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Cao S, Zhang Y, Bao R, Wang T, Zhu L, Zhang Q. Helicobacter hepaticus promotes liver fibrosis through oxidative stress induced by hydrogenase in BALB/c mice. Helicobacter 2023; 28:e13001. [PMID: 37334992 DOI: 10.1111/hel.13001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND It has been documented that Helicobacter hepaticus produces a nickel-containing hydrogen-oxidizing hydrogenase enzyme, which is necessary for hydrogen-supported amino acid uptake. Although H. hepaticus infection has been shown to promote liver inflammation and fibrosis in BALB/c mice, the impact of hydrogenase on the progression of liver fibrosis induced by H. hepaticus has not been explored. MATERIALS AND METHODS BALB/c mice were inoculated with hydrogenase mutant (ΔHyaB) or wild type (WT) H. hepaticus 3B1 for 12 and 24 weeks. H. hepaticus colonization, hepatic histopathology, serum biochemistry, expression of inflammatory cytokines, and oxidative stress signaling pathways were detected. RESULTS We found that ΔHyaB had no influence on the colonization of H. hepaticus in the liver of mice at 12 and 24 weeks post infection (WPI). However, mice infected by ΔHyaB strains developed significantly alleviated liver inflammation and fibrosis compared with WT infection. Moreover, ΔHyaB infection remarkably increased the expression of hepatic GSH, SOD, and GSH-Px, and decreased the liver levels of MDA, ALT, and AST compared to WT H. hepaticus infected group from 12 to 24 WPI. Furthermore, mRNA levels of Il-6, Tnf-α, iNos, Hmox-1, and α-SMA were significantly decreased with an increase of Nfe2l2 in the liver of mice infected by ΔHyaB strains. In addition, ΔHyaB H. hepaticus restored the activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway, which is inhibited by H. hepaticus infection. CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrated that H. hepaticus hydrogenase promoted liver inflammation and fibrosis development mediated by oxidative stress in male BALB/c mice.
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- Shuyang Cao
- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Institute of Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Baksh KA, Augustine J, Sljoka A, Prosser RS, Zamble DB. Mechanistic insights into the nickel-dependent allosteric response of the Helicobacter pylori NikR transcription factor. J Biol Chem 2022; 299:102785. [PMID: 36502919 PMCID: PMC9860126 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102785] [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: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In Helicobacter pylori, the nickel-responsive NikR transcription factor plays a key role in regulating intracellular nickel concentrations, which is an essential process for survival of this pathogen in the acidic human stomach. Nickel binding to H. pylori NikR (HpNikR) allosterically activates DNA binding to target promoters encoding genes involved in nickel homeostasis and acid adaptation, to either activate or repress their transcription. We previously showed that HpNikR adopts an equilibrium between an open conformation and DNA-binding competent cis and trans states. Nickel binding slows down conformational exchange between these states and shifts the equilibrium toward the binding-competent states. The protein then becomes stabilized in a cis conformation upon binding the ureA promoter. Here, we investigate how nickel binding creates this response and how it is transmitted to the DNA-binding domains. Through mutagenesis, DNA-binding studies, and computational methods, the allosteric response to nickel was found to be propagated from the nickel-binding sites to the DNA-binding domains via the β-sheets of the metal-binding domain and a network of residues at the inter-domain interface. Our computational results suggest that nickel binding increases protein rigidity to slow down the conformational exchange. A thymine base in the ureA promoter sequence, known to be critical for high affinity DNA binding by HpNikR, was also found to be important for the allosteric response, while a modified version of this promoter further highlighted the importance of the DNA sequence in modulating the response. Collectively, our results provide insights into regulation of a key protein for H. pylori survival.
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- Karina A. Baksh
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan,For correspondence: R. Scott Prosser; Adnan Sljoka
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,For correspondence: R. Scott Prosser; Adnan Sljoka
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Nickel as a virulence factor in the Class I bacterial carcinogen, Helicobacter pylori. Semin Cancer Biol 2021; 76:143-155. [PMID: 33865991 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2021.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori is a human bacterial pathogen that causes peptic ulcers and has been designated a Class I carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Its ability to survive in the acid environment of the stomach, to colonize the stomach mucosa, and to cause cancer, are linked to two enzymes that require nickel-urease and hydrogenase. Thus, nickel is an important virulence factor and the proteins involved in nickel trafficking are potential antibiotic targets. This review summarizes the nickel biochemistry of H. pylori with a focus on the roles of nickel in virulence, nickel homeostasis, maturation of urease and hydrogenase, and the unique nickel trafficking that occurs between the hydrogenase maturation pathway and urease nickel incorporation that is mediated by the metallochaperone HypA and its partner, HypB.
