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Hunt BC, Brix V, Vath J, Guterman BL, Taddei SM, Learman BS, Brauer AL, Shen S, Qu J, Armbruster CE. Metabolic interplay between Proteus mirabilis and Enterococcus faecalis facilitates polymicrobial biofilm formation and invasive disease. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.03.17.533237. [PMID: 36993593 PMCID: PMC10055233 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.17.533237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Polymicrobial biofilms play an important role in the development and pathogenesis of CAUTI. Proteus mirabilis and Enterococcus faecalis are common CAUTI pathogens that persistently co-colonize the catheterized urinary tract and form biofilms with increased biomass and antibiotic resistance. In this study, we uncover the metabolic interplay that drives biofilm enhancement and examine the contribution to CAUTI severity. Through compositional and proteomic biofilm analyses, we determined that the increase in biofilm biomass stems from an increase in the protein fraction of the polymicrobial biofilm matrix. We further observed an enrichment in proteins associated with ornithine and arginine metabolism in polymicrobial biofilms compared to single-species biofilms. We show that L-ornithine secretion by E. faecalis promotes arginine biosynthesis in P. mirabilis, and that disruption of this metabolic interplay abrogates the biofilm enhancement we see in vitro and leads to significant decreases in infection severity and dissemination in a murine CAUTI model.
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- Benjamin C. Hunt
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
- NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States of America
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Lê-Bury P, Echenique-Rivera H, Pizarro-Cerdá J, Dussurget O. Determinants of bacterial survival and proliferation in blood. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2024; 48:fuae013. [PMID: 38734892 PMCID: PMC11163986 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuae013] [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: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Bloodstream infection is a major public health concern associated with high mortality and high healthcare costs worldwide. Bacteremia can trigger fatal sepsis whose prevention, diagnosis, and management have been recognized as a global health priority by the World Health Organization. Additionally, infection control is increasingly threatened by antimicrobial resistance, which is the focus of global action plans in the framework of a One Health response. In-depth knowledge of the infection process is needed to develop efficient preventive and therapeutic measures. The pathogenesis of bloodstream infection is a dynamic process resulting from the invasion of the vascular system by bacteria, which finely regulate their metabolic pathways and virulence factors to overcome the blood immune defenses and proliferate. In this review, we highlight our current understanding of determinants of bacterial survival and proliferation in the bloodstream and discuss their interactions with the molecular and cellular components of blood.
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- Pierre Lê-Bury
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Yersinia Research Unit, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA, Center for Immunology of Viral, Autoimmune, Hematological and Bacterial Diseases (IMVA-HB/IDMIT), 18 route du Panorama, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Yersinia Research Unit, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Yersinia Research Unit, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, WHO Collaborating Research & Reference Centre for Plague FRA-146, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047, Yersinia Research Unit, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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Chakkour M, Hammoud Z, Farhat S, El Roz A, Ezzeddine Z, Ghssein G. Overview of Proteus mirabilis pathogenicity and virulence. Insights into the role of metals. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1383618. [PMID: 38646633 PMCID: PMC11026637 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1383618] [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: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
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Proteus mirabilis is a Gram-negative bacterium with exclusive molecular and biological features. It is a versatile pathogen acclaimed for its distinct urease production, swarming behavior, and rapid multicellular activity. Clinically, P. mirabilis is a frequent pathogen of the human urinary system where it causes urinary tract infections (UTIs) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). This review explores the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical manifestations, and treatment of P. mirabilis infections, emphasizing its association with UTIs. The bacterium's genome analysis revealed the presence of resistance genes against commonly used antibiotics, an antibiotic-resistant phenotype that poses a serious clinical challenge. Particularly, the emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and carbapenemases resistant P. mirabilis strains. On a molecular level, P. mirabilis possesses a wide array of virulence factors including the production of fimbriae, urease, hemolysins, metallophores, and biofilm formation. This review thoroughly tackles a substantial gap in understanding the role of metallophores in shaping the virulence factors of P. mirabilis virulence. Siderophores, iron metal chelating and transporting metallophores, particularly contribute to the complex pathogenic strategies, displaying a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
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- Mohamed Chakkour
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Public Health, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Khalde, Lebanon
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- Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Public Health, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Khalde, Lebanon
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- Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Public Health, Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), Khalde, Lebanon
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Ramatla T, Ramaili T, Lekota K, Mileng K, Ndou R, Mphuthi M, Khasapane N, Syakalima M, Thekisoe O. Antibiotic resistance and virulence profiles of Proteus mirabilis isolated from broiler chickens at abattoir in South Africa. Vet Med Sci 2024; 10:e1371. [PMID: 38357843 PMCID: PMC10867704 DOI: 10.1002/vms3.1371] [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: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Proteus mirabilis has been identified as an important zoonotic pathogen, causing several illnesses such as diarrhoea, keratitis and urinary tract infections. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the prevalence of P. mirabilis in broiler chickens, its antibiotic resistance (AR) patterns, ESBL-producing P. mirabilis and the presence of virulence genes. METHODS A total of 26 isolates were confirmed as P. mirabilis from 480 pooled broiler chicken faecal samples by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The disk diffusion method was used to evaluate the antibacterial susceptibility test, while nine virulence genes and 26 AR genes were also screened by PCR. RESULTS All 26 P. mirabilis isolates harboured the ireA (siderophore receptors), ptA, and zapA (proteases), ucaA, pmfA, atfA, and mrpA (fimbriae), hlyA and hpmA (haemolysins) virulence genes. The P. mirabilis isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin (62%) and levofloxacin (54%), while 8 (30.7%) of the isolates were classified as multidrug resistant (MDR). PCR analysis identified the blaCTX-M gene (62%), blaTEM (58%) and blaCTX-M-2 (38%). Further screening for AMR genes identified mcr-1, cat1, cat2, qnrA, qnrD and mecA, 12%, 19%, 12%, 54%, 27% and 8%, respectively for P. mirabilis isolates. The prevalence of the integron integrase intI1 and intI2 genes was 43% and 4%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The rise of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin resistance, as well as MDR strains, is a public health threat that points to a challenge in the treatment of infections caused by these zoonotic bacteria. Furthermore, because ESBL-producing P. mirabilis has the potential to spread to humans, the presence of blaCTX -M -producing P. mirabilis in broilers should be kept under control. This is the first study undertaken to isolate P. mirabilis from chicken faecal samples and investigate its antibiotic resistance status as well as virulence profiles in South Africa.
