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Han W, Wei D, Sun Z, Qu D. Investigating the mechanism of rough phenotype in a naturally attenuated Brucella strain: insights from whole genome sequencing. Front Med (Lausanne) 2024; 11:1363785. [PMID: 38711779 PMCID: PMC11073494 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1363785] [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: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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Objective Brucellosis, a significant zoonotic disease, not only impacts animal health but also profoundly influences the host immune responses through gut microbiome. Our research focuses on whole genome sequencing and comparative genomic analysis of these Brucella strains to understand the mechanisms of their virulence changes that may deepen our comprehension of the host immune dysregulation. Methods The Brucella melitensis strain CMCC55210 and its naturally attenuated variant CMCC55210a were used as models. Biochemical identification tests and in vivo experiments in mice verified the characteristics of the strain. To understand the mechanism of attenuation, we then performed de novo sequencing of these two strains. Results We discovered notable genomic differences between the two strains, with a key single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mutation in the manB gene potentially altering lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structure and influencing host immunity to the pathogen. This mutation might contribute to the attenuated strain's altered impact on the host's macrophage immune response, overing insights into the mechanisms of immune dysregulation linked to intracellular survival. Furthermore, we explore that manipulating the Type I restriction-modification system in Brucella can significantly impact its genome stability with the DNA damage response, consequently affecting the host's immune system. Conclusion This study not only contributes to understanding the complex relationship between pathogens, and the immune system but also opens avenues for innovative therapeutic interventions in inflammatory diseases driven by microbial and immune dysregulation.
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- Wendong Han
- BSL-3 Laboratory of Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Tuberculosis Vaccines and Allergen, National Institute for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- BSL-3 Laboratory of Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- BSL-3 Laboratory of Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Qureshi KA, Parvez A, Fahmy NA, Abdel Hady BH, Kumar S, Ganguly A, Atiya A, Elhassan GO, Alfadly SO, Parkkila S, Aspatwar A. Brucellosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment-a comprehensive review. Ann Med 2024; 55:2295398. [PMID: 38165919 PMCID: PMC10769134 DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2023.2295398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2024] Open
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Background: Brucellosis is a pervasive zoonotic disease caused by various Brucella species. It mainly affects livestock and wildlife and poses significant public health threats, especially in regions with suboptimal hygiene, food safety, and veterinary care standards. Human contractions occur by consuming contaminated animal products or interacting with infected animals. Objective: This study aims to provide an updated understanding of brucellosis, from its epidemiology and pathogenesis to diagnosis and treatment strategies. It emphasizes the importance of ongoing research, knowledge exchange, and interdisciplinary collaboration for effective disease control and prevention, highlighting its global health implications. Methods: Pathogenesis involves intricate interactions between bacteria and the host immune system, resulting in chronic infections characterized by diverse clinical manifestations. The diagnostic process is arduous owing to non-specific symptomatology and sampling challenges, necessitating a fusion of clinical and laboratory evaluations, including blood cultures, serological assays, and molecular methods. Management typically entails multiple antibiotics, although the rise in antibiotic-resistant Brucella strains poses a problem. Animal vaccination is a potential strategy to curb the spread of infection, particularly within livestock populations. Results: The study provides insights into the complex pathogenesis of brucellosis, the challenges in its diagnosis, and the management strategies involving antibiotic therapy and animal vaccination. It also highlights the emerging issue of antibiotic-resistant Brucella strains. Conclusions: In conclusion, brucellosis is a significant zoonotic disease with implications for public health. Efforts should be directed towards improved diagnostic methods, antibiotic stewardship to combat antibiotic resistance, and developing and implementing effective animal vaccination programs. Interdisciplinary collaboration and ongoing research are crucial for addressing the global health implications of brucellosis.
