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Jurnecka D, Man P, Sebo P, Bumba L. Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica filamentous hemagglutinins are processed at different sites. FEBS Open Bio 2018; 8:1256-1266. [PMID: 30087831 PMCID: PMC6070651 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) mediates adherence and plays an important role in lower respiratory tract infections by pathogenic Bordetellae. The mature FHA proteins of B. pertussis (Bp‐FHA) and the B. bronchiseptica (Bb‐FHA) are generated by processing of the respective FhaB precursors by the autotransporter subtilisin‐type protease SphB1. We have used bottom‐up proteomics with differential 16O/18O labeling and show that despite high‐sequence conservation of the corresponding FhaB segments, the mature Bp‐FHA (~ 230 kDa) and Bb‐FHA (~ 243 kDa) proteins are processed at different sites of FhaB, after the Ala‐2348 and Lys‐2479 residues, respectively. Moreover, protease surface accessibility probing by on‐column (on‐line) digestion of the Bp‐FHA and Bb‐FHA proteins yielded different peptide patterns, revealing structural differences in the N‐terminal and C‐terminal domains of the Bp‐FHA and Bb‐FHA proteins. These data indicate specific structural variations between the highly homologous FHA proteins.
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- David Jurnecka
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens Institute of Microbiology Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 4 Czech Republic.,Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Science Charles University in Prague Prague 2 Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Science Charles University in Prague Prague 2 Czech Republic.,BioCeV - Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Vestec Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens Institute of Microbiology Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 4 Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens Institute of Microbiology Czech Academy of Sciences Prague 4 Czech Republic
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Bouchez V, Douché T, Dazas M, Delaplane S, Matondo M, Chamot-Rooke J, Guiso N. Characterization of Post-Translational Modifications and Cytotoxic Properties of the Adenylate-Cyclase Hemolysin Produced by Various Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis Isolates. Toxins (Basel) 2017; 9:toxins9100304. [PMID: 28954396 PMCID: PMC5666351 DOI: 10.3390/toxins9100304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis are the causal agents of whooping cough in humans. They produce diverse virulence factors, including adenylate cyclase-hemolysin (AC-Hly), a secreted toxin of the repeat in toxins (RTX) family with cyclase, pore-forming, and hemolytic activities. Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are essential for the biological activities of the toxin produced by B. pertussis. In this study, we compared AC-Hly toxins from various clinical isolates of B. pertussis and B. parapertussis, focusing on (i) the genomic sequences of cyaA genes, (ii) the PTMs of partially purified AC-Hly, and (iii) the cytotoxic activity of the various AC-Hly toxins. The genes encoding the AC-Hly toxins of B. pertussis and B. parapertussis displayed very limited polymorphism in each species. Most of the sequence differences between the two species were found in the C-terminal part of the protein. Both toxins harbored PTMs, mostly corresponding to palmitoylations of the lysine 860 residue and palmoylations and myristoylations of lysine 983 for B. pertussis and AC-Hly and palmitoylations of lysine 894 and myristoylations of lysine 1017 for B. parapertussis AC-Hly. Purified AC-Hly from B. pertussis was cytotoxic to macrophages, whereas that from B. parapertussis was not.
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- Valérie Bouchez
- Institut Pasteur, Unité Prévention et Thérapie Moléculaires des Maladies Humaines, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse pour la Biologie, CNRS/Institut Pasteur USR2000, CITECH, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France, (T.D.).
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Prévention et Thérapie Moléculaires des Maladies Humaines, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Prévention et Thérapie Moléculaires des Maladies Humaines, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse pour la Biologie, CNRS/Institut Pasteur USR2000, CITECH, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France, (T.D.).
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse pour la Biologie, CNRS/Institut Pasteur USR2000, CITECH, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France, (T.D.).
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Prévention et Thérapie Moléculaires des Maladies Humaines, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France.