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Kelley BR, Lu J, Haley KP, Gaddy JA, Johnson JG. Metal homeostasis in pathogenic Epsilonproteobacteria: mechanisms of acquisition, efflux, and regulation. Metallomics 2021; 13:mfaa002. [PMID: 33570133 PMCID: PMC8043183 DOI: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfaa002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Epsilonproteobacteria are a diverse class of eubacteria within the Proteobacteria phylum that includes environmental sulfur-reducing bacteria and the human pathogens, Campylobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori. These pathogens infect and proliferate within the gastrointestinal tracts of multiple animal hosts, including humans, and cause a variety of disease outcomes. While infection of these hosts provides nutrients for the pathogenic Epsilonproteobacteria, many hosts have evolved a variety of strategies to either sequester metals from the invading pathogen or exploit the toxicity of metals and drive their accumulation as an antimicrobial strategy. As a result, C. jejuni and H. pylori have developed mechanisms to sense changes in metal availability and regulate their physiology in order to respond to either metal limitation or accumulation. In this review, we will discuss the challenges of metal availability at the host-pathogen interface during infection with C. jejuni and H. pylori and describe what is currently known about how these organisms alter their gene expression and/or deploy bacterial virulence factors in response to these environments.
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- Brittni R Kelley
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biology, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Tennessee Valley Healthcare Systems, Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Baksh KA, Pichugin D, Prosser RS, Zamble DB. Allosteric regulation of the nickel-responsive NikR transcription factor from Helicobacter pylori. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100069. [PMID: 33199369 PMCID: PMC7949043 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.015459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Nickel is essential for the survival of the pathogenic bacteria Helicobacter pylori in the fluctuating pH of the human stomach. Due to its inherent toxicity and limited availability, nickel homeostasis is maintained through a network of pathways that are coordinated by the nickel-responsive transcription factor NikR. Nickel binding to H. pylori NikR (HpNikR) induces an allosteric response favoring a conformation that can bind specific DNA motifs, thereby serving to either activate or repress transcription of specific genes involved in nickel homeostasis and acid adaptation. Here, we examine how nickel induces this response using 19F-NMR, which reveals conformational and dynamic changes associated with nickel-activated DNA complex formation. HpNikR adopts an equilibrium between an open state and DNA-binding competent states regardless of nickel binding, but a higher level of dynamics is observed in the absence of metal. Nickel binding shifts the equilibrium toward the binding-competent states and decreases the mobility of the DNA-binding domains. The nickel-bound protein is then able to adopt a single conformation upon binding a target DNA promoter. Zinc, which does not promote high-affinity DNA binding, is unable to induce the same allosteric response as nickel. We propose that the allosteric mechanism of nickel-activated DNA binding by HpNikR is driven by conformational selection.
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- Karina A Baksh
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Benoit SL, Maier RJ, Sawers RG, Greening C. Molecular Hydrogen Metabolism: a Widespread Trait of Pathogenic Bacteria and Protists. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2020; 84:e00092-19. [PMID: 31996394 PMCID: PMC7167206 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00092-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Pathogenic microorganisms use various mechanisms to conserve energy in host tissues and environmental reservoirs. One widespread but often overlooked means of energy conservation is through the consumption or production of molecular hydrogen (H2). Here, we comprehensively review the distribution, biochemistry, and physiology of H2 metabolism in pathogens. Over 200 pathogens and pathobionts carry genes for hydrogenases, the enzymes responsible for H2 oxidation and/or production. Furthermore, at least 46 of these species have been experimentally shown to consume or produce H2 Several major human pathogens use the large amounts of H2 produced by colonic microbiota as an energy source for aerobic or anaerobic respiration. This process has been shown to be critical for growth and virulence of the gastrointestinal bacteria Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter concisus, and Helicobacter pylori (including carcinogenic strains). H2 oxidation is generally a facultative trait controlled by central regulators in response to energy and oxidant availability. Other bacterial and protist pathogens produce H2 as a diffusible end product of fermentation processes. These include facultative anaerobes such as Escherichia coli, S Typhimurium, and Giardia intestinalis, which persist by fermentation when limited for respiratory electron acceptors, as well as obligate anaerobes, such as Clostridium perfringens, Clostridioides difficile, and Trichomonas vaginalis, that produce large amounts of H2 during growth. Overall, there is a rich literature on hydrogenases in growth, survival, and virulence in some pathogens. However, we lack a detailed understanding of H2 metabolism in most pathogens, especially obligately anaerobic bacteria, as well as a holistic understanding of gastrointestinal H2 transactions overall. Based on these findings, we also evaluate H2 metabolism as a possible target for drug development or other therapies.
