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Agbemavor WSK, Buys EM. Presumptive probiotic bacteria from traditionally fermented African food challenge the adhesion of enteroaggregative
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. J Food Saf 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Wisdom Selorm Kofi Agbemavor
- Department of Consumer and Food Sciences University of Pretoria Lynnwood Rd, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
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- Department of Consumer and Food Sciences University of Pretoria Lynnwood Rd, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002 South Africa
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Meuskens I, Saragliadis A, Leo JC, Linke D. Type V Secretion Systems: An Overview of Passenger Domain Functions. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1163. [PMID: 31214135 PMCID: PMC6555100 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bacteria secrete proteins for different purposes such as communication, virulence functions, adhesion to surfaces, nutrient acquisition, or growth inhibition of competing bacteria. For secretion of proteins, Gram-negative bacteria have evolved different secretion systems, classified as secretion systems I through IX to date. While some of these systems consist of multiple proteins building a complex spanning the cell envelope, the type V secretion system, the subject of this review, is rather minimal. Proteins of the Type V secretion system are often called autotransporters (ATs). In the simplest case, a type V secretion system consists of only one polypeptide chain with a β-barrel translocator domain in the membrane, and an extracellular passenger or effector region. Depending on the exact domain architecture of the protein, type V secretion systems can be further separated into sub-groups termed type Va through e, and possibly another recently identified subtype termed Vf. While this classification works well when it comes to the architecture of the proteins, this is not the case for the function(s) of the secreted passenger. In this review, we will give an overview of the functions of the passengers of the different AT classes, shedding more light on the variety of functions carried out by type V secretion systems.
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- Department of Biosciences, Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Bacteria use a variety of mechanisms to translocate proteins from the cytoplasm, where they are synthesized, to the cell surface or extracellular environment or directly into other cells, where they perform their ultimate functions. Type V secretion systems (T5SS) use β-barrel transporter domains to export passenger domains across the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria. Distinct among T5SS are type Vb or two-partner secretion (TPS) systems in which the transporter and passenger are separate proteins, necessitating a mechanism for passenger-translocator recognition in the periplasm and providing the potential for reuse of the translocator. This review describes current knowledge of the TPS translocation mechanism, using Bordetella filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and its transporter FhaC as a model. We present the hypothesis that the TPS pathway may be a general mechanism for contact-dependent delivery of toxins to target cells.
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Gasperini G, Arato V, Pizza M, Aricò B, Leuzzi R. Physiopathological roles of spontaneously released outer membrane vesicles of Bordetella pertussis. Future Microbiol 2017; 12:1247-1259. [PMID: 28980823 DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2017-0064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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AIM Bordetella pertussis has been shown to release outer membrane vesicles (OMV) both in vitro and in vivo but little is known about their biological role during the initial phases of B. pertussis infection of the airways. RESULTS We have demonstrated that OMV are released by B. pertussis in a human ciliated-airway cell model and purified vesicles can interact with host cells. Binding and uptake are strictly Bvg-regulated and OMV-associated pertussis toxin contributes to host-cell intoxication. Furthermore, we have shown that OMV act as iron-delivery systems complementing the B. pertussis growth defect in iron-limiting conditions. CONCLUSION We have proved that OMV play different roles in B. pertussis physiopathology and we opened new perspectives to be further investigated.
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A novel high-throughput assay to quantify the vaccine-induced inhibition of Bordetella pertussis adhesion to airway epithelia. BMC Microbiol 2016; 16:215. [PMID: 27633511 PMCID: PMC5025618 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-016-0829-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Pertussis or whooping cough is an acute respiratory illness caused by the Gram-negative pathogen Bordetella pertussis. Despite high vaccination coverage whooping cough is currently re-emerging in many developed countries. Although the causes of pertussis resurgence are matter of debate, emerging evidences suggest that acellular vaccines efficiently protect against the hallmark symptoms of pertussis disease but fail to prevent colonization. This presumably impacts on increased risk of bacterial transmission and consequent spread throughout the population. These evidences suggest that improved vaccines may be required for efficient bacterial clearance in the upper respiratory tract. Consequently, there is a need for novel bioassays to evaluate at pre-clinical or clinical level the impact of different vaccines on B. pertussis colonization. Results We developed a high-throughput bacterial adhesion inhibition (BAI) assay based on human respiratory cell lines and on live bacteria chemically conjugated to a fluorescent dye. Employing A549 cells as model, we evaluated the impact of antibodies elicited by acellular (aP) and whole cell (wP) vaccines on B. pertussis adhesion in vitro. Moreover, we settled the method also on polarized Calu-3 cells grown at air-liquid interface (ALI), showing that this assay can be extended to more complex cell models mimicking the airway epithelium. Conclusions We proved that this method is a sensitive, rapid and reproducible system to evaluate the anti-adhesive properties of vaccine-induced antibodies and can be employed to assess improved pertussis vaccines.
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Scheller EV, Cotter PA. Bordetella filamentous hemagglutinin and fimbriae: critical adhesins with unrealized vaccine potential. Pathog Dis 2015; 73:ftv079. [PMID: 26416077 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftv079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory disease that is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis, which is transmitted exclusively from human to human. While vaccination against B. pertussis has been successful, replacement of the whole cell vaccine with an acellular component vaccine has correlated with reemergence of the disease, especially in adolescents and infants. Based on their presumed importance in mediating adherence to host tissues, filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and fimbria (FIM) were selected as components of most acellular pertussis vaccines. In this review, we describe the biogenesis of FHA and FIM, recent data that show that these factors do, in fact, play critical roles in adherence to respiratory epithelium, and evidence that they also contribute to persistence in the lower respiratory tract by modulating the host immune response. We also discuss shortcomings of whole cell and acellular pertussis vaccines and the possibility that FHA and FIM could serve as effective protective antigens in next-generation vaccines.
