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Weng Z, Yang N, Shi S, Xu Z, Chen Z, Liang C, Zhang X, Du X. Outer Membrane Vesicles from Acinetobacter baumannii: Biogenesis, Functions, and Vaccine Application. Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 12:49. [PMID: 38250862 PMCID: PMC10818702 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12010049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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This review focuses on Acinetobacter baumannii, a Gram-negative bacterium that causes various infections and whose multidrug resistance has become a significant challenge in clinical practices. There are multiple bacterial mechanisms in A. baumannii that participate in bacterial colonization and immune responses. It is believed that outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) budding from the bacteria play a significant role in mediating bacterial survival and the subsequent attack against the host. Most OMVs originate from the bacterial membranes and molecules are enveloped in them. Elements similar to the pathogen endow OMVs with robust virulence, which provides a new direction for exploring the pathogenicity of A. baumannii and its therapeutic pathways. Although extensive research has been carried out on the feasibility of OMV-based vaccines against pathogens, no study has yet summarized the bioactive elements, biological activity, and vaccine applicability of A. baumannii OMVs. This review summarizes the components, biogenesis, and function of OMVs that contribute to their potential as vaccine candidates and the preparation methods and future directions for their development.
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- Zheqi Weng
- The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical School, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangning Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211100, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Jiangning Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211100, China
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Light Regulates Acinetobacter baumannii Chromosomal and pAB3 Plasmid Genes at 37°C. J Bacteriol 2022; 204:e0003222. [PMID: 35604222 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00032-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The opportunistic pathogen A. baumannii has a remarkable capacity to persist in the hospital environment and cause devastating human infections. This capacity can be attributed partly to the sensing and regulatory systems that enable this pathogen to modify its physiology based on environmental cues. One of the signals that A. baumannii senses and responds to is light through the sensing and regulatory roles of the BlsA photoreceptor protein in cells cultured at temperatures below 30°C. This report presents evidence that a light stimulon is operational at 37°C, a condition at which the BlsA production and activity are drastically impaired. Global transcriptional analysis showed that the 37°C light stimulon includes the differential expression of chromosomal genes encoding a wide range of functions that are known to be involved in the adaptation to different metabolic conditions, as well as virulence and persistence in the host and the medical environment. Unexpectedly, the 37°C light stimulon also includes the differential expression of conjugation functions encoded by pAB3 plasmid genes. Our work further demonstrates that the TetR1 and H-NS regulators encoded by this conjugative plasmid control the expression of H2O2 resistance and surface motility, respectively. Furthermore, our data showed that pAB3 has an overall negative effect on the expression of these phenotypes and plays no significant virulence role. Although the nature of the bacterial factors and the mechanisms by which the regulation is attained at 37°C remain unknown, taken together, our work expands the current knowledge about light sensing and gene regulation in A. baumannii. IMPORTANCE As a facultative pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii persists in various environments by sensing different environmental cues, including light. This report provides evidence of light-dependent regulation at 37°C of the expression of genes coding for a wide range of functions, including those involved in the conjugation of the pAB3 plasmid. Although this plasmid affects the expression of virulence traits when tested under laboratory conditions, it does not have a significant impact when tested using ex vivo and in vivo experimental models. These findings provide a better understanding of the interplay between light regulation and plasmid persistence in the pathobiology of A. baumannii.
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Squire MS, Townsend HA, Actis LA. The Influence of Blue Light and the BlsA Photoreceptor on the Oxidative Stress Resistance Mechanisms of Acinetobacter baumannii. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:856953. [PMID: 35402311 PMCID: PMC8987720 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.856953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a catalase-positive Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that causes severe infections among compromised patients. Among its noteworthy regulatory mechanisms, this microorganism regulates its lifestyle through the blue light using flavin (BLUF) protein BlsA. This protein regulates a diverse set of cellular processes that include, but are not limited to, motility, biofilm formation, phenylacetic acid metabolism, iron uptake, and catalase activity. We set out to determine how A. baumannii regulates catalase activity and other related oxidative stress phenotypes in response to light. Notably, because A. baumannii ATCC 17978 encodes four catalase homologs – which we refer to as KatA, KatE, KatE2, and KatG – we also aimed to show which of these enzymes exhibit light- and BlsA-dependent activity. Our work not only provides insight into the general function of all four catalase homologs and the impact of light on these functions, but also directly identifies KatE as a BlsA-regulated enzyme. We further demonstrate that the regulation of KatE by BlsA is dependent on a lysine residue that we previously demonstrated to be necessary for the regulation of surface motility. Furthermore, we show that BlsA’s five most-C-terminal residues – previously considered dispensable for BlsA’s overall function – are necessary for the light-independent and light-dependent regulation of catalase and superoxide dismutase activities, respectively. We hypothesize that these identified critical residues are necessary for BlsA’s interaction with protein partners including the transcriptional regulators Fur and BfmR. Together these data expand the understanding regarding how A. baumannii uses light as a signal to control oxidative stress resistance mechanisms that are critical for its pathophysiology.
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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: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [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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Hamidian M, Hall RM. Dissemination of novel Tn 7 family transposons carrying genes for synthesis and uptake of fimsbactin siderophores among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. Microb Genom 2021; 7. [PMID: 33749577 PMCID: PMC8190619 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a successful opportunistic pathogen that can compete for iron under iron-limiting conditions. Here, large novel transposons that carry genes for synthesis and transport of the fimsbactin siderophores present in some A. baumannii strains were examined. Tn6171, originally found in the A. baumannii global clone 1 (GC1) lineage 2 isolate D36, includes tns genes encoding proteins related to the TnsA, TnsB, TnsC transposition proteins (50–59 % identity), TnsD targeting protein (43 % identity) and TnsE (31 % identity) of Tn7, and is found in the chromosome downstream of the glmS gene, the preferred location for Tn7, flanked by a 5 bp target site duplication. Tn6171 is bounded by 29 bp inverted repeats and, like Tn7, includes additional TnsB binding sites at each end. Tn6171 or minor variants were detected in the equivalent location in complete or draft genomes of several further A. baumannii isolates belonging to GC1 [sequence type (ST) 1, ST81, ST94, ST328, ST623, ST717], GC2 (ST2) and ST10. However, in some of these isolates the surrounding glmS region was clearly derived from a different A. baumannii lineage, indicating that the transposon may have been acquired by replacement of a segment of the chromosome. A recombination-free phylogeny revealed that there were several transposon acquisition events in GC1. The GC1 isolates were mainly lineage 2, but a potential third lineage was also detected. A related transposon, designated Tn6552, was detected in ATCC 17978 (ST437) and other ST437 isolates. However, the Tn6552 tnsD targeting gene was interrupted by an ISAba12, and Tn6552 is not downstream of glmS.
