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Felix MA, Sopovski D, Commichaux S, Yoskowitz N, Aljahdali NH, Grim CJ, Abbott CN, Carlton A, Han J, Sanad YM, Zhao S, Wang X, Foley SL, Khajanchi BK. Genetic relatedness and virulence potential of Salmonella Schwarzengrund strains with or without an IncFIB-IncFIC(FII) fusion plasmid isolated from food and clinical sources. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1397068. [PMID: 38827152 PMCID: PMC11143878 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1397068] [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: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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A total of 55 food and clinical S. Schwarzengrund isolates were assayed for plasmid content, among which an IncFIB-IncFIC(FII) fusion plasmid, conferring streptomycin resistance, was detected in 17 isolates. Among the 17 isolates, 9 were food isolates primarily collected from poultry meat, and 8 clinical isolates collected from stool, urine, and gallbladder. SNP-based phylogenetic analyses showed that the isolates carrying the fusion plasmid formed a subclade indicating the plasmid was acquired and is now maintained by the lineage. Phylogenetic analysis of the plasmid suggested it is derived from avian pathogenic plasmids and might confer an adaptive advantage to the S. Schwarzengrund isolates within birds. IncFIB-IncFIC(FII) fusion plasmids from all food and three clinical isolates were self-conjugative and successfully transferred into E. coli J53 by conjugation. Food and clinical isolates had similar virulome profiles and were able to invade human Caco-2 cells. However, the IncFIB-IncFIC(FII) plasmid did not significantly add to their invasion and persistence potential in human Caco-2 cells.
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- Monique A. Felix
- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
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- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR, United States
- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
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- Center for Veterinary Medicine, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, United States
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- Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, United States
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Wang H, Shi C, Yang B, Li Q, Liu S. Characterization of the genome and cell invasive phenotype of Vibrio diabolicus Cg5 isolated from mass mortality of Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. Microb Pathog 2024; 186:106466. [PMID: 38036108 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106466] [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: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Vibrio is an important group of aquatic animal pathogens, which has been identified as the main pathogenic factor causing mass summer mortality of Crassostrea gigas in northern China. This study aims to investigate the potential pathogenic mechanisms of Vibrio Cg5 isolate in C. gigas. We sequenced and annotated the genome of Vibrio Cg5 to analyze potential virulence factors. The gentamicin protection assays were performed with C. gigas primary cells to reveal the cell-invasive behavior of Cg5. The genome analysis showed that Cg5 was a strain of human disease-associated pathogen with multiple antibiotic resistance, and four virulence factors associated with intracellular survival were present in the genome. The gentamicin protection assays showed that Cg5 could potentially invade the cells of C. gigas, indicating that Cg5 could be a facultative intracellular pathogen of C. gigas. These results provide insights into the pathogenic mechanism of V. diabolicus, an emerging pathogenic Vibrio on aquatic animals, which would be valuable in preventing and controlling diseases in oysters.
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- Hebing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, and College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, and College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, and College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, and College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, and College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Martins IM, Seribelli AA, Machado Ribeiro TR, da Silva P, Lustri BC, Hernandes RT, Falcão JP, Moreira CG. Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) aminoglycoside-resistant ST313 isolates feature unique pathogenic mechanisms to reach the bloodstream. INFECTION, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION : JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2023; 116:105519. [PMID: 37890808 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) from the clonal type ST313 (S. Typhimurium ST313) is the primary cause of invasive salmonellosis in Africa. Recently, in Brazil, iNTS ST313 strains have been isolated from different sources, but there is a lack of understanding of the mechanisms behind how these gut bacteria can break the gut barrier and reach the patient's bloodstream. Here, we compare 13 strains of S. Typhimurium ST313, previously unreported isolates, from human blood cultures, investigating aspects of virulence and mechanisms of resistance. Initially, RNAseq analyses between ST13-blood isolate and SL1344 (ST19) prototype revealed 15 upregulated genes directly related to cellular invasion and replication, such as sopD2, sifB, and pipB. Limited information is available about S. Typhimurium ST313 pathogenesis and epidemiology, especially related to the global distribution of strains. Herein, the correlation of strains isolated from different sources in Brazil was employed to compare clinical and non-clinical isolates, a total of 22 genomes were studied by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs). The epidemiological analysis of 22 genomes of S. Typhimurium ST313 strains grouped them into three distinct clusters (A, B, and C) by SNP analysis, where cluster A comprised five, group B six, and group C 11. The 13 clinical blood isolates were all resistant to streptomycin, 92.3% of strains were resistant to ampicillin and 15.39% were resistant to kanamycin. The resistance genes acrA, acrB, mdtK, emrB, emrR, mdsA, and mdsB related to the production of efflux pumps were detected in all (100%) strains studied, similar to pathogenic traits investigated. In conclusion, we evidenced that S. Typhimurium ST313 strains isolated in Brazil have unique epidemiology. The elevated frequencies of virulence genes such as sseJ, sopD2, and pipB are a major concern in these Brazilian isolates, showing a higher pathogenic potential.
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- Isabela Mancini Martins
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo- USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo- USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista- UNESP- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Araraquara, SP, Brazil; Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
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Gebauer J, Tesařík R, Králová N, Havlíčková H, Matiašovic J. Salmonella Typhimurium-based inactivated vaccine containing a wide spectrum of bacterial antigens which mimics protein expression changes during different stages of an infection process. Vet Microbiol 2023; 282:109756. [PMID: 37141806 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Salmonella infections are still considered a persistent problem in veterinary medicine. Vaccination is one of the tools for decreasing the burden of many pathogens on animals. However, the efficiency of available commercial or experimental vaccines against non-typhoid Salmonella strains is not yet sufficient. We followed the path of an inactivated vaccine that is safe and well accepted, but whose presented antigen spectrum is limited. We improved this issue by using diverse cultivation conditions mimicking bacterial protein expression during the natural infection process. The cultivation process was set up to simulate the host environment to enhance the expression of SPI-1 (Salmonella pathogenicity island) proteins, SPI-2 proteins, siderophore-related proteins, and flagellar proteins. Three different cultivation media were used and subsequent cultures were mixed together, inactivated, and used for the immunization of post-weaned piglets. A mixture of recombinant Salmonella proteins was also used as a recombinant vaccine for comparison. The clinical symptoms during the subsequent experimental infection, antibody response, and organ bacterial loads were examined. One day after the infection, we observed an increased rectal temperature in the group of unvaccinated animals and the animals vaccinated with the recombinant vaccine. The increase in the temperature of the pigs vaccinated with the inactivated Salmonella mixture was significantly lower. In the same group, we also found lower bacterial loads in the ileum content and the colon wall. The IgG response to several Salmonella antigens was enhanced in this group, but it did not reach the titers of the group vaccinated with the recombinant vaccine. To summarize, the pigs vaccinated with an inactivated mixture of Salmonella cultures mimicking protein expression changes during the natural infection exhibited less serious clinical symptoms and lower bacterial load in the body after the experimental infection compared to the unvaccinated pigs and the pigs vaccinated with a mixture of recombinant Salmonella proteins.
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- Jan Gebauer
- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 296/70, Brno, 62100, Czech Republic.
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 296/70, Brno, 62100, Czech Republic
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 296/70, Brno, 62100, Czech Republic; Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno, 60200, Czech Republic
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 296/70, Brno, 62100, Czech Republic
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 296/70, Brno, 62100, Czech Republic
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González-Torres B, González-Gómez JP, Ramírez K, Castro-del Campo N, González-López I, Garrido-Palazuelos LI, Chaidez C, Medrano-Félix JA. Population structure of the Salmonella enterica serotype Oranienburg reveals similar virulence, regardless of isolation years and sources. Gene 2023; 851:146966. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Yuan J, Zhang Q, Chen S, Yan M, Yue L. LC3-Associated Phagocytosis in Bacterial Infection. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11080863. [PMID: 36014984 PMCID: PMC9415076 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11080863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) is a noncanonical autophagy process reported in recent years and is one of the effective mechanisms of host defense against bacterial infection. During LAP, bacteria are recognized by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), enter the body, and then recruit LC3 onto a single-membrane phagosome to form a LAPosome. LC3 conjugation can promote the fusion of the LAPosomes with lysosomes, resulting in their maturation into phagolysosomes, which can effectively kill the identified pathogens. However, to survive in host cells, bacteria have also evolved strategies to evade killing by LAP. In this review, we summarized the mechanism of LAP in resistance to bacterial infection and the ways in which bacteria escape LAP. We aim to provide new clues for developing novel therapeutic strategies for bacterial infectious diseases.
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- Jin Yuan
- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, China; (J.Y.); (Q.Z.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, China; (J.Y.); (Q.Z.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, China; (J.Y.); (Q.Z.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, China; (J.Y.); (Q.Z.); (S.C.)
- Correspondence: (M.Y.); (L.Y.)
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- The Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Kunming 650118, China
- Correspondence: (M.Y.); (L.Y.)