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- Erich V Scheller
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7290, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7290, USA
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Villarino Romero R, Osicka R, Sebo P. Filamentous hemagglutinin of Bordetella pertussis: a key adhesin with immunomodulatory properties? Future Microbiol 2015; 9:1339-60. [PMID: 25517899 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.14.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The filamentous hemagglutinin of pathogenic Bordetellae is a prototype of a large two-partner-system-secreted and β-structure-rich bacterial adhesin. It exhibits several binding activities that may facilitate bacterial adherence to airway mucosa and host phagocytes in the initial phases of infection. Despite three decades of research on filamentous hemagglutinin, there remain many questions on its structure-function relationships, integrin interactions and possible immunomodulatory signaling capacity. Here we review the state of knowledge on this important virulence factor and acellular pertussis vaccine component. Specific emphasis is placed on outstanding questions that are yet to be answered.
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- Rodrigo Villarino Romero
- Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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Posadas DM, Ruiz-Ranwez V, Bonomi HR, Martín FA, Zorreguieta A. BmaC, a novel autotransporter of Brucella suis, is involved in bacterial adhesion to host cells. Cell Microbiol 2012; 14:965-82. [PMID: 22321605 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01771.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Brucella is an intracellular pathogen responsible of a zoonotic disease called brucellosis. Brucella survives and proliferates within several types of phagocytic and non-phagocytic cells. Like in other pathogens, adhesion of brucellae to host surfaces was proposed to be an important step in the infection process. Indeed, Brucella has the capacity to bind to culture human cells and key components of the extracellular matrix, such as fibronectin. However, little is known about the molecular bases of Brucella adherence. In an attempt to identify bacterial genes encoding adhesins, a phage display library of Brucella suis was panned against fibronectin. Three fibronectin-binding proteins of B. suis were identified using this approach. One of the candidates, designated BmaC was a very large protein of 340 kDa that is predicted to belong to the type I (monomeric) autotransporter family. Microscopy studies showed that BmaC is located at one pole on the bacterial surface. The phage displaying the fibronectin-binding peptide of BmaC inhibited the attachment of brucellae to both, HeLa cells and immobilized fibronectin in vitro. In addition, a bmaC deletion mutant was impaired in the ability of B. suis to attach to immobilized fibronectin and to the surface of HeLa and A549 cells and was out-competed by the wild-type strain in co-infection experiments. Finally, anti-fibronectin or anti-BmaC antibodies significantly inhibited the binding of wild-type bacteria to HeLa cells. Our results highlight the role of a novel monomeric autotransporter protein in the adhesion of B. suis to the extracellular matrix and non-phagocytic cells via fibronectin binding.
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- Diana M Posadas
- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA CONICET and FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Patricias Argentinas 435, (C1405BWE) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Contribution of Bordetella bronchiseptica filamentous hemagglutinin and pertactin to respiratory disease in swine. Infect Immun 2009; 77:2136-46. [PMID: 19237531 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01379-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bordetella bronchiseptica is pervasive in swine populations and plays multiple roles in respiratory disease. Most studies addressing virulence factors of B. bronchiseptica are based on isolates derived from hosts other than pigs. Two well-studied virulence factors implicated in the adhesion process are filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and pertactin (PRN). We hypothesized that both FHA and PRN would serve critical roles in the adhesion process and be necessary for colonization of the swine respiratory tract. To investigate the role of FHA and PRN in Bordetella pathogenesis in swine, we constructed mutants containing an in-frame deletion of the FHA or the PRN structural gene in a virulent B. bronchiseptica swine isolate. Both mutants were compared to the wild-type swine isolate for their ability to colonize and cause disease in swine. Colonization of the FHA mutant was lower than that of the wild type at all respiratory tract sites and time points examined and caused limited to no disease. In contrast, the PRN mutant caused similar disease severity relative to the wild type; however, colonization of the PRN mutant was reduced relative to the wild type during early and late infection and induced higher anti-Bordetella antibody titers. Together, our results indicate that despite inducing different pathologies and antibody responses, both FHA and PRN are necessary for optimal colonization of the swine respiratory tract.
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Kakuda T, Sarataphan N, Tanaka T, Takai S. Filamentous-haemagglutinin-like protein genes encoded on a plasmid of Moraxella bovis. Vet Microbiol 2006; 118:141-7. [PMID: 16879933 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2006] [Revised: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The complete nucleotide sequence of a plasmid, pMBO-1, from Moraxella bovis strain Epp63 was determined. We identified 30 open reading frames (ORFs) encoded by the 44,215bp molecule. Two large ORFs, flpA and flpB, encoding proteins with similarity to Bordetella pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA), were identified on the same plasmid. The gene for a specific accessory protein (Fap), which may play a role in the secretion of Flp protein, was also identified. Reverse transcriptase PCR analysis of total RNA isolated from M. bovis Epp63 indicated that the flpA, flpB, and fap genes are all transcribed. Southern blot analysis indicated that the flp and fap genes are present in other clinical isolates of geographically diverse M. bovis.
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- Tsutomu Kakuda
- Department of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Higashi 23, 35-1, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
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Heiniger N, Troller R, Meier PS, Aebi C. Cold shock response of the UspA1 outer membrane adhesin of Moraxella catarrhalis. Infect Immun 2006; 73:8247-55. [PMID: 16299321 PMCID: PMC1307079 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.12.8247-8255.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Colonization of the human nasopharynx exposes Moraxella catarrhalis, a common cause of otitis media in children and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults, to sudden downshifts in temperature, occurring when the host breathes cold air. We investigated whether in vitro cold shock influences the expressions of the outer membrane adhesins UspA1 and hemagglutinin, which are considered virulence factors, and of an M. catarrhalis homolog of recA, a housekeeping gene, which in Escherichia coli is induced by cold shock. Quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR was used for measuring mRNA copy number. A screening experiment revealed that a cold shock at 26 degrees C maximally induced the copy number of uspA1. In comparison with 37 degrees C conditions, a 1-hour cold shock at 26 degrees C increased copy numbers of uspA1 and recA by 2.5-fold (11.2 +/- 1.8 versus 4.5 +/- 0.8 copies/CFU) and 2.7-fold (0.30 +/- 0.10 versus 0.11 +/- 0.06), respectively, but did not induce transcription of hag. Exposure to 26 degrees C increased surface expression of UspA1, as assessed by fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis, and resulted in a significant increase in adherence of strain O35E to Chang human conjunctival cells (97.1% +/- 2.0% versus 48.3% +/- 9.2% at 37 degrees C; P = 0.01). Cold shock induction of uspA1 and recA was detected in strains belonging to either phylogenetic subpopulation of M. catarrhalis (16S rRNA types 1 and 2/3) and was most pronounced in type 2/3 strains (4- to 25-fold for uspA1), which do not express detectable amounts of UspA1 protein at 37 degrees C. These data indicate that cold shock at a physiologically relevant temperature of 26 degrees C induces the expression of at least one virulence factor (UspA1). To our knowledge, no similar data are available for other nasopharyngeal pathogens.
