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Bae HW, Choi SY, Cho YH. An outer membrane determinant for RNA phage genome entry in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. iScience 2024; 27:108675. [PMID: 38213628 PMCID: PMC10783630 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Host range of a phage is determined at the various life cycle stages during phage infection. We reported the limited phage-receptor interaction between the RNA phage, PP7 and its host Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains: PAO1 has susceptible type IV pilus (TFP) pilin, whereas PA14 has resistant pilin. Here, we have created a PA14 derivative (PA14P) with the PAO1 pilin gene and found that other determinants than TFP pilin could limit PP7 infectivity in PA14P. Transposon mutant screens revealed that PP7 infectivity was restored in the PA14P mutants (htrB2) lacking a secondary acyltransferase in lipid A biosynthesis. The lack of this enzyme increased the RNA phage entry, which is deemed attributed to the loosened lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structure. Polymyxin B treatment also selectively increased the RNA phage entry. These results demonstrated that LPS structures could limit the entry stage of RNA phages, providing another determinant for the host range in diverse P. aeruginosa strains.
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- Hee-Won Bae
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do 13488, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do 13488, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do 13488, Korea
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Choi SY, Romero-Calle DX, Cho HG, Bae HW, Cho YH. Use of Cas9 Targeting and Red Recombination for Designer Phage Engineering. J Microbiol 2024; 62:1-10. [PMID: 38300409 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-024-00107-2] [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: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Bacteriophages (phages) are natural antibiotics and biological nanoparticles, whose application is significantly boosted by recent advances of synthetic biology tools. Designer phages are synthetic phages created by genome engineering in a way to increase the benefits or decrease the drawbacks of natural phages. Here we report the development of a straightforward genome engineering method to efficiently obtain engineered phages in a model bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This was achieved by eliminating the wild type phages based on the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) and facilitating the recombinant generation based on the Red recombination system of the coliphage λ (λRed). The producer (PD) cells of P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 was created by miniTn7-based chromosomal integration of the genes for SpCas9 and λRed under an inducible promoter. To validate the efficiency of the recombinant generation, we created the fluorescent phages from a temperate phage MP29. A plasmid bearing the single guide RNA (sgRNA) gene for selectively targeting the wild type gp35 gene and the editing template for tagging the Gp35 with superfolder green fluorescent protein (sfGFP) was introduced into the PD cells by electroporation. We found that the targeting efficiency was affected by the position and number of sgRNA. The fluorescent phage particles were efficiently recovered from the culture of the PD cells expressing dual sgRNA molecules. This protocol can be used to create designer phages in P. aeruginosa for both application and research purposes.
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- Shin-Yae Choi
- Program of Biopharmaceutical Science and Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Program of Biopharmaceutical Science and Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Program of Biopharmaceutical Science and Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Program of Biopharmaceutical Science and Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Program of Biopharmaceutical Science and Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi, 13488, Republic of Korea.
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Yang L, Zhang T, Li L, Zheng C, Tan D, Wu N, Wang M, Zhu T. Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteriophage L5 Which Requires Type IV Pili for Infection. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:907958. [PMID: 35847060 PMCID: PMC9284122 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.907958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common opportunistic human pathogen. With the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) clinical infection of P. aeruginosa, phage therapy has received renewed attention in treating P. aeruginosa infections. Moreover, a detailed understanding of the host receptor of lytic phage is crucial for selecting proper phages for therapy. Here, we describe the characterization of the P. aeruginosa bacteriophage L5 with a double-stranded DNA genome of 42,925 bp. The genomic characteristics indicate that L5 is a lytic bacteriophage belonging to the subfamily Autographivirinae. In addition, the phage receptors for L5 were also identified as type IV pili, because the mutation of pilZ, which is involved in pili synthesis, resists phage infection, while the complementation of pilZ restored its phage sensitivity. This research reveals that L5 is a potential phage therapy candidate for the treatment of P. aeruginosa infection.
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- Lan Yang
- Shanghai Institute of Phage, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Phage, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering of Guizhou Province, School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Phage, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jiangbei District People’s Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Phage, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Phage, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- CreatiPhage Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jiangbei District People’s Hospital, Chongqing, China
- *Correspondence: Mingyang Wang,
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- Shanghai Institute of Phage, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Tongyu Zhu,
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Landa KJ, Mossman LM, Whitaker RJ, Rapti Z, Clifton SM. Phage-Antibiotic Synergy Inhibited by Temperate and Chronic Virus Competition. Bull Math Biol 2022; 84:54. [PMID: 35316421 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-022-01006-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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As antibiotic resistance grows more frequent for common bacterial infections, alternative treatment strategies such as phage therapy have become more widely studied in the medical field. While many studies have explored the efficacy of antibiotics, phage therapy, or synergistic combinations of phages and antibiotics, the impact of virus competition on the efficacy of antibiotic treatment has not yet been considered. Here, we model the synergy between antibiotics and two viral types, temperate and chronic, in controlling bacterial infections. We demonstrate that while combinations of antibiotic and temperate viruses exhibit synergy, competition between temperate and chronic viruses inhibits bacterial control with antibiotics. In fact, our model reveals that antibiotic treatment may counterintuitively increase the bacterial load when a large fraction of the bacteria are antibiotic resistant, and both chronic and temperate phages are present.
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- Kylie J Landa
- Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA.
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Chung IY, Kim BO, Han JH, Park J, Kang HK, Park Y, Cho YH. A phage protein-derived antipathogenic peptide that targets type IV pilus assembly. Virulence 2021; 12:1377-1387. [PMID: 34008466 PMCID: PMC8143254 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2021.1926411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
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Phage-inspired antibacterial discovery is a new approach that recruits phages in search for antibacterials with new molecular targets, in that phages are the biological entities well adapted to hijack host bacterial physiology in favor of their own thrive. We previously observed that phage-mediated twitching motility inhibition was effective to control the acute infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and that the motility inhibition was attributed to the delocalization of PilB, the type IV pilus (TFP) assembly ATPase by binding of the 136-amino acid (aa) phage protein, Tip. Here, we created a series of truncated and point-mutant Tip proteins to identify the critical residues in the Tip bioactivity: N-terminal 80-aa residues were dispensable for the Tip activity; we identified that Asp82, Leu84, and Arg85 are crucial in the Tip function. Furthermore, a synthetic 15-aa peptide (P1) that corresponds to Leu73 to Ala87 is shown to suffice for PilB delocalization, twitching inhibition, and virulence attenuation upon exogenous administration. The transgenic flies expressing the 15-aa peptide were resistant to P. aeruginosa infections as well. Taken together, this proof-of-concept study reveals a new antipathogenic peptide hit targeting bacterial motility and provides an insight into antibacterial discovery targeting TFP assembly.
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- In-Young Chung
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Korea
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Temperate and chronic virus competition leads to low lysogen frequency. J Theor Biol 2021; 523:110710. [PMID: 33839160 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2019] [Revised: 04/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The canonical bacteriophage is obligately lytic: the virus infects a bacterium and hijacks cell functions to produce large numbers of new viruses which burst from the cell. These viruses are well-studied, but there exist a wide range of coexisting virus lifestyles that are less understood. Temperate viruses exhibit both a lytic cycle and a latent (lysogenic) cycle, in which viral genomes are integrated into the bacterial host. Meanwhile, chronic (persistent) viruses use cell functions to produce more viruses without killing the cell; chronic viruses may also exhibit a latent stage in addition to the productive stage. Here, we study the ecology of these competing viral strategies. We demonstrate the conditions under which each strategy is dominant, which aids in control of human bacterial infections using viruses. We find that low lysogen frequencies provide competitive advantages for both virus types; however, chronic viruses maximize steady state density by eliminating lysogeny entirely, while temperate viruses exhibit a non-zero 'sweet spot' lysogen frequency. Viral steady state density maximization leads to coexistence of temperate and chronic viruses, explaining the presence of multiple viral strategies in natural environments.