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- Mohammad Hamidian
- iThree Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Ramirez MS, Bonomo RA, Tolmasky ME. Carbapenemases: Transforming Acinetobacter baumannii into a Yet More Dangerous Menace. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10050720. [PMID: 32384624 PMCID: PMC7277208 DOI: 10.3390/biom10050720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a common cause of serious nosocomial infections. Although community-acquired infections are observed, the vast majority occur in people with preexisting comorbidities. A. baumannii emerged as a problematic pathogen in the 1980s when an increase in virulence, difficulty in treatment due to drug resistance, and opportunities for infection turned it into one of the most important threats to human health. Some of the clinical manifestations of A. baumannii nosocomial infection are pneumonia; bloodstream infections; lower respiratory tract, urinary tract, and wound infections; burn infections; skin and soft tissue infections (including necrotizing fasciitis); meningitis; osteomyelitis; and endocarditis. A. baumannii has an extraordinary genetic plasticity that results in a high capacity to acquire antimicrobial resistance traits. In particular, acquisition of resistance to carbapenems, which are among the antimicrobials of last resort for treatment of multidrug infections, is increasing among A. baumannii strains compounding the problem of nosocomial infections caused by this pathogen. It is not uncommon to find multidrug-resistant (MDR, resistance to at least three classes of antimicrobials), extensively drug-resistant (XDR, MDR plus resistance to carbapenems), and pan-drug-resistant (PDR, XDR plus resistance to polymyxins) nosocomial isolates that are hard to treat with the currently available drugs. In this article we review the acquired resistance to carbapenems by A. baumannii. We describe the enzymes within the OXA, NDM, VIM, IMP, and KPC groups of carbapenemases and the coding genes found in A. baumannii clinical isolates.
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- Maria Soledad Ramirez
- Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA;
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- Medical Service and GRECC, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
- Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Proteomics and Bioinformatics; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- WRU-Cleveland VAMC Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Epidemiology (Case VA CARES), Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +657-278-5263
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Vázquez-López R, Solano-Gálvez SG, Juárez Vignon-Whaley JJ, Abello Vaamonde JA, Padró Alonzo LA, Rivera Reséndiz A, Muleiro Álvarez M, Vega López EN, Franyuti-Kelly G, Álvarez-Hernández DA, Moncaleano Guzmán V, Juárez Bañuelos JE, Marcos Felix J, González Barrios JA, Barrientos Fortes T. Acinetobacter baumannii Resistance: A Real Challenge for Clinicians. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9040205. [PMID: 32340386 PMCID: PMC7235888 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9040205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii (named in honor of the American bacteriologists Paul and Linda Baumann) is a Gram-negative, multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogen that causes nosocomial infections, especially in intensive care units (ICUs) and immunocompromised patients with central venous catheters. A. baumannii has developed a broad spectrum of antimicrobial resistance, associated with a higher mortality rate among infected patients compared with other non-baumannii species. In terms of clinical impact, resistant strains are associated with increases in both in-hospital length of stay and mortality. A. baumannii can cause a variety of infections; most involve the respiratory tract, especially ventilator-associated pneumonia, but bacteremia and skin wound infections have also been reported, the latter of which has been prominently observed in the context of war-related trauma. Cases of meningitis associated with A. baumannii have been documented. The most common risk factor for the acquisition of MDR A baumannii is previous antibiotic use, following by mechanical ventilation, length of ICU/hospital stay, severity of illness, and use of medical devices. Current efforts focus on addressing all the antimicrobial resistance mechanisms described in A. baumannii, with the objective of identifying the most promising therapeutic scheme. Bacteriophage- and artilysin-based therapeutic approaches have been described as effective, but further research into their clinical use is required.
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- Rosalino Vázquez-López
- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +52-56-270210 (ext. 7302)
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de Mexico 04510, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
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- Medical IMPACT, Infectious Diseases Department, Mexico City 53900, Mexico; (E.N.V.L.); (G.F.-K.)
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- Medical IMPACT, Infectious Diseases Department, Mexico City 53900, Mexico; (E.N.V.L.); (G.F.-K.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico; (J.J.J.V.-W.); (J.A.A.V.); (L.A.P.A.); (A.R.R.); (M.M.Á.); (D.A.Á.-H.); (V.M.G.); (J.E.J.B.)