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- Tsepo Ramatla
- Unit for Environmental Sciences and ManagementNorth‐West UniversityPotchefstroomSouth Africa
- Gastrointestinal Research UnitDepartment of SurgerySchool of Clinical MedicineUniversity of the Free StateBloemfonteinSouth Africa
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- Department of Animal Health, School of AgricultureNorth‐West UniversityMmabathoSouth Africa
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- Unit for Environmental Sciences and ManagementNorth‐West UniversityPotchefstroomSouth Africa
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- Unit for Environmental Sciences and ManagementNorth‐West UniversityPotchefstroomSouth Africa
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- Department of Animal Health, School of AgricultureNorth‐West UniversityMmabathoSouth Africa
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- Department of Animal Health, School of AgricultureNorth‐West UniversityMmabathoSouth Africa
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- Department of Life SciencesCentre for Applied Food Safety and BiotechnologyCentral University of TechnologyBloemfonteinSouth Africa
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- Department of Animal Health, School of AgricultureNorth‐West UniversityMmabathoSouth Africa
- Department of Disease ControlSchool of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of ZambiaLusakaZambia
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- Unit for Environmental Sciences and ManagementNorth‐West UniversityPotchefstroomSouth Africa
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Pearson MM, Shea AE, Pahil S, Smith SN, Forsyth VS, Mobley HLT. Organ agar serves as physiologically relevant alternative for in vivo bacterial colonization. Infect Immun 2023; 91:e0035523. [PMID: 37850748 PMCID: PMC10652904 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00355-23] [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: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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Animal models for host-microbial interactions have proven valuable, yielding physiologically relevant data that may be otherwise difficult to obtain. Unfortunately, such models are lacking or nonexistent for many microbes. Here, we introduce organ agar, a straightforward method to enable the screening of large mutant libraries while avoiding physiological bottlenecks. We demonstrate that growth defects on organ agar were translatable to bacterial colonization deficiencies in a murine model. Specifically, we present a urinary tract infection agar model to interrogate an ordered library of Proteus mirabilis transposon mutants, with accurate prediction of bacterial genes critical for host colonization. Thus, we demonstrate the ability of ex vivo organ agar to reproduce in vivo deficiencies. Organ agar was also useful for identifying previously unknown links between biosynthetic genes and swarming motility. This work provides a readily adoptable technique that is economical and uses substantially fewer animals. We anticipate this method will be useful for a wide variety of microorganisms, both pathogenic and commensal, in a diverse range of model host species.
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- Melanie M. Pearson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Holmes CL, Wilcox AE, Forsyth V, Smith SN, Moricz BS, Unverdorben LV, Mason S, Wu W, Zhao L, Mobley HLT, Bachman MA. Klebsiella pneumoniae causes bacteremia using factors that mediate tissue-specific fitness and resistance to oxidative stress. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011233. [PMID: 37463183 PMCID: PMC10381055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Gram-negative bacteremia is a major cause of global morbidity involving three phases of pathogenesis: initial site infection, dissemination, and survival in the blood and filtering organs. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of bacteremia and pneumonia is often the initial infection. In the lung, K. pneumoniae relies on many factors like capsular polysaccharide and branched chain amino acid biosynthesis for virulence and fitness. However, mechanisms directly enabling bloodstream fitness are unclear. Here, we performed transposon insertion sequencing (TnSeq) in a tail-vein injection model of bacteremia and identified 58 K. pneumoniae bloodstream fitness genes. These factors are diverse and represent a variety of cellular processes. In vivo validation revealed tissue-specific mechanisms by which distinct factors support bacteremia. ArnD, involved in Lipid A modification, was required across blood filtering organs and supported resistance to soluble splenic factors. The purine biosynthesis enzyme PurD supported liver fitness in vivo and was required for replication in serum. PdxA, a member of the endogenous vitamin B6 biosynthesis pathway, optimized replication in serum and lung fitness. The stringent response regulator SspA was required for splenic fitness yet was dispensable in the liver. In a bacteremic pneumonia model that incorporates initial site infection and dissemination, splenic fitness defects were enhanced. ArnD, PurD, DsbA, SspA, and PdxA increased fitness across bacteremia phases and each demonstrated unique fitness dynamics within compartments in this model. SspA and PdxA enhanced K. pnuemoniae resistance to oxidative stress. SspA, but not PdxA, specifically resists oxidative stress produced by NADPH oxidase Nox2 in the lung, spleen, and liver, as it was a fitness factor in wild-type but not Nox2-deficient (Cybb-/-) mice. These results identify site-specific fitness factors that act during the progression of Gram-negative bacteremia. Defining K. pneumoniae fitness strategies across bacteremia phases could illuminate therapeutic targets that prevent infection and sepsis.
