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Feodorova VA, Zaitsev SS, Khizhnyakova MA, Lavrukhin MS, Saltykov YV, Zaberezhny AD, Larionova OS. Complete genome of the Listeria monocytogenes strain AUF, used as a live listeriosis veterinary vaccine. Sci Data 2024; 11:643. [PMID: 38886393 PMCID: PMC11183264 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03440-8] [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: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a highly pathogenic bacterium that can cause listeriosis, a relatively rare food-borne infectious disease that affects farm, domestic, wild animals and humans as well. The infected livestock is the frequent sources of Lm. Vaccination is one of the methods of controlling listeriosis in target farm animals to prevent Lm-associated food contamination. Here we report the complete sequence of the Lm strain AUF attenuated from a fully-virulent Lm strain by ultraviolet irradiation, successfully used since the 1960s as a live whole-cell veterinary vaccine. The de novo assembled genome consists of a circular chromosome of 2,942,932 bp length, including more than 2,800 CDSs, 17 pseudogenes, 5 antibiotic resistance genes, and 56/92 virulence genes. Two wild Lm strains, the EGD and the 10403S that is also used in cancer Immunotherapy, were the closest homologs for the Lm strain AUF. Although all three strains belonged to different sequence types (ST), namely ST12, ST85, and ST1538, they were placed in the same genetic lineage II, CC7.
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- Valentina A Feodorova
- Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research, Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia.
- Department for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia.
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- Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research, Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia
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- Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research, Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia
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- Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research, Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia
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- Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research, Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia
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- All-Russian Scientific Research and Technological Institute of Biological Industry, Biocombinat, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research, Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia
- Department for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia
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Chevée V, Hullahalli K, Dailey KG, Güereca L, Zhang C, Waldor MK, Portnoy DA. Temporal and spatial dynamics of Listeria monocytogenes central nervous system infection in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2320311121. [PMID: 38635627 PMCID: PMC11046682 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320311121] [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: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterial pathogen that can cause life-threatening central nervous system (CNS) infections. While mechanisms by which L. monocytogenes and other pathogens traffic to the brain have been studied, a quantitative understanding of the underlying dynamics of colonization and replication within the brain is still lacking. In this study, we used barcoded L. monocytogenes to quantify the bottlenecks and dissemination patterns that lead to cerebral infection. Following intravenous (IV) inoculation, multiple independent invasion events seeded all parts of the CNS from the blood, however, only one clone usually became dominant in the brain. Sequential IV inoculations and intracranial inoculations suggested that clones that had a temporal advantage (i.e., seeded the CNS first), rather than a spatial advantage (i.e., invaded a particular brain region), were the main drivers of clonal dominance. In a foodborne model of cerebral infection with immunocompromised mice, rare invasion events instead led to a highly infected yet monoclonal CNS. This restrictive bottleneck likely arose from pathogen transit into the blood, rather than directly from the blood to the brain. Collectively, our findings provide a detailed quantitative understanding of the L. monocytogenes population dynamics that lead to CNS infection and a framework for studying the dynamics of other cerebral infections.
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- Victoria Chevée
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02115
- HHMI, Bethesda, MD20815
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02115
- HHMI, Bethesda, MD20815
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA02115
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02115
- HHMI, Bethesda, MD20815
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
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Espí-Malillos A, Palacios-Gorba C, López-Almela I, Ruiz-García P, López-Mendoza MC, García-Del Portillo F, Pucciarelli MG, Quereda JJ. Kinetic and proteomic studies in milk show distinct patterns among major Listeria monocytogenes clones. Microbes Infect 2024:105312. [PMID: 38346664 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2024.105312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Listeria monocytogenes, a contaminant of raw milk, includes hypervirulent clonal complexes (CC) like CC1, CC4, and CC6, highly overrepresented in dairy products when compared to other food types. Whether their higher prevalence in dairy products is the consequence of a growth advantage in this food remains unknown. We examined growth kinetics of five L. monocytogenes isolates (CC1, CC4, CC6, CC9, and CC121) at 37 and 4 °C in ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk and raw milk. At 4 °C, hypovirulent CC9 and CC121 isolates exhibit better growth parameters in UHT milk compared to the hypervirulent CC1, CC4, and CC6 isolates. CC9 isolate in raw milk at 4 °C exhibited the fastest growth and the highest final concentrations. In contrast, hypervirulent isolates (CC1, CC4, and CC6) displayed better growth rates in UHT milk at 37 °C, the mammalian host temperature. Proteomic analysis of representative hyper- (CC1) and hypovirulent (CC9) isolates showed that they respond to milk cues differently with CC-specific traits. Proteins related to metabolism (such as LysA or different phosphotransferase systems), and stress response were upregulated in both isolates during growth in UHT milk. Our results show that there is a Listeria CC-specific and a Listeria CC-common response to the milk environment. These findings shed light on the overrepresentation of hypervirulent L. monocytogenes isolates in dairy products, suggesting that CC1 and CC4 overrepresentation in dairy products made of raw milk may arise from contamination during or after milking at the farm and discard an advantage of hypervirulent isolates in milk products when stored at refrigeration temperatures.
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- Alba Espí-Malillos
- Grupo de investigación Intracellular Pathogens: Biology and Infection, Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Grupo de investigación Intracellular Pathogens: Biology and Infection, Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Grupo de investigación Intracellular Pathogens: Biology and Infection, Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens, National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB)-CSIC, Madrid, Spain; Department of Molecular Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Centre of Molecular Biology 'Severo Ochoa' (CBMSO CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de investigación Intracellular Pathogens: Biology and Infection, Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain.
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Ładziak M, Prochwicz E, Gut K, Gomza P, Jaworska K, Ścibek K, Młyńska-Witek M, Kadej-Zajączkowska K, Lillebaek EMS, Kallipolitis BH, Krawczyk-Balska A. Inactivation of lmo0946 ( sif) induces the SOS response and MGEs mobilization and silences the general stress response and virulence program in Listeria monocytogenes. Front Microbiol 2024; 14:1324062. [PMID: 38239729 PMCID: PMC10794523 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1324062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Bacteria have evolved numerous regulatory pathways to survive in changing environments. The SOS response is an inducible DNA damage repair system that plays an indispensable role in bacterial adaptation and pathogenesis. Here we report a discovery of the previously uncharacterized protein Lmo0946 as an SOS response interfering factor (Sif) in the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Functional genetic studies demonstrated that sif is indispensable for normal growth of L. monocytogenes in stress-free as well as multi-stress conditions, and sif contributes to susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics, biofilm formation and virulence. Absence of Sif promoted the SOS response and elevated expression of mobilome genes accompanied by mobilization of the A118 prophage and ICELm-1 mobile genetic elements (MGEs). These changes were found to be associated with decreased expression of general stress response genes from the σB regulon as well as virulence genes, including the PrfA regulon. Together, this study uncovers an unexpected role of a previously uncharacterized factor, Sif, as an inhibitor of the SOS response in L. monocytogenes.
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- Magdalena Ładziak
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Maraschin M, Talyuli OAC, Luíza Rulff da Costa C, Granella LW, Moi DA, Figueiredo BRS, Mansur DS, Oliveira PL, Oliveira JHM. Exploring dose-response relationships in Aedes aegypti survival upon bacteria and arbovirus infection. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 151:104573. [PMID: 37838284 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2023.104573] [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: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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A detailed understanding of how host fitness changes in response to variations in microbe density (an ecological measure of disease tolerance) is an important aim of infection biology. Here, we applied dose-response curves to study Aedes aegypti survival upon exposure to different microbes. We challenged female mosquitoes with Listeria monocytogenes, a model bacterial pathogen, Dengue 4 virus and Zika virus, two medically relevant arboviruses, to understand the distribution of mosquito survival following microbe exposure. By correlating microbe loads and host health, we found that a blood meal promotes disease tolerance in our systemic bacterial infection model and that mosquitoes orally infected with bacteria had an enhanced defensive capacity than insects infected through injection. We also showed that Aedes aegypti displays a higher survival profile following arbovirus infection when compared to bacterial infections. Here, we applied a framework for investigating microbe-induced mosquito mortality and details how the lifespan of Aedes aegypti varies with different inoculum sizes of bacteria and arboviruses.
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- Mariana Maraschin
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions and Biodiversity, Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP 13083-862, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, Department of Ecology and Zoology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, Edifício Fritz Müller, Bloco B, Córrego Grande, CEP 88040-970, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular. Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular. Brazil.
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Schulz LM, Konrath A, Rismondo J. Characterisation of the growth behaviour of Listeria monocytogenes in Listeria synthetic media. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2023; 15:669-683. [PMID: 37864319 PMCID: PMC10667646 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can grow in a wide range of environmental conditions. For the study of the physiology of this organism, several chemically defined media have been developed over the past decades. Here, we examined the ability of L. monocytogenes wildtype strains EGD-e and 10403S to grow under salt and pH stress in Listeria synthetic medium (LSM). Furthermore, we determined that a wide range of carbon sources could support the growth of both wildtype strains in LSM. However, for hexose phosphate sugars such as glucose-1-phosphate, both L. monocytogenes strains need to be pre-grown under conditions, where the major virulence regulator PrfA is active. In addition, growth of both L. monocytogenes strains was observed when LSM was supplemented with the amino acid sugar N-acetylmannosamine (ManNAc). We were able to show that some of the proteins encoded in the operon lmo2795-nanE, such as the ManNAc-6-phosphate epimerase NanE, are required for growth in the presence of ManNAc. The first gene of the operon, lmo2795, encodes a transcriptional regulator of the RpiR family. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays and quantitative real-time PCR analysis, we were able to show that Lmo2795 binds to the promoter region of the operon lmo2795-nanE and activates its expression.
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- Lisa Maria Schulz
- Department of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and GeneticsGZMB, Georg‐August University GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and GeneticsGZMB, Georg‐August University GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and GeneticsGZMB, Georg‐August University GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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Elfmann C, Zhu B, Stülke J, Halbedel S. ListiWiki: A database for the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Int J Med Microbiol 2023; 313:151591. [PMID: 38043216 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2023.151591] [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] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram positive foodborne pathogen that regularly causes outbreaks of systemic infectious diseases. The bacterium maintains a facultative intracellular lifestyle; it thrives under a variety of environmental conditions and is able to infect human host cells. L. monocytogenes is genetically tractable and therefore has become an attractive model system to study the mechanisms employed by facultative intracellular bacteria to invade eukaryotic cells and to replicate in their cytoplasm. Besides its importance for basic research, L. monocytogenes also serves as a paradigmatic pathogen in genomic epidemiology, where the relative stability of its genome facilitates successful outbreak detection and elucidation of transmission chains in genomic pathogen surveillance systems. In both terms, it is necessary to keep the annotation of the L. monocytogenes genome up to date. Therefore, we have created the database ListiWiki (http://listiwiki.uni-goettingen.de/) which stores comprehensive information on the widely used L. monocytogenes reference strain EDG-e. ListiWiki is designed to collect information on genes, proteins and RNAs and their relevant functional characteristics, but also further information such as mutant phenotypes, available biological material, and publications. In its present form, ListiWiki combines the most recent annotation of the EDG-e genome with published data on gene essentiality, gene expression and subcellular protein localization. ListiWiki also predicts protein-protein interactions networks based on protein homology to Bacillus subtilis proteins, for which detailed interaction maps have been compiled in the sibling database SubtiWiki. Furthermore, crystallographic information of proteins is made accessible through integration of Protein Structure Database codes and AlphaFold structure predictions. ListiWiki is an easy-to-use web interface that has been developed with a focus on an intuitive access to all information. Use of ListiWiki is free of charge and its content can be edited by all members of the scientific community after registration. In our labs, ListiWiki has already become an important and easy to use tool to quickly access genome annotation details that we can keep updated with advancing knowledge. It also might be useful to promote the comprehensive understanding of the physiology and virulence of an important human pathogen.