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- Coordinación Ciclos Clínicos Medicina, FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Medicina Genómica, Hospital Regional “1º de Octubre”, ISSSTE, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 1669, Lindavista, Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de Mexico 07300, Mexico;
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- Dirección Sistema Universitario de Salud de la Universidad Anáhuac México (SUSA), Huixquilucan 52786, Mexico;
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Wood CR, Squire MS, Finley NL, Page RC, Actis LA. Structural and functional analysis of the Acinetobacter baumannii BlsA photoreceptor and regulatory protein. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220918. [PMID: 31415622 PMCID: PMC6695109 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Acinetobacter baumannii BlsA photoreceptor has an N-terminal (NT) BLUF domain and a C-terminal (CT) amino acid sequence with no significant homology to characterized bacterial proteins. In this study, we tested the biological role of specific residues located in these BlsA regions. Site-directed mutagenesis, surface motility assays at 24°C and protein overexpression showed that residues Y7, Q51 and W92 are essential for not only light-regulated motility, but also BlsA's solubility when overexpressed in a heterologous host. In contrast, residues A29 and F32, the latter representing a difference when compared with other BLUF-containing photoreceptors, do not play a major role in BlsA's biological functions. Analysis of the CT region showed that the deletion of the last five BlsA residues has no significant effect on the protein's light-sensing and motility regulatory functions, but the deletion of the last 14 residues as well as K144E and K145E substitutions significantly alter light-regulated motility responses. In contrast to the NT mutants, these CT derivatives were overexpressed and purified to homogeneity to demonstrate that although these mutations do not significantly affect flavin binding and photocycling, they do affect BlsA's photodynamic properties. Notably, these mutations map within a potential fifth α-helical component that could play a role in predicted interactions between regulatory partners and BlsA, which could function as a monomer according to gel filtration data. All these observations indicate that although BlsA shares common structural and functional properties with unrelated photoreceptors, it also exhibits unique features that make it a distinct BLUF photoreceptor.
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- Cecily R. Wood
- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America
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Ramirez MS, Penwell WF, Traglia GM, Zimbler DL, Gaddy JA, Nikolaidis N, Arivett BA, Adams MD, Bonomo RA, Actis LA, Tolmasky ME. Identification of Potential Virulence Factors in the Model Strain Acinetobacter baumannii A118. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1599. [PMID: 31396168 PMCID: PMC6663985 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii A118, a strain isolated from the blood of an infected patient, is naturally competent and unlike most clinical strains, is susceptible to a variety of different antibiotics including those usually used for selection in genetic manipulations. These characteristics make strain A118 a convenient model for genetic studies of A. baumannii. To identify potential virulence factors, its complete genome was analyzed and compared to other A. baumannii genomes. A. baumannii A118 includes gene clusters coding for the acinetobactin and baumannoferrin iron acquisition systems. Iron-regulated expression of the BauA outer membrane receptor for ferric-acinetobactin complexes was confirmed as well as the utilization of acinetobactin. A. baumannii A118 also possesses the feoABC genes, which code for the main bacterial ferrous uptake system. The functionality of baumannoferrin was suggested by the ability of A. baumannii A118 culture supernatants to cross feed an indicator BauA-deficient strain plated on iron-limiting media. A. baumannii A118 behaved as non-motile but included the csuA/BABCDE chaperone-usher pilus assembly operon and produced biofilms on polystyrene and glass surfaces. While a known capsular polysaccharide (K) locus was identified, the outer core polysaccharide (OC) locus, which belongs to group B, showed differences with available sequences. Our results show that despite being susceptible to most antibiotics, strain A118 conserves known virulence-related traits enhancing its value as model to study A. baumannii pathogenicity.
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- Maria S Ramirez
- Department of Biological Science, Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States
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- Laboratorio de Bacteriología Clínica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín", Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States.,Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Biological Science, Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States
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- Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Science, Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States
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Inhibition of LpxC Increases Antibiotic Susceptibility in Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016; 60:5076-9. [PMID: 27270288 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00407-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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LpxC inhibitors have generally shown poor in vitro activity against Acinetobacter baumannii We show that the LpxC inhibitor PF-5081090 inhibits lipid A biosynthesis, as determined by silver staining and measurements of endotoxin levels, and significantly increases cell permeability. The presence of PF-5081090 at 32 mg/liter increased susceptibility to rifampin, vancomycin, azithromycin, imipenem, and amikacin but had no effect on susceptibility to ciprofloxacin and tigecycline. Potentiating existing antibiotics with LpxC inhibitors may represent an alternative treatment strategy for multidrug-resistant A. baumannii.
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Discovery of cahuitamycins as biofilm inhibitors derived from a convergent biosynthetic pathway. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10710. [PMID: 26880271 PMCID: PMC4757757 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Pathogenic microorganisms often have the ability to attach to a surface, building a complex matrix where they colonize to form a biofilm. This cellular superstructure can display increased resistance to antibiotics and cause serious, persistent health problems in humans. Here we describe a high-throughput in vitro screen to identify inhibitors of Acinetobacter baumannii biofilms using a library of natural product extracts derived from marine microbes. Analysis of extracts derived from Streptomyces gandocaensis results in the discovery of three peptidic metabolites (cahuitamycins A-C), with cahuitamycin C being the most effective inhibitor (IC50=14.5 μM). Biosynthesis of cahuitamycin C proceeds via a convergent biosynthetic pathway, with one of the steps apparently being catalysed by an unlinked gene encoding a 6-methylsalicylate synthase. Efforts to assess starter unit diversification through selective mutasynthesis lead to production of unnatural analogues cahuitamycins D and E of increased potency (IC50=8.4 and 10.5 μM).
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Draft Genome Sequences of Respiratory and Urinary Tract Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from the Same Patient. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2014; 2:2/4/e00692-14. [PMID: 25035329 PMCID: PMC4102866 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00692-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a frequent hospital-acquired human pathogen. This report describes the draft genome sequences of two distinct A. baumannii clinical isolates from the same patient. A comparison of the genomes revealed differences in antibiotic resistance and will enable the determination of genomic differences responsible for virulence at each body site.
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Lin L, Pantapalangkoor P, Tan B, Bruhn KW, Ho T, Nielsen T, Skaar EP, Zhang Y, Bai R, Wang A, Doherty TM, Spellberg B. Transferrin iron starvation therapy for lethal bacterial and fungal infections. J Infect Dis 2014; 210:254-64. [PMID: 24446527 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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New strategies to treat antibiotic-resistant infections are urgently needed. We serendipitously discovered that stem cell conditioned media possessed broad antimicrobial properties. Biochemical, functional, and genetic assays confirmed that the antimicrobial effect was mediated by supra-physiological concentrations of transferrin. Human transferrin inhibited growth of gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus), gram-negative (Acinetobacter baumannii), and fungal (Candida albicans) pathogens by sequestering iron and disrupting membrane potential. Serial passage in subtherapeutic transferrin concentrations resulted in no emergence of resistance. Infected mice treated with intravenous human transferrin had improved survival and reduced microbial burden. Finally, adjunctive transferrin reduced the emergence of rifampin-resistant mutants of S. aureus in infected mice treated with rifampin. Transferrin is a promising, novel antimicrobial agent that merits clinical investigation. These results provide proof of principle that bacterial infections can be treated in vivo by attacking host targets (ie, trace metal availability) rather than microbial targets.
