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Chen N, Li Y, Liang X, Qin K, Zhang Y, Wang J, Wu Q, Gupta TB, Ding Y. Bacterial extracellular vesicle: A non-negligible component in biofilm life cycle and challenges in biofilm treatments. Biofilm 2024; 8:100216. [PMID: 39184814 PMCID: PMC11341940 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2024.100216] [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: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 07/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Bacterial biofilms, especially those formed by pathogens, have been increasingly impacting human health. Bacterial extracellular vesicle (bEV), a kind of spherical membranous structure released by bacteria, has not only been reported to be a component of the biofilm matrix but also plays a non-negligible role in the biofilm life cycle. Nevertheless, a comprehensive overview of the bEVs functions in biofilms remains elusive. In this review, we summarize the biogenesis and distinctive features characterizing bEVs, and consolidate the current literature on their functions and proposed mechanisms in the biofilm life cycle. Furthermore, we emphasize the formidable challenges associated with vesicle interference in biofilm treatments. The primary objective of this review is to raise awareness regarding the functions of bEVs in the biofilm life cycle and lay the groundwork for the development of novel therapeutic strategies to control or even eliminate bacterial biofilms.
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- Nuo Chen
- National Health Commission Science and Technology Innovation Platform for Nutrition and Safety of Microbial Food, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- National Health Commission Science and Technology Innovation Platform for Nutrition and Safety of Microbial Food, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- National Health Commission Science and Technology Innovation Platform for Nutrition and Safety of Microbial Food, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- National Health Commission Science and Technology Innovation Platform for Nutrition and Safety of Microbial Food, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- National Health Commission Science and Technology Innovation Platform for Nutrition and Safety of Microbial Food, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
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- College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- National Health Commission Science and Technology Innovation Platform for Nutrition and Safety of Microbial Food, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
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- Food System Integrity Team, AgResearch Ltd., Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4474, New Zealand
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- Department of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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Wang H, Xiao H, Feng B, Lan Y, Fung CW, Zhang H, Yan G, Lian C, Zhong Z, Li J, Wang M, Wu AR, Li C, Qian PY. Single-cell RNA-seq reveals distinct metabolic "microniches" and close host-symbiont interactions in deep-sea chemosynthetic tubeworm. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadn3053. [PMID: 39047091 PMCID: PMC11268408 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn3053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
Abstract
Vestimentiferan tubeworms that thrive in deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems rely on a single species of sulfide-oxidizing gammaproteobacterial endosymbionts housed in a specialized symbiotic organ called trophosome as their primary carbon source. While this simple symbiosis is remarkably productive, the host-symbiont molecular interactions remain unelucidated. Here, we applied an approach for deep-sea in situ single-cell fixation in a cold-seep tubeworm, Paraescarpia echinospica. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis and further molecular characterizations of both the trophosome and endosymbiont indicate that the tubeworm maintains two distinct metabolic "microniches" in the trophosome by controlling the availability of chemosynthetic gases and metabolites, resulting in oxygenated and hypoxic conditions. The endosymbionts in the oxygenated niche actively conduct autotrophic carbon fixation and are digested for nutrients, while those in the hypoxic niche conduct anaerobic denitrification, which helps the host remove ammonia waste. Our study provides insights into the molecular interactions between animals and their symbiotic microbes.
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- Hao Wang
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Nansha, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Nansha, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Qingdao, China
- South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Guanzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Nansha, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Pauzé-Foixet J, Mathieu-Denoncourt A, Duperthuy M. Elevated concentrations of polymyxin B elicit a biofilm-specific resistance mechanism in Vibrio cholerae. Res Microbiol 2024; 175:104179. [PMID: 38185395 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2023.104179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Vibrio cholerae can form biofilms in the aquatic environment and in the human intestine, facilitating the release of hyper-infectious aggregates. Due to the increasing antibiotic resistance, alternatives need to be found. One of these alternatives is antimicrobial peptides, including polymyxin B (PmB). In this study, we first investigated the resistance of V. cholerae O1 El Tor strain A1552 to various antimicrobials under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. An increased resistance to PmB is observed in anaerobiosis, with a 3-fold increase in the dose required for 50 % growth inhibition. We then studied the impact of the PmB on the formation and the degradation of V. cholerae biofilms to PmB. Our results show that PmB affects more efficiently biofilm formation under anaerobic conditions. On the other hand, preformed biofilms are susceptible to degradation by PmB at concentrations close to the minimal inhibitory concentration. At higher concentrations, we observe an opacification of the biofilm structures within 20 min post-treatment, suggesting a densification of the structure. This densification does not seem to result from the overexpression of matrix genes but rather from DNA release through massive cell lysis, likely forming a protective shield that limits the penetration of the PmB into the biofilm.
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- Julien Pauzé-Foixet
- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Zhou L, Meng G, Zhu L, Ma L, Chen K. Insect Antimicrobial Peptides as Guardians of Immunity and Beyond: A Review. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3835. [PMID: 38612644 PMCID: PMC11011964 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), as immune effectors synthesized by a variety of organisms, not only constitute a robust defense mechanism against a broad spectrum of pathogens in the host but also show promising applications as effective antimicrobial agents. Notably, insects are significant reservoirs of natural AMPs. However, the complex array of variations in types, quantities, antimicrobial activities, and production pathways of AMPs, as well as evolution of AMPs across insect species, presents a significant challenge for immunity system understanding and AMP applications. This review covers insect AMP discoveries, classification, common properties, and mechanisms of action. Additionally, the types, quantities, and activities of immune-related AMPs in each model insect are also summarized. We conducted the first comprehensive investigation into the diversity, distribution, and evolution of 20 types of AMPs in model insects, employing phylogenetic analysis to describe their evolutionary relationships and shed light on conserved and distinctive AMP families. Furthermore, we summarize the regulatory pathways of AMP production through classical signaling pathways and additional pathways associated with Nitric Oxide, insulin-like signaling, and hormones. This review advances our understanding of AMPs as guardians in insect immunity systems and unlocks a gateway to insect AMP resources, facilitating the use of AMPs to address food safety concerns.
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- Lizhen Zhou
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, 53113 Bonn, Germany;
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China;
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- College of Plant Protection, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030810, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
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Potapova A, Garvey W, Dahl P, Guo S, Chang Y, Schwechheimer C, Trebino MA, Floyd KA, Phinney BS, Liu J, Malvankar NS, Yildiz FH. Outer membrane vesicles and the outer membrane protein OmpU govern Vibrio cholerae biofilm matrix assembly. mBio 2024; 15:e0330423. [PMID: 38206049 PMCID: PMC10865864 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03304-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Biofilms are matrix-encased microbial communities that increase the environmental fitness and infectivity of many human pathogens including Vibrio cholerae. Biofilm matrix assembly is essential for biofilm formation and function. Known components of the V. cholerae biofilm matrix are the polysaccharide Vibrio polysaccharide (VPS), matrix proteins RbmA, RbmC, Bap1, and extracellular DNA, but the majority of the protein composition is uncharacterized. This study comprehensively analyzed the biofilm matrix proteome and revealed the presence of outer membrane proteins (OMPs). Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) were also present in the V. cholerae biofilm matrix and were associated with OMPs and many biofilm matrix proteins suggesting that they participate in biofilm matrix assembly. Consistent with this, OMVs had the capability to alter biofilm structural properties depending on their composition. OmpU was the most prevalent OMP in the matrix, and its absence altered biofilm architecture by increasing VPS production. Single-cell force spectroscopy revealed that proteins critical for biofilm formation, OmpU, the matrix proteins RbmA, RbmC, Bap1, and VPS contribute to cell-surface adhesion forces at differing efficiency, with VPS showing the highest efficiency whereas Bap1 showing the lowest efficiency. Our findings provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying biofilm matrix assembly in V. cholerae, which may provide new opportunities to develop inhibitors that specifically alter biofilm matrix properties and, thus, affect either the environmental survival or pathogenesis of V. cholerae.IMPORTANCECholera remains a major public health concern. Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, forms biofilms, which are critical for its transmission, infectivity, and environmental persistence. While we know that the V. cholerae biofilm matrix contains exopolysaccharide, matrix proteins, and extracellular DNA, we do not have a comprehensive understanding of the majority of biofilm matrix components. Here, we discover outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) within the biofilm matrix of V. cholerae. Proteomic analysis of the matrix and matrix-associated OMVs showed that OMVs carry key matrix proteins and Vibrio polysaccharide (VPS) to help build biofilms. We also characterize the role of the highly abundant outer membrane protein OmpU in biofilm formation and show that it impacts biofilm architecture in a VPS-dependent manner. Understanding V. cholerae biofilm formation is important for developing a better prevention and treatment strategy framework.
