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Motz RN, Kamyabi G, Nolan EM. Experimental methods for evaluating siderophore-antibiotic conjugates. Methods Enzymol 2024; 702:21-50. [PMID: 39155112 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2024.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
Abstract
Siderophore-antibiotic conjugates (SACs) are of past and current interest for delivering antibacterials into Gram-negative bacterial pathogens that express siderophore receptors. Studies of SACs are often multifaceted and involve chemical and biological approaches. Major goals are to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and uptake of novel SACs and use the resulting data to inform further mode-of-action studies and molecular design strategies. In this chapter, we describe four key methods that we apply when investigating the antimicrobial activity and uptake of novel SACs based on the siderophore enterobactin (Ent). These methods are based on approaches from the siderophore literature as well as established protocols for antimicrobial activity testing, and include assays for evaluating SAC antimicrobial activity, time-kill kinetics, siderophore competition, and bacterial cell uptake using 57Fe. These assays have served us well in characterizing our Ent-based conjugates and can be applied to study SACs that use other siderophores as targeting vectors.
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- Rachel N Motz
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States.
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Kumar A, Chakravorty S, Yang T, Russo TA, Newton SM, Klebba PE. Siderophore-mediated iron acquisition by Klebsiella pneumoniae. J Bacteriol 2024; 206:e0002424. [PMID: 38591913 PMCID: PMC11112993 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00024-24] [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: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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Microbes synthesize and secrete siderophores, that bind and solubilize precipitated or otherwise unavailable iron in their microenvironments. Gram (-) bacterial TonB-dependent outer membrane receptors capture the resulting ferric siderophores to begin the uptake process. From their similarity to fepA, the structural gene for the Escherichia coli ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) receptor, we identified four homologous genes in the human and animal ESKAPE pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae (strain Kp52.145). One locus encodes IroN (locus 0027 on plasmid pII), and three other loci encode other FepA orthologs/paralogs (chromosomal loci 1658, 2380, and 4984). Based on the crystal structure of E. coli FepA (1FEP), we modeled the tertiary structures of the K. pneumoniae FepA homologs and genetically engineered individual Cys substitutions in their predicted surface loops. We subjected bacteria expressing the Cys mutant proteins to modification with extrinsic fluorescein maleimide (FM) and used the resulting fluorescently labeled cells to spectroscopically monitor the binding and transport of catecholate ferric siderophores by the four different receptors. The FM-modified FepA homologs were nanosensors that defined the ferric catecholate uptake pathways in pathogenic strains of K. pneumoniae. In Kp52.145, loci 1658 and 4984 encoded receptors that primarily recognized and transported FeEnt; locus 0027 produced a receptor that principally bound and transported FeEnt and glucosylated FeEnt (FeGEnt); locus 2380 encoded a protein that bound ferric catecholate compounds but did not detectably transport them. The sensors also characterized the uptake of iron complexes, including FeGEnt, by the hypervirulent, hypermucoviscous K. pneumoniae strain hvKp1. IMPORTANCE Both commensal and pathogenic bacteria produce small organic chelators, called siderophores, that avidly bind iron and increase its bioavailability. Klebsiella pneumoniae variably produces four siderophores that antagonize host iron sequestration: enterobactin, glucosylated enterobactin (also termed salmochelin), aerobactin, and yersiniabactin, which promote colonization of different host tissues. Abundant evidence links bacterial iron acquisition to virulence and infectious diseases. The data we report explain the recognition and transport of ferric catecholates and other siderophores, which are crucial to iron acquisition by K. pneumoniae.
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- Ashish Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
- Department of Rare Blood and Musculoskeletal Disorders, Sanofi, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
- Jacobs School of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Jacobs School of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
- Veterans Administration, Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Knejski PP, Erramilli SK, Kossiakoff AA. Chaperone-assisted cryo-EM structure of P. aeruginosa PhuR reveals molecular basis for heme binding. Structure 2024; 32:411-423.e6. [PMID: 38325368 PMCID: PMC10997469 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Pathogenic bacteria, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, depend on scavenging heme for the acquisition of iron, an essential nutrient. The TonB-dependent transporter (TBDT) PhuR is the major heme uptake protein in P. aeruginosa clinical isolates. However, a comprehensive understanding of heme recognition and TBDT transport mechanisms, especially PhuR, remains limited. In this study, we employed single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and a phage display-generated synthetic antibody (sAB) as a fiducial marker to enable the determination of a high-resolution (2.5 Å) structure of PhuR with a bound heme. Notably, the structure reveals iron coordination by Y529 on a conserved extracellular loop, shedding light on the role of tyrosine in heme binding. Biochemical assays and negative-stain EM demonstrated that the sAB specifically targets the heme-bound state of PhuR. These findings provide insights into PhuR's heme binding and offer a template for developing conformation-specific sABs against outer membrane proteins (OMPs) for structure-function investigations.
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- Paweł P Knejski
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Laboratory of Medical Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Motz RN, Guo C, Sargun A, Walker GT, Sassone-Corsi M, Raffatellu M, Nolan EM. Conjugation to Native and Nonnative Triscatecholate Siderophores Enhances Delivery and Antibacterial Activity of a β-Lactam to Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:7708-7722. [PMID: 38457782 PMCID: PMC11037102 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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Developing new antibiotics and delivery strategies is of critical importance for treating infections caused by Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. Hijacking bacterial iron uptake machinery, such as that of the siderophore enterobactin (Ent), represents one promising approach toward these goals. Here, we report a novel Ent-inspired siderophore-antibiotic conjugate (SAC) employing an alternative siderophore moiety as the delivery vector and demonstrate the potency of our SACs harboring the β-lactam antibiotic ampicillin (Amp) against multiple pathogenic Gram-negative bacterial strains. We establish the ability of N,N',N''-(nitrilotris(ethane-2,1-diyl))tris(2,3-dihydroxybenzamide) (TRENCAM, hereafter TC), a synthetic mimic of Ent, to facilitate drug delivery across the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative pathogens. Conjugation of Amp to a new monofunctionalized TC scaffold affords TC-Amp, which displays markedly enhanced antibacterial activity against the gastrointestinal pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (STm) compared with unmodified Amp. Bacterial uptake, antibiotic susceptibility, and microscopy studies with STm show that the TC moiety facilitates TC-Amp uptake by the OM receptors FepA and IroN and that the Amp warhead inhibits penicillin-binding proteins. Moreover, TC-Amp achieves targeted activity, selectively killing STm in the presence of a commensal lactobacillus. Remarkably, we uncover that TC-Amp and its Ent-based predecessor Ent-Amp achieve enhanced antibacterial activity against diverse Gram-negative ESKAPE pathogens that express Ent uptake machinery, including strains that possess intrinsic β-lactam resistance. TC-Amp and Ent-Amp exhibit potency comparable to that of the FDA-approved SAC cefiderocol against Gram-negative pathogens. These results demonstrate the effective application of native and appropriately designed nonnative siderophores as vectors for drug delivery across the OM of multiple Gram-negative bacterial pathogens.
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- Rachel N. Motz
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Chiba University-UC San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy, and Vaccines, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Chen J, Zhang X, Kuang M, Cui K, Xu T, Liu X, Zhuo R, Qin Z, Bu Z, Huang Z, Li H, Huang J, Liu T, Zhu Y. Endophytic Enterobacter sp. YG-14 mediated arsenic mobilization through siderophore and its role in enhancing phytostabilization. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 465:133206. [PMID: 38134692 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Soil arsenic (As) phytoremediation has long faced the challenge of efficiently absorbing As by plant accumulators while maintaining their health and fast growth. Even at low doses, arsenic is highly toxic to plants. Therefore, plant growth-promoting microorganisms that can mediate As accumulation in plants are of great interest. In this study, the endophyte Enterobacter sp. YG-14 (YG-14) was found to have soil mobilization activity. By constructing a siderophore synthesis gene deletion mutant (ΔentD) of YG-14, the endophyte was confirmed to effectively mobilize Fe-As complexes in mining soil by secreting enterobactin, releasing bioavailable Fe and As to the rhizosphere. YG-14 also enhances As accumulation in host plants via extracellular polymer adsorption and specific phosphatase transfer protein (PitA) absorption. The root accumulation of As was positively correlated with YG-14 root colonization. In addition, YG-14 promoted plant growth and alleviated oxidative damage in R. pseudoacacia L. under arsenic stress. This is the first study, from phenotype, physiology, and molecular perspectives, to determine the role of endophyte in promoting As phytostabilization and maintaining the growth of the host plant. This demonstrated the feasibility of using endophytes with high siderophore production to assist host plants in As phytoremediation.
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- Jiawei Chen
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, PR China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, PR China.
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Inomata T, Endo S, Ido H, Miyamoto M, Ichikawa H, Sugita R, Ozawa T, Masuda H. Detection of Microorganisms Using Artificial Siderophore-Fe III Complex-Modified Substrates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:2632-2645. [PMID: 38252152 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Four FeIII complexes of typical artificial siderophore ligands containing catecholate and/or hydroxamate groups of tricatecholate, biscatecholate-monohydroxamate, monocatecholate-bishydroxamate, and trihydroxamate type artificial siderophores (K3[FeIIILC3], K2[FeIIILC2H1], K[FeIIILC1H2], and [FeIIILH3]) were modified on Au substrate surfaces. Their abilities to adsorb microorganisms were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, quartz crystal microbalance, and AC impedance methods. The artificial siderophore-iron complexes modified on Au substrates (FeLC3/Au, FeLC2H1/Au, FeLC1H2/Au, and FeLH3/Au) showed the selective immobilization behavior for various microorganisms, depending on the structural features of the artificial siderophores (the number of catecholate and hydroxamate arms). Their specificities corresponded well with the structural characteristics of natural siderophores released by microorganisms and used for FeIII ion uptake. These findings suggest that they were generated via specific interactions between the artificial siderophore-FeIII complexes and the receptors on microorganism surfaces. Our observations revealed that the FeL/Au systems may be potentially used as effective microbe-capturing probes that can enable rapid and simple detection and identification of various microorganisms.
