Archaea domain.
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Unnikrishnan M, Constantinidou C, Palmer T, Pallen MJ. The Enigmatic Esx Proteins: Looking Beyond Mycobacteria. Trends Microbiol 2017; 25:192-204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Djacem K, Tavares P, Oliveira L. Bacteriophage SPP1 pac Cleavage: A Precise Cut without Sequence Specificity Requirement. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:1381-1395. [PMID: 28082080 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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In many tailed bacteriophages, DNA packaging is initiated by recognition and cleavage of a specific sequence pac by the small (TerS) and large (TerL) terminase subunits. It was previously shown that the SPP1 pac region has two sequences where TerS binds (pacR and pacL), flanking the segment where TerL cleaves the SPP1 DNA (pacC). However, the pac-specific sequences required to achieve this endonucleolytic cut were not established. Their characterization is essential to understand the underlying mechanism. We show that the pacR sequence localized within 35bp downstream of the pac cut can be extensively degenerated, including its c1 and c2 repeats, and that only a disruption of a 5-bp polyadenine tract impairs the pac cleavage. This result together with deletion analysis of pacL shows that the specific DNA sequences required for targeting the terminase for pac cleavage are considerably shorter than the large region bound by TerS. Furthermore, extensive degeneration of the 6-bp target sequence within pacC where pac cleavage occurs reveals that TerL maintains, remarkably, its precise position of cleavage. Studies with SPP1-related phages show the conservation of the cut position, irrespective of the sequence variation in pacC and in pacR or the changes in pacL-pacC distance. Mechanistically, our data are compatible with a model in which TerS interactions with part of the pacL sequence and a poly-A tract in pacR are sufficient to orient very accurately the TerL nuclease to a defined pacC position. They also demonstrate that the resulting precise cut at pacC is independent of the targeted DNA sequence.
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- Karima Djacem
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Fernandes S, São-José C. Probing the function of the two holin-like proteins of bacteriophage SPP1. Virology 2017; 500:184-189. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Acquisition of Phage Sensitivity by Bacteria through Exchange of Phage Receptors. Cell 2017; 168:186-199.e12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fernandes S, São-José C. More than a hole: the holin lethal function may be required to fully sensitize bacteria to the lytic action of canonical endolysins. Mol Microbiol 2016; 102:92-106. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Sofia Fernandes
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy; Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto; Lisboa 1649-003 Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy; Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto; Lisboa 1649-003 Portugal
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Fernandes S, Labarde A, Baptista C, Jakutytè L, Tavares P, São-José C. A non-invasive method for studying viral DNA delivery to bacteria reveals key requirements for phage SPP1 DNA entry in Bacillus subtilis cells. Virology 2016; 495:79-91. [PMID: 27179995 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bacteriophages use most frequently a tail apparatus to create a channel across the entire bacterial cell envelope to transfer the viral genome to the host cell cytoplasm, initiating infection. Characterization of this critical step remains a major challenge due to the difficulty to monitor DNA entry in the bacterium and its requirements. In this work we developed a new method to study phage DNA entry that has the potential to be extended to many tailed phages. Its application to study genome delivery of bacteriophage SPP1 into Bacillus subtilis disclosed a key role of the host cell membrane potential in the DNA entry process. An energized B. subtilis membrane and a millimolar concentration of calcium ions are shown to be major requirements for SPP1 DNA entry following the irreversible binding of phage particles to the receptor YueB.
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- Sofia Fernandes
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, UMR 9198, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France; Unit of Molecular and Structural Virology (VMS), UPR3296 CNRS, Campus CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Unit of Molecular and Structural Virology (VMS), UPR3296 CNRS, Campus CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, UMR 9198, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France; Unit of Molecular and Structural Virology (VMS), UPR3296 CNRS, Campus CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Svirskaitė J, Oksanen HM, Daugelavičius R, Bamford DH. Monitoring Physiological Changes in Haloarchaeal Cell during Virus Release. Viruses 2016; 8:59. [PMID: 26927156 PMCID: PMC4810249 DOI: 10.3390/v8030059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Revised: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The slow rate of adsorption and non-synchronous release of some archaeal viruses have hindered more thorough analyses of the mechanisms of archaeal virus release. To address this deficit, we utilized four viruses that infect Haloarcula hispanica that represent the four virion morphotypes currently known for halophilic euryarchaeal viruses: (1) icosahedral internal membrane-containing SH1; (2) icosahedral tailed HHTV-1; (3) spindle-shaped His1; and (4) pleomorphic His2. To discern the events occurring as the progeny viruses exit, we monitored culture turbidity, as well as viable cell and progeny virus counts of infected and uninfected cultures. In addition to these traditional metrics, we measured three parameters associated with membrane integrity: the binding of the lipophilic anion phenyldicarbaundecaborane, oxygen consumption, and both intra- and extra-cellular ATP levels.