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- Kamal A. Qureshi
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India
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- Center for Microbiology and Phage Therapy, Biomedical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
- Faculty of Applied Health Science, Galala University, Suez, Egypt
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- Center for Microbiology and Phage Therapy, Biomedical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University (KKU), Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
- Fimlab Ltd., Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
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Yin Y, Fang T, Lian Z, Zuo D, Hu H, Zhang G, Ding C, Tian M, Yu S. Erythronate utilization activates VdtR regulating its metabolism to promote Brucella proliferation, inducing abortion in mice. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0207423. [PMID: 37671873 PMCID: PMC10580937 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02074-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
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Brucella is a facultative intracellular pathogen that preferentially colonizes reproductive organs and utilizes erythritol as a preferred carbon source for its survival and proliferation. In this study, we identified a virulence-related DeoR-family transcriptional regulator (VdtR) and an erythronate metabolic pathway responsible for four-carbon acid sugar metabolism of D-erythronate and L-threonate in Brucella. We found that VdtR plays an important role in Brucella intracellular survival and trafficking to the endoplasmic reticulum in RAW 264.7 macrophages and in virulence in a mouse model. More importantly, we found that VdtR negatively regulates the erythronate metabolic pathway to promote extracellular proliferation of Brucella, depending on utilization of D-erythronate, an oxidative product of erythritol in the host. In a pregnant mouse model, the erythronate metabolic pathway was shown to cooperate with erythritol metabolism and play a crucial role in Brucella proliferation in the placenta, inducing placentitis and finally resulting in abortion or stillbirth. Our results demonstrate that, in addition to erythritol, erythronate is a preferred carbon source for Brucella utilization to promote its extracellular proliferation. This discovery updates the information on the preferential colonization of reproductive organs by Brucella and provides a novel insight into the Brucella-associated induction of abortion in pregnant animals. IMPORTANCE Brucella is an intracellular parasitic bacterium causing zoonosis, which is distributed worldwide and mainly characterized by reproductive disorders. Erythritol is found in allantoic fluid, chorion, and placenta of aborted animals, preferentially utilized by Brucella to cause infertility and abortion. However, the erythritol metabolism-defected mutant was unable to function as a vaccine strain due to its residual virulence. Here, we found that erythronate, an oxidative product of erythritol in the host, was also preferentially utilized by Brucella relying on the function of a deoxyribonucleoside regulator-family transcriptional regulator VdtR. Erythronate utilization activates VdtR regulation of the erythronate metabolic pathway to promote Brucella extracellular proliferation, inducing placentitis/abortion in mice. Double mutations on Brucella erythritol and D-erythronate metabolisms significantly reduced bacterial virulence. This study revealed a novel mechanism of Brucella infection-induced abortion, thus providing a new clue for the study of safer Brucella attenuated vaccines.
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- Yi Yin
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, China
- Veterinary Bio-Pharmaceutical, Jiangsu Agri-Animal Husbandry Vocational College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for High-Tech Research and Development of Veterinary Biopharmaceuticals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
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Sun D, Liu Y, Peng X, Dong H, Jiang H, Fan X, Feng Y, Sun J, Han K, Gao Q, Niu J, Ding J. ClpP protease modulates bacterial growth, stress response, and bacterial virulence in Brucella abortus. Vet Res 2023; 54:68. [PMID: 37612737 PMCID: PMC10464072 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-023-01200-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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The process of intracellular proteolysis through ATP-dependent proteases is a biologically conserved phenomenon. The stress responses and bacterial virulence of various pathogenic bacteria are associated with the ATP-dependent Clp protease. In this study, a Brucella abortus 2308 strain, ΔclpP, was constructed to characterize the function of ClpP peptidase. The growth of the ΔclpP mutant strain was significantly impaired in the TSB medium. The results showed that the ΔclpP mutant was sensitive to acidic pH stress, oxidative stress, high temperature, detergents, high osmotic environment, and iron deficient environment. Additionally, the deletion of clpP significantly affected Brucella virulence in macrophage and mouse infection models. Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of the ΔclpP strain showed that 1965 genes were significantly affected at the mRNA and/or protein levels. The RNA-seq analysis indicated that the ΔclpP strain exhibited distinct gene expression patterns related to energy production and conversion, cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis, carbohydrate transport, and metabolism. The iTRAQ analysis revealed that the differentially expressed proteins primarily participated in amino acid transport and metabolism, energy production and conversion, and secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism. This study provided insights into the preliminary molecular mechanism between Clp protease to bacterial growth, stress response, and bacterial virulence in Brucella strains.
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- Dongjie Sun
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Zhaoqing Institute Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Zhaoqing, China
- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Laboratory Animal Resources, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Husain AA, Pinto SM, Agarwal N, Behera SK, Khulkhule PR, Bhartiya NM, Subbannayya Y, Prasad TSK, Singh LR, Daginawala HF, Kashyap RS. Comprehensive Proteomic Analysis of Brucella melitensis ATCC23457 Strain Reveals Metabolic Adaptations in Response to Nutrient Stress. Curr Microbiol 2022; 80:20. [PMID: 36460801 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-022-03105-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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In the present study, a comprehensive proteomic analysis of Brucella melitensis (B. melitensis) strain ATCC23457 was carried out to investigate proteome alterations in response to in vitro-induced nutrient stress. Our analysis resulted in the identification of 2440 proteins, including 365 hypothetical proteins and 850 potentially secretory proteins representing ~77.8% of the B. melitensis proteome. Utilizing a proteogenomics approach, we provide translational evidence for eight novel putative protein-coding genes and confirmed the coding potential of 31 putatively annotated pseudogenes, thus refining the existing genome annotation. Further, using a label-free quantitative proteomic approach, new insights into the cellular processes governed by nutrient stress, including enrichment of amino acid metabolism (E), transcription (K), energy production and conversion (C), and biogenesis (J) processes were obtained. Pathway analysis revealed the enrichment of survival and homeostasis maintenance pathways, including type IV secretion system, nitrogen metabolism, and urease pathways in response to nutrient limitation. To conclude, our analysis demonstrates the utility of in-depth proteomic analysis in enabling improved annotation of the B. melitensis genome. Further, our results indicate that B. melitensis undergoes metabolic adaptations during nutrient stress similar to other Brucella. sp, and adapts itself for long-term persistence and survival.