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- Lin Lin
- The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California The Division of General Internal Medicine, Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles
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- The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California
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- The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California The Division of General Internal Medicine, Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles
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- The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California
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- The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California
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- The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California
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- The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California The Division of General Internal Medicine, Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles
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Mortensen BL, Skaar EP. The contribution of nutrient metal acquisition and metabolism to Acinetobacter baumannii survival within the host. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2013; 3:95. [PMID: 24377089 PMCID: PMC3859900 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant contributor to intensive care unit (ICU) mortality causing numerous types of infection in this susceptible ICU population, most notably ventilator-associated pneumonia. The substantial disease burden attributed to A. baumannii and the rapid acquisition of antibiotic resistance make this bacterium a serious health care threat. A. baumannii is equipped to tolerate the hostile host environment through modification of its metabolism and nutritional needs. Among these adaptations is the evolution of mechanisms to acquire nutrient metals that are sequestered by the host as a defense against infection. Although all bacteria require nutrient metals, there is diversity in the particular metal needs among species and within varying tissue types and bacterial lifecycles. A. baumannii is well-equipped with the metal homeostatic systems required for the colonization of a diverse array of tissues. Specifically, iron and zinc homeostasis is important for A. baumannii interactions with biotic surfaces and for growth within vertebrates. This review discusses what is currently known regarding the interaction of A. baumannii with vertebrate cells with a particular emphasis on the contributions of metal homeostasis systems. Overall, published research supports the utility of exploiting these systems as targets for the development of much-needed antimicrobials against this emerging infectious threat.
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- Brittany L Mortensen
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN, USA
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Characterization of a gene encoding the outer membrane receptor for ferric enterobactin in Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966(T). Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2013; 77:353-60. [PMID: 23391908 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966(T) produces a catecholate siderophore amonabactin in response to iron starvation. In this study, we determined that this strain utilizes exogenously supplied enterobactin (Ent) for growth under iron-limiting conditions. A homology search of the A. hydrophila ATCC 7966(T) genomic sequence revealed the existence of a candidate gene encoding a protein homologous to Vibrio parahaemolyticus IrgA that functions as the outer membrane receptor for ferric Ent. SDS-PAGE showed induction of IrgA under iron-limiting conditions. The growth of the double mutant of irgA and entA (one of the amonabactin biosynthetic genes) was restored when it was complemented with irgA in the presence of Ent. Moreover, a growth assay of three isogenic tonB mutants indicated that the tonB2 system exclusively provides energy for IrgA to transport ferric Ent. Finally, reverse transcriptase-quantitative PCR revealed that the transcription of irgA and the TonB2 system cluster genes is iron-regulated, consistently with the presence of a predicted Fur box in the promoter region.
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Hood MI, Mortensen BL, Moore JL, Zhang Y, Kehl-Fie TE, Sugitani N, Chazin WJ, Caprioli RM, Skaar EP. Identification of an Acinetobacter baumannii zinc acquisition system that facilitates resistance to calprotectin-mediated zinc sequestration. PLoS Pathog 2012; 8:e1003068. [PMID: 23236280 PMCID: PMC3516566 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen that accounts for up to 20 percent of infections in intensive care units worldwide. Furthermore, A. baumannii strains have emerged that are resistant to all available antimicrobials. These facts highlight the dire need for new therapeutic strategies to combat this growing public health threat. Given the critical role for transition metals at the pathogen-host interface, interrogating the role for these metals in A. baumannii physiology and pathogenesis could elucidate novel therapeutic strategies. Toward this end, the role for calprotectin- (CP)-mediated chelation of manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) in defense against A. baumannii was investigated. These experiments revealed that CP inhibits A. baumannii growth in vitro through chelation of Mn and Zn. Consistent with these in vitro data, Imaging Mass Spectrometry revealed that CP accompanies neutrophil recruitment to the lung and accumulates at foci of infection in a murine model of A. baumannii pneumonia. CP contributes to host survival and control of bacterial replication in the lung and limits dissemination to secondary sites. Using CP as a probe identified an A. baumannii Zn acquisition system that contributes to Zn uptake, enabling this organism to resist CP-mediated metal chelation, which enhances pathogenesis. Moreover, evidence is provided that Zn uptake across the outer membrane is an energy-dependent process in A. baumannii. Finally, it is shown that Zn limitation reverses carbapenem resistance in multidrug resistant A. baumannii underscoring the clinical relevance of these findings. Taken together, these data establish Zn acquisition systems as viable therapeutic targets to combat multidrug resistant A. baumannii infections. Acinetobacter baumannii is a bacterium responsible for an increasing number of infections in the hospital setting. These infections are particularly challenging because most strains of A. baumannii are resistant to commonly used antibiotics. Unfortunately, there is relatively little known about this organism and how it causes disease, making it difficult to identify new drug targets. In order to address this problem we examined the role for nutrient manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) in A. baumannii infections. We have determined that the host protein, calprotectin (CP), contributes to defense against A. baumannii pneumonia through chelation of nutrient Mn and Zn. Moreover, employing purified calprotectin as a probe allowed us to identify a Zn acquisition system in A. baumannii that is required for efficient Zn uptake in vitro and full pathogenesis in vivo. Finally, we demonstrate that inhibiting Zn acquisition can reverse antibiotic resistance mechanisms that rely on Zn-dependent enzymes. Taken together, these results demonstrate the importance of Zn acquisition to A. baumannii pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance, establishing Zn acquisition as a potential target for therapeutic development.