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Pozdeev G, Beckett MC, Mogre A, Thomson NR, Dorman CJ. Reciprocally rewiring and repositioning the Integration Host Factor (IHF) subunit genes in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium: impacts on physiology and virulence. Microb Genom 2022; 8. [PMID: 35166652 PMCID: PMC8942017 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000768] [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] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The Integration Host Factor (IHF) is a heterodimeric nucleoid-associated protein that plays roles in bacterial nucleoid architecture and genome-wide gene regulation. The ihfA and ihfB genes encode the subunits and are located 350 kbp apart, in the Right replichore of the Salmonella chromosome. IHF is composed of one IhfA and one IhfB subunit. Despite this 1 : 1 stoichiometry, MS revealed that IhfB is produced in 2-fold excess over IhfA. We re-engineered Salmonella to exchange reciprocally the protein-coding regions of ihfA and ihfB, such that each relocated protein-encoding region was driven by the expression signals of the other's gene. MS showed that in this 'rewired' strain, IhfA is produced in excess over IhfB, correlating with enhanced stability of the hybrid ihfB-ihfA mRNA that was expressed from the ihfB promoter. Nevertheless, the rewired strain grew at a similar rate to the wild-type and was similar in competitive fitness. However, compared to the wild-type, it was less motile, had growth-phase-specific reductions in SPI-1 and SPI-2 gene expression, and was engulfed at a higher rate by RAW macrophage. Our data show that while exchanging the physical locations of its ihf genes and the rewiring of their regulatory circuitry are well tolerated in Salmonella, genes involved in the production of type 3 secretion systems exhibit dysregulation accompanied by altered phenotypes.
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- German Pozdeev
- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Attachment of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli to Host Cells Reduces O Antigen Chain Length at the Infection Site That Promotes Infection. mBio 2021; 12:e0269221. [PMID: 34903041 PMCID: PMC8669466 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02692-21] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Many enteropathogenic bacteria express a needle-like type III secretion system (T3SS) that translocates effectors into host cells promoting infection. O antigen (OAg) constitutes the outer layer of Gram-negative bacteria protecting bacteria from host immune responses. Shigella constitutively shortens the OAg molecule in its three-dimensional conformation by glucosylation, leading to enhanced T3SS function. However, whether and how other enteropathogenic bacteria shorten the OAg molecule that probably facilitates infection remain unknown. For the first time, we report a smart mechanism by which enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli specifically reduces the size of the OAg molecule at the infection site upon sensing mechanical signals of intestinal epithelial cell attachment via the membrane protein YgjI. YgjI represses expression of the OAg chain length regulator gene fepE via the global regulator H-NS, leading to shortened OAg chains and injection of more T3SS effectors into host cells. However, bacteria express long-chain OAg in the intestinal lumen benefiting their survival. Animal experiments show that blocking this regulatory pathway significantly attenuates bacterial virulence. This finding enhances our understanding of interactions between the surfaces of bacterial and host cells and the way this interaction enhances bacterial pathogenesis. IMPORTANCE Little is known about the regulation of cell wall structure of enteropathogenic bacteria within the host. Here, we report that enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli regulates its cell wall structure during the infection process, which balances its survival in the intestinal lumen and infection of intestinal epithelial cells. In the intestinal lumen, bacteria express long-chain OAg, which is located in the outer part of the cell wall, leading to enhanced resistance to antimicrobial peptides. However, upon epithelial cell attachment, bacteria sense this mechanical signal via a membrane protein and reduce the OAg chain length, resulting in enhanced injection into epithelial cells of T3SS effectors that mediate host cell infection. Similar regulation mechanisms of cell wall structure in response to host cell attachment may be widespread in pathogenic bacteria and closely related with bacterial pathogenesis.
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Seribelli AA, da Silva P, Frazão MR, Kich JD, Allard MW, Falcão JP. Phylogenetic relationship and genomic characterization of Salmonella Typhimurium strains isolated from swine in Brazil. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2021; 93:104977. [PMID: 34174480 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Salmonella Typhimurium has been transmitted between humans and animals. Although, Brazil has been one of the largest pork meat exporters worldwide, there are few studies that characterized epidemiologically S. Typhimurium strains from swine. The aims of this work were to study the phylogenetic relationship of S. Typhimurium genomes isolated from swine in Brazil among themselves and with other genomes isolated from several sources and countries using wgMLST and cgMLST and to perform the search of Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs). In addition, for S. Typhimurium strains from swine to compare the virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes by VFDB and ResFinder, genetic content by BLAST Atlas and orthologous proteins clusters by OrthoVenn. The constructed phylogenetic trees by wgMLST and cgMLST grouped the majority (92.3% and 80.7%, respectively) of the strains isolated from swine in Brazil into the same group. All the isolates contained important SPIs (SPI-1, SPI-2, SPI-3, SPI-5 and SPI-9). A total of 100 and 31 virulence and resistance genes were detected in the S. Typhimurium strains isolated from swine, respectively. The BLAST Atlas and orthologous proteins analysis found regions of phages and differences in metabolic, regulatory and cellular processes among S. Typhimurium LT2 and S. Typhimurium isolates from swine. In conclusion, molecular typing based in the wgMLST and cgMLST suggested that the S. Typhimurium isolates from swine studied were genetically related. The pathogenic potential of the strains studied was corroborated by the presence of important SPIs and virulence genes. The high number of antimicrobial resistance genes detected is worrying and reinforced their potential risk in swine in Brazil. The comparison by BLAST Atlas suggested differences in mobile genetic elements among S. Typhimurium LT2 and S. Typhimurium isolates from swine in Brazil. The orthologous proteins analysis revealed unique genes related to important cellular processes in the strains from swine.
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- Amanda Aparecida Seribelli
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara, UNESP - Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú Km 1, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Suínos e Aves - EMBRAPA, Concórdia, SC, Brazil
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- Food and Drug Administration - FDA, College Park, MD, United States.
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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Dos Santos AMP, Ferrari RG, Panzenhagen P, Rodrigues GL, Conte-Junior CA. Virulence genes identification and characterization revealed the presence of the Yersinia High Pathogenicity Island (HPI) in Salmonella from Brazil. Gene 2021; 787:145646. [PMID: 33848574 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.145646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Salmonella spp. is one of the major agents of foodborne disease worldwide, and its virulence genes are responsible for the main pathogenic mechanisms of this micro-organism. The whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of pathogens has become a lower-cost and more accessible genotyping tool providing many gene analysis possibilities. This study provided an in silico investigation of 129 virulence genes, including plasmidial and bacteriophage genes from Brazilian strains' public Salmonella genomes. The frequency analysis of the four most sequenced serovars and a temporal analysis over the past four decades was also performed. The NCBI sequence reads archive (SRA) database comprised 1077 Salmonella public whole-genome sequences of strains isolated in Brazil between 1968 and 2018. Among the 1077 genomes, 775 passed in Salmonella in silico Typing (SISTR) quality control, which also identified 41 different serovars in which the four most prevalent were S. Enteritidis, S. Typhimurium, S. Dublin, and S. Heidelberg. Among these, S. Heidelberg presented the most distinct virulence profile, besides presenting Yersinia High Pathogenicity Island (HPI), rare and first reported in Salmonella from Brazil. The genes mgtC, csgC, ssaI and ssaS were the most prevalent within the 775 genomes with more than 99% prevalence. On the other hand, the less frequent genes were astA, iucBCD, tptC and shdA, with less than 1% frequency. All of the plasmids and bacteriophages virulence genes presented a decreasing trend between the 2000 s and 2010 s decades, except for the phage gene grvA, which increased in this period. This study provides insights into Salmonella virulence genes distribution in Brazil using freely available bioinformatics tools. This approach could guide in vivo and in vitro studies besides being an interesting method for the investigation and surveillance of Salmonella virulence. Moreover, here we propose the genes mgtC, csgC, ssaI and ssaS as additional targets for PCR identification of Salmonella in Brazil due to their very high frequency in the studied genomes.
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- Anamaria M P Dos Santos
- Molecular & Analytical Laboratory Center, Faculty of Veterinary, Department of Food Technology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil; Chemistry Institute, Food Science Program, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Center for Food Analysis (NAL-LADETEC), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Chemistry Institute, Food Science Program, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Animal Science, College for Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba (CCA/UFPB), Areia, PB, Brazil.
