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Johny LC, Kumar BSG, Rao SJA, Suresh PV. Anti-listerial peptides from a marine Bacillus velezensis FTL7: production optimization, characterizations and molecular docking studies. 3 Biotech 2024; 14:105. [PMID: 38464616 PMCID: PMC10923759 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-024-03944-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with potent anti-listerial activity were characterized from a novel marine Bacillus velezensis FTL7. A Box-Behnken statistical experimental design was used to study the combined impact of culture conditions on the production of AMPs by B. velezensis FTL7. The conditions optimized by statistical experimental design were 34.5 °C incubation temperature, 23 h incubation time, and 7.6 initial pH of the medium. AMP purification was performed by ammonium sulphate fractionation and butanol extraction followed by reversed-phase C18 solid-phase extraction. Tricine-SDS-PAGE analysis revealed a peptide with a molecular mass of ~ 6.5 kDa in an active AMPs fraction, whereas the mass spectrometry (MS) analysis showed the presence of AMPs in the mass range of 1-1.6 kDa, along with a 6.5 kDa peptide. Both MS and MS/MS analysis confirmed the AMPs as lipopeptides including surfactin, fengycins and iturin A and a circular bacteriocin amylocyclicin. The minimum inhibitory concentration of these AMPs against L. monocytogenes Scott A was 2.5 µg/mL. Further, the in-silico docking studies showed that the AMPs from B. velezensis FTL7 have high binding energy and stable binding patterns towards L. monocytogenes target proteins. Thus, this new combination of AMPs can serve as an effective food bio-preservative. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-024-03944-5.
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- Lidiya C. Johny
- Meat and Marine Sciences Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570020 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002 India
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- Department of Biochemistry, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570020 India
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- Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570020 India
- Kimberlite Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd, KIADB III Phase, Doddaballapur, Bangalore, 561203 India
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- Meat and Marine Sciences Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 570020 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002 India
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Li Y, Sun W, Wang Q, Yu Y, Wan Y, Zhou K, Guo R, Han X, Chen Z, Fang W, Jiang W. The GntR-like transcriptional regulator HutC involved in motility, biofilm-forming ability, and virulence in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Microb Pathog 2022; 167:105546. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Kong X, Li C, Sun X, Niu B, Guo D, Jiang Y, Yang J, Chen Q. The maltose transporter subunit IICB of the phosphotransferase system: An important factor for biofilm formation of Cronobacter. Int J Food Microbiol 2021; 370:109517. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dammann AN, Chamby AB, Catomeris AJ, Davidson KM, Tettelin H, van Pijkeren JP, Gopalakrishna KP, Keith MF, Elder JL, Ratner AJ, Hooven TA. Genome-Wide fitness analysis of group B Streptococcus in human amniotic fluid reveals a transcription factor that controls multiple virulence traits. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009116. [PMID: 33684178 PMCID: PMC7971860 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus; GBS) remains a dominant cause of serious neonatal infections. One aspect of GBS that renders it particularly virulent during the perinatal period is its ability to invade the chorioamniotic membranes and persist in amniotic fluid, which is nutritionally deplete and rich in fetal immunologic factors such as antimicrobial peptides. We used next-generation sequencing of transposon-genome junctions (Tn-seq) to identify five GBS genes that promote survival in the presence of human amniotic fluid. We confirmed our Tn-seq findings using a novel CRISPR inhibition (CRISPRi) gene expression knockdown system. This analysis showed that one gene, which encodes a GntR-class transcription factor that we named MrvR, conferred a significant fitness benefit to GBS in amniotic fluid. We generated an isogenic targeted deletion of the mrvR gene, which had a growth defect in amniotic fluid relative to the wild type parent strain. The mrvR deletion strain also showed a significant biofilm defect in vitro. Subsequent in vivo studies showed that while the mutant was able to cause persistent murine vaginal colonization, pregnant mice colonized with the mrvR deletion strain did not develop preterm labor despite consistent GBS invasion of the uterus and the fetoplacental units. In contrast, pregnant mice colonized with wild type GBS consistently deliver prematurely. In a sepsis model the mrvR deletion strain showed significantly decreased lethality. In order to better understand the mechanism by which this newly identified transcription factor controls GBS virulence, we performed RNA-seq on wild type and mrvR deletion GBS strains, which revealed that the transcription factor affects expression of a wide range of genes across the GBS chromosome. Nucleotide biosynthesis and salvage pathways were highly represented among the set of differentially expressed genes, suggesting that MrvR may be involved in regulating nucleotide availability. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a species of Gram-positive bacteria that often colonizes the healthy adult intestinal and reproductive tracts without causing serious symptoms. During pregnancy, however, GBS can invade the pregnant uterus, where it can cause infection of the placenta, fetal membranes, and fetus—a condition known as chorioamnionitis. Chorioamnionitis is associated with serious adverse pregnancy outcomes, including stillbirth, preterm labor, and severe infection of the newborn. GBS can survive in human amniotic fluid, which is low in bacterial nutrients and contains immune molecules that limit microbial persistence, and this ability likely contributes to GBS chorioamnionitis. This study is focused on a single GBS gene that encodes a genetic regulator we called MrvR, which we show is important for GBS resistance to human amniotic fluid. Using a series of genetic techniques combined with animal models of GBS colonization and infection, we show that MrvR also plays a key role in allowing GBS to invade the bloodstream and trigger the inflammatory responses that lead to preterm labor and stillbirth. The study concludes with a survey of other GBS genes whose activity is regulated by MrvR, which seems to be an important contributor to GBS virulence.