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- Julija Svirskaitė
- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vytautas Magnus University, Vileikos g. 8, 44404 Kaunas, Lithuania.
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- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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van Zyl LJ, Taylor MP, Trindade M. Engineering resistance to phage GVE3 in Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 100:1833-1841. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7109-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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MreB-Dependent Inhibition of Cell Elongation during the Escape from Competence in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005299. [PMID: 26091431 PMCID: PMC4474612 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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During bacterial exponential growth, the morphogenetic actin-like MreB proteins form membrane-associated assemblies that move processively following trajectories perpendicular to the long axis of the cell. Such MreB structures are thought to scaffold and restrict the movement of peptidoglycan synthesizing machineries, thereby coordinating sidewall elongation. In Bacillus subtilis, this function is performed by the redundant action of three MreB isoforms, namely MreB, Mbl and MreBH. mreB and mbl are highly transcribed from vegetative promoters. We have found that their expression is maximal at the end of exponential phase, and rapidly decreases to a low basal level upon entering stationary phase. However, in cells developing genetic competence, a stationary phase physiological adaptation, expression of mreB was specifically reactivated by the central competence regulator ComK. In competent cells, MreB was found in complex with several competence proteins by in vitro pull-down assays. In addition, it co-localized with the polar clusters formed by the late competence peripheral protein ComGA, in a ComGA-dependent manner. ComGA has been shown to be essential for the inhibition of cell elongation characteristic of cells escaping the competence state. We show here that the pathway controlling this elongation inhibition also involves MreB. Our findings suggest that ComGA sequesters MreB to prevent cell elongation and therefore the escape from competence. In bacterial cells, like in their eukaryotic counterparts, precise spatiotemporal localization of proteins is critical for their cellular function. This study shows that the expression and the localization of the bacterial actin-like MreB protein are growth phase-dependent. During exponential growth, we previously showed that MreB, together with other morphogenetic factors, forms discrete assemblies that move in a directed manner along peripheral tracks. Here, we demonstrate that in cells that develop genetic competence during stationary phase, transcription of mreB is specifically activated and MreB relocalizes to the cell poles. Our findings suggest a model in which MreB sequestration by the late competence protein ComGA prevents cell elongation during the escape from competence.
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KUSMIATUN ANIK, RUSMANA IMAN, BUDIARTI SRI. Characterization of Bacteriophage Specific to Bacillus pumilus from Ciapus River in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. HAYATI JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.4308/hjb.22.1.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Virus evolution toward limited dependence on nonessential functions of the host: the case of bacteriophage SPP1. J Virol 2014; 89:2875-83. [PMID: 25540376 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03540-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED All viruses are obligate intracellular parasites and depend on certain host cell functions for multiplication. However, the extent of such dependence and the exact nature of the functions provided by the host cell remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated if nonessential Bacillus subtilis genes are necessary for multiplication of bacteriophage SPP1. Screening of a collection of 2,514 single-gene knockouts of nonessential B. subtilis genes yielded only a few genes necessary for efficient SPP1 propagation. Among these were genes belonging to the yuk operon, which codes for the Esat-6-like secretion system, including the SPP1 receptor protein YueB. In addition, we found that SPP1 multiplication was negatively affected by the absence of two other genes, putB and efp. The gene efp encodes elongation factor P, which enhances ribosome activity by alleviating translational stalling during the synthesis of polyproline-containing proteins. PutB is an enzyme involved in the proline degradation pathway that is required for infection in the post-exponential growth phase of B. subtilis, when the bacterium undergoes a complex genetic reprogramming. The putB knockout shortens significantly the window of opportunity for SPP1 infection during the host cell life cycle. This window is a critical parameter for competitive phage multiplication in the soil environment, where B. subtilis rarely meets conditions for exponential growth. Our results in combination with those reported for other virus-host systems suggest that bacterial viruses have evolved toward limited dependence on nonessential host functions. IMPORTANCE A successful viral infection largely depends on the ability of the virus to hijack cellular machineries and to redirect the flow of building blocks and energy resources toward viral progeny production. However, the specific virus-host interactions underlying this fundamental transformation are poorly understood. Here, we report on the first systematic analysis of virus-host cross talk during bacteriophage infection in Gram-positive bacteria. We show that lytic bacteriophage SPP1 is remarkably independent of nonessential genes of its host, Bacillus subtilis, with only a few cellular genes being necessary for efficient phage propagation. We hypothesize that such limited dependence of the virus on its host results from a constant "evolutionary arms race" and might be much more widespread than currently thought.