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- Molecular & Analytical Laboratory Center, Faculty of Veterinary, Department of Food Technology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil; Chemistry Institute, Food Science Program, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Center for Food Analysis (NAL-LADETEC), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Chemistry Institute, Food Science Program, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Center for Food Analysis (NAL-LADETEC), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Molecular & Analytical Laboratory Center, Faculty of Veterinary, Department of Food Technology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil; Chemistry Institute, Food Science Program, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Center for Food Analysis (NAL-LADETEC), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; National Institute of Health Quality Control, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Pozdeev G, Mogre A, Dorman CJ. Consequences of producing DNA gyrase from a synthetic gyrBA operon in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Mol Microbiol 2021; 115:1410-1429. [PMID: 33539568 PMCID: PMC8359277 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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DNA gyrase is an essential type II topoisomerase that is composed of two subunits, GyrA and GyrB, and has an A2B2 structure. Although the A and B subunits are required in equal proportions to form DNA gyrase, the gyrA and gyrB genes that encode them in Salmonella (and in many other bacteria) are at separate locations on the chromosome, are under separate transcriptional control, and are present in different copy numbers in rapidly growing bacteria. In wild‐type Salmonella, gyrA is near the chromosome's replication terminus, while gyrB is near the origin. We generated a synthetic gyrBA operon at the oriC‐proximal location of gyrB to test the significance of the gyrase gene position for Salmonella physiology. Although the strain producing gyrase from an operon had a modest alteration to its DNA supercoiling set points, most housekeeping functions were unaffected. However, its SPI‐2 virulence genes were expressed at a reduced level and its survival was reduced in macrophage. Our data reveal that the horizontally acquired SPI‐2 genes have a greater sensitivity to disturbance of DNA topology than the core genome and we discuss its significance in the context of Salmonella genome evolution and the gyrA and gyrB gene arrangements found in other bacteria.
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- German Pozdeev
- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Milne-Davies B, Wimmi S, Diepold A. Adaptivity and dynamics in type III secretion systems. Mol Microbiol 2020; 115:395-411. [PMID: 33251695 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The type III secretion system is the common core of two bacterial molecular machines: the flagellum and the injectisome. The flagellum is the most widely distributed prokaryotic locomotion device, whereas the injectisome is a syringe-like apparatus for inter-kingdom protein translocation, which is essential for virulence in important human pathogens. The successful concept of the type III secretion system has been modified for different bacterial needs. It can be adapted to changing conditions, and was found to be a dynamic complex constantly exchanging components. In this review, we highlight the flexibility, adaptivity, and dynamic nature of the type III secretion system.
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- Bailey Milne-Davies
- Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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Self-Labeling Enzyme Tags for Translocation Analyses of Salmonella Effector Proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2020. [PMID: 32894488 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0791-6_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Salmonella enterica is an invasive, facultative intracellular pathogen with a highly sophisticated intracellular lifestyle. Invasion and intracellular proliferation are dependent on the translocation of effector proteins by two distinct type III secretion systems (T3SS) into the host cell. To unravel host-pathogen interactions, dedicated imaging techniques visualizing Salmonella effector proteins during the infection are essential. Here we describe a new approach utilizing self-labeling enzyme (SLE) tags as a universal labeling tool for tracing effector proteins. This method is able to resolve the temporal and spatial dynamics of effector proteins in living cells. The method is applicable to conventional confocal fluorescence microscopy, but also to tracking and localization microscopy (TALM), and super-resolution microscopy (SRM) of single molecules, allowing the visualization of effector proteins beyond the optical diffraction limit.
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Bao H, Wang S, Zhao JH, Liu SL. Salmonella secretion systems: Differential roles in pathogen-host interactions. Microbiol Res 2020; 241:126591. [PMID: 32932132 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The bacterial genus Salmonella includes a large group of food-borne pathogens that cause a variety of gastrointestinal or systemic diseases in hosts. Salmonella use several secretion devices to inject various effectors targeting eukaryotic hosts, or bacteria. In the past few years, considerable progress has been made towards understanding the structural features and molecular mechanisms of the secretion systems of Salmonella, particularly regarding their roles in host-pathogen interactions. In this review, we summarize the current advances about the main characteristics of the Salmonella secretion systems. Clarifying the roles of the secretion systems in the process of infecting various hosts will broaden our understanding of the importance of microbial interactions in maintaining human health and will provide information for developing novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Hongxia Bao
- Genomics Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; HMU-UCCSM Centre for Infection and Genomics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Translational Medicine Research and Cooperation Center of Northern China, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China.
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- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences (State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Genomics Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; HMU-UCCSM Centre for Infection and Genomics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Translational Medicine Research and Cooperation Center of Northern China, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Genomics Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; HMU-UCCSM Centre for Infection and Genomics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Translational Medicine Research and Cooperation Center of Northern China, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Harbin, China; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
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Type three secretion system in Salmonella Typhimurium: the key to infection. Genes Genomics 2020; 42:495-506. [PMID: 32112371 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-020-00918-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Type Three Secretion Systems (T3SS) are nanomachine complexes, which display the ability to inject effector proteins directly into host cells. This skill allows for gram-negative bacteria to modulate several host cell responses, such as cytoskeleton rearrangement, signal transduction, and cytokine production, which in turn increase the pathogenicity of these bacteria. The Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium (ST) T3SS has been the most characterized so far. Among gram-negative bacterium, ST is one of enterica groups predicted to have two T3SSs activated during different phases of infection. OBJECTIVE To comprise current information about ST T3SS structure and function as well as an overview of its assembly and hierarchical regulation. METHODS With a brief and straightforward reading, this review summarized aspects of both ST T3SS, such as its structure and function. That was possible due to the development of novel techniques, such as X-ray crystallography, cryoelectron microscopy, and nano-gold labelling, which also elucidated the mechanisms behind T3SS assembly and regulation, which was addressed in this review. CONCLUSION This paper provided fundamental overview of ST T3SS assembly and regulation, besides summarized the structure and function of this complex. Due to T3SS relevance in ST pathogenicity, this complex could become a potential target in therapeutic studies as this nanomachine modulates the infection process.
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Andrade LO. Plasma membrane repair involvement in parasitic and other pathogen infections. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2019; 84:217-238. [PMID: 31610864 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Intracellular pathogens depend on specific mechanisms to be able to gain entry and survive into their host cells. For this, they subvert pathways involved in physiological cellular processes. Here we are going to focus on how two protozoan parasites, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania sp, which may cause severe diseases in humans, use plasma membrane repair (PMR) mechanisms to gain entry in host intracellular environment. T. cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a disease originally endemic of central and South America, but that has become widespread around the globe. T. cruzi is able to invade any nucleated cell, but muscle cells are usually the main targets during chronic disease. During host cell contact, the parasite interacts with proteins at the host cell surface and may cause damage to their membrane, which has been shown to be responsible for inducing intracellular calcium increase and PMR-related events that culminate with parasite internalization. The same was recently observed for Leishmania sp, when infecting nonprofessional phagocytic cells, such as fibroblasts. Other pathogens, such as viruses or bacteria may also use PMR-related events for invasion and vacuole escape/maturation. In some cases, PMR may also be responsible to modulate pathogen intracellular development. These other PMR roles in pathogen infections will also be briefly discussed.
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- Luciana O Andrade
- Department of Morphology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Examination of the Expression of Immunity Genes and Bacterial Profiles in the Caecum of Growing Chickens Infected with Salmonella Enteritidis and Fed a Phytobiotic. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:ani9090615. [PMID: 31462004 PMCID: PMC6770741 DOI: 10.3390/ani9090615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Salmonellosis is among the most common infectious poultry diseases that also represent a high risk to human health. The pathological process caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) triggers in the caecum the expression of certain genes, e.g., avian β-defensins (gallinacins), cytokines (interleukins), etc. On the other hand, gut microbiota influences the infection potential of pathogens. The present study aimed at revealing the differential expression of genes associated with the immune system and changes in the bacterial communities in the intestine of growing chickens in response to SE infection. We also tested a feed additive, essential oils-based phytobiotic Intebio, as a potential alternative to antibiotics and showed effects of its administration on the caecal microbiome composition and the expression of some genes related to immunity. The phytobiotic showed its efficiency for application in poultry rearing and production. Abstract This study was performed to investigate the differential expression of eight immunity genes and the bacterial profiles in the caecum of growing chickens challenged with Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) at 1 and 23 days post inoculation (dpi) in response to SE infection at 19 days of age and administration of the phytobiotic Intebio. Following infection, the genes CASP6 and IRF7 were upregulated by greater than twofold. Chicks fed Intebio showed at 1 dpi upregulation of AvBD10, IL6, IL8L2, CASP6 and IRF7. At 23 dpi, expression of AvBD11, IL6, IL8L2, CASP6 and IRF7 lowered in the experiment subgroups as compared with the control. Examination of the caecal contents at 1 dpi demonstrated a significant decrease in the microbial biodiversity in the infected subgroup fed normal diet. Bacterial content of Lactobacillus and Bacillus declined, while that of Enterobacteriaceae rose. In the infected subgroup fed Intebio, a pronounced change in composition of the microflora was not observed. In the early infection stages, the phytobiotic seemed to promote response to infection. Subsequently, an earlier suppression of the inflammatory reaction took place in chickens fed Intebio. Thus, use of Intebio as a drug with phytobiotic activity in chickens, including those infected with Salmonella, proved to be promising.