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- Stéphane L Benoit
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Institute of Microbiology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Nickel is an essential cofactor for some pathogen virulence factors. Due to its low availability in hosts, pathogens must efficiently transport the metal and then balance its ready intracellular availability for enzyme maturation with metal toxicity concerns. The most notable virulence-associated components are the Ni-enzymes hydrogenase and urease. Both enzymes, along with their associated nickel transporters, storage reservoirs, and maturation enzymes have been best-studied in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium which depends heavily on nickel. Molecular hydrogen utilization is associated with efficient host colonization by the Helicobacters, which include both gastric and liver pathogens. Translocation of a H. pylori carcinogenic toxin into host epithelial cells is powered by H2 use. The multiple [NiFe] hydrogenases of Salmonella enterica Typhimurium are important in host colonization, while ureases play important roles in both prokaryotic (Proteus mirabilis and Staphylococcus spp.) and eukaryotic (Cryptoccoccus genus) pathogens associated with urinary tract infections. Other Ni-requiring enzymes, such as Ni-acireductone dioxygenase (ARD), Ni-superoxide dismutase (SOD), and Ni-glyoxalase I (GloI) play important metabolic or detoxifying roles in other pathogens. Nickel-requiring enzymes are likely important for virulence of at least 40 prokaryotic and nine eukaryotic pathogenic species, as described herein. The potential for pathogenic roles of many new Ni-binding components exists, based on recent experimental data and on the key roles that Ni enzymes play in a diverse array of pathogens.
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Jones MD, Li Y, Zamble DB. Acid-responsive activity of the Helicobacter pylori metalloregulator NikR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:8966-8971. [PMID: 30126985 PMCID: PMC6130374 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808393115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a human pathogen that infects the stomach, where it experiences variable pH. To survive the acidic gastric conditions, H. pylori produces large quantities of urease, a nickel enzyme that hydrolyzes urea to ammonia, which neutralizes the local environment. One of the regulators of urease expression in H. pylori is HpNikR, a nickel-responsive transcription factor. Here we show that HpNikR also regulates urease expression in response to changes in pH, linking acid adaptation and nickel homeostasis. Upon measuring the cytosolic pH of H. pylori exposed to an external pH of 2, similar to the acidic shock conditions that occur in the human stomach, a significant drop in internal pH was observed. This decrease in internal pH resulted in HpNikR-dependent activation of ureA transcription. Furthermore, analysis of a slate of H. pylori genes encoding other acid adaptation or nickel homeostasis components revealed HpNikR-dependent regulation in response to acid shock. This regulation was consistent with pH-dependent DNA binding to the corresponding promoter sequences observed in vitro with purified HpNikR. These results demonstrate that HpNikR can directly respond to changes in cytosolic pH during acid acclimation and illustrate the exquisitely coordinated regulatory networks that support H. pylori infections in the harsh environment of the human stomach.
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- Michael D Jones
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada;
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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Saylor Z, Maier R. Helicobacter pylori nickel storage proteins: recognition and modulation of diverse metabolic targets. Microbiology (Reading) 2018; 164:1059-1068. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- Zachary Saylor
- Department of Microbiology and Center for Metalloprotein Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Center for Metalloprotein Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Blum FC, Hu HQ, Servetas SL, Benoit SL, Maier RJ, Maroney MJ, Merrell DS. Structure-function analyses of metal-binding sites of HypA reveal residues important for hydrogenase maturation in Helicobacter pylori. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183260. [PMID: 28809946 PMCID: PMC5557546 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The nickel-containing enzymes of Helicobacter pylori, urease and hydrogenase, are essential for efficient colonization in the human stomach. The insertion of nickel into urease and hydrogenase is mediated by the accessory protein HypA. HypA contains an N-terminal nickel-binding site and a dynamic structural zinc-binding site. The coordination of nickel and zinc within HypA is known to be critical for urease maturation and activity. Herein, we test the hydrogenase activity of a panel of H. pylori mutant strains containing point mutations within the nickel- and zinc-binding sites. We found that the residues that are important for hydrogenase activity are those that were similarly vital for urease activity. Thus, the zinc and metal coordination sites of HypA play similar roles in urease and hydrogenase maturation. In other pathogenic bacteria, deletion of hydrogenase leads to a loss in acid resistance. Thus, the acid resistance of two strains of H. pylori containing a hydrogenase deletion was also tested. These mutant strains demonstrated wild-type levels of acid resistance, suggesting that in H. pylori, hydrogenase does not play a role in acid resistance.