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MESH Headings
- Acinetobacter Infections/drug therapy
- Acinetobacter Infections/genetics
- Acinetobacter Infections/immunology
- Acinetobacter baumannii/genetics
- Acinetobacter baumannii/immunology
- Acinetobacter baumannii/pathogenicity
- Animals
- Biological Transport, Active
- Carbapenems/pharmacology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial/drug effects
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial/immunology
- Humans
- Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex/immunology
- Lung/immunology
- Lung/pathology
- Manganese/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Neutrophil Infiltration/genetics
- Neutrophil Infiltration/immunology
- Neutrophils/immunology
- Neutrophils/pathology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/genetics
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/immunology
- Pneumonia, Bacterial/pathology
- Zinc/immunology
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- M. Indriati Hood
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Mortensen BL, Skaar EP. Host-microbe interactions that shape the pathogenesis of Acinetobacter baumannii infection. Cell Microbiol 2012; 14:1336-44. [PMID: 22640368 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01817.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that has emerged as a prevalent source of nosocomial infections, most frequently causing ventilator-associated pneumonia. The emergence of pan-drug resistant strains magnifies the problem by reducing viable treatment options and effectively increasing the mortality rate associated with Acinetobacter infections. In light of this rising threat, research on A. baumannii epidemiology, antibiotic resistance, and pathogenesis is accelerating. The recent development of both in vitro and in vivo models has enabled studies probing the host-Acinetobacter interface. Bacterial genetic screens and comparative genomic studies have led to the identification of several A. baumannii virulence factors. Additionally, investigations into host defence mechanisms using animal models or cell culture have provided insight into the innate immune response to infection. This review highlights some of the key attributes of A. baumannii virulence with an emphasis on bacterial interactions with the innate immune system.
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- Brittany L Mortensen
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Wiens M, Schröder HC, Korzhev M, Wang XH, Batel R, Müller WEG. Inducible ASABF-type antimicrobial peptide from the sponge Suberites domuncula: microbicidal and hemolytic activity in vitro and toxic effect on molluscs in vivo. Mar Drugs 2011; 9:1969-1994. [PMID: 22073005 PMCID: PMC3210614 DOI: 10.3390/md9101969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 09/26/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Since sponges, as typical filter-feeders, are exposed to a high load of attacking prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, they are armed with a wide arsenal of antimicrobial/cytostatic low-molecular-weight, non-proteinaceous bioactive compounds. Here we present the first sponge agent belonging to the group of ASABF-type antimicrobial peptides. The ASABF gene was identified and cloned from the demosponge Suberites domuncula. The mature peptide, with a length of 64 aa residues has a predicted pI of 9.24, and comprises the characteristic CSα β structural motif. Consequently, the S. domuncula ASABF shares high similarity with the nematode ASABFs; it is distantly related to the defensins. The recombinant peptide was found to display besides microbicidal activity, anti-fungal activity. In addition, the peptide lyses human erythrocytes. The expression of ASABF is upregulated after exposure to the apoptosis-inducing agent 2,2′-dipyridyl. During the process of apoptosis of surface tissue of S. domuncula, grazing gastropods (Bittium sp.) are attracted by quinolinic acid which is synthesized through the kynurenine pathway by the enzyme 3-hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-dioxygenase (HAD). Finally, the gastropods are repelled from the sponge tissue by the ASABF. It is shown that the effector peptide ASABF is sequentially expressed after the induction of the HAD gene and a caspase, as a central enzyme executing apoptosis.
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- Matthias Wiens
- ERC Advanced Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, Mainz D-55128, Germany; E-Mails: (M.W.); (H.C.S.); (M.K.); (X.-H.W.)
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- ERC Advanced Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, Mainz D-55128, Germany; E-Mails: (M.W.); (H.C.S.); (M.K.); (X.-H.W.)
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- ERC Advanced Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, Mainz D-55128, Germany; E-Mails: (M.W.); (H.C.S.); (M.K.); (X.-H.W.)
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- ERC Advanced Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, Mainz D-55128, Germany; E-Mails: (M.W.); (H.C.S.); (M.K.); (X.-H.W.)
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- Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Center for Marine Research, Giordano Paliaga 5, Rovinj HR-52210, Croatia; E-Mail:
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- ERC Advanced Grant Research Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, Mainz D-55128, Germany; E-Mails: (M.W.); (H.C.S.); (M.K.); (X.-H.W.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +49-611-3925910; Fax: +49-611-3925243
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Cerqueira GM, Peleg AY. Insights into Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenicity. IUBMB Life 2011; 63:1055-60. [PMID: 21989983 DOI: 10.1002/iub.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Acinetobacter spp. have justifiably received significant attention from the public, scientific, and medical communities. Over recent years, Acinetobacter, particularly Acinetobacter baumannii, has become a "red-alert" human pathogen, primarily because of its exceptional ability to develop resistance to all currently available antibiotics. This characteristic is compounded by its unique abilities to survive in a diverse range of environments, including those within healthcare institutions, leading to problematic outbreaks. Historically, the virulence of the organism has been questioned, but recent clinical reports suggest that Acinetobacter can cause serious, life-threatening infections. Furthermore, its metabolic adaptability gives it a selective advantage in harsh hospital environments. This review focuses on current understanding of A. baumannii pathogenesis and the model systems used to study this interesting organism.