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- Christoph Elfmann
- Department of General Microbiology, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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- FG11 Division of Enteropathogenic bacteria and Legionella, Robert Koch Institute, Burgstrasse 37, 38855 Wernigerode, Germany; Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Berude JC, Kennouche P, Reniere ML, Portnoy DA. Listeria monocytogenes utilizes glutathione and limited inorganic sulfur compounds as a source of essential L-cysteine. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.16.562582. [PMID: 37905006 PMCID: PMC10614801 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.16.562582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Listeria monocytogenes ( Lm ) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen that leads a biphasic lifecycle, transitioning its metabolism and selectively inducing virulence genes when it encounters mammalian hosts. Virulence gene expression is controlled by the master virulence regulator PrfA, which is allosterically activated by host- and bacterially-derived glutathione (GSH). The amino acid L-cysteine is the rate-limiting substrate for GSH synthesis in bacteria and is essential for bacterial growth. Unlike many bacteria, Lm is auxotrophic for L-cysteine and must import exogenous cysteine for growth and virulence. GSH is enriched in the host cytoplasm, and previous work suggests that Lm utilizes exogenous GSH for PrfA activation. Despite these observations, the import mechanism(s) for GSH remains elusive. Analysis of known GSH importers predicted a homologous importer in Lm comprised of the Ctp ABC transporter and the OppDF ATPases of the Opp oligopeptide importer. Here, we demonstrated that the Ctp complex is a high-affinity GSH/GSSG importer that is required for Lm growth at physiologically relevant concentrations. Further, we demonstrated that OppDF are required for GSH/GSSG import in an Opp-independent manner. These data support a model where Ctp and OppDF form a unique complex for GSH/GSSG import that supports growth and pathogenesis. Additionally, we show that Lm utilizes the inorganic sulfur sources thiosulfate and H 2 S for growth in a CysK-dependent manner in the absence of other L-cysteine sources. These findings suggest a pathoadaptive role for partial cysteine auxotrophy in Lm , where locally high GSH/GSSG or inorganic sulfur concentrations may signal arrival to distinct host niches.
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Rivera-Lugo R, Huang S, Lee F, Méheust R, Iavarone AT, Sidebottom AM, Oldfield E, Portnoy DA, Light SH. Distinct Energy-Coupling Factor Transporter Subunits Enable Flavin Acquisition and Extracytosolic Trafficking for Extracellular Electron Transfer in Listeria monocytogenes. mBio 2023; 14:e0308522. [PMID: 36744898 PMCID: PMC9973259 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03085-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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A variety of electron transfer mechanisms link bacterial cytosolic electron pools with functionally diverse redox activities in the cell envelope and extracellular space. In Listeria monocytogenes, the ApbE-like enzyme FmnB catalyzes extracytosolic protein flavinylation, covalently linking a flavin cofactor to proteins that transfer electrons to extracellular acceptors. L. monocytogenes uses an energy-coupling factor (ECF) transporter complex that contains distinct substrate-binding, transmembrane, ATPase A, and ATPase A' subunits (RibU, EcfT, EcfA, and EcfA') to import environmental flavins, but the basis of extracytosolic flavin trafficking for FmnB flavinylation remains poorly defined. In this study, we show that the EetB and FmnA proteins are related to ECF transporter substrate-binding and transmembrane subunits, respectively, and are essential for exporting flavins from the cytosol for flavinylation. Comparisons of the flavin import versus export capabilities of L. monocytogenes strains lacking different ECF transporter subunits demonstrate a strict directionality of substrate-binding subunit transport but partial functional redundancy of transmembrane and ATPase subunits. Based on these results, we propose that ECF transporter complexes with different subunit compositions execute directional flavin import/export through a broadly conserved mechanism. Finally, we present genomic context analyses that show that related ECF exporter genes are distributed across members of the phylum Firmicutes and frequently colocalize with genes encoding flavinylated extracytosolic proteins. These findings clarify the basis of ECF transporter export and extracytosolic flavin cofactor trafficking in Firmicutes. IMPORTANCE Bacteria import vitamins and other essential compounds from their surroundings but also traffic related compounds from the cytosol to the cell envelope where they serve various functions. Studying the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, we find that the modular use of subunits from a prominent class of bacterial transporters enables the import of environmental vitamin B2 cofactors and the extracytosolic trafficking of a vitamin B2-derived cofactor that facilitates redox reactions in the cell envelope. These studies clarify the basis of bidirectional small-molecule transport across the cytoplasmic membrane and the assembly of redox-active proteins within the cell envelope and extracellular space.
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- Rafael Rivera-Lugo
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Duchossois Family Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Génomique Métabolique, CEA, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, Université d’Évry, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Evry, France
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- QB3/Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Duchossois Family Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Wortel IMN, Kim S, Liu AY, Ibarra EC, Miller MJ. Listeria motility increases the efficiency of epithelial invasion during intestinal infection. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1011028. [PMID: 36584235 PMCID: PMC9836302 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a food-borne pathogen that causes severe bacterial gastroenteritis, with high rates of hospitalization and mortality. Lm is ubiquitous in soil, water and livestock, and can survive and proliferate at low temperatures. Following oral ingestion of contaminated food, Lm crosses the epithelium through intestinal goblet cells in a mechanism mediated by Lm InlA binding host E-cadherin. Importantly, human infections typically occur with Lm growing at or below room temperature, which is flagellated and motile. Even though many important human bacterial pathogens are flagellated, little is known regarding the effect of Lm motility on invasion and immune evasion. Here, we used complementary imaging and computer modeling approaches to test the hypothesis that bacterial motility helps Lm locate and engage target cells permissive for invasion. Imaging explanted mouse and human intestine, we showed that Lm grown at room temperature uses motility to scan the epithelial surface and preferentially attach to target cells. Furthermore, we integrated quantitative parameters from our imaging experiments to construct a versatile "layered" cellular Potts model (L-CPM) that simulates host-pathogen dynamics. Simulated data are consistent with the hypothesis that bacterial motility enhances invasion by allowing bacteria to search the epithelial surface for their preferred invasion targets. Indeed, our model consistently predicts that motile bacteria invade twice as efficiently over the first hour of infection. We also examined how bacterial motility affected interactions with host cellular immunity. In a mouse model of persistent infection, we found that neutrophils migrated to the apical surface of the epithelium 5 hours post infection and interacted with Lm. Yet in contrast to the view that neutrophils "hunt" for bacteria, we found that these interactions were driven by motility of Lm-which moved at least ~50x faster than neutrophils. Furthermore, our L-CPM predicts that motile bacteria maintain their invasion advantage even in the presence of host phagocytes, with the balance between invasion and phagocytosis governed almost entirely by bacterial motility. In conclusion, our simulations provide insight into host pathogen interaction dynamics at the intestinal epithelial barrier early during infection.
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- Inge M. N. Wortel
- Data Science, Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Desiderato CK, Hasenauer KM, Reich SJ, Goldbeck O, Holivololona L, Ovchinnikov KV, Reiter A, Oldiges M, Diep DB, Eikmanns BJ, Riedel CU. Garvicin Q: characterization of biosynthesis and mode of action. Microb Cell Fact 2022; 21:236. [PMID: 36368990 PMCID: PMC9652874 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-01952-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides, that either kill target bacteria or inhibit their growth. Bacteriocins are used in food preservation and are of increasing interest as potential alternatives to conventional antibiotics. In the present study, we show that Lactococcus petauri B1726, a strain isolated from fermented balsam pear, produces a heat-stable and protease-sensitive compound. Following genome sequencing, a gene cluster for production of a class IId bacteriocin was identified consisting of garQ (encoding for the bacteriocin garvicin Q), garI (for a putative immunity protein), garC, and garD (putative transporter proteins). Growth conditions were optimized for increased bacteriocin activity in supernatants of L. petauri B1726 and purification and mass spectrometry identified the compound as garvicin Q. Further experiments suggest that garvicin Q adsorbs to biomass of various susceptible and insusceptible bacteria and support the hypothesis that garvicin Q requires a mannose-family phosphotransferase system (PTSMan) as receptor to kill target bacteria by disruption of membrane integrity. Heterologous expression of a synthetic garQICD operon was established in Corynebacterium glutamicum demonstrating that genes garQICD are responsible for biosynthesis and secretion of garvicin Q. Moreover, production of garvicin Q by the recombinant C. glutamicum strain was improved by using a defined medium yet product levels were still considerably lower than with the natural L. petauri B1726 producer strain.Collectively, our data identifies the genetic basis for production of the bacteriocin garvicin Q by L. petauri B1726 and provides insights into the receptor and mode of action of garvicin Q. Moreover, we successfully performed first attempts towards biotechnological production of this interesting bacteriocin using natural and heterologous hosts.
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- Christian K. Desiderato
- grid.6582.90000 0004 1936 9748Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- grid.6582.90000 0004 1936 9748Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- grid.6582.90000 0004 1936 9748Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- grid.6582.90000 0004 1936 9748Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- grid.19477.3c0000 0004 0607 975XFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- grid.19477.3c0000 0004 0607 975XFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- grid.8385.60000 0001 2297 375XInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, 52425 Jülich, Germany ,grid.1957.a0000 0001 0728 696XInstitute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- grid.8385.60000 0001 2297 375XInstitute of Bio- and Geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, 52425 Jülich, Germany ,grid.1957.a0000 0001 0728 696XInstitute of Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- grid.19477.3c0000 0004 0607 975XFaculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- grid.6582.90000 0004 1936 9748Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- grid.6582.90000 0004 1936 9748Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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-Aminobenzoic Acid Biosynthesis Is Required for Listeria monocytogenes Growth and Pathogenesis. Infect Immun 2022; 90:e0020722. [PMID: 36317877 PMCID: PMC9670987 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00207-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Biosyntheses of
para
-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and its downstream folic acid metabolites are essential for one-carbon metabolism in all life forms and the targets of sulfonamide and trimethoprim antibiotics. In this study, we identified and characterized two genes (
pabA
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pabBC
) required for PABA biosynthesis in
Listeria monocytogenes
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Immunogenic Modification of Ligilactobacillus agilis by Specific Amino Acid Substitution of Flagellin. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0127722. [PMID: 36173204 PMCID: PMC9599256 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01277-22] [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: 12/01/2022] Open
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Ligilactobacillus agilis is a flagellated motile commensal microbe that resides in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals and birds. Flagellin, the major subunit protein of flagellar filament, from pathogenic bacteria is generally a proinflammatory molecule that stimulates immune cells via Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5). Interestingly, the flagellins of L. agilis are known to be immunologically attenuated despite the fact that the structure of the proteins, including the TLR5 recognition site, is highly conserved among bacteria. The results of our previous study suggested that this is attributed to the differences in three specific amino acids within the conserved TLR5 recognition site; however, this hypothesis remains to be confirmed. In this study, a series of recombinant L. agilis flagellins, with amino acid substitutions at the TLR5 recognition site, were constructed, and their immunogenic activity was evaluated in vitro. Then, an L. agilis strain with an active immunogenic TLR5 recognition site was generated. In vitro and in vivo immunological studies revealed that the mutant L. agilis strain with the modified flagellin was more immunogenic than the wild-type strain. In conclusion, the specific amino acid residues in L. agilis flagellins likely contribute to the discrimination between pathogens and commensals by the host defense system. Additionally, the immunogenically potent L. agilis mutants may serve as a useful platform for oral vaccine delivery. IMPORTANCE The interactions between gut microbes and immune cells play an important role in the health and disease of hosts. Ligilactobacillus agilis is a flagellated commensal bacterium found in the gut of mammals and birds. However, the flagellin proteins of L. agilis are immunologically attenuated and barely induce TLR5-dependent inflammation, unlike the flagellins of several pathogenic bacteria. This study demonstrated that three specific amino acids in the flagellin protein are responsible for this low immunogenicity in L. agilis. The results obtained herein improve our understanding of the symbiosis between gut microbes and their hosts.