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cDNA-Derived RNA Phage Assembly Reveals Critical Residues in the Maturation Protein of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Leviphage PP7. J Virol 2021; 95:JVI.01643-20. [PMID: 33177196 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01643-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PP7 is a leviphage, with a single-stranded RNA genome, that infects Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. A reverse genetic system for PP7 was previously created by using reverse-transcribed cDNA (PP7O) from a virion-derived RNA genome. Here, we have found that the PP7O cDNA contained 20 nucleotide differences from the PP7 genome sequence deposited in the database. We created another reverse genetic system exploiting chemically synthesized cDNA (PP7S) based on the database sequence. Unlike PP7O, which yielded infectious PP7 virions, PP7S-derived particles were incapable of plaque formation on PAO1 cells, which was restored in the PAO1 cells expressing the maturation protein (MP) from PP7O Using this reverse genetic system, we revealed two amino acid residues involved in the known roles of MP (i.e., adsorption and genome replication), fortuitously providing a lesson that the viral RNA genome sequencing needs functional verification, possibly by a reverse genetic system.IMPORTANCE The biological significance of RNA phages has been largely ignored, ironically, because few studies have focused on RNA phages. As an initial attempt to properly represent RNA phages in the phageome, we previously created, by using reverse-transcribed cDNA, a reverse genetic system for the small RNA phage PP7, which infects the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa We report another system by using chemically synthesized cDNA based on the database genome that has 20 nucleotide differences from the previous cDNA. Investigation of those cDNA-derived phage virions revealed that two amino acids of the maturation protein are crucial for the normal phage lifecycle at different steps. Our study provides insight into the molecular basis for the RNA phage lifecycle and a lesson that the RNA genome sequencing needs to be carefully validated by cDNA-based phage assembly systems.
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The Concerted Action of Two B3-Like Prophage Genes Excludes Superinfecting Bacteriophages by Blocking DNA Entry into Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Virol 2020; 94:JVI.00953-20. [PMID: 32461312 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00953-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In this study, we describe seven vegetative phage genomes homologous to the historic phage B3 that infect Pseudomonas aeruginosa Like other phage groups, the B3-like group contains conserved (core) and variable (accessory) open reading frames (ORFs) grouped at fixed regions in their genomes; however, in either case, many ORFs remain without assigned functions. We constructed lysogens of the seven B3-like phages in strain Ps33 of P. aeruginosa, a novel clinical isolate, and assayed the exclusion phenotype against a variety of temperate and virulent superinfecting phages. In addition to the classic exclusion conferred by the phage immunity repressor, the phenotype observed in B3-like lysogens suggested the presence of other exclusion genes. We set out to identify the genes responsible for this exclusion phenotype. Phage Ps56 was chosen as the study subject since it excluded numerous temperate and virulent phages. Restriction of the Ps56 genome, cloning of several fragments, and resection of the fragments that retained the exclusion phenotype allowed us to identify two core ORFs, so far without any assigned function, as responsible for a type of exclusion. Neither gene expressed separately from plasmids showed activity, but the concurrent expression of both ORFs is needed for exclusion. Our data suggest that phage adsorption occurs but that phage genome translocation to the host's cytoplasm is defective. To our knowledge, this is the first report on this type of exclusion mediated by a prophage in P. aeruginosa IMPORTANCE Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium frequently isolated from infected immunocompromised patients, and the strains are resistant to a broad spectrum of antibiotics. Recently, the use of phages has been proposed as an alternative therapy against multidrug-resistant bacteria. However, this approach may present various hurdles. This work addresses the problem that pathogenic bacteria may be lysogenized by phages carrying genes encoding resistance against secondary infections, such as those used in phage therapy. Discovering phage genes that exclude superinfecting phages not only assigns novel functions to orphan genes in databases but also provides insight into selection of the proper phages for use in phage therapy.
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Mangalea MR, Duerkop BA. Fitness Trade-Offs Resulting from Bacteriophage Resistance Potentiate Synergistic Antibacterial Strategies. Infect Immun 2020; 88:e00926-19. [PMID: 32094257 PMCID: PMC7309606 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00926-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Bacteria that cause life-threatening infections in humans are becoming increasingly difficult to treat. In some instances, this is due to intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance, indicating that new therapeutic approaches are needed to combat bacterial pathogens. There is renewed interest in utilizing viruses of bacteria known as bacteriophages (phages) as potential antibacterial therapeutics. However, critics suggest that similar to antibiotics, the development of phage-resistant bacteria will halt clinical phage therapy. Although the emergence of phage-resistant bacteria is likely inevitable, there is a growing body of literature showing that phage selective pressure promotes mutations in bacteria that allow them to subvert phage infection, but with a cost to their fitness. Such fitness trade-offs include reduced virulence, resensitization to antibiotics, and colonization defects. Resistance to phage nucleic acid entry, primarily via cell surface modifications, compromises bacterial fitness during antibiotic and host immune system pressure. In this minireview, we explore the mechanisms behind phage resistance in bacterial pathogens and the physiological consequences of acquiring phage resistance phenotypes. With this knowledge, it may be possible to use phages to alter bacterial populations, making them more tractable to current therapeutic strategies.
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- Mihnea R Mangalea
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern for management of common bacterial infections. Here, we show that antibiotics can be effective at subinhibitory levels when bacteria carry latent phage. Our findings suggest that specific treatment strategies based on the identification of latent viruses in individual bacterial strains may be an effective personalized medicine approach to antibiotic stewardship. Most bacteria and archaea are infected by latent viruses that change their physiology and responses to environmental stress. We use a population model of the bacterium-phage relationship to examine the role that latent phage play in the bacterial population over time in response to antibiotic treatment. We demonstrate that the stress induced by antibiotic administration, even if bacteria are resistant to killing by antibiotics, is sufficient to control the infection under certain conditions. This work expands the breadth of understanding of phage-antibiotic synergy to include both temperate and chronic viruses persisting in their latent form in bacterial populations. IMPORTANCE Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern for management of common bacterial infections. Here, we show that antibiotics can be effective at subinhibitory levels when bacteria carry latent phage. Our findings suggest that specific treatment strategies based on the identification of latent viruses in individual bacterial strains may be an effective personalized medicine approach to antibiotic stewardship.