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- Allison N. Dammann
- Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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- Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Richard King Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Villoria Recio M, Lee BH, Lillebæk EMS, Kallipolitis BH, Gahan CGM, Ingmer H, Larsen MH. Chitin Attenuates Expression of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Genes in vitro. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:588906. [PMID: 33343529 PMCID: PMC7744463 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.588906] [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: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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External signals are crucial for bacteria to sense their immediate environment and fine-tune gene expression accordingly. The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes senses a range of environmental cues in order to activate or deactivate the virulence-inducing transcriptional factor PrfA during transition between infectious and saprophytic lifecycles. Chitin is an abundant biopolymer formed from linked β-(1-4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues associated with fungi, the exoskeleton of insects and often incorporated into foods as a thickener or stabilizer. L. monocytogenes evolved to hydrolyse chitin, presumably, to facilitate nutrient acquisition from competitive environments such as soil where the polymer is abundant. Since mammals do not produce chitin, we reasoned that the polymer could serve as an environmental signal contributing to repression of L. monocytogenes PrfA-dependent expression. This study shows a significant downregulation of the core PrfA-regulon during virulence-inducing conditions in vitro in the presence of chitin. Our data suggest this phenomenon occurs through a mechanism that differs from PTS-transport of oligosaccharides generated from either degradation or chitinase-mediated hydrolysis of the polymer. Importantly, an indication that chitin can repress virulence expression of a constitutively active PrfA∗ mutant is shown, possibly mediated via a post-translational modification inhibiting PrfA∗ activity. To our knowledge, this is the first time that chitin is reported as a molecule with anti-virulence properties against a pathogenic bacterium. Thus, our findings identify chitin as a signal which may downregulate the virulence potential of the pathogen and may provide an alternative approach toward reducing disease risk.
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- Miguel Villoria Recio
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Food Safety and Zoonoses-University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.,Alimentary Pharmabotic Centre Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UVSQ, VIM, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Alimentary Pharmabotic Centre Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Food Safety and Zoonoses-University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Food Safety and Zoonoses-University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Assisi C, Forauer E, Oliver HF, Etter AJ. Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Biofilm Formation in Persistent and Transient Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from the Retail Deli Environment Does Not Yield Insight into Persistence Mechanisms. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2020; 18:179-188. [PMID: 33227214 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2020.2817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in retail deli environments is a serious food safety issue, potentially leading to cross-contamination of ready-to-eat foods such as deli meats, salads, and cheeses. We previously discovered strong evidence of L. monocytogenes persistence in delis across multiple states. We hypothesized that this was correlated with isolates' innate characteristics, such as biofilm-forming capacity or gene differences. To test this hypothesis, we sequenced the genomes of 21 L. monocytogenes isolates previously collected longitudinally from the retail deli environment. Isolates were chosen to represent varying attachment capacity and sanitizer tolerance as well as persistence or transience. We used single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis to characterize the isolates' genetic relationships and used BLAST to search the isolates' genomes for antibiotic resistance elements, quaternary ammonium tolerance genes, and stress survival islets. We further chose four isolates for RNA-sequencing analysis and compared their global biofilm transcriptome with their global planktonic transcriptome. We did not find genetic content that explained persistence. The presence of stress survival islet-1 correlated to increased attachment capacity (p < 0.05), but not persistence. Further, the presence of sanitizer tolerance elements was not significantly correlated with phenotypic sanitizer tolerance. Analysis of biofilm versus planktonic gene expression did not show the expected differences in gene expression patterns. Overall, L. monocytogenes persistence in the deli environment is likely a matter of poor sanitation and/or facility design, rather than isolates' biofilm-forming capacity, sanitizer tolerance, or genomic content.