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- Nadja Heiniger
- Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Inatsuka CS, Julio SM, Cotter PA. Bordetella filamentous hemagglutinin plays a critical role in immunomodulation, suggesting a mechanism for host specificity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:18578-83. [PMID: 16339899 PMCID: PMC1317942 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0507910102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of the acute childhood respiratory disease whooping cough, is a human-adapted variant of Bordetella bronchiseptica, which displays a broad host range and typically causes chronic, asymptomatic infections. These pathogens express a similar but not identical surface-exposed and secreted protein called filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) that has been proposed to function as both a primary adhesin and an immunomodulator. To test the hypothesis that FHA plays an important role in determining host specificity and/or the propensity to cause acute versus chronic disease, we constructed a B. bronchiseptica strain expressing FHA from B. pertussis (FHA(Bp)) and compared it with wild-type B. bronchiseptica in several natural-host infection models. FHA(Bp) was able to substitute for FHA from B. bronchiseptica (FHA(Bb)) with regard to its ability to mediate adherence to several epithelial and macrophage-like cell lines in vitro, but it was unable to substitute for FHA(Bb) in vivo. Specifically, FHA(Bb), but not FHA(Bp), allowed B. bronchiseptica to colonize the lower respiratory tracts of rats, to modulate the inflammatory response in the lungs of immunocompetent mice, resulting in decreased lung damage and increased bacterial persistence, to induce a robust anti-Bordetella antibody response in these immunocompetent mice, and to overcome innate immunity and cause a lethal infection in immunodeficient mice. These results indicate a critical role for FHA in B. bronchiseptica-mediated immunomodulation, and they suggest a role for FHA in host specificity.
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- Carol S Inatsuka
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610, USA
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Julio SM, Cotter PA. Characterization of the filamentous hemagglutinin-like protein FhaS in Bordetella bronchiseptica. Infect Immun 2005; 73:4960-71. [PMID: 16041011 PMCID: PMC1201180 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.8.4960-4971.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) is a large (>200 kDa), rod-shaped protein expressed by bordetellae that is both surface-associated and secreted. FHA mediates bacterial adherence to epithelial cells and macrophages in vitro and is absolutely required for tracheal colonization in vivo. The recently sequenced Bordetella bronchiseptica genome revealed the presence of a gene, fhaS, that is nearly identical to fhaB, the FHA structural gene. We show that although fhaS expression requires the BvgAS virulence control system, it is maximal only under a subset of conditions in which BvgAS is active, suggesting an additional level of regulation. We also show that, like FHA, FhaS undergoes a C-terminal proteolytic processing event and is both surface-associated and secreted and that export across the outer membrane requires the channel-forming protein FhaC. Unlike FHA, however, FhaS was unable to mediate adherence of B. bronchiseptica to epithelial cell lines in vitro and was not required for respiratory tract colonization in vivo. In a coinfection experiment, a DeltafhaS strain was out-competed by wild-type B. bronchiseptica, indicating that fhaS is expressed in vivo and that FhaS contributes to bacterial fitness in a manner revealed when the mutant must compete with wild-type bacteria. These data suggest that FHA and FhaS perform distinct functions during the Bordetella infectious cycle. A survey of various Bordetella strains revealed two distinct fhaS alleles that segregate according to pathogen host range and that B. parapertussis(hu) most likely acquired its fhaS allele from B. pertussis horizontally, suggesting fhaS may contribute to host-species specificity.
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- Steven M Julio
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610, USA
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Fushan A, Monastyrskaya G, Abaev I, Kostina M, Filyukova O, Pecherskih E, Sverdlov E. Genome-wide identification and mapping of variable sequences in the genomes of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei. Res Microbiol 2004; 156:278-88. [PMID: 15748995 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2004] [Revised: 09/16/2004] [Accepted: 09/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei, closely related Gram-negative bacteria, are the causative agents of such serious infectious diseases of humans and animals as glanders and melioidosis, respectively. Despite numerous studies of these pathogens, the detailed mechanisms of their pathogenesis is still poorly understood. One of the serious obstacles to revealing factors responsible for pathogenicity lies in the considerable natural variability of B. pseudomallei and B. mallei, which is also a challenge to development of rapid and efficient diagnostic tools facilitating unambiguous identification of the infectious agents. To gain a deeper insight into B. mallei and B. pseudomallei interspecies divergence and intraspecies polymorphism, we compared the genomes of B. mallei C-5 and B. pseudomallei C-141 strains using a subtractive hybridization technique. A library of DNA fragments specific for B. mallei C-5 and absent from B. pseudomallei C-141 was obtained and analyzed. Some of the differential sequences detected were also not found in the recently sequenced genome of B. pseudomallei K96243. However, a multitude of B. mallei C-5 sequences absent from the B. pseudomallei C-141 genome were detected in the genome of B. pseudomallei K96243. On the other hand, some sequences identified as constituents of the B. mallei C-5 genome were not found in the genome of B. mallei ATCC 23344. Some of the differential DNA fragments displayed similarity to different mobile elements that have not yet been described for B. mallei, whereas the others matched fragments of various prophages, or, when translated into protein sequences, components of active transport systems and different enzymes. A substantial proportion of the differential clones had no database matches either at the nucleotide or amino acid sequence level. The results suggest great genome-wide intra- and interspecies variability of B. mallei and B. pseudomallei. The differences identified may be useful as molecular signatures for identification of B. mallei strains.