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- Aliabbas A Husain
- Research Center, Dr. G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, 440 010, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, 575018, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, 575018, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, 575018, India
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- Research Center, Dr. G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, 440 010, India
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- Research Center, Dr. G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, 440 010, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, 575018, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, 575018, India.
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- Research Center, Dr. G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, 440 010, India
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- Research Center, Dr. G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, 440 010, India
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- Research Center, Dr. G.M. Taori Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Nagpur, 440 010, India.
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The role of shoulder arthroplasty after chronic brucellosis of glenohumeral joint septic arthritis. A case report and literature reviews. Int J Surg Case Rep 2022; 97:107467. [PMID: 35952568 PMCID: PMC9403336 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The main socioeconomic area in Thailand has been the agricultural endemic area, where brucellosis infection, one of the bacterial infectious diseases has been an overlooked diagnose. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 50-year-old Thai woman was admitted to the hospital with pain and limited motion in her left shoulder. These symptoms have been prolonging with progressive clinical for two years. The physical examination revealed stiffness in all directions. The glenohumeral joint appeared to be narrowing on radiographic evaluation. The multiple loculate mass and septic glenohumeral joint arthritis were seen by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Furthermore, the Brucellosis investigation specificity was Brucella IgM/IgG positive. This patient was treated with a combination of surgery and oral antimicrobial medication. We decided to perform a total shoulder arthroplasty because the patient was still in pain and stiff from secondary arthritis. DISCUSSION As a result of the late treatment for osteoarticular involvement, secondary osteoarthritis develops until leading to significant cartilage loss. Therefore, even medical treatment and surgical debridement, the patient still suffers from secondary osteoarthritis, which causes pain and limited activity. The arthroplasty treatment method plays a role in the treatment of function following secondary osteoarthritis infection. CONCLUSION The role of arthroplasty was selected in the treatment of brucellosis osteoarticular involvement, which is an uncommon and difficult to identify condition that can lead to maltreatment. So that this case report offers the treatment option if the patient was not responsible for the medical and surgical debridement therapy with secondary osteoarthritis at the glenohumeral joint, even though the brucellosis infection condition had completely resolved.
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Heidary M, Dashtbin S, Ghanavati R, Mahdizade Ari M, Bostanghadiri N, Darbandi A, Navidifar T, Talebi M. Evaluation of Brucellosis Vaccines: A Comprehensive Review. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:925773. [PMID: 35923818 PMCID: PMC9339783 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.925773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Brucellosis is a bacterial zoonosis caused by Brucella spp. which can lead to heavy economic losses and severe human diseases. Thus, controlling brucellosis is very important. Due to humans easily gaining brucellosis from animals, animal brucellosis control programs can help the eradication of human brucellosis. There are two popular vaccines against animal brucellosis. Live attenuated Brucella abortus strain 19 (S19 vaccine) is the first effective and most extensively used vaccine for the prevention of brucellosis in cattle. Live attenuated Brucella melitensis strain Rev.1 (Rev.1 vaccine) is the most effective vaccine against caprine and ovine brucellosis. Although these two vaccines provide good immunity for animals against brucellosis, the expense of persistent serological responses is one of the main problems of both vaccines. The advantages and limitations of Brucella vaccines, especially new vaccine candidates, have been less studied. In addition, there is an urgent need for new strategies to control and eradicate this disease. Therefore, this narrative review aims to present an updated overview of the available different types of brucellosis vaccines.
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- Mohsen Heidary
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Paramedical Sciences, Behbahan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Behbahan, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- *Correspondence: Malihe Talebi
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Wang J, Zhang Q. Early diagnosis and treatment of acute brucellosis knee arthritis complicated by acute osteomyelitis: two cases report. BMC Infect Dis 2022; 22:430. [PMID: 35509042 PMCID: PMC9066799 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07392-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Brucellosis is an endemic systemic infectious disease, the most common complication is bone and joint involvement. Sacroiliac joint and spinal joint are the most frequently involved sites in adults, but knee joint infection is rare, and acute infectious knee arthritis complicated by acute osteomyelitis is even extremely uncommon in adults. Here, we report two cases of acute septic knee arthritis complicated by acute osteomyelitis caused by Brucella melitensis (B. melitensis). Case presentation Both patients had a history of traveling in animal husbandry areas within three months. On clinical examination, their right knee joint was tender, swollen, had limited movement and an effusion was present. Imaging examination showed effusion and synovial thickening of the right knee joint, as well as subchondral bone edema of the distal femur and proximal tibia. Laboratory examination showed that the serum agglutination test (SAT) in both patients were positive (1: 640 and 1: 320) without leukocytosis, although the proportion of lymphocytes, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) significantly increased. Both patients underwent knee joint aspiration. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) analysis of synovial fluid showed that there was B. melitensis, and blood bacterial culture was negative. We determined that two patients had acute brucellosis knee arthritis complicated by acute osteomyelitis. Antibiotic treatment was given during hospitalization consisting of doxycycline (0.1 g po bid) and rifampicin (0.6 g po qd) for six weeks, and the changes of inflammatory indexes were closely monitored. At discharge, the symptoms had completely resolved, imaging abnormalities disappeared, and inflammatory indexes returned to normal. There was no recurrence of the disease at 1-year follow-up. Conclusion Acute brucellosis knee arthritis complicated by acute osteomyelitis is a rare but serious complication of brucellosis in adults. There is no obvious specificity of clinical manifestation and imaging examination. Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent the occurrence of knee joint deformity and even pathological fracture. Clinicians should fully consider the possibility of brucellosis where the travel or occupational history is suggestive.
