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Tang-Siegel GG. Human Serum Mediated Bacteriophage Life Cycle Switch in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Is Linked to Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:436. [PMID: 36836793 PMCID: PMC9959103 DOI: 10.3390/life13020436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance is rising as a major global public health threat and antibiotic resistance genes are widely spread among species, including human oral pathogens, e.g., Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. This Gram-negative, capnophilic, facultative anaerobe is well recognized as a causative agent leading to periodontal diseases, as well as seriously systemic infections including endocarditis. A. actinomycetemcomitans has also evolved mechanisms against complement-mediated phagocytosis and resiliently survives in serum-rich in vivo environments, i.e., inflamed periodontal pockets and blood circulations. This bacterium, however, demonstrated increasing sensitivity to human serum, when being infected by a pseudolysogenic bacteriophage S1249, which switched to the lytic state as a response to human serum. Concomitantly, the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHc), which is composed of multiple copies of three enzymes (E1, E2, and E3) and oxidatively decarboxylates pyruvate to acetyl-CoA available for tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, was found up-regulated 10-fold in the bacterial lysogen after human serum exposure. The data clearly indicated that certain human serum components induced phage virion replication and egress, resulting in bacterial lysis. Phage manipulation of bacterial ATP production through regulation of PDHc, a gatekeeper linking glycolysis to TCA cycle through aerobic respiration, suggests that a more efficient energy production and delivery system is required for phage progeny replication and release in this in vivo environment. Insights into bacteriophage regulation of bacterial fitness in a mimic in vivo condition will provide alternative strategies to control bacterial infection, in addition to antibiotics.
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- Gaoyan Grace Tang-Siegel
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Tang-Siegel GG, Chen C, Mintz KP. Increased sensitivity of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans to human serum is mediated by induction of a bacteriophage. Mol Oral Microbiol 2023; 38:58-70. [PMID: 35833243 PMCID: PMC10087258 DOI: 10.1111/omi.12378] [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: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, a Gram-negative oral pathobiont causing aggressive periodontitis and systemic infections, demonstrates serum resistance. We have identified a dsDNA-tailed bacteriophage, S1249, which was found to convert from this microorganism inducible by human serum into a lytic state to kill the bacterium. This phage demonstrated active transcripts when exposed to human serum: 20% of genes were upregulated more than 10-fold, and 45% of them were upregulated 5-10-fold when the bacterium was grown in the presence of human serum compared to without the presence of human serum. Transcriptional activation when grown in equine serum was less pronounced. This phage demonstrated a tail with inner rigid tubes and an outer contractile sheath, features of Myoviridae spp. Further characterization revealed that the lysogenized integration of the phage in the chromosome of A. actinomycetemcomitans occurred between the genes encoding cold-shock DNA-binding domain-containing protein (csp) and glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (gltX). Both phage DNA integrated lysogeny and nonintegrated pseudolysogeny were identified in the infected bacterium. A newly generated, lysogenized strain using this phage displayed similar attributes, including 63% growth inhibition compared to its isogenic phage-free strain when in the presence of human serum. Our data suggest that bacteriophage S1249 can be induced in the presence of human serum and enters the lytic cycle, which reduces the viability of infected bacteria in vivo.
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- Gaoyan G Tang-Siegel
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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Fujita A, Oogai Y, Kawada-Matsuo M, Nakata M, Noguchi K, Komatsuzawa H. Expression of virulence factors under different environmental conditions in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Microbiol Immunol 2021; 65:101-114. [PMID: 33591576 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a facultative anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium associated with periodontal diseases, especially aggressive periodontitis. The virulence factors of this pathogen, including adhesins, exotoxins, and endotoxin, have been extensively studied. However, little is known about their gene expression mode in the host. Herein, we investigated whether culture conditions reflecting in vivo environments, including serum and saliva, alter expression levels of virulence genes in the strain HK1651, a JP2 clone. Under aerobic conditions, addition of calf serum (CS) into a general medium induced high expression of two outer membrane proteins (omp100 and omp64). The high expression of omp100 and omp64 was also induced by an iron-limited medium. RNA-seq analysis showed that the gene expressions of several factors involved in iron acquisition were increased in the CS-containing medium. When HK1651 was grown on agar plates, genes encoding many virulence factors, including the Omps, cytolethal distending toxin, and leukotoxin, were differentially expressed. Then, we investigated their expression in five other A. actinomycetemcomitans strains grown in general and CS-containing media. The expression pattern of virulence factors varied among strains. Compared with the other five strains, HK1561 showed high expression of omp29 regardless of the CS addition, while the gene expression of leukotoxin in HK1651 was higher only in the medium without CS. HK1651 showed reduced biofilm in both CS- and saliva-containing media. Coaggregation with Fusobacterium nucleatum was remarkably enhanced using HK1651 grown in the CS-containing medium. Our results indicate that the expression of virulence factors is altered by adaptation to different conditions during infection.