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- Tomohiko Inomata
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Aichi Institute of Technology, 1247 Yachigusa, Yakusa-cho, Toyota 470-0392, Japan
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Abbas R, Chakkour M, Zein El Dine H, Obaseki EF, Obeid ST, Jezzini A, Ghssein G, Ezzeddine Z. General Overview of Klebsiella pneumonia: Epidemiology and the Role of Siderophores in Its Pathogenicity. BIOLOGY 2024; 13:78. [PMID: 38392297 PMCID: PMC10886558 DOI: 10.3390/biology13020078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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The opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) can colonize mucosal surfaces and spread from mucosae to other tissues, causing fatal infections. Medical equipment and the healthcare setting can become colonized by Klebsiella species, which are widely distributed in nature and can be found in water, soil, and animals. Moreover, a substantial number of community-acquired illnesses are also caused by this organism worldwide. These infections are characterized by a high rate of morbidity and mortality as well as the capacity to spread metastatically. Hypervirulent Klebsiella strains are thought to be connected to these infections. Four components are critical to this bacterium's pathogenicity-the capsule, lipopolysaccharide, fimbriae, and siderophores. Siderophores are secondary metabolites that allow iron to sequester from the surrounding medium and transport it to the intracellular compartment of the bacteria. A number of variables may lead to K. pneumoniae colonization in a specific area. Risk factors for infection include local healthcare practices, antibiotic use and misuse, infection control procedures, nutrition, gender, and age.
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- Rim Abbas
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut P.O. Box 11-5020, Lebanon
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Public Health, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Khalde P.O. Box 30014, Lebanon
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- Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Public Health, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Khalde P.O. Box 30014, Lebanon
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- Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Public Health, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Khalde P.O. Box 30014, Lebanon
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- Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Public Health, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Khalde P.O. Box 30014, Lebanon
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Inomata T, Endo S, Ido H, Mori R, Iwai Y, Ozawa T, Masuda H. Iron(III) Complexes with Hybrid-Type Artificial Siderophores Containing Catecholate and Hydroxamate Sites. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:16362-16377. [PMID: 37738382 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Two hybrid-type artificial siderophore ligands containing both catecholate and hydroxamate groups as iron-capturing sites, bis(2,3-dihydroxybenzamidepropyl)mono[2-propyl]aminomethane (H5LC2H1) and mono(2,3-dihydroxybenzamide-propyl)bis[2-propyl]aminomethane (H4LC1H2), were designed and synthesized. Iron(III) complexes, K2[FeIIILC2H1] and K[FeIIILC1H2], were prepared and characterized spectroscopically, potentiometrically, and electrochemically. The results were compared with those previously reported for iron complexes with non-hybridized siderophores containing either catecholate or hydroxamate groups, K3[FeIIILC3] and [FeIIILH3]. Both K2[FeIIILC2H1] and K[FeIIILC1H2] formed six-coordinate octahedral iron(III) complexes. Evaluation of the thermodynamic properties of the complexes in an aqueous solution indicated high log β values of 37.3 and 32.3 for K2[FeIIILC2H1] and K[FeIIILC1H2], respectively, which were intermediate between those of K3[FeIIILC3] (44.2) and [FeIIILH3] (31). Evaluation of the ultraviolet-visible and Fourier transform infrared spectra of the two hybrid siderophore-iron complexes under different pH or pD (potential of dueterium) conditions showed that the protonation of K2[FeIIILC2H1] and K[FeIIILC1H2] generated the corresponding protonated species, [FeIIIHnLC2H1](2-n)- and [FeIIIHnLC1H2](1-n)-, accompanied by a significant change in the coordination mode. The protonated hybrid-type siderophore-iron complexes showed high reduction potentials, which were well within the range of those of biological reductants. The results suggest that the hybrid-type siderophore easily releases an iron(III) ion at low pH. The biological activity of the four artificial siderophore-iron complexes against Microbacterium flavescens and Escherichia coli clearly depends on the structural differences between the complexes. This finding demonstrates that the changes in the coordination sites of the siderophores enable close control of the interactions between the siderophores and receptors in the cell membrane.
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- Tomohiko Inomata
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Aichi Institute of Technology, 1247 Yachigusa, Yakusa-cho, Toyota 470-0392, Japan
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Plant-Derived Catechols Are Substrates of TonB-Dependent Transporters and Sensitize Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Siderophore-Drug Conjugates. mBio 2022; 13:e0149822. [PMID: 35770947 PMCID: PMC9426570 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01498-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for acute and chronic infections in immunocompromised hosts. This organism is known to compete efficiently against coinfecting microorganisms, due in part to the secretion of antimicrobial molecules and the synthesis of siderophore molecules with high affinity for iron. P. aeruginosa possess a large repertoire of TonB-dependent transporters for the uptake of its own, as well as xenosiderophores released from other bacteria or fungi. Here, we show that P. aeruginosa is also capable of utilizing plant-derived polyphenols as an iron source. We found that exclusively plant-derived phenols containing a catechol group (i.e., chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, quercetin, luteolin) induce the expression of the TonB-dependent transporters PiuA or PirA. This induction requires the two-component system PirR-PirS. Chlorogenic acid in its Fe(III)-loaded form was actively transported by PiuA and PirA and supported growth under iron-limiting conditions. Coincidentally, PiuA and PirA are also the main TonB transporters for the recently approved siderophore-drug conjugate cefiderocol. Surprisingly, quercetin supplementation increased the susceptibility of P. aeruginosa to siderophore-drug conjugates, due to induction of piuA and pirA expression mediated by the PirR-PirS two-component system. These findings suggest a potential novel therapeutic application for these biologically active dietary polyphenols.
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Handayani DP, Isnansetyo A, Istiqomah I, Jumina J. New Report: Genome Mining Untaps the Antibiotics Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of Pseudoalteromonas xiamenensis STKMTI.2 from a Mangrove Soil Sediment. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 24:190-202. [PMID: 35166965 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-022-10096-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas xiamenensis STKMTI.2 was isolated from a mangrove soil sediment on Setokok Island, Batam, Indonesia. The genome of this bacterium consisted of 4,563,326 bp (GC content: 43.2%) with 1 chromosome, 2 circular plasmids, 2 linear plasmids, 4,824 protein-coding sequences, 25 rRNAs, 104 tRNAs, 4 ncRNAs, and 1 clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeated (CRISPR). This strain possessed cluster genes which are responsible for the production of brominated marine pyrroles/phenols (bmp), namely, bmp8 and bmp9. Other gene clusters responsible for the synthesis of secondary metabolites were identified using antiSMASH and BAGEL4, which yielded five results, namely, non-ribosomal peptides, polyketide-like butyrolactone, Lant class I, and RiPP-like, detected in chromosome 1, while prodigiosin was detected in the unnamed plasmid 5. This suggests that these whole genome data will be of remarkable importance for the improved understanding of the biosynthesis of industrially important bioactive and antibacterial compounds produced by P. xiamenensis STKMTI.2.
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- Desy Putri Handayani
- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Kumar A, Yang T, Chakravorty S, Majumdar A, Nairn BL, Six DA, Marcondes Dos Santos N, Price SL, Lawrenz MB, Actis LA, Marques M, Russo TA, Newton SM, Klebba PE. Fluorescent sensors of siderophores produced by bacterial pathogens. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101651. [PMID: 35101443 PMCID: PMC8921320 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Siderophores are iron-chelating molecules that solubilize Fe3+ for microbial utilization and facilitate colonization or infection of eukaryotes by liberating host iron for bacterial uptake. By fluorescently labeling membrane receptors and binding proteins, we created 20 sensors that detect, discriminate, and quantify apo- and ferric siderophores. The sensor proteins originated from TonB-dependent ligand-gated porins (LGPs) of Escherichia coli (Fiu, FepA, Cir, FhuA, IutA, BtuB), Klebsiella pneumoniae (IroN, FepA, FyuA), Acinetobacter baumannii (PiuA, FepA, PirA, BauA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (FepA, FpvA), and Caulobacter crescentus (HutA) from a periplasmic E. coli binding protein (FepB) and from a human serum binding protein (siderocalin). They detected ferric catecholates (enterobactin, degraded enterobactin, glucosylated enterobactin, dihydroxybenzoate, dihydroxybenzoyl serine, cefidericol, MB-1), ferric hydroxamates (ferrichromes, aerobactin), mixed iron complexes (yersiniabactin, acinetobactin, pyoverdine), and porphyrins (hemin, vitamin B12). The sensors defined the specificities and corresponding affinities of the LGPs and binding proteins and monitored ferric siderophore and porphyrin transport by microbial pathogens. We also quantified, for the first time, broad recognition of diverse ferric complexes by some LGPs, as well as monospecificity for a single metal chelate by others. In addition to their primary ferric siderophore ligands, most LGPs bound the corresponding aposiderophore with ∼100-fold lower affinity. These sensors provide insights into ferric siderophore biosynthesis and uptake pathways in free-living, commensal, and pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Ashish Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biology, Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
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Klebba PE, Newton SMC, Six DA, Kumar A, Yang T, Nairn BL, Munger C, Chakravorty S. Iron Acquisition Systems of Gram-negative Bacterial Pathogens Define TonB-Dependent Pathways to Novel Antibiotics. Chem Rev 2021; 121:5193-5239. [PMID: 33724814 PMCID: PMC8687107 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Iron is an indispensable metabolic cofactor in both pro- and eukaryotes, which engenders a natural competition for the metal between bacterial pathogens and their human or animal hosts. Bacteria secrete siderophores that extract Fe3+ from tissues, fluids, cells, and proteins; the ligand gated porins of the Gram-negative bacterial outer membrane actively acquire the resulting ferric siderophores, as well as other iron-containing molecules like heme. Conversely, eukaryotic hosts combat bacterial iron scavenging by sequestering Fe3+ in binding proteins and ferritin. The variety of iron uptake systems in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens illustrates a range of chemical and biochemical mechanisms that facilitate microbial pathogenesis. This document attempts to summarize and understand these processes, to guide discovery of immunological or chemical interventions that may thwart infectious disease.