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- Anna Potapova
- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Proteomics Core Facility, UC Davis Genome Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Igere BE, Onohuean H, Iwu DC, Igbinosa EO. Polymyxin sensitivity/resistance cosmopolitan status, epidemiology and prevalence among O1/O139 and non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae: A meta-analysis. INFECTIOUS MEDICINE 2023; 2:283-293. [PMID: 38205176 PMCID: PMC10774663 DOI: 10.1016/j.imj.2023.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Resistance/sensitivity to polymyxin-B (PB) antibiotic has been employed as one among other epidemiologically relevant biotyping-scheme for Vibrio cholerae into Classical/El Tor biotypes. However, recent studies have revealed some pitfalls bordering on PB-sensitivity/resistance (PBR/S) necessitating study. Current study assesses the PBR/S cosmopolitan prevalence, epidemiology/distribution among O1/O139 and nonO1/nonO139 V. cholerae strains. Relevant databases (Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed) were searched to retrieve data from environmental and clinical samples employing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Random-effect-model (REM) and common-effect-model (CEM) of meta-analysis was performed to determine prevalence of PBR/S V. cholerae strains, describe the cosmopolitan epidemiological potentials and biotype relevance. Heterogeneity was determined by meta-regression and subgroup analyses. The pooled analyzed isolates from articles (7290), with sensitive and resistance are 2219 (30.44%) and 5028 (69.56%). Among these PB-sensitive strains, more than 1944 (26.67%) were O1 strains, 132 (1.81%) were nonO1 strains while mis-reported Classical biotype were 2080 (28.53) respectively indicating potential spread of variant/dual biotype. A significant PB-resistance was observed in the models (CEM = 0.66, 95% CI [0.65; 0.68], p-value = 0.001; REM = 0.83 [0.74; 0.90], p = 0.001) as both models had a high level of heterogeneity (I2 = 98.0%; d f = 33 2 = 1755.09 , Q p = 2.4932 ). Egger test (z = 5.4017, p < 0.0001) reveal publication bias by funnel plot asymmetry. The subgroup analysis for continents (Asia, Africa) and sources (acute diarrhea) revealed (98% CI (0.73; 0.93); 55% CI (0.20; 0.86)), and 92% CI (0.67; 0.98). The Epidemiological prevalence for El tor/variant/dual biotype showed 88% CI (0.78; 0.94) with O1 strains at 88% CI (0.78; 0.94). Such global prevalence, distribution/spread of phenotypes/genotypes necessitates updating the decades-long biotype classification scheme. An antibiotic stewardship in the post antibiotic era is suggestive/recommended. Also, there is need for holistic monitoring/evaluation of clinical/epidemiological relevance of the disseminating strains in endemic localities.
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- Bright E. Igere
- Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Unit, Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba 320242, Nigeria
- Biotechnology and Emerging Environmental Infections Pathogens Research Group (BEEIPREG), Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Unit, Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba 320242, Nigeria
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- Biopharmaceutics unit, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Kampala International University Ishaka-Bushenyi Campus, Ishaka-Bushenyi 10101, Uganda
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin 300213, Nigeria
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Qin ZX, Chen GZ, Bao W, Ma Y, Yang XM, Yi CR, Luo M, Hu J, Liu Z. Magnetic chitin beads (MCB) coated with Vibrio cholerae reveals transcriptome dynamics in adult mice with a complex gut microbiota. Gut Microbes 2023; 15:2274125. [PMID: 37934002 PMCID: PMC10631443 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2274125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023] Open
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Vibrio cholerae adapts to the host environment by altering gene expression. Because of the complexity of the gut microbiome, current in vivo V. cholerae transcriptome studies have focused on microbiota-undeveloped conditions, neglecting the interaction between the host's commensal gut microbiota and V. cholerae. In this study, we analyzed the transcriptome of fully colonized adult mice in vivo using V. cholerae coated-magnetic chitin beads (vcMCB). This provides a simple yet powerful method for obtaining high-quality RNA from V. cholerae during colonization in mice. The transcriptome of V. cholerae recovered from adult mice infected with vcMCB shows differential expression of several genes when compared to V. cholerae recovered from the infant mouse and infant rabbit model. Some of these genes were also observed to be differentially expressed in previous studies of V. cholera recovered from human infection when compared to V. cholerae grown in vitro. In particular, we confirmed that V. cholerae resists the inhibitory effects of low pH and formic acid from gut microbiota, such as Anaerostipes caccae and Dorea formicigenerans, by downregulating vc1080. We propose that the vc1080 product may protect V. cholerae from formic acid stress through a novel acid tolerance response mechanism. Transcriptomic data obtained using the vcMCB system provide new perspectives on the interaction between V. cholerae and the gut microbiota, and this approach can also be applied to studies of other pathogenic bacteria.
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- Zi-Xin Qin
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Mathieu-Denoncourt A, Duperthuy M. The VxrAB two-component system is important for the polymyxin B-dependent activation of the type VI secretion system in Vibrio cholerae O1 strain A1552. Can J Microbiol 2023; 69:393-406. [PMID: 37343290 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2023-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is used by bacteria for virulence, resistance to grazing, and competition with other bacteria. We previously demonstrated that the role of the T6SS in interbacterial competition and in resistance to grazing is enhanced in Vibrio cholerae in the presence of subinhibitory concentrations of polymyxin B. Here, we performed a global quantitative proteomic analysis and a targeted transcriptomic analysis of the T6SS-known regulators in V. cholerae grown with and without polymyxin B. The proteome of V. cholerae is greatly modified by polymyxin B with more than 39% of the identified cellular proteins displaying a difference in their abundance, including T6SS-related proteins. We identified a regulator whose abundance and expression are increased in the presence of polymyxin B, vxrB, the response regulator of the two-component system VxrAB (VCA0565-66). In vxrAB, vxrA and vxrB deficient mutants, the expression of both hcp copies (VC1415 and VCA0017), although globally reduced, was not modified by polymyxin B. These hcp genes encode an identical protein Hcp, which is the major component of the T6SS syringe. Thus, the upregulation of the T6SS in the presence of polymyxin B appears to be, at least in part, due to the two-component system VxrAB.
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- Annabelle Mathieu-Denoncourt
- Département de Microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Wang Y, Song Y, Yan S, Hiramine R, Ohnishi Y, Yokoi Y, Nakamura K, Kikukawa T, Ayabe T, Aizawa T. Antimicrobial Properties and Mode of Action of Cryptdin-4, a Mouse α-Defensin Regulated by Peptide Redox Structures and Bacterial Cultivation Conditions. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 12:1047. [PMID: 37370366 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12061047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Revised: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Cryptdin-4 (crp4) is an enteric α-defensin derived from mice, and is a main mediator of immunity to oral infections and a determinant of the composition of the intestinal microbiota. Structurally, crp4 exists in two states: the oxidized form (crp4oxi), constrained by three invariant disulfide bonds, and the reduced form (crp4red) with six free thiol groups, both of which exist in the intestinal tract. In this study, the antibacterial mechanisms of crp4 in both forms under aerobic and anaerobic conditions were investigated using Escherichia coli (E. coli), an anaerobic facultative bacterium, as a model. Fluorescent dye studies revealed that both crp4oxi and crp4red exhibited antimicrobial activity against cells cultured under aerobic conditions via rapid membrane depolarization. Furthermore, the antioxidant treatment experiments suggested that only crp4oxi exhibited antimicrobial activity by the induction and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, under anaerobic culture conditions, the ability of both forms to disrupt the function of bacterial membranes decreased and activity was greatly reduced, but crp4red maintained some antimicrobial activity. This activity may be due to the inhibition of intracellular functions by DNA binding. Altogether, these data indicate that, according to its redox structure and the environmental redox conditions, crp4 could perform different antimicrobial activities via different mechanisms.
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- Yi Wang
- Laboratory of Protein Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Innate Immunity Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0808, Japan
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- Innate Immunity Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0808, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Information Analysis Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0808, Japan
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- Innate Immunity Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0808, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Yang J, Jia F, Qiao Y, Hai Z, Zhou X. Correlation between bacterial extracellular vesicles and antibiotics: A potentially antibacterial strategy. Microb Pathog 2023:106167. [PMID: 37224984 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs) are proteoliposome nanoparticles that are secreted by both Gram-negative (G-) and Gram-positive (G+) bacteria. BEVs have significant roles in various physiological processes of bacteria, including driving inflammatory responses, regulating bacterial pathogenesis, and promoting bacterial survival in diverse environments. Recently, there has been increasing interest in the use of BEVs as a potential solution to antibiotic resistance. BEVs have shown great promise as a new approach to antibiotics, as well as a drug-delivery tool in antimicrobial strategies. In this review, we provide a summary of recent scientific advances in BEVs and antibiotics, including BEV biogenesis, ability to kill bacteria, potential for delivering antibiotics, and their role in the development of vaccines or as immune adjuvants. We propose that BEVs provide a novel antimicrobial strategy that would be beneficial against the increasing threat of antibiotic resistance.