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- Jie Wang
- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100015, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100015, China.
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Oliveira KC, Brancaglion GA, Santos NCM, Araújo LP, Novaes E, Santos RDL, Oliveira SC, Corsetti PP, de Almeida LA. Epitope-Based Vaccine of a Brucella abortus Putative Small RNA Target Induces Protection and Less Tissue Damage in Mice. Front Immunol 2021; 12:778475. [PMID: 34992597 PMCID: PMC8724193 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.778475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Brucella spp. are Gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacteria that cause brucellosis in humans and animals. Currently available live attenuated vaccines against brucellosis still have drawbacks. Therefore, subunit vaccines, produced using epitope-based antigens, have the advantage of being safe, cost-effective and efficacious. Here, we identified B. abortus small RNAs expressed during early infection with bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and an apolipoprotein N-acyltransferase (Int) was identified as the putative target of the greatest expressed small RNA. Decreased expression of Int was observed during BMDM infection and the protein sequence was evaluated to rationally select a putative immunogenic epitope by immunoinformatic, which was explored as a vaccinal candidate. C57BL/6 mice were immunized and challenged with B. abortus, showing lower recovery in the number of viable bacteria in the liver, spleen, and axillary lymph node and greater production of IgG and fractions when compared to non-vaccinated mice. The vaccinated and infected mice showed the increased expression of TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-6 following expression of the anti-inflammatory genes IL-10 and TGF-β in the liver, justifying the reduction in the number and size of the observed granulomas. BMDMs stimulated with splenocyte supernatants from vaccinated and infected mice increase the CD86+ marker, as well as expressing greater amounts of iNOS and the consequent increase in NO production, suggesting an increase in the phagocytic and microbicidal capacity of these cells to eliminate the bacteria.
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- Karen Cristina Oliveira
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil
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- Department of Clinic and Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Leonardo Augusto de Almeida, ; Patrícia Paiva Corsetti,
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Leonardo Augusto de Almeida, ; Patrícia Paiva Corsetti,
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Characteristics of Brucella abortus vaccine strain A19 reveals its potential mechanism of attenuated virulence. Vet Microbiol 2021; 254:109007. [PMID: 33582483 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Brucella vaccination is one of the most important strategies for controlling brucellosis in livestock. The A19 strain was the effective vaccine used to control brucellosis in China. However, the characteristics of physiological and attenuated virulence of the A19 strain are not investigated in detail. In this study, we compared the phenotypic characteristics of the A19 to the wild-type strain S2308. Virulence test showed that the A19 was significantly attenuated at chronic infection stage in infected mouse model. In growth analysis, the A19 exhibited a quick growth at exponential phase and premature at stationary phase. The inflammatory response of macrophages infected by the A19 was detected using TaqMan qPCR assay, indicating that the inflammatory level of the A19-infected macrophages was higher than that of the S2308 infection. Cell death analysis showed that the A19 was not cytotoxic for macrophages. Cell infection showed that the A19 reduced its ability to invade, survive and traffic within host cells, and the intracellular A19 hardly excludes lysosome-associated marker LAMP-1, suggesting that the A19 can't escape the lysosome degradation within host cells. In further study, the sensitivity test exhibited that the A19 is more sensitive to stress and bactericidal factors than the S2308 strain, Western blot and silver staining analysis exhibited that the A19 has a different expression pattern of OMPs and reduces LPS O-antigen expression relative to the S2308 strain. Those data give us a more detailed understanding about the A19 vaccine strain, which will be beneficial for improvement of current Brucella vaccine and overcoming its defects.