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- Phillip E Klebba
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 30 Spring Mill Drive, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bethel University, 3900 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55112, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203, United States
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Majumdar A, Trinh V, Moore KJ, Smallwood CR, Kumar A, Yang T, Scott DC, Long NJ, Newton SM, Klebba PE. Conformational rearrangements in the N-domain of Escherichia coli FepA during ferric enterobactin transport. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:4974-4984. [PMID: 32098871 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli outer membrane receptor FepA transports ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) by an energy- and TonB-dependent, but otherwise a mechanistically undetermined process involving its internal 150-residue N-terminal globular domain (N-domain). We genetically introduced pairs of Cys residues in different regions of the FepA tertiary structure, with the potential to form disulfide bonds. These included Cys pairs on adjacent β-strands of the N-domain (intra-N) and Cys pairs that bridged the external surface of the N-domain to the interior of the C-terminal transmembrane β-barrel (inter-N-C). We characterized FeEnt uptake by these mutants with siderophore nutrition tests, [59Fe]Ent binding and uptake experiments, and fluorescence decoy sensor assays. The three methods consistently showed that the intra-N disulfide bonds, which restrict conformational motion within the N-domain, prevented FeEnt uptake, whereas most inter-N-C disulfide bonds did not prevent FeEnt uptake. These outcomes indicate that conformational rearrangements must occur in the N terminus of FepA during FeEnt transport. They also argue against disengagement of the N-domain out of the channel as a rigid body and suggest instead that it remains within the transmembrane pore as FeEnt enters the periplasm.
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- Aritri Majumdar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- Department of Chemistry, Physics and Engineering, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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Negash KH, Norris JKS, Hodgkinson JT. Siderophore-Antibiotic Conjugate Design: New Drugs for Bad Bugs? Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24183314. [PMID: 31514464 PMCID: PMC6767078 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24183314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Antibiotic resistance is a global health concern and a current threat to modern medicine and society. New strategies for antibiotic drug design and delivery offer a glimmer of hope in a currently limited pipeline of new antibiotics. One strategy involves conjugating iron-chelating microbial siderophores to an antibiotic or antimicrobial agent to enhance uptake and antibacterial potency. Cefiderocol (S-649266) is a promising cephalosporin–catechol conjugate currently in phase III clinical trials that utilizes iron-mediated active transport and demonstrates enhanced potency against multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative pathogens. Such molecules demonstrate that siderophore–antibiotic conjugates could be important future medicines to add to our antibiotic arsenal. This review is written in the context of the chemical design of siderophore–antibiotic conjugates focusing on the differing siderophore, linker, and antibiotic components that make up conjugates. We selected chemically distinct siderophore–antibiotic conjugates as exemplary conjugates, rather than multiple analogues, to highlight findings to date. The review should offer a general guide to the uninitiated in the molecular design of siderophore–antibiotic conjugates.
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- Kokob H Negash
- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, George Porter Building, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, George Porter Building, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, George Porter Building, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
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Moynié L, Milenkovic S, Mislin GLA, Gasser V, Malloci G, Baco E, McCaughan RP, Page MGP, Schalk IJ, Ceccarelli M, Naismith JH. The complex of ferric-enterobactin with its transporter from Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggests a two-site model. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3673. [PMID: 31413254 PMCID: PMC6694100 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11508-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bacteria use small molecules called siderophores to scavenge iron. Siderophore-Fe3+ complexes are recognised by outer-membrane transporters and imported into the periplasm in a process dependent on the inner-membrane protein TonB. The siderophore enterobactin is secreted by members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, but many other bacteria including Pseudomonas species can use it. Here, we show that the Pseudomonas transporter PfeA recognises enterobactin using extracellular loops distant from the pore. The relevance of this site is supported by in vivo and in vitro analyses. We suggest there is a second binding site deeper inside the structure and propose that correlated changes in hydrogen bonds link binding-induced structural re-arrangements to the structural adjustment of the periplasmic TonB-binding motif.
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- Lucile Moynié
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre of Human Genomics, 7 Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
- The Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK
- The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SP Monserrato-Sestu Km 0.700, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SP Monserrato-Sestu Km 0.700, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Life Sciences & Chemistry, Campus Ring 1, Bremen, 28759, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France.
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SP Monserrato-Sestu Km 0.700, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre of Human Genomics, 7 Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK.
- The Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK.
- The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK.
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Esque J, Sansom MSP, Baaden M, Oguey C. Analyzing protein topology based on Laguerre tessellation of a pore-traversing water network. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13540. [PMID: 30202114 PMCID: PMC6131185 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31422-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Given the tight relation between protein structure and function, we present a set of methods to analyze protein topology, implemented in the VLDP program, relying on Laguerre space partitions built from series of molecular dynamics snapshots. The Laguerre partition specifies inter-atomic contacts, formalized in graphs. The deduced properties are the existence and count of water aggregates, possible passage ways and constrictions, the structure, connectivity, stability and depth of the water network. As a test-case, the membrane protein FepA is investigated in its full environment, yielding a more precise description of the protein surface. Inside FepA, the solvent splits into isolated clusters and an intricate network connecting both sides of the lipid bilayer. The network is dynamic, connections set on and off, occasionally substantially relocating traversing paths. Subtle differences are detected between two forms of FepA, ligand-free and complexed with its natural iron carrier, the enterobactin. The complexed form has more constricted and more centered openings in the upper part whereas, in the lower part, constriction is released: two main channels between the plug and barrel lead directly to the periplasm. Reliability, precision and the variety of topological features are the main interest of the method.
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- Jérémy Esque
- LPTM, CNRS UMR 8089, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 95302, Cergy-Pontoise, France. .,LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INSA, INRA, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31400, Toulouse, France.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique, CNRS, UPR9080, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France
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- LPTM, CNRS UMR 8089, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 95302, Cergy-Pontoise, France.
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Luscher A, Moynié L, Auguste PS, Bumann D, Mazza L, Pletzer D, Naismith JH, Köhler T. TonB-Dependent Receptor Repertoire of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for Uptake of Siderophore-Drug Conjugates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:e00097-18. [PMID: 29555629 PMCID: PMC5971595 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00097-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The conjugation of siderophores to antimicrobial molecules is an attractive strategy to overcome the low outer membrane permeability of Gram-negative bacteria. In this Trojan horse approach, the transport of drug conjugates is redirected via TonB-dependent receptors (TBDR), which are involved in the uptake of essential nutrients, including iron. Previous reports have demonstrated the involvement of the TBDRs PiuA and PirA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their orthologues in Acinetobacter baumannii in the uptake of siderophore-beta-lactam drug conjugates. By in silico screening, we further identified a PiuA orthologue, termed PiuD, present in clinical isolates, including strain LESB58. The piuD gene in LESB58 is located at the same genetic locus as piuA in strain PAO1. PiuD has a similar crystal structure as PiuA and is involved in the transport of the siderophore-drug conjugates BAL30072, MC-1, and cefiderocol in strain LESB58. To screen for additional siderophore-drug uptake systems, we overexpressed 28 of the 34 TBDRs of strain PAO1 and identified PfuA, OptE, OptJ, and the pyochelin receptor FptA as novel TBDRs conferring increased susceptibility to siderophore-drug conjugates. The existence of a TBDR repertoire in P. aeruginosa able to transport siderophore-drug molecules potentially decreases the likelihood of resistance emergence during therapy.
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- Alexandre Luscher
- Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Fluorescence High-Throughput Screening for Inhibitors of TonB Action. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00889-16. [PMID: 28242720 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00889-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gram-negative bacteria acquire ferric siderophores through TonB-dependent outer membrane transporters (TBDT). By fluorescence spectroscopic hgh-throughput screening (FLHTS), we identified inhibitors of TonB-dependent ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) uptake through Escherichia coli FepA (EcoFepA). Among 165 inhibitors found in a primary screen of 17,441 compounds, we evaluated 20 in secondary tests: TonB-dependent ferric siderophore uptake and colicin killing and proton motive force-dependent lactose transport. Six of 20 primary hits inhibited TonB-dependent activity in all tests. Comparison of their effects on [59Fe]Ent and [14C]lactose accumulation suggested several as proton ionophores, but two chemicals, ebselen and ST0082990, are likely not proton ionophores and may inhibit TonB-ExbBD. The facility of FLHTS against E. coli led us to adapt it to Acinetobacter baumannii We identified its FepA ortholog (AbaFepA), deleted and cloned its structural gene, genetically engineered 8 Cys substitutions in its surface loops, labeled them with fluorescein, and made fluorescence spectroscopic observations of FeEnt uptake in A. baumannii Several Cys substitutions in AbaFepA (S279C, T562C, and S665C) were readily fluoresceinated and then suitable as sensors of FeEnt transport. As in E. coli, the test monitored TonB-dependent FeEnt uptake by AbaFepA. In microtiter format with A. baumannii, FLHTS produced Z' factors 0.6 to 0.8. These data validated the FLHTS strategy against even distantly related Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. Overall, it discovered agents that block TonB-dependent transport and showed the potential to find compounds that act against Gram-negative CRE (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae)/ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species) pathogens. Our results suggest that hundreds of such chemicals may exist in larger compound libraries.IMPORTANCE Antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria has spurred efforts to find novel compounds against new targets. The CRE/ESKAPE pathogens are resistant bacteria that include Acinetobacter baumannii, a common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia and sepsis. We performed fluorescence high-throughput screening (FLHTS) against Escherichia coli to find inhibitors of TonB-dependent iron transport, tested them against A. baumannii, and then adapted the FLHTS technology to allow direct screening against A. baumannii This methodology is expandable to other drug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. Compounds that block TonB action may interfere with iron acquisition from eukaryotic hosts and thereby constitute bacteriostatic antibiotics that prevent microbial colonization of human and animals. The FLHTS method may identify both species-specific and broad-spectrum agents against Gram-negative bacteria.