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Masud S, van der Burg L, Storm L, Prajsnar TK, Meijer AH. Rubicon-Dependent Lc3 Recruitment to Salmonella-Containing Phagosomes Is a Host Defense Mechanism Triggered Independently From Major Bacterial Virulence Factors. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:279. [PMID: 31428591 PMCID: PMC6688089 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Intracellular pathogens such as Salmonella depend on their molecular virulence factors to evade host defense responses like autophagy. Using a zebrafish systemic infection model, we have previously shown that phagocytes, predominantly macrophages, target Salmonella Typhimurium by an autophagy-related pathway known as Lc3-associated phagocytosis (LAP), which is dependent on the host protein Rubicon. Here, we explore the influence of Salmonella virulence factors on pathogenicity in the zebrafish model and induction of LAP as a defense response. We investigated five mutant strains that all could trigger GFP-Lc3 recruitment as puncta or rings around single bacteria or bacterial clusters, in a Rubicon-dependent manner. We found that S. Typhimurium strains carrying mutations in PhoP or PurA, responsible for adaptation to the intracellular environment and efficient metabolism of purines, respectively, are attenuated in the zebrafish model. However, both strains show increased virulence when LAP is inhibited by knockdown of Rubicon. Mutations in type III secretion systems 1 and 2, SipB and SsrB, which are important for invading and replicating in non-phagocytic cells, did not affect the ability to establish successful infection in the zebrafish model. This observation is in line with our previous characterization of this infection model revealing that macrophages actively phagocytose the majority of S. Typhimurium. In contrast to SipB mutants, SsrB mutants were unable to become more virulent in Rubicon-deficient hosts, suggesting that type III system 2 effectors are important for intracellular replication of Salmonella in the absence of LAP. Finally, we found that mutation of FlhD, required for production of flagella, renders S. Typhimurium hypervirulent both in wild type zebrafish embryos and in Rubicon-deficient hosts. FlhD mutation also led to lower levels of GFP-Lc3 recruitment compared with the wild type strain, indicating that recognition of flagellin by the host innate immune system promotes the LAP response. Together, our results provide new evidence that the Rubicon-dependent LAP process is an important defense mechanism against S. Typhimurium.
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- Samrah Masud
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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Zitnan R, Albrecht E, Kalbe C, Miersch C, Revajova V, Levkut M, Röntgen M. Muscle characteristics in chicks challenged with Salmonella Enteritidis and the effect of preventive application of the probiotic Enterococcus faecium. Poult Sci 2019; 98:2014-2025. [PMID: 30590796 PMCID: PMC6448134 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The present study was conducted to assess the effects of the probiotic Enterococcus faecium AL41 (EF) and of the enteric pathogen Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 (SE) on the development of posthatch pectoralis major muscle (PM) of broiler chicks. The four experimental groups were control (CON), EF, SE, and EF+SE (EFSE). EF and SE were given per os from days 1 to 7 and at day 4 posthatch, respectively. Muscle samples from 6 chicks per group were taken at day 8 (D8) and day 11 (D11) to evaluate PM myofiber growth, capillarization, DNA, RNA, and protein content, as well as enzyme activities (isocitrate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase). PM growth rate was 7.45 ± 2.7 g/d in non-SE groups (CON, EF) and 5.10 ± 1.82 g/d in SE-infected groups (P < 0.02). Compared with group CON, application of bacteria (groups EF and SE) reduced the fiber cross-sectional area (246 and 262 vs. 347 ± 19 μm2) and the number of myonuclei per fiber (0.66 and 0.64 vs. 0.79 ± 0.03). At D11, hypertrophic myofiber growth normalized in the EF group, but negative effects persisted in SE and EFSE birds contributing to lower daily PM gain. In addition, SE infection strongly disturbed PM capillarization. Negative effects on capillary cross-sectional area and on the area (%) covered by capillaries persisted until D11 in the SE group, whereas pre-feeding of EF restored capillarization in the EFSE group to control levels. We conclude that supplementation of the probiotic bacteria EF AL41 had positive effects on PM capillarization and, thus, on delivery of O2, supply of nutrients, and removal of metabolites. Supplementation of probiotic bacteria might therefore reduce energetic stress and improve muscle health and meat quality during SE infection.
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- R Zitnan
- National Agriculture and Food Centre, Research Institute of Animal Production, Nitra, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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Giner-Lamia J, Vinuesa P, Betancor L, Silva C, Bisio J, Soleto L, Chabalgoity JA, Puente JL, García-del Portillo F. Genome analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae isolates from invasive human infections reveals enrichment of virulence-related functions in lineage ST1256. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:99. [PMID: 30704413 PMCID: PMC6357384 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5352-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae (IIIb) is frequently isolated from the environment, cold-blooded reptiles, sheep and humans; however only a few studies describe the isolation of this subspecies from invasive human infections. The factors contributing to this unusual behavior are currently unknown. RESULTS We report here the genome features of two diarizonae strains, SBO13 and SBO27, isolated from endocervical tissue collected post-abortion and from cerebrospinal fluid of a newborn child, respectively, in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Although isolated six years apart, SBO27 in 2008 and SBO13 in 2014, both strains belong to the same sequence type 1256 (ST1256) and show a high degree of genome conservation sharing more than 99% of their genes, including the conservation of a ~ 10 kb plasmid. A prominent feature of the two genomes is the presence of 24 genomic islands (GIs), in addition to 10 complete Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPI) and fragments of SPI-7, a pathogenicity island first reported in the human-adapted serovar Typhi. Some of the GIs identified in SBO13 and SBO27 harbor genes putatively encoding auto-transporters involved in adhesion, lipopolysaccharide modifying enzymes, putative toxins, pili-related proteins, efflux pumps, and several putative membrane cation transport related-genes, among others. These two Bolivian isolates also share genes encoding the type-III secretion system effector proteins SseK2, SseK3 and SlrP with other diarizonae sequence types (ST) mainly-associated with infections in humans. The sseK2, sseK3 and slrP genes were either absent or showing frameshift mutations in a significant proportion of genomes from environmental diarizonae isolates. CONCLUSIONS The comparative genomic study of two diarizonae strains isolated in Bolivia from human patients uncovered the presence of many genes putatively related to virulence. The statistically-significant acquisition of a unique combination of these functions by diarizonae strains isolated from humans may have impacted the ability of these isolates to successfully infect the human host.
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- Joaquín Giner-Lamia
- Laboratorio de Patógenos Bacterianos Intracelulares, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
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- Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
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- Ministerio de Salud de Bolivia, Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales (CENETROP), Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Patógenos Bacterianos Intracelulares, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Why Is Eradicating Typhoid Fever So Challenging: Implications for Vaccine and Therapeutic Design. Vaccines (Basel) 2018; 6:vaccines6030045. [PMID: 30042307 PMCID: PMC6160957 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines6030045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) and S. Paratyphi, namely typhoidal Salmonellae, are the cause of (para) typhoid fever, which is a devastating systemic infectious disease in humans. In addition, the spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) S. Typhi in many low and middle-income countries poses a significant risk to human health. While currently available typhoid vaccines and therapeutics are efficacious, they have some limitations. One important limitation is the lack of controlling individuals who chronically carry S. Typhi. However, due to the strict host specificity of S. Typhi to humans, S. Typhi research is hampered. As a result, our understanding of S. Typhi pathogenesis is incomplete, thereby delaying the development and improvement of prevention and treatment strategies. Nonetheless, to better combat and contain S. Typhi, it is vital to develop a vaccine and therapy for controlling both acutely and chronically infected individuals. This review discusses how scientists are trying to combat typhoid fever, why it is so challenging to do so, which approaches show promise, and what we know about the pathogenesis of S. Typhi chronic infection.
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Basic Processes in Salmonella-Host Interactions: Within-Host Evolution and the Transmission of the Virulent Genotype. Microbiol Spectr 2018; 5. [PMID: 28884670 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.mtbp-0012-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Transmission and virulence are central aspects of pathogen evolution. However, in many cases their interconnection has proven difficult to assess by experimentation. Here we discuss recent advances from a mouse model for Salmonella diarrhea. Mouse models mimic the enhanced susceptibility of antibiotic-treated individuals to nontyphoidal salmonellosis. In streptomycin-pretreated mice, Salmonella enterica subspecies 1 serovar Typhimurium efficiently colonizes the gut lumen and elicits pronounced enteropathy. In the host's gut, S. Typhimurium forms two subpopulations that cooperate to elicit disease and optimize transmission. The disease-causing subpopulation expresses a set of dedicated virulence factors (the type 3 secretion system 1 [TTSS-1]) that drive gut tissue invasion. The virulence factor expression is "costly" by retarding the growth rate and exposing the pathogen to innate immune defenses within the gut tissue. These costs are compensated by the gut inflammation (a "public good") that is induced by the invading subpopulation. The inflamed gut lumen fuels S. Typhimurium growth, in particular that of the TTSS-1 "off" subpopulation. The latter grows up to very high densities and promotes transmission. Thus, both phenotypes cooperate to elicit disease and ensure transmission. This system has provided an experimental framework for studying within-host evolution of pathogen virulence, how cooperative virulence is stabilized, and how environmental changes (e.g., antibiotic therapy) affect the transmission of the virulent genotype.