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- Caitlyn L Holmes
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Bioinformatics Core Facility, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Research Institute, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Pearson MM, Shea AE, Pahil S, Smith SN, Forsyth VS, Mobley HLT. Organ agar serves as physiologically relevant alternative for in vivo colonization. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-2777869. [PMID: 37293055 PMCID: PMC10246091 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2777869/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Animal models for host-microbial interactions have proven valuable, yielding physiologically relevant data that may be otherwise difficult to obtain. Unfortunately, such models are lacking or nonexistent for many microbes. Here, we introduce organ agar, a straightforward method to enable the screening of large mutant libraries while avoiding physiological bottlenecks. We demonstrate that growth defects on organ agar were translatable to colonization deficiencies in a murine model. Specifically, we present a urinary tract infection agar model to interrogate an ordered library of Proteus mirabilis transposon mutants, with accurate prediction of bacterial genes critical for host colonization. Thus, we demonstrate the ability of ex vivo organ agar to reproduce in vivo deficiencies. This work provides a readily adoptable technique that is economical and uses substantially fewer animals. We anticipate this method will be useful for a wide variety of microorganisms, both pathogenic and commensal, in a diverse range of model host species.
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- Melanie M. Pearson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Construction of an Ordered Transposon Library for Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis HI4320. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0314222. [PMID: 36377916 PMCID: PMC9769666 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03142-22] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ordered transposon libraries are a valuable resource for many bacterial species, especially those with difficult methods for generating targeted genetic mutations. Here, we present the construction of an ordered transposon library for the bacterial urinary tract pathogen Proteus mirabilis strain HI4320. This library will facilitate future studies into P. mirabilis biology. For large experimental screens, it may be used to overcome bottleneck constraints and avoid biased outcomes resulting from gene length. For smaller studies, the library allows sidestepping the laborious construction of single targeted mutants. This library, containing 18,432 wells, was condensed into a smaller library containing 1,728 mutants. Each selected mutant had a single transposon insertion in an open reading frame, covering 45% of predicted genes encoded by P. mirabilis HI4320. This coverage was lower than expected and was due both to library wells with no mapped insertions and a surprisingly high proportion of mixed clones and multiple transposon insertion events. We offer recommendations for improving future library construction and suggestions for how to use this P. mirabilis library resource. IMPORTANCE Ordered libraries facilitate large genetic screens by guaranteeing high genomic coverage with a minimal number of mutants, and they can save time and effort by reducing the need to construct targeted mutations. This resource is now available for P. mirabilis, a common and complicating agent of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. We also present obstacles encountered during library construction with the goal to aid others who would like to construct ordered transposon libraries in other species.
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Brauer AL, Learman BS, Taddei SM, Deka N, Hunt BC, Armbruster CE. Preferential catabolism of l- vs d-serine by Proteus mirabilis contributes to pathogenesis and catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Mol Microbiol 2022; 118:125-144. [PMID: 35970717 PMCID: PMC9486832 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Proteus mirabilis is a common cause of urinary tract infection, especially in catheterized individuals. Amino acids are the predominant nutrient for bacteria during growth in urine, and our prior studies identified several amino acid import and catabolism genes as fitness factors for P. mirabilis catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), particularly those for d- and l-serine. In this study, we sought to determine the hierarchy of amino acid utilization by P. mirabilis and to examine the relative importance of d- vs l-serine catabolism for critical steps in CAUTI development and progression. Herein, we show that P. mirabilis preferentially catabolizes l-serine during growth in human urine, followed by d-serine, threonine, tyrosine, glutamine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine. Independently disrupting catabolism of either d- or l-serine has minimal impact on in vitro phenotypes while completely disrupting both pathways decreases motility, biofilm formation, and fitness due to perturbation of membrane potential and cell wall biosynthesis. In a mouse model of CAUTI, loss of either serine catabolism system decreased fitness, but disrupting l-serine catabolism caused a greater fitness defect than disrupting d-serine catabolism. We, therefore, conclude that the hierarchical utilization of amino acids may be a critical component of P. mirabilis colonization and pathogenesis within the urinary tract.