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Vogel V, Olari LR, Jachmann M, Reich SJ, Häring M, Kissmann AK, Rosenau F, Riedel CU, Münch J, Spellerberg B. The bacteriocin Angicin interferes with bacterial membrane integrity through interaction with the mannose phosphotransferase system. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:991145. [PMID: 36147850 PMCID: PMC9486217 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.991145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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In a natural environment, bacteria are members of multispecies communities. To compete with rival species, bacteria produce antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), called bacteriocins. Bacteriocins are small, cationic, ribosomally synthesized peptides, which normally inhibit closely related species of the producing organism. Bacteriocin production is best studied in lactic bacteria (LAB). Streptococcus anginosus, belonging to LAB, produces the potent bacteriocin Angicin, which shows inhibitory activity against other streptococci, Listeria monocytogenes and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE). Furthermore, Angicin shows a high resistance toward pH changes and heat, rendering it an interesting candidate for food preservation or clinical applications. The inhibitory activity of Angicin depends on the presence of a mannose phosphotransferase system (Man-PTS) in target cells, since L. monocytogenes harboring a deletion in an extracellular loop of this system is no longer sensitive to Angicin. Furthermore, we demonstrated by liposome leakage and pHluorin assays that Angicin destroys membrane integrity but shows only low cytotoxicity against human cell lines. In conclusion, we show that Angicin has a detrimental effect on the membrane of target organisms by using the Man-PTS as a receptor.
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- Verena Vogel
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
- *Correspondence: Barbara Spellerberg,
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Liu X, Pang X, Wu Y, Wu Y, Shi Y, Zhang X, Chen Q. Synergistic Antibacterial Mechanism of Mannosylerythritol Lipid-A and Lactic Acid on Listeria monocytogenes Based on Transcriptomic Analysis. Foods 2022; 11:foods11172660. [PMID: 36076848 PMCID: PMC9455235 DOI: 10.3390/foods11172660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mannosylerythritol lipids-A (MEL-A) is a novel biosurfactant with multiple biological effects. The synergistic antibacterial activity and mechanism of MEL-A and lactic acid (LA) against Listeria monocytogenes were investigated. The synergistic effect resulted in a significant increase in the antibacterial rate compared to LA treatment alone. Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis was applied to deeply investigate the synergistic antibacterial mechanism. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis showed that the synergy between MEL-A and LA affected many potential cellular responses, including the sugar phosphotransferase system, carbohydrate transport, and ribosomes. KEGG enrichment analysis showed that the PTS system and ribosome-related pathways were significantly enriched. In addition, synergistic treatment affected locomotion and membrane-related cellular responses in GO enrichment analysis and carbohydrate metabolism and amino acid metabolism pathways in KEGG enrichment analysis compared to LA treatment alone. The accuracy of the transcriptome analysis results was verified by qPCR (R2 = 0.9903). This study will provide new insights for the prevention and control of L. monocytogenes.
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- Xiayu Liu
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Rd. 866, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Rd. 866, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Rd. 866, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Rd. 866, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Rd. 866, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Rd. 866, Hangzhou 310058, China
- College of Agriculture and Forestry, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Rd. 866, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-571-86984316
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Vogel V, Fuchs M, Jachmann M, Bitzer A, Mauerer S, Münch J, Spellerberg B. The Role of SilX in Bacteriocin Production of Streptococcus anginosus. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:904318. [PMID: 35875552 PMCID: PMC9298176 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.904318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Streptococcus anginosus produces the novel antimicrobial peptide Angicin, which inhibits Gram positive microorganisms and is classified as a group IId bacteriocin. Production of Angicin is regulated by the quorum sensing system Sil (Streptococcus invasion locus), which is located adjacent to the bacteriocin gene cluster. Within this genetic region a typical CAAX protease is encoded, which was designated SilX. Nelfinavir, a HIV protease inhibitor, led to a concentration dependent reduction in antimicrobial activity, presumably through the inhibition of SilX. Concentrations exceeding 25 μM Nelfinavir caused a complete abolishment of bacteriocin activity against Listeria monocytogenes. These results are supported by the observation, that a SilX deletion mutant of S. anginosus strain BSU 1211 no longer inhibits the growth of L. monocytogenes. Antimicrobial activity could be restored by addition of synthetically synthesized mature SilCR, implying that SilX may be involved in the export and processing of the signal peptide SilCR. Some CAAX proteases have been reported to provide immunity against bacteriocins. However, in a radial diffusion assay the deletion mutant S. anginosus BSU 1211ΔSilX showed no sensitivity toward Angicin arguing against a role of SilX in the immunity of S. anginosus. The putative processing of the signal peptide SilCR indicates a novel function of the CAAX protease SilX, in the context of S. anginosus bacteriocin production.
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- Verena Vogel
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
- *Correspondence: Barbara Spellerberg,
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Myintzaw P, Pennone V, McAuliffe O, Begley M, Callanan M. Correlation of organic acid tolerance and genotypic characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes food and clinical isolates. Food Microbiol 2022; 104:104004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2022.104004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Thomasen RSS, Jespersen MG, Jørgensen K, Dos Santos PT, Sternkopf Lillebæk EM, Skov MN, Kemp M, Kallipolitis BH. The Global Regulator CcpA of Listeria monocytogenes Confers Sensitivity to Antimicrobial Fatty Acids. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:895942. [PMID: 35591996 PMCID: PMC9113694 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.895942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Free fatty acids (FFAs) are known to exhibit antimicrobial and anti-virulent properties against bacterial pathogens. Specific FFAs, such as lauric acid (LA; C12:0), exert both effects against the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: at low levels, LA acts to inhibit the activity of the virulence regulator PrfA, whereas at higher levels, LA inhibits bacterial growth. Deletion of prfA is known to promote tolerance toward antimicrobial FFAs, suggesting that the response of L. monocytogenes to anti-virulent and antimicrobial FFAs could be linked. In this study, we explored the response of L. monocytogenes toward antimicrobial FFAs holding an anti-virulence activity by isolating strains that can grow at high concentrations of LA. We found that LA-tolerant isolates carry mutations in the gene encoding the global regulator CcpA. Importantly, we discovered that mutation or deletion of ccpA protect L. monocytogenes against the antimicrobial activity of FFAs, whereas the ccpA mutants remain sensitive toward FFA’s PrfA inhibitory effect. A regulatory link involving CcpA, connecting the response toward the antimicrobial and anti-virulence activities of FFAs, is therefore unlikely. To further study how deletion of ccpA promotes FFA tolerance, we performed a transcriptomic analysis of the response to LA. Our data indicated that the FFA-tolerant phenotype of the ∆ccpA strain is not induced upon LA exposure but appears to be an inherent phenotypic trait of the ccpA deletion mutation. Interestingly, we found that the bacterial surface of L. monocytogenes becomes more hydrophilic upon deletion of ccpA, and we demonstrate that CcpA plays a role in the response of L. monocytogenes to other stress conditions, including low pH and antibiotics. Altogether, our study revealed that regulatory activities of CcpA lead to an increased hydrophobicity of the bacterial surface, which may confer sensitivity of L. monocytogenes against the antimicrobial activity of FFAs. Notably, CcpA is not involved in responding to the PrfA inhibitory effect of FFAs, showing that FFA-tolerant strains can still be targeted by the anti-virulent activity of FFAs.
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- Rikke S S Thomasen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital and Research Unit of Clinical Microbiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital and Research Unit of Clinical Microbiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,The Regional Department of Clinical Microbiology, Region Zealand, Zealand University Hospital, Koege, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Brodiazhenko T, Turnbull KJ, Wu KJY, Takada H, Tresco BIC, Tenson T, Myers AG, Hauryliuk V. Synthetic oxepanoprolinamide iboxamycin is active against Listeria monocytogenes despite the intrinsic resistance mediated by VgaL/Lmo0919 ABCF ATPase. JAC Antimicrob Resist 2022; 4:dlac061. [PMID: 35733912 PMCID: PMC9204466 DOI: 10.1093/jacamr/dlac061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Listeriosis is a food-borne disease caused by the Gram-positive Bacillota (Firmicute) bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Clinical L. monocytogenes isolates are often resistant to clinically used lincosamide clindamycin, thus excluding clindamycin as a viable treatment option. Objectives We have established newly developed lincosamide iboxamycin as a potential novel antilisterial agent. Methods We determined MICs of the lincosamides lincomycin, clindamycin and iboxamycin for L. monocytogenes, Enterococcus faecalis and Bacillus subtilis strains expressing synergetic antibiotic resistance determinants: ABCF ATPases that directly displace antibiotics from the ribosome and Cfr, a 23S rRNA methyltransferase that compromises antibiotic binding. For L. monocytogenes strains, either expressing VgaL/Lmo0919 or lacking the resistance factor, we performed time-kill kinetics and post-antibiotic effect assays. Results We show that the synthetic lincosamide iboxamycin is highly active against L. monocytogenes and can overcome the intrinsic lincosamide resistance mediated by VgaL/Lmo0919 ABCF ATPase. While iboxamycin is not bactericidal against L. monocytogenes, it displays a pronounced post-antibiotic effect, which is a valuable pharmacokinetic feature. We demonstrate that VmlR ABCF of B. subtilis grants significant (33-fold increase in MIC) protection from iboxamycin, while LsaA ABCF of E. faecalis grants an 8-fold protective effect. Furthermore, the VmlR-mediated iboxamycin resistance is cooperative with that mediated by the Cfr, resulting in up to a 512-fold increase in MIC. Conclusions While iboxamycin is a promising new antilisterial agent, our findings suggest that emergence and spread of ABCF ARE variants capable of defeating next-generation lincosamides in the clinic is possible and should be closely monitored.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University , Cambridge, MA , USA
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Lund , 221 84 Lund , Sweden
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University , Kamigamo, Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University , Cambridge, MA , USA
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- University of Tartu, Institute of Technology , 50411 Tartu , Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University , Cambridge, MA , USA
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- University of Tartu, Institute of Technology , 50411 Tartu , Estonia
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Lund , 221 84 Lund , Sweden
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Rivera-Lugo R, Deng D, Anaya-Sanchez A, Tejedor-Sanz S, Tang E, Reyes Ruiz VM, Smith HB, Titov DV, Sauer JD, Skaar EP, Ajo-Franklin CM, Portnoy DA, Light SH. Listeria monocytogenes requires cellular respiration for NAD + regeneration and pathogenesis. eLife 2022; 11:75424. [PMID: 35380108 PMCID: PMC9094743 DOI: 10.7554/elife.75424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cellular respiration is essential for multiple bacterial pathogens and a validated antibiotic target. In addition to driving oxidative phosphorylation, bacterial respiration has a variety of ancillary functions that obscure its contribution to pathogenesis. We find here that the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes encodes two respiratory pathways which are partially functionally redundant and indispensable for pathogenesis. Loss of respiration decreased NAD+ regeneration, but this could be specifically reversed by heterologous expression of a water-forming NADH oxidase (NOX). NOX expression fully rescued intracellular growth defects and increased L. monocytogenes loads >1000-fold in a mouse infection model. Consistent with NAD+ regeneration maintaining L. monocytogenes viability and enabling immune evasion, a respiration-deficient strain exhibited elevated bacteriolysis within the host cytosol and NOX expression rescued this phenotype. These studies show that NAD+ regeneration represents a major role of L. monocytogenes respiration and highlight the nuanced relationship between bacterial metabolism, physiology, and pathogenesis. Cellular respiration is one of the main ways organisms make energy. It works by linking the oxidation of an electron donor (like sugar) to the reduction of an electron acceptor (like oxygen). Electrons pass between the two molecules along what is known as an ‘electron transport chain’. This process generates a force that powers the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule that cells use to store energy. Respiration is a common way for cells to replenish their energy stores, but it is not the only way. A simpler process that does not require a separate electron acceptor or an electron transport chain is called fermentation. Many bacteria have the capacity to perform both respiration and fermentation and do so in a context-dependent manner. Research has shown that respiration can contribute to bacterial diseases, like tuberculosis and listeriosis (a disease caused by the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes). Indeed, some antibiotics even target bacterial respiration. Despite being often discussed in the context of generating ATP, respiration is also important for many other cellular processes, including maintaining the balance of reduced and oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) cofactors. Because of these multiple functions, the exact role respiration plays in disease is unknown. To find out more, Rivera-Lugo, Deng et al. developed strains of the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes that lacked some of the genes used in respiration. The resulting bacteria were still able to produce energy, but they became much worse at infecting mammalian cells. The use of a genetic tool that restored the balance of reduced and oxidized NAD cofactors revived the ability of respiration-deficient L. monocytogenes to infect mammalian cells, indicating that this balance is what the bacterium requires to infect. Research into respiration tends to focus on its role in generating ATP. But these results show that for some bacteria, this might not be the most important part of the process. Understanding the other roles of respiration could change the way that researchers develop antibacterial drugs in the future. This in turn could help with the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.