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- Alexey Fushan
- Laboratory of Structure and Functions of Human Genes, M.M. Shemyakin & Yu.A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., 117997 GSP, Moscow V-437, Russia.
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Henderson IR, Navarro-Garcia F, Desvaux M, Fernandez RC, Ala'Aldeen D. Type V protein secretion pathway: the autotransporter story. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2004; 68:692-744. [PMID: 15590781 PMCID: PMC539010 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.68.4.692-744.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 635] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Gram-negative bacteria possess an outer membrane layer which constrains uptake and secretion of solutes and polypeptides. To overcome this barrier, bacteria have developed several systems for protein secretion. The type V secretion pathway encompasses the autotransporter proteins, the two-partner secretion system, and the recently described type Vc or AT-2 family of proteins. Since its discovery in the late 1980s, this family of secreted proteins has expanded continuously, due largely to the advent of the genomic age, to become the largest group of secreted proteins in gram-negative bacteria. Several of these proteins play essential roles in the pathogenesis of bacterial infections and have been characterized in detail, demonstrating a diverse array of function including the ability to condense host cell actin and to modulate apoptosis. However, most of the autotransporter proteins remain to be characterized. In light of new discoveries and controversies in this research field, this review considers the autotransporter secretion process in the context of the more general field of bacterial protein translocation and exoprotein function.
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- Ian R Henderson
- Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Serruto D, Adu-Bobie J, Scarselli M, Veggi D, Pizza M, Rappuoli R, Aricò B. Neisseria meningitidis App, a new adhesin with autocatalytic serine protease activity. Mol Microbiol 2003; 48:323-34. [PMID: 12675794 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neisseria meningitidis is a Gram-negative bacterium which colonizes the human upper respiratory tract. Occasionally, it translocates to the bloodstream causing sepsis and from there it can cross the blood-brain barrier and cause meningitis. Many of the molecules, which mediate the interaction of N. meningitidis to host cells, are still unknown. Recently, App (Adhesion and penetration protein) was described as a member of the autotransporter family and a homologue to the Hap (Haemophilus adhesion and penetration) protein of Haemophilus influenzae, a molecule that plays a role in the interaction with human epithelial cells. In this study we expressed app in Escherichia coli in order to analyse the functional properties of the protein. We show that the protein is exported to the E. coli surface, processed by an endogenous serine-protease activity and released in the culture supernatant. Escherichia coli expressing app adhere to Chang epithelial cells, showing that App is able to mediate bacterial adhesion to host cells. The serine protease activity is localized at the amino-terminal domain, whereas the binding domain is in the carboxy-terminal region. The role of App in adhesion was confirmed also in N. meningitidis.
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- Davide Serruto
- IRIS, Chiron S. r.l., via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
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Coutte L, Alonso S, Reveneau N, Willery E, Quatannens B, Locht C, Jacob-Dubuisson F. Role of adhesin release for mucosal colonization by a bacterial pathogen. J Exp Med 2003; 197:735-42. [PMID: 12629063 PMCID: PMC2193847 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pathogen attachment is a crucial early step in mucosal infections. This step is mediated by important virulence factors called adhesins. To exert these functions, adhesins are typically surface-exposed, although, surprisingly, some are also released into the extracellular milieu, the relevance of which has previously not been studied. To address the role of adhesin release in pathogenesis, we used Bordetella pertussis as a model, since its major adhesin, filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), partitions between the bacterial surface and the extracellular milieu. FHA release depends on its maturation by the specific B. pertussis protease SphB1. We constructed SphB1-deficient mutants and found that they were strongly affected in their ability to colonize the mouse respiratory tract, although they adhered even better to host cells in vitro than their wild-type parent strain. The defect in colonization could be overcome by prior nasal instillation of purified FHA or by coinfection with FHA-releasing B. pertussis strains, but not with SphB1-producing FHA-deficient strains, ruling out a nonspecific effect of SphB1. These results indicate that the release of FHA is important for colonization, as it may facilitate the dispersal of bacteria from microcolonies and the binding to new sites in the respiratory tract.
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- Loic Coutte
- INSERM U447, Institut National de Sante et la Recherche Medical Institut de Biologie de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue Calmette, 59019 Lille Cedex, France
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Prieto CI, Rodriguez ME, Bosch A, Chirdo FG, Yantorno OM. Whole-bacterial cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for cell-bound Moraxella bovis pili. Vet Microbiol 2003; 91:157-68. [PMID: 12458165 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(02)00297-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), caused by Moraxella bovis, is a disease of major importance in cattle industry. M. bovis has several virulence factors among which pili are crucial antigen for the protective capacity of vaccines against this disease. The production of vaccines against IBK therefore requires a reliable technique for cellular piliation level assessment on cells to be included as vaccine components. In this study we describe a specific whole-bacterial cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (bact-ELISA) capable of detecting pili antigen on M. bovis cell surface. A sequential competitive bact-ELISA was developed using highly piliated M. bovis cells as antigen. Samples to be analyzed were allowed to react with anti-pilus serum prior to incubation in wells coated with piliated cells of M. bovis. This assay proved useful for the rapid, sensitive and reproducible evaluation of piliation on M. bovis cells, and represents an important tool for cellular piliation monitoring daburing M. bovis cells production in stirred bioreactors.