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Structure and Function of the PiuA and PirA Siderophore-Drug Receptors from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61:AAC.02531-16. [PMID: 28137795 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02531-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria presents an efficient barrier to the permeation of antimicrobial molecules. One strategy pursued to circumvent this obstacle is to hijack transport systems for essential nutrients, such as iron. BAL30072 and MC-1 are two monobactams conjugated to a dihydroxypyridone siderophore that are active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii Here, we investigated the mechanism of action of these molecules in A. baumannii We identified two novel TonB-dependent receptors, termed Ab-PiuA and Ab-PirA, that are required for the antimicrobial activity of both agents. Deletion of either piuA or pirA in A. baumannii resulted in 4- to 8-fold-decreased susceptibility, while their overexpression in the heterologous host P. aeruginosa increased susceptibility to the two siderophore-drug conjugates by 4- to 32-fold. The crystal structures of PiuA and PirA from A. baumannii and their orthologues from P. aeruginosa were determined. The structures revealed similar architectures; however, structural differences between PirA and PiuA point to potential differences between their cognate siderophore ligands. Spontaneous mutants, selected upon exposure to BAL30072, harbored frameshift mutations in either the ExbD3 or the TonB3 protein of A. baumannii, forming the cytoplasmic-membrane complex providing the energy for the siderophore translocation process. The results of this study provide insight for the rational design of novel siderophore-drug conjugates against problematic Gram-negative pathogens.
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Li B, Li N, Yue Y, Liu X, Huang Y, Gu L, Xu S. An unusual crystal structure of ferric-enterobactin bound FepB suggests novel functions of FepB in microbial iron uptake. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 478:1049-53. [PMID: 27539322 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Iron acquisition by siderophores is critical for the survival of most bacteria. Enterobactin is a kind of catechol siderophore that exhibits the highest affinity to iron atoms secreted by E. coli and several other species of Enterobacteriaceae. The periplasmic binding protein (PBP) FepB can transport ferric-enterobactin (Fe-Ent) from the outer membrane to the membrane-associated ATP-binding cassette transport system in E. coli. To elucidate this process, we solved the crystal structure of FepB in complex with Fe-Ent at a resolution of 1.8 Å. Consistent with previously reported NMR results, our crystal structure shows that, similar to the other type III PBPs, the FepB structure was folded with separated globular N- and C-termini linked by a long α-helix. Additionally, the structure showed that the Fe-Ent bound to the cleft between the N- and C-terminal domains. Exceptionally, FepB differs from the other known siderophore binding PBPs in that it forms a trimer by capturing four Fe-Ents that can each contribute to FepB trimerization. Dynamic light-scattering experiments are consistent with the structural observations and indicate that FepB forms a trimer in a Fe-Ent-dependent manner.
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- Bingqing Li
- Key Laboratory of Rare and Uncommon Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250062, China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rare and Uncommon Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
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Smallwood CR, Jordan L, Trinh V, Schuerch DW, Gala A, Hanson M, Hanson M, Shipelskiy Y, Majumdar A, Newton SMC, Klebba PE. Concerted loop motion triggers induced fit of FepA to ferric enterobactin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 144:71-80. [PMID: 24981231 PMCID: PMC4076525 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201311159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The loops of the bacterial outer membrane iron transporter FepA move at different rates to adsorb and grasp the substrate ferric enterobactin before transporting it into the periplasm. Spectroscopic analyses of fluorophore-labeled Escherichia coli FepA described dynamic actions of its surface loops during binding and transport of ferric enterobactin (FeEnt). When FeEnt bound to fluoresceinated FepA, in living cells or outer membrane fragments, quenching of fluorophore emissions reflected conformational motion of the external vestibular loops. We reacted Cys sulfhydryls in seven surface loops (L2, L3, L4, L5, L7 L8, and L11) with fluorophore maleimides. The target residues had different accessibilities, and the labeled loops themselves showed variable extents of quenching and rates of motion during ligand binding. The vestibular loops closed around FeEnt in about a second, in the order L3 > L11 > L7 > L2 > L5 > L8 > L4. This sequence suggested that the loops bind the metal complex like the fingers of two hands closing on an object, by individually adsorbing to the iron chelate. Fluorescence from L3 followed a biphasic exponential decay as FeEnt bound, but fluorescence from all the other loops followed single exponential decay processes. After binding, the restoration of fluorescence intensity (from any of the labeled loops) mirrored cellular uptake that depleted FeEnt from solution. Fluorescence microscopic images also showed FeEnt transport, and demonstrated that ferric siderophore uptake uniformly occurs throughout outer membrane, including at the poles of the cells, despite the fact that TonB, its inner membrane transport partner, was not detectable at the poles.
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- Chuck R Smallwood
- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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Lechowicz J, Krawczyk-Balska A. An update on the transport and metabolism of iron in Listeria monocytogenes: the role of proteins involved in pathogenicity. Biometals 2015; 28:587-603. [PMID: 25820385 PMCID: PMC4481299 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-015-9849-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium that causes a rare but severe human disease with high mortality rate. The microorganism is widespread in the natural environment where it shows a saprophytic lifestyle. In the human body it infects many different cell types, where it lives intracellularly, however it may also temporarily live extracellularly. The ability to survive and grow in such diverse niches suggests that this bacterium has a wide range of mechanisms for both the acquisition of various sources of iron and effective management of this microelement. In this review, data about the mechanisms of transport, metabolism and regulation of iron, including recent findings in these areas, are summarized with focus on the importance of these mechanisms for the virulence of L. monocytogenes. These data indicate the key role of haem transport and maintenance of intracellular iron homeostasis for the pathogenesis of L. monocytogenes. Furthermore, some of the proteins involved in iron homeostasis like Fri and FrvA seem to deserve special attention due to their potential use in the development of new therapeutic antilisterial strategies.
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- Justyna Lechowicz
- Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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Chu BCH, Otten R, Krewulak KD, Mulder FAA, Vogel HJ. The solution structure, binding properties, and dynamics of the bacterial siderophore-binding protein FepB. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:29219-34. [PMID: 25173704 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.564021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The periplasmic binding protein (PBP) FepB plays a key role in transporting the catecholate siderophore ferric enterobactin from the outer to the inner membrane in Gram-negative bacteria. The solution structures of the 34-kDa apo- and holo-FepB from Escherichia coli, solved by NMR, represent the first solution structures determined for the type III class of PBPs. Unlike type I and II PBPs, which undergo large "Venus flytrap" conformational changes upon ligand binding, both forms of FepB maintain similar overall folds; however, binding of the ligand is accompanied by significant loop movements. Reverse methyl cross-saturation experiments corroborated chemical shift perturbation results and uniquely defined the binding pocket for gallium enterobactin (GaEnt). NMR relaxation experiments indicated that a flexible loop (residues 225-250) adopted a more rigid and extended conformation upon ligand binding, which positioned residues for optimal interactions with the ligand and the cytoplasmic membrane ABC transporter (FepCD), respectively. In conclusion, this work highlights the pivotal role that structural dynamics plays in ligand binding and transporter interactions in type III PBPs.
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- Byron C H Chu
- From the Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands, and
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- From the Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands, and the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- From the Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada,
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Inomata T, Tanabashi H, Funahashi Y, Ozawa T, Masuda H. Adsorption and detection of Escherichia coli using an Au substrate modified with a catecholate-type artificial siderophore-Fe3+ complex. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:16043-8. [PMID: 23942789 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51448j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A catecholate-type artificial siderophore with a terminal-NH2 group (1) and its Fe(3+) complex (2) were prepared. Siderophore 1 was characterized by (1)H NMR, FT-IR, and ESI-TOF MS spectroscopy. The corresponding Fe(3+) complex 2 was obtained by reaction of 1 with Fe(acac)3. The absorption band at 500 nm (ε = 4670 M(-1) cm(-1) at pH 7.0) of the electronic absorption spectrum of 2 is assignable as the LMCT (O(catecholate) → Fe(3+)) absorption band. This band indicates the formation of the Fe(3+) complex of 1. The biological activity of 2 with respect to Escherichia coli was clearly confirmed by observing that it permeates into the cell membrane. The self-assembled monolayer of 2 on an Au substrate, 2/Au, was prepared and its preparation was confirmed by FT-IR reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IR-RAS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Furthermore, a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) chip modified with 2 effectively adsorbed E. coli. M. flavescens, an organism which is incapable of synthesizing siderophores and must therefore use exogenous hydroxamate-type siderophores for growth, did not adsorb on 2/Au. In contrast, E. coli did not adsorb on the hydroxamate-type artificial siderophore-Fe(3+) complex (3)-modified Au substrate, 3/Au. These results provide preliminary evidence that microbes recognized Fe(3+) ion-bound siderophores on the surface. The detection limit of 2/Au was ∼10(4) CFU mL(-1).
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- Tomohiko Inomata
- Department of Material Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan.