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Jiang X, Li X, Sun S, Jiang L. The transcriptional regulator VarN contributes to Salmonella Typhimurium growth in macrophages and virulence in mice. Res Microbiol 2018; 169:214-221. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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More than a century ago, infections by Salmonella were already associated with foodborne enteric diseases with high morbidity in humans and cattle. Intestinal inflammation and diarrhea are hallmarks of infections caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella serovars, and these pathologies facilitate pathogen transmission to the environment. In those early times, physicians and microbiologists also realized that typhoid and paratyphoid fever caused by some Salmonella serovars could be transmitted by "carriers," individuals outwardly healthy or at most suffering from some minor chronic complaint. In his pioneering study of the nontyphoidal serovar Typhimurium in 1967, Takeuchi published the first images of intracellular bacteria enclosed by membrane-bound vacuoles in the initial stages of the intestinal epithelium penetration. These compartments, called Salmonella-containing vacuoles, are highly dynamic phagosomes with differing biogenesis depending on the host cell type. Single-cell studies involving real-time imaging and gene expression profiling, together with new approaches based on genetic reporters sensitive to growth rate, have uncovered unprecedented heterogeneous responses in intracellular bacteria. Subpopulations of intracellular bacteria displaying fast, reduced, or no growth, as well as cytosolic and intravacuolar bacteria, have been reported in both in vitro and in vivo infection models. Recent investigations, most of them focused on the serovar Typhimurium, point to the selection of persisting bacteria inside macrophages or following an autophagy attack in fibroblasts. Here, we discuss these heterogeneous intracellular lifestyles and speculate on how these disparate behaviors may impact host-to-host transmissibility of Salmonella serovars.
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Colgan AM, Quinn HJ, Kary SC, Mitchenall LA, Maxwell A, Cameron ADS, Dorman CJ. Negative supercoiling of DNA by gyrase is inhibited in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium during adaptation to acid stress. Mol Microbiol 2018; 107:734-746. [PMID: 29352745 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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DNA in intracellular Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium relaxes during growth in the acidified (pH 4-5) macrophage vacuole and DNA relaxation correlates with the upregulation of Salmonella genes involved in adaptation to the macrophage environment. Bacterial ATP levels did not increase during adaptation to acid pH unless the bacterium was deficient in MgtC, a cytoplasmic-membrane-located inhibitor of proton-driven F1 F0 ATP synthase activity. Inhibiting ATP binding by DNA gyrase and topo IV with novobiocin enhanced the effect of low pH on DNA relaxation. Bacteria expressing novobiocin-resistant (NovR ) derivatives of gyrase or topo IV also exhibited DNA relaxation at acid pH, although further relaxation with novobiocin was not seen in the strain with NovR gyrase. Thus, inhibition of the negative supercoiling activity of gyrase was the primary cause of enhanced DNA relaxation in drug-treated bacteria. The Salmonella cytosol reaches pH 5-6 in response to an external pH of 4-5: the ATP-dependent DNA supercoiling activity of purified gyrase was progressively inhibited by lowering the pH in this range, as was the ATP-dependent DNA relaxation activity of topo IV. We propose that DNA relaxation in Salmonella within macrophage is due to acid-mediated impairment of the negative supercoiling activity of gyrase.
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- Aoife M Colgan
- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.,Department of Biology, Institute for Microbial Systems and Society, University of Regina, Regina, SK, S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Biology, Institute for Microbial Systems and Society, University of Regina, Regina, SK, S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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MacKenzie KD, Palmer MB, Köster WL, White AP. Examining the Link between Biofilm Formation and the Ability of Pathogenic Salmonella Strains to Colonize Multiple Host Species. Front Vet Sci 2017; 4:138. [PMID: 29159172 PMCID: PMC5581909 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Salmonella are important pathogens worldwide and a predominant number of human infections are zoonotic in nature. The ability of strains to form biofilms, which is a multicellular behavior characterized by the aggregation of cells, is predicted to be a conserved strategy for increased persistence and survival. It may also contribute to the increasing number of infections caused by ingestion of contaminated fruits and vegetables. There is a correlation between biofilm formation and the ability of strains to colonize and replicate within the intestines of multiple host species. These strains predominantly cause localized gastroenteritis infections in humans. In contrast, there are salmonellae that cause systemic, disseminated infections in a select few host species; these “invasive” strains have a narrowed host range, and most are unable to form biofilms. This includes host-restricted Salmonella serovar Typhi, which are only able to infect humans, and atypical gastroenteritis strains associated with the opportunistic infection of immunocompromised patients. From the perspective of transmission, biofilm formation is advantageous for ensuring pathogen survival in the environment. However, from an infection point of view, biofilm formation may be an anti-virulence trait. We do not know if the capacity to form biofilms prevents a strain from accessing the systemic compartments within the host or if loss of the biofilm phenotype reflects a change in a strain’s interaction with the host. In this review, we examine the connections between biofilm formation, Salmonella disease states, degrees of host adaptation, and how this might relate to different transmission patterns. A better understanding of the dynamic lifecycle of Salmonella will allow us to reduce the burden of livestock and human infections caused by these important pathogens.
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- Keith D MacKenzie
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Knuff K, Finlay BB. What the SIF Is Happening-The Role of Intracellular Salmonella-Induced Filaments. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:335. [PMID: 28791257 PMCID: PMC5524675 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A common strategy among intracellular bacterial pathogens is to enter into a vacuolar environment upon host cell invasion. One such pathogen, Salmonella enterica, resides within the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV) inside epithelial cells and macrophages. Salmonella hijacks the host endosomal system to establish this unique intracellular replicative niche, forming a highly complex and dynamic network of Salmonella-induced filaments (SIFs). SIFs radiate outwards from the SCV upon onset of bacterial replication. SIF biogenesis is dependent on the activity of bacterial effector proteins secreted by the Salmonella-pathogenicity island-2 (SPI-2) encoded type III secretion system. While the presence of SIFs has been known for almost 25 years, their precise role during infection remains elusive. This review summarizes our current knowledge of SCV maturation and SIF biogenesis, and recent advances in our understanding of the role of SIFs inside cells.
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- Katelyn Knuff
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada
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Liu Y, Liu Q, Qi L, Ding T, Wang Z, Fu J, Hu M, Li M, Song J, Liu X. Temporal Regulation of a Salmonella Typhimurium Virulence Factor by the Transcriptional Regulator YdcR. Mol Cell Proteomics 2017; 16:1683-1693. [PMID: 28674150 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m117.068296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We previously examined Salmonella proteome within infected host cells and found differential expression of many proteins with defined functional roles such as metabolism or virulence. However, the precise roles of other altered proteins in Salmonella pathogenesis are largely unknown. A putative transcriptional regulator, YdcR, was highly induced intracellularly whereas barely expressed in vitro, implicating potential relevance to bacterial infection. To unveil its physiological functions, we exploited quantitative proteomics of intracellular Salmonella and found that genetic ablation of ydcR resulted in severe repression of SrfN, a known virulence factor. Immunoblotting, qRT-PCR, and β-galactosidase assays further demonstrate YdcR-dependent transcription and expression of srfN Moreover, we found physical interaction of YdcR with the promoter region of srfN, suggesting direct activation of its transcription. Importantly, a Salmonella mutant lacking ydcR was markedly attenuated in a mouse model of infection. Our findings reveal that YdcR temporally regulates the virulence factor SrfN during infection, thus contributing to Salmonella pathogenesis. Our work also highlights the utility of combining quantitative proteomics and bacterial genetics for uncovering the functional roles of transcription factors and likely other uncharacterized proteins as well.
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- Yanhua Liu
- From the ‡Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- §Department of Laboratory Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- §Department of Laboratory Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- ¶Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6401
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- From the ‡Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
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Chen J, Lin B, Huang Q, Hu L, Zhuo K, Liao J. A novel Meloidogyne graminicola effector, MgGPP, is secreted into host cells and undergoes glycosylation in concert with proteolysis to suppress plant defenses and promote parasitism. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006301. [PMID: 28403192 PMCID: PMC5402989 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Plant pathogen effectors can recruit the host post-translational machinery to mediate their post-translational modification (PTM) and regulate their activity to facilitate parasitism, but few studies have focused on this phenomenon in the field of plant-parasitic nematodes. In this study, we show that the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne graminicola has evolved a novel effector, MgGPP, that is exclusively expressed within the nematode subventral esophageal gland cells and up-regulated in the early parasitic stage of M. graminicola. The effector MgGPP plays a role in nematode parasitism. Transgenic rice lines expressing MgGPP become significantly more susceptible to M. graminicola infection than wild-type control plants, and conversely, in planta, the silencing of MgGPP through RNAi technology substantially increases the resistance of rice to M. graminicola. Significantly, we show that MgGPP is secreted into host plants and targeted to the ER, where the N-glycosylation and C-terminal proteolysis of MgGPP occur. C-terminal proteolysis promotes MgGPP to leave the ER, after which it is transported to the nucleus. In addition, N-glycosylation of MgGPP is required for suppressing the host response. The research data provide an intriguing example of in planta glycosylation in concert with proteolysis of a pathogen effector, which depict a novel mechanism by which parasitic nematodes could subjugate plant immunity and promote parasitism and may present a promising target for developing new strategies against nematode infections.