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- Claudia I Prieto
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Calle 47 y 115, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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Kajava AV, Cheng N, Cleaver R, Kessel M, Simon MN, Willery E, Jacob-Dubuisson F, Locht C, Steven AC. Beta-helix model for the filamentous haemagglutinin adhesin of Bordetella pertussis and related bacterial secretory proteins. Mol Microbiol 2001; 42:279-92. [PMID: 11703654 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02598.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bordetella pertussis establishes infection by attaching to epithelial cells of the respiratory tract. One of its adhesins is filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA), a 500-A-long secreted protein that is rich in beta-structure and contains two regions, R1 and R2, of tandem 19-residue repeats. Two models have been proposed in which the central shaft is (i) a hairpin made up of a pairing of two long antiparallel beta-sheets; or (ii) a beta-helix in which the polypeptide chain is coiled to form three long parallel beta-sheets. We have analysed a truncated variant of FHA by electron microscopy (negative staining, shadowing and scanning transmission electron microscopy of unstained specimens): these observations support the latter model. Further support comes from detailed sequence analysis and molecular modelling studies. We applied a profile search method to the sequences adjacent to and between R1 and R2 and found additional "covert" copies of the same motifs that may be recognized in overt form in the R1 and R2 sequence repeats. Their total number is sufficient to support the tenet of the beta-helix model that the shaft domain--a 350 A rod--should consist of a continuous run of these motifs, apart from loop inserts. The N-terminus, which does not contain such repeats, was found to be weakly homologous to cyclodextrin transferase, a protein of known immunoglobulin-like structure. Drawing on crystal structures of known beta-helical proteins, we developed structural models of the coil motifs putatively formed by the R1 and R2 repeats. Finally, we applied the same profile search method to the sequence database and found several other proteins--all large secreted proteins of bacterial provenance--that have similar repeats and probably also similar structures.
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MESH Headings
- Adhesins, Bacterial/chemistry
- Adhesins, Bacterial/metabolism
- Adhesins, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry
- Antigens, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Bordetella pertussis/chemistry
- Hemagglutinins/chemistry
- Hemagglutinins/metabolism
- Hemagglutinins/ultrastructure
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Transmission
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Negative Staining
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Shadowing Technique, Histology
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella
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- A V Kajava
- Center for Molecular Modeling, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 6, Room B2-34, MSC 2717, Bethesda, MD 20892-2717, USA
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Bock A, Gross R. The BvgAS two-component system of Bordetella spp.: a versatile modulator of virulence gene expression. Int J Med Microbiol 2001; 291:119-30. [PMID: 11437335 DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bordetella pertussis and the closely related species B. parapertussis and B. bronchiseptica colonize the respiratory tract and cause related diseases in man or mammalian species, respectively. Expression of virulence factors by these pathogens is coordinately regulated by the BvgAS two-component system according to changes in the growth conditions. Signal transduction by the BvgAS system is characterized by a complex His-Asp-His-Asp phosphorelay. This system controls the expression of two distinct subsets of genes either in a positive (vag genes) or in a negative (vrg genes) manner. Most of the known virulence factors such as several toxins and adhesins are encoded by vag genes, whereas the functions of most vrg genes and the biological significance of the vrg regulon are not yet clear. This review discusses the current knowledge about the molecular mechanisms of virulence regulation and their relevance for infection by these respiratory pathogens.
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- A Bock
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, Germany
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Lambais MR, Goldman MH, Camargo LE, Goldman GH. A genomic approach to the understanding of Xylella fastidiosa pathogenicity. Curr Opin Microbiol 2000; 3:459-62. [PMID: 11050442 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5274(00)00121-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Xylella fastidiosa is a fastidious, xylem-limited bacterium that causes several economically important plant diseases, including citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC). X. fastidiosa is the first plant pathogen to have its genome completely sequenced. In addition, it is probably the least previously studied of any organism for which the complete genome sequence is available. Several pathogenicity-related genes have been identified in the X. fastidiosa genome by similarity with other bacterial genes involved in pathogenesis in plants, as well as in animals. The X. fastidiosa genome encodes different classes of proteins directly or indirectly involved in cell-cell interactions, degradation of plant cell walls, iron homeostasis, anti-oxidant responses, synthesis of toxins, and regulation of pathogenicity. Neither genes encoding members of the type III protein secretion system nor avirulence-like genes have been identified in X. fastidiosa.
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- M R Lambais
- Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz', Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias 11, Cx.Postal 09, CEP 13.418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Soane MC, Jackson A, Maskell D, Allen A, Keig P, Dewar A, Dougan G, Wilson R. Interaction of Bordetella pertussis with human respiratory mucosa in vitro. Respir Med 2000; 94:791-9. [PMID: 10955756 DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The human respiratory tract pathogen Bordetella pertussis is the major cause of whooping cough in infants and young children, and also causes chronic cough in adults. B. pertussis infection damages ciliated epithelium in the respiratory tract. However, the interaction of the bacterium with the respiratory mucosa is poorly understood, and previous studies have either utilized animal tissue which may not be appropriate, or isolated cell systems which lack the complexity of the respiratory mucosa. We have studied the interaction of B. pertussis strain BP536 with human nasal turbinate tissue in an air-interface organ culture over 5 days. We have also compared infection by BP536 with two other strains, Tohama I and CN2992, to determine whether the interactions observed with BP536 are consistent, and, in both nasal turbinate and adenoid organ cultures at 24 h, to determine whether there were differences between tissue from different parts of the respiratory tract. BP536 adhered to cilia, most commonly at their base, and disorganized their spatial arrangement, they also adhered to damaged tissue and mucus, but very rarely to unciliated cells. Within the first 24 h there was a five-fold increase in bacterial density on ciliated cells, and the total number of adherent bacteria increased up to 96 h. Infection caused increased mucus at 24h and an increase in damaged epithelium from 72 h which involved both ciliated and unciliated cells. The number of residual ciliated cells did not decrease after 72 h. The three different strains of B. pertussis exhibited similar interactions with the mucosa, and there was no tissue specificity for adenoid or turbinate tissue. We conclude that B. pertussis adhered to multiple sites on the mucosa and caused hypersecretion and epithelial damage which are the pathological changes described in vivo.
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- M C Soane
- Host Defence Unit, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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Jacob-Dubuisson F, Kehoe B, Willery E, Reveneau N, Locht C, Relman DA. Molecular characterization of Bordetella bronchiseptica filamentous haemagglutinin and its secretion machinery. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2000; 146 ( Pt 5):1211-1221. [PMID: 10832649 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-5-1211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Two closely related pathogens, Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica, share a number of virulence factors. Filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA) is widely regarded as the dominant adhesin of B. pertussis, and its multiple binding activities have been well characterized. This large protein is produced and secreted at high levels by B. pertussis and significantly lower levels by B. bronchiseptica strains. FHA secretion is mediated by a single outer-membrane accessory protein, FhaC. The genes encoding FHA and FhaC in B. bronchiseptica were characterized by sequencing and functional analyses and are highly similar to those of B. pertussis. The most distinctive feature of B. bronchiseptica FHA is additional repeats in the N-terminal portion of the predicted protein. Interestingly, a point mutation in the fhaB promoter region of the B. bronchiseptica GP1 isolate, relative to other isolates, was found to be detrimental to promoter activity and to FHA production. FhaC and the N-terminal secretion domain of FHA of B. bronchiseptica were fully functional for secretion in B. pertussis. Thus, the different levels of FHA secretion by these Bordetella species might reflect differences in physiology, composition and structure of cell envelope, or differential protein degradation. Characterization of FHA expression and function may provide clues as to the basis of host species tropism, tissue localization and receptor recognition.