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Klebba PE, Charbit A, Xiao Q, Jiang X, Newton SM. Mechanisms of iron and haem transport byListeria monocytogenes. Mol Membr Biol 2012; 29:69-86. [DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2012.694485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Klein JS, Lewinson O. Bacterial ATP-driven transporters of transition metals: physiological roles, mechanisms of action, and roles in bacterial virulence. Metallomics 2011; 3:1098-108. [PMID: 21901186 DOI: 10.1039/c1mt00073j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Maintaining adequate intracellular levels of transition metals is fundamental to the survival of all organisms. While all transition metals are toxic at elevated intracellular concentrations, metals such as iron, zinc, copper, and manganese are essential to many cellular functions. In prokaryotes, the concerted action of a battery of membrane-embedded transport proteins controls a delicate balance between sufficient acquisition and overload. Representatives from all major families of transporters participate in this task, including ion-gradient driven systems and ATP-utilizing pumps. P-type ATPases and ABC transporters both utilize the free energy of ATP hydrolysis to drive transport. Each of these very different families of transport proteins has a distinct role in maintaining transition metal homeostasis: P-type ATPases prevent intracellular overloading of both essential and toxic metals through efflux while ABC transporters import solely the essential ones. In the present review we discuss how each system is adapted to perform its specific task from mechanistic and structural perspectives. Despite the mechanistic and structural differences between P-type ATPases and ABC transporters, there is one important commonality: in many clinically relevant bacterial pathogens, transporters of transition metals are essential for virulence. Here we present several such examples and discuss how these may be exploited for future antibacterial drug development.
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- Joshua S Klein
- Department of Microbiology, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Xiao Q, Jiang X, Moore KJ, Shao Y, Pi H, Dubail I, Charbit A, Newton SM, Klebba PE. Sortase independent and dependent systems for acquisition of haem and haemoglobin in Listeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2011; 80:1581-97. [PMID: 21545655 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07667.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We studied three Fur-regulated systems of Listeria monocytogenes: the srtB region, that encodes sortase-anchored proteins and a putative ABC transporter, and the fhu and hup operons, that produce putative ABC transporters for ferric hydroxamates and haemin (Hn)/haemoglobin (Hb) respectively. Deletion of lmo2185 in the srtB region reduced listerial [(59) Fe]-Hn transport, and purified Lmo2185 bound [(59) Fe]-Hn (K(D) = 12 nM), leading to its designation as a Hn/Hb binding protein (hbp2). Purified Hbp2 also acted as a haemophore, capturing and supplying Hn from the environment. Nevertheless, Hbp2 only functioned in [(59) Fe]-Hn transport at external concentrations less than 50 nM: at higher Hn levels its uptake occurred with equivalent affinity and rate without Hbp2. Similarly, deletion of sortase A had no effect on ferric siderophore or Hn/Hb transport at any concentration, and the srtA-independence of listerial Hn/Hb uptake distinguished it from comparable systems of Staphylococcus aureus. In the cytoplasmic membrane, the Hup transporter was specific for Hn: its lipoprotein (HupD) only showed high affinity for the iron porphyrin (K(D) = 26 nM). Conversely, the FhuD lipoprotein encoded by the fhu operon had broad specificity: it bound both ferric siderophores and Hn, with the highest affinity for ferrioxamine B (K(D) = 123 nM). Deletions of Hup permease components hupD, hupG or hupDGC reduced Hn/Hb uptake, and complementation of ΔhupC and ΔhupG by chromosomal integration of hupC(+) and hupG(+) alleles on pPL2 restored growth promotion by Hn/Hb. However, ΔhupDGC did not completely eliminate [(59) Fe]-Hn transport, implying the existence of another cytoplasmic membrane Hn transporter. The overall K(M) of Hn uptake by wild-type strain EGD-e was 1 nM, and it occurred at similar rates (V(max) = 23 pmol 10(9) cells(-1) min(-1)) to those of ferric siderophore transporters. In the ΔhupDGC strain uptake occurred at a threefold lower rate (V(max) = 7 pmol 10(9) cells(-1) min(-1)). The results show that at low (< 50 nM) levels of Hn, SrtB-dependent peptidoglycan-anchored proteins (e.g. Hbp2) bind the porphyrin, and HupDGC or another transporter completes its uptake into the cytoplasm. However, at higher concentrations Hn uptake is SrtB-independent: peptidoglycan-anchored binding proteins are dispensable because HupDGC directly absorbs and internalizes Hn. Finally, ΔhupDGC increased the LD(50) of L. monocytogenes 100-fold in the mouse infection model, reiterating the importance of this system in listerial virulence.
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- Qiaobin Xiao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Coudevylle N, Geist L, Hötzinger M, Hartl M, Kontaxis G, Bister K, Konrat R. The v-myc-induced Q83 lipocalin is a siderocalin. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:41646-52. [PMID: 20826777 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.123331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Siderocalins are atypical lipocalins able to capture siderophores with high affinity. They contribute to the innate immune response by interfering with bacterial siderophore-mediated iron uptake but are also involved in numerous physiological processes such as inflammation, iron delivery, tissue differentiation, and cancer progression. The Q83 lipocalin was originally identified based on its overexpression in quail embryo fibroblasts transformed by the v-myc oncogene. We show here that Q83 is a siderocalin, binding the siderophore enterobactin with an affinity and mode of binding nearly identical to that of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), the prototypical siderocalin. This strengthens the role of siderocalins in cancer progression and inflammation. In addition, we also present the solution structure of Q83 in complex with intact enterobactin and a detailed analysis of the Q83 binding mode, including mutagenesis of the critical residues involved in enterobactin binding. These data provide a first insight into the molecular details of siderophore binding and delineate the common molecular properties defining the siderocalin protein family.
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- Nicolas Coudevylle
- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
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Newton SM, Trinh V, Pi H, Klebba PE. Direct measurements of the outer membrane stage of ferric enterobactin transport: postuptake binding. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:17488-97. [PMID: 20335169 PMCID: PMC2878513 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.100206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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When Gram-negative bacteria acquire iron, the metal crosses both the outer membrane (OM) and the inner membrane, but existing radioisotopic uptake assays only measure its passage through the latter bilayer, as the accumulation of the radionuclide in the cytoplasm. We devised a methodology that exclusively observes OM transport and used it to study the uptake of ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) by Escherichia coli FepA. This technique, called postuptake binding, revealed previously unknown aspects of TonB-dependent transport reactions. The experiments showed, for the first time, that despite the discrepancy in cell envelope concentrations of FepA and TonB ( approximately 35:1), all FepA proteins were active and equivalent in FeEnt uptake, with a maximum turnover number of approximately 5/min. FepA-mediated transport of FeEnt progressed through three distinct phases with successively decreasing rates, and from its temperature dependence, the activation energy of the OM stage was 33-35 kcal/mol. The accumulation of FeEnt in the periplasm required the binding protein and inner membrane permease components of its overall transport system; postuptake binding assays on strains devoid of FepB, FepD, or FepG did not show uptake of FeEnt through the OM. However, fluorescence labeling data implied that FepA was active in the DeltafepB strain, suggesting that FeEnt entered the periplasm but then leaked out. Further experiments confirmed this futile cycle; cells without FepB transported FeEnt across the OM, but it immediately escaped through TolC.
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- Salete M. Newton
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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Grigg JC, Cooper JD, Cheung J, Heinrichs DE, Murphy MEP. The Staphylococcus aureus siderophore receptor HtsA undergoes localized conformational changes to enclose staphyloferrin A in an arginine-rich binding pocket. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:11162-71. [PMID: 20147287 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.097865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus uses several efficient iron acquisition strategies to overcome iron limitation. Recently, the genetic locus encoding biosynthetic enzymes for the iron chelating molecule, staphyloferrin A (SA), was determined. S. aureus synthesizes and secretes SA into its environment to scavenge iron. The membrane-anchored ATP binding cassette-binding protein, HtsA, receives the ferric-chelate for import into the cell. Recently, we determined the apoHtsA crystal structure, the first siderophore receptor from gram-positive bacteria to be structurally characterized. Herein we present the x-ray crystal structure of the HtsA-ferric-SA complex. HtsA adopts a class III binding protein fold composed of separate N- and C-terminal domains bridged by a single alpha-helix. Recombinant HtsA can efficiently sequester ferric-SA from S. aureus culture supernatants where it is bound within the pocket formed between distinct N- and C-terminal domains. A basic patch composed mainly of six Arg residues contact the negatively charged siderophore, securing it within the pocket. The x-ray crystal structures from two different ligand-bound crystal forms were determined. The structures represent the first structural characterization of an endogenous alpha-hydroxycarboxylate-type siderophore-receptor complex. One structure is in an open form similar to apoHtsA, whereas the other is in a more closed conformation. The conformational change is highlighted by isolated movement of three loops within the C-terminal domain, a domain movement unique to known class III binding protein structures.
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- Jason C Grigg
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Cobessi D, Meksem A, Brillet K. Structure of the heme/hemoglobin outer membrane receptor ShuA fromShigella dysenteriae: Heme binding by an induced fit mechanism. Proteins 2010; 78:286-94. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.22539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Smallwood CR, Marco AG, Xiao Q, Trinh V, Newton SMC, Klebba PE. Fluoresceination of FepA during colicin B killing: effects of temperature, toxin and TonB. Mol Microbiol 2009; 72:1171-80. [PMID: 19432807 PMCID: PMC3082853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We studied the reactivity of 35 genetically engineered Cys sulphydryl groups at different locations in Escherichia coli FepA. Modification of surface loop residues by fluorescein maleimide (FM) was strongly temperature-dependent in vivo, whereas reactivity at other sites was much less affected. Control reactions with bovine serum albumin showed that the temperature dependence of loop residue reactivity was unusually high, indicating that conformational changes in multiple loops (L2, L3, L4, L5, L7, L8, L10) transform the receptor to a more accessible form at 37 degrees C. At 0 degrees C colicin B binding impaired or blocked labelling at 8 of 10 surface loop sites, presumably by steric hindrance. Overall, colicin B adsorption decreased the reactivity of more than half of the 35 sites, in both the N- and C- domains of FepA. However, colicin B penetration into the cell at 37 degrees C did not augment the chemical modification of any residues in FepA. The FM modification patterns were similarly unaffected by the tonB locus. FepA was expressed at lower levels in a tonB host strain, but when we accounted for this decrease its FM labelling was comparable whether TonB was present or absent. Thus we did not detect TonB-dependent structural changes in FepA, either alone or when it interacted with colicin B at 37 degrees C. The only changes in chemical modification were reductions from steric hindrance when the bacteriocin bound to the receptor protein. The absence of increases in the reactivity of N-domain residues argues against the idea that the colicin B polypeptide traverses the FepA channel.