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- Gustavo M Cerqueira
- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Muller M, Li Z, Maitz PKM. Pseudomonas pyocyanin inhibits wound repair by inducing premature cellular senescence: role for p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Burns 2009; 35:500-8. [PMID: 19286324 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important nosocomial pathogen of burn wounds. Pyocyanin, a virulence factor produced by the bacterium, induces persistent intracellular oxidative stress and premature senescence in mammalian cells. Our aims were to evaluate pyocyanin levels in infected wound dressings and the potential of the toxin to influence wound repair. Surgical dressings from infected burn patients were examined for pyocyanin and normal primary human diploid fibroblasts (HDFs) were treated with comparable concentrations and their replicative ability examined. Pyocyanin was detected in the exudate of infected wound dressings in amounts up to 5.3 microg/g (mean: 2.0+/-2.3 microg/g). HDFs exposed to pyocyanin (1-50 microM; 0.2-10.5 microg/ml) underwent growth arrest at all concentrations and developed morphological characteristics associated with cellular senescence, including expression of senescence-associated beta-galactosidase. Using an in vitro wound repair model, a single exposure to pyocyanin inhibited wound repair in a concentration-dependent manner. Prior treatment with a specific p38(MAPK) inhibitor allowed cells to maintain their replicative ability and pre-senescent morphology indicating pyocyanin operates through the Erk/p38(MAPK) senescence pathway. These data support the hypothesis that bacterial virulence factors capable of inducing persistent low-level oxidative stress play a pivotal role in modulating the tissue repair response to infection by inducing premature cellular senescence.
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- Michael Muller
- Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney, Concord RG Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2139, Australia.
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Zimbler DL, Penwell WF, Gaddy JA, Menke SM, Tomaras AP, Connerly PL, Actis LA. Iron acquisition functions expressed by the human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. Biometals 2009; 22:23-32. [PMID: 19130255 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-008-9202-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram-negative bacterium that causes serious infections in compromised patients. More recently, it has emerged as the causative agent of severe infections in military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. This pathogen grows under a wide range of conditions including iron-limiting conditions imposed by natural and synthetic iron chelators. Initial studies using the type strain 19606 showed that the iron proficiency of this pathogen depends on the expression of the acinetobactin-mediated iron acquisition system. More recently, we have observed that hemin but not human hemoglobin serves as an iron source when 19606 isogenic derivatives affected in acinetobactin transport and biosynthesis were cultured under iron-limiting conditions. This finding is in agreement with the observation that the genome of the strain 17978 has a gene cluster coding for putative hemin-acquisition functions, which include genes coding for putative hemin utilization functions and a TonBExbBD energy transducing system. This system restored enterobactin biosynthesis in an E. coli ExbBD deficient strain but not when introduced into a TonB mutant. PCR and Southern blot analyses showed that this hemin-utilization gene cluster is also present in the 19606 strain. Analysis of the 17978 genome also showed that this strain harbors genes required for acinetobactin synthesis and transport as well as a gene cluster that could code for additional iron acquisition functions. This hypothesis is in agreement with the fact that the inactivation of the basD acinetobactin biosynthetic gene did not affect the growth of A. baumannii 17978 cells under iron-chelated conditions. Interestingly, this second iron uptake gene cluster is flanked by perfect inverted repeats and includes transposase genes that are expressed transcriptionally. Also interesting is the observation that this additional cluster could not be detected in the type strain 19606, an observation that suggests some significant differences in the iron uptake capacity between these two A. baumannii strains. Transposome mutagenesis of the strain 19606 resulted in the isolation of a derivative unable to grow under iron-chelated conditions. Gene mapping and protein analysis together with complementation assays showed that a protein related to SecA, which is a component of the Sec protein secretion system in a wide range of bacteria, is needed at least for the production of the BauA acinetobactin outer membrane receptor. Furthermore, this derivative was unable to use hemin as an iron source under limiting conditions. Taken together, these results indicate that A. baumannii expresses siderophore-mediated and hemin acquisition functions, although different isolates differ in their iron acquisition capacity. Unexpectedly, the ability of this pathogen to acquire iron depends on the expression of a SecA protein secretion function, which has not been associated with iron acquisition in bacteria.
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- Daniel L Zimbler
- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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Fournier PE, Richet H. The epidemiology and control of Acinetobacter baumannii in health care facilities. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 42:692-9. [PMID: 16447117 DOI: 10.1086/500202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 590] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2005] [Accepted: 10/26/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a ubiquitous pathogen capable of causing both community and health care-associated infections (HAIs), although HAIs are the most common form. This organism has emerged recently as a major cause of HAI because of the extent of its antimicrobial resistance and its propensity to cause large, often multifacility, nosocomial outbreaks. The occurrence of outbreak is facilitated by both tolerance to desiccation and multidrug resistance, contributing to the maintenance of these organisms in the hospital environment. In addition, the epidemiology of A. baumannii infection is often complex, with the coexistence of epidemic and endemic infections, the latter of which often is favored by the selection pressure of antimicrobials. The only good news is that potentially severe A. baumannii infection, such as bacteremia or pneumonia in patients in the intensive care unit who are undergoing intubation, do not seem to be associated with a higher attributable mortality rate or an increased length of hospital stay.
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Braun G, Vidotto MC. Evaluation of adherence, hemagglutination, and presence of genes codifying for virulence factors of Acinetobacter baumannii causing urinary tract infection. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2005; 99:839-44. [PMID: 15761600 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762004000800010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a strictly aerobic bacterium which causes severe infections, however its pathogenic characteristics are not well defined. Thirteen A. baumannii strains isolated from urine of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients with different ages were investigated for the presence of virulence factors. The isolates belonged to biotypes 2, 6, and 9 and were sensitive to imipenem. The majority of them showed resistance to amikacin, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, norfloxacin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. None of A. baumannii strains presented genes codifying for 17 different virulence factors previously described in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, when tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Nine isolates agglutinated human group AB erythrocytes, in presence of mannose, but none of them agglutinated group O erythrocytes. Adherence to polystyrene was observed in 7 isolates, and this result did not correlate with that obtained in hemagglutination assay. All the isolates were able to grow in iron-limiting conditions, showing that A. baumannii produces some type of siderophore. However, the genes iutA and fyuA, from iron uptake system of E. coli and Yersinia sp., respectively, were not present in the isolates, suggesting the presence of a different type of siderophore. The fimbriae of A. baumannii strains that mediates the adherence are possibly mannose-resistant, even though the mechanism of adherence to human epithelial cells still remains to be elucidated.