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- Jiansong Chen
- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- * E-mail: (JLL); (KZ)
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- Laboratory of Plant Nematology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic, Guangzhou, China
- * E-mail: (JLL); (KZ)
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are protein transport nanomachines that are found in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens and symbionts. Resembling molecular syringes, T3SSs form channels that cross the bacterial envelope and the host cell membrane, which enable bacteria to inject numerous effector proteins into the host cell cytoplasm and establish trans-kingdom interactions with diverse hosts. Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy and integrative imaging have provided unprecedented views of the architecture and structure of T3SSs. Furthermore, genetic and molecular analyses have elucidated the functions of many effectors and key regulators of T3SS assembly and secretion hierarchy, which is the sequential order by which the protein substrates are secreted. As essential virulence factors, T3SSs are attractive targets for vaccines and therapeutics. This Review summarizes our current knowledge of the structure and function of this important protein secretion machinery. A greater understanding of T3SSs should aid mechanism-based drug design and facilitate their manipulation for biotechnological applications.
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Raines SA, Hodgkinson MR, Dowle AA, Pryor PR. The Salmonella effector SseJ disrupts microtubule dynamics when ectopically expressed in normal rat kidney cells. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0172588. [PMID: 28235057 PMCID: PMC5325298 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Salmonella effector protein SseJ is secreted by Salmonella into the host cell cytoplasm where it can then modify host cell processes. Whilst host cell small GTPase RhoA has previously been shown to activate the acyl-transferase activity of SseJ we show here an un-described effect of SseJ protein production upon microtubule dynamism. SseJ prevents microtubule collapse and this is independent of SseJ's acyl-transferase activity. We speculate that the effects of SseJ on microtubules would be mediated via its known interactions with the small GTPases of the Rho family.
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- Sally A. Raines
- Department of Biology, Wentworth Way, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Technology Facility, Department of Biology, Wentworth Way, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Wentworth Way, University of York, York, United Kingdom
- Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Arya G, Holtslander R, Robertson J, Yoshida C, Harris J, Parmley J, Nichani A, Johnson R, Poppe C. Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Genoserotyping, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Prevention and Control of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Serovars. CURRENT CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s40588-017-0057-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Use of Attenuated but Metabolically Competent Salmonella as a Probiotic To Prevent or Treat Salmonella Infection. Infect Immun 2016; 84:2131-2140. [PMID: 27185789 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00250-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Salmonella enterica is among the most burdensome of foodborne disease agents. There are over 2,600 serovars that cause a range of disease manifestations ranging from enterocolitis to typhoid fever. While there are two vaccines in use in humans to protect against typhoid fever, there are none that prevent enterocolitis. If vaccines preventing enterocolitis were to be developed, they would likely protect against only one or a few serovars. In this report, we tested the hypothesis that probiotic organisms could compete for the preferred nutrient sources of Salmonella and thus prevent or treat infection. To this end, we added the fra locus, which encodes a utilization pathway for the Salmonella-specific nutrient source fructose-asparagine (F-Asn), to the probiotic bacterium Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (Nissle) to increase its ability to compete with Salmonella in mouse models. We also tested a metabolically competent, but avirulent, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium mutant for its ability to compete with wild-type Salmonella The modified Nissle strain became more virulent and less able to protect against Salmonella in some instances. On the other hand, the modified Salmonella strain was safe and effective in preventing infection with wild-type Salmonella While we tested for efficacy only against Salmonella Typhimurium, the modified Salmonella strain may be able to compete metabolically with most, if not all, Salmonella serovars, representing a novel approach to control of this pathogen.
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Expression and secretion pattern of FljB of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in different culture conditions. Microb Pathog 2016; 95:142-147. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Wallace N, Zani A, Abrams E, Sun Y. The Impact of Oxygen on Bacterial Enteric Pathogens. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2016; 95:179-204. [PMID: 27261784 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2016.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bacterial enteric pathogens are responsible for a tremendous amount of foodborne illnesses every year through the consumption of contaminated food products. During their transit from contaminated food sources to the host gastrointestinal tract, these pathogens are exposed and must adapt to fluctuating oxygen levels to successfully colonize the host and cause diseases. However, the majority of enteric infection research has been conducted under aerobic conditions. To raise awareness of the importance in understanding the impact of oxygen, or lack of oxygen, on enteric pathogenesis, we describe in this review the metabolic and physiological responses of nine bacterial enteric pathogens exposed to environments with different oxygen levels. We further discuss the effects of oxygen levels on virulence regulation to establish potential connections between metabolic adaptations and bacterial pathogenesis. While not providing an exhaustive list of all bacterial pathogens, we highlight key differences and similarities among nine facultative anaerobic and microaerobic pathogens in this review to argue for a more in-depth understanding of the diverse impact oxygen levels have on enteric pathogenesis.
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- N Wallace
- University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, United States
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- University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, United States
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- University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, United States
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- University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, United States
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Metabolic Adaptations of Intracellullar Bacterial Pathogens and their Mammalian Host Cells during Infection ("Pathometabolism"). Microbiol Spectr 2016; 3. [PMID: 26185075 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.mbp-0002-2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several bacterial pathogens that cause severe infections in warm-blooded animals, including humans, have the potential to actively invade host cells and to efficiently replicate either in the cytosol or in specialized vacuoles of the mammalian cells. The interaction between these intracellular bacterial pathogens and the host cells always leads to multiple physiological changes in both interacting partners, including complex metabolic adaptation reactions aimed to promote proliferation of the pathogen within different compartments of the host cells. In this chapter, we discuss the necessary nutrients and metabolic pathways used by some selected cytosolic and vacuolar intracellular pathogens and--when available--the links between the intracellular bacterial metabolism and the expression of the virulence genes required for the intracellular bacterial replication cycle. Furthermore, we address the growing evidence that pathogen-specific factors may also trigger metabolic responses of the infected mammalian cells affecting the carbon and nitrogen metabolism as well as defense reactions. We also point out that many studies on the metabolic host cell responses induced by the pathogens have to be scrutinized due to the use of established cell lines as model host cells, as these cells are (in the majority) cancer cells that exhibit a dysregulated primary carbon metabolism. As the exact knowledge of the metabolic host cell responses may also provide new concepts for antibacterial therapies, there is undoubtedly an urgent need for host cell models that more closely reflect the in vivo infection conditions.
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Kapetanovic R, Bokil NJ, Achard MES, Ong CLY, Peters KM, Stocks CJ, Phan MD, Monteleone M, Schroder K, Irvine KM, Saunders BM, Walker MJ, Stacey KJ, McEwan AG, Schembri MA, Sweet MJ. Salmonella employs multiple mechanisms to subvert the TLR-inducible zinc-mediated antimicrobial response of human macrophages. FASEB J 2016; 30:1901-12. [PMID: 26839376 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201500061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We aimed to characterize antimicrobial zinc trafficking within macrophages and to determine whether the professional intramacrophage pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S Typhimurium) subverts this pathway. Using both Escherichia coli and S Typhimurium, we show that TLR signaling promotes the accumulation of vesicular zinc within primary human macrophages. Vesicular zinc is delivered to E. coli to promote microbial clearance, whereas S. Typhimurium evades this response via Salmonella pathogenicity island (SPI)-1. Even in the absence of SPI-1 and the zinc exporter ZntA, S Typhimurium resists the innate immune zinc stress response, implying the existence of additional host subversion mechanisms. We also demonstrate the combinatorial antimicrobial effects of zinc and copper, a pathway that S. Typhimurium again evades. Our use of complementary tools and approaches, including confocal microscopy, direct assessment of intramacrophage bacterial zinc stress responses, specific E. coli and S Typhimurium mutants, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy, has enabled carefully controlled characterization of this novel innate immune antimicrobial pathway. In summary, our study provides new insights at the cellular level into the well-documented effects of zinc in promoting host defense against infectious disease, as well as the complex host subversion strategies employed by S Typhimurium to combat this pathway.-Kapetanovic, R., Bokil, N. J., Achard, M. E. S., Ong, C.-L. Y., Peters, K. M., Stocks, C. J., Phan, M.-D., Monteleone, M., Schroder, K., Irvine, K. M., Saunders, B. M., Walker, M. J., Stacey, K. J., McEwan, A. G., Schembri, M. A., Sweet, M. J. Salmonella employs multiple mechanisms to subvert the TLR-inducible zinc-mediated antimicrobial response of human macrophages.