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- Rafael Rivera-Lugo
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Graduate Group in Microbiology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, United States
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Wamp S, Rothe P, Stern D, Holland G, Döhling J, Halbedel S. MurA escape mutations uncouple peptidoglycan biosynthesis from PrkA signaling. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010406. [PMID: 35294506 PMCID: PMC8959180 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Gram-positive bacteria are protected by a thick mesh of peptidoglycan (PG) completely engulfing their cells. This PG network is the main component of the bacterial cell wall, it provides rigidity and acts as foundation for the attachment of other surface molecules. Biosynthesis of PG consumes a high amount of cellular resources and therefore requires careful adjustments to environmental conditions. An important switch in the control of PG biosynthesis of Listeria monocytogenes, a Gram-positive pathogen with a high infection fatality rate, is the serine/threonine protein kinase PrkA. A key substrate of this kinase is the small cytosolic protein ReoM. We have shown previously that ReoM phosphorylation regulates PG formation through control of MurA stability. MurA catalyzes the first step in PG biosynthesis and the current model suggests that phosphorylated ReoM prevents MurA degradation by the ClpCP protease. In contrast, conditions leading to ReoM dephosphorylation stimulate MurA degradation. How ReoM controls degradation of MurA and potential other substrates is not understood. Also, the individual contribution of the ~20 other known PrkA targets to PG biosynthesis regulation is unknown. We here present murA mutants which escape proteolytic degradation. The release of MurA from ClpCP-dependent proteolysis was able to activate PG biosynthesis and further enhanced the intrinsic cephalosporin resistance of L. monocytogenes. This latter effect required the RodA3/PBP B3 transglycosylase/transpeptidase pair. One murA escape mutation not only fully rescued an otherwise non-viable prkA mutant during growth in batch culture and inside macrophages but also overcompensated cephalosporin hypersensitivity. Our data collectively indicate that the main purpose of PrkA-mediated signaling in L. monocytogenes is control of MurA stability during standard laboratory growth conditions and intracellular growth in macrophages. These findings have important implications for the understanding of PG biosynthesis regulation and β-lactam resistance of L. monocytogenes and related Gram-positive bacteria. Peptidoglycan (PG) is the main component of the bacterial cell wall and many of the PG synthesizing enzymes are antibiotic targets. We previously have discovered a new signaling route controlling PG production in the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. This route also determines the intrinsic resistance of L. monocytogenes against cephalosporins, a group of β-lactam antibiotics. Signaling involves PrkA, a membrane-embedded protein kinase, that is activated during cell wall stress to phosphorylate its target ReoM. Depending on its phosphorylation, ReoM activates or inactivates PG production by controlling the proteolytic stability of MurA, which catalyzes the first step in PG biosynthesis. MurA degradation depends on the ClpCP protease and we here have isolated murA mutations that escape this degradation. Using these mutants, we could show that regulation of PG biosynthesis through control of MurA stability is an important purpose of PrkA-mediated signaling in L. monocytogenes. Further experiments identified the transglycosylase RodA and the transpeptidase PBP B3 as additional downstream factors. Our results suggest that both proteins act together to translate the signals received by PrkA into adjustment of PG biosynthesis. These findings shed new light on the regulation of PG biosynthesis in Gram-positive bacteria with intrinsic β-lactam resistance.
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- Sabrina Wamp
- FG11 - Division of Enteropathogenic bacteria and Legionella, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany
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- FG11 - Division of Enteropathogenic bacteria and Legionella, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany
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- ZBS3 - Biological Toxins, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- ZBS4 - Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- FG11 - Division of Enteropathogenic bacteria and Legionella, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany
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- FG11 - Division of Enteropathogenic bacteria and Legionella, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany
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Maudet C, Kheloufi M, Levallois S, Gaillard J, Huang L, Gaultier C, Tsai YH, Disson O, Lecuit M. Bacterial inhibition of Fas-mediated killing promotes neuroinvasion and persistence. Nature 2022; 603:900-906. [PMID: 35296858 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04505-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Infections of the central nervous system are among the most serious infections1,2, but the mechanisms by which pathogens access the brain remain poorly understood. The model microorganism Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a major foodborne pathogen that causes neurolisteriosis, one of the deadliest infections of the central nervous system3,4. Although immunosuppression is a well-established host risk factor for neurolisteriosis3,5, little is known about the bacterial factors that underlie the neuroinvasion of Lm. Here we develop a clinically relevant experimental model of neurolisteriosis, using hypervirulent neuroinvasive strains6 inoculated in a humanized mouse model of infection7, and we show that the bacterial surface protein InlB protects infected monocytes from Fas-mediated cell death by CD8+ T cells in a manner that depends on c-Met, PI3 kinase and FLIP. This blockade of specific anti-Lm cellular immune killing lengthens the lifespan of infected monocytes, and thereby favours the transfer of Lm from infected monocytes to the brain. The intracellular niche that is created by InlB-mediated cell-autonomous immune resistance also promotes Lm faecal shedding, which accounts for the selection of InlB as a core virulence gene of Lm. We have uncovered a specific mechanism by which a bacterial pathogen confers an increased lifespan to the cells it infects by rendering them resistant to cell-mediated immunity. This promotes the persistence of Lm within the host, its dissemination to the central nervous system and its transmission.
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- Claire Maudet
- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France.,Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, Paris, France. .,Institut Pasteur, National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center Listeria, Paris, France. .,Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, APHP, Institut Imagine, Paris, France.
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Pang X, Wu Y, Liu X, Wu Y, Shu Q, Niu J, Chen Q, Zhang X. The Lipoteichoic Acid-Related Proteins YqgS and LafA Contribute to the Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes to Nisin. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0209521. [PMID: 35196823 PMCID: PMC8865564 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02095-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a major pathogen contributing to foodborne outbreaks with high mortality. Nisin, a natural antimicrobial, has been widely used as a food preservative. However, the mechanisms of L. monocytogenes involved in nisin resistance have not yet to be fully defined. A mariner transposon library was constructed in L. monocytogenes, leading to the identification of 99 genes associated with the innate resistance to nisin via Transposon sequencing (Tn-seq) analysis. To validate the accuracy of the Tn-seq results, we constructed five mutants (ΔyqgS, ΔlafA, ΔvirR, ΔgtcA, and Δlmo1464) in L. monocytogenes. The results revealed that yqgS and lafA, the lipoteichoic acid-related genes, were essential for resistance to nisin, while the gtcA and lmo1464 mutants showed substantially enhanced nisin resistance. Densely wrinkled, collapsed surface and membrane breakdown were shown on ΔyqgS and ΔlafA mutants under nisin treatment. Deletion of yqgS and lafA altered the surface charge, and decreased the resistance to general stress conditions and cell envelope-acting antimicrobials. Furthermore, YqgS and LafA are required for biofilm formation and cell invasion of L. monocytogenes. Collectively, these results reveal novel mechanisms of nisin resistance in L. monocytogenes and may provide unique targets for the development of food-grade inhibitors for nisin-resistant foodborne pathogens. IMPORTANCE Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic Gram-positive pathogen responsible for listeriosis, and is widely present in a variety of foods including ready-to-eat foods, meat, and dairy products. Nisin is the only licensed lantibiotic by the FDA for use as a food-grade inhibitor in over 50 countries. A prior study suggests that L. monocytogenes are more resistant than other Gram-positive pathogens in nisin-mediated bactericidal effects. However, the mechanisms of L. monocytogenes involved in nisin resistance have not yet to be fully defined. Here, we used a mariner transposon library to identify nisin-resistance-related genes on a genome-wide scale via transposon sequencing. We found, for the first time, that YqgS and LafA (Lipoteichoic acid-related proteins) are required for resistance to nisin. Subsequently, we investigated the roles of YqgS and LafA in L. monocytogenes stress resistance, antimicrobial resistance, biofilm formation, and virulence in mammalian cells.
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- Xinxin Pang
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Forestry, Linyi University, Linyi, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- College of Agriculture and Forestry, Linyi University, Linyi, China
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Ceragenins are a family of synthetic amphipathic molecules designed to mimic the properties of naturally occurring cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs). Although ceragenins have potent antimicrobial activity, whether their mode of action is similar to that of CAMPs has remained elusive. Here, we reported the results of a comparative study of the bacterial responses to two well-studied CAMPs, LL37 and colistin, and two ceragenins with related structures, CSA13 and CSA131. Using transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, we found that Escherichia coli responded similarly to both CAMPs and ceragenins by inducing a Cpx envelope stress response. However, whereas E. coli exposed to CAMPs increased expression of genes involved in colanic acid biosynthesis, bacteria exposed to ceragenins specifically modulated functions related to phosphate transport, indicating distinct mechanisms of action between these two classes of molecules. Although traditional genetic approaches failed to identify genes that confer high-level resistance to ceragenins, using a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats interference (CRISPRi) approach we identified E. coli essential genes that when knocked down modify sensitivity to these molecules. Comparison of the essential gene-antibiotic interactions for each of the CAMPs and ceragenins identified both overlapping and distinct dependencies for their antimicrobial activities. Overall, this study indicated that, while some bacterial responses to ceragenins overlap those induced by naturally occurring CAMPs, these synthetic molecules target the bacterial envelope using a distinctive mode of action. IMPORTANCE The development of novel antibiotics is essential because the current arsenal of antimicrobials will soon be ineffective due to the widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistance. The development of naturally occurring cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) for therapeutics to combat antibiotic resistance has been hampered by high production costs and protease sensitivity, among other factors. The ceragenins are a family of synthetic CAMP mimics that kill a broad spectrum of bacterial species but are less expensive to produce, resistant to proteolytic degradation, and seemingly resistant to the development of high-level resistance. Determining how ceragenins function may identify new essential biological pathways of bacteria that are less prone to the development of resistance and will further our understanding of the design principles for maximizing the effects of synthetic CAMPs.