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- Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson
- INSERM U447, Institut de Biologie de Lille1 and Département de Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes, Institut Pasteur de Lille2, 1 rue Calmette, F-59019 Lille Cedex, France
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- VA Palo Alto Health Care System 154T, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA4
- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA3
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- INSERM U447, Institut de Biologie de Lille1 and Département de Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes, Institut Pasteur de Lille2, 1 rue Calmette, F-59019 Lille Cedex, France
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- INSERM U447, Institut de Biologie de Lille1 and Département de Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes, Institut Pasteur de Lille2, 1 rue Calmette, F-59019 Lille Cedex, France
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- INSERM U447, Institut de Biologie de Lille1 and Département de Microbiologie des Ecosystèmes, Institut Pasteur de Lille2, 1 rue Calmette, F-59019 Lille Cedex, France
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- VA Palo Alto Health Care System 154T, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA4
- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA3
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Bassinet L, Gueirard P, Maitre B, Housset B, Gounon P, Guiso N. Role of adhesins and toxins in invasion of human tracheal epithelial cells by Bordetella pertussis. Infect Immun 2000; 68:1934-41. [PMID: 10722585 PMCID: PMC97369 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.4.1934-1941.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bordetella pertussis, the agent of whooping cough, can invade and survive in several types of eukaryotic cell, including CHO, HeLa 229, and HEp-2 cells and macrophages. In this study, we analyzed bacterial invasiveness in nonrespiratory human HeLa epithelial cells and human HTE and HAE0 tracheal epithelial cells. Invasion assays and transmission electron microscopy analysis showed that B. pertussis strains invaded and survived, without multiplying, in HTE or HAE0 cells. This phenomenon was bvg regulated, but invasive properties differed between B. pertussis strains and isolates and the B. pertussis reference strain. Studies with B. pertussis mutant strains demonstrated that filamentous hemagglutinin, the major adhesin, was involved in the invasion of human tracheal epithelial cells by bacteria but not in that of HeLa cells. Fimbriae and pertussis toxin were not found to be involved. However, we found that the production of adenylate cyclase-hemolysin prevents the invasion of HeLa and HTE cells by B. pertussis because an adenylate cyclase-hemolysin-deficient mutant was found to be more invasive than the parental strain. The effect of adenylate cyclase-hemolysin was mediated by an increase in the cyclic AMP concentration in the cells. Pertactin (PRN), an adhesin, significantly inhibited the invasion of HTE cells by bacteria, probably via its interaction with adenylate cyclase-hemolysin. Isolates producing different PRNs were taken up similarly, indicating that the differences in the sequences of the PRNs produced by these isolates do not affect invasion. We concluded that filamentous hemagglutinin production favored invasion of human tracheal cells but that adenylate cyclase-hemolysin and PRN production significantly inhibited this process.
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- L Bassinet
- Laboratoire des Bordetella, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Apoptosis is a highly regulated process of cell death that is required for the development and homeostasis of multicellular organisms. In contrast to necrosis, apoptosis eliminates individual cells without inducing an inflammatory response. Activation or prevention of cell death could be a critical factor in the outcome of an infection. Programmed cell death has been observed as a response to infection by a wide range of animal and plant pathogens and is mediated by an array of pathogen-encoded virulence determinants. Pathogen-induced modulation of the host cell-death pathway may serve to eliminate key immune cells or evade host defenses that can act to limit the infection. Alternatively, suppression of the death pathway may facilitate the proliferation of intracellular pathogens.
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- Y Weinrauch
- Department of Microbiology, Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA
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Forde CB, Shi X, Li J, Roberts M. Bordetella bronchiseptica-mediated cytotoxicity to macrophages is dependent on bvg-regulated factors, including pertactin. Infect Immun 1999; 67:5972-8. [PMID: 10531256 PMCID: PMC96982 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5972-5978.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The effect of Bordetella bronchiseptica infection on the viability of murine macrophage-like cells and on primary porcine alveolar macrophages was investigated. The bacterium was shown to be cytotoxic for both cell types, particularly where tight cell-to-cell contacts were established. In addition, bvg mutants were poorly cytotoxic for the eukaryotic cells, while a prn mutant was significantly less toxic than wild-type bacteria. B. bronchiseptica-mediated cytotoxicity was inhibited in the presence of cytochalasin D or cycloheximide, an inhibitor of microfilament-dependent phagocytosis or de novo eukaryotic protein synthesis, respectively. The mechanism of eukaryotic cell death was examined, and cell death was found to occur primarily through a necrotic pathway, although a small proportion of the population underwent apoptosis.
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- C B Forde
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Garscube Estate, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland
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van den Berg BM, Beekhuizen H, Willems RJ, Mooi FR, van Furth R. Role of Bordetella pertussis virulence factors in adherence to epithelial cell lines derived from the human respiratory tract. Infect Immun 1999; 67:1056-62. [PMID: 10024543 PMCID: PMC96429 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.3.1056-1062.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During colonization of the respiratory tract by Bordetella pertussis, virulence factors contribute to adherence of the bacterium to the respiratory tract epithelium. In the present study, we examined the roles of the virulence factors filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), fimbriae, pertactin (Prn), and pertussis toxin (PT) in the adherence of B. pertussis to cells of the human bronchial epithelial cell line NCI-H292 and of the laryngeal epithelial cell line HEp-2. Using B. pertussis mutant strains and purified FHA, fimbriae, Prn, and PT, we demonstrated that both fimbriae and FHA are involved in the adhesion of B. pertussis to laryngeal epithelial cells, whereas only FHA is involved in the adherence to bronchial epithelial cells. For PT and Prn, no role as adhesion factor was found. However, purified PT bound to both bronchial and laryngeal cells and as such reduced the adherence of B. pertussis to these cells. These data may imply that fimbriae play a role in infection of only the laryngeal mucosa, while FHA is the major factor in colonization of the entire respiratory tract.