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Selection of Bacteriophages to Control In Vitro 24 h Old Biofilm of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolated from Drinking and Thermal Water. Viruses 2019; 11:v11080749. [PMID: 31412645 PMCID: PMC6722843 DOI: 10.3390/v11080749] [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: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes public healthcare issues. In moist environments, this Gram-negative bacterium persists through biofilm-associated contamination on surfaces. Bacteriophages are seen as a promising alternative strategy to chemical biocides. This study evaluates the potential of nine lytic bacteriophages as biocontrol treatments against nine environmental P. aerginosa isolates. The spot test method is preliminarily used to define the host range of each virus and to identify their minimum infectious titer, depending on the strain. Based on these results, newly isolated bacteriophages 14.1, LUZ7, and B1 are selected and assessed on a planktonic cell culture of the most susceptible isolates (strains MLM, D1, ST395E, and PAO1). All liquid infection assays are achieved in a mineral minimum medium that is much more representative of real moist environments than standard culture medium. Phages 14.1 and LUZ7 eliminate up to 90% of the PAO1 and D1 bacterial strains. Hence, their effectiveness is evaluated on the 24 h old biofilms of these strains, established on a stainless steel coupon that is characteristic of materials found in thermal and industrial environments. The results of quantitative PCR viability show a maximum reduction of 1.7 equivalent Log CFU/cm2 in the coupon between treated and untreated surfaces and shed light on the importance of considering the entire virus/host/environment system for optimizing the treatment.
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Li P, Lin H, Mi Z, Xing S, Tong Y, Wang J. Screening of Polyvalent Phage-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Based on Phage Receptor Analysis. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:850. [PMID: 31105661 PMCID: PMC6499177 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Bacteria-based biotechnology processes are constantly under threat from bacteriophage infection, with phage contamination being a non-neglectable problem for microbial fermentation. The essence of this problem is the complex co-evolutionary relationship between phages and bacteria. The development of phage control strategies requires further knowledge about phage-host interactions, while the widespread use of Escherichia coli strain BL21 (DE3) in biotechnological processes makes the study of phage receptors in this strain particularly important. Here, eight phages infecting E. coli BL21 (DE3) via different receptors were isolated and subsequently identified as members of the genera T4virus, Js98virus, Felix01virus, T1virus, and Rtpvirus. Phage receptors were identified by whole-genome sequencing of phage-resistant E. coli strains and sequence comparison with wild-type BL21 (DE3). Results showed that the receptors for the isolated phages, designated vB_EcoS_IME18, vB_EcoS_IME253, vB_EcoM_IME281, vB_EcoM_IME338, vB_EcoM_IME339, vB_EcoM_IME340, vB_EcoM_IME341, and vB_EcoS_IME347 were FhuA, FepA, OmpF, lipopolysaccharide, Tsx, OmpA, FadL, and YncD, respectively. A polyvalent phage-resistant BL21 (DE3)-derived strain, designated PR8, was then identified by screening with a phage cocktail consisting of the eight phages. Strain PR8 is resistant to 23 of 32 tested phages including Myoviridae and Siphoviridae phages. Strains BL21 (DE3) and PR8 showed similar expression levels of enhanced green fluorescent protein. Thus, PR8 may be used as a phage resistant strain for fermentation processes. The findings of this study contribute significantly to our knowledge of phage-host interactions and may help prevent phage contamination in fermentation.
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- Ping Li
- Food Safety Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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- Food Safety Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.,Department of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- Food Safety Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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McCutcheon JG, Peters DL, Dennis JJ. Identification and Characterization of Type IV Pili as the Cellular Receptor of Broad Host Range Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Bacteriophages DLP1 and DLP2. Viruses 2018; 10:E338. [PMID: 29925793 PMCID: PMC6024842 DOI: 10.3390/v10060338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bacteriophages DLP1 and DLP2 are capable of infecting both Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, two highly antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens, which is unusual for phages that typically exhibit extremely limited host range. To explain their unusual cross-order infectivity and differences in host range, we have identified the type IV pilus as the primary receptor for attachment. Screening of a P. aeruginosa PA01 mutant library, a host that is susceptible to DLP1 but not DLP2, identified DLP1-resistant mutants with disruptions in pilus structural and regulatory components. Subsequent complementation of the disrupted pilin subunit genes in PA01 restored DLP1 infection. Clean deletion of the major pilin subunit, pilA, in S. maltophilia strains D1585 and 280 prevented phage binding and lysis by both DLP1 and DLP2, and complementation restored infection by both. Transmission electron microscopy shows a clear interaction between DLP1 and pili of both D1585 and PA01. These results support the identity of the type IV pilus as the receptor for DLP1 and DLP2 infection across their broad host ranges. This research further characterizes DLP1 and DLP2 as potential “anti-virulence” phage therapy candidates for the treatment of multidrug resistant bacteria from multiple genera.
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MESH Headings
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacteriophages/metabolism
- Bacteriophages/ultrastructure
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Fimbriae Proteins/deficiency
- Fimbriae Proteins/genetics
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/chemistry
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/genetics
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/metabolism
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Host Specificity
- Humans
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Mutation
- Phage Therapy
- Pseudomonas Phages/metabolism
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genetics
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa/virology
- Receptors, Virus/genetics
- Receptors, Virus/metabolism
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia/chemistry
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia/genetics
- Stenotrophomonas maltophilia/virology
- Virulence
- Virus Attachment
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Affiliation(s)
- Jaclyn G McCutcheon
- CW405 Biological Sciences Building, 11455 Saskatchewan Dr. NW, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
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- CW405 Biological Sciences Building, 11455 Saskatchewan Dr. NW, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
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- CW405 Biological Sciences Building, 11455 Saskatchewan Dr. NW, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
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Kim ES, Bae HW, Cho YH. A Pilin Region Affecting Host Range of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa RNA Phage, PP7. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:247. [PMID: 29503640 PMCID: PMC5820433 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The host range of a phage is determined primarily by phage-receptor interaction. Here, we profiled the host range of an RNA leviphage, PP7 that requires functional type IV pilus (TFP) in order to enter into its host bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Out of 25 twitching-proficient P. aeruginosa strains, 4 with group I pilin and 7 with group III pilin displayed PP7-resistance. The remaining 14 possessed group II pilin, which included 10 PP7-sensitive and 4 PP7-resistant strains, suggesting that only the strains with TFP consisted of a subset of group II (hence, group IIa) pilin were susceptible to PP7. The co-expression of the PAO1 (group IIa) pilin rendered all the strains susceptible to PP7, with the exception of the 4 strains with group I pilin. Moreover, the expression of PA14 (group III) and PAK (group IIb) pilin in the PAO1 pilA mutant restored the twitching motility but not the PP7-suceptibility. Site-directed and random mutation analyses of PAO1 pilin enabled us to identify a pilin mutant (G96S) that is fully functional but resistant to PP7 infection. This is due to the lack of any phage-receptor interactions, suggesting the structural properties of the β1-β2 loop in the variable region 2 of the group II pilin might be involved in PP7 infection.
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- Eun Sook Kim
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa defends against phages through type IV pilus glycosylation. Nat Microbiol 2017; 3:47-52. [DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0061-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Bondy-Denomy J, Qian J, Westra ER, Buckling A, Guttman DS, Davidson AR, Maxwell KL. Prophages mediate defense against phage infection through diverse mechanisms. THE ISME JOURNAL 2016; 10:2854-2866. [PMID: 27258950 PMCID: PMC5148200 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The activity of bacteriophages poses a major threat to bacterial survival. Upon infection, a temperate phage can either kill the host cell or be maintained as a prophage. In this state, the bacteria carrying the prophage is at risk of superinfection, where another phage injects its genetic material and competes for host cell resources. To avoid this, many phages have evolved mechanisms that alter the bacteria and make it resistant to phage superinfection. The mechanisms underlying these phentoypic conversions and the fitness consequences for the host are poorly understood, and systematic studies of superinfection exclusion mechanisms are lacking. In this study, we examined a wide range of Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages and found that they mediate superinfection exclusion through a variety of mechanisms, some of which affected the type IV pilus and O-antigen, and others that functioned inside the cell. The strongest resistance mechanism was a surface modification that we showed is cost-free for the bacterial host in a natural soil environment and in a Caenorhabditis. elegans infection model. This study represents the first systematic approach to address how a population of prophages influences phage resistance and bacterial behavior in P. aeruginosa.