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Muchaamba F, Eshwar AK, Stevens MJA, Stephan R, Tasara T. Different Shades of Listeria monocytogenes: Strain, Serotype, and Lineage-Based Variability in Virulence and Stress Tolerance Profiles. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:792162. [PMID: 35058906 PMCID: PMC8764371 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.792162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a public health and food safety challenge due to its virulence and natural stress resistance phenotypes. The variable distribution of L. monocytogenes molecular subtypes with respect to food products and processing environments and among human and animal clinical listeriosis cases is observed. Sixty-two clinical and food-associated L. monocytogenes isolates were examined through phenome and genome analysis. Virulence assessed using a zebrafish infection model revealed serotype and genotype-specific differences in pathogenicity. Strains of genetic lineage I serotype 4b and multilocus sequence type clonal complexes CC1, CC2, CC4, and CC6 grew and survived better and were more virulent than serotype 1/2a and 1/2c lineage II, CC8, and CC9 strains. Hemolysis, phospholipase activity, and lysozyme tolerance profiles were associated with the differences observed in virulence. Osmotic stress resistance evaluation revealed serotype 4b lineage I CC2 and CC4 strains as more osmotolerant, whereas serotype 1/2c lineage II CC9 strains were more osmo-sensitive than others. Variable tolerance to the widely used quaternary ammonium compound benzalkonium chloride (BC) was observed. Some outbreak and sporadic clinical case associated strains demonstrated BC tolerance, which might have contributed to their survival and transition in the food-processing environment facilitating food product contamination and ultimately outbreaks or sporadic listeriosis cases. Genome comparison uncovered various moderate differences in virulence and stress associated genes between the strains indicating that these differences in addition to gene expression regulation variations might largely be responsible for the observed virulence and stress sensitivity phenotypic differences. Overall, our study uncovered strain and genotype-dependent variation in virulence and stress resilience among clinical and food-associated L. monocytogenes isolates with potential public health risk implications. The extensive genome and phenotypic data generated provide a basis for developing improved Listeria control strategies and policies.
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- Francis Muchaamba
- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Descoeudres N, Jouneau L, Henry C, Gorrichon K, Derré-Bobillot A, Serror P, Gillespie LL, Archambaud C, Pagliuso A, Bierne H. An Immunomodulatory Transcriptional Signature Associated With Persistent Listeria Infection in Hepatocytes. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:761945. [PMID: 34858876 PMCID: PMC8631403 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.761945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes causes severe foodborne illness in pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals. After the intestinal phase of infection, the liver plays a central role in the clearance of this pathogen through its important functions in immunity. However, recent evidence suggests that during long-term infection of hepatocytes, a subpopulation of Listeria may escape eradication by entering a persistence phase in intracellular vacuoles. Here, we examine whether this long-term infection alters hepatocyte defense pathways, which may be instrumental for bacterial persistence. We first optimized cell models of persistent infection in human hepatocyte cell lines HepG2 and Huh7 and primary mouse hepatocytes (PMH). In these cells, Listeria efficiently entered the persistence phase after three days of infection, while inducing a potent interferon response, of type I in PMH and type III in HepG2, while Huh7 remained unresponsive. RNA-sequencing analysis identified a common signature of long-term Listeria infection characterized by the overexpression of a set of genes involved in antiviral immunity and the under-expression of many acute phase protein (APP) genes, particularly involved in the complement and coagulation systems. Infection also altered the expression of cholesterol metabolism-associated genes in HepG2 and Huh7 cells. The decrease in APP transcripts was correlated with lower protein abundance in the secretome of infected cells, as shown by proteomics, and also occurred in the presence of APP inducers (IL-6 or IL-1β). Collectively, these results reveal that long-term infection with Listeria profoundly deregulates the innate immune functions of hepatocytes, which could generate an environment favorable to the establishment of persistent infection.
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- Natalie Descoeudres
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, CEA, CNRS UMR 9198, Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratories, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Quereda JJ, Morón-García A, Palacios-Gorba C, Dessaux C, García-del Portillo F, Pucciarelli MG, Ortega AD. Pathogenicity and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes: A trip from environmental to medical microbiology. Virulence 2021; 12:2509-2545. [PMID: 34612177 PMCID: PMC8496543 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2021.1975526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a saprophytic gram-positive bacterium, and an opportunistic foodborne pathogen that can produce listeriosis in humans and animals. It has evolved an exceptional ability to adapt to stress conditions encountered in different environments, resulting in a ubiquitous distribution. Because some food preservation methods and disinfection protocols in food-processing environments cannot efficiently prevent contaminations, L. monocytogenes constitutes a threat to human health and a challenge to food safety. In the host, Listeria colonizes the gastrointestinal tract, crosses the intestinal barrier, and disseminates through the blood to target organs. In immunocompromised individuals, the elderly, and pregnant women, the pathogen can cross the blood-brain and placental barriers, leading to neurolisteriosis and materno-fetal listeriosis. Molecular and cell biology studies of infection have proven L. monocytogenes to be a versatile pathogen that deploys unique strategies to invade different cell types, survive and move inside the eukaryotic host cell, and spread from cell to cell. Here, we present the multifaceted Listeria life cycle from a comprehensive perspective. We discuss genetic features of pathogenic Listeria species, analyze factors involved in food contamination, and review bacterial strategies to tolerate stresses encountered both during food processing and along the host's gastrointestinal tract. Then we dissect host-pathogen interactions underlying listerial pathogenesis in mammals from a cell biology and systemic point of view. Finally, we summarize the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical features of listeriosis in humans and animals. This work aims to gather information from different fields crucial for a comprehensive understanding of the pathogenesis of L. monocytogenes.
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- Juan J. Quereda
- Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities. Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities. Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)- Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)- Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)- Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Biología Molecular ‘Severo Ochoa’. Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Celular. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)- Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Photoactivated Carbon Dots for Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens Listeria and Salmonella. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0104221. [PMID: 34550755 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01042-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Foodborne pathogens have long been recognized as major challenges for the food industry and repeatedly implicated in food product recalls and outbreaks of foodborne diseases. This study demonstrated the application of a recently discovered class of visible-light-activated carbon-based nanoparticles, namely, carbon dots (CDots), for photodynamic inactivation of foodborne pathogens. The results demonstrated that CDots were highly effective in the photoinactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in suspensions and on stainless steel surfaces. However, it was much less effective for Salmonella cells, but treatments with higher CDot concentrations and longer times were still able to inactivate Salmonella cells. The mechanistic implications of the observed different antibacterial effects on the two types of cells were assessed, and the associated generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), the resulting lipid peroxidation, and the leakage of nucleic acid and proteins from the treated cells were analyzed, with the results collectively suggesting CDots as a class of promising photodynamic inactivation agents for foodborne pathogens. IMPORTANCE Foodborne infectious diseases have long been recognized as major challenges in public health. Contaminations of food processing facilities and equipment with foodborne pathogens occur often. There is a critical need for new tools/approaches to control the pathogens and prevent such contaminations in food processing facilities and other settings. This study reports a newly established antimicrobial nanomaterials platform, CDots coupled with visible/natural light, for effective and efficient inactivation of representative foodborne bacterial pathogens. The study will contribute to promoting the practical application of CDots as a new class of promising nanomaterial-based photodynamic inactivation agents for foodborne pathogens.
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Ireton K, Mortuza R, Gyanwali GC, Gianfelice A, Hussain M. Role of internalin proteins in the pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:1407-1419. [PMID: 34704304 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne bacterium that causes gastroenteritis, meningitis, or abortion. L. monocytogenes induces its internalization (entry) into human cells and either spreads laterally in tissues or transcytoses to traverse anatomical barriers. In this review, we discuss mechanisms by which five structurally related proteins of the "internalin" family of L. monocytogenes (InlA, InlB, InlC, InlF, and InlP) interact with distinct host receptors to promote infection of human cells and/or crossing of the intestinal, blood-brain, or placental barriers. We focus on recent results demonstrating that the internalin proteins InlA, InlB, and InlC exploit exocytic pathways to stimulate transcytosis, entry, or cell-to-cell spread, respectively. We also discuss evidence that InlA-mediated transcytosis contributes to traversal of the intestinal barrier, whereas InlF promotes entry into endothelial cells to breach the blood-brain barrier. InlB also facilitates the crossing of the blood-brain barrier, but does so by extending the longevity of infected monocytes that may subsequently act as a "Trojan horse" to transfer bacteria to the brain. InlA, InlB, and InlP each contribute to fetoplacental infection by targeting syncytiotrophoblast or cytotrophoblast layers of the placenta. This work highlights the diverse functions of internalins and the complex mechanisms by which these structurally related proteins contribute to disease.
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- Keith Ireton
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Kelliher JL, Grunenwald CM, Abrahams RR, Daanen ME, Lew CI, Rose WE, Sauer JD. PASTA kinase-dependent control of peptidoglycan synthesis via ReoM is required for cell wall stress responses, cytosolic survival, and virulence in Listeria monocytogenes. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009881. [PMID: 34624065 PMCID: PMC8528326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Pathogenic bacteria rely on protein phosphorylation to adapt quickly to stress, including that imposed by the host during infection. Penicillin-binding protein and serine/threonine-associated (PASTA) kinases are signal transduction systems that sense cell wall integrity and modulate multiple facets of bacterial physiology in response to cell envelope stress. The PASTA kinase in the cytosolic pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, PrkA, is required for cell wall stress responses, cytosolic survival, and virulence, yet its substrates and downstream signaling pathways remain incompletely defined. We combined orthogonal phosphoproteomic and genetic analyses in the presence of a β-lactam antibiotic to define PrkA phosphotargets and pathways modulated by PrkA. These analyses synergistically highlighted ReoM, which was recently identified as a PrkA target that influences peptidoglycan (PG) synthesis, as an important phosphosubstrate during cell wall stress. We find that deletion of reoM restores cell wall stress sensitivities and cytosolic survival defects of a ΔprkA mutant to nearly wild-type levels. While a ΔprkA mutant is defective for PG synthesis during cell wall stress, a double ΔreoM ΔprkA mutant synthesizes PG at rates similar to wild type. In a mouse model of systemic listeriosis, deletion of reoM in a ΔprkA background almost fully restored virulence to wild-type levels. However, loss of reoM alone also resulted in attenuated virulence, suggesting ReoM is critical at some points during pathogenesis. Finally, we demonstrate that the PASTA kinase/ReoM cell wall stress response pathway is conserved in a related pathogen, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Taken together, our phosphoproteomic analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the PASTA kinase targets of an important model pathogen and suggests that a critical role of PrkA in vivo is modulating PG synthesis through regulation of ReoM to facilitate cytosolic survival and virulence. Many antibiotics target bacterial cell wall biosynthesis, justifying continued study of this process and the ways bacteria respond to cell wall insults during infection. Penicillin-binding protein and serine/threonine-associated (PASTA) kinases are master regulators of cell wall stress responses in bacteria and are conserved in several major pathogens, including Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We previously showed that the PASTA kinase in L. monocytogenes, PrkA, is essential for the response to cell wall stress and for virulence. In this work, we combined proteomic and genetic approaches to identify PrkA substrates in L. monocytogenes. We show that regulation of one candidate from both screens, ReoM, increases synthesis of the cell wall component peptidoglycan and that this regulation is required for pathogenesis. We also demonstrate that the PASTA kinase-ReoM pathway regulates cell wall stress responses in another significant pathogen, methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Additionally, we uncover a PrkA-independent role for ReoM in vivo in L. monocytogenes, suggesting a need for nuanced modulation of peptidoglycan synthesis during infection. Cumulatively, this study provides new insight into how bacterial pathogens control cell wall synthesis during infection.