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- Aimee L. Brauer
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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Yi X, Chen Y, Cai H, Wang J, Zhang Y, Zhu Z, Lin M, Qin Y, Jiang X, Xu X. The temperature-dependent expression of type II secretion system controls extracellular product secretion and virulence in mesophilic Aeromonas salmonida SRW-OG1. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:945000. [PMID: 35979091 PMCID: PMC9376225 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.945000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Aeromonas salmonicida is a typical cold water bacterial pathogen that causes furunculosis in many freshwater and marine fish species worldwide. In our previous study, the pathogenic A. salmonicida (SRW-OG1) was isolated from a warm water fish, Epinephelus coioides was genomics and transcriptomics analyzed. Type II secretion system was found in the genome of A. salmonicida SRW-OG1, while the expressions of tatA, tatB, and tatC were significantly affected by temperature stress. Also, sequence alignment analysis, homology analysis and protein secondary structure function analysis showed that tatA, tatB, and tatC were highly conservative, indicating their biological significance. In this study, by constructing the mutants of tatA, tatB, and tatC, we investigated the mechanisms underlying temperature-dependent virulence regulation in mesophilic A. salmonida SRW-OG1. According to our results, tatA, tatB, and tatC mutants presented a distinct reduction in adhesion, hemolysis, biofilm formation and motility. Compared to wild-type strain, inhibition of the expression of tatA, tatB, and tatC resulted in a decrease in biofilm formation by about 23.66%, 19.63% and 40.13%, and a decrease in adhesion ability by approximately 77.69%, 80.41% and 62.14% compared with that of the wild-type strain. Furthermore, tatA, tatB, and tatC mutants also showed evidently reduced extracellular enzymatic activities, including amylase, protease, lipase, hemolysis and lecithinase. The genes affecting amylase, protease, lipase, hemolysis, and lecithinase of A. salmonicida SRW-OG1 were identified as cyoE, ahhh1, lipA, lipB, pulA, HED66_RS01350, HED66_RS19960, aspA, fabD, and gpsA, which were notably affected by temperature stress and mutant of tatA, tatB, and tatC. All above, tatA, tatB and tatC regulate the virulence of A. salmonicida SRW-OG1 by affecting biofilm formation, adhesion, and enzymatic activity of extracellular products, and are simultaneously engaged in temperature-dependent pathogenicity.
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- Xin Yi
- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
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- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
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- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
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- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
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- Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaojin Xu, ; Youyu Zhang,
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- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
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- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
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- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
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- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
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- Fisheries College, Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
- Engineering Research Center of the Modern Technology for Eel Industry, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaojin Xu, ; Youyu Zhang,
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Jessop M, Huard K, Desfosses A, Tetreau G, Carriel D, Bacia-Verloop M, Mas C, Mas P, Fraudeau A, Colletier JP, Gutsche I. Structural and biochemical characterisation of the Providencia stuartii arginine decarboxylase shows distinct polymerisation and regulation. Commun Biol 2022; 5:317. [PMID: 35383285 PMCID: PMC8983666 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03276-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bacterial homologous lysine and arginine decarboxylases play major roles in the acid stress response, physiology, antibiotic resistance and virulence. The Escherichia coli enzymes are considered as their archetypes. Whereas acid stress triggers polymerisation of the E. coli lysine decarboxylase LdcI, such behaviour has not been observed for the arginine decarboxylase Adc. Here we show that the Adc from a multidrug-resistant human pathogen Providencia stuartii massively polymerises into filaments whose cryo-EM structure reveals pronounced differences between Adc and LdcI assembly mechanisms. While the structural determinants of Adc polymerisation are conserved only in certain Providencia and Burkholderia species, acid stress-induced polymerisation of LdcI appears general for enterobacteria. Analysis of the expression, activity and oligomerisation of the P. stuartii Adc further highlights the distinct properties of this unusual protein and lays a platform for future investigation of the role of supramolecular assembly in the superfamily or arginine and lysine decarboxylases. Jessop et. al. investigate the expression, activity, structure and supramolecular assembly of the arginine decarboxylase from Providencia stuartii, compare its polymers with those formed by the Escherichia coli lysine decarboxylase, and analyse the evolutionary conservation of the structural determinants of the polymerisation of these enzymes in enterobacteria.
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- Matthew Jessop
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France.,Division of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, UK
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, F-38044, Grenoble, France.
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Zou H, Shen Y, Li C, Li Q. Two Phenotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 Outbreak from Neonatal Sepsis with a Slight Increase in Virulence. Infect Drug Resist 2022; 15:1-12. [PMID: 35023933 PMCID: PMC8748007 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s343292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Purpose Severe infection has been the leading causes of neonatal death, especially the emergency of multidrug-resistant bacteria such as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. This study aimed to investigate the outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KP) in neonatal wards and to explore the possible pathogenesis of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Materials and Methods CR-KP were collected from neonatal ward of Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children between 2017 and 2019. Broth microdilution method was used to evaluate the antimicrobial activities in vitro, at the same time, the virulence of the strain was evaluated by in vitro and in vivo experiments. At last, prokaryotic chain specific transcriptome sequencing was conducted to explore the possible pathogenesis of CR-KP. Results In this study, a total of 14 carbapenem-resistant-Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KP) strains were isolated from Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, among which all CR-KP isolates were identified as NDM-1-producers. Molecular epidemiological studies revealed ST147 being the most common sequence type (ST). Moreover, we first found two phenotypes of K. pneumoniae with different virulence from the same specimen. Type I, which was a white and sticky colony had a slight increase in virulence with higher biofilm formation, serum resistance and virulence than Type II with gray colony. Compared with the Type II, 10 pathways were obviously changed in Type I especially amino acid metabolism, such as arginine and proline metabolism. Conclusion Our findings revealed a new potential threat of NDM-1-positive CR-KP with higher virulence in neonatal ICU ward. We found two phenotypes of K. pneumoniae with different virulent, which may be due to the difference expression of arginine and proline metabolism.