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- Jiangliu Yang
- College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China; Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for the Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources of Western China, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010058, China
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- College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China; Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for the Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources of Western China, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China; Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for the Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources of Western China, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China; Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for the Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources of Western China, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
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Doré E, Boilard E. Bacterial extracellular vesicles and their interplay with the immune system. Pharmacol Ther 2023; 247:108443. [PMID: 37210006 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The mammalian intestinal tract harbors trillions of microorganisms confined within this space by mucosal barriers. Despite these barriers, bacterial components may still be found elsewhere in the body, even in healthy subjects. Bacteria can release small lipid-bound particles, also named bacterial extracellular vesicles (bEV). While bacteria themselves cannot normally penetrate the mucosal defense, bEVs may infiltrate the barrier and disseminate throughout the body. The extremely diverse cargo that bEVs can carry, depending on their parent species, strain, and growth conditions, grant them an equally broad potential to interact with host cells and influence immune functions. Herein, we review the current knowledge of processes underlying the uptake of bEVs by mammalian cells, and their effect on the immune system. Furthermore, we discuss how bEVs could be targeted and manipulated for diverse therapeutic purposes.
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- Etienne Doré
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada; Centre de Recherche ARThrite - Arthrite, Recherche, Traitements, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada; Centre de Recherche ARThrite - Arthrite, Recherche, Traitements, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
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Characterization and Vaccine Potential of Outer Membrane Vesicles from Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065138. [PMID: 36982212 PMCID: PMC10049053 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida (Phdp) is a Gram-negative fish pathogen with worldwide distribution and broad host specificity that causes heavy economic losses in aquaculture. Although Phdp was first identified more than 50 years ago, its pathogenicity mechanisms are not completely understood. In this work, we report that Phdp secretes large amounts of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) when cultured in vitro and during in vivo infection. These OMVs were morphologically characterized and the most abundant vesicle-associated proteins were identified. We also demonstrate that Phdp OMVs protect Phdp cells from the bactericidal activity of fish antimicrobial peptides, suggesting that secretion of OMVs is part of the strategy used by Phdp to evade host defense mechanisms. Importantly, the vaccination of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) with adjuvant-free crude OMVs induced the production of anti-Phdp antibodies and resulted in partial protection against Phdp infection. These findings reveal new aspects of Phdp biology and may provide a basis for developing new vaccines against this pathogen.
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Muhammad AY, Amonov M, Murugaiah C, Baig AA, Yusoff M. Intestinal colonization against Vibrio cholerae: host and microbial resistance mechanisms. AIMS Microbiol 2023; 9:346-374. [PMID: 37091815 PMCID: PMC10113163 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2023019] [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: 01/08/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Vibrio cholerae is a non-invasive enteric pathogen known to cause a major public health problem called cholera. The pathogen inhabits the aquatic environment while outside the human host, it is transmitted into the host easily through ingesting contaminated food and water containing the vibrios, thus causing diarrhoea and vomiting. V. cholerae must resist several layers of colonization resistance mechanisms derived from the host or the gut commensals to successfully survive, grow, and colonize the distal intestinal epithelium, thus causing an infection. The colonization resistance mechanisms derived from the host are not specific to V. cholerae but to all invading pathogens. However, some of the gut commensal-derived colonization resistance may be more specific to the pathogen, making it more challenging to overcome. Consequently, the pathogen has evolved well-coordinated mechanisms that sense and utilize the anti-colonization factors to modulate events that promote its survival and colonization in the gut. This review is aimed at discussing how V. cholerae interacts and resists both host- and microbe-specific colonization resistance mechanisms to cause infection.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
- * Correspondence: ; Tel: +60189164478
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- University Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
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This review focuses on nonlytic outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), a subtype of bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs) produced by Gram-negative organisms focusing on the mechanisms of their biogenesis, cargo, and function. Throughout, we highlight issues concerning the characterization of OMVs and distinguishing them from other types of BEVs. We also highlight the shortcomings of commonly used methodologies for the study of BEVs that impact the interpretation of their functionality and suggest solutions to standardize protocols for OMV studies.
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- Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Tian C, Wang K, Zhao M, Cong S, Di X, Li R. Extracellular vesicles participate in the pathogenesis of sepsis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:1018692. [PMID: 36579343 PMCID: PMC9791067 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1018692] [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: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Sepsis is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide and is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. The early diagnosis and effective treatment of sepsis still face challenges due to its rapid progression, dynamic changes, and strong heterogeneity among different individuals. To develop novel strategies to control sepsis, a better understanding of the complex mechanisms of sepsis is vital. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane vesicles released from cells through different mechanisms. In the disease state, the number of EVs produced by activated or apoptotic cells and the cargoes they carry were altered. They regulated the function of local or distant host cells in autocrine or paracrine ways. Current studies have found that EVs are involved in the occurrence and development of sepsis through multiple pathways. In this review, we focus on changes in the cargoes of EVs in sepsis, the regulatory roles of EVs derived from host cells and bacteria, and how EVs are involved in multiple pathological processes and organ dysfunction in sepsis. Overall, EVs have great application prospects in sepsis, such as early diagnosis of sepsis, dynamic monitoring of disease, precise therapeutic targets, and prevention of sepsis as a vaccine platform.
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- Chang Tian
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Urinary Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China,*Correspondence: Ranwei Li,
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Giacomucci S, Mathieu-Denoncourt A, Vincent AT, Jannadi H, Duperthuy M. Experimental evolution of Vibrio cholerae identifies hypervesiculation as a way to increase motility in the presence of polymyxin B. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:932165. [PMID: 36090081 PMCID: PMC9454949 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.932165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae includes strains responsible for the cholera disease and is a natural inhabitant of aquatic environments. V. cholerae possesses a unique polar flagellum essential for motility, adhesion, and biofilm formation. In a previous study, we showed that motility and biofilm formation are altered in the presence of subinhibitory concentrations of polymyxin B in V. cholerae O1 and O139. In this study, we performed an experimental evolution to identify the genes restoring the motility in the presence of a subinhibitory concentration of polymyxin B. Mutations in five genes have been identified in three variants derived from two different parental strains A1552 and MO10: ihfA that encodes a subunit of the integration host factor (IHF), vacJ (mlaA) and mlaF, two genes belonging to the maintenance of the lipid asymmetry (Mla) pathway, dacB that encodes a penicillin-binding protein (PBP4) and involved in cell wall synthesis, and ccmH that encodes a c-type cytochrome maturation protein. We further demonstrated that the variants derived from MO10 containing mutations in vacJ, mlaF, and dacB secrete more and larger membrane vesicles that titer the polymyxin B, which increases the bacterial survival and is expected to limit its impact on the bacterial envelope and participate in the flagellum’s retention and motility.
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- Sean Giacomucci
- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département des Sciences Animales, Faculté des Sciences de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- *Correspondence: Marylise Duperthuy,
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Liu Y, Xu T, Wang Q, Huang J, Zhu Y, Liu X, Liu R, Yang B, Zhou K. Vibrio cholerae senses human enteric α-defensin 5 through a CarSR two-component system to promote bacterial pathogenicity. Commun Biol 2022; 5:559. [PMID: 35676416 PMCID: PMC9178039 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03525-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) is an aquatic bacterium responsible for acute and fatal cholera outbreaks worldwide. When V. cholerae is ingested, the bacteria colonize the epithelium of the small intestine and stimulate the Paneth cells to produce large amounts of cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs). Human defensin 5 (HD-5) is the most abundant CAMPs in the small intestine. However, the role of the V. cholerae response to HD-5 remains unclear. Here we show that HD-5 significantly upregulates virulence gene expression. Moreover, a two-component system, CarSR (or RstAB), is essential for V. cholerae virulence gene expression in the presence of HD-5. Finally, phosphorylated CarR can directly bind to the promoter region of TcpP, activating transcription of tcpP, which in turn activates downstream virulence genes to promote V. cholerae colonization. In conclusion, this study reveals a virulence-regulating pathway, in which the CarSR two-component regulatory system senses HD-5 to activate virulence genes expression in V. cholerae.
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- Yutao Liu
- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, TEDA, Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, TEDA, Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology, Laboratory Department, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, TEDA, Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, TEDA, Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, TEDA, Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China.
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PR China.