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- The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019
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Abergel RJ, Clifton MC, Pizarro JC, Warner JA, Shuh DK, Strong RK, Raymond KN. The siderocalin/enterobactin interaction: a link between mammalian immunity and bacterial iron transport. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:11524-34. [PMID: 18680288 PMCID: PMC3188318 DOI: 10.1021/ja803524w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The siderophore enterobactin (Ent) is produced by enteric bacteria to mediate iron uptake. Ent scavenges iron and is taken up by the bacteria as the highly stable ferric complex [Fe (III)(Ent)] (3-). This complex is also a specific target of the mammalian innate immune system protein, Siderocalin (Scn), which acts as an antibacterial agent by specifically sequestering siderophores and their ferric complexes during infection. Recent literature suggesting that Scn may also be involved in cellular iron transport has increased the importance of understanding the mechanism of siderophore interception and clearance by Scn; Scn is observed to release iron in acidic endosomes and [Fe (III)(Ent)] (3-) is known to undergo a change from catecholate to salicylate coordination in acidic conditions, which is predicted to be sterically incompatible with the Scn binding pocket (also referred to as the calyx). To investigate the interactions between the ferric Ent complex and Scn at different pH values, two recombinant forms of Scn with mutations in three residues lining the calyx were prepared: Scn-W79A/R81A and Scn-Y106F. Binding studies and crystal structures of the Scn-W79A/R81A:[Fe (III)(Ent)] (3-) and Scn-Y106F:[Fe (III)(Ent)] (3-) complexes confirm that such mutations do not affect the overall conformation of the protein but do weaken significantly its affinity for [Fe (III)(Ent)] (3-). Fluorescence, UV-vis, and EXAFS spectroscopies were used to determine Scn/siderophore dissociation constants and to characterize the coordination mode of iron over a wide pH range, in the presence of both mutant proteins and synthetic salicylate analogues of Ent. While Scn binding hinders salicylate coordination transformation, strong acidification results in the release of iron and degraded siderophore. Iron release may therefore result from a combination of Ent degradation and coordination change.
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- Rebecca J. Abergel
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Expression, purification, and structural characterization of CfrA, a putative iron transporter from Campylobacter jejuni. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:5650-62. [PMID: 18556796 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00298-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The gene for the Campylobacter ferric receptor (CfrA), a putative iron-siderophore transporter in the enteric food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni, was cloned, and the membrane protein was expressed in Escherichia coli, affinity purified, and then reconstituted into model lipid membranes. Fourier transform infrared spectra recorded from the membrane-reconstituted CfrA are similar to spectra that have been recorded from other iron-siderophore transporters and are highly characteristic of a beta-sheet protein (approximately 44% beta-sheet and approximately 10% alpha-helix). CfrA undergoes relatively extensive peptide hydrogen-deuterium exchange upon exposure to (2)H(2)O and yet is resistant to thermal denaturation at temperatures up to 95 degrees C. The secondary structure, relatively high aqueous solvent exposure, and high thermal stability are all consistent with a transmembrane beta-barrel structure containing a plug domain. Sequence alignments indicate that CfrA contains many of the structural motifs conserved in other iron-siderophore transporters, including the Ton box, PGV, IRG, RP, and LIDG motifs of the plug domain. Surprisingly, a homology model reveals that regions of CfrA that are expected to play a role in enterobactin binding exhibit sequences that differ substantially from the sequences of the corresponding regions that play an essential role in binding/transport by the E. coli enterobactin transporter, FepA. The sequence variations suggest that there are differences in the mechanisms used by CfrA and FepA to interact with bacterial siderophores. It may be possible to exploit these structural differences to develop CfrA-specific therapeutics.
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Insight from TonB hybrid proteins into the mechanism of iron transport through the outer membrane. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:4001-16. [PMID: 18390658 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00135-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We created hybrid proteins to study the functions of TonB. We first fused the portion of Escherichia coli tonB that encodes the C-terminal 69 amino acids (amino acids 170 to 239) of TonB downstream from E. coli malE (MalE-TonB69C). Production of MalE-TonB69C in tonB(+) bacteria inhibited siderophore transport. After overexpression and purification of the fusion protein on an amylose column, we proteolytically released the TonB C terminus and characterized it. Fluorescence spectra positioned its sole tryptophan (W213) in a weakly polar site in the protein interior, shielded from quenchers. Affinity chromatography showed the binding of the TonB C-domain to other proteins: immobilized TonB-dependent (FepA and colicin B) and TonB-independent (FepADelta3-17, OmpA, and lysozyme) proteins adsorbed MalE-TonB69C, revealing a general affinity of the C terminus for other proteins. Additional constructions fused full-length TonB upstream or downstream of green fluorescent protein (GFP). TonB-GFP constructs had partial functionality but no fluorescence; GFP-TonB fusion proteins were functional and fluorescent. The activity of the latter constructs, which localized GFP in the cytoplasm and TonB in the cell envelope, indicate that the TonB N terminus remains in the inner membrane during its biological function. Finally, sequence analyses revealed homology in the TonB C terminus to E. coli YcfS, a proline-rich protein that contains the lysin (LysM) peptidoglycan-binding motif. LysM structural mimicry occurs in two positions of the dimeric TonB C-domain, and experiments confirmed that it physically binds to the murein sacculus. Together, these findings infer that the TonB N terminus remains associated with the inner membrane, while the downstream region bridges the cell envelope from the affinity of the C terminus for peptidoglycan. This architecture suggests a membrane surveillance model of action, in which TonB finds occupied receptor proteins by surveying the underside of peptidoglycan-associated outer membrane proteins.
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Soengas RG, Larrosa M, Balado M, Rodríguez J, Lemos ML, Jiménez C. Synthesis and biological activity of analogues of vanchrobactin, a siderophore from Vibrio anguillarum serotype O2. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:1278-87. [PMID: 18362969 DOI: 10.1039/b719713f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Several analogues of vanchrobactin, a catechol siderophore isolated from the bacterial fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum serotype O2 strain RV22, have been synthesized. The biological evaluation of these novel compounds showed that most of them are active as siderophores, as determined by growth promotion assays using the producer strain, as well as V. anguillarum serotype O1, Salmonella enterica, and Erwinia chrysanthemi. These compounds also gave a positive chrome azurol-S (CAS) test. On the basis of these results, we were able to deduce some structure-activity relationships. Furthermore, we found an analogue with siderophore activity that has appropriate functionality (an amino group) for use as an antibiotic vector to be employed in a "Trojan horse strategy".
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- Raquel G Soengas
- Departamento de Química Fundamental, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
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Nader M, Dobbelaere W, Vincent M, Journet L, Adams H, Cobessi D, Gallay J, Schalk IJ. Identification of Residues of FpvA Involved in the Different Steps of Pvd−Fe Uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochemistry 2007; 46:11707-17. [PMID: 17900151 DOI: 10.1021/bi700997w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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FpvA is an outer membrane transporter involved in iron uptake by the siderophore pyoverdine (Pvd) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This transporter, like all other proteins of the same family, consists of a transmembrane 22 beta-stranded barrel occluded by a plug domain. The beta-strands of the barrel are connected by large extracellular loops and short periplasmic turns. Site-directed mutagenesis was carried out on FpvA to identify the extracellular loops or parts of these loops involved in the various stages of Pvd-Fe uptake. The G286C, W362C, and W434C mutations in loops L1, L3, and L4, respectively, disturbed the binding of the apo siderophore, as shown by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Iron uptake experiments followed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) or using 55Fe indicated that residues W434 and G701 and, therefore, loops L4 and L9 must be involved in Pvd-Fe uptake by FpvA. The two corresponding mutants incorporated smaller than normal amounts of 55Fe into cells, and no Pvd recycling on FpvA was observed after iron release. Surprisingly, the S603C mutation in loop L7 increased the amount of Pvd-Fe transported. Our results suggest that W434 (L4), S603 (L7), and G701 (L9) are involved in the mechanism of Pvd-Fe uptake.