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- Jessica L. Kelliher
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Cesinger MR, Schwardt NH, Halsey CR, Thomason MK, Reniere ML. Investigating the Roles of Listeria monocytogenes Peroxidases in Growth and Virulence. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0044021. [PMID: 34287055 PMCID: PMC8552690 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00440-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Bacteria have necessarily evolved a protective arsenal of proteins to contend with peroxides and other reactive oxygen species generated in aerobic environments. Listeria monocytogenes encounters an onslaught of peroxide both in the environment and during infection of the mammalian host, where it is the causative agent of the foodborne illness listeriosis. Despite the importance of peroxide for the immune response to bacterial infection, the strategy by which L. monocytogenes protects against peroxide toxicity has yet to be illuminated. Here, we investigated the expression and essentiality of all the peroxidase-encoding genes during L. monocytogenes growth in vitro and during infection of murine cells in tissue culture. We found that chdC and kat were required for aerobic growth in vitro, and fri and ahpA were each required for L. monocytogenes to survive acute peroxide stress. Despite increased expression of fri, ahpA, and kat during infection of macrophages, only fri proved necessary for cytosolic growth. In contrast, the proteins encoded by lmo0367, lmo0983, tpx, lmo1609, and ohrA were dispensable for aerobic growth, acute peroxide detoxification, and infection. Together, our results provide insight into the multifaceted L. monocytogenes peroxide detoxification strategy and demonstrate that L. monocytogenes encodes a functionally diverse set of peroxidase enzymes. IMPORTANCE Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular pathogen and the causative agent of the foodborne illness listeriosis. L. monocytogenes must contend with reactive oxygen species generated extracellularly during aerobic growth and intracellularly by the host immune system. However, the mechanisms by which L. monocytogenes defends against peroxide toxicity have not yet been defined. Here, we investigated the roles of each of the peroxidase-encoding genes in L. monocytogenes growth, peroxide stress response, and virulence in mammalian cells.
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- Monica R. Cesinger
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Halsey CR, Glover RC, Thomason MK, Reniere ML. The redox-responsive transcriptional regulator Rex represses fermentative metabolism and is required for Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009379. [PMID: 34398937 PMCID: PMC8389512 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of the foodborne disease listeriosis, one of the deadliest bacterial infections known. In order to cause disease, L. monocytogenes must properly coordinate its metabolic and virulence programs in response to rapidly changing environments within the host. However, the mechanisms by which L. monocytogenes senses and adapts to the many stressors encountered as it transits through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and disseminates to peripheral organs are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the role of the redox-responsive transcriptional regulator Rex in L. monocytogenes growth and pathogenesis. Rex is a conserved canonical transcriptional repressor that monitors the intracellular redox state of the cell by sensing the ratio of reduced and oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides (NADH and NAD+, respectively). Here, we demonstrated that L. monocytogenes Rex represses fermentative metabolism and is therefore required for optimal growth in the presence of oxygen. We also show that in vitro, Rex represses the production of virulence factors required for survival and invasion of the GI tract, as a strain lacking rex was more resistant to acidified bile and invaded host cells better than wild type. Consistent with these results, Rex was dispensable for colonizing the GI tract and disseminating to peripheral organs in an oral listeriosis model of infection. However, Rex-dependent regulation was required for colonizing the spleen and liver, and L. monocytogenes lacking the Rex repressor were nearly sterilized from the gallbladder. Taken together, these results demonstrated that Rex functions as a repressor of fermentative metabolism and suggests a role for Rex-dependent regulation in L. monocytogenes pathogenesis. Importantly, the gallbladder is the bacterial reservoir during listeriosis, and our data suggest redox sensing and Rex-dependent regulation are necessary for bacterial survival and replication in this organ. Listeriosis is a foodborne illness caused by Listeria monocytogenes and is one of the deadliest bacterial infections known, with a mortality rate of up to 30%. Following ingestion of contaminated food, L. monocytogenes disseminates from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to peripheral organs, including the spleen, liver, and gallbladder. In this work, we investigated the role of the redox-responsive regulator Rex in L. monocytogenes growth and pathogenesis. We demonstrated that alleviation of Rex repression coordinates expression of genes necessary in the GI tract during infection, including fermentative metabolism, bile resistance, and invasion of host cells. Accordingly, Rex was dispensable for colonizing the GI tract of mice during an oral listeriosis infection. Interestingly, Rex-dependent regulation was required for bacterial replication in the spleen, liver, and gallbladder. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Rex-mediated redox sensing and transcriptional regulation are important for L. monocytogenes metabolic adaptation and virulence.
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- Cortney R. Halsey
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Johnson LJ, Azari S, Webb A, Zhang X, Gavrilin MA, Marshall JM, Rood K, Seveau S. Human Placental Trophoblasts Infected by Listeria monocytogenes Undergo a Pro-Inflammatory Switch Associated With Poor Pregnancy Outcomes. Front Immunol 2021; 12:709466. [PMID: 34367171 PMCID: PMC8346206 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.709466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The placenta controls the growth of the fetus and ensures its immune protection. Key to these functions, the syncytiotrophoblast (SYN) is a syncytium formed by fusion of underlying mononuclear trophoblasts. The SYN covers the placental surface and is bathed in maternal blood to mediate nutritional and waste exchanges between the mother and fetus. The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes breaches the trophoblast barrier and infects the placental/fetal unit resulting in poor pregnancy outcomes. In this work, we analyzed the L. monocytogenes intracellular lifecycle in primary human trophoblasts. In accordance with previous studies, we found that the SYN is 20-fold more resistant to infection compared to mononuclear trophoblasts, forming a protective barrier to infection at the maternal interface. We show for the first time that this is due to a significant reduction in L. monocytogenes uptake by the SYN rather than inhibition of the bacterial intracellular division or motility. We here report the first transcriptomic analysis of L. monocytogenes-infected trophoblasts (RNA sequencing). Pathway analysis showed that infection upregulated TLR2, NOD-like, and cytosolic DNA sensing pathways, as well as downstream pro-inflammatory circuitry (NF-κB, AP-1, IRF4, IRF7) leading to the production of mediators known to elicit the recruitment and activation of maternal leukocytes (IL8, IL6, TNFα, MIP-1). Signature genes associated with poor pregnancy outcomes were also upregulated upon infection. Measuring the release of 54 inflammatory mediators confirmed the transcriptomic data and revealed sustained production of tolerogenic factors (IL-27, IL-10, IL-1RA, TSLP) despite infection. Both the SYN and mononuclear trophoblasts produced cytokines, but surprisingly, some cytokines were predominantly produced by the SYN (IL-8, IL-6) or by non-fused trophoblasts (TNFα). Collectively, our data support that trophoblasts act as placental gatekeepers that limit and detect L. monocytogenes infection resulting in a pro-inflammatory response, which may contribute to the poor pregnancy outcomes if the pathogen persists.
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- Lauren J Johnson
- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.,Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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Allen JP, Snitkin E, Pincus NB, Hauser AR. Forest and Trees: Exploring Bacterial Virulence with Genome-wide Association Studies and Machine Learning. Trends Microbiol 2021; 29:621-633. [PMID: 33455849 PMCID: PMC8187264 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The advent of inexpensive and rapid sequencing technologies has allowed bacterial whole-genome sequences to be generated at an unprecedented pace. This wealth of information has revealed an unanticipated degree of strain-to-strain genetic diversity within many bacterial species. Awareness of this genetic heterogeneity has corresponded with a greater appreciation of intraspecies variation in virulence. A number of comparative genomic strategies have been developed to link these genotypic and pathogenic differences with the aim of discovering novel virulence factors. Here, we review recent advances in comparative genomic approaches to identify bacterial virulence determinants, with a focus on genome-wide association studies and machine learning.
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- Jonathan P Allen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Pitts MG, D'Orazio SEF. Enrichment of Neutrophils and Monocytes From the Liver Following Either Oral or Intravenous Listeria monocytogenes Infection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 130:e102. [PMID: 32710703 DOI: 10.1002/cpim.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that causes serious, often deadly, systemic disease in susceptible individuals such as neonates and the elderly. These facultative intracellular bacteria have been an invaluable tool in immunology research for more than three decades. Intravenous (i.v.) injection is the most commonly used transmission route in mice, but oral models of infection have also been developed in recent years, and these may be more appropriate for many studies. This article includes detailed instructions for use of either foodborne or i.v. inoculation of mice and discusses the rationale for choosing either model. Additionally, a protocol is provided for enrichment of neutrophils and monocytes from the infected liver in a manner that allows for determination of bacterial burden while still providing sufficient cells for use in flow cytometric analysis or in vitro assays. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Foodborne L. monocytogenes infection Support Protocol 1: Preparing L. monocytogenes for foodborne infection Basic Protocol 2: Intravenous L. monocytogenes infection Support Protocol 2: Preparing L. monocytogenes for intravenous infection Basic Protocol 3: Enrichment of non-parenchymal cells from the infected liver.
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- Michelle G Pitts
- University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky
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- University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, Lexington, Kentucky
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Koomen J, Huijboom L, Ma X, Tempelaars MH, Boeren S, Zwietering MH, den Besten HMW, Abee T. Amino acid substitutions in ribosomal protein RpsU enable switching between high fitness and multiple-stress resistance in Listeria monocytogenes. Int J Food Microbiol 2021; 351:109269. [PMID: 34102570 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Microbial population heterogeneity contributes to differences in stress response between individual cells in a population, and can lead to the selection of genetically stable variants with increased stress resistance. We previously provided evidence that the multiple-stress resistant Listeria monocytogenes LO28 variant 15, carries a point mutation in the rpsU gene, resulting in an arginine-proline substitution in ribosomal protein RpsU (RpsU17Arg-Pro). Here, we investigated the trade-off between general stress sigma factor SigB-mediated stress resistance and fitness in variant 15 using experimental evolution. By selecting for higher fitness in two parallel evolving cultures, we identified two evolved variants: 15EV1 and 15EV2. Whole genome sequencing and SNP analysis showed that both parallel lines mutated in the same codon in rpsU as the original mutation resulting in RpsU17Pro-His (15EV1) and RpsU17Pro-Thr (15EV2). Using a combined phenotyping and proteomics approach, we assessed the resistance of the evolved variants to both heat and acid stress, and found that in both lines reversion to WT-like fitness also resulted in WT-like stress sensitivity. Proteome analysis of L. monocytogenes LO28 WT, variant 15, 15EV1, and 15EV2 revealed high level expression of SigB regulon members only in variant 15, whereas protein profiles of both evolved variants were highly similar to that of the LO28 WT. Experiments with constructed RpsU17Arg-Pro mutants in L. monocytogenes LO28 and EGDe, and RpsU17Arg-His and RpsU17Arg-Thr in LO28, confirmed that single amino acid substitutions in RpsU enable switching between multiple-stress resistant and high fitness states in L. monocytogenes.