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Teschler JK, Nadell CD, Drescher K, Yildiz FH. Mechanisms Underlying Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Formation and Dispersion. Annu Rev Microbiol 2022; 76:503-532. [PMID: 35671532 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-111021-053553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Biofilms are a widely observed growth mode in which microbial communities are spatially structured and embedded in a polymeric extracellular matrix. Here, we focus on the model bacterium Vibrio cholerae and summarize the current understanding of biofilm formation, including initial attachment, matrix components, community dynamics, social interactions, molecular regulation, and dispersal. The regulatory network that orchestrates the decision to form and disperse from biofilms coordinates various environmental inputs. These cues are integrated by several transcription factors, regulatory RNAs, and second-messenger molecules, including bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP). Through complex mechanisms, V. cholerae weighs the energetic cost of forming biofilms against the benefits of protection and social interaction that biofilms provide. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Microbiology, Volume 76 is September 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Jennifer K Teschler
- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA;
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Kalia I, Anand R, Quadiri A, Bhattacharya S, Sahoo B, Singh AP. Plasmodium berghei-Released Factor, PbTIP, Modulates the Host Innate Immune Responses. Front Immunol 2022; 12:699887. [PMID: 34987497 PMCID: PMC8721568 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.699887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Plasmodium parasite has to cross various immunological barriers for successful infection. Parasites have evolved mechanisms to evade host immune responses, which hugely contributes to the successful infection and transmission by parasites. One way in which a parasite evades immune surveillance is by expressing molecular mimics of the host molecules in order to manipulate the host responses. In this study, we report a Plasmodium berghei hypothetical protein, PbTIP (PbANKA_124360.0), which is a Plasmodium homolog of the human T-cell immunomodulatory protein (TIP). The latter possesses immunomodulatory activities and suppressed the host immune responses in a mouse acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) model. The Plasmodium berghei protein, PbTIP, is expressed on the merozoite surface and exported to the host erythrocyte surface upon infection. It is shed in the blood circulation by the activity of an uncharacterized membrane protease(s). The shed PbTIP could be detected in the host serum during infection. Our results demonstrate that the shed PbTIP exhibits binding on the surface of macrophages and reduces their inflammatory cytokine response while upregulating the anti-inflammatory cytokines such as TGF-β and IL-10. Such manipulated immune responses are observed in the later stage of malaria infection. PbTIP induced Th2-type gene transcript changes in macrophages, hinting toward its potential to regulate the host immune responses against the parasite. Therefore, this study highlights the role of a Plasmodium-released protein, PbTIP, in immune evasion using macrophages, which may represent the critical strategy of the parasite to successfully survive and thrive in its host. This study also indicates the human malaria parasite TIP as a potential diagnostic molecule that could be exploited in lateral flow-based immunochromatographic tests for malaria disease diagnosis.
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- Inderjeet Kalia
- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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Huang W, Meng L, Chen Y, Dong Z, Peng Q. Bacterial outer membrane vesicles as potential biological nanomaterials for antibacterial therapy. Acta Biomater 2022; 140:102-115. [PMID: 34896632 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Antibiotic therapy is one of the most important approaches against bacterial infections. However, the improper use of antibiotics and the emergence of drug resistance have compromised the efficacy of traditional antibiotic therapy. In this regard, it is of great importance and significance to develop more potent antimicrobial therapies, including the development of functionalized antibiotics delivery systems and antibiotics-independent antimicrobial agents. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), secreted by Gram-negative bacteria and with similar structure to cell-derived exosomes, are natural functional nanomaterials and known to play important roles in many bacterial life events, such as communication, biofilm formation and pathogenesis. Recently, more and more reports have demonstrated the use of OMVs as either active antibacterial agents or antibiotics delivery carriers, implying the great potentials of OMVs in antibacterial therapy. Herein, we aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of OMV and its antibacterial applications, including its biogenesis, biofunctions, isolation, purification and its potentials in killing bacteria, delivering antibiotics and developing vaccine or immunoadjuvants. In addition, the concerns in clinical use of OMVs and the possible solutions are discussed. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has led to the failure of traditional antibiotic therapy, and thus become a big threat to human beings. In this regard, developing more potent antibacterial approaches is of great importance and significance. Recently, bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), which are natural functional nanomaterials secreted by Gram-negative bacteria, have been used as active agents, drug carriers and vaccine adjuvant for antibacterial therapy. This review provides a comprehensive understanding of OMVs and summarizes the recent progress of OMVs in antibacterial applications. The concerns of OMVs in clinical use and the possible solutions are also discussed. As such, this review may guide the future works in antibacterial OMVs and appeal to both scientists and clinicians.
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- Wenlong Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Mental Health Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Provide Passive Resistance but Not Sensitization to LPS-Specific Phages. Viruses 2022; 14:v14010121. [PMID: 35062325 PMCID: PMC8778925 DOI: 10.3390/v14010121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) released from gram-negative bacteria are key elements in bacterial physiology, pathogenesis, and defence. In this study, we investigated the role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa OMVs in the anti-phage defence as well as in the potential sensitization to LPS-specific phages. Using transmission electron microscopy, virion infectivity, and neutralization assays, we have shown that both phages efficiently absorb on free vesicles and are unable to infect P. aeruginosa host. Nevertheless, the accompanying decrease in PFU titre (neutralization) was only observed for myovirus KT28 but not podovirus LUZ7. Next, we verified whether OMVs derived from wild-type PAO1 strain can sensitize the LPS-deficient mutant (Δwbpl PAO1) resistant to tested phages. The flow cytometry experiments proved a quite effective and comparable association of OMVs to Δwbpl PAO1 and wild-type PAO1; however, the growth kinetic curves and one-step growth assay revealed no sensitization event of the OMV-associated phage-resistant P. aeruginosa deletant to LPS-specific phages. Our findings for the first time identify naturally formed OMVs as important players in passive resistance (protection) of P. aeruginosa population to phages, but we disproved the hypothesis of transferring phage receptors to make resistant strains susceptible to LPS-dependent phages.
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Naskar A, Cho H, Lee S, Kim KS. Biomimetic Nanoparticles Coated with Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles as a New-Generation Platform for Biomedical Applications. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13111887. [PMID: 34834302 PMCID: PMC8618801 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13111887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The biomedical field is currently reaping the benefits of research on biomimetic nanoparticles (NPs), which are synthetic nanoparticles fabricated with natural cellular materials for nature-inspired biomedical applications. These camouflage NPs are capable of retaining not only the physiochemical properties of synthetic nanoparticles but also the original biological functions of the cellular materials. Accordingly, NPs coated with cell-derived membrane components have achieved remarkable growth as prospective biomedical materials. Particularly, bacterial outer membrane vesicle (OMV), which is a cell membrane coating material for NPs, is regarded as an important molecule that can be employed in several biomedical applications, including immune response activation, cancer therapeutics, and treatment for bacterial infections with photothermal activity. The currently available cell membrane-coated NPs are summarized in this review. Furthermore, the general features of bacterial OMVs and several multifunctional NPs that could serve as inner core materials in the coating strategy are presented, and several methods that can be used to prepare OMV-coated NPs (OMV-NPs) and their characterization are highlighted. Finally, some perspectives of OMV-NPs in various biomedical applications for future potential breakthrough are discussed. This in-depth review, which includes potential challenges, will encourage researchers to fabricate innovative and improvised, new-generation biomimetic materials through future biomedical applications.
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Mathieu-Denoncourt A, Duperthuy M. Secretome analysis reveals a role of subinhibitory concentrations of polymyxin B in the survival of Vibrio cholerae mediated by the type VI secretion system. Environ Microbiol 2021; 24:1133-1149. [PMID: 34490971 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Antimicrobials are commonly used in prevention of infections including in aquaculture, agriculture and medicine. Subinhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial peptides can modulate resistance, virulence and persistence effectors in Gram-negative pathogens. In this study, we investigated the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of polymyxin B (PmB) on the secretome of Vibrio cholerae, a natural inhabitant of aquatic environments and the pathogen responsible for the cholera disease. Our proteomic approach revealed that the abundance of many extracellular proteins is affected by PmB and some of them are detected only either in the presence or in the absence of PmB. The type VI secretion system (T6SS) secreted hemolysin-coregulated protein (Hcp) displayed an increased abundance in the presence of PmB. Hcp is also more abundant in the bacterial cells in the presence of PmB and hcp expression is upregulated upon PmB supplementation. No effect of the T6SS on antimicrobial resistance was observed. Conversely, PmB increases the T6SS-dependent cytotoxicity of V. cholerae towards the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum and its ability to compete with Escherichia coli.