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- Graziela Braun
- Colegiado do Curso de Farmácia, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Rua Universitária 2069, 85819-110 Cascavel, PR, Brazil.
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Mihara K, Tanabe T, Yamakawa Y, Funahashi T, Nakao H, Narimatsu S, Yamamoto S. Identification and transcriptional organization of a gene cluster involved in biosynthesis and transport of acinetobactin, a siderophore produced by Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606T. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2004; 150:2587-2597. [PMID: 15289555 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27141-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In order to assimilate iron, Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606(T) produces a siderophore named acinetobactin (Ab) that is composed of equimolar quantities of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA), L-threonine and N-hydroxyhistamine. Application of the Fur titration assay system to A. baumannii genomic libraries, followed by further cloning of the regions surrounding the candidate genes, led to the identification of the Ab cluster, which harbours the genetic determinants necessary for the biosynthesis and transport of the siderophore. However, an entA homologue essential for DHBA biosynthesis was not found in this cluster. Functions of potential biosynthetic genes inferred by homology studies suggested that the precursors, DHBA, l-threonine and N-hydroxyhistamine, are linked in steps resembling those of bacterial non-ribosomal peptide synthesis to form Ab. Genes responsible for the two-step biosynthesis of N-hydroxyhistamine from histidine were also identified in this cluster. Their genetic organization suggests that five genes involved in the transport system of ferric Ab into the cell cytosol form an operon. Construction of disruptants of some selected genes followed by phenotypic analysis supported their predicted biological functions. Interestingly, three additional genes probably involved in the intracellular release of iron from ferric Ab and the secretion of nascent Ab are contained in this cluster. Primer extension and RT-PCR analyses suggested that the Ab cluster, which includes 18 genes, is organized in seven transcriptional units originating from respective Fur-regulated promoter-operator regions.
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- Kazutoshi Mihara
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Dorsey CW, Beglin MS, Actis LA. Detection and analysis of iron uptake components expressed by Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:4188-93. [PMID: 12958246 PMCID: PMC193846 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.9.4188-4193.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Acinetobacter baumannii 19606 prototype strain produces a 78-kDa iron-regulated outer membrane protein immunologically related to FatA, which is required for iron acquisition by the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum via the anguibactin-mediated system. This A. baumannii strain also secretes histamine, a biosynthetic precursor of the siderophore anguibactin. In contrast, the A. baumannii 8399 clinical strain isolated in Oregon produces a siderophore and a putative 73-kDa iron-regulated outer membrane (OM73) receptor that are different from those produced by V. anguillarum and A. baumannii 19606. These observations suggest that different A. baumannii clinical isolates express unrelated iron uptake systems. This hypothesis is supported by differences in outer membrane protein profiles among A. baumannii isolates obtained from Oregon and Europe. The 19606 isolate and some European isolates expressed a FatA-like protein, while neither 19606 nor any of the European isolates expressed proteins related to OM73. Some European isolates failed to express FatA- and OM73-like proteins. All but one of the Oregon isolates expressed OM73-like proteins, while none of them contained a FatA-like protein. The presence of these proteins always correlated with the presence of the om73- and fatA-like genes in the cognate strains. While 19606 and a few European isolates produced histamine, none of the Oregon isolates had this capability. Interestingly, one strain each from the Oregon and European isolates did not express any of these products involved in iron acquisition, indicating that they could acquire iron through siderophore-mediated transport systems different from those expressed by the 19606 and 8399 clinical isolates.
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- Caleb W Dorsey
- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA
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Dorsey CW, Tolmasky ME, Crosa JH, Actis LA. Genetic organization of an Acinetobacter baumannii chromosomal region harbouring genes related to siderophore biosynthesis and transport. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2003; 149:1227-1238. [PMID: 12724384 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26204-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The Acinetobacter baumannii 8399 clinical isolate secretes dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) and a high-affinity catechol siderophore, which is different from other bacterial iron chelators already characterized. Complementation assays with enterobactin-deficient Escherichia coli strains led to the isolation of a cosmid clone containing A. baumannii 8399 genes required for the biosynthesis and activation of DHBA. Accordingly, the cloned fragment harbours a dhbACEB polycistronic operon encoding predicted proteins highly similar to several bacterial proteins required for DHBA biosynthesis from chorismic acid. Genes encoding deduced proteins related to the E. coli Fes and the Bacillus subtilis DhbF proteins, and a putative Yersinia pestis phosphopantetheinyl transferase, all of them involved in the assembly and utilization of catechol siderophores in other bacteria, were found next to the dhbACEB locus. This A. baumannii 8399 gene cluster also contained the om73, p45 and p114 predicted genes encoding proteins potentially involved in transport of ferric siderophore complexes. The deduced products of the p114 and p45 genes are putative membrane proteins that belong to the RND and MFS efflux pump proteins, respectively. Interestingly, P45 is highly related to the E. coli P43 (EntS) protein that participates in the secretion of enterobactin. Although P114 is similar to other bacterial efflux pump proteins involved in antibiotic resistance, its genetic arrangement within this A. baumannii 8399 locus is different from that described in other bacteria. The product of om73 is a Fur- and iron-regulated surface-exposed outer-membrane protein. These characteristics together with the presence of a predicted TonB box and its high similarity to other siderophore receptors indicate that OM73 plays such a role in A. baumannii 8399. The 184 nt om73-p114 intergenic region contains promoter elements that could drive the expression of these divergently transcribed genes, all of which are in close proximity to almost perfect Fur boxes. This arrangement explains the iron- and Fur-regulated expression of om73, and provides strong evidence for a similar regulation for the expression of p114.