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- Ronan Kapetanovic
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia; and
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; IMB Centre for Inflammation and Disease Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;
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Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) species are a group of Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens that infect the airways of cystic fibrosis patients, and occasionally they infect other immunocompromised patients. Bcc bacteria display high-level multidrug resistance and chronically persist in the infected host while eliciting robust inflammatory responses. Studies using macrophages, neutrophils, and dendritic cells, combined with advances in the genetic manipulation of these bacteria, have increased our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of virulence in these pathogens and the molecular details of cell-host responses triggering inflammation. This article discusses our current view of the intracellular survival of Burkholderia cenocepacia within macrophages.
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- Miguel A. Valvano
- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7AE, UK
- Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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Vakulskas CA, Potts AH, Babitzke P, Ahmer BMM, Romeo T. Regulation of bacterial virulence by Csr (Rsm) systems. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2015; 79:193-224. [PMID: 25833324 PMCID: PMC4394879 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00052-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Most bacterial pathogens have the remarkable ability to flourish in the external environment and in specialized host niches. This ability requires their metabolism, physiology, and virulence factors to be responsive to changes in their surroundings. It is no surprise that the underlying genetic circuitry that supports this adaptability is multilayered and exceedingly complex. Studies over the past 2 decades have established that the CsrA/RsmA proteins, global regulators of posttranscriptional gene expression, play important roles in the expression of virulence factors of numerous proteobacterial pathogens. To accomplish these tasks, CsrA binds to the 5' untranslated and/or early coding regions of mRNAs and alters translation, mRNA turnover, and/or transcript elongation. CsrA activity is regulated by noncoding small RNAs (sRNAs) that contain multiple CsrA binding sites, which permit them to sequester multiple CsrA homodimers away from mRNA targets. Environmental cues sensed by two-component signal transduction systems and other regulatory factors govern the expression of the CsrA-binding sRNAs and, ultimately, the effects of CsrA on secretion systems, surface molecules and biofilm formation, quorum sensing, motility, pigmentation, siderophore production, and phagocytic avoidance. This review presents the workings of the Csr system, the paradigm shift that it generated for understanding posttranscriptional regulation, and its roles in virulence networks of animal and plant pathogens.
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- Christopher A Vakulskas
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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The structure of the Slrp-Trx1 complex sheds light on the autoinhibition mechanism of the type III secretion system effectors of the NEL family. Biochem J 2015; 464:135-44. [PMID: 25184225 DOI: 10.1042/bj20140587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Salmonella infections are a leading cause of bacterial foodborne illness in the U.S.A. and the European Union Antimicrobial therapy is often administered to treat the infection, but increasingly isolates are being detected that demonstrate resistance to multiple antibiotics. Salmonella enterica contains two virulence-related T3SS (type III secretion systems): one promotes invasion of the intestine and the other one mediates systemic disease. Both of them secrete the SlrP protein acting as E3 ubiquitin ligase in human host cells where it targets Trx1 (thioredoxin-1). SlrP belongs to the NEL family of bacterial E3 ubiquitin ligases that have been observed in two distinct autoinhibitory conformations. We solved the 3D structure of the SlrP-Trx1 complex and determined the Trx1 ubiquitination site. The description of the substrate-binding mode sheds light on the first step of the activation mechanism of SlrP. Comparison with the available structural data of other NEL effectors allowed us to gain new insights into their autoinhibitory mechanism. We propose a molecular mechanism for the regulation of SlrP in which structural constraints sequestrating the NEL domain would be sequentially released. This work thus constitutes a new milestone in the understanding of how these T3SS effectors influence pathogen virulence. It also provides the fundamental basis for future development of new antimicrobials.
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Composition, formation, and regulation of the cytosolic c-ring, a dynamic component of the type III secretion injectisome. PLoS Biol 2015; 13:e1002039. [PMID: 25591178 PMCID: PMC4295842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The injectisome is a membrane complex through which some bacteria can inject effector proteins into host cells. This study reveals that the cytosolic C-ring structure has a dynamic relationship to the rest of the injectisome, with implications for the regulation of secretion. Many gram-negative pathogens employ a type III secretion injectisome to translocate effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. While the structure of the distal “needle complex” is well documented, the composition and role of the functionally important cytosolic complex remain less well understood. Using functional fluorescent fusions, we found that the C-ring, an essential and conserved cytosolic component of the system, is composed of ~22 copies of SctQ (YscQ in Yersinia enterocolitica), which require the presence of YscQC, the product of an internal translation initiation site in yscQ, for their cooperative assembly. Photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) reveals that in vivo, YscQ is present in both a free-moving cytosolic and a stable injectisome-bound state. Notably, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) shows that YscQ exchanges between the injectisome and the cytosol, with a t½ of 68 ± 8 seconds when injectisomes are secreting. In contrast, the secretin SctC (YscC) and the major export apparatus component SctV (YscV) display minimal exchange. Under non-secreting conditions, the exchange rate of YscQ is reduced to t½ = 134 ± 16 seconds, revealing a correlation between C-ring exchange and injectisome activity, which indicates a possible role for C-ring stability in regulation of type III secretion. The stabilization of the C-ring depends on the presence of the functional ATPase SctN (YscN). These data provide new insights into the formation and composition of the injectisome and present a novel aspect of type III secretion, the exchange of C-ring subunits, which is regulated with respect to secretion. The type III secretion system, also known as the injectisome, is a key virulence factor in many gram-negative bacteria, and is responsible for the transmission of bacterial proteins directly into host cells. While some elements of the system are well characterized, the cytosolic components involved in substrate recognition and handling are not well understood. One of the major questions is the role of the C-ring, an essential yet enigmatic cytosolic injectisome member. We used fluorescence microscopy to analyze the architecture and behavior of the C-ring in live Y. enterocolitica bacteria, a human pathogen. We found that in vivo, the C-ring assembles cooperatively with the help of additional copies of its own C-terminal fragment and has a highly dynamic structure, with C-ring subunits exchanging between the working injectisomes and a cytosolic pool. The rate of exchange is different between secreting and non-secreting injectisomes and depends on the function of the type III secretion ATPase, indicating that the stability of the complex is altered when functioning. This dynamic behaviour raises the possibility that the C-ring is a regulator of targeted protein delivery by the type III secretion system and makes the C-ring a viable target for the development of novel anti-virulence drugs.
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During the intracellular phase of the pathogenic lifestyle, Salmonella enterica massively alters the endosomal system of its host cells. Two hallmarks are the remodeling of phagosomes into the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV) as a replicative niche, and the formation of tubular structures, such as Salmonella-induced filaments (SIFs). To study the dynamics and the fate of these Salmonella-specific compartments, live cell imaging (LCI) is a method of choice. In this chapter, we compare currently used microscopy techniques and focus on considerations and requirements specific for LCI. Detailed protocols for LCI of Salmonella infection with either confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) or spinning disk confocal microscopy (SDCM) are provided.
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- Alexander Kehl
- Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 11, Osnabrück, 49076, Germany
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Chen S, Lang P, Chronis D, Zhang S, De Jong WS, Mitchum MG, Wang X. In planta processing and glycosylation of a nematode CLAVATA3/ENDOSPERM SURROUNDING REGION-like effector and its interaction with a host CLAVATA2-like receptor to promote parasitism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 167:262-72. [PMID: 25416475 PMCID: PMC4281011 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.251637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Like other biotrophic plant pathogens, plant-parasitic nematodes secrete effector proteins into host cells to facilitate infection. Effector proteins that mimic plant CLAVATA3/ENDOSPERM SURROUNDING REGION-related (CLE) proteins have been identified in several cyst nematodes, including the potato cyst nematode (PCN); however, the mechanistic details of this cross-kingdom mimicry are poorly understood. Plant CLEs are posttranslationally modified and proteolytically processed to function as bioactive ligands critical to various aspects of plant development. Using ectopic expression coupled with nanoliquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis, we show that the in planta mature form of proGrCLE1, a multidomain CLE effector secreted by PCN during infection, is a 12-amino acid arabinosylated glycopeptide (named GrCLE1-1Hyp4,7g) with striking structural similarity to mature plant CLE peptides. This glycopeptide is more resistant to hydrolytic degradation and binds with higher affinity to a CLAVATA2-like receptor (StCLV2) from potato (Solanum tuberosum) than its nonglycosylated forms. We further show that StCLV2 is highly up-regulated at nematode infection sites and that transgenic potatoes with reduced StCLV2 expression are less susceptible to PCN infection, indicating that interference of the CLV2-mediated signaling pathway confers nematode resistance in crop plants. These results strongly suggest that phytonematodes have evolved to utilize host cellular posttranslational modification and processing machinery for the activation of CLE effectors following secretion into plant cells and highlight the significance of arabinosylation in regulating nematode CLE effector activity. Our finding also provides evidence that multidomain CLEs are modified and processed similarly to single-domain CLEs, adding new insight into CLE maturation in plants.