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- Annabelle Mathieu-Denoncourt
- Department de Microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Department de Microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1J4, Canada
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Sartorio MG, Pardue EJ, Feldman MF, Haurat MF. Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: From Discovery to Applications. Annu Rev Microbiol 2021; 75:609-630. [PMID: 34351789 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-052821-031444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Secretion of cellular components across the plasma membrane is an essential process that enables organisms to interact with their environments. Production of extracellular vesicles in bacteria is a well-documented but poorly understood process. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are produced in gram-negative bacteria by blebbing of the outer membrane. In addition to their roles in pathogenesis, cell-to-cell communication, and stress responses, OMVs play important roles in immunomodulation and the establishment and balance of the gut microbiota. In this review, we discuss the multiple roles of OMVs and the current knowledge of OMV biogenesis. We also discuss the growing and promising biotechnological applications of OMV. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Microbiology, Volume 75 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Mariana G Sartorio
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA;
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, USA;
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Abriat C, Gazil O, Heuzey MC, Daigle F, Virgilio N. The Polymeric Matrix Composition of Vibrio cholerae Biofilms Modulate Resistance to Silver Nanoparticles Prepared by Hydrothermal Synthesis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:35356-35364. [PMID: 34286588 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c07455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biofilms represent the dominant microbial lifestyle in nature. These complex microbial communities in which bacteria are embedded in a self-produced protective polymeric extracellular matrix, display an enhanced resistance to antimicrobials and thus represent a major health challenge. Although nanoparticles have proven to be effective against bacteria, the interactions between nanoparticles and the polymeric biofilm matrix are still unclear. In this work, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were used on mature biofilms formed by the pathogen Vibrio cholerae, and their effects on the biofilm microstructure were evaluated. Bacteria cells within mature biofilms showed an increased tolerance to AgNPs, with their elimination requiring a concentration nine times higher than planktonic cells. Mutant strains not able to form a pellicle biofilm were four times more susceptible to AgNPs than the wild-type strain forming a strong biofilm. Moreover, electron microscopy analysis revealed that AgNPs interacted with the extracellular matrix components and disrupted its microstructure. Finally, two major proteins, Bap1 and RbmA, appeared to mediate the biofilm bacterial resistance to AgNPs. This work highlights the role of the polymeric biofilm matrix composition in resistance to AgNPs. It underlines how crucial it is to understand and characterize the interactions between nanoparticles and the biofilm matrix, in order to design appropriate metallic nanoparticles efficient against bacterial biofilms.
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- Clémence Abriat
- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T1J4, Canada
- Department of Microbiology, Infection and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada
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- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T1J4, Canada
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- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T1J4, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Infection and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada
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- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T1J4, Canada
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Richter R, Lehr CM. Extracellular vesicles as novel assay tools to study cellular interactions of anti-infective compounds - A perspective. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 173:492-503. [PMID: 33857554 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sudden outbreaks of novel infectious diseases and the persistent evolution of antimicrobial resistant pathogens make it necessary to develop specific tools to quickly understand pathogen-cell interactions and to study appropriate drug delivery strategies. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-specific biogenic transport systems, which are gaining more and more popularity as either diagnostic markers or drug delivery systems. Apart from that, there are emerging possibilities for EVs as tools to study drug penetration, drug-membrane interactions as well as pathogen-membrane interactions. However, it appears that the potential of EVs for such applications has not been fully exploited yet. Considering the vast variety of cells that can be involved in an infection, vesicle-based analytical methods are just emerging and the number of reported applications is still relatively small. Aim of this review is to discuss the current state of the art of EV-based assays, especially in the context of antimicrobial research and therapy, and to present some new perspectives for a more exhaustive and creative exploration in the future.
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- Robert Richter
- Department of Drug Delivery Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Drug Delivery Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany; Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Campus E8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Ridyard KE, Overhage J. The Potential of Human Peptide LL-37 as an Antimicrobial and Anti-Biofilm Agent. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10060650. [PMID: 34072318 PMCID: PMC8227053 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10060650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The rise in antimicrobial resistant bacteria threatens the current methods utilized to treat bacterial infections. The development of novel therapeutic agents is crucial in avoiding a post-antibiotic era and the associated deaths from antibiotic resistant pathogens. The human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 has been considered as a potential alternative to conventional antibiotics as it displays broad spectrum antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities as well as immunomodulatory functions. While LL-37 has shown promising results, it has yet to receive regulatory approval as a peptide antibiotic. Despite the strong antimicrobial properties, LL-37 has several limitations including high cost, lower activity in physiological environments, susceptibility to proteolytic degradation, and high toxicity to human cells. This review will discuss the challenges associated with making LL-37 into a viable antibiotic treatment option, with a focus on antimicrobial resistance and cross-resistance as well as adaptive responses to sub-inhibitory concentrations of the peptide. The possible methods to overcome these challenges, including immobilization techniques, LL-37 delivery systems, the development of LL-37 derivatives, and synergistic combinations will also be considered. Herein, we describe how combination therapy and structural modifications to the sequence, helicity, hydrophobicity, charge, and configuration of LL-37 could optimize the antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activities of LL-37 for future clinical use.
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Gomes TAT, Dobrindt U, Farfan MJ, Piazza RMF. Editorial: Interaction of Pathogenic Escherichia coli With the Host: Pathogenomics, Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:654283. [PMID: 33869085 PMCID: PMC8044399 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.654283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Tânia A T Gomes
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Hygiene, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Laboratorio Clínico, Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil, Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Balhuizen MD, Veldhuizen EJA, Haagsman HP. Outer Membrane Vesicle Induction and Isolation for Vaccine Development. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:629090. [PMID: 33613498 PMCID: PMC7889600 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.629090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Gram-negative bacteria release vesicular structures from their outer membrane, so called outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). OMVs have a variety of functions such as waste disposal, communication, and antigen or toxin delivery. These vesicles are the promising structures for vaccine development since OMVs carry many surface antigens that are identical to the bacterial surface. However, isolation is often difficult and results in low yields. Several methods to enhance OMV yield exist, but these do affect the resulting OMVs. In this review, our current knowledge about OMVs will be presented. Different methods to induce OMVs will be reviewed and their advantages and disadvantages will be discussed. The effects of the induction and isolation methods used in several immunological studies on OMVs will be compared. Finally, the challenges for OMV-based vaccine development will be examined and one example of a successful OMV-based vaccine will be presented.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Schulze A, Mitterer F, Pombo JP, Schild S. Biofilms by bacterial human pathogens: Clinical relevance - development, composition and regulation - therapeutical strategies. MICROBIAL CELL (GRAZ, AUSTRIA) 2021; 8:28-56. [PMID: 33553418 PMCID: PMC7841849 DOI: 10.15698/mic2021.02.741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Notably, bacterial biofilm formation is increasingly recognized as a passive virulence factor facilitating many infectious disease processes. In this review we will focus on bacterial biofilms formed by human pathogens and highlight their relevance for diverse diseases. Along biofilm composition and regulation emphasis is laid on the intensively studied biofilms of Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus spp., which are commonly used as biofilm model organisms and therefore contribute to our general understanding of bacterial biofilm (patho-)physiology. Finally, therapeutical intervention strategies targeting biofilms will be discussed.
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- Adina Schulze
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
- A.S. and F.M. contributed equally to this work
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
- A.S. and F.M. contributed equally to this work
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed Graz, Austria
- Field of Excellence Biohealth – University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Qin Z, Yang X, Chen G, Park C, Liu Z. Crosstalks Between Gut Microbiota and Vibrio Cholerae. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:582554. [PMID: 33194819 PMCID: PMC7644805 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.582554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, could proliferate in aquatic environment and infect humans through contaminated food and water. Enormous microorganisms residing in human gastrointestinal tract establish a special microecological system, which immediately responds to the invasion of V. cholerae, through “colonization resistance” mechanisms, such as antimicrobial peptide production, nutrients competition, and intestinal barrier maintenances. Meanwhile, V. cholerae could quickly sense those signals and modulate the expression of relevant genes to circumvent those stresses during infection, leading to successful colonization on the surface of small intestinal epithelial cells. In this review, we summarized the crosstalks profiles between gut microbiota and V. cholerae in the terms of Type VI Secretion System (T6SS), Quorum Sensing (QS), Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)/pH stress, and Bioactive metabolites. These mechanisms can also be applied to molecular bacterial pathogenesis of other pathogens in host.
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- Zixin Qin
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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The nares of one in three humans are colonized by Staphylococcus aureus. In these environments, and arguably on all mucosal surfaces, bacteria encounter fatty acids with antimicrobial properties. Our study uncovers that S. aureus releases membrane vesicles (MVs) that act as decoys to protect the bacterium against antimicrobial fatty acids (AFAs). The AFA-neutralizing effects of MVs were neither strain specific nor restricted to one particular AFA. Hence, MVs may represent “public goods” playing an overlooked role in shaping bacterial communities in AFA-rich environments such as the skin and nose. Intriguingly, in addition to MV biogenesis, S. aureus modulates MV composition in response to exposure to AFAs, including an increased release of lipoproteins. These MVs strongly stimulate the innate immunity via Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). TLR2-mediated inflammation, which helps to fight infections, may exacerbate inflammatory disorders like atopic dermatitis. Our study highlights intricate immune responses preventing infections from colonizing bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen, which colonizes one in three otherwise healthy humans. This significant spread of S. aureus is largely due to its ability to circumvent innate immune responses, including antimicrobial fatty acids (AFAs) on the skin and in nasal secretions. In response to AFAs, S. aureus swiftly induces resistance mechanisms, which have yet to be completely elucidated. Here, we identify membrane vesicle (MV) release as a resistance strategy used by S. aureus to sequester host-specific AFAs. MVs protect S. aureus against a wide array of AFAs. Strikingly, beside MV production, S. aureus modulates MV composition upon exposure to AFAs. MVs purified from bacteria grown in the presence of linoleic acid display a distinct protein content and are enriched in lipoproteins, which strongly activate Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). Cumulatively, our findings reveal the protective capacities of MVs against AFAs, which are counteracted by an increased TLR2-mediated innate immune response. IMPORTANCE The nares of one in three humans are colonized by Staphylococcus aureus. In these environments, and arguably on all mucosal surfaces, bacteria encounter fatty acids with antimicrobial properties. Our study uncovers that S. aureus releases membrane vesicles (MVs) that act as decoys to protect the bacterium against antimicrobial fatty acids (AFAs). The AFA-neutralizing effects of MVs were neither strain specific nor restricted to one particular AFA. Hence, MVs may represent “public goods” playing an overlooked role in shaping bacterial communities in AFA-rich environments such as the skin and nose. Intriguingly, in addition to MV biogenesis, S. aureus modulates MV composition in response to exposure to AFAs, including an increased release of lipoproteins. These MVs strongly stimulate the innate immunity via Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). TLR2-mediated inflammation, which helps to fight infections, may exacerbate inflammatory disorders like atopic dermatitis. Our study highlights intricate immune responses preventing infections from colonizing bacteria.