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Zairi M, Stiege AC, Nhiri N, Jacquet E, Tavares P. The collagen-like protein gp12 is a temperature-dependent reversible binder of SPP1 viral capsids. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:27169-27181. [PMID: 25074929 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.590877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Icosahedral capsids of viruses are lattices of defined geometry and homogeneous size. The (quasi-)equivalent organization of their protein building blocks provides, in numerous systems, the binding sites to assemble arrays of viral polypeptides organized with nanometer precision that protrude from the capsid surface. The capsid of bacterial virus (bacteriophage) SPP1 exposes, at its surface, the 6.6-kDa viral polypeptide gp12 that binds to the center of hexamers of the major capsid protein. Gp12 forms an elongated trimer with collagen-like properties. This is consistent with the fold of eight internal GXY repeats of gp12 to build a stable intersubunit triple helix in a prokaryotic setting. The trimer dissociates and unfolds at near physiological temperatures, as reported for eukaryotic collagen. Its structural organization is reacquired within seconds upon cooling. Interaction with the SPP1 capsid hexamers strongly stabilizes gp12, increasing its Tm to 54 °C. Above this temperature, gp12 dissociates from its binding sites and unfolds reversibly. Multivalent binding of gp12 trimers to the capsid is highly cooperative. The capsid lattice also provides a platform to assist folding and association of unfolded gp12 polypeptides. The original physicochemical properties of gp12 offer a thermoswitchable system for multivalent binding of the polypeptide to the SPP1 capsid surface.
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- Mohamed Zairi
- Unité de Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale, UPR 3296 CNRS, Centre de Recherche de Gif, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301 CNRS, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301 CNRS, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, and; IMAGIF CTPF and qPCR Platform, Centre de Recherche de Gif, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Unité de Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale, UPR 3296 CNRS, Centre de Recherche de Gif, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France,.
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Jin M, Chen Y, Xu C, Zhang X. The effect of inhibition of host MreB on the infection of thermophilic phage GVE2 in high temperature environment. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4823. [PMID: 24769758 PMCID: PMC4001104 DOI: 10.1038/srep04823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
In eukaryotes, the manipulation of the host actin cytoskeleton is a necessary strategy for viral pathogens to invade host cells. Increasing evidence indicates that the actin homolog MreB of bacteria plays key roles in cell shape formation, cell polarity, cell wall biosynthesis, and chromosome segregation. However, the role of bacterial MreB in the bacteriophage infection is not extensively investigated. To address this issue, in this study, the MreB of thermophilic Geobacillus sp. E263 from a deep-sea hydrothermal field was characterized by inhibiting the MreB polymerization and subsequently evaluating the bacteriophage GVE2 infection. The results showed that the host MreB played important roles in the bacteriophage infection at high temperature. After the host cells were treated with small molecule drug A22 or MP265, the specific inhibitors of MreB polymerization, the adsorption of GVE2 and the replication of GVE2 genome were significantly repressed. The confocal microscopy data revealed that MreB facilitated the GVE2 infection by inducing the polar distribution of virions during the phage infection. Our study contributed novel information to understand the molecular events of the host in response to bacteriophage challenge and extended our knowledge about the host-virus interaction in deep-sea vent ecosystems.