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- Faith C. Blum
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MJM); (DSM)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MJM); (DSM)
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Epithelial Coculture and l-Lactate Promote Growth of Helicobacter cinaedi under H2-Free Aerobic Conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:6701-6714. [PMID: 27613684 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01943-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Helicobacter cinaedi is an emerging opportunistic pathogen associated with infections of diverse anatomic sites. Nevertheless, the species demonstrates fastidious axenic growth; it has been described as requiring a microaerobic atmosphere, along with a strong preference for supplemental H2 gas. In this context, we examined the hypothesis that in vitro growth of H. cinaedi could be enhanced by coculture with human epithelial cells. When inoculated (in Ham's F12 medium) over Caco-2 monolayers, the type strain (ATCC BAA-847) gained the ability to proliferate under H2-free aerobic conditions. Identical results were observed during coculture with several other monolayer types (LS-174T, AGS, and HeLa). Under chemically defined conditions, 40 amino acids and carboxylates were screened for their effect on the organism's atmospheric requirements. Several molecules promoted H2-free aerobic proliferation, although it occurred most prominently with millimolar concentrations of l-lactate. The growth response of H. cinaedi to Caco-2 cells and l-lactate was confirmed with a collection of 12 human-derived clinical strains. mRNA sequencing was next performed on the type strain under various growth conditions. In addition to providing a whole-transcriptome profile of H. cinaedi, this analysis demonstrated strong constitutive expression of the l-lactate utilization locus, as well as differential transcription of terminal respiratory proteins as a function of Caco-2 coculture and l-lactate supplementation. Overall, these findings challenge traditional views of H. cinaedi as an obligate microaerophile. IMPORTANCE H. cinaedi is an increasingly recognized pathogen in people with compromised immune systems. Atypical among other members of its bacterial class, H. cinaedi has been associated with infections of diverse anatomic sites. Growing H. cineadi in the laboratory is quite difficult, due in large part to the need for a specialized atmosphere. The suboptimal growth of H. cinaedi is an obstacle to clinical diagnosis, and it also limits investigation into the organism's biology. The current work shows that H. cinaedi has more flexible atmospheric requirements in the presence of host cells and a common host-derived molecule. This nutritional interplay raises new questions about how the organism behaves during human infections and provides insights for how to optimize its laboratory cultivation.
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Wang G, Romero-Gallo J, Benoit SL, Piazuelo MB, Dominguez RL, Morgan DR, Peek RM, Maier RJ. Hydrogen Metabolism in Helicobacter pylori Plays a Role in Gastric Carcinogenesis through Facilitating CagA Translocation. mBio 2016; 7:e01022-16. [PMID: 27531909 PMCID: PMC4992972 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01022-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED A known virulence factor of Helicobacter pylori that augments gastric cancer risk is the CagA cytotoxin. A carcinogenic derivative strain, 7.13, that has a greater ability to translocate CagA exhibits much higher hydrogenase activity than its parent noncarcinogenic strain, B128. A Δhyd mutant strain with deletion of hydrogenase genes was ineffective in CagA translocation into human gastric epithelial AGS cells, while no significant attenuation of cell adhesion was observed. The quinone reductase inhibitor 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide (HQNO) was used to specifically inhibit the H2-utilizing respiratory chain of outer membrane-permeabilized bacterial cells; that level of inhibitor also greatly attenuated CagA translocation into AGS cells, indicating the H2-generated transmembrane potential is a contributor to toxin translocation. The Δhyd strain showed a decreased frequency of DNA transformation, suggesting that H. pylori hydrogenase is also involved in energizing the DNA uptake apparatus. In a gerbil model of infection, the ability of the Δhyd strain to induce inflammation was significantly attenuated (at 12 weeks postinoculation), while all of the gerbils infected with the parent strain (7.13) exhibited a high level of inflammation. Gastric cancer developed in 50% of gerbils infected with the wild-type strain 7.13 but in none of the animals infected with the Δhyd strain. By examining the hydrogenase activities from well-defined clinical H. pylori isolates, we observed that strains isolated from cancer patients (n = 6) have a significantly higher hydrogenase (H2/O2) activity than the strains isolated from gastritis patients (n = 6), further supporting an association between H. pylori hydrogenase activity and gastric carcinogenesis in humans. IMPORTANCE Hydrogen-utilizing hydrogenases are known to be important for some respiratory pathogens to colonize hosts. Here a gastric cancer connection is made via a pathogen's (H. pylori) use of molecular hydrogen, a host microbiome-produced gas. Delivery of the known carcinogenic factor CagA into host cells is augmented by the H2-utilizing respiratory chain of the bacterium. The role of hydrogenase in carcinogenesis is demonstrated in an animal model, whereby inflammation markers and cancer development were attenuated in the hydrogenase-null strain. Hydrogenase activity comparisons of clinical strains of the pathogen also support a connection between hydrogen metabolism and gastric cancer risk. While molecular hydrogen use is acknowledged to be an alternative high-energy substrate for some pathogens, this work extends the roles of H2 oxidation to include transport of a carcinogenic toxin. The work provides a new avenue for exploratory treatment of some cancers via microflora alterations.