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- Hua Zou
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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Hullahalli K, Waldor MK. Pathogen clonal expansion underlies multiorgan dissemination and organ-specific outcomes during murine systemic infection. eLife 2021; 10:e70910. [PMID: 34636322 PMCID: PMC8545400 DOI: 10.7554/elife.70910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The dissemination of pathogens through blood and their establishment within organs lead to severe clinical outcomes. However, the within-host dynamics that underlie pathogen spread to and clearance from systemic organs remain largely uncharacterized. In animal models of infection, the observed pathogen population results from the combined contributions of bacterial replication, persistence, death, and dissemination, each of which can vary across organs. Quantifying the contribution of each these processes is required to interpret and understand experimental phenotypes. Here, we leveraged STAMPR, a new barcoding framework, to investigate the population dynamics of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli, a common cause of bacteremia, during murine systemic infection. We show that while bacteria are largely cleared by most organs, organ-specific clearance failures are pervasive and result from dramatic expansions of clones representing less than 0.0001% of the inoculum. Clonal expansion underlies the variability in bacterial burden between animals, and stochastic dissemination of clones profoundly alters the pathogen population structure within organs. Despite variable pathogen expansion events, host bottlenecks are consistent yet highly sensitive to infection variables, including inoculum size and macrophage depletion. We adapted our barcoding methodology to facilitate multiplexed validation of bacterial fitness determinants identified with transposon mutagenesis and confirmed the importance of bacterial hexose metabolism and cell envelope homeostasis pathways for organ-specific pathogen survival. Collectively, our findings provide a comprehensive map of the population biology that underlies bacterial systemic infection and a framework for barcode-based high-resolution mapping of infection dynamics.
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- Karthik Hullahalli
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham & Women’s HospitalBostonUnited States
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham & Women’s HospitalBostonUnited States
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Short FL, Liu Q, Shah B, Clift HE, Naidu V, Li L, Prity FT, Mabbutt BC, Hassan KA, Paulsen IT. The Acinetobacter baumannii disinfectant resistance protein, AmvA, is a spermidine and spermine efflux pump. Commun Biol 2021; 4:1114. [PMID: 34552198 PMCID: PMC8458285 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02629-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance genes, including multidrug efflux pumps, evolved long before the ubiquitous use of antimicrobials in medicine and infection control. Multidrug efflux pumps often transport metabolites, signals and host-derived molecules in addition to antibiotics or biocides. Understanding their ancestral physiological roles could inform the development of strategies to subvert their activity. In this study, we investigated the response of Acinetobacter baumannii to polyamines, a widespread, abundant class of amino acid-derived metabolites, which led us to identify long-chain polyamines as natural substrates of the disinfectant efflux pump AmvA. Loss of amvA dramatically reduced tolerance to long-chain polyamines, and these molecules induce expression of amvA through binding to its cognate regulator AmvR. A second clinically-important efflux pump, AdeABC, also contributed to polyamine tolerance. Our results suggest that the disinfectant resistance capability that allows A. baumannii to survive in hospitals may have evolutionary origins in the transport of polyamine metabolites.
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- Francesca L. Short
- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia ,grid.1002.30000 0004 1936 7857Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC Australia
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia ,grid.280427.b0000 0004 0434 015XPresent Address: Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI USA
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia
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- grid.266842.c0000 0000 8831 109XSchool of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW Australia
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- grid.1004.50000 0001 2158 5405Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW Australia
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Pathogen population dynamics during infection are critical determinants of infection susceptibility and define patterns of dissemination. However, deciphering these dynamics, particularly founding population sizes in host organs and patterns of dissemination between organs, is difficult because measuring bacterial burden alone is insufficient to observe these patterns. Introduction of allelic diversity into otherwise identical bacteria using DNA barcodes enables sequencing-based measurements of these parameters, in a method known as STAMP (Sequence Tag-based Analysis of Microbial Populations). However, bacteria often undergo unequal expansion within host organs, resulting in marked differences in the frequencies of barcodes in input and output libraries. Here, we show that these differences confound STAMP-based analyses of founding population sizes and dissemination patterns. We present STAMPR, a successor to STAMP, which accounts for such population expansions. Using data from systemic infection of barcoded extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli, we show that this new framework, along with the metrics it yields, enhances the fidelity of measurements of bottlenecks and dissemination patterns. STAMPR was also validated on an independent barcoded Pseudomonas aeruginosa data set, uncovering new patterns of dissemination within the data. This framework (available at https://github.com/hullahalli/stampr_rtisan), when coupled with barcoded data sets, enables a more complete assessment of within-host bacterial population dynamics. IMPORTANCE Barcoded bacteria are often employed to monitor pathogen population dynamics during infection. The accuracy of these measurements is diminished by unequal bacterial expansion rates. Here, we develop computational tools to circumvent this limitation and establish additional metrics that collectively enhance the fidelity of measuring within-host pathogen founding population sizes and dissemination patterns. These new tools will benefit future studies of the dynamics of pathogens and symbionts within their respective hosts and may have additional barcode-based applications beyond host-microbe interactions.