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- Shiyan Chen
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (S.C., P.L., X.W.), Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Institute of Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies (S.Z.), and Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics (W.S.D.J.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York 14853 (D.C., X.W.); andDivision of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 (M.G.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (S.C., P.L., X.W.), Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Institute of Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies (S.Z.), and Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics (W.S.D.J.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York 14853 (D.C., X.W.); andDivision of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 (M.G.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (S.C., P.L., X.W.), Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Institute of Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies (S.Z.), and Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics (W.S.D.J.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York 14853 (D.C., X.W.); andDivision of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 (M.G.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (S.C., P.L., X.W.), Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Institute of Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies (S.Z.), and Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics (W.S.D.J.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York 14853 (D.C., X.W.); andDivision of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 (M.G.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (S.C., P.L., X.W.), Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Institute of Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies (S.Z.), and Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics (W.S.D.J.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York 14853 (D.C., X.W.); andDivision of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 (M.G.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (S.C., P.L., X.W.), Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Institute of Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies (S.Z.), and Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics (W.S.D.J.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York 14853 (D.C., X.W.); andDivision of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 (M.G.M.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (S.C., P.L., X.W.), Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Institute of Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies (S.Z.), and Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics (W.S.D.J.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York 14853 (D.C., X.W.); andDivision of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211 (M.G.M.)
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Ishida K, Matsuo J, Yamamoto Y, Yamaguchi H. Chlamydia pneumoniae effector chlamydial outer protein N sequesters fructose bisphosphate aldolase A, providing a benefit to bacterial growth. BMC Microbiol 2014; 14:330. [PMID: 25528659 PMCID: PMC4302594 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0330-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background Pathogenic chlamydiae are obligate intracellular pathogens and have adapted successfully to human cells, causing sexually transmitted diseases or pneumonia. Chlamydial outer protein N (CopN) is likely a critical effector protein secreted by the type III secretion system in chlamydiae, which manipulates host cells. However, the mechanisms of its action remain to be clarified. In this work, we aimed to identify previously unidentified CopN effector target in host cells. Results We first performed a pull-down assay with recombinant glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion CopN proteins (GST–CpCopN: Chlamydia pneumoniae TW183, GST–CtCopN: Chlamydia trachomatis D/UW-3/CX) as “bait” and soluble lysates obtained from human immortal epithelial HEp-2 cells as “prey”, followed by SDS-PAGE with mass spectroscopy (MS). We found that a host cell protein specifically bound to GST–CpCopN, but not GST–CtCopN. MS revealed the host protein to be fructose bisphosphate aldolase A (aldolase A), which plays a key role in glycolytic metabolism. We also confirmed the role of aldolase A in chlamydia-infected HEp-2 cells by using two distinct experiments for gene knockdown with an siRNA specific to aldolase A transcripts, and for assessment of glycolytic enzyme gene expression levels. As a result, both the numbers of chlamydial inclusion-forming units and RpoD transcripts were increased in the chlamydia-infected aldolase A knockdown cells, as compared with the wild-type HEp-2 cells. Meanwhile, chlamydial infection tended to enhance expression of aldolase A. Conclusions We discovered that one of the C. pneumoniae CopN targets is the glycolytic enzyme aldolase A. Sequestering aldolase A may be beneficial to bacterial growth in infected host cells.
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- Kasumi Ishida
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0812, Japan. .,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 102-0083, Japan.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0812, Japan.
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. .,Japan Science and Technology Agency/Japan International Cooperation Agency, Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (JST/JICA, SATREPS), Osaka, Japan. .,Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Higashinari-ku, Osaka, 537-0025, Japan.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0812, Japan.
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Rychlik I, Elsheimer-Matulova M, Kyrova K. Gene expression in the chicken caecum in response to infections with non-typhoid Salmonella. Vet Res 2014; 45:119. [PMID: 25475706 PMCID: PMC4256799 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-014-0119-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Chickens can be infected with Salmonella enterica at any time during their life. However, infections within the first hours and days of their life are epidemiologically the most important, as newly hatched chickens are highly sensitive to Salmonella infection. Salmonella is initially recognized in the chicken caecum by TLR receptors and this recognition is followed by induction of chemokines, cytokines and many effector genes. This results in infiltration of heterophils, macrophages, B- and T-lymphocytes and changes in total gene expression in the caecal lamina propria. The highest induction in expression is observed for matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP7). Expression of this gene is increased in the chicken caecum over 4000 fold during the first 10 days after the infection of newly hatched chickens. Additional highly inducible genes in the caecum following S. Enteritidis infection include immune responsive gene 1 (IRG1), serum amyloid A (SAA), extracellular fatty acid binding protein (ExFABP), serine protease inhibitor (SERPINB10), trappin 6-like (TRAP6), calprotectin (MRP126), mitochondrial ES1 protein homolog (ES1), interferon-induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 5 (IFIT5), avidin (AVD) and transglutaminase 4 (TGM4). The induction of expression of these proteins exceeds a factor of 50. Similar induction rates are also observed for chemokines and cytokines such as IL1β, IL6, IL8, IL17, IL18, IL22, IFNγ, AH221 or iNOS. Once the infection is under control, which happens approx. 2 weeks after infection, expression of IgY and IgA increases to facilitate Salmonella elimination from the gut lumen. This review outlines the function of individual proteins expressed in chickens after infection with non-typhoid Salmonella serovars.
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- Ivan Rychlik
- Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, Brno, 621 00, Czech Republic.
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Maudet C, Mano M, Sunkavalli U, Sharan M, Giacca M, Förstner KU, Eulalio A. Functional high-throughput screening identifies the miR-15 microRNA family as cellular restriction factors for Salmonella infection. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4718. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs in the interaction between host and bacterial pathogens. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:4140-7. [PMID: 25128459 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs with a central role in the post-transcriptional control of gene expression, that have been implicated in a wide-range of biological processes. Regulation of miRNA expression is increasingly recognized as a crucial part of the host response to infection by bacterial pathogens, as well as a novel molecular strategy exploited by bacteria to manipulate host cell pathways. Here, we review the current knowledge of bacterial pathogens that modulate host miRNA expression, focusing on mammalian host cells, and the implications of miRNA regulation on the outcome of infection. The emerging role of commensal bacteria, as part of the gut microbiota, on host miRNA expression in the presence or absence of bacterial pathogens is also discussed.
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Popoff MR. Bacterial factors exploit eukaryotic Rho GTPase signaling cascades to promote invasion and proliferation within their host. Small GTPases 2014; 5:28209. [PMID: 25203748 DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.28209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Actin cytoskeleton is a main target of many bacterial pathogens. Among the multiple regulation steps of the actin cytoskeleton, bacterial factors interact preferentially with RhoGTPases. Pathogens secrete either toxins which diffuse in the surrounding environment, or directly inject virulence factors into target cells. Bacterial toxins, which interfere with RhoGTPases, and to some extent with RasGTPases, catalyze a covalent modification (ADPribosylation, glucosylation, deamidation, adenylation, proteolysis) blocking these molecules in their active or inactive state, resulting in alteration of epithelial and/or endothelial barriers, which contributes to dissemination of bacteria in the host. Injected bacterial virulence factors preferentially manipulate the RhoGTPase signaling cascade by mimicry of eukaryotic regulatory proteins leading to local actin cytoskeleton rearrangement, which mediates bacterial entry into host cells or in contrast escape to phagocytosis and immune defense. Invasive bacteria can also manipulate RhoGTPase signaling through recognition and stimulation of cell surface receptor(s). Changes in RhoGTPase activation state is sensed by the innate immunity pathways and allows the host cell to adapt an appropriate defense response.
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- Michel R Popoff
- Unité des Bactéries anaérobies et Toxines; Institut Pasteur; Paris, France
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a food-borne pathogen that causes severe gastroenteritis. The ability of Salmonella to cause disease depends on two type III secretion systems (T3SSs) encoded in two distinct Salmonella pathogenicity islands, 1 and 2 (SPI1 and SPI2, respectively). S. Typhimurium encodes a solo LuxR homolog, SdiA, which can detect the acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) produced by other bacteria and upregulate the rck operon and the srgE gene. SrgE is predicted to encode a protein of 488 residues with a coiled-coil domain between residues 345 and 382. In silico studies have provided conflicting predictions as to whether SrgE is a T3SS substrate. Therefore, in this work, we tested the hypothesis that SrgE is a T3SS effector by two methods, a β-lactamase activity assay and a split green fluorescent protein (GFP) complementation assay. SrgE with β-lactamase fused to residue 40, 100, 150, or 300 was indeed expressed and translocated into host cells, but SrgE with β-lactamase fused to residue 400 or 488 was not expressed, suggesting interference by the coiled-coil domain. Similarly, SrgE with GFP S11 fused to residue 300, but not to residue 488, was expressed and translocated into host cells. With both systems, translocation into host cells was dependent upon SPI2. A phylogenetic analysis indicated that srgE is found only within Salmonella enterica subspecies. It is found sporadically within both typhoidal and nontyphoidal serovars, although the SrgE protein sequences found within typhoidal serovars tend to cluster separately from those found in nontyphoidal serovars, suggesting functional diversification.
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