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- Ge Wang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Departments of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Maity A, Pal M, Maithani S, Ghosh B, Chaudhuri S, Pradhan M. Molecular hydrogen in human breath: a new strategy for selectively diagnosing peptic ulcer disease, non-ulcerous dyspepsia and
Helicobacter pylori
infection. J Breath Res 2016; 10:036007. [DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/10/3/036007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Vinella D, Fischer F, Vorontsov E, Gallaud J, Malosse C, Michel V, Cavazza C, Robbe-Saule M, Richaud P, Chamot-Rooke J, Brochier-Armanet C, De Reuse H. Evolution of Helicobacter: Acquisition by Gastric Species of Two Histidine-Rich Proteins Essential for Colonization. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1005312. [PMID: 26641249 PMCID: PMC4671568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Metal acquisition and intracellular trafficking are crucial for all cells and metal ions have been recognized as virulence determinants in bacterial pathogens. Virulence of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is dependent on nickel, cofactor of two enzymes essential for in vivo colonization, urease and [NiFe] hydrogenase. We found that two small paralogous nickel-binding proteins with high content in Histidine (Hpn and Hpn-2) play a central role in maintaining non-toxic intracellular nickel content and in controlling its intracellular trafficking. Measurements of metal resistance, intracellular nickel contents, urease activities and interactomic analysis were performed. We observed that Hpn acts as a nickel-sequestration protein, while Hpn-2 is not. In vivo, Hpn and Hpn-2 form homo-multimers, interact with each other, Hpn interacts with the UreA urease subunit while Hpn and Hpn-2 interact with the HypAB hydrogenase maturation proteins. In addition, Hpn-2 is directly or indirectly restricting urease activity while Hpn is required for full urease activation. Based on these data, we present a model where Hpn and Hpn-2 participate in a common pathway of controlled nickel transfer to urease. Using bioinformatics and top-down proteomics to identify the predicted proteins, we established that Hpn-2 is only expressed by H. pylori and its closely related species Helicobacter acinonychis. Hpn was detected in every gastric Helicobacter species tested and is absent from the enterohepatic Helicobacter species. Our phylogenomic analysis revealed that Hpn acquisition was concomitant with the specialization of Helicobacter to colonization of the gastric environment and the duplication at the origin of hpn-2 occurred in the common ancestor of H. pylori and H. acinonychis. Finally, Hpn and Hpn-2 were found to be required for colonization of the mouse model by H. pylori. Our data show that during evolution of the Helicobacter genus, acquisition of Hpn and Hpn-2 by gastric Helicobacter species constituted a decisive evolutionary event to allow Helicobacter to colonize the hostile gastric environment, in which no other bacteria persistently thrives. This acquisition was key for the emergence of one of the most successful bacterial pathogens, H. pylori. Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that persistently colonizes the stomach of half of the human population. Infection by H. pylori is associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and adenocarcinoma. To resist gastric acidity and proliferate in the stomach, H. pylori relies on urease, an enzyme that contains a nickel-metallocenter at its active site. Thus, nickel is a virulence determinant for H. pylori. Our aim is to characterize how H. pylori controls the intracellular nickel concentration to avoid toxicity, which protein partners are involved, and how they impact urease activity and virulence. We characterized two H. pylori proteins, Hpn and Hpn-2 that are rich in Histidine residues. We demonstrated that Hpn is involved in nickel sequestration, that the two proteins interact with each other and that their combined activities participate in a nickel transfer pathway to urease. Hpn is only expressed in gastric Helicobacter species able to colonize the stomach and Hpn-2 is restricted to the H. pylori and its close relative H. acinonychis. We found that both proteins are essential for colonization of a mouse model by H. pylori. We conclude that during evolution, the acquisition of Hpn and Hpn-2 by gastric Helicobacter species was decisive for their capacity to colonize the stomach.