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Murray BO, Dawson RA, Alsharaf LM, Anne Winter J. Protective effects of Helicobacter pylori membrane vesicles against stress and antimicrobial agents. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2020; 166:751-758. [PMID: 32463354 PMCID: PMC7641381 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Outer-membrane vesicles (OMVs) produced by Helicobacter pylori deliver bacterial components to host cells, provide a mechanism for stabilization of secreted components and may allow the bacteria to exert 'long-range' effects in the gastric niche, promoting persistence. In addition to their well-characterized host cell interactions, membrane vesicles improve stress survival in other bacterial species, and are constitutively produced by both pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria. We aimed to determine whether OMVs could improve H. pylori survival of a range of stressors. The effects of purified OMVs on the resistance of H. pylori to a range of environmental and antimicrobial stresses were determined using growth curves and survival assays. Addition of purified OMVs to H. pylori cultures provided dose-dependent protection against hydrogen peroxide-mediated killing. Supplementation with OMVs also partially protected H. pylori against the bactericidal effects of the antibiotics clarithromycin and levofloxacin, but not against amoxicillin nor metronidazole. Addition of purified OMVs allowed H. pylori to grow in the presence of inhibitory concentrations of the antimicrobial peptide LL-37. In the presence of 50 µg OMVs ml-1, significantly enhanced H. pylori growth was observed at higher LL-37 concentrations compared with lower LL-37 concentrations, suggesting that OMV-LL-37 interactions might facilitate release of growth-promoting nutrients. Taken together, these data indicate that production of membrane vesicles could help H. pylori to survive exposure to antibiotics and host antimicrobial defences during infection.
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- Benjamin Oliver Murray
- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
- Centre for Urological Biology, Department of Renal Medicine, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
- Al-Amiri Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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Rueter C, Bielaszewska M. Secretion and Delivery of Intestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence Factors via Outer Membrane Vesicles. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:91. [PMID: 32211344 PMCID: PMC7068151 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale proteoliposomes secreted from the cell envelope of all Gram-negative bacteria. Originally considered as an artifact of the cell wall, OMVs are now recognized as a general secretion system, which serves to improve the fitness of bacteria and facilitate bacterial interactions in polymicrobial communities as well as interactions between the microbe and the host. In general, OMVs are released in increased amounts from pathogenic bacteria and have been found to harbor much of the contents of the parental bacterium. They mainly encompass components of the outer membrane and the periplasm including various virulence factors such as toxins, adhesins, and immunomodulatory molecules. Numerous studies have clearly shown that the delivery of toxins and other virulence factors via OMVs essentially influences their interactions with host cells. Here, we review the OMV-mediated intracellular deployment of toxins and other virulence factors with a special focus on intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli. Especially, OMVs ubiquitously produced and secreted by enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) appear as a highly advanced mechanism for secretion and simultaneous, coordinated and direct delivery of bacterial virulence factors into host cells. OMV-associated virulence factors are not only stabilized by the association with OMVs, but can also often target previously unknown target structures and perform novel activities. The toxins are released by OMVs in their active forms and are transported via cell sorting processes to their specific cell compartments, where they can develop their detrimental effects. OMVs can be considered as bacterial "long distance weapons" that attack host tissues and help bacterial pathogens to establish the colonization of their biological niche(s), impair host cell function, and modulate the defense of the host. Thus, OMVs contribute significantly to the virulence of the pathogenic bacteria.
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- Christian Rueter
- Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Institute of Infectiology, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany
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- National Institute of Public Health, Reference Laboratory for E. coli and Shigellae, Prague, Czechia
- Institute for Hygiene, University Hospital of Muenster, University of Muenster, Münster, Germany
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Lécrivain AL, Beckmann BM. Bacterial RNA in extracellular vesicles: A new regulator of host-pathogen interactions? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1863:194519. [PMID: 32142907 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released by cells from all kingdoms and represent one form of cell-cell interaction. This universal system of communication blurs cells type boundaries, offering an new avenue for pathogens to infect their hosts. EVs carry with them an arsenal of virulence factors that have been the focus of numerous studies. During the last years, the RNA content of EVs has also gained increasing attention, particularly in the context of infection. Secreted RNA in EVs (evRNA) from several bacterial pathogens have been characterised but the exact mechanisms promoting pathogenicity remain elusive. In this review, we evaluate the potential of such transcripts to directly interact with targets in infected cells and, by this, represent a novel angle of host cell manipulation during bacterial infection. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: RNA and gene control in bacteria edited by Dr. M. Guillier and F. Repoila.
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Duperthuy M. Antimicrobial Peptides: Virulence and Resistance Modulation in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8020280. [PMID: 32092866 PMCID: PMC7074834 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8020280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Growing resistance to antibiotics is one of the biggest threats to human health. One of the possibilities to overcome this resistance is to use and develop alternative molecules such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). However, an increasing number of studies have shown that bacterial resistance to AMPs does exist. Since AMPs are immunity molecules, it is important to ensure that their potential therapeutic use is not harmful in the long term. Recently, several studies have focused on the adaptation of Gram-negative bacteria to subinhibitory concentrations of AMPs. Such concentrations are commonly found in vivo and in the environment. It is therefore necessary to understand how bacteria detect and respond to low concentrations of AMPs. This review focuses on recent findings regarding the impact of subinhibitory concentrations of AMPs on the modulation of virulence and resistance in Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Marylise Duperthuy
- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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LL-37: Review of antimicrobial profile against sensitive and antibiotic-resistant human bacterial pathogens. GENE REPORTS 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2019.100519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Namyanja M, Xu ZS, Mugasa CM, Lun ZR, Matovu E, Chen Z, Lubega GW. Preliminary evaluation of a Trypanosoma brucei FG-GAP repeat containing protein of mitochondrial localization. AAS Open Res 2019. [DOI: 10.12688/aasopenres.12986.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: Trypanosoma brucei, a causative agent of African Trypanosomiasis, is known to cross the blood brain barrier during the second stage of the disease. It was previously suggested that this parasite crosses the blood brain barrier in a manner similar to that of lymphocytes. This would imply that trypanosomes possess integrins that are required to interact with adhesion molecules located on the blood brain barrier microvascular endothelial cells, as a first step in traversal. To date, no T. brucei integrin has been described. However, one T. brucei putative FG-GAP repeat containing protein (typical of integrins) encoded by the Tb927.11.720 gene, was predicted to be involved in cell-cell/cell-matrix adhesion. Therefore, this study sought to characterize a putative FG-GAP repeat containing protein (FG-GAP RCP) and to determine its cellular localization as a basis for further exploration of its potential role in cell-cell or cell-matrix adhesion. Methods: In this study, we successfully cloned, characterized, expressed and localized this protein using antibodies we produced against its VCBS domain in T. brucei. Results: Contrary to what we initially suspected, our data showed that this protein is localized to the mitochondria but not the plasma membrane. Our data showed that it contains putative calcium binding motifs within the FG-GAP repeats suggesting it could be involved in calcium signaling/binding in the mitochondrion of T. brucei. Conclusion: Based on its localization we conclude that this protein is unlikely to be a trypanosomal integrin and thus that it may not be involved in traversal of the blood brain barrier. However, it could be involved in calcium signaling in the mitochondrion.