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- Min Jin
- 1] Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education and College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, The People's Republic of China [2]
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- 1] Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education and College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, The People's Republic of China [2]
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- Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education and College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, The People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education and College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, The People's Republic of China
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Parent KN, Erb ML, Cardone G, Nguyen K, Gilcrease EB, Porcek NB, Pogliano J, Baker TS, Casjens SR. OmpA and OmpC are critical host factors for bacteriophage Sf6 entry in Shigella. Mol Microbiol 2014; 92:47-60. [PMID: 24673644 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Despite being essential for successful infection, the molecular cues involved in host recognition and genome transfer of viruses are not completely understood. Bacterial outer membrane proteins A and C co-purify in lipid vesicles with bacteriophage Sf6, implicating both outer membrane proteins as potential host receptors. We determined that outer membrane proteins A and C mediate Sf6 infection by dramatically increasing its rate and efficiency. We performed a combination of in vivo studies with three omp null mutants of Shigella flexneri, including classic phage plaque assays and time-lapse fluorescence microscopy to monitor genome ejection at the single virion level. Cryo-electron tomography of phage 'infecting' outer membrane vesicles shows the tail needle contacting and indenting the outer membrane. Lastly, in vitro ejection studies reveal that lipopolysaccharide and outer membrane proteins are both required for Sf6 genome release. We conclude that Sf6 phage entry utilizes either outer membrane proteins A or C, with outer membrane protein A being the preferred receptor.
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- Kristin N Parent
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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Martelet A, L’Hostis G, Tavares P, Brasilès S, Fenaille F, Rozand C, Theretz A, Gervasi G, Tabet JC, Ezan E, Junot C, Muller BH, Becher F. Bacterial Detection Using Unlabeled Phage Amplification and Mass Spectrometry through Structural and Nonstructural Phage Markers. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:1450-65. [DOI: 10.1021/pr400991t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Armelle Martelet
- bioMérieux S.A., 376, Chemin de
l’Orme, 69280 Marcy-l’Etoile, France
- CEA,
iBiTec-S, SPI, Laboratoire d’Etude du Métabolisme des
Médicaments (LEMM), Bâtiment 136, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- bioMérieux S.A., 376, Chemin de
l’Orme, 69280 Marcy-l’Etoile, France
- CEA,
iBiTec-S, SPI, Laboratoire d’Etude du Métabolisme des
Médicaments (LEMM), Bâtiment 136, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CNRS UPR3296 and
IFR 115, Unité de Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale
(VMS), Bâtiment 14B, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CNRS UPR3296 and
IFR 115, Unité de Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale
(VMS), Bâtiment 14B, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA,
iBiTec-S, SPI, Laboratoire d’Etude du Métabolisme des
Médicaments (LEMM), Bâtiment 136, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- bioMérieux S.A., 376, Chemin de
l’Orme, 69280 Marcy-l’Etoile, France
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- bioMérieux S.A., 376, Chemin de
l’Orme, 69280 Marcy-l’Etoile, France
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- bioMérieux S.A., 376, Chemin de
l’Orme, 69280 Marcy-l’Etoile, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), UMR 7201,
Equipe de Spectrométrie de Masse, Institut Parisien de Chimie
Moléculaire, 4
place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- CEA, Service de Biochimie et Toxicologie Nucléaire (SBTN), BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA,
iBiTec-S, SPI, Laboratoire d’Etude du Métabolisme des
Médicaments (LEMM), Bâtiment 136, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- bioMérieux S.A., 376, Chemin de
l’Orme, 69280 Marcy-l’Etoile, France
- CEA,
iBiTec-S, SPI, Laboratoire d’Etude du Métabolisme des
Médicaments (LEMM), Bâtiment 136, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA,
iBiTec-S, SPI, Laboratoire d’Etude du Métabolisme des
Médicaments (LEMM), Bâtiment 136, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Karttunen J, Mäntynen S, Ihalainen TO, Lehtivuori H, Tkachenko NV, Vihinen-Ranta M, Ihalainen JA, Bamford JKH, Oksanen HM. Subcellular localization of bacteriophage PRD1 proteins in Escherichia coli. Virus Res 2014; 179:44-52. [PMID: 24291253 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Revised: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Bacteria possess an intricate internal organization resembling that of the eukaryotes. The complexity is especially prominent at the bacterial cell poles, which are also known to be the preferable sites for some bacteriophages to infect. Bacteriophage PRD1 is a well-known model serving as an ideal system to study structures and functions of icosahedral internal membrane-containing viruses. Our aim was to analyze the localization and interactions of individual PRD1 proteins in its native host Escherichia coli. This was accomplished by constructing a vector library for production of fluorescent fusion proteins. Analysis of solubility and multimericity of the fusion proteins, as well as their localization in living cells by confocal microscopy, indicated that multimeric PRD1 proteins were prone to localize in the cell poles. Furthermore, PRD1 spike complex proteins P5 and P31, as fusion proteins, were shown to be functional in the virion assembly. In addition, they were shown to co-localize in the specific polar area of the cells, which might have a role in the multimerization and formation of viral protein complexes.