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Nakamura T, Shimizu T, Inagaki F, Okazaki S, Saha SS, Uda A, Watanabe K, Watarai M. Identification of Membrane-Bound Lytic Murein Transglycosylase A (MltA) as a Growth Factor for Francisella novicida in a Silkworm Infection Model. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 10:581864. [PMID: 33553001 PMCID: PMC7862118 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.581864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia, is transmitted by arthropod vectors within mammalian hosts. The detailed mechanisms contributing to growth and survival of Francisella within arthropod remain poorly understood. To identify novel factors supporting growth and survival of Francisella within arthropods, a transposon mutant library of F. tularensis subsp. novicida (F. novicida) was screened using an F. novicida-silkworm infection model. Among 750 transposon mutants screened, the mltA-encoding membrane-bound lytic murein transglycosylase A (MltA) was identified as a novel growth factor of F. novicida in silkworms. Silkworms infection with an mltA deletion mutant (ΔmltA) resulted in a reduction in the number of bacteria and prolonged survival. The ΔmltA strain exhibited limited intracellular growth and cytotoxicity in BmN4 silkworm ovary cells. Moreover, the ΔmltA strain induced higher expression of the antimicrobial peptide in silkworms compared to the wild-type strain. These results suggest that F. novicida MltA contributes to the survival of F. novicida in silkworms via immune suppression-related mechanisms. Intracellular growth of the ΔmltA strain was also reduced in human monocyte THP-1 cells. These results also suggest the contribution of MltA to pathogenicity in humans and utility of the F. novicida-silkworm infection model to explore Francisella infection.
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- Takemasa Nakamura
- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal, Bangladesh
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Bao Y, Wang L, Sun J. Post-translational knockdown and post-secretional modification of EsxA determine contribution of EsxA membrane permeabilizing activity for mycobacterial intracellular survival. Virulence 2021; 12:312-328. [PMID: 33356823 PMCID: PMC7808419 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2020.1867438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Current genetic studies (e.g. gene knockout) have suggested that EsxA and EsxB function as secreted virulence factors that are essential for Mycobaterium tuberculosis (Mtb) intracellular survival, specifically in mediating phagosome rupture and translocation of Mtb to the cytosol of host cells, which further facilitates Mtb intracellular replicating and cell-to-cell spreading. The EsxA-mediated intracellular survival is presumably achieved by its pH-dependent membrane-permeabilizing activity (MPA). However, the data from other studies have generated a discrepancy regarding the role of EsxA MPA in mycobacterial intracellular survival, which has raised a concern that genetic manipulations, such as deletion of esxB-esxA operon or RD-1 locus, may affect other codependently secreted factors that could be also directly involved cytosolic translocation, or stimulate extended disturbance on other genes’ expression. To avoid the drawbacks of gene knockout, we first engineered a Mycobacterium marinum (Mm) strain, in which a DAS4+ tag was fused to the C-terminus of EsxB to allow inducible knockdown of EsxB (also EsxA) at the post-translational level. We also engineered an Mm strain by fusing a SpyTag (ST) to the C-terminus of EsxA, which allowed inhibition of EsxA-ST MPA at the post-secretional level through a covalent linkage to SpyCatcher-GFP. Both post-translational knockdown and functional inhibition of EsxA resulted in attenuation of Mm intracellular survival in lung epithelial cells or macrophages, which unambiguously confirms the direct role of EsxA MPA in mycobacterial intracellular survival.
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- Yanqing Bao
- Department of Biological Sciences and Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso, Texas, USA
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Peng X, Liu Y, Qin Y, Jiang H, Feng Y, Sun J, Niu K, Gao Q, Dong H, Ding J. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Artificially Induced Rough-Mutant Brucella Strain RM57 and Its Parent Strain Brucella melitensis M1981. Front Vet Sci 2020; 6:459. [PMID: 31998758 PMCID: PMC6966878 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic epidemics with a serious threat to public health and livestock development in many countries across the world. Vaccination is a key control strategy toward preventing brucellosis in high-prevalence regions. Recently, a rough-type Brucella melitensis mutant strain (RM57) induced from a B. melitensis strain M1981 showed protective effects in guinea pigs indicating that it is a good vaccine candidate. In this study, stress response assays were performed to reveal the mechanisms underlying virulence attenuation of RM57. In addition, a genome-wide transcriptome profile of RM57 was analyzed relative to the parent strain M1981 in order to reveal genetic factors controlling the phenotypes. Our results indicated a similar sensitivity to various stress conditions in RM57 owing to a lack of significant differences from its parent strain. Transcriptome analysis showed that a total of 1,205 genes were differentially expressed between RM57 and M1981 with gene ontology terms revealing that these genes are involved in energy production and conversion, translation, ribosomal structure, and biogenesis. Pathway enrichment analysis revealed that genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation, ribosome, nitrogen metabolism, tyrosine metabolism, and two-component system were significantly affected. As a result of these differences at the molecular level, the function of type IV secretion system in RM57 was found to be affected leading to reduced virulence of the RM57 mutant strain in both macrophage and mice infection models.