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Catalase Activity is Critical for Proteus mirabilis Biofilm Development, EPS Composition, and Dissemination During Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection. Infect Immun 2021; 89:e0017721. [PMID: 34280035 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00177-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Proteus mirabilis is a leading uropathogen of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), which are among the most common healthcare-associated infections worldwide. A key factor that contributes to P. mirabilis pathogenesis and persistence during CAUTI is the formation of catheter biofilms, which provide increased resistance to antibiotic treatment and host defense mechanisms. Another factor that is important for bacterial persistence during CAUTI is the ability to resist reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as through the action of the catalase enzyme. Potent catalase activity is one of the defining biochemical characteristics of P. mirabilis, and the single catalase gene (katA) encoded in strain HI4320 was recently identified as a candidate fitness factor for UTI, CAUTI, and bacteremia. Here we show that disruption of katA results in increased ROS levels, increased sensitivity to peroxide, and decreased biofilm biomass. The biomass defect was due to a decrease in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production by the ΔkatA mutant, and specifically due to reduced carbohydrate content. Importantly, the biofilm defect resulted in decreased antibiotic resistance in vitro and a colonization defect during experimental CAUTI. The ΔkatA mutant also exhibited decreased fitness in a bacteremia model, supporting a dual role for catalase in P. mirabilis biofilm development and immune evasion.
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Gram-negative bacteremia is a devastating public health threat, with high mortality in vulnerable populations and significant costs to the global economy. Concerningly, rates of both Gram-negative bacteremia and antimicrobial resistance in the causative species are increasing. Gram-negative bacteremia develops in three phases. First, bacteria invade or colonize initial sites of infection. Second, bacteria overcome host barriers, such as immune responses, and disseminate from initial body sites to the bloodstream. Third, bacteria adapt to survive in the blood and blood-filtering organs. To develop new therapies, it is critical to define species-specific and multispecies fitness factors required for bacteremia in model systems that are relevant to human infection. A small subset of species is responsible for the majority of Gram-negative bacteremia cases, including Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii The few bacteremia fitness factors identified in these prominent Gram-negative species demonstrate shared and unique pathogenic mechanisms at each phase of bacteremia progression. Capsule production, adhesins, and metabolic flexibility are common mediators, whereas only some species utilize toxins. This review provides an overview of Gram-negative bacteremia, compares animal models for bacteremia, and discusses prevalent Gram-negative bacteremia species.
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- Caitlyn L Holmes
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Nanduri B, Swiatlo E. The expansive effects of polyamines on the metabolism and virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pneumonia (Nathan) 2021; 13:4. [PMID: 33762024 PMCID: PMC7990898 DOI: 10.1186/s41479-021-00082-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Polyamines are common intracellular metabolites of nearly all cells, and their conservation across a vast diversity of cells suggests critical roles for these compounds in cellular physiology. Most intracellular polyamines are associated with RNA and, subsequently, polyamines have significant effects on transcription and translation. Putrescine and spermidine are the most common polyamines in bacteria. Intracellular polyamine pools in bacteria are tightly controlled by both de novo synthesis and transport. Polyamine homeostasis is emerging as a critical parameter of multiple pathways and physiology with substantial impact on bacterial pathogenesis, including the important human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. Modulation of polyamine metabolism in pneumococci is an important regulator of central metabolism. It has broad effects on virulence factors such as capsule as well as stress responses that ultimately impact the survival of pneumococcus in a host. Polyamine transport protein as a single antigen or in combination with other pneumococcal proteins is shown to be an efficacious immunogen that protects against nasopharyngeal colonization, and invasive disease. A comprehensive description of polyamine metabolic pathways and their intersection with pneumococcal pathogenesis will undoubtedly point to novel approaches for treatment and prevention of pneumococcal disease.
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- Bindu Nanduri
- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, MS, 39762, Mississippi State, USA. .,Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA.
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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The goal of genomics and systems biology is to understand how complex systems of factors assemble into pathways and structures that combine to form living organisms. Great advances in understanding biological processes result from determining the function of individual genes, a process that has classically relied on characterizing single mutations. Advances in DNA sequencing has made available the complete set of genetic instructions for an astonishing and growing number of species. To understand the function of this ever-increasing number of genes, a high-throughput method was developed that in a single experiment can measure the function of genes across the genome of an organism. This occurred approximately 10 years ago, when high-throughput DNA sequencing was combined with advances in transposon-mediated mutagenesis in a method termed transposon insertion sequencing (TIS). In the subsequent years, TIS succeeded in addressing fundamental questions regarding the genes of bacteria, many of which have been shown to play central roles in bacterial infections that result in major human diseases. The field of TIS has matured and resulted in studies of hundreds of species that include significant innovations with a number of transposons. Here, we summarize a number of TIS experiments to provide an understanding of the method and explanation of approaches that are instructive when designing a study. Importantly, we emphasize critical aspects of a TIS experiment and highlight the extension and applicability of TIS into nonbacterial species such as yeast.