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- Daniel Vinella
- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, ERL CNRS 3526, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, ERL CNRS 3526, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Unité Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, CNRS UMR 3528, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, ERL CNRS 3526, Paris, France
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Unité Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, CNRS UMR 3528, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, ERL CNRS 3526, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, ERL CNRS 3526, Paris, France
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- CEA, DSV, IBEB, SBVME and CNRS, UMR 7265 Biol Veget & Microbiol Environ, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France and Aix Marseille Université, BVME UMR7265, Marseille, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Unité Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, CNRS UMR 3528, Paris, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, ERL CNRS 3526, Paris, France
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Roalkvam I, Drønen K, Stokke R, Daae FL, Dahle H, Steen IH. Physiological and genomic characterization of Arcobacter anaerophilus IR-1 reveals new metabolic features in Epsilonproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:987. [PMID: 26441916 PMCID: PMC4584990 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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In this study we characterized and sequenced the genome of Arcobacter anaerophilus strain IR-1 isolated from enrichment cultures used in nitrate-amended corrosion experiments. A. anaerophilus IR-1 could grow lithoautotrophically on hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide and lithoheterothrophically on thiosulfate and elemental sulfur. In addition, the strain grew organoheterotrophically on yeast extract, peptone, and various organic acids. We show for the first time that Arcobacter could grow on the complex organic substrate tryptone and oxidize acetate with elemental sulfur as electron acceptor. Electron acceptors utilized by most Epsilonproteobacteria, such as oxygen, nitrate, and sulfur, were also used by A. anaerophilus IR-1. Strain IR-1 was also uniquely able to use iron citrate as electron acceptor. Comparative genomics of the Arcobacter strains A. butzleri RM4018, A. nitrofigilis CI and A. anaerophilus IR-1 revealed that the free-living strains had a wider metabolic range and more genes in common compared to the pathogen strain. The presence of genes for NAD(+)-reducing hydrogenase (hox) and dissimilatory iron reduction (fre) were unique for A. anaerophilus IR-1 among Epsilonproteobacteria. Finally, the new strain had an incomplete denitrification pathway where the end product was nitrite, which is different from other Arcobacter strains where the end product is ammonia. Altogether, our study shows that traditional characterization in combination with a modern genomics approach can expand our knowledge on free-living Arcobacter, and that this complementary approach could also provide invaluable knowledge about the physiology and metabolic pathways in other Epsilonproteobacteria from various environments.
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- Irene Roalkvam
- Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway ; Department of Biology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
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- UniResearch, Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway ; Department of Biology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway ; Department of Biology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway ; Department of Biology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway ; Department of Biology, University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
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Haley KP, Gaddy JA. Metalloregulation of Helicobacter pylori physiology and pathogenesis. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:911. [PMID: 26388855 PMCID: PMC4557348 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative spiral-shaped bacterium that colonizes over half of the world's population. Chronic H. pylori infection is associated with increased risk for numerous disease outcomes including gastritis, dysplasia, neoplasia, B-cell lymphoma of mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma), and invasive adenocarcinoma. The complex interactions that occur between pathogen and host are dynamic and exquisitely regulated, and the relationship between H. pylori and its human host are no exception. To successfully colonize, and subsequently persist, within the human stomach H. pylori must temporally regulate numerous genes to ensure localization to the gastric lumen and coordinated expression of virulence factors to subvert the host's innate and adaptive immune response. H. pylori achieves this precise gene regulation by sensing subtle environmental changes including host-mediated alterations in nutrient availability and responding with dramatic global changes in gene expression. Recent studies revealed that the presence or absence of numerous metal ions encountered in the lumen of the stomach, or within host tissues, including nickel, iron, copper and zinc, can influence regulatory networks to alter gene expression in H. pylori. These expression changes modulate the deployment of bacterial virulence factors that can ultimately influence disease outcome. In this review we will discuss the environmental stimuli that are detected by H. pylori as well as the trans regulatory elements, specifically the transcription regulators and transcription factors, that allow for these significant transcriptional shifts.