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- Jenni Karttunen
- Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Nanoscience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Nanoscience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 541, 33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Nanoscience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Nanoscience Center, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Biosciences, P.O. Box 56, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
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A decisive step in a virus infection cycle is the recognition of a specific receptor present on the host cell surface, subsequently leading to the delivery of the viral genome into the cell interior. Until now, the early stages of infection have not been thoroughly investigated for any virus infecting hyperthermophilic archaea. Here, we present the first study focusing on the primary interactions between the archaeal rod-shaped virus Sulfolobus islandicus rod-shaped virus 2 (SIRV2) (family Rudiviridae) and its hyperthermoacidophilic host, S. islandicus. We show that SIRV2 adsorption is very rapid, with the majority of virions being irreversibly bound to the host cell within 1 min. We utilized transmission electron microscopy and whole-cell electron cryotomography to demonstrate that SIRV2 virions specifically recognize the tips of pilus-like filaments, which are highly abundant on the host cell surface. Following the initial binding, the viral particles are found attached to the sides of the filaments, suggesting a movement along these appendages toward the cell surface. Finally, we also show that SIRV2 establishes superinfection exclusion, a phenomenon not previously described for archaeal viruses.
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Baptista C, Barreto HC, São-José C. High levels of DegU-P activate an Esat-6-like secretion system in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67840. [PMID: 23861817 PMCID: PMC3701619 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The recently discovered Type VII/Esat-6 secretion systems seem to be widespread among bacteria of the phyla Actinobacteria and Firmicutes. In some species they play an important role in pathogenic interactions with eukaryotic hosts. Several studies have predicted that the locus yukEDCByueBC of the non-pathogenic, Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis would encode an Esat-6-like secretion system (Ess). We provide here for the first time evidences for the functioning of this secretion pathway in an undomesticated B. subtilis strain. We show that YukE, a small protein with the typical features of the secretion substrates from the WXG100 superfamily is actively secreted to culture media. YukE secretion depends on intact yukDCByueBC genes, whose products share sequence or structural homology with known components of the S. aureus Ess. Biochemical characterization of YukE indicates that it exists as a dimer both in vitro and in vivo. We also show that the B. subtilis Ess essentially operates in late stationary growth phase in absolute dependence of phosphorylated DegU, the response regulator of the two-component system DegS-DegU. We present possible reasons that eventually have precluded the study of this secretion system in the B. subtilis laboratory strain 168.
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- Catarina Baptista
- Centro de Patogénese Molecular – Unidade de Retrovírus e Infecções Associadas (CPM-URIA), Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Patogénese Molecular – Unidade de Retrovírus e Infecções Associadas (CPM-URIA), Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Patogénese Molecular – Unidade de Retrovírus e Infecções Associadas (CPM-URIA), Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Capsid structure and its stability at the late stages of bacteriophage SPP1 assembly. J Virol 2012; 86:6768-77. [PMID: 22514336 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00412-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The structure of the bacteriophage SPP1 capsid was determined at subnanometer resolution by cryo-electron microscopy and single-particle analysis. The icosahedral capsid is composed of the major capsid protein gp13 and the auxiliary protein gp12, which are organized in a T=7 lattice. DNA is arranged in layers with a distance of ~24.5 Å. gp12 forms spikes that are anchored at the center of gp13 hexamers. In a gp12-deficient mutant, the centers of hexamers are closed by loops of gp13 coming together to protect the SPP1 genome from the outside environment. The HK97-like fold was used to build a pseudoatomic model of gp13. Its structural organization remains unchanged upon tail binding and following DNA release. gp13 exhibits enhanced thermostability in the DNA-filled capsid. A remarkable convergence between the thermostability of the capsid and those of the other virion components was found, revealing that the overall architecture of the SPP1 infectious particle coevolved toward high robustness.
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Li G, Young KD. Isolation and identification of new inner membrane-associated proteins that localize to cell poles inEscherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 2012; 84:276-95. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08021.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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First steps of bacteriophage SPP1 entry into Bacillus subtilis. Virology 2012; 422:425-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2011] [Revised: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Vinga I, Baptista C, Auzat I, Petipas I, Lurz R, Tavares P, Santos MA, São-José C. Role of bacteriophage SPP1 tail spike protein gp21 on host cell receptor binding and trigger of phage DNA ejection. Mol Microbiol 2011; 83:289-303. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07931.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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