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- Mirella Nader
- Métaux et Microorganismes: Chimie, Biologie et Applications, UMR 7175-LC1 Institut Gilbert-Laustriat, CNRS and University Louis Pasteur, ESBS, F-67413 Illkirch, Strasbourg, France
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Rabsch W, Ma L, Wiley G, Najar FZ, Kaserer W, Schuerch DW, Klebba JE, Roe BA, Laverde Gomez JA, Schallmey M, Newton SMC, Klebba PE. FepA- and TonB-dependent bacteriophage H8: receptor binding and genomic sequence. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:5658-74. [PMID: 17526714 PMCID: PMC1951831 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00437-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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H8 is derived from a collection of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis bacteriophage. Its morphology and genomic structure closely resemble those of bacteriophage T5 in the family Siphoviridae. H8 infected S. enterica serotypes Enteritidis and Typhimurium and Escherichia coli by initial adsorption to the outer membrane protein FepA. Ferric enterobactin inhibited H8 binding to E. coli FepA (50% inhibition concentration, 98 nM), and other ferric catecholate receptors (Fiu, Cir, and IroN) did not participate in phage adsorption. H8 infection was TonB dependent, but exbB mutations in Salmonella or E. coli did not prevent infection; only exbB tolQ or exbB tolR double mutants were resistant to H8. Experiments with deletion and substitution mutants showed that the receptor-phage interaction first involves residues distributed over the protein's outer surface and then narrows to the same charged (R316) or aromatic (Y260) residues that participate in the binding and transport of ferric enterobactin and colicins B and D. These data rationalize the multifunctionality of FepA: toxic ligands like bacteriocins and phage penetrate the outer membrane by parasitizing residues in FepA that are adapted to the transport of the natural ligand, ferric enterobactin. DNA sequence determinations revealed the complete H8 genome of 104.4 kb. A total of 120 of its 143 predicted open reading frames (ORFS) were homologous to ORFS in T5, at a level of 84% identity and 89% similarity. As in T5, the H8 structural genes clustered on the chromosome according to their function in the phage life cycle. The T5 genome contains a large section of DNA that can be deleted and that is absent in H8: compared to T5, H8 contains a 9,000-bp deletion in the early region of its chromosome, and nine potentially unique gene products. Sequence analyses of the tail proteins of phages in the same family showed that relative to pb5 (Oad) of T5 and Hrs of BF23, the FepA-binding protein (Rbp) of H8 contains unique acidic and aromatic residues. These side chains may promote binding to basic and aromatic residues in FepA that normally function in the adsorption of ferric enterobactin. Furthermore, a predicted H8 tail protein showed extensive identity and similarity to pb2 of T5, suggesting that it also functions in pore formation through the cell envelope. The variable region of this protein contains a potential TonB box, intimating that it participates in the TonB-dependent stage of the phage infection process.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Antiviral Agents/pharmacology
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/physiology
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/physiology
- DNA, Viral/chemistry
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Enterobactin/pharmacology
- Escherichia coli/virology
- Gene Order
- Genome, Viral/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Open Reading Frames
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Virus/genetics
- Receptors, Virus/physiology
- Salmonella Phages/genetics
- Salmonella Phages/physiology
- Salmonella enteritidis/virology
- Salmonella typhimurium/virology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Deletion
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Siphoviridae/genetics
- Viral Tail Proteins/genetics
- Virion/ultrastructure
- Virus Attachment
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- Wolfgang Rabsch
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Duquesne S, Destoumieux-Garzón D, Peduzzi J, Rebuffat S. Microcins, gene-encoded antibacterial peptides from enterobacteria. Nat Prod Rep 2007; 24:708-34. [PMID: 17653356 DOI: 10.1039/b516237h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Microcins are gene-encoded antibacterial peptides, with molecular masses below 10 kDa, produced by enterobacteria. They are secreted under conditions of nutrient depletion and exert potent antibacterial activity against closely related species. Typical gene clusters encoding the microcin precursor, the self-immunity factor, the secretion proteins and frequently the post-translational modification enzymes are located either on plasmids or on the chromosome. In contrast to most of the antibiotics of microbial origin, which are non-ribosomally synthesized by multimodular enzymes termed peptide synthetases, microcins are ribosomally synthesized as precursors, which are further modified enzymatically. They form a restricted class of potent antibacterial peptides. Fourteen microcins have been reported so far, among which only seven have been isolated and characterized. Despite the low number of known representatives, microcins exhibit a diversity of structures and antibacterial mechanisms. This review provides an updated overview of microcin structures, antibacterial activities, genetic systems and biosyntheses, as well as of their mechanisms of action.
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- Sophie Duquesne
- Laboratory of Chemistry and Biochemistry of Natural Substances, UMR 5154 CNRS, Department of Regulations, Development and Molecular Diversity, National Museum of Natural History, CP 54, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
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Burkhard KA, Wilks A. Characterization of the Outer Membrane Receptor ShuA from the Heme Uptake System of Shigella dysenteriae. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:15126-36. [PMID: 17387178 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611121200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Shigella dysenteriae, like many bacterial pathogens, has evolved outer membrane receptor-mediated pathways for the uptake and utilization of heme as an iron source. As a first step toward understanding the mechanism of heme uptake we have undertaken a site-directed mutagenesis, spectroscopic, and kinetic analysis of the outer membrane receptor ShuA of S. dysenteriae. Purification of the outer membrane receptor gave a single band of molecular mass 73 kDa on SDS-PAGE. Initial spectroscopic analysis of the protein in either detergent micelles or lipid bicelles revealed residual heme bound to the receptor, with a Soret maximum at 413 nm. Titration of the protein with exogenous heme gave a Soret peak at 437 nm in detergent micelles, and 402 nm in lipid bicelles. However, transfer of heme from hemoglobin yields a Soret maximum at 413 nm identical to that of the isolated protein. Further spectroscopic and kinetic analysis revealed that hemoglobin in the oxidized state is the most likely physiological substrate for ShuA. In addition, mutation of the conserved histidines, H86A or H420A, resulted in a loss of the ability of the receptor to efficiently extract heme from hemoglobin. In contrast the double mutant H86A/H420A was unable to extract heme from hemoglobin. These findings taken together confirm that both His-86 and His-420 are essential for substrate recognition, heme coordination, and transfer. Furthermore, the full-length TonB was shown to form a 1:1 complex with either apo-ShuA H86A/H420A or the wild-type ShuA. These observations provide a basis for future studies on the coordination and transport of heme by the TonB-dependent outer membrane receptors.
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- Kimberly A Burkhard
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Leslie AD, Daneshfar R, Volmer DA. Infrared multiphoton dissociation of the siderophore enterobactin and its Fe(III) complex. Influence of Fe(III) binding on dissociation kinetics and relative energetics. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2007; 18:632-41. [PMID: 17208008 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Revised: 11/22/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The dissociation pathways of the siderophore enterobactin and its complex with Fe(III) were examined using infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD). Under experimental conditions (pH = 3.5), both compounds' electrospray spectra exhibited exclusively singly-charged anions. The compositions of the dissociation products were characterized by accurate mass measurements using Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). The primary dissociation channel for both species was determined to be the loss of one serine group from the precursor molecules. To further investigate the influence of Fe(III) binding on the intramolecular interactions, dissociation kinetics and relative energetics for the loss of this serine group were determined using the focused radiation for gaseous multiphoton energy-transfer (FRAGMENT) method. From the kinetic data, it was found that enterobactin was approximately seven times more reactive than its Fe(III) complex over the range of laser intensities investigated. The relative activation energies, however, exhibited similar values, approximately 7 kcal.mol(-1). These results suggest that at pH = 3.5, Fe(III) interacts with only two of the three serine groups. The results from the present work are believed to be valuable for the characterization of novel siderophores as well as their associated metabolites and synthetic analogues.
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- Andrew D Leslie
- Institute for Marine Biosciences, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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López CS, Alice AF, Chakraborty R, Crosa JH. Identification of amino acid residues required for ferric-anguibactin transport in the outer-membrane receptor FatA of Vibrio anguillarum. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:570-584. [PMID: 17259629 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/001735-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Vibrio anguillarum 775 is a fish pathogen that causes a disease characterized by a fatal haemorrhagic septicaemia. It harbours the 65 kbp pJM1 plasmid, which encodes an iron sequestering system specific for the siderophore anguibactin and is essential for virulence. The genes involved in the biosynthesis of anguibactin are located on both the pJM1 plasmid and the chromosome. However, the genes for the outer-membrane receptor FatA and the other transport proteins are only carried on the plasmid. With the aim of elucidating the mechanism of ferric-anguibactin transport mediated by FatA, this work focuses on the identification of FatA amino acid residues that play a role in the transport of ferric-anguibactin, by analysing the transport kinetics of site-directed mutants. The mutations studied were located in conserved residues of the lock region, which contains a cluster of ten residues belonging to the N-terminal and barrel domains, and of the channel region of FatA, which contains conserved glycines located in the beta5-beta6 loop and a conserved arginine located in strand 11 of the beta-barrel. In the case of the FatA lock region, it is clear that although the residues analysed in this work (R95, K130, E505 and E550) are conserved among various outer-membrane receptors, their involvement in the transport process might differ among receptors. Furthermore, it was determined that in the FatA channel region double substitutions of the conserved glycines 131 and 143 with alanine resulted in a variant receptor unable to transport ferric-anguibactin. It was also shown that the conserved arginine 428 located in strand 11 is essential for transport. The results suggest that a conformational change or partial unfolding of the plug domain occurs during ferric-anguibactin transport.
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- Claudia S López
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, College of Public and Allied Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Abergel RJ, Wilson MK, Arceneaux JEL, Hoette TM, Strong RK, Byers BR, Raymond KN. Anthrax pathogen evades the mammalian immune system through stealth siderophore production. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:18499-503. [PMID: 17132740 PMCID: PMC1693691 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607055103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Systemic anthrax, caused by inhalation or ingestion of Bacillus anthracis spores, is characterized by rapid microbial growth stages that require iron. Tightly bound and highly regulated in a mammalian host, iron is scarce during an infection. To scavenge iron from its environment, B. anthracis synthesizes by independent pathways two small molecules, the siderophores bacillibactin (BB) and petrobactin (PB). Despite the great efficiency of BB at chelating iron, PB may be the only siderophore necessary to ensure full virulence of the pathogen. In the present work, we show that BB is specifically bound by siderocalin, a recently discovered innate immune protein that is part of an antibacterial iron-depletion defense. In contrast, neither PB nor its ferric complex is bound by siderocalin. Although BB incorporates the common 2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl iron-chelating subunit, PB is novel in that it incorporates the very unusual 3,4-dihydroxybenzoyl chelating subunit. This structural variation results in a large change in the shape of both the iron complex and the free siderophore that precludes siderocalin binding, a stealthy evasion of the immune system. Our results indicate that the blockade of bacterial siderophore-mediated iron acquisition by siderocalin is not restricted to enteric pathogenic organisms and may be a general defense mechanism against several different bacterial species. Significantly, to evade this innate immune response, B. anthracis produces PB, which plays a key role in virulence of the organism. This analysis argues for antianthrax strategies targeting siderophore synthesis and uptake.