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- Clara Assisi
- Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Purdue Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Purdue Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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Kannan S, Balakrishnan J, Govindasamy A. Listeria monocytogens - Amended understanding of its pathogenesis with a complete picture of its membrane vesicles, quorum sensing, biofilm and invasion. Microb Pathog 2020; 149:104575. [PMID: 33091581 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous, intracellular foodborne pathogen that causes listeriosis in animals and humans. Pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes easily adapted to the conditions of human gastrointestinal tract and tolerate the counter changes such as acidity, bile, osmolarity, and antimicrobial peptides. They secrete specialized biologically active extra organ called membrane vesicles which comprises proteins, lipids, and lipopolysaccharides. Listerial vesicles possess functional versatility and play a significant role in pathogenesis by cell-free intercellular communication and toxin packaging. L. monocytogenes can attach promptly and decisively to inert substratum including intestinal mucosa, and forms biofilms and causes detrimental effects. Further, they invade the host cells through quorum sensing (QS) controlled virulence determinants and biofilms. The precise degree to which the bacterium retains the intracellular ambiance of host cells remains unknown. The machinery associated with intracellular survival, and the role of membrane vesicles, quorum sensing, and the Agr system in Listeria monocytogenes largely remains unclear. The current review focused to understand the role of membrane vesicles mediated pathogenesis biofilms, and delivers auxiliary impetus to understanding the potentials of virulence mediated invasion in Listeria monocytogenes.
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- Suganya Kannan
- Central Research Laboratory, Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospital, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Karaikal, India.
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- Central Research Laboratory, Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospital, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Karaikal, India
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- Department of General Surgery, Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospital, Vinayaka Mission Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Karaikal, India
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Pinheiro J, Lisboa J, Pombinho R, Carvalho F, Carreaux A, Brito C, Pöntinen A, Korkeala H, dos Santos NM, Morais-Cabral JH, Sousa S, Cabanes D. MouR controls the expression of the Listeria monocytogenes Agr system and mediates virulence. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:9338-9352. [PMID: 30011022 PMCID: PMC6182135 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) causes invasive infection in susceptible animals and humans. To survive and proliferate within hosts, this facultative intracellular pathogen tightly coordinates the expression of a complex regulatory network that controls the expression of virulence factors. Here, we identified and characterized MouR, a novel virulence regulator of Lm. Through RNA-seq transcriptomic analysis, we determined the MouR regulon and demonstrated how MouR positively controls the expression of the Agr quorum sensing system (agrBDCA) of Lm. The MouR three-dimensional structure revealed a dimeric DNA-binding transcription factor belonging to the VanR class of the GntR superfamily of regulatory proteins. We also showed that by directly binding to the agr promoter region, MouR ultimately modulates chitinase activity and biofilm formation. Importantly, we demonstrated by in vitro cell invasion assays and in vivo mice infections the role of MouR in Lm virulence.