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- Kathryn P Haley
- Tennessee Valley Healthcare Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN, USA ; Tennessee Valley Healthcare Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Nashville, TN, USA
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The emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens and our inability to develop new antimicrobials to overcome resistance has inspired scientists to consider new targets for drug development. Cellular bioenergetics is an area showing promise for the development of new antimicrobials, particularly in the discovery of new anti-tuberculosis drugs where several new compounds have entered clinical trials. In this review, we have examined the bioenergetics of various bacterial pathogens, highlighting the versatility of electron donor and acceptor utilisation and the modularity of electron transport chain components in bacteria. In addition to re-examining classical concepts, we explore new literature that reveals the intricacies of pathogen energetics, for example, how Salmonella enterica and Campylobacter jejuni exploit host and microbiota to derive powerful electron donors and sinks; the strategies Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa use to persist in lung tissues; and the importance of sodium energetics and electron bifurcation in the chemiosmotic anaerobe Fusobacterium nucleatum. A combination of physiological, biochemical, and pharmacological data suggests that, in addition to the clinically-approved target F1Fo-ATP synthase, NADH dehydrogenase type II, succinate dehydrogenase, hydrogenase, cytochrome bd oxidase, and menaquinone biosynthesis pathways are particularly promising next-generation drug targets. The realisation of cellular energetics as a rich target space for the development of new antimicrobials will be dependent upon gaining increased understanding of the energetic processes utilised by pathogens in host environments and the ability to design bacterial-specific inhibitors of these processes.
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Rowinska-Zyrek M, Zakrzewska-Czerwinska J, Zawilak-Pawlik A, Kozlowski H. Ni2+chemistry in pathogens – a possible target for eradication. Dalton Trans 2014; 43:8976-89. [DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00421c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nickel homeostasis inHelicobacter pyloriand potential histidine-rich binding sites from various bacterial and fungal pathogens are discussed.
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- Faculty of Biotechnology
- University of Wroclaw
- 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
- Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
- Polish Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- Department of Microbiology
- 53-114 Wrocław, Poland
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The transition metal nickel (Ni) is critical for the pathogenicity of Helicobacter pylori. Indeed the element is a required component of two enzymes, hydrogenase and urease, that have been shown to be important for in vivo colonization of the host gastric mucosa. Urease accounts for up to 10% of the total cellular H. pylori protein content, and therefore the bacterial Ni demand is very high. H. pylori possess two small and abundant histidine-rich, Ni-binding proteins, Hpn and Hpn-like, whose physiological role in the host have not been investigated. In this study, special husbandry conditions were used to control Ni levels in the host (mouse), including the use of Ni-free versus Ni-supplemented food. The efficacy of each diet was confirmed by measuring the Ni concentrations in sera of mice fed with either diet. Colonization levels (based on rank tests) of the Δhpn Δhpn-like double mutants isolated from the mice provided Ni-deficient chow were statistically lower than those for mice given Ni in their diet. In contrast, H. pylori wild-type colonization levels were similar in both host groups (e.g., regardless of Ni levels). Our results indicate that the gastric pathogen H. pylori can utilize stored Ni via defined histidine-rich proteins to aid colonization of the host.