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- Rebecca J. Abergel
- *Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505; and
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505; and
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- *Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505; and
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- *Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Fischbach MA, Lin H, Zhou L, Yu Y, Abergel RJ, Liu DR, Raymond KN, Wanner BL, Strong RK, Walsh CT, Aderem A, Smith KD. The pathogen-associated iroA gene cluster mediates bacterial evasion of lipocalin 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:16502-7. [PMID: 17060628 PMCID: PMC1637611 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0604636103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Numerous bacteria cope with the scarcity of iron in their microenvironment by synthesizing small iron-scavenging molecules known as siderophores. Mammals have evolved countermeasures to block siderophore-mediated iron acquisition as part of their innate immune response. Secreted lipocalin 2 (Lcn2) sequesters the Escherichia coli siderophore enterobactin (Ent), preventing E. coli from acquiring iron and protecting mammals from infection by E. coli. Here, we show that the iroA gene cluster, found in many pathogenic strains of Gram-negative enteric bacteria, including E. coli, Salmonella spp., and Klebsiella pneumoniae, allows bacteria to evade sequestration of Ent by Lcn2. We demonstrate that C-glucosylated derivatives of Ent produced by iroA-encoded enzymes do not bind purified Lcn2, and an iroA-harboring strain of E. coli is insensitive to the growth inhibitory effects of Lcn2 in vitro. Furthermore, we show that mice rapidly succumb to infection by an iroA-harboring strain of E. coli but not its wild-type counterpart, and that this increased virulence depends on evasion of host Lcn2. Our findings indicate that the iroA gene cluster allows bacteria to evade this component of the innate immune system, rejuvenating their Ent-mediated iron-acquisition pathway and playing an important role in their virulence.
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- Michael A. Fischbach
- *Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- *Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
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- *Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98103; and
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- **Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Ma L, Kaserer W, Annamalai R, Scott DC, Jin B, Jiang X, Xiao Q, Maymani H, Massis LM, Ferreira LCS, Newton SMC, Klebba PE. Evidence of ball-and-chain transport of ferric enterobactin through FepA. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:397-406. [PMID: 17056600 PMCID: PMC2398697 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m605333200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli iron transporter, FepA, has a globular N terminus that resides within a transmembrane beta-barrel formed by its C terminus. We engineered 25 cysteine substitution mutations at different locations in FepA and modified their sulfhydryl side chains with fluorescein maleimide in live cells. The reactivity of the Cys residues changed, sometimes dramatically, during the transport of ferric enterobactin, the natural ligand of FepA. Patterns of Cys susceptibility reflected energy- and TonB-dependent motion in the receptor protein. During transport, a residue on the normally buried surface of the N-domain was labeled by fluorescein maleimide in the periplasm, providing evidence that the transport process involves expulsion of the globular domain from the beta-barrel. Porin deficiency much reduced the fluoresceination of this site, confirming the periplasmic labeling route. These data support the previously proposed, but never demonstrated, ball-and-chain theory of membrane transport. Functional complementation between a separately expressed N terminus and C-terminal beta-barrel domain confirmed the feasibility of this mechanism.
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- Li Ma
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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Miethke M, Klotz O, Linne U, May JJ, Beckering CL, Marahiel MA. Ferri-bacillibactin uptake and hydrolysis in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 2006; 61:1413-27. [PMID: 16889643 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Upon iron limitation, Bacillus subtilis secretes the catecholic trilactone (2,3-dihydroxybenzoate-glycine-threonine)3 siderophore bacillibactin (BB) for ferric iron scavenging. Here, we show that ferri-BB uptake is mediated by the FeuABC transporter and that YuiI, a novel trilactone hydrolase, catalyses ferri-BB hydrolysis leading to cytosolic iron release. Among several Fur-regulated ABC transport mutants, only DeltafeuABC exhibited impaired growth during iron starvation. Quantification of intra- and extracellular (ferri)-BB in iron-depleted DeltafeuABC cultures revealed a fourfold increase of the extracellular siderophore concentration, confirming a blocked ferri-BB uptake in the absence of FeuABC. Ferri-BB was found to bind selectively to the periplasmic binding protein FeuA (Kd = 57 +/- 1 nM), proving high-affinity transport of the iron-charged siderophore. During iron starvation, a DeltayuiI mutant displayed impaired growth and strong intracellular (30-fold) and extracellular (6.5-fold) (ferri)-BB accumulation. Kinetic studies in vitro revealed that YuiI hydrolyses both BB and ferri-BB. While BB hydrolysis led to strong accumulation of the tri- and dimeric reaction intermediates, ferri-BB hydrolysis yielded exclusively the monomeric reaction product and occurred with a 25-fold higher catalytic efficiency than BB single hydrolysis. Thus, ferri-BB was the preferred substrate of the YuiI esterase whose gene locus was designated besA.
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- Marcus Miethke
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Lin H, Fischbach MA, Gatto GJ, Liu DR, Walsh CT. Bromoenterobactins as Potent Inhibitors of a Pathogen-Associated, Siderophore-Modifying C-Glycosyltransferase. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:9324-5. [PMID: 16848455 DOI: 10.1021/ja063236x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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IroB is a C-glycosyltransferase encoded in the iroA cluster. C-Glucosylation of the bacterial siderophore enterobactin by IroB is a strategy some pathogenic bacteria use to evade the host's innate immunity mediated by lipocalin 2 (Lcn2). Without this modification, enterobactin can be tightly bound by host Lcn2, rendering it ineffective as a siderophore. Therefore, IroB inhibitors could be potential antibiotics against iroA-harboring pathogenic bacteria. We used enterobactin analogues to probe the properties of the active site of IroB and found that enterobactin analogues brominated at the C5 positions of the 2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl rings are potent inhibitors of IroB. This finding could lead to the discovery of effective antibiotics targeting iroA-containing bacteria.
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- Hening Lin
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Ollinger J, Song KB, Antelmann H, Hecker M, Helmann JD. Role of the Fur regulon in iron transport in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:3664-73. [PMID: 16672620 PMCID: PMC1482855 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.10.3664-3673.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Bacillus subtilis ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein mediates the iron-dependent repression of at least 20 operons encoding approximately 40 genes. We investigated the physiological roles of Fur-regulated genes by the construction of null mutations in 14 transcription units known or predicted to function in siderophore biosynthesis or iron uptake. We demonstrate that ywbLMN, encoding an elemental iron uptake system orthologous to the copper oxidase-dependent Fe(III) uptake system of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is essential for growth in low iron minimal medium lacking citric acid. 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoyl-glycine (Itoic acid), the siderophore precursor produced by laboratory strains of B. subtilis, is of secondary importance. In the presence of citrate, the YfmCDEF ABC transporter is required for optimal growth. B. subtilis is unable to grow in minimal medium containing the iron chelator EDDHA unless the ability to synthesize the intact bacillibactin siderophore is restored (by the introduction of a functional sfp gene) or exogenous siderophores are provided. Utilization of the catecholate siderophores bacillibactin and enterobactin requires the FeuABC importer and the YusV ATPase. Utilization of hydroxamate siderophores requires the FhuBGC ABC transporter together with the FhuD (ferrichrome) or YxeB (ferrioxamine) substrate-binding proteins. Growth with schizokinen or arthrobactin is at least partially dependent on the YfhA YfiYZ importer and the YusV ATPase. We have also investigated the effects of a fur mutation on the proteome and documented the derepression of 11 Fur-regulated proteins, including a newly identified thioredoxin reductase homolog, YcgT.
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- Juliane Ollinger
- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA
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Izadi-Pruneyre N, Huché F, Lukat-Rodgers GS, Lecroisey A, Gilli R, Rodgers KR, Wandersman C, Delepelaire P. The heme transfer from the soluble HasA hemophore to its membrane-bound receptor HasR is driven by protein-protein interaction from a high to a lower affinity binding site. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:25541-50. [PMID: 16774915 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603698200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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HasA is an extracellular heme binding protein, and HasR is an outer membrane receptor protein from Serratia marcescens. They are the initial partners of a heme internalization system allowing S. marcescens to scavenge heme at very low concentrations due to the very high affinity of HasA for heme (Ka = 5,3 x 10(10) m(-1)). Heme is then transferred to HasR, which has a lower affinity for heme. The mechanism of the heme transfer between HasA and HasR is largely unknown. HasR has been overexpressed and purified in holo and apo forms. It binds one heme molecule with a Ka of 5 x 10(6) m(-1) and shows the characteristic absorbance spectrum of a low spin heme iron. Both holoHasA and apoHasA bind tightly to apoHasR in a 1:1 stoichiometry. In this study we show that heme transfer occurs in vitro in the purified HasA.HasR complex, demonstrating that heme transfer is energy- and TonB complex-independent and driven by a protein-protein interaction. We also show that heme binding to HasR involves two conserved histidine residues.
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- Nadia Izadi-Pruneyre
- Unité des Membranes Bactériennes, CNRS URA 2172 Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France
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Fischbach MA, Lin H, Liu DR, Walsh CT. How pathogenic bacteria evade mammalian sabotage in the battle for iron. Nat Chem Biol 2006; 2:132-8. [PMID: 16485005 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Many bacteria, including numerous human pathogens, synthesize small molecules known as siderophores to scavenge iron. Enterobactin, a siderophore produced by enteric bacteria, is surprisingly ineffective as an iron-scavenging agent for bacteria growing in animals because of its hydrophobicity and its sequestration by the mammalian protein siderocalin, a component of the innate immune system. However, pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli and Salmonella use enzymes encoded by the iroA gene cluster to tailor enterobactin by glycosylation and linearization. The resulting modified forms of enterobactin, known as salmochelins, can evade siderocalin and are less hydrophobic than enterobactin, restoring this siderophore's iron-scavenging ability in mammals.
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- Michael A Fischbach
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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