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- Jorge Pinheiro
- Group of Molecular Microbiology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
- ICBAS- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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- Group of Fish Immunology & Vaccinology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
- ICBAS- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
- ICBAS- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
- SDV - UFR Sciences Du Vivant: Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Paris 75013, France
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
- ICBAS- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Group of Fish Immunology & Vaccinology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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- Group of Structural Biochemistry, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, IBMC – Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology; i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, Porto 4200-135, Portugal
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Fighting biofilms with lantibiotics and other groups of bacteriocins. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2018; 4:9. [PMID: 29707229 PMCID: PMC5908865 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-018-0053-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Biofilms are sessile communities of bacteria typically embedded in an extracellular polymeric matrix. Bacterial cells embedded in biofilms are inherently recalcitrant to antimicrobials, compared to cells existing in a planktonic state, and are notoriously difficult to eradicate once formed. Avenues to tackle biofilms thus far have largely focussed on attempting to disrupt the initial stages of biofilm formation, including adhesion and maturation of the biofilm. Such an approach is advantageous as the concentrations required to inhibit formation of biofilms are generally much lower than removing a fully established biofilm. The crisis of antibiotic resistance in clinical settings worldwide has been further exacerbated by the ability of certain pathogenic bacteria to form biofilms. Perhaps the most notorious biofilm formers described from a clinical viewpoint have been methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Staphylococcus epidermidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Gardnerella vaginalis and Streptococcus mutans, the latter of which is found in oral biofilms. Due to the dearth of novel antibiotics in recent decades, compounded by the increasing rate of emergence of resistance amongst pathogens with a propensity for biofilm formation, solutions are urgently required to mitigate these crises. Bacteriocins are a class of antimicrobial peptides, which are ribosomally synthesised and often are more potent than their antibiotic counterparts. Here, we review a selection of studies conducted with bacteriocins with the ultimate objective of inhibiting biofilms. Overall, a deeper understanding of the precise means by which a biofilm forms on a substrate as well as insights into the mechanisms by which bacteriocins inhibit biofilms is warranted.
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Favre L, Ortalo-Magné A, Pichereaux C, Gargaros A, Burlet-Schiltz O, Cotelle V, Culioli G. Metabolome and proteome changes between biofilm and planktonic phenotypes of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica TC8. BIOFOULING 2018; 34:132-148. [PMID: 29319346 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2017.1413551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A number of bacteria adopt various lifestyles such as planktonic free-living or sessile biofilm stages. This enables their survival and development in a wide range of contrasting environments. With the aim of highlighting specific metabolic shifts between these phenotypes and to improve the overall understanding of marine bacterial adhesion, a dual metabolomics/proteomics approach was applied to planktonic and biofilm cultures of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica TC8. The liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based metabolomics study indicated that membrane lipid composition was highly affected by the culture mode: phosphatidylethanolamine (PEs) derivatives were over-produced in sessile cultures while ornithine lipids (OLs) were more specifically synthesized in planktonic samples. In parallel, differences between proteomes revealed that peptidases, oxidases, transcription factors, membrane proteins and the enzymes involved in histidine biosynthesis were over-expressed in biofilms while proteins involved in heme production, nutrient assimilation, cell division and arginine/ornithine biosynthesis were specifically up-regulated in free-living cells.
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- Laurie Favre
- a MAPIEM EA 4323 , Université de Toulon , Toulon , France
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- b Fédération de Recherche FR3450 , CNRS , Toulouse , France
- c Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, IPBS , Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS , Toulouse , France
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- c Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, IPBS , Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS , Toulouse , France
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- c Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, IPBS , Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS , Toulouse , France
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- d Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales , Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS , Castanet-Tolosan , France
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- a MAPIEM EA 4323 , Université de Toulon , Toulon , France
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The Regulatory Roles of ncRNA Rli60 in Adaptability of Listeria monocytogenes to Environmental Stress and Biofilm Formation. Curr Microbiol 2016; 73:77-83. [PMID: 27032404 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-016-1028-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative anaerobic Gram-positive bacterium. It is well adapted to external environments and able to infect both humans and animals. To understand the impacts of ncRNA Rli60 on the adaptability of L. monocytogenes to environmental stresses and biofilm formation, a rli60 deletion strain of L. monocytogenes (LM-Δrli60) was constructed using splicing by overlap extension PCR (SOE-PCR) and homologous recombination and then compared it with wild-type strain L. monocytogenes EGD-e in the aspects of adaptability to environmental stresses by measuring their growth under stresses of different temperatures, and acidic, alkaline, hypertonic and alcoholic conditions, and capability of biofilm formation by using crystal violet staining, as well as the transcriptional levels of genes (gltB and gltC) related to the biofilm formation by real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR). The results showed that (1) the growth of LM-Δrli60 strain was significantly slower under environmental stresses of low temperature (30 °C), high temperature (42 °C), as well as alkaline and alcoholic conditions, (2) the amount of biofilm formed by LM-Δrli60 was attenuated, and (3) the transcriptional levels of gltB and gltC genes at 24 h and 48 h in LM-Δrli60 revealed a significant reduction. Overall, the results confirmed that ncRNA Rli60 plays important roles in regulating the adaptability of L. monocytogenes to environmental stresses and biofilm formation possibly through impacting the expression of gltB and gltC genes.