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- Caleb W Dorsey
- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, School of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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Dorsey CW, Tomaras AP, Actis LA. Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii insertion derivatives generated with a transposome system. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:6353-60. [PMID: 12450860 PMCID: PMC134429 DOI: 10.1128/aem.68.12.6353-6360.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is a metabolically versatile pathogen that causes severe infections in compromised patients. However, little is known about the genes and factors involved in its basic physiology and virulence properties. Insertion mutagenesis was used to initiate the identification and characterization of some of these factors and genes in the prototype strain 19606. The utilization of the pLOFKm suicide delivery vector, which harbors a suicide mini-Tn10 derivative, proved to be unsuccessful for this purpose. The EZ::TN <R6Kgammaori/KAN-2> Tnp transposome system available from Epicentre was then used in conjunction with electroporation to generate isogenic insertional derivatives of A. baumannii 19606. Replica plating showed that 2% of the colonies that grew after electroporation on agar plates without antibiotics also grew in the presence of 40 micro g of kanamycin per ml. DNA hybridization proved that all of the kanamycin-resistant derivatives contained the EZ::TN <R6Kgammaori/KAN-2> insertion element, which was mapped to different genomic locations. Replica plating on Simmons citrate agar and microtiter plate-plastic tube assays identified growth- and biofilm-defective derivatives, respectively. The location of the insertion in several of these derivatives was determined by self-ligation of NdeI- or EcoRI-digested genomic DNA and electroporation of Escherichia coli TransforMax EC100D (pir(+)). Sequence analysis of the recovered plasmids showed that some of the A. baumannii 19606 growth-defective derivatives contain insertions within genes encoding activities required for the generation of energy and cell wall components and for the biosynthesis of amino acids and purines. A gene encoding a protein similar to the GacS sensor kinase was interrupted in four derivatives, while another had an insertion in a gene coding for a hypothetical sensor kinase. A. baumannii 19606 derivatives with defective attachment or biofilm phenotypes had insertions within genes that appear to be part of a chaperone-usher transport system described for other bacteria. DNA hybridization experiments showed that the presence of strain 19606 genes encoding regulatory and attachment or biofilm functions is widespread among other A. baumannii clinical isolates.
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- Caleb W Dorsey
- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA
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Echenique JR, Dorsey CW, Patrito LC, Petroni A, Tolmasky ME, Actis LA. Acinetobacter baumannii has two genes encoding glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase: evidence for differential regulation in response to iron. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2001; 147:2805-2815. [PMID: 11577159 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-10-2805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The adhC1 gene from Acinetobacter baumannii 8399, which encodes a glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase (GSH-FDH), was identified and cloned after mapping the insertion site of Tn3-HoHo1 in a recombinant cosmid isolated from a gene library. Sequence analysis showed that this gene encodes a protein exhibiting significant similarity to alcohol dehydrogenases in bacterial, yeast, plant and animal cells. The expression of the adhC1 gene was confirmed by the detection of GSH-FDH enzyme activity in A. baumannii and Escherichia coli cells that expressed the cloned gene. However, the construction and analysis of an A. baumannii 8399 adhC1::Tn3-HoHo1 isogenic derivative revealed the presence of adhC2, a second copy of the gene encoding GSH-FDH activity. Enzyme assays and immunoblot analysis showed that adhC2 encodes a 46.5 kDa protein that is produced in similar amounts under iron-rich and iron-limited conditions. In contrast, the expression of adhC1, which encodes a 45 kDa protein with GSH-FDH activity, is induced under iron limitation and repressed when the cells are cultured in the presence of free inorganic iron. The differential expression of adhC1 is controlled at the transcriptional level and mediated through the Fur iron-repressor protein, which has potential binding sites within the promoter region of this adhC copy. The expression of both adhC copies is significantly enhanced by the presence of sub-inhibitory concentrations of formaldehyde in the culture media. Examination of different A. baumannii isolates indicates that they can be divided into two groups based on the type of GSH-FDH they produce. One group contains only the constitutively expressed 46.5 kDa protein, whilst the other produces this GSH-FDH type in addition to the iron-regulated isoenzyme. Further analysis showed that the presence and expression of the two adhC genes does not confer resistance to exogenous formaldehyde, nor does it enable it to utilize methylated compounds as a sole carbon source when cultured under iron-rich as well as iron-deficient conditions.
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- José R Echenique
- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA2
- Departamento de Bioquı́mica Clı́nica, Facultad de Ciencias Quı́micas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina1
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA2
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- Departamento de Bioquı́mica Clı́nica, Facultad de Ciencias Quı́micas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina1
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquı́micas "Fundación Campomar", Buenos Aires, Argentina3
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Nutrition, Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, USA4
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA2
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Bergogne-Bérézin E, Towner KJ. Acinetobacter spp. as nosocomial pathogens: microbiological, clinical, and epidemiological features. Clin Microbiol Rev 1996; 9:148-65. [PMID: 8964033 PMCID: PMC172888 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.9.2.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1060] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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- E Bergogne-Bérézin
- Department of Microbiology, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France
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Yamamoto S, Okujo N, Sakakibara Y. Isolation and structure elucidation of acinetobactin, a novel siderophore from Acinetobacter baumannii. Arch Microbiol 1994; 162:249-54. [PMID: 7802543 DOI: 10.1007/bf00301846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A novel siderophore, called acinetobactin, with both catecholate and hydroxamate functional groups was isolated from low-iron cultures of Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606. The structure was elucidated by chemical degradation, fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Acinetobactin was composed of omega-N-hydroxyhistamine, threonine and 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, the last two components forming an oxazoline ring. Acinetobactin was structurally related to anguibactin, a plasmid-encoded siderophore of Vibrio anguillarum. The only difference was that acinetobactin possessed an oxazoline ring instead of a thiazoline ring. Four of 12 other clinical A. baumannii strains examined produced acinetobactin, indicative of strain-to-strain variation in the ability to produce acinetobactin. In addition, a relatively small amount of acinetobactin was also detected in A. haemolyticus ATCC 17906.
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- S Yamamoto
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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