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- B M van den Berg
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Cotter PA, Yuk MH, Mattoo S, Akerley BJ, Boschwitz J, Relman DA, Miller JF. Filamentous hemagglutinin of Bordetella bronchiseptica is required for efficient establishment of tracheal colonization. Infect Immun 1998; 66:5921-9. [PMID: 9826374 PMCID: PMC108750 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.12.5921-5929.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adherence to ciliated respiratory epithelial cells is considered a critical early step in Bordetella pathogenesis. For Bordetella pertussis, the etiologic agent of whooping cough, several factors have been shown to mediate adherence to cells and cell lines in vitro. These putative adhesins include filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), fimbriae, pertactin, and pertussis toxin. Determining the precise roles of each of these factors in vivo, however, has been difficult, due in part to the lack of natural-host animal models for use with B. pertussis. Using the closely related species Bordetella bronchiseptica, and by constructing both deletion mutation and ectopic expression mutants, we have shown that FHA is both necessary and sufficient for mediating adherence to a rat lung epithelial (L2) cell line. Using a rat model of respiratory infection, we have shown that FHA is absolutely required, but not sufficient, for tracheal colonization in healthy, unanesthetized animals. FHA was not required for initial tracheal colonization in anesthetized animals, however, suggesting that its role in establishment may be dedicated to overcoming the clearance action of the mucociliary escalator.
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- P A Cotter
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Wilson DR, Siebers A, Finlay BB. Antigenic analysis of Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin with phage display libraries and rabbit anti-filamentous hemagglutinin polyclonal antibodies. Infect Immun 1998; 66:4884-94. [PMID: 9746593 PMCID: PMC108604 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4884-4894.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/1998] [Accepted: 07/24/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although substantial advancements have been made in the development of efficacious acellular vaccines against Bordetella pertussis, continued progress requires better understanding of the antigenic makeup of B. pertussis virulence factors, including filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA). To identify antigenic regions of FHA, phage display libraries constructed by using random fragments of the 10-kbp EcoRI fragment of B. pertussis fhaB were affinity selected with rabbit anti-FHA polyclonal antibodies. Characterization of antibody-reactive clones displaying FHA-derived peptides identified 14 antigenic regions, each containing one or more epitopes. A number of clones mapped within regions containing known or putative FHA adhesin domains and may be relevant for the generation of protective antibodies. The immunogenic potential of the phage-displayed peptides was assessed indirectly by comparing their recognition by antibodies elicited by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-denatured and native FHA and by measuring the inhibition of this recognition by purified FHA. FHA residues 1929 to 2019 may contain the most dominant linear epitope of FHA. Clones mapping to this region accounted for ca. 20% of clones recovered from the initial library selection and screening procedures. They are strongly recognized by sera against both SDS-denatured and native FHA, and this recognition is readily inhibited by purified FHA. Given also that this region includes a factor X homolog (J. Sandros and E. Tuomanen, Trends Microbiol. 1:192-196, 1993) and that the single FHA epitope (residues 2001 to 2015) was unequivocally defined in a comparable study by E. Leininger et al. (J. Infect. Dis. 175:1423-1431, 1997), peptides derived from residues of 1929 to 2019 of FHA are strong candidates for future protection studies.
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- D R Wilson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Lambert-Buisine C, Willery E, Locht C, Jacob-Dubuisson F. N-terminal characterization of the Bordetella pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin. Mol Microbiol 1998; 28:1283-93. [PMID: 9680216 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00892.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The major adhesin of Bordetella pertussis, filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA), is produced and secreted at high levels by the bacterium. Mature FHA derives from a large precursor, FhaB, that undergoes several post-translational maturations. In this work, we demonstrate by site-directed mutagenesis that the N-terminal signal peptide of FHA is composed of 71 amino acids, including a 22-residue-long 'N-terminal extension' sequence. This sequence, although highly conserved in various other secretory proteins, does not appear to play an essential part in FHA secretion, as shown by deletion mutagenesis. The entire N-terminal signal region of FhaB is removed in the course of secretion by proteolytic cleavage at a site that corresponds to a Lep signal peptidase recognition sequence. After this maturation, the N-terminal glutamine residue is modified to a pyroglutamate residue. This modification is not crucial for heparin binding, haemagglutination or secretion. Interestingly, however, the modification is absent from Escherichia coli secreted FHA derivatives. In addition, it is dependent in B. pertussis on the presence of all three cysteines contained in the signal peptide of FhaB. These observations suggest that it does not occur spontaneously but perhaps requires a specific enzymatic machinery.
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Our understanding of microbial adaptations to diverse and threatening environments is limited by the assumption that the behavior of individual bacteria can be accurately determined by measuring the behavior of populations. Recent advances in gene expression reporter systems, fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry allow microbiologists to explore the complex interactions between bacteria and their environment with single cell resolution. The application of these technologies has been particularly useful in systems, such as host-pathogen interactions, where genetic analysis is often cumbersome. Recently, flow cytometry is increasingly being applied to study host-pathogen interactions.