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Su HZ, Wu L, Qi YH, Liu GF, Lu GT, Tang JL. Characterization of the GntR family regulator HpaR1 of the crucifer black rot pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19862. [PMID: 26818230 PMCID: PMC4730234 DOI: 10.1038/srep19862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The GntR family transcription regulator HpaR1 identified from Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris has been previously shown to positively regulate the genes responsible for hypersensitive reaction and pathogenicity and to autorepress its own expression. Here, we demonstrated that HpaR1 is a global regulator that positively regulates diverse biological processes, including xanthan polysaccharide production, extracellular enzyme activity, cell motility and tolerance to various stresses. To investigate the regulatory mechanisms of HpaR1, we began with xanthan polysaccharide production, which is governed by a cluster of gum genes. These are directed by the gumB promoter. Disruption of HpaR1 significantly reduced gumB transcription and an electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated that HpaR1 interacts directly with gumB promoter. DNase I footprint analysis revealed that HpaR1 and RNA polymerase were bound to the sequences extending from −21 to +10 and −41 to +29 relative to the transcription initiation site of gumB, respectively. Furthermore, in vitro transcription assays showed that HpaR1 facilitated the binding of RNA polymerase to gumB promoter, leading to an enhancement of its transcription. These results suggest that HpaR1 regulates gumB transcription via a mechanism similar but different to what was found, until now, to only be used by some MerR family transcription activators.
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- Hui-Zhao Su
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, and College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, and College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, and College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, and College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, and College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Microbial and Plant Genetic Engineering, and College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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Camargo AC, de Paula OAL, Todorov SD, Nero LA. In Vitro Evaluation of Bacteriocins Activity Against Listeria monocytogenes Biofilm Formation. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 178:1239-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1941-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Alonso AN, Perry KJ, Regeimbal JM, Regan PM, Higgins DE. Identification of Listeria monocytogenes determinants required for biofilm formation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113696. [PMID: 25517120 PMCID: PMC4269431 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive, food-borne pathogen of humans and animals. L. monocytogenes is considered to be a potential public health risk by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as this bacterium can easily contaminate ready-to-eat (RTE) foods and cause an invasive, life-threatening disease (listeriosis). Bacteria can adhere and grow on multiple surfaces and persist within biofilms in food processing plants, providing resistance to sanitizers and other antimicrobial agents. While whole genome sequencing has led to the identification of biofilm synthesis gene clusters in many bacterial species, bioinformatics has not identified the biofilm synthesis genes within the L. monocytogenes genome. To identify genes necessary for L. monocytogenes biofilm formation, we performed a transposon mutagenesis library screen using a recently constructed Himar1 mariner transposon. Approximately 10,000 transposon mutants within L. monocytogenes strain 10403S were screened for biofilm formation in 96-well polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microtiter plates with 70 Himar1 insertion mutants identified that produced significantly less biofilms. DNA sequencing of the transposon insertion sites within the isolated mutants revealed transposon insertions within 38 distinct genetic loci. The identification of mutants bearing insertions within several flagellar motility genes previously known to be required for the initial stages of biofilm formation validated the ability of the mutagenesis screen to identify L. monocytogenes biofilm-defective mutants. Two newly identified genetic loci, dltABCD and phoPR, were selected for deletion analysis and both ΔdltABCD and ΔphoPR bacterial strains displayed biofilm formation defects in the PVC microtiter plate assay, confirming these loci contribute to biofilm formation by L. monocytogenes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Almaris N. Alonso
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America
- Food and Drug Administration–Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center, 109 Holton St., Winchester, Massachusetts, 01890, United States of America
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America
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- Food and Drug Administration–Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center, 109 Holton St., Winchester, Massachusetts, 01890, United States of America
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States of America
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