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Bacterial cross-resistance to anti-infective compounds. Is it a real problem? Curr Opin Pharmacol 2019; 48:76-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2019.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Giacomucci S, Cros CDN, Perron X, Mathieu-Denoncourt A, Duperthuy M. Flagella-dependent inhibition of biofilm formation by sub-inhibitory concentration of polymyxin B in Vibrio cholerae. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221431. [PMID: 31430343 PMCID: PMC6701800 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Biofilm formation is a common strategy used by bacteria in order to survive and persist in the environment. In Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae), a Gram-negative pathogen responsible for the cholera disease, biofilm-like aggregates are important for the pathogenesis and disease transmission. Biofilm formation is initiated by the attachment of the bacteria to a surface, followed by maturation stages involving the formation of a biofilm matrix. In V. cholerae, flagella are essential for the initial step of biofilm formation, allowing the bacteria to swim and to detect a surface. In this study, we explored the effect of polymyxin B (PmB), a cationic bacterial antimicrobial peptide, on biofilm formation in pathogenic V. cholerae strains belonging to the O1 and O139 serotypes. We found that sub-inhibitory concentration of PmB induces a reduction of the biofilm formation by V. cholerae O1 and O139. Experiment on preformed biofilm demonstrated that the biofilm formation inhibition occurs at the initial step of biofilm formation, where the flagella are essential. We further characterize the effect of PmB on V. cholerae flagellation. Our results demonstrate that the flagellin expression is not reduced in presence of sub-inhibitory concentration of PmB. However, a decrease of the abundance of flagellin associated with the bacterial cells together with an increase in the secretome was observed. Electron microscopy observations also suggest that the abundance of aflagellated bacteria increases upon PmB supplementation. Finally, in agreement with the effect on the flagellation, a reduction of the bacterial motility is observed. Altogether, our results suggest that the PmB affect V. cholerae flagella resulting in a decrease of the motility and a compromised ability to form biofilm.
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- Sean Giacomucci
- Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Ohbayashi T, Futahashi R, Terashima M, Barrière Q, Lamouche F, Takeshita K, Meng XY, Mitani Y, Sone T, Shigenobu S, Fukatsu T, Mergaert P, Kikuchi Y. Comparative cytology, physiology and transcriptomics of Burkholderia insecticola in symbiosis with the bean bug Riptortus pedestris and in culture. ISME JOURNAL 2019; 13:1469-1483. [PMID: 30742016 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0361-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In the symbiosis of the bean bug Riptortus pedestris with Burkholderia insecticola, the bacteria occupy an exclusive niche in the insect midgut and favor insect development and reproduction. In order to understand how the symbiotic bacteria stably colonize the midgut crypts and which services they provide to the host, we compared the cytology, physiology, and transcriptomics of free-living and midgut-colonizing B. insecticola. The analyses revealed that midgut-colonizing bacteria were smaller in size and had lower DNA content, they had increased stress sensitivity, lost motility, and an altered cell surface. Transcriptomics revealed what kinds of nutrients are provided by the bean bug to the Burkholderia symbiont. Transporters and metabolic pathways of diverse sugars such as rhamnose and ribose, and sulfur compounds like sulfate and taurine were upregulated in the midgut-colonizing symbionts. Moreover, pathways enabling the assimilation of insect nitrogen wastes, i.e. allantoin and urea, were also upregulated. The data further suggested that the midgut-colonizing symbionts produced all essential amino acids and B vitamins, some of which are scarce in the soybean food of the host insect. Together, these findings suggest that the Burkholderia symbiont is fed with specific nutrients and also recycles host metabolic wastes in the insect gut, and in return, the bacterial symbiont provides the host with essential nutrients limited in the insect food, contributing to the rapid growth and enhanced reproduction of the bean bug host.
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- Tsubasa Ohbayashi
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- NIBB Core Research Facilities, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. .,Computational Bio Big Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), AIST, Sapporo, Japan. .,Bioproduction Research Institute, AIST, Sapporo, Japan.
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Andreoni F, Toyofuku M, Menzi C, Kalawong R, Mairpady Shambat S, François P, Zinkernagel AS, Eberl L. Antibiotics Stimulate Formation of Vesicles in Staphylococcus aureus in both Phage-Dependent and -Independent Fashions and via Different Routes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019; 63:e01439-18. [PMID: 30509943 PMCID: PMC6355553 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01439-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Bacterial membrane vesicle research has so far focused mainly on Gram-negative bacteria. Only recently have Gram-positive bacteria been demonstrated to produce and release extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs) that contribute to bacterial virulence. Although treatment of bacteria with antibiotics is a well-established trigger of bacterial MV formation, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In this study, we show that antibiotics can induce MVs through different routes in the important human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus DNA-damaging agents and antibiotics inducing the SOS response triggered vesicle formation in lysogenic strains of S. aureus but not in their phage-devoid counterparts. The β-lactam antibiotics flucloxacillin and ceftaroline increased vesicle formation in a prophage-independent manner by weakening the peptidoglycan layer. We present evidence that the amount of DNA associated with MVs formed by phage lysis is greater than that for MVs formed by β-lactam antibiotic-induced blebbing. The purified MVs derived from S. aureus protected the bacteria from challenge with daptomycin, a membrane-targeting antibiotic, both in vitro and ex vivo in whole blood. In addition, the MVs protected S. aureus from killing in whole blood, indicating that antibiotic-induced MVs function as a decoy and thereby contribute to the survival of the bacterium.
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- Federica Andreoni
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Recherche Génomique, Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Kim SI, Kim S, Kim E, Hwang SY, Yoon H. Secretion of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1-Encoded Type III Secretion System Effectors by Outer Membrane Vesicles in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2810. [PMID: 30532744 PMCID: PMC6266720 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are spherical membranous structures released by Gram-negative bacteria. Several bacterial pathogens utilize OMVs as vehicles for the delivery of virulence factors into host cells. Results of our previous study on proteomic analysis revealed that OMVs isolated from Salmonellaenterica serovar Typhimurium had virulence effectors that are known to be translocated by Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1)-encoded type III secretion system (T3SS1) into the host cell. In the present study, immunoblot analysis confirmed the secretion of the six T3SS1 effector proteins, namely SipB and SipC (translocators of T3SS1), and SipA, SopA, SopB, and SopE2 (effectors translocated by T3SS1), by OMVs. Results of proteinase K treatment revealed the localization of these T3SS1 effector proteins on the outer surface of OMVs. SipC and SopE2 were secreted by OMVs independent of the three secretion systems T3SS1, T3SS2, and flagella, signifying OMVs to be an alternative delivery system to T3SSs. T3SS1 effectors SipA, SipC, and SopE2 were internalized into the cytoplasm of the host cell by OMVs independent of cellular Salmonella–host cell contact. In epithelial cells, addition of OMVs harboring T3SS1 effectors stimulated the production of F-actin, thereby complementing the attenuated invasion of ΔsopE2 into host cells. These results suggest that S. Typhimurium might exploit OMVs as a long-distance vehicle to deliver T3SS1 effectors into the cytoplasm of the host cell independent of bacteria–host cell interaction.
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- Seul I Kim
- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea.,Department of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
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Toyofuku M, Nomura N, Eberl L. Types and origins of bacterial membrane vesicles. Nat Rev Microbiol 2018; 17:13-24. [DOI: 10.1038/s41579-018-0112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 396] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Modulation of gene transcription and epigenetics of colon carcinoma cells by bacterial membrane vesicles. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7434. [PMID: 29743643 PMCID: PMC5943334 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25308-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Interactions between bacteria and colon cancer cells influence the transcription of the host cell. Yet is it undetermined whether the bacteria itself or the communication between the host and bacteria is responsible for the genomic changes in the eukaryotic cell. Now, we have investigated the genomic and epigenetic consequences of co-culturing colorectal carcinoma cells with membrane vesicles from pathogenic bacteria Vibrio cholerae and non-pathogenic commensal bacteria Escherichia coli. Our study reveals that membrane vesicles from pathogenic and commensal bacteria have a global impact on the gene expression of colon-carcinoma cells. The changes in gene expression correlate positively with both epigenetic changes and chromatin accessibility of promoters at transcription start sites of genes induced by both types of membrane vesicles. Moreover, we have demonstrated that membrane vesicles obtained only from V. cholerae induced the expression of genes associated with epithelial cell differentiation. Altogether, our study suggests that the observed genomic changes in host cells might be due to specific components of membrane vesicles and do not require communication by direct contact with the bacteria.