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- Tim van Opijnen
- Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA;
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- Section on Eukaryotic Transposable Elements, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA;
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Weber BS, De Jong AM, Guo AB, Dharavath S, French S, Fiebig-Comyn AA, Coombes BK, Magolan J, Brown ED. Genetic and Chemical Screening in Human Blood Serum Reveals Unique Antibacterial Targets and Compounds against Klebsiella pneumoniae. Cell Rep 2020; 32:107927. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli CFT073 Fitness Factors during Urinary Tract Infection: Identification Using an Ordered Transposon Library. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:AEM.00691-20. [PMID: 32358013 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00691-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Urinary tract infections (UTI), the second most diagnosed infectious disease worldwide, are caused primarily by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), placing a significant financial burden on the health care system. High-throughput transposon mutagenesis combined with genome-targeted sequencing is a powerful technique to interrogate genomes for fitness genes. Genome-wide analysis of E. coli requires random libraries of at least 50,000 mutants to achieve 99.99% saturation; however, the traditional murine model of ascending UTI does not permit testing of large mutant pools due to a bottleneck during infection. To address this, an E. coli CFT073 transposon mutant ordered library of 9,216 mutants was created and insertion sites were identified. A single transposon mutant was selected for each gene to assemble a condensed library consisting of 2,913 unique nonessential mutants. Using a modified UTI model in BALB/c mice, we identified 36 genes important for colonizing the bladder, including purB, yihE, and carB Screening of the condensed library in vitro identified yigP and ubiG to be essential for growth in human urine. Additionally, we developed a novel quantitative PCR (qPCR) technique to identify genes with fitness defects within defined subgroups of related genes (e.g., genes encoding fimbriae, toxins, etc.) following UTI. The number of mutants within these subgroups circumvents bottleneck restriction and facilitates validation of multiple mutants to generate individual competitive indices. Collectively, this study investigates the bottleneck effects during UTI, provides two techniques for evading those effects that can be applied to other disease models, and contributes a genetic tool in prototype strain CFT073 to the field.IMPORTANCE Uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains cause most uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI), one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide. Random transposon mutagenesis techniques have been utilized to identify essential bacterial genes during infection; however, this has been met with limitations when applied to the murine UTI model. Conventional high-throughput transposon mutagenesis screens are not feasible because of inoculum size restrictions due to a bottleneck during infection. Our study utilizes a condensed ordered transposon library, limiting the number of mutants while maintaining the largest possible genome coverage. Screening of this library in vivo, and in human urine in vitro, identified numerous candidate fitness factors. Additionally, we have developed a novel technique using qPCR to quantify bacterial outputs following infection with small subgroups of transposon mutants. Molecular approaches developed in this study will serve as useful tools to probe in vivo models that are restricted by anatomical, physiological, or genetic bottleneck limitations.
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Transposon Insertion Site Sequencing of Providencia stuartii: Essential Genes, Fitness Factors for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection, and the Impact of Polymicrobial Infection on Fitness Requirements. mSphere 2020; 5:5/3/e00412-20. [PMID: 32461277 PMCID: PMC7253602 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00412-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Providencia stuartii is a common cause of polymicrobial catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), and yet literature describing the molecular mechanisms of its pathogenesis is limited. To identify factors important for colonization during single-species infection and during polymicrobial infection with a common cocolonizer, Proteus mirabilis, we created a saturating library of ∼50,000 transposon mutants and conducted transposon insertion site sequencing (Tn-Seq) in a murine model of CAUTI. P. stuartii strain BE2467 carries 4,398 genes, 521 of which were identified as essential for growth in laboratory medium and therefore could not be assessed for contribution to infection. Using an input/output fold change cutoff value of 20 and P values of <0.05, 340 genes were identified as important for establishing single-species infection only and 63 genes as uniquely important for polymicrobial infection with P. mirabilis, and 168 genes contributed to both single-species and coinfection. Seven mutants were constructed for experimental validation of the primary screen that corresponded to flagella (fliC mutant), twin arginine translocation (tatC), an ATP-dependent protease (clpP), d-alanine-d-alanine ligase (ddlA), type 3 secretion (yscI and sopB), and type VI secretion (impJ). Infection-specific phenotypes validated 6/7 (86%) mutants during direct cochallenge with wild-type P. stuartii and 3/5 (60%) mutants during coinfection with P. mirabilis, for a combined validation rate of 9/12 (75%). Tn-Seq therefore successfully identified genes that contribute to fitness of P. stuartii within the urinary tract, determined the impact of coinfection on fitness requirements, and added to the identification of a collection of genes that may contribute to fitness of multiple urinary tract pathogens.IMPORTANCE Providencia stuartii is a common cause of polymicrobial catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), particularly during long-term catheterization. However, little is known regarding the pathogenesis of this organism. Using transposon insertion site sequencing (Tn-Seq), we performed a global assessment of P. stuartii fitness factors for CAUTI while simultaneously determining how coinfection with another pathogen alters fitness requirements. This approach provides four important contributions to the field: (i) the first global estimation of P. stuartii genes essential for growth in laboratory medium, (ii) identification of novel fitness factors for P. stuartii colonization of the catheterized urinary tract, (iii) identification of core fitness factors for both single-species and polymicrobial CAUTI, and (iv) assessment of conservation of fitness factors between common uropathogens. Genomewide assessment of the fitness requirements for common uropathogens during single-species and polymicrobial CAUTI thus elucidates complex interactions that contribute to disease severity and will uncover conserved targets for therapeutic intervention.