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Characterization of Post-Translational Modifications and Cytotoxic Properties of the Adenylate-Cyclase Hemolysin Produced by Various Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis Isolates. Toxins (Basel) 2017. [PMID: 28954396 DOI: 10.3390/toxins9100304.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis are the causal agents of whooping cough in humans. They produce diverse virulence factors, including adenylate cyclase-hemolysin (AC-Hly), a secreted toxin of the repeat in toxins (RTX) family with cyclase, pore-forming, and hemolytic activities. Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are essential for the biological activities of the toxin produced by B. pertussis. In this study, we compared AC-Hly toxins from various clinical isolates of B. pertussis and B. parapertussis, focusing on (i) the genomic sequences of cyaA genes, (ii) the PTMs of partially purified AC-Hly, and (iii) the cytotoxic activity of the various AC-Hly toxins. The genes encoding the AC-Hly toxins of B. pertussis and B. parapertussis displayed very limited polymorphism in each species. Most of the sequence differences between the two species were found in the C-terminal part of the protein. Both toxins harbored PTMs, mostly corresponding to palmitoylations of the lysine 860 residue and palmoylations and myristoylations of lysine 983 for B. pertussis and AC-Hly and palmitoylations of lysine 894 and myristoylations of lysine 1017 for B. parapertussis AC-Hly. Purified AC-Hly from B. pertussis was cytotoxic to macrophages, whereas that from B. parapertussis was not.
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Pertussis is a highly infectious vaccine-preventable cough illness that continues to be a significant source of morbidity and mortality around the world. The majority of human illness is caused by Bordetella pertussis, and some is caused by Bordetella parapertussis. Bordetella is a Gram-negative, pleomorphic, aerobic coccobacillus. In the past several years, even countries with high immunization rates in early childhood have experienced rises in pertussis cases. Reasons for the resurgence of reported pertussis may include molecular changes in the organism and increased awareness and diagnostic capabilities, as well as lessened vaccine efficacy and waning immunity. The most morbidity and mortality with pertussis infection is seen in infants too young to benefit from immunization. Severe infection requiring hospitalization, including in an intensive care setting, is mostly seen in those under 3 months of age. As a result, research and public health actions have been aimed at better understanding and reducing the spread of Bordetella pertussis. Studies comparing the cost benefit of cocooning strategies versus immunization of pregnant women have been favorable towards immunizing pregnant women. This strategy is expected to prevent a larger number of pertussis cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in infants <1 year old while also being cost-effective. Studies have demonstrated that the source of infection in infants usually is a family member. Efforts to immunize children and adults, in particular pregnant women, need to remain strong.
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Gorgojo J, Scharrig E, Gómez RM, Harvill ET, Rodríguez ME. Bordetella parapertussis Circumvents Neutrophil Extracellular Bactericidal Mechanisms. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0169936. [PMID: 28095485 PMCID: PMC5240980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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B. parapertussis is a whooping cough etiological agent with the ability to evade the immune response induced by pertussis vaccines. We previously demonstrated that in the absence of opsonic antibodies B. parapertussis hampers phagocytosis by neutrophils and macrophages and, when phagocytosed, blocks intracellular killing by interfering with phagolysosomal fusion. But neutrophils can kill and/or immobilize extracellular bacteria through non-phagocytic mechanisms such as degranulation and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). In this study we demonstrated that B. parapertussis also has the ability to circumvent these two neutrophil extracellular bactericidal activities. The lack of neutrophil degranulation was found dependent on the O antigen that targets the bacteria to cell lipid rafts, eventually avoiding the fusion of nascent phagosomes with specific and azurophilic granules. IgG opsonization overcame this inhibition of neutrophil degranulation. We further observed that B. parapertussis did not induce NETs release in resting neutrophils and inhibited NETs formation in response to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) stimulation by a mechanism dependent on adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA)-mediated inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Thus, B. parapertussis modulates neutrophil bactericidal activity through two different mechanisms, one related to the lack of proper NETs-inducer stimuli and the other one related to an active inhibitory mechanism. Together with previous results these data suggest that B. parapertussis has the ability to subvert the main neutrophil bactericidal functions, inhibiting efficient clearance in non-immune hosts.