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- Jeroen Koomen
- Food Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Food Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Food Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Food Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands
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- Food Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Food Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Food Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Carlin CR, Liao J, Weller D, Guo X, Orsi R, Wiedmann M. Listeria cossartiae sp. nov., Listeria farberi sp. nov., Listeria immobilis sp. nov., Listeria portnoyi sp. nov. and Listeria rustica sp. nov., isolated from agricultural water and natural environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:004795. [PMID: 33999788 PMCID: PMC8289207 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A total of 27 Listeria isolates that could not be classified to the species level were obtained from soil samples from different locations in the contiguous United States and an agricultural water sample from New York. Whole-genome sequence-based average nucleotide identity blast (ANIb) showed that the 27 isolates form five distinct clusters; for each cluster, all draft genomes showed ANI values of <95 % similarity to each other and any currently described Listeria species, indicating that each cluster represents a novel species. Of the five novel species, three cluster with the Listeria sensu stricto clade and two cluster with sensu lato. One of the novel sensu stricto species, designated L. cossartiae sp. nov., contains two subclusters with an average ANI similarity of 94.9%, which were designated as subspecies. The proposed three novel sensu stricto species (including two subspecies) are Listeria farberi sp. nov. (type strain FSL L7-0091T=CCUG 74668T=LMG 31917T; maximum ANI 91.9 % to L. innocua), Listeria immobilis sp. nov. (type strain FSL L7-1519T=CCUG 74666T=LMG 31920T; maximum ANI 87.4 % to L. ivanovii subsp. londoniensis) and Listeria cossartiae sp. nov. [subsp. cossartiae (type strain FSL L7-1447T=CCUG 74667T=LMG 31919T; maximum ANI 93.4 % to L. marthii) and subsp. cayugensis (type strain FSL L7-0993T=CCUG 74670T=LMG 31918T; maximum ANI 94.7 % to L. marthii). The two proposed novel sensu lato species are Listeria portnoyi sp. nov. (type strain FSL L7-1582T=CCUG 74671T=LMG 31921T; maximum ANI value of 88.9 % to L. cornellensis and 89.2 % to L. newyorkensis) and Listeria rustica sp. nov. (type strain FSL W9-0585T=CCUG 74665T=LMG 31922T; maximum ANI value of 88.7 % to L. cornellensis and 88.9 % to L. newyorkensis). L. immobilis is the first sensu stricto species isolated to date that is non-motile. All five of the novel species are non-haemolytic and negative for phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C activity; the draft genomes lack the virulence genes found in Listeria pathogenicity island 1 (LIPI-1), and the internalin genes inlA and inlB, indicating that they are non-pathogenic.
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Present address: Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Present address: Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse NY 13210, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Nowak J, Visnovsky SB, Pitman AR, Cruz CD, Palmer J, Fletcher GC, Flint S. Biofilm Formation by Listeria monocytogenes 15G01, a Persistent Isolate from a Seafood-Processing Plant, Is Influenced by Inactivation of Multiple Genes Belonging to Different Functional Groups. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e02349-20. [PMID: 33741610 PMCID: PMC8117777 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02349-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous foodborne pathogen that results in a high rate of mortality in sensitive and immunocompromised people. Contamination of food with L. monocytogenes is thought to occur during food processing, most often as a result of the pathogen producing a biofilm that persists in the environment and acting as the source for subsequent dispersal of cells onto food. A survey of seafood-processing plants in New Zealand identified the persistent strain 15G01, which has a high capacity to form biofilms. In this study, a transposon library of L. monocytogenes 15G01 was screened for mutants with altered biofilm formation, assessed by a crystal violet assay, to identify genes involved in biofilm formation. This screen identified 36 transposants that showed a significant change in biofilm formation compared to the wild type. The insertion sites were in 27 genes, 20 of which led to decreased biofilm formation and seven to an increase. Two insertions were in intergenic regions. Annotation of the genes suggested that they are involved in diverse cellular processes, including stress response, autolysis, transporter systems, and cell wall/membrane synthesis. Analysis of the biofilms produced by the transposants using scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence microscopy showed notable differences in the structure of the biofilms compared to the wild type. In particular, inactivation of uvrB and mltD produced coccoid-shaped cells and elongated cells in long chains, respectively, and the mgtB mutant produced a unique biofilm with a sandwich structure which was reversed to the wild-type level upon magnesium addition. The mltD transposant was successfully complemented with the wild-type gene, whereas the phenotypes were not or only partially restored for the remaining mutants.IMPORTANCE The major source of contamination of food with Listeria monocytogenes is thought to be due to biofilm formation and/or persistence in food-processing plants. By establishing as a biofilm, L. monocytogenes cells become harder to eradicate due to their increased resistance to environmental threats. Understanding the genes involved in biofilm formation and their influence on biofilm structure will help identify new ways to eliminate harmful biofilms in food processing environments. To date, multiple genes have been identified as being involved in biofilm formation by L. monocytogenes; however, the exact mechanism remains unclear. This study identified four genes associated with biofilm formation by a persistent strain. Extensive microscopic analysis illustrated the effect of the disruption of mgtB, clsA, uvrB, and mltD and the influence of magnesium on the biofilm structure. The results strongly suggest an involvement in biofilm formation for the four genes and provide a basis for further studies to analyze gene regulation to assess the specific role of these biofilm-associated genes.
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- Jessika Nowak
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- The Foundation for Arable Research, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Making Sense of the Biodiversity and Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes. Trends Microbiol 2021; 29:811-822. [PMID: 33583696 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen responsible for listeriosis, an infection that can manifest in humans as bacteremia, meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients and the elderly, and fetal-placental infection in pregnant women. Reference strains from this facultative intracellular bacterium have been instrumental in the investigation of basic mechanisms in microbiology, immunology, and cell biology. The integration of bacterial population genomics with environmental, epidemiological, and clinical data allowed the uncovering of new factors involved in the virulence of L. monocytogenes and its adaptation to different environments. This review illustrates how these investigations have led to a better understanding of the bacterium's virulence and the driving forces that shaped it.
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Chow JTH, Gall AR, Johnson AK, Huynh TN. Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from lactating dairy cows in a Wisconsin farm: Antibiotic resistance, mammalian cell infection, and effects on the fecal microbiota. J Dairy Sci 2021; 104:4561-4574. [PMID: 33516554 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is an invasive foodborne pathogen that is ubiquitously present in the dairy farm environment. Although cattle are a reservoir of L. monocytogenes, most adult animals do not exhibit clinical symptoms, suggesting a homeostasis between this pathogen and the bovine gastrointestinal ecosystem. Nevertheless, substantial prevalence of L. monocytogenes fecal shedding by dairy cattle has been reported in many studies, posing threats of transmission within the herd and contamination of the human food supply. Accordingly, understanding the L. monocytogenes ecology within the bovine gastrointestinal tract is important to prevent clinical illness in the animal host, reduce transmission, and guide intervention strategies. In this study, we conducted a longitudinal sampling of fecal samples from 20 lactating dairy cows in one Wisconsin farm over a 29-d period and found a strikingly high incidence of L. monocytogenes shedding, in 90% of sampled animals. The L. monocytogenes isolates were genetically diverse, representing all common serotypes previously identified from cattle. Additionally, most tested isolates were resistant to ampicillin, and a few were also resistant to gentamicin or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Most isolates effectively infected human epithelial cells (Caco-2) and murine fibroblasts (L2), suggesting that they are all capable of causing systemic infection if the intestinal barrier is breached. Finally, we investigated the effects of L. monocytogenes colonization on the gastrointestinal tract microbiota by analyzing the fecal bacterial communities of some shedding and nonshedding cows. Whereas L. monocytogenes did not affect the α and β diversity of tested animals, a subset of shedding cows exhibited different abundances of certain operational taxonomic units within the Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes phyla compared with nonshedding cows. Overall, our findings highlight the threat of antibiotic resistance among some L. monocytogenes isolates, emphasize the need for a strain-specific approach in listeriosis treatment, and suggest the potential negative influence of subclinical L. monocytogenes carriage on animal gut health.
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- Justin T H Chow
- Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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- Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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- Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
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Complete Genome Sequences of Three Listeria monocytogenes Bacteriophage Propagation Strains. Microbiol Resour Announc 2021; 10:10/1/e01159-20. [PMID: 33414304 PMCID: PMC8407704 DOI: 10.1128/mra.01159-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Bacteriophages can be used as a biocontrol for the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Propagation of phages is a necessary step for their use in experimental studies and biocontrol applications. Here, we present the complete genomes of three Listeria monocytogenes strains commonly used as propagation hosts for Listeria phages. Bacteriophages can be used as a biocontrol for the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Propagation of phages is a necessary step for their use in experimental studies and biocontrol applications. Here, we present the complete genomes of three Listeria monocytogenes strains commonly used as propagation hosts for Listeria phages.
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Bierne H, Kortebi M, Descoeudres N. Microscopy of Intracellular Listeria monocytogenes in Epithelial Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2220:201-215. [PMID: 32975777 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0982-8_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular bacterium, which targets a large range of cell types. Following entry, bacteria disrupt the invasion vacuole and reach the cytoplasm where they replicate and use the actin cytoskeleton to propel themselves from cell to cell. Mammalian epithelial cells grown in vitro can be used to study the different steps of the intracellular life of Listeria. However, rapid multiplication and dissemination of bacteria can induce important cell death and detachment, resulting in the formation of lytic plaques. Thus, in vitro infections with L. monocytogenes are usually restricted to short time courses, from a few minutes to one day. Here, we present a method to study long-term L. monocytogenes infections in epithelial cells using epifluorescence microscopy. This protocol enables the observation of actin-based motility, intercellular dissemination foci, and entrapment of L. monocytogenes within vacuoles of persistence termed "Listeria-Containing Vacuoles" (LisCVs). We also describe a protocol to study the recruitment of cytoskeletal proteins at Listeria actin comet tails, as well as a method to assess the membrane integrity of intracellular bacteria using a LIVE/DEAD viability assay.
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- Hélène Bierne
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- Epigenetics and Cellular Microbiology Laboratory, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Epigenetics and Cellular Microbiology Laboratory, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Why Are Some Listeria monocytogenes Genotypes More Likely To Cause Invasive (Brain, Placental) Infection? mBio 2020; 11:mBio.03126-20. [PMID: 33323519 PMCID: PMC7774001 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03126-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Although all isolates of the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes are considered to be pathogenic, epidemiological evidence indicates that certain serovar 4b lineages are more likely to cause severe invasive (neuromeningeal, maternal-fetal) listeriosis. Recently described as L. monocytogenes “hypervirulent” clones, no distinctive bacterial trait has been identified so far that could account for the differential pathogenicity of these strains. Although all isolates of the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes are considered to be pathogenic, epidemiological evidence indicates that certain serovar 4b lineages are more likely to cause severe invasive (neuromeningeal, maternal-fetal) listeriosis. Recently described as L. monocytogenes “hypervirulent” clones, no distinctive bacterial trait has been identified so far that could account for the differential pathogenicity of these strains. Here, we discuss some preliminary observations in experimentally infected mice suggesting that serovar 4b hypervirulent strains may have a hitherto unrecognized capacity for prolonged in vivo survival. We propose the hypothesis that protracted survivability in primary infection foci in liver and spleen—the first target organs after intestinal translocation—may cause L. monocytogenes serovar 4b hypervirulent clones to have a higher probability of secondary dissemination to brain and placenta.
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Louie A, Bhandula V, Portnoy DA. Secretion of c-di-AMP by Listeria monocytogenes Leads to a STING-Dependent Antibacterial Response during Enterocolitis. Infect Immun 2020; 88:e00407-20. [PMID: 33020211 PMCID: PMC7671888 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00407-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) acts as a cytoplasmic signaling hub of innate immunity that is activated by host-derived or bacterially derived cyclic dinucleotides. Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne, facultative intracellular pathogen that secretes c-di-AMP and activates STING, yet the in vivo role of the STING pathway during bacterial pathogenesis remains unclear. In this study, we found that STING-deficient mice had increased weight loss and roughly 10-fold-increased systemic bacterial burden during L. monocytogenes-induced enterocolitis. Infection with a L. monocytogenes mutant impaired in c-di-AMP secretion failed to elicit a protective response, whereas a mutant with increased c-di-AMP secretion triggered enhanced protection. Type I interferon (IFN) is a major output of STING signaling; however, disrupting IFN signaling during L. monocytogenes-induced enterocolitis did not recapitulate STING deficiency. In the absence of STING, the intestinal immune response was associated with a reduced influx of inflammatory monocytes. These studies suggest that in barrier sites such as the intestinal tract, where pathogen-associated molecular patterns are abundant, cytosolic surveillance systems such as STING are well positioned to detect pathogenic bacteria.