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- Joseph Bondy-Denomy
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
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- Environment and Sustainability Institute, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
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- Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Characterization of Five Novel Brevibacillus Bacteriophages and Genomic Comparison of Brevibacillus Phages. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156838. [PMID: 27304881 PMCID: PMC4909266 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Brevibacillus laterosporus is a spore-forming bacterium that causes a secondary infection in beehives following European Foulbrood disease. To better understand the contributions of Brevibacillus bacteriophages to the evolution of their hosts, five novel phages (Jenst, Osiris, Powder, SecTim467, and Sundance) were isolated and characterized. When compared with the five Brevibacillus phages currently in NCBI, these phages were assigned to clusters based on whole genome and proteome synteny. Powder and Osiris, both myoviruses, were assigned to the previously described Jimmer-like cluster. SecTim467 and Jenst, both siphoviruses, formed a novel phage cluster. Sundance, a siphovirus, was assigned as a singleton phage along with the previously isolated singleton, Emery. In addition to characterizing the basic relationships between these phages, several genomic features were observed. A motif repeated throughout phages Jenst and SecTim467 was frequently upstream of genes predicted to function in DNA replication, nucleotide metabolism, and transcription, suggesting transcriptional co-regulation. In addition, paralogous gene pairs that encode a putative transcriptional regulator were identified in four Brevibacillus phages. These paralogs likely evolved to bind different DNA sequences due to variation at amino acid residues predicted to bind specific nucleotides. Finally, a putative transposable element was identified in SecTim467 and Sundance that carries genes homologous to those found in Brevibacillus chromosomes. Remnants of this transposable element were also identified in phage Jenst. These discoveries provide a greater understanding of the diversity of phages, their behavior, and their evolutionary relationships to one another and to their host. In addition, they provide a foundation with which further Brevibacillus phages can be compared.
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Bertozzi Silva J, Storms Z, Sauvageau D. Host receptors for bacteriophage adsorption. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2016; 363:fnw002. [PMID: 26755501 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnw002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 333] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The adsorption of bacteriophages (phages) onto host cells is, in all but a few rare cases, a sine qua non condition for the onset of the infection process. Understanding the mechanisms involved and the factors affecting it is, thus, crucial for the investigation of host-phage interactions. This review provides a survey of the phage host receptors involved in recognition and adsorption and their interactions during attachment. Comprehension of the whole infection process, starting with the adsorption step, can enable and accelerate our understanding of phage ecology and the development of phage-based technologies. To assist in this effort, we have established an open-access resource--the Phage Receptor Database (PhReD)--to serve as a repository for information on known and newly identified phage receptors.
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- Juliano Bertozzi Silva
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, 12th Floor, Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering, 9211-116 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, 12th Floor, Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering, 9211-116 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, 12th Floor, Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering, 9211-116 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9, Canada
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Van Truong Thi B, Pham Khanh NH, Namikawa R, Miki K, Kondo A, Dang Thi PT, Kamei K. Genomic characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum phage ϕRS138 of the family Siphoviridae. Arch Virol 2015; 161:483-6. [PMID: 26526151 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-015-2654-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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ϕRS138, a bacteriophage of the family Siphoviridae that lyses Ralstonia solanacearum, was isolated. The genomic DNA of ϕRS138 was 41,941 bp long with a GC content of 65.1 % and contained 56 putative open reading frames. The ϕRS138 genome could be divided into three regions based on similarities to other genomes: (1) a region containing genes encoding a putative transcriptional regulator and an integrase, similar to the prophage genes in Ralstonia solanacearum K60-1; (2) a region encoding proteins related to structural modules and virion morphogenesis, similar to genes in the Pseudomonas phages of the family Siphoviridae; and (3) a region highly similar to the genomes of other Ralstonia solanacearum strains.
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- Bich Van Truong Thi
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Biotechnology Research and Development Institute, Can Tho University, Cantho City, Vietnam
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan
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- Hiyoshi Corporation, 908 Kitanosho, Omihachiman, Shiga, 523-8555, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan.
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Pieretti I, Cociancich S, Bolot S, Carrère S, Morisset A, Rott P, Royer M. Full Genome Sequence Analysis of Two Isolates Reveals a Novel Xanthomonas Species Close to the Sugarcane Pathogen Xanthomonas albilineans. Genes (Basel) 2015; 6:714-33. [PMID: 26213974 PMCID: PMC4584326 DOI: 10.3390/genes6030714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Xanthomonas albilineans is the bacterium responsible for leaf scald, a lethal disease of sugarcane. Within the Xanthomonas genus, X. albilineans exhibits distinctive genomic characteristics including the presence of significant genome erosion, a non-ribosomal peptide synthesis (NRPS) locus involved in albicidin biosynthesis, and a type 3 secretion system (T3SS) of the Salmonella pathogenicity island-1 (SPI-1) family. We sequenced two X. albilineans-like strains isolated from unusual environments, i.e., from dew droplets on sugarcane leaves and from the wild grass Paspalum dilatatum, and compared these genomes sequences with those of two strains of X. albilineans and three of Xanthomonas sacchari. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) and multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA) showed that both X. albilineans-like strains belong to a new species close to X. albilineans that we have named "Xanthomonas pseudalbilineans". X. albilineans and "X. pseudalbilineans" share many genomic features including (i) the lack of genes encoding a hypersensitive response and pathogenicity type 3 secretion system (Hrp-T3SS), and (ii) genome erosion that probably occurred in a common progenitor of both species. Our comparative analyses also revealed specific genomic features that may help X. albilineans interact with sugarcane, e.g., a PglA endoglucanase, three TonB-dependent transporters and a glycogen metabolism gene cluster. Other specific genomic features found in the "X. pseudalbilineans" genome may contribute to its fitness and specific ecological niche.
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- Isabelle Pieretti
- CIRAD UMR BGPI, TA A-54/K, Campus International de Baillarguet, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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- CIRAD UMR BGPI, TA A-54/K, Campus International de Baillarguet, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge-Auzeville CS52627, F-31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France.
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge-Auzeville CS52627, F-31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France.
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- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge-Auzeville CS52627, F-31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France.
- CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge-Auzeville CS52627, F-31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France.
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- CIRAD UMR BGPI, TA A-54/K, Campus International de Baillarguet, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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- CIRAD UMR BGPI, TA A-54/K, Campus International de Baillarguet, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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- CIRAD UMR BGPI, TA A-54/K, Campus International de Baillarguet, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Genome Sequence of the Urethral Isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa RN21. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2015; 3:3/4/e00788-15. [PMID: 26184943 PMCID: PMC4505131 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00788-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known to cause complicated urinary tract infections (UTI). The improved 7.0-Mb draft genome sequence of P. aeruginosa RN21, isolated from a patient with an acute UTI, was determined. It carries three (pro)phage genomes, genes for two restriction/modification systems, and a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated (Cas) system.