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Benoit SL, Seshadri S, Lamichhane-Khadka R, Maier RJ. Helicobacter hepaticus NikR controls urease and hydrogenase activities via the NikABDE and HH0418 putative nickel import proteins. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2012; 159:136-146. [PMID: 23139401 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.062976-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Helicobacter hepaticus open reading frame HH0352 was identified as a nickel-responsive regulator NikR. The gene was disrupted by insertion of an erythromycin resistance cassette. The H. hepaticus nikR mutant had five- to sixfold higher urease activity and at least twofold greater hydrogenase activity than the wild-type strain. However, the urease apo-protein levels were similar in both the wild-type and the mutant, suggesting the increase in urease activity in the mutant was due to enhanced Ni-maturation of the urease. Compared with the wild-type strain, the nikR strain had increased cytoplasmic nickel levels. Transcription of nikABDE (putative inner membrane Ni transport system) and hh0418 (putative outer membrane Ni transporter) was nickel- and NikR-repressed. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) revealed that purified HhNikR could bind to the nikABDE promoter (P(nikA)), but not to the urease or the hydrogenase promoter; NikR-P(nikA) binding was enhanced in the presence of nickel. Also, qRT-PCR and EMSAs indicated that neither nikR nor the exbB-exbD-tonB were under the control of the NikR regulator, in contrast with their Helicobacter pylori homologues. Taken together, our results suggest that HhNikR modulates urease and hydrogenase activities by repressing the nickel transport/nickel internalization systems in H. hepaticus, without direct regulation of the Ni-enzyme genes (the latter is the case for H. pylori). Finally, the nikR strain had a two- to threefold lower growth yield than the parent, suggesting that the regulatory protein might play additional roles in the mouse liver pathogen.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Howlett RM, Hughes BM, Hitchcock A, Kelly DJ. Hydrogenase activity in the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni depends upon a novel ABC-type nickel transporter (NikZYXWV) and is SlyD-independent. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2012; 158:1645-1655. [PMID: 22403188 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.054130-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Campylobacter jejuni is a human pathogen of worldwide significance. It is commensal in the gut of many birds and mammals, where hydrogen is a readily available electron donor. The bacterium possesses a single membrane-bound, periplasmic-facing NiFe uptake hydrogenase that depends on the acquisition of environmental nickel for activity. The periplasmic binding protein Cj1584 (NikZ) of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter encoded by the cj1584c-cj1580c (nikZYXWV) operon in C. jejuni strain NCTC 11168 was found to be nickel-repressed and to bind free nickel ions with a submicromolar K(d) value, as measured by fluorescence spectroscopy. Unlike the Escherichia coli NikA protein, NikZ did not bind EDTA-chelated nickel and lacks key conserved residues implicated in metallophore interaction. A C. jejuni cj1584c null mutant strain showed an approximately 22-fold decrease in intracellular nickel content compared with the wild-type strain and a decreased rate of uptake of (63)NiCl(2). The inhibition of residual nickel uptake at higher nickel concentrations in this mutant by hexa-ammine cobalt (III) chloride or magnesium ions suggests that low-affinity uptake occurs partly through the CorA magnesium transporter. Hydrogenase activity was completely abolished in the cj1584c mutant after growth in unsupplemented media, but was fully restored after growth with 0.5 mM nickel chloride. Mutation of the putative metallochaperone gene slyD (cj0115) had no effect on either intracellular nickel accumulation or hydrogenase activity. Our data reveal a strict dependence of hydrogenase activity in C. jejuni on high-affinity nickel uptake through an ABC transporter that has distinct properties compared with the E. coli Nik system.
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- Robert M Howlett
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Wegner SV, Ertem E, Sunbul M, He C. Metal-binding properties of Hpn from Helicobacter pylori and implications for the therapeutic activity of bismuth. Chem Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c0sc00411a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A second soluble Hox-type NiFe enzyme completes the hydrogenase set in Thiocapsa roseopersicina BBS. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:5113-23. [PMID: 20543059 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00351-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Three functional NiFe hydrogenases were previously characterized in Thiocapsa roseopersicina BBS: two of them are attached to the periplasmic membrane (HynSL and HupSL), and one is localized in the cytoplasm (HoxEFUYH). The ongoing genome sequencing project revealed the presence of genes coding for another soluble Hox-type hydrogenase enzyme (hox2FUYH). Hox2 is a heterotetrameric enzyme; no indication for an additional subunit was found. Detailed comparative in vivo and in vitro activity and expression analyses of HoxEFUYH (Hox1) and the newly discovered Hox2 enzyme were performed. Functional differences between the two soluble NiFe hydrogenases were disclosed. Hox1 seems to be connected to both sulfur metabolism and dark/photofermentative processes. The bidirectional Hox2 hydrogenase was shown to be metabolically active under specific conditions: it can evolve hydrogen in the presence of glucose at low sodium thiosulfate concentration. However, under nitrogen-fixing conditions, it can oxidize H(2) but less than the other hydrogenases in the cell.
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- Yanjie Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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Fischer W, Prassl S, Haas R. Virulence Mechanisms and Persistence Strategies of the Human Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2009; 337:129-71. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01846-6_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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