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Baddal B. Next-generation technologies for studying host-pathogen interactions: a focus on dual transcriptomics, CRISPR/Cas9 screening and organs-on-chips. Pathog Dis 2020; 77:5593955. [PMID: 31626299 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftz060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Pathogens constantly interact with their hosts and the environment, and therefore have evolved unique virulence mechanisms to target and breach host defense barriers and manipulate host immune response to establish an infection. Advances in technologies that allow genome mining, gene editing such as CRISPR/Cas9, genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic studies such as dual RNA-seq, coupled with bioinformatics, have accelerated the field of host-pathogen interactions within a broad range of infection models. Underpinning of the molecular changes that accompany invasion of eukaryotic cells with pathogenic microorganisms at the intersection of host, pathogen and their local environment has provided a better understanding of infectious disease mechanisms and antimicrobial strategies. The recent evolution of physiologically relevant three-dimensional (3-D) tissue/organ models and microfluidic organ-on-chip devices also provided a window to a more predictive framework of infectious disease processes. These approaches combined hold the potential to highly impact discovery of novel drug targets and vaccine candidates of the future. Here, we review three of the available and emerging technologies-dual RNA-seq, CRISPR/Cas9 screening and organs-on-chips, applicable to the high throughput study and deciphering of interaction networks between pathogens and their hosts that are critical for the development of novel therapeutics.
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- Buket Baddal
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Near East Boulevard, Nicosia 99010, Cyprus
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Brauer AL, Learman BS, Armbruster CE. Ynt is the primary nickel import system used by Proteus mirabilis and specifically contributes to fitness by supplying nickel for urease activity. Mol Microbiol 2020; 114:185-199. [PMID: 32255226 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Proteus mirabilis is a Gram-negative uropathogen and frequent cause of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). One important virulence factor is its urease enzyme, which requires nickel to be catalytically active. It is, therefore, hypothesized that nickel import is critical for P. mirabilis urease activity and pathogenesis during infection. P. mirabilis strain HI4320 encodes two putative nickel import systems, designated Nik and Ynt. By disrupting the substrate-binding proteins from each import system (nikA and yntA), we show that Ynt is the primary nickel importer, while Nik only compensates for loss of Ynt at high nickel concentrations. We further demonstrate that these are the only binding proteins capable of importing nickel for incorporation into the urease enzyme. Loss of either nickel-binding protein results in a significant fitness defect in a murine model of CAUTI, but YntA is more crucial as the yntA mutant was significantly outcompeted by the nikA mutant. Furthermore, despite the importance of nickel transport for hydrogenase activity, the sole contribution of yntA and nikA to virulence is due to their role in urease activity, as neither mutant exhibited a fitness defect when disrupted in a urease-negative background.
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- Aimee L Brauer
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Davey L, Valdivia RH. Bacterial genetics and molecular pathogenesis in the age of high throughput DNA sequencing. Curr Opin Microbiol 2020; 54:59-66. [PMID: 32044689 PMCID: PMC8765803 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2020.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
When Stanley Falkow introduced Molecular Koch's Postulates (Falkow, 1988) as a conceptual framework to identify microbial factors that contributed to disease, he reaffirmed the prominent role that the basic principles of genetic analysis should play in defining genotype-phenotype associations in microbial pathogens. In classical bacterial genetics the nature of mutations is inferred through cis-trans complementation and by indirectly mapping their relative position and physical distance through recombination frequencies - all of which were made possible by the genetic tools of the day: natural transformations, conjugation and transduction. Unfortunately, many of these genetic tools are not always available to study pathogenic bacteria. The recombinant DNA revolution in the 1980s launched the field of molecular pathogenesis as genes could be treated as physical units that could be cut, spliced and transplanted from one microbe to another and thus not only 'prove' that an individual gene complemented a virulence defect in a mutant strain but also could impart pathogenic properties to otherwise benign microbes. The recombinant DNA revolution also enabled the generation of newer versions of genetic tools to generate mutations and engineer microbial genomes. The last decade has ushered in next generation sequencing technologies as a new powerful tool for bacterial genetics. The routine and inexpensive sequencing of microbial genomes has increased the number and phylogenetic scope of microbes that are amenable to functional characterization and experimentation. In this review, we highlight some salient advances in this rapidly evolving area.
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- Lauren Davey
- Duke University School of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, 272 Jones Bldg DUMC 3580, Durham, NC 27710, United States
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- Duke University School of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, 272 Jones Bldg DUMC 3580, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
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