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- R H Valdivia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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7.6 Molecular Genetics of Bordetella Pertussis Virulence. J Microbiol Methods 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0580-9517(08)70300-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Register KB, Ackermann MR. A highly adherent phenotype associated with virulent Bvg+-phase swine isolates of Bordetella bronchiseptica grown under modulating conditions. Infect Immun 1997; 65:5295-300. [PMID: 9393829 PMCID: PMC175762 DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.12.5295-5300.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The ability of Bvg(-)-phase and Bvg(+)-phase Bordetella bronchiseptica swine isolates, grown under modulating or nonmodulating conditions, to adhere to swine ciliated nasal epithelial cells was determined. When virulent strains were cultivated at 37 degrees C in the Bvg+ phase, numerous adherent bacteria (approximately eight per cell, depending on the strain used) were observed. However, when such strains were grown under modulating conditions (23 degrees C), a significant increase in the level of attachment was seen, suggesting that B. bronchiseptica produces a Bvg-repressed adhesin under these conditions. bvg mutant strains, including an isogenic bvgS mutant, adhered minimally. Western blots indicated that two putative B. bronchiseptica adhesins, filamentous hemagglutinin and pertactin, were not detectable in cultures displaying the highly adherent phenotype. Several proteins apparent in Western blots obtained by using bacterial extracts enriched in outer membrane proteins derived from B. bronchiseptica grown at 23 degrees C were not present in similar extracts prepared from an isogenic bvgS mutant grown at 23 degrees C or from the parent strain grown at 37 degrees C. Adherence of bacteria cultivated at 23 degrees C was almost completely abolished by pretreatment of organisms at 60 degrees C; adherence was reduced by 57% when bacteria were pretreated with pronase E. Temperature shift experiments revealed that the heightened level of adhesion that occurs following growth at 23 degrees C was maintained for up to 18 h when bacteria were subsequently incubated at 37 degrees C. We propose that a Bvg-repressed adhesin, expressed only by modulated bvg+ strains of B. bronchiseptica, may play a key role in the initial colonization of naturally infected swine.
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- K B Register
- National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA.
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Brennan MJ, Shahin RD. Pertussis antigens that abrogate bacterial adherence and elicit immunity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 154:S145-9. [PMID: 8876533 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/154.4_pt_2.s145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Infectious disease processes follow the initial steps of adherence of the organism to host tissues and subsequent colonization of the target tissues that can occur through specific adhesion-receptor systems. Bordetella pertussis, the human pathogen that causes whooping cough, has evolved a genetically controlled system whereby adhesins are expressed when they enter the human host. Two adhesins, filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and pertactin, mediate the adherence of the bacterium to eukaryotic cells through varied attachment mechanisms, including lectin-like binding sites that interact with sulfated sugars on cell surface glycoconjugates and the ARG-GLY-ASP binding sequence, which recognizes a family of integrins found on the cell surface. The differential expression of relevant receptors by various eukaryotic cells likely plays a role in the pathogenesis and immune response to the bacterium by the host, directing the organism to specific cell types and to specific tissue sites. Substantial evidence exists that the B. pertussis adhesins, FHA and pertactin, elicit immune responses that are protective in animal models for the disease, including serum antibody production and local immune responses in the respiratory tract following nasal administration of encapsulated antigens. Both of these adhesins are components of new acellular pertussis vaccines that have proven safe and highly effective for prevention of serious disease in infants.
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- M J Brennan
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20852-1448, USA
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Hannah JH, Menozzi FD, Renauld G, Locht C, Brennan MJ. Sulfated glycoconjugate receptors for the Bordetella pertussis adhesin filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) and mapping of the heparin-binding domain on FHA. Infect Immun 1994; 62:5010-9. [PMID: 7927782 PMCID: PMC303220 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.11.5010-5019.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) is a major adhesin present on the surface of the gram-negative respiratory pathogen Bordetella pertussis. A number of binding mechanisms have been described for the interaction of FHA with eukaryotic cells. We have focused on its function as a sulfated polysaccharide-binding protein and on identifying potential receptors for FHA on the epithelial cell surface. Using a thin-layer overlay technique, we found that FHA binds specifically to sulfated glycolipids but not to gangliosides or other neutral glycolipids. These results suggest that epithelial cell surface sulfated glycolipids function as receptors for FHA. Further studies demonstrated that a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell strain deficient in glycosaminoglycan expression exhibits greatly diminished attachment to FHA. By FHA-Affi-Gel chromatography, a putative receptor for FHA that has characteristics consistent with a heparan sulfate proteoglycan was isolated from epithelial cell extracts. In addition, by using recombinant FHA fusion proteins, a specific glycosaminoglycan-binding domain located near the N terminus of the FHA molecule was identified. Our results indicate that the B. pertussis adhesin FHA may utilize sulfated glycolipids and proteoglycans commonly found on the surface of human cells and tissues to initiate infection.
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- J H Hannah
- Division of Bacterial Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Bakaletz LO, Barenkamp SJ. Localization of high-molecular-weight adhesion proteins of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae by immunoelectron microscopy. Infect Immun 1994; 62:4460-8. [PMID: 7927710 PMCID: PMC303131 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.10.4460-4468.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A family of high-molecular-weight (HMW) surface-exposed proteins important in the attachment of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) to human epithelial cells was previously identified (J. W. St. Geme III, S. Falkow, and S. J. Barenkamp, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:2875-2879, 1993). In the present investigation, indirect immunogold labeling and electron microscopy were used to localize these proteins on three clinical isolates of NTHi, mutants deficient in expression of one or both HMW proteins, and embedded sections of human oropharyngeal cells after incubation with NTHi strain 12. The filamentous material comprising the proteins was labeled with monoclonal antibodies directed against two prototype HMW proteins (HMW1 and HMW2) of prototype NTHi strain 12. Gold labeling was observed as a cap or discrete aggregate off one pole or centrally along one long axis of the bacterial cell. Heavily labeled, non-bacterial-cell-associated, disk-like aggregates of the HMW proteins were frequently noted in both bacterial preparations as well as in association with the oropharyngeal cell surface and intracellularly. Mutants demonstrated diminished labeling or an absence thereof, respectively, which correlated well with their previously demonstrated reduced ability or inability to adhere to Chang conjunctival epithelial cells in vitro. The Haemophilus HMW proteins share antigenic determinants with and demonstrate amino acid sequence similarity to the filamentous hemagglutinin protein of Bordetella pertussis, a critical adhesin of that organism. The studies presented here demonstrate that the Haemophilus proteins and B. pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin show impressive morphologic and perhaps additional functional similarity.
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- L O Bakaletz
- Department of Otolaryngology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus
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- R Rappuoli
- IRIS, Immunobiological Research Institute Siena, Italy
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