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- Ayumi Fujita
- Department of Periodontology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Oral Microbiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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Lindholm M, Metsäniitty M, Granström E, Oscarsson J. Outer membrane vesicle-mediated serum protection in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. J Oral Microbiol 2020; 12:1747857. [PMID: 32363008 PMCID: PMC7178816 DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2020.1747857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans belongs to the HACEK group of fastidious Gram-negative organisms, a recognized cause of infective endocarditis. A. actinomycetemcomitans is also implicated in periodontitis, with rapid progress in adolescents. We recently demonstrated that the major outer membrane protein, OmpA1 was critical for serum survival of the A. actinomycetemcomitans serotype a model strain, D7SS, and that the paralogue, OmpA2 could operate as a functional homologue to OmpA1 in mediating serum resistance. In the present work, an essentially serum-sensitive ompA1 ompA2 double mutant A. actinomycetemcomitans strain derivative was exploited to elucidate if A. actinomycetemcomitans OMVs can contribute to bacterial serum resistance. Indeed, supplementation of OMVs resulted in a dose-dependent increase of the survival of the serum-sensitive strain in incubations in 50% normal human serum (NHS). Whereas neither OmpA1 nor OmpA2 was required for the OMV-mediated serum protection, OMVs and LPS from an A. actinomycetemcomitans strain lacking the LPS O-antigen polysaccharide part were significantly impaired in protecting D7SS ompA1 ompA2. Our results using a complement system screen assay support a model where A. actinomycetemcomitans OMVs can act as a decoy, which can trigger complement activation in an LPS-dependent manner, and consume complement components to protect serum-susceptible bacterial cells.
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- Mark Lindholm
- Oral Microbiology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Oral Microbiology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Oral Microbiology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Rebeis ES, Albuquerque-Souza E, Paulino da Silva M, Giudicissi M, Mayer MPA, Saraiva L. Effect of periodontal treatment onAggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitanscolonization and serum IgG levels againstA. actinomycetemcomitansserotypes and Omp29 of aggressive periodontitis patients. Oral Dis 2018; 25:569-579. [DOI: 10.1111/odi.13010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Estela Sanches Rebeis
- Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry; University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry; University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of São Paulo; Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry; University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry; University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo Brazil
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of São Paulo; Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry; University of Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo Brazil
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Lindholm M, Min Aung K, Nyunt Wai S, Oscarsson J. Role of OmpA1 and OmpA2 in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Aggregatibacter aphrophilus serum resistance. J Oral Microbiol 2018; 11:1536192. [PMID: 30598730 PMCID: PMC6225413 DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2018.1536192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Aggregatibacter aphrophilus belong to the HACEK group of fastidious Gram-negative organisms, a recognized cause of infective endocarditis. A. actinomycetemcomitans is also implicated in aggressive forms of periodontitis. We demonstrated that A. aphrophilus strains, as A. actinomycetemcomitans are ubiquitously serum resistant. Both species encode two Outer membrane protein A paralogues, here denoted OmpA1 and OmpA2. As their respective pangenomes contain several OmpA1 and OmpA2 alleles, they represent potential genotypic markers. A naturally competent strain of A. actinomycetemcomitans and A. aphrophilus, respectively were used to elucidate if OmpA1 and OmpA2 contribute to serum resistance. Whereas OmpA1 was critical for survival of A. actinomycetemcomitans D7SS in 50% normal human serum (NHS), serum resistant ompA1 mutants were fortuitously obtained, expressing enhanced levels of OmpA2. Similarly, OmpA1 rather than OmpA2 was a major contributor to serum resistance of A. aphrophilus HK83. Far-Western blot revealed that OmpA1AA, OmpA2AA, and OmpA1AP can bind to C4-binding protein, an inhibitor of classical and mannose-binding lectin (MBL) complement activation. Indeed, ompA1 mutants were susceptible to these pathways, but also to alternative complement activation. This may at least partly reflect a compromised outer membrane integrity but is also consistent with alternative mechanisms involved in OmpA-mediated serum resistance.
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- Mark Lindholm
- Oral Microbiology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and the Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and the Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Oral Microbiology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Pietiäinen M, Kopra KAE, Vuorenkoski J, Salminen A, Paju S, Mäntylä P, Buhlin K, Liljestrand JM, Nieminen MS, Sinisalo J, Hyvärinen K, Pussinen PJ. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansserotypes associate with periodontal and coronary artery disease status. J Clin Periodontol 2018; 45:413-421. [DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.12873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Milla Pietiäinen
- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
- Department of Dental Medicine Huddinge; Division of Periodontology; Karolinska Institutet; Huddinge Sweden
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
- Institute of Dentistry; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio Finland
- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; Kuopio University Hospital; Kuopio Finland
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
- Department of Dental Medicine Huddinge; Division of Periodontology; Karolinska Institutet; Huddinge Sweden
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Center; Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Center; Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases; University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Helsinki Finland
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Bostanci N, Bao K. Contribution of proteomics to our understanding of periodontal inflammation. Proteomics 2017; 17. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Nagihan Bostanci
- Department of Dental Medicine; Karolinska Institute; Huddinge Sweden
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- Division of Oral Microbiology and Immunology; Institute of Oral Biology; Center of Dental Medicine; University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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