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- Juan Gorgojo
- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, CCT-La Plata, CONICET-UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, CCT-La Plata, CONICET-UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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Hoffman C, Eby J, Gray M, Heath Damron F, Melvin J, Cotter P, Hewlett E. Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin interacts with filamentous haemagglutinin to inhibit biofilm formation in vitro. Mol Microbiol 2016; 103:214-228. [PMID: 27731909 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, secretes and releases adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT), which is a protein bacterial toxin that targets host cells and disarms immune defenses. ACT binds filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA), a surface-displayed adhesin, and until now, the consequences of this interaction were unknown. A B. bronchiseptica mutant lacking ACT produced more biofilm than the parental strain; leading Irie et al. to propose the ACT-FHA interaction could be responsible for biofilm inhibition. Here we characterize the physical interaction of ACT with FHA and provide evidence linking that interaction to inhibition of biofilm in vitro. Exogenous ACT inhibits biofilm formation in a concentration-dependent manner and the N-terminal catalytic domain of ACT (AC domain) is necessary and sufficient for this inhibitory effect. AC Domain interacts with the C-terminal segment of FHA with ∼650 nM affinity. ACT does not inhibit biofilm formation by Bordetella lacking the mature C-terminal domain (MCD), suggesting the direct interaction between AC domain and the MCD is required for the inhibitory effect. Additionally, AC domain disrupts preformed biofilm on abiotic surfaces. The demonstrated inhibition of biofilm formation by a host-directed protein bacterial toxin represents a novel regulatory mechanism and identifies an unprecedented role for ACT.
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- Casandra Hoffman
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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A novel high-throughput assay to quantify the vaccine-induced inhibition of Bordetella pertussis adhesion to airway epithelia. BMC Microbiol 2016; 16:215. [PMID: 27633511 PMCID: PMC5025618 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-016-0829-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Pertussis or whooping cough is an acute respiratory illness caused by the Gram-negative pathogen Bordetella pertussis. Despite high vaccination coverage whooping cough is currently re-emerging in many developed countries. Although the causes of pertussis resurgence are matter of debate, emerging evidences suggest that acellular vaccines efficiently protect against the hallmark symptoms of pertussis disease but fail to prevent colonization. This presumably impacts on increased risk of bacterial transmission and consequent spread throughout the population. These evidences suggest that improved vaccines may be required for efficient bacterial clearance in the upper respiratory tract. Consequently, there is a need for novel bioassays to evaluate at pre-clinical or clinical level the impact of different vaccines on B. pertussis colonization. Results We developed a high-throughput bacterial adhesion inhibition (BAI) assay based on human respiratory cell lines and on live bacteria chemically conjugated to a fluorescent dye. Employing A549 cells as model, we evaluated the impact of antibodies elicited by acellular (aP) and whole cell (wP) vaccines on B. pertussis adhesion in vitro. Moreover, we settled the method also on polarized Calu-3 cells grown at air-liquid interface (ALI), showing that this assay can be extended to more complex cell models mimicking the airway epithelium. Conclusions We proved that this method is a sensitive, rapid and reproducible system to evaluate the anti-adhesive properties of vaccine-induced antibodies and can be employed to assess improved pertussis vaccines.
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Pertussis, caused by Bordetella (B.) pertussis, a Gram-negative bacterium, is a highly contagious airway infection. Especially in infants, pertussis remains a major health concern. Acute infection with B. pertussis can cause severe illness characterized by severe respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, leucocytosis, and death. Over the past years, rising incidence rates of intensive care treatment in young infants were described. Due to several virulence factors (pertussis toxin, tracheal cytotoxin, adenylate cyclase toxin, filamentous hemagglutinin, and lipooligosaccharide) that promote bacterial adhesion and invasion, B. pertussis creates a unique niche for colonization within the human respiratory tract. The resulting long-term infection is mainly caused by the ability of B. pertussis to interfere with the host's innate and adaptive immune system. Although pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease, it has persisted in vaccinated populations. Epidemiological data reported a worldwide increase in pertussis incidence among children during the past years. Either acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines or whole-cell vaccines are worldwide used. Recent studies did not detect any differences according to pertussis incidence when comparing the different vaccines used. Most of the currently used aP vaccines protect against acute infections for a period of 6-8 years. The resurgence of pertussis may be due to the lack of herd immunity caused by missing booster immunizations among adolescents and adults, low vaccine coverages in some geographic areas, and genetic changes of different B. pertussis strains. Due to the rising incidence of pertussis, probable solution strategies are discussed. Cocooning strategies (vaccination of close contact persons) and immunizations during pregnancy appear to be an approach to reduce neonatal contagiousness. During the past years, studies focused on the pathway of the immune modulation done by B. pertussis to