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- Xiaowei Peng
- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China.,South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.,Zhaoqing Institute of Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Zhaoqing, China
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- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- China Animal Disease Control Center, Beijing, China
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- National Reference Laboratory for Animal Brucellosis, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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Nakamura T, Shimizu T, Uda A, Watanabe K, Watarai M. Soluble lytic transglycosylase SLT of Francisella novicida is involved in intracellular growth and immune suppression. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226778. [PMID: 31877174 PMCID: PMC6932806 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis, a category-A bioterrorism agent causes tularemia. F. tularensis suppresses the immune response of host cells and intracellularly proliferates. However, the detailed mechanisms of immune suppression and intracellular growth are largely unknown. Here we developed a transposon mutant library to identify novel pathogenic factors of F. tularensis. Among 750 transposon mutants of F. tularensis subsp. novicida (F. novicida), 11 were isolated as less cytotoxic strains, and the genes responsible for cytotoxicity were identified. Among them, the function of slt, which encodes soluble lytic transglycosylase (SLT) was investigated in detail. An slt deletion mutant (Δslt) was less toxic to the human monocyte cell line THP-1 vs the wild-type strain. Although the wild-type strain proliferated in THP-1 cells, the number of intracellular Δslt mutant decreased in comparison. The Δslt mutant escaped from phagosomes during the early stages of infection, but the mutant was detected within the autophagosome, followed by degradation in lysosomes. Moreover, the Δslt mutant induced host cells to produce high levels of cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1β, compared with the wild-type strain. These results suggest that the SLT of F. novicida is required for immune suppression and escape from autophagy to allow its survival in host cells.
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- Takemasa Nakamura
- Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Liu Y, Sun J, Peng X, Dong H, Qin Y, Shen Q, Jiang H, Xu G, Feng Y, Sun S, Ding J, Chen R. Deletion of the LuxR-type regulator VjbR in Brucella canis affects expression of type IV secretion system and bacterial virulence, and the mutant strain confers protection against Brucella canis challenge in mice. Microb Pathog 2019; 139:103865. [PMID: 31715318 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Brucella spp. are facultative intracellular pathogens and zoonotic agents which pose a huge threat to human health and animal husbandry. The B. melitensis, B. abortus, and B. suis cause undulant fever and influenza-like symptoms in humans. However, the effects of B. canis have not been extensively studied. The quorum sensing-dependent transcriptional regulator VjbR influences the Brucella virulence in smooth type Brucella strains, such as B. melitensis, B. abortus and rough type Brucella ovis. However, the function of VjbR in the rough-type B. canis is unknown. In the present study, we discovered that deletion of this regulator significantly affected Brucella virulence in macrophage and mice infection models. The expression levels of virB operon and the ftcR gene were significantly altered in the vjbR mutant strain. We further investigated the protective effect of different doses of the vjbR mutant in mice and the results indicated that VjbR conferred protection against the virulent B. canis strain. This study presents the first evidence that the transcriptional regulator VjbR has important function in B. canis. In addition, according to its reduced virulence and the protective immunity it induces in mice, it can be a potential live attenuated vaccine against B. canis.
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- Yufu Liu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China; Zhaoqing Institute of Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Zhaoqing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- China Animal Disease Control Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China
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- Department of Inspection Technology Research, China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
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Current therapeutic strategy in osteoarticular brucellosis. North Clin Istanb 2019; 6:415-420. [PMID: 31909392 PMCID: PMC6936947 DOI: 10.14744/nci.2019.05658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Brucellosis is a common zoonotic disease with high morbidity. In the majority of human cases, the causative agent is B. melitensis. Infection is transmitted to humans by direct/indirect contact with the contaminated animal products (e.g., consumption of unpasteurized milk), infectious aerosols and aborted fetus. Brucellosis often affects middle-aged adults and young people. Patients with brucellosis tend to have non-specific symptoms, including fever, chills, night sweats, joint pain and myalgia. Brucellosis affects various organs and tissues. The osteoarticular system is one of the most commonly described affected systems in humans. In several clinical studies, the prevalence of Osteoarticular Brucellosis (OB) is reported as 2-77%. Most important osteoarticular clinical forms osteomyelitis, spondylitis, sacroiliitis, arthritis and bursitis. Spondylitis and spondylodiscitis are the most frequent complications. Spondylodiscitis often affects the lumbar (especially at the L4- L5 levels) and low thoracic vertebrae than the cervical spine. Back pain and sciatica radiculopathy are the most common complaints about patients. Sacroiliitis is associated with severe pain, especially back pain in affected individuals. Spinal destructive brucellar lesions are also reported in adults in previous studies. Brucellosis is diagnosed with clinical inflammatory signs (eg. tenderness, pain) of the affected joints together with positive serological tests and positive blood/synovial fluids cultures. Serological test measures the total amount of IgM/IgG antibodies. Standard agglutination test (SAT) titer ≥1:160 is in favor of brucellosis diagnosis. Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are other types of diagnostic tests. Radiological assessments, such as joint sonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, are the most helpful radiological methods to diagnose spinal brucellosis. The agents commonly used in the treatment of brucella spondylitis are doxycycline, streptomycin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and rifampicin. The recommended regimens for treatment of brucella involve two or three antibiotics combinations. No standard treatment, physicians prescribe drugs based on conditions of the disease. Patients need a long-term (usually at three months) antibiotic therapy for mainly aiming to prevent relapses. Surgery may be required for patients with spinal abscess. This review focused on physicians’ awareness for osteoarticular involvement, clinical presentation, diagnosis and current treatment of OB.