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Cazares A, Mendoza-Hernández G, Guarneros G. Core and accessory genome architecture in a group of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mu-like phages. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:1146. [PMID: 25527250 PMCID: PMC4378225 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Bacteriophages that infect the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been classified into several groups. One of them, which includes temperate phage particles with icosahedral heads and long flexible tails, bears genomes whose architecture and replication mechanism, but not their nucleotide sequences, are like those of coliphage Mu. By comparing the genomic sequences of this group of P. aeruginosa phages one could draw conclusions about their ontogeny and evolution. Results Two newly isolated Mu-like phages of P. aeruginosa are described and their genomes sequenced and compared with those available in the public data banks. The genome sequences of the two phages are similar to each other and to those of a group of P. aeruginosa transposable phages. Comparing twelve of these genomes revealed a common genomic architecture in the group. Each phage genome had numerous genes with homologues in all the other genomes and a set of variable genes specific for each genome. The first group, which comprised most of the genes with assigned functions, was named “core genome”, and the second group, containing mostly short ORFs without assigned functions was called “accessory genome”. Like in other phage groups, variable genes are confined to specific regions in the genome. Conclusion Based on the known and inferred functions for some of the variable genes of the phages analyzed here, they appear to confer selective advantages for the phage survival under particular host conditions. We speculate that phages have developed a mechanism for horizontally acquiring genes to incorporate them at specific loci in the genome that help phage adaptation to the selective pressures imposed by the host. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-1146) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV IPN), Mexico City, Mexico.
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Adriaenssens EM, Edwards R, Nash JHE, Mahadevan P, Seto D, Ackermann HW, Lavigne R, Kropinski AM. Integration of genomic and proteomic analyses in the classification of the Siphoviridae family. Virology 2014; 477:144-154. [PMID: 25466308 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 09/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Using a variety of genomic (BLASTN, ClustalW) and proteomic (Phage Proteomic Tree, CoreGenes) tools we have tackled the taxonomic status of members of the largest bacteriophage family, the Siphoviridae. In all over 400 phages were examined and we were able to propose 39 new genera, comprising 216 phage species, and add 62 species to two previously defined genera (Phic3unalikevirus; L5likevirus) grouping, in total, 390 fully sequenced phage isolates. Many of the remainders are orphans which the Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) chooses not to ascribe genus status at the time being.
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- Evelien M Adriaenssens
- Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Genomics Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria 0028, South Africa
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- Geology, Mathematics, and Computer Science, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, 110 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 3W4
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Département de Microbiologie-infectiologie et immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1K 7P4
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- Department of Biosystems, Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, KasteelparkArenberg 21 - b2462, Heverlee 3001, Belgium.
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- Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, 110 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 3W4; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2A1.
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Chaturongakul S, Ounjai P. Phage-host interplay: examples from tailed phages and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:442. [PMID: 25191318 PMCID: PMC4138488 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Complex interactions between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts play significant roles in shaping the structure of environmental microbial communities, not only by genetic transduction but also by modification of bacterial gene expression patterns. Survival of phages solely depends on their ability to infect their bacterial hosts, most importantly during phage entry. Successful dynamic adaptation of bacteriophages when facing selective pressures, such as host adaptation and resistance, dictates their abundance and diversification. Co-evolution of the phage tail fibers and bacterial receptors determine bacterial host ranges, mechanisms of phage entry, and other infection parameters. This review summarizes the current knowledge about the physical interactions between tailed bacteriophages and bacterial pathogens (e.g., Salmonella enterica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and the influences of the phage on host gene expression. Understanding these interactions can offer insights into phage-host dynamics and suggest novel strategies for the design of bacterial pathogen biological controls.
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- Soraya Chaturongakul
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand ; Center for Emerging Bacterial Infections, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand
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Chung IY, Jang HJ, Bae HW, Cho YH. A phage protein that inhibits the bacterial ATPase required for type IV pilus assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:11503-8. [PMID: 25049409 PMCID: PMC4128137 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403537111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Type IV pili (TFPs) are required for bacterial twitching motility and for phage infection in the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here we describe a phage-encoded protein, D3112 protein gp05 (hereafter referred to as Tip, representing twitching inhibitory protein), whose expression is necessary and sufficient to mediate the inhibition of twitching motility. Tip interacts with and blocks the activity of bacterial-encoded PilB, the TFP assembly/extension ATPase, at an internal 40-aa region unique to PilB. Tip expression results in the loss of surface piliation. Based on these observations and the fact that many P. aeruginosa phages require TFPs for infection, Tip-mediated twitching inhibition may represent a generalized strategy for superinfection exclusion. Moreover, because TFPs are required for full virulence, PilB may be an attractive target for the development of novel antiinfectives.
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- In-Young Chung
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do 463-840, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do 463-840, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do 463-840, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do 463-840, Korea
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Bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, being opportunistic pathogens, are the major cause of nosocomial infections and, in some cases, the primary cause of death. They are virtually untreatable with currently known antibiotics. Phage therapy is considered as one of the possible approaches to the treatment of P. aeruginosa infections. Difficulties in the implementation of phage therapy in medical practice are related, for example, to the insufficient number and diversity of virulent phages that are active against P. aeruginosa. Results of interaction of therapeutic phages with bacteria in different conditions and environments are studied insufficiently. A little is known about possible interactions of therapeutic phages with resident prophages and plasmids in clinical strains in the foci of infections. This chapter highlights the different approaches to solving these problems and possible ways to expand the diversity of therapeutic P. aeruginosa phages and organizational arrangements (as banks of phages) to ensure long-term use of phages in the treatment of P. aeruginosa infections.
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- Victor N Krylov
- Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines & Sera, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Chung IY, Bae HW, Jang HJ, Kim BO, Cho YH. Superinfection exclusion reveals heteroimmunity between Pseudomonas aeruginosa temperate phages. J Microbiol 2014; 52:515-20. [PMID: 24871978 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-014-4012-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Temperate siphophages (MP29, MP42, and MP48) were isolated from the culture supernatant of clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. The complete nucleotide sequences and annotation of the phage genomes revealed the overall synteny to the known temperate P. aeruginosa phages such as MP22, D3112, and DMS3. Genome-level sequence analysis showed the conservation of both ends of the linear genome and the divergence at the previously identified dissimilarity regions (R1 to R9). Protein sequence alignment of the c repressor (ORF1) of each phage enabled us to divide the six phages into two groups: D3112 group (D3112, MP29, MP42, and MP48) and MP22 group (MP22 and DMS3). Superinfection exclusion was observed between the phages belonging to the same group, which was mediated by the specific interaction between the c repressor and the cognate operator. Based on these, we suggest that the temperate siphophages prevalent in the clinical strains of P. aeruginosa represent at least two distinct heteroimmunity groups.
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- In-Young Chung
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do, 463-840, Republic of Korea
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Wasukira A, Coulter M, Al-Sowayeh N, Thwaites R, Paszkiewicz K, Kubiriba J, Smith J, Grant M, Studholme DJ. Genome Sequencing of Xanthomonas vasicola Pathovar vasculorum Reveals Variation in Plasmids and Genes Encoding Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis, Type-IV Pilus and Type-III Secretion Effectors. Pathogens 2014; 3:211-37. [PMID: 25437615 PMCID: PMC4235730 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens3010211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Xanthomonas vasicola pathovar vasculorum (Xvv) is the bacterial agent causing gumming disease in sugarcane. Here, we compare complete genome sequences for five isolates of Xvv originating from sugarcane and one from maize. This identified two distinct types of lipopolysaccharide synthesis gene clusters among Xvv isolates: one is similar to that of Xanthomonas axonopodis pathovar citri (Xac) and is probably the ancestral type, while the other is similar to those of the sugarcane-inhabiting species, Xanthomonas sacchari. Four of six Xvv isolates harboured sequences similar to the Xac plasmid, pXAC47, and showed a distinct Type-IV pilus (T4P) sequence type, whereas the T4P locus of the other two isolates resembled that of the closely related banana pathogen, Xanthomonas campestris pathovar musacearum (Xcm). The Xvv isolate from maize has lost a gene encoding a homologue of the virulence effector, xopAF, which was present in all five of the sugarcane isolates, while xopL contained a premature stop codon in four out of six isolates. These findings shed new light on evolutionary events since the divergence of Xvv and Xcm, as well as further elucidating the relationships between the two closely related pathogens.