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Zhuge X, Sun Y, Xue F, Tang F, Ren J, Li D, Wang J, Jiang M, Dai J. A Novel PhoP/PhoQ Regulation Pathway Modulates the Survival of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Macrophages. Front Immunol 2018; 9:788. [PMID: 29719540 PMCID: PMC5913352 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is a typical facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen. Sensing the environmental stimuli and undertaking adaptive change are crucial for ExPEC to successfully colonize in specific extraintestinal niches. The previous studies show that pathogens exploit two-component systems (TCSs) in response to the host environments during its infection. The PhoP/PhoQ is a typical TCS which is ubiquitous in Gram-negative bacteria. However, there is an incompletely understanding about critical regulatory roles of PhoP/PhoQ in ExPEC pathogenesis. Conjugative ColV-related plasmids are responsible for ExPEC virulence, which is associated with ExPEC zoonotic risk. In this study, the molecular characteristics of HlyF, Mig-14 ortholog (Mig-14p), and OmpT variant (OmpTp) encoded by ColV plasmids were identified. Mig-14p and OmpTp played important roles in conferring ExPEC resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) during the infection. Moreover, HlyF and Mig-14p acted as intracellular survival factors to promote ExPEC resistance to macrophages killing. The hlyF and Mig-14p formed an operon in ExPEC ColV plasmid, and PhoP acted as a transcriptional activator of hlyF operon by directly binding to the P hlyF promoter. The acidic pH and CAMPs could additively stimulate ExPEC PhoQ/PhoP activities to upregulate the expression of HlyF and Mig-14p. Our studies revealed that the novel PhoP/PhoQ-HlyF signaling pathway directly upregulates the production of ExPEC outer membrane vesicles. Furthermore, our study first clarified that this PhoP/PhoQ-HlyF pathway was essential for ExPEC intracellular survival in macrophages. It was required to prevent the fusion of ExPEC-containing phagosomes with lysosomes. Moreover, PhoP/PhoQ-HlyF pathway facilitated the inhibition of the phagolysosomal acidification and disruption of the phagolysosomal membranes. In addition, this pathway might promote the formation of ExPEC-containing autophagosome during ExPEC replication in macrophages. Collectively, our studies suggested that PhoP/PhoQ system and CloV plasmids could facilitate ExPEC survival and replication within macrophages.
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- Xiangkai Zhuge
- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.,Center for Post-Doctoral Studies of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Bacteriology, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Bacteriology, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Bacteriology, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Bacteriology, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Bacteriology, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Gram-positive bacteria, including the major respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae, were recently shown to produce extracellular vesicles (EVs) that likely originate from the plasma membrane and are released into the extracellular environment. EVs may function as cargo for many bacterial proteins, however, their involvement in cellular processes and their interactions with the innate immune system are poorly understood. Here, EVs from pneumococci were characterized and their immunomodulatory effects investigated. Pneumococcal EVs were protruding from the bacterial surface and released into the medium as 25 to 250 nm lipid stained vesicles containing a large number of cytosolic, membrane, and surface-associated proteins. The cytosolic pore-forming toxin pneumolysin was significantly enriched in EVs compared to a total bacterial lysate but was not required for EV formation. Pneumococcal EVs were internalized into A549 lung epithelial cells and human monocyte-derived dendritic cells and induced proinflammatory cytokine responses irrespective of pneumolysin content. EVs from encapsulated pneumococci were recognized by serum proteins, resulting in C3b deposition and formation of C5b-9 membrane attack complexes as well as factor H recruitment, depending on the presence of the choline binding protein PspC. Addition of EVs to human serum decreased opsonophagocytic killing of encapsulated pneumococci. Our data suggest that EVs may act in an immunomodulatory manner by allowing delivery of vesicle-associated proteins and other macromolecules into host cells. In addition, EVs expose targets for complement factors in serum, promoting pneumococcal evasion of humoral host defense. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality worldwide, being the major cause of milder respiratory tract infections such as otitis and sinusitis and of severe infections such as community-acquired pneumonia, with or without septicemia, and meningitis. More knowledge is needed on how pneumococci interact with the host, deliver virulence factors, and activate immune defenses. Here we show that pneumococci form extracellular vesicles that emanate from the plasma membrane and contain virulence properties, including enrichment of pneumolysin. We found that pneumococcal vesicles can be internalized into epithelial and dendritic cells and bind complement proteins, thereby promoting pneumococcal evasion of complement-mediated opsonophagocytosis. They also induce pneumolysin-independent proinflammatory responses. We suggest that these vesicles can function as a mechanism for delivery of pneumococcal proteins and other immunomodulatory components into host cells and help pneumococci to avoid complement deposition and phagocytosis-mediated killing, thereby possibly contributing to the symptoms found in pneumococcal infections.
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Bauwens A, Kunsmann L, Marejková M, Zhang W, Karch H, Bielaszewska M, Mellmann A. Intrahost milieu modulates production of outer membrane vesicles, vesicle-associated Shiga toxin 2a and cytotoxicity in Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O104:H4. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2017; 9:626-634. [PMID: 28675605 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are important virulence tools of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), but other biological functions of these nanostructures are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that modulation of OMV production enables EHEC to resist the intrahost environment during infection by investigating if simulated human gastrointestinal conditions affect OMV production in EHEC O157:H7 and O104:H4. All the conditions tested including a low pH, simulated ileal and colonic media, presence of mucin, intestinal epithelial cell lysate or antimicrobial peptides, as well as iron limitation, significantly increased OMV production by these pathogens. Accordingly, a maximum vesiculation in EHEC O104:H4 was observed immediately after its isolation from a patient's intestine, and rapidly decreased during passages in vitro. Most of the simulated intrahost conditions also upregulated the OMV-associated Shiga toxin 2a (Stx2a), the major EHEC virulence factor, and, as a result, OMV cytotoxicity. The data indicates that upregulation of OMV production by the human gastrointestinal milieu contributes to EHEC survival and adaptation within the host during infection. Moreover, the intrahost increase of vesiculation and OMV-associated Stx2a may augment EHEC virulence.
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- National Reference Laboratory for E. coli and Shigella, National Institute of Public Health, 100 42 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Destoumieux-Garzón D, Rosa RD, Schmitt P, Barreto C, Vidal-Dupiol J, Mitta G, Gueguen Y, Bachère E. Antimicrobial peptides in marine invertebrate health and disease. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2017; 371:rstb.2015.0300. [PMID: 27160602 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Aquaculture contributes more than one-third of the animal protein from marine sources worldwide. A significant proportion of aquaculture products are derived from marine protostomes that are commonly referred to as 'marine invertebrates'. Among them, penaeid shrimp (Ecdysozosoa, Arthropoda) and bivalve molluscs (Lophotrochozoa, Mollusca) are economically important. Mass rearing of arthropods and molluscs causes problems with pathogens in aquatic ecosystems that are exploited by humans. Remarkably, species of corals (Cnidaria) living in non-exploited ecosystems also suffer from devastating infectious diseases that display intriguing similarities with those affecting farmed animals. Infectious diseases affecting wild and farmed animals that are present in marine environments are predicted to increase in the future. This paper summarizes the role of the main pathogens and their interaction with host immunity, with a specific focus on antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and pathogen resistance against AMPs. We provide a detailed review of penaeid shrimp AMPs and their role at the interface between the host and its resident/pathogenic microbiota. We also briefly describe the relevance of marine invertebrate AMPs in an applied context.This article is part of the themed issue 'Evolutionary ecology of arthropod antimicrobial peptides'.
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- Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón
- CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France Ifremer, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France UPVD, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France
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- Laboratory of Immunology Applied to Aquaculture, Department of Cell Biology, Embryology and Genetics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Universidad 330, 2373223 Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratory of Immunology Applied to Aquaculture, Department of Cell Biology, Embryology and Genetics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Ifremer, UMR 241 EIO, LabexCorail, BP 7004, 98719 Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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- CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France Ifremer, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France UPVD, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France
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- CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France Ifremer, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France UPVD, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France
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- CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France Ifremer, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France UPVD, Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France Université de Montpellier, Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE, UMR5244), Place Eugène Bataillon, 34090 Montpellier cedex, France
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Dauros Singorenko P, Chang V, Whitcombe A, Simonov D, Hong J, Phillips A, Swift S, Blenkiron C. Isolation of membrane vesicles from prokaryotes: a technical and biological comparison reveals heterogeneity. J Extracell Vesicles 2017; 6:1324731. [PMID: 28717421 PMCID: PMC5505020 DOI: 10.1080/20013078.2017.1324731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Prokaryotes release membrane vesicles (MVs) with direct roles in disease pathogenesis. MVs are heterogeneous when isolated from bacterial cultures so Density Gradient Centrifugation (DGC) is valuable for separation of MV subgroups from contaminating material. Here we report the technical variability and natural biological heterogeneity seen between DGC preparations of MVs for Mycobacterium smegmatis and Escherichia coli and compare these DGC data with size exclusion chromatography (SEC) columns. Crude preparations of MVs, isolated from cultures by ultrafiltration and ultracentrifugation were separated by DGC with fractions manually collected as guided by visible bands. Yields of protein, RNA and endotoxin, protein banding and particle counts were analysed in these. DGC and SEC methods enabled separation of molecularly distinct MV populations from crude MVs. DGC banding profiles were unique for each of the two species of bacteria tested and further altered by changing culture conditions, for example with iron supplementation. SEC is time efficient, reproducible and cost effective method that may also allow partial LPS removal from Gram-negative bacterial MVs. In summary, both DGC and SEC are suitable for the separation of mixed populations of MVs and we advise trials of both, coupled with complete molecular and single vesicle characterisation prior to downstream experimentation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Priscila Dauros Singorenko
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
| | - Cherie Blenkiron
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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