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Bachert BA, Biryukov SS, Chua J, Rodriguez SA, Toothman RG, Cote CK, Klimko CP, Hunter M, Shoe JL, Williams JA, Kuehl KA, Biot FV, Bozue JA. A Francisella novicida Mutant, Lacking the Soluble Lytic Transglycosylase Slt, Exhibits Defects in Both Growth and Virulence. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1343. [PMID: 31258523 PMCID: PMC6587636 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of tularemia and has gained recent interest as it poses a significant biothreat risk. F. novicida is commonly used as a laboratory surrogate for tularemia research due to genetic similarity and susceptibility of mice to infection. Currently, there is no FDA-approved tularemia vaccine, and identifying therapeutic targets remains a critical gap in strategies for combating this pathogen. Here, we investigate the soluble lytic transglycosylase or Slt in F. novicida, which belongs to a class of peptidoglycan-modifying enzymes known to be involved in cell division. We assess the role of Slt in biology and virulence of the organism as well as the vaccine potential of the slt mutant. We show that the F. novicida slt mutant has a significant growth defect in acidic pH conditions. Further microscopic analysis revealed significantly altered cell morphology compared to wild-type, including larger cell size, extensive membrane protrusions, and cell clumping and fusion, which was partially restored by growth in neutral pH or genetic complementation. Viability of the mutant was also significantly decreased during growth in acidic medium, but not at neutral pH. Furthermore, the slt mutant exhibited significant attenuation in a murine model of intranasal infection and virulence could be restored by genetic complementation. Moreover, we could protect mice using the slt mutant as a live vaccine strain against challenge with the parent strain; however, we were not able to protect against challenge with the fully virulent F. tularensis Schu S4 strain. These studies demonstrate a critical role for the Slt enzyme in maintaining proper cell division and morphology in acidic conditions, as well as replication and virulence in vivo. Our results suggest that although the current vaccination strategy with F. novicida slt mutant would not protect against Schu S4 challenges, the Slt enzyme could be an ideal target for future therapeutic development.
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- Beth A Bachert
- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Pathology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Pathology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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- Unité de Bactériologie/UMR_MD1, Département de Biologie des Agents Transmissibles, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Bacteriology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States
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Tian M, Qu J, Li P, Bao Y, Liu J, Ding C, Wang S, Li T, Qi J, Yu S. Identification of novel genes essential for Brucella abortus to establish infection by signature-tagged mutagenesis. Vet Microbiol 2019; 230:130-137. [PMID: 30827378 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Brucella is a facultative intracellular bacterium, causing brucellosis, an important zoonosis worldwide. Brucella has no classic virulence factors, thus virulence is dependent on invasion of host cells and subsequent intracellular replication. Identification of key genes involved in Brucella virulence is important to further elucidate its pathogenesis. In this study, signature-tagged mutagenesis was used to identify novel genes involved in B. abortus infection in a mouse model. In total 3600 mutants were obtained, of which 56 were identified as attenuated mutants. Furthermore, 53 genes were identified to be inactivated by transposon insertion, including 19 genes previously reported to be essential for Brucella virulence and 34 others that were newly identified in this study. These genes were catalogued into 16 functional classifications, except for three that were not cited in the Clusters of Orthologous Groups database. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that energy production and conversion, amino acid transport and metabolism, as well as inorganic ion transport and metabolism were predominant functional classifications, suggesting that genes involved in these functions were crucial for Brucella virulence. In addition, the function of the identified pyruvate carboxylase (pyc) gene in bacterial virulence was confirmed using an allelic replacement pyc mutant and a mouse model. These findings provide novel genetic information associated with Brucella infection.
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- Mingxing Tian
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, China.
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Gheibi A, Khanahmad H, Kashfi K, Sarmadi M, Khorramizadeh MR. Development of new generation of vaccines for Brucella abortus. Heliyon 2018; 4:e01079. [PMID: 30603712 PMCID: PMC6307385 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e01079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Brucella abortus is a Gram-negative facultative and intracellular bacteria, it causes bovine brucellosis, a zoonotic disease that is responsible for considerable economic loss to owners of domesticated animals and can cause problems in otherwise healthy humans. There are a few available live attenuated vaccines for animal immunization against brucellosis; however, these have significant side effects and offer insufficient protective efficacy. Thus, the need for more research into the Molecular pathobiology and immunological properties of B. abortus that would lead to the development of better and safer vaccines. In this paper we have reviewed the main aspects of the pathology and the responsive immunological mechanisms, we have also covered current and new prospective vaccines against B. abortus.