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- Arthur Wasukira
- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.
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- The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK.
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.
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- National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), Kampala 7084, Uganda.
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- The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK.
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.
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Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Podophage MPK7, Which Requires Type IV Pili for Infection. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2013; 1:1/5/e00744-13. [PMID: 24115538 PMCID: PMC3795208 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00744-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We report the complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa podophage MPK7. It displays synteny to the P. aeruginosa phages of the Phikmvlikevirus genus, which includes phiKMV and LKA1. MPK7 requires type IV pili (TFP) for infection, suggesting the role of functional TFP as the receptor for this phage genus.
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Zanetti CCS, Mingrone RCC, Kisielius JJ, Ueda-Ito M, Pignatari ACC. Characterization of bacteriophages infecting clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa stored in a culture collection. Braz J Med Biol Res 2013; 46:689-95. [PMID: 23969975 PMCID: PMC3854419 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20132796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Some clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa stored in our culture collection did not grow or grew poorly and showed lysis on the culture plates when removed from the collection and inoculated on MacConkey agar. One hypothesis was that bacteriophages had infected and killed those clinical isolates. To check the best storage conditions to maintain viable P. aeruginosa for a longer time, clinical isolates were stored at various temperatures and were grown monthly. We investigated the presence of phage in 10 clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa stored in our culture collection. Four strains of P. aeruginosa were infected by phages that were characterized by electron microscopy and isolated to assess their ability to infect. The best condition to maintain the viability of the strains during storage was in water at room temperature. Three Siphoviridae and two Myoviridae phages were visualized and characterized by morphology. We confirmed the presence of bacteriophages infecting clinical isolates, and their ability to infect and lyse alternative hosts. Strain PAO1, however, did not show lysis to any phage. Mucoid and multidrug resistant strains of P. aeruginosa showed lysis to 50% of the phages tested.
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- C C S Zanetti
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Laboratório Especial de Microbiologia Clínica, Divisão de Doenças Infecciosas, São PauloSP, Brasil
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Bondy-Denomy J, Pawluk A, Maxwell KL, Davidson AR. Bacteriophage genes that inactivate the CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system. Nature 2013; 493:429-32. [PMID: 23242138 PMCID: PMC4931913 DOI: 10.1038/nature11723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 545] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A widespread system used by bacteria for protection against potentially dangerous foreign DNA molecules consists of the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) coupled with cas (CRISPR-associated) genes. Similar to RNA interference in eukaryotes, these CRISPR/Cas systems use small RNAs for sequence-specific detection and neutralization of invading genomes. Here we describe the first examples of genes that mediate the inhibition of a CRISPR/Cas system. Five distinct 'anti-CRISPR' genes were found in the genomes of bacteriophages infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mutation of the anti-CRISPR gene of a phage rendered it unable to infect bacteria with a functional CRISPR/Cas system, and the addition of the same gene to the genome of a CRISPR/Cas-targeted phage allowed it to evade the CRISPR/Cas system. Phage-encoded anti-CRISPR genes may represent a widespread mechanism for phages to overcome the highly prevalent CRISPR/Cas systems. The existence of anti-CRISPR genes presents new avenues for the elucidation of CRISPR/Cas functional mechanisms and provides new insight into the co-evolution of phages and bacteria.
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- Joe Bondy-Denomy
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3E1
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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Nguyen HTD, Yoon S, Kim MH, Kim YK, Yoon MY, Cho YH, Lim Y, Shin SH, Kim DE. Characterization of bacteriophage ϕPto-bp6g, a novel phage that lyses Pseudomonas tolaasii causing brown blotch disease in mushrooms. J Microbiol Methods 2012; 91:514-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Revised: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Complete genome sequences of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa temperate phages, MP29 and MP42, which lack the phage-host CRISPR interaction. J Virol 2012; 86:8336. [PMID: 22787268 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01127-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We report the complete genome sequence of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages MP29 and MP42. Their genomes are similar to those of P. aeruginosa temperate phages DMS3 and MP22, whose lysogens are impaired in swarming motilities, involving the host CRISPR loci. Both MP29 and MP42 lysogens, however, were proficient in swarming, suggesting the absence of the phage-host CRISPR interaction.
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We report the complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa siphophage MP1412, which displays synteny to those of P. aeruginosa phages M6 and YuA. However, the presence of two homing endonucleases of the GIY-YIG family is unique to MP1412, suggesting their unique role in the phage life cycle of the bacterial host.
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Differential infection properties of three inducible prophages from an epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. BMC Microbiol 2012; 12:216. [PMID: 22998633 PMCID: PMC3544612 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common bacterial pathogen infecting the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The Liverpool Epidemic Strain (LES) is transmissible, capable of superseding other P. aeruginosa populations and is associated with increased morbidity. Previously, multiple inducible prophages have been found to coexist in the LES chromosome and to constitute a major component of the accessory genome not found in other sequenced P. aerugionosa strains. LES phages confer a competitive advantage in a rat model of chronic lung infection and may, therefore underpin LES prevalence. Here the infective properties of three LES phages were characterised. Results This study focuses on three of the five active prophages (LESφ2, LESφ3 and LESφ4) that are members of the Siphoviridae. All were induced from LESB58 by norfloxacin. Lytic production of LESφ2 was considerably higher than that of LESφ3 and LESφ4. Each phage was capable of both lytic and lysogenic infection of the susceptible P. aeruginosa host, PAO1, producing phage-specific plaque morphologies. In the PAO1 host background, the LESφ2 prophage conferred immunity against LESφ3 infection and reduced susceptibility to LESφ4 infection. Each prophage was less stable in the PAO1 chromosome with substantially higher rates of spontaneous phage production than when residing in the native LESB58 host. We show that LES phages are capable of horizontal gene transfer by infecting P. aeruginosa strains from different sources and that type IV pili are required for infection by all three phages. Conclusions Multiple inducible prophages with diverse infection properties have been maintained in the LES genome. Our data suggest that LESφ2 is more sensitive to induction into the lytic cycle or has a more efficient replicative cycle than the other LES phages.
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Antibacterial efficacy of temperate phage-mediated inhibition of bacterial group motilities. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 56:5612-7. [PMID: 22908158 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00504-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Phage therapy against bacterial pathogens has been resurrected as an alternative and supplementary anti-infective modality. Here, we observed that bacterial group motilities were impaired in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA14 lysogens for some temperate siphophages; the PA14 lysogens for DMS3 and MP22 were impaired in swarming motility, whereas the PA14 lysogen for D3112 was impaired in twitching motility. The swarming and twitching motilities of PA14 were also affected in the presence of MP22 and D3112, respectively. The in vitro killing activities of D3112 and MP22 toward PA14 did not differ, and neither did their in vivo persistence in the absence of bacterial infections in mice as well as in flies. Nevertheless, administration of D3112, not MP22, significantly reduced the mortality and the bacterial burdens in murine peritonitis-sepsis and Drosophila systemic infection caused by PA14. Taken together, we suggest that a temperate phage-mediated twitching motility inhibition might be comparably effective to control the acute infections caused by P. aeruginosa.