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- Alexander Louie
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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Gómez-Laguna J, Cardoso-Toset F, Meza-Torres J, Pizarro-Cerdá J, Quereda JJ. Virulence potential of Listeria monocytogenes strains recovered from pigs in Spain. Vet Rec 2020; 187:e101. [PMID: 33024008 DOI: 10.1136/vr.105945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that causes listeriosis, an infectious disease in animals and people, with pigs acting as asymptomatic reservoirs. In August 2019 an outbreak associated with the consumption of pork meat caused 222 human cases of listeriosis in Spain. Determining the diversity as well as the virulence potential of strains from pigs is important to public health. METHODS The behaviour of 23 L monocytogenes strains recovered from pig tonsils, meat and skin was compared by studying (1) internalin A, internalin B, listeriolysin O, actin assembly-inducing protein and PrfA expression levels, and (2) their invasion and intracellular growth in eukaryotic cells. RESULTS Marked differences were found in the expression of the selected virulence factors and the invasion and intracellular replication phenotypes of L monocytogenes strains. Strains obtained from meat samples and belonging to serotype 1/2a did not have internalin A anchored to the peptidoglycan. Some strains expressed higher levels of the studied virulence factors and invaded and replicated intracellularly more efficiently than an epidemic L monocytogenes reference strain (F2365). CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the presence of virulent L monocytogenes strains with virulent potential in pigs, with valuable implications in veterinary medicine and food safety.
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- Jaime Gómez-Laguna
- Department of Anatomy and Comparative Pathology and Toxicology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
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- Yersinia Research Unit, Microbiology Department, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Yersinia Research Unit, Microbiology Department, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- World Health Organization Collaborating Research & Reference Centre for Plague, Microbiology Department, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
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- Departamento Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Valencia, Spain
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Role of GlnR in Controlling Expression of Nitrogen Metabolism Genes in Listeria monocytogenes. J Bacteriol 2020; 202:JB.00209-20. [PMID: 32690554 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00209-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a fastidious bacterial pathogen that can utilize only a limited number of nitrogen sources for growth. Both glutamine and ammonium are common nitrogen sources used in listerial defined growth media, but little is known about the regulation of their uptake or utilization. The functional role of L. monocytogenes GlnR, the transcriptional regulator of nitrogen metabolism genes in low-G+C Gram-positive bacteria, was determined using transcriptome sequencing and real-time reverse transcription-PCR experiments. The GlnR regulon included transcriptional units involved in ammonium transport (amtB glnK) and biosynthesis of glutamine (glnRA) and glutamate (gdhA) from ammonium. As in other bacteria, GlnR proved to be an autoregulatory repressor of the glnRA operon. Unexpectedly, GlnR was most active during growth with ammonium as the nitrogen source and less active in the glutamine medium, apparently because listerial cells perceive growth with glutamine as a nitrogen-limiting condition. Therefore, paradoxically, expression of the glnA gene, encoding glutamine synthetase, was highest in the glutamine medium. For the amtB glnK operon, GlnR served as both a negative regulator in the presence of ammonium and a positive regulator in the glutamine medium. The gdhA gene was subject to a third mode of regulation that apparently required an elevated level of GlnR for repression. Finally, activity of glutamate dehydrogenase encoded by the gdhA gene appeared to correlate inversely with expression of gltAB, the operon that encodes the other major glutamate-synthesizing enzyme, glutamate synthase. Both gdhA and amtB were also regulated, in a negative manner, by the global transcriptional regulator CodY.IMPORTANCE L. monocytogenes is a widespread foodborne pathogen. Nitrogen-containing compounds, such as the glutamate-containing tripeptide, glutathione, and glutamine, have been shown to be important for expression of L. monocytogenes virulence genes. In this work, we showed that a transcriptional regulator, GlnR, controls expression of critical listerial genes of nitrogen metabolism that are involved in ammonium uptake and biosynthesis of glutamine and glutamate. A different mode of GlnR-mediated regulation was found for each of these three pathways.
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Cesinger MR, Thomason MK, Edrozo MB, Halsey CR, Reniere ML. Listeria monocytogenes SpxA1 is a global regulator required to activate genes encoding catalase and heme biosynthesis enzymes for aerobic growth. Mol Microbiol 2020; 114:230-243. [PMID: 32255216 PMCID: PMC7496741 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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An imbalance of cellular oxidants and reductants causes redox stress, which must be rapidly detected to restore homeostasis. In bacteria, the Firmicutes encode conserved Spx-family transcriptional regulators that modulate transcription in response to redox stress. SpxA1 is an Spx-family orthologue in the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes that is essential for aerobic growth and pathogenesis. Here, we investigated the role of SpxA1 in growth and virulence by identifying genes regulated by SpxA1 in broth and during macrophage infection. We found SpxA1-activated genes encoding heme biosynthesis enzymes and catalase (kat) were required for L. monocytogenes aerobic growth in rich medium. An Spx-recognition motif previously defined in Bacillus subtilis was identified in the promoters of SpxA1-activated genes and proved necessary for the proper activation of two genes, indicating this regulation by SpxA1 is likely direct. Together, these findings elucidated the mechanism of spxA1 essentiality in vitro and demonstrated that SpxA1 is required for basal expression of scavenging enzymes to combat redox stress generated in the presence of oxygen.
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- Monica R. Cesinger
- Department of MicrobiologySchool of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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- Department of MicrobiologySchool of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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- Department of MicrobiologySchool of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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- Department of MicrobiologySchool of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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- Department of MicrobiologySchool of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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YjbH Requires Its Thioredoxin Active Motif for the Nitrosative Stress Response, Cell-to-Cell Spread, and Protein-Protein Interactions in Listeria monocytogenes. J Bacteriol 2020; 202:JB.00099-20. [PMID: 32253340 PMCID: PMC7253607 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00099-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a model facultative intracellular pathogen. Tight regulation of virulence proteins is essential for a successful infection, and the gene encoding the annotated thioredoxin YjbH was identified in two forward genetic screens as required for virulence factor production. Accordingly, an L. monocytogenes strain lacking yjbH is attenuated in a murine model of infection. However, the function of YjbH in L. monocytogenes has not been investigated. Here, we provide evidence that L. monocytogenes YjbH is involved in the nitrosative stress response, likely through its interaction with the redox-responsive transcriptional regulator SpxA1. YjbH physically interacted with SpxA1, and our data support a model in which YjbH is a protease adaptor that regulates SpxA1 protein abundance. Whole-cell proteomics identified eight additional proteins whose abundance was altered by YjbH, and we demonstrated that YjbH physically interacted with each in bacterial two-hybrid assays. Thioredoxin proteins canonically require active motif cysteines for function, but thioredoxin activity has not been tested for L. monocytogenes YjbH. We demonstrated that cysteine residues of the YjbH thioredoxin domain active motif are essential for L. monocytogenes sensitivity to nitrosative stress, cell-to-cell spread in a tissue culture model of infection, and several protein-protein interactions. Together, these results demonstrated that the function of YjbH in L. monocytogenes requires its thioredoxin active motif and that YjbH has a role in the posttranslational regulation of several proteins, including SpxA1.IMPORTANCE The annotated thioredoxin YjbH in Listeria monocytogenes has been implicated in virulence, but its function in the cell is unknown. In other bacterial species, YjbH is a protease adaptor that mediates degradation of the transcriptional regulator Spx. Here, we investigated the function of L. monocytogenes YjbH and demonstrated its role in the nitrosative stress response and posttranslational regulation of several proteins with which YjbH physically interacts, including SpxA1. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the cysteine residues of the YjbH thioredoxin active motif are required for the nitrosative stress response, cell-to-cell spread, and some protein-protein interactions. YjbH is widely conserved among Firmicutes, and this work reveals its unique requirement of the thioredoxin-active motif in L. monocytogenes.
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Galeev A, Suwandi A, Bakker H, Oktiviyari A, Routier FH, Krone L, Hensel M, Grassl GA. Proteoglycan-Dependent Endo-Lysosomal Fusion Affects Intracellular Survival of Salmonella Typhimurium in Epithelial Cells. Front Immunol 2020; 11:731. [PMID: 32411142 PMCID: PMC7201003 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Proteoglycans (PGs) are glycoconjugates which are predominately expressed on cell surfaces and consist of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) linked to a core protein. An initial step of GAGs assembly is governed by the β-D-xylosyltransferase enzymes encoded in mammals by the XylT1/XylT2 genes. PGs are essential for the interaction of a cell with other cells as well as with the extracellular matrix. A number of studies highlighted a role of PGs in bacterial adhesion, invasion, and immune response. In this work, we investigated a role of PGs in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) infection of epithelial cells. Gentamicin protection and chloroquine resistance assays were applied to assess invasion and replication of S. Typhimurium in wild-type and xylosyltransferase-deficient (ΔXylT2) Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells lacking PGs. We found that S. Typhimurium adheres to and invades CHO WT and CHO ΔXylT2 cells at comparable levels. However, 24 h after infection, proteoglycan-deficient CHO ΔXylT2 cells are significantly less colonized by S. Typhimurium compared to CHO WT cells. This proteoglycan-dependent phenotype could be rescued by addition of PGs to the cell culture medium, as well as by complementation of the XylT2 gene. Chloroquine resistance assay and immunostaining revealed that in the absence of PGs, significantly less bacteria are associated with Salmonella-containing vacuoles (SCVs) due to a re-distribution of endocytosed gentamicin. Inhibition of endo-lysosomal fusion by a specific inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase PIKfyve significantly increased S. Typhimurium burden in CHO ΔXylT2 cells demonstrating an important role of PGs for PIKfyve dependent vesicle fusion which is modulated by Salmonella to establish infection. Overall, our results demonstrate that PGs influence survival of intracellular Salmonella in epithelial cells via modulation of PIKfyve-dependent endo-lysosomal fusion.
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- Alibek Galeev
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hanover, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Division of Microbiology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Division of Microbiology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hanover, Germany
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Sanchez‐Garrido J, Slater SL, Clements A, Shenoy AR, Frankel G. Vying for the control of inflammasomes: The cytosolic frontier of enteric bacterial pathogen-host interactions. Cell Microbiol 2020; 22:e13184. [PMID: 32185892 PMCID: PMC7154749 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.13184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Enteric pathogen-host interactions occur at multiple interfaces, including the intestinal epithelium and deeper organs of the immune system. Microbial ligands and activities are detected by host sensors that elicit a range of immune responses. Membrane-bound toll-like receptors and cytosolic inflammasome pathways are key signal transducers that trigger the production of pro-inflammatory molecules, such as cytokines and chemokines, and regulate cell death in response to infection. In recent years, the inflammasomes have emerged as a key frontier in the tussle between bacterial pathogens and the host. Inflammasomes are complexes that activate caspase-1 and are regulated by related caspases, such as caspase-11, -4, -5 and -8. Importantly, enteric bacterial pathogens can actively engage or evade inflammasome signalling systems. Extracellular, vacuolar and cytosolic bacteria have developed divergent strategies to subvert inflammasomes. While some pathogens take advantage of inflammasome activation (e.g. Listeria monocytogenes, Helicobacter pylori), others (e.g. E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia sp.) deploy a range of virulence factors, mainly type 3 secretion system effectors, that subvert or inhibit inflammasomes. In this review we focus on inflammasome pathways and their immune functions, and discuss how enteric bacterial pathogens interact with them. These studies have not only shed light on inflammasome-mediated immunity, but also the exciting area of mammalian cytosolic immune surveillance.
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- Department of Infectious Disease, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology & InfectionImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Life SciencesImperial College LondonLondonUK
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