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- Azam Gheibi
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine (SATiM), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City University of New York School of Medicine, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Biosensor Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Oliva Chávez AS, Herron MJ, Nelson CM, Felsheim RF, Oliver JD, Burkhardt NY, Kurtti TJ, Munderloh UG. Mutational analysis of gene function in the Anaplasmataceae: Challenges and perspectives. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2018; 10:482-494. [PMID: 30466964 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mutational analysis is an efficient approach to identifying microbial gene function. Until recently, lack of an effective tool for Anaplasmataceae yielding reproducible results has created an obstacle to functional genomics, because surrogate systems, e.g., ectopic gene expression and analysis in E. coli, may not provide accurate answers. We chose to focus on a method for high-throughput generation of mutants via random mutagenesis as opposed to targeted gene inactivation. In our search for a suitable mutagenesis tool, we considered attributes of the Himar1 transposase system, i.e., random insertion into AT dinucleotide sites, which are abundant in Anaplasmataceae, and lack of requirement for specific host factors. We chose the Anaplasma marginale tr promoter, and the clinically irrelevant antibiotic spectinomycin for selection, and in addition successfully implemented non-antibiotic selection using an herbicide resistance gene. These constructs function reasonably well in Anaplasma phagocytophilum harvested from human promyelocyte HL-60 cells or Ixodes scapularis tick cells. We describe protocols developed in our laboratory, and discuss what likely makes them successful. What makes Anaplasmataceae electroporation competent is unknown and manipulating electroporation conditions has not improved mutational efficiency. A concerted effort is needed to resolve remaining problems that are inherent to the obligate intracellular bacteria. Finally, using this approach, we describe the discovery and characterization of a putative secreted effector necessary for Ap survival in HL-60 cells.
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- Adela S Oliva Chávez
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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Tian M, Lian Z, Bao Y, Bao S, Yin Y, Li P, Ding C, Wang S, Li T, Qi J, Wang X, Yu S. Identification of a novel, small, conserved hypothetical protein involved inBrucella abortusvirulence by modifying the expression of multiple genes. Transbound Emerg Dis 2018; 66:349-362. [DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Mingxing Tian
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- China College of Veterinary Medicine Gansu Agricultural University LanzhouChina
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- China College of Veterinary Medicine Gansu Agricultural University LanzhouChina
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Shanghai China
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Crépin S, Ottosen EN, Peters K, Smith SN, Himpsl SD, Vollmer W, Mobley HLT. The lytic transglycosylase MltB connects membrane homeostasis and in vivo fitness of Acinetobacter baumannii. Mol Microbiol 2018; 109:745-762. [PMID: 29884996 PMCID: PMC6185781 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a leading nosocomial pathogen, infecting a wide range of anatomic sites including the respiratory tract and the bloodstream. In addition to being multi‐drug resistant, little is known about the molecular basis of A. baumannii pathogenesis. To better understand A. baumannii virulence, a combination of a transposon‐sequencing (TraDIS) screen and the neutropenic mouse model of bacteremia was used to identify the full set of fitness genes required during bloodstream infection. The lytic transglycosylase MltB was identified as a critical fitness factor. MltB cleaves the MurNAc‐GlcNAc bond of peptidoglycan, which leads to cell wall remodeling. Here we show that MltB is part of a complex network connecting resistance to stresses, membrane homeostasis, biogenesis of pili and in vivo fitness. Indeed, inactivation of mltB not only impaired resistance to serum complement, cationic antimicrobial peptides and oxygen species, but also altered the cell envelope integrity, activated the envelope stress response, drastically reduced the number of pili at the cell surface and finally, significantly decreased colonization of both the bloodstream and the respiratory tract.
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- Sébastien Crépin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Tian M, Bao Y, Li P, Hu H, Ding C, Wang S, Li T, Qi J, Wang X, Yu S. The putative amino acid ABC transporter substrate-binding protein AapJ2 is necessary for Brucella virulence at the early stage of infection in a mouse model. Vet Res 2018; 49:32. [PMID: 29598830 PMCID: PMC5874993 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-018-0527-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Brucellosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Brucella spp. The virulence of these bacteria is dependent on their ability to invade and replicate within host cells. In a previous study, a putative gene bab_RS27735 encoding an amino acid ABC transporter substrate-binding protein homologous to AapJ protein was found to be involved in Brucella abortus virulence. In this study, we successfully constructed a bab_RS27735 deletion mutant, Δ27735. Compared with the wild-type strain, the lipopolysaccharide pattern of the mutant was not changed, but the growth ability was slightly defected in the exponential phase. In tolerance tests, sensitivity of the Δ27735 mutant to oxidative stress, bactericidal peptides or low pH was not different from that of the wild-type strain. Cell infection assay showed that the mutant was reduced survival within macrophages but could efficiently escape lysosome degradation. The results of a virulence test showed that the Δ27735 mutant was attenuated in a mouse model at the early stage of infection but recovered its virulence at the late stage of infection. Meanwhile, the development of splenomegaly and histopathological lesions was observed in mice infected with either the wild-type strain or the mutant. These results are in line with the release of IL-12p40 and TNF-α into the peripheral blood of infected mice. Besides, expression of diverse genes was up-regulated in the Δ27735 mutant, which may contribute to the reduced virulence of the mutant. These data elucidated that the bab_RS27735 gene is necessary for B. abortus virulence at the early stage of infection in a mouse model.
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- Mingxing Tian
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China.
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