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High diversity and novel species of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophages. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:4510-5. [PMID: 22504803 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00065-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophages was investigated using a collection of 68 phages isolated from Central Mexico. Most of the phages carried double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genomes and were classified into 12 species. Comparison of the genomes of selected archetypal phages with extant sequences in GenBank resulted in the identification of six novel species. This finding increased the group diversity by ~30%. The great diversity of phage species could be related to the ubiquitous nature of P. aeruginosa.
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Radhakrishnan A, Ananthasubramanian M. Characterization and lytic activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens phages from sewage. Braz J Microbiol 2012; 43:356-62. [PMID: 24031839 PMCID: PMC3768991 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-838220120001000042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas fluorescens phages from sewage were tested against P. fluorescens isolates of soil and sewage. The phages were characterized as to host range, morphology, structural proteins and genome fingerprint. Of the seven phages isolated, one was found to be abundant in sewage (5.9×107 pfu/mL), having broad host range, and distinct protein and DNA profile when compared to the other six phages. DNA restriction and protein profiles of the phages and their morphology indicate the diversity in the sewage environment. None of the isolates from the rhizosphere regions of various cultivated soils were susceptible to phages isolated from sewage.
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Santos TMA, Ledbetter EC, Caixeta LS, Bicalho MLS, Bicalho RC. Isolation and characterization of two bacteriophages with strong in vitro antimicrobial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from dogs with ocular infections. Am J Vet Res 2011; 72:1079-86. [PMID: 21801066 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.8.1079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To isolate and characterize bacteriophages with strong in vitro lytic activity against various pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from dogs with ocular infections. SAMPLE 26 genetically distinct P aeruginosa isolates. PROCEDURES P aeruginosa strains were derived from dogs with naturally acquired ulcerative keratitis. From a large-scale screening for bacteriophages with potential therapeutic benefit against canine ocular infections, 2 bacteriophages (P2S2 and P5U5) were selected; host ranges were determined, and phage nucleic acid type and genetic profile were identified via enzymatic digestion. Electron microscopy was used to characterize bacteriophage ultrastructure. Bacteriophage temperature and pH stabilities were assessed by use of double-layer agar overlay titration. A cocultivation assay was used to evaluate the effect of the bacteriophages on bacterial host growth. RESULTS P5U5 was active against all P aeruginosa isolates, whereas P2S2 formed lytic plaques on plates of 21 (80.8%) isolates. For each bacteriophage, the genomic nucleic acid was DNA; each was genetically distinct. Ultrastructurally, P2S2 and P5U5 appeared likely to belong to the Podoviridae and Siphoviridae families, respectively. The bacteriophages were stable within a pH range of 4 to 12; however, titers of both bacteriophages decreased following heating for 10 to 50 minutes at 45° or 60°C. Growth of each P aeruginosa isolate was significantly inhibited in coculture with P2S2 or P5U5; the dose response was related to the plaque-forming unit-to-CFU ratios. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Bacteriophages P2S2 and P5U5 appear to be good candidates for phage treatment of infection caused by pathogenic P aeruginosa in dogs.
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Genetic characterization indicates that a specific subpopulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with keratitis infections. J Clin Microbiol 2011; 49:993-1003. [PMID: 21227987 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02036-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common opportunistic bacterial pathogen that causes a variety of infections in humans. Populations of P. aeruginosa are dominated by common clones that can be isolated from diverse clinical and environmental sources. To determine whether specific clones are associated with corneal infection, we used a portable genotyping microarray system to analyze a set of 63 P. aeruginosa isolates from patients with corneal ulcers (keratitis). We then used population analysis to compare the keratitis isolates to a wider collection of P. aeruginosa from various nonocular sources. We identified various markers in a subpopulation of P. aeruginosa associated with keratitis that were in strong disequilibrium with the wider P. aeruginosa population, including oriC, exoU, katN, unmodified flagellin, and the carriage of common genomic islands. The genome sequencing of a keratitis isolate (39016; representing the dominant serotype O11), which was associated with a prolonged clinical healing time, revealed several genomic islands and prophages within the accessory genome. The PCR amplification screening of all 63 keratitis isolates, however, provided little evidence for the shared carriage of specific prophages or genomic islands between serotypes. P. aeruginosa twitching motility, due to type IV pili, is implicated in corneal virulence. We demonstrated that 46% of the O11 keratitis isolates, including 39016, carry a distinctive pilA, encoding the pilin of type IV pili. Thus, the keratitis isolates were associated with specific characteristics, indicating that a subpopulation of P. aeruginosa is adapted to cause corneal infection.
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Cady KC, White AS, Hammond JH, Abendroth MD, Karthikeyan RSG, Lalitha P, Zegans ME, O'Toole GA. Prevalence, conservation and functional analysis of Yersinia and Escherichia CRISPR regions in clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2010; 157:430-437. [PMID: 21081758 PMCID: PMC3090132 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.045732-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Here, we report the characterization of 122 Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from three distinct geographical locations: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, USA, the Charles T. Campbell Eye Microbiology Lab at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA, and the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India. We identified and located clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) in 45/122 clinical isolates and sequenced these CRISPR, finding that Yersinia subtype CRISPR regions (33 %) were more prevalent than the Escherichia CRISPR region subtype (6 %) in these P. aeruginosa clinical isolates. Further, we observed 132 unique spacers from these 45 CRISPR that are 100 % identical to prophages or sequenced temperate bacteriophage capable of becoming prophages. Most intriguingly, all of these 132 viral spacers matched to temperate bacteriophage/prophages capable of inserting into the host chromosome, but not to extrachromosomally replicating lytic P. aeruginosa bacteriophage. We next assessed the ability of the more prevalent Yersinia subtype CRISPR regions to mediate resistance to bacteriophage infection or lysogeny by deleting the entire CRISPR region from sequenced strain UCBPP-PA14 and six clinical isolates. We found no change in CRISPR-mediated resistance to bacteriophage infection or lysogeny rate even for CRISPR with spacers 100 % identical to a region of the infecting bacteriophage. Lastly, to show these CRISPR and cas genes were expressed and functional, we demonstrated production of small CRISPR RNAs. This work provides both the first examination to our knowledge of CRISPR regions within clinical P. aeruginosa isolates and a collection of defined CRISPR-positive and -negative strains for further CRISPR and cas gene studies.
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- K C Cady
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Pseudomonas species and their bacteriophages have been studied intensely since the beginning of the 20th century, due to their ubiquitous nature, and medical and ecological importance. Here, we summarize recent molecular research performed on Pseudomonas phages by reviewing findings on individual phage genera. While large phage collections are stored and characterized worldwide, the limits of their genomic diversity are becoming more and more apparent. Although this article emphasizes the biological background and molecular characteristics of these phages, special attention is given to emerging studies in coevolutionary and in therapeutic settings.
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- Pieter-Jan Ceyssens
- Department of Biosystems, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 21, bus 2462, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Deschavanne P, DuBow MS, Regeard C. The use of genomic signature distance between bacteriophages and their hosts displays evolutionary relationships and phage growth cycle determination. Virol J 2010; 7:163. [PMID: 20637121 PMCID: PMC2917420 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-7-163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Accepted: 07/17/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bacteriophage classification is mainly based on morphological traits and genome characteristics combined with host information and in some cases on phage growth lifestyle. A lack of molecular tools can impede more precise studies on phylogenetic relationships or even a taxonomic classification. The use of methods to analyze genome sequences without the requirement for homology has allowed advances in classification. RESULTS Here, we proposed to use genome sequence signature to characterize bacteriophages and to compare them to their host genome signature in order to obtain host-phage relationships and information on their lifestyle. We analyze the host-phage relationships in the four most representative groups of Caudoviridae, the dsDNA group of phages. We demonstrate that the use of phage genomic signature and its comparison with that of the host allows a grouping of phages and is also able to predict the host-phage relationships (lytic vs. temperate). CONCLUSIONS We can thus condense, in relatively simple figures, this phage information dispersed over many publications.
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- Patrick Deschavanne
- Molécules Thérapeutiques in Silico MTI, INSERM UMR-M 973, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, Bât Lamarck, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France.
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Ceyssens PJ, Noben JP, Ackermann HW, Verhaegen J, De Vos D, Pirnay JP, Merabishvili M, Vaneechoutte M, Chibeu A, Volckaert G, Lavigne R. Survey ofPseudomonas aeruginosaand its phages:de novopeptide sequencing as a novel tool to assess the diversity of worldwide collected viruses. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1303-13. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01862.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Antibacterial efficacy of phages against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in mice and Drosophila melanogaster. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 53:2469-74. [PMID: 19364866 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01646-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Phage therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections has received renewed attention owing to the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in this bacterium. Here, we isolated and characterized two new potentially lytic bacteriophages (MPK1 and MPK6), which produced large and clear plaques on P. aeruginosa strain PAO1. Based on their morphology, MPK1 belongs to the Myoviridae, while MPK6 belongs to the Podoviridae. The group B polysaccharide of lipopolysaccharide was required for infection, suggesting that their host spectra are associated with the serotypes of P. aeruginosa strains. Intramuscular and intraperitoneal administration of MPK1 and, to a lesser extent, MPK6 significantly protected mice from mortality caused by PAO1-induced peritonitis-sepsis (P < 0.01). Mice treated with either phage also had lower bacterial burdens in their livers, lungs, and spleens. The antibacterial efficacy of MPK1 and MPK6 was also evaluated based on Drosophila melanogaster systemic infection caused by P. aeruginosa, for which phages were administered by feeding. Both phages significantly delayed the PAO1-induced killing of D. melanogaster (P < 0.001), although MPK1 persisted longer than MPK6 in uninfected D. melanogaster tissue samples. These results suggest that a mini-scale experiment using D. melanogaster infection is valid for evaluating the antibacterial efficacy of phage therapy against P. aeruginosa infections.
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Zegans ME, Wagner JC, Cady KC, Murphy DM, Hammond JH, O'Toole GA. Interaction between bacteriophage DMS3 and host CRISPR region inhibits group behaviors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:210-9. [PMID: 18952788 PMCID: PMC2612449 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00797-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Accepted: 10/17/2008] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Bacteriophage infection has profound effects on bacterial biology. Clustered regular interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) and cas (CRISPR-associated) genes are found in most archaea and many bacteria and have been reported to play a role in resistance to bacteriophage infection. We observed that lysogenic infection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 with bacteriophage DMS3 inhibits biofilm formation and swarming motility, both important bacterial group behaviors. This inhibition requires the CRISPR region in the host. Mutation or deletion of five of the six cas genes and one of the two CRISPRs in this region restored biofilm formation and swarming to DMS3 lysogenized strains. Our observations suggest a role for CRISPR regions in modifying the effects of lysogeny on P. aeruginosa.
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- Michael E Zegans
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Drosophila melanogaster-based screening for multihost virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 and identification of a virulence-attenuating factor, HudA. Infect Immun 2008; 76:4152-62. [PMID: 18591226 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01637-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic human pathogen that interacts with phylogenetically diverse nonmammalian hosts, including plants, nematodes, and insects. Here, we exploited the P. aeruginosa-induced killing of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as an assay system to screen for virulence-attenuated mutants of P. aeruginosa PA14. Fifteen nonredundant mutants were isolated from 4,018 random transposon (TnphoA) insertion clones, and 13 out of them (86.7%) displayed significantly reduced virulence in a murine peritonitis model as well. The TnphoA insertion sites of the 15 mutants were determined; already known virulence genes (dsbA, pvdI, fhlB, pilF, and wspF) and new virulence genes such as PA0253 (hudR), PA0369, PA2077, PA0272, PA2113, PA2965 (fabF1), and PA2002 were identified; one insertion was located at the intergenic region between PA1928 and PA1929; and the other two insertions were located in the genes (PA14_35740 and PA14_36000) within a putative genomic island, indicating a potential pathogenicity island of PA14. Further characterization of hudR, a virulence gene which encodes a MarR/SlyA family transcription factor, revealed that elevated expression of PA0254 (hudA [homologous to UbiD]) was necessary and sufficient for the virulence attenuation of the hudR mutant. The HudR protein repressed the hudAR operon by directly binding to its upstream promoter region. Collectively, these results validate the relevance of the D. melanogaster model for the high-throughput identification of new virulence factors involved in the multihost pathogenesis of P. aeruginosa.
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Unusual properties of catalase A (KatA) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 are associated with its biofilm peroxide resistance. J Bacteriol 2007; 190:2663-70. [PMID: 18165301 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01580-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous environmental bacterium whose major catalase (KatA) is highly stable, extracellularly present, and required for full virulence as well as for peroxide resistance in planktonic and biofilm states. Here, we dismantled the function of P. aeruginosa KatA (KatA(Pa)) by comparing its properties with those of two evolutionarily related (clade 3 monofunctional) catalases from Bacillus subtilis (KatA(Bs)) and Streptomyces coelicolor (CatA(Sc)). We switched the coding region for KatA(Pa) with those for KatA(Bs) and CatA(Sc), expressed the catalases under the potential katA-regulatory elements in a P. aeruginosa PA14 katA mutant, and verified their comparable protein levels by Western blot analysis. The activities of KatA(Bs) and CatA(Sc), however, were less than 40% of the KatA(Pa) activity, suggestive of the difference in intrinsic catalatic activity or efficiency for posttranslational activity modulation in P. aeruginosa. Furthermore, KatA(Bs) and CatA(Sc) were relatively susceptible to proteinase K, whereas KatA(Pa) was highly stable upon proteinase K treatment. As well, KatA(Bs) and CatA(Sc) were undetectable in the extracellular milieu. Nevertheless, katA(Bs) and catA(Sc) fully rescued the peroxide sensitivity and osmosensitivity of the katA mutant, respectively. Both catalase genes rescued the attenuated virulence of the katA mutant in mouse acute infection and Drosophila melanogaster models. However, the peroxide susceptibility of the katA mutant in a biofilm growth state was rescued by neither katA(Bs) nor catA(Sc). Based on these results, we propose that the P. aeruginosa KatA is highly stable compared to the two major catalases from gram-positive bacteria and that its unique properties involving metastability and extracellular presence may contribute to the peroxide resistance of P. aeruginosa biofilm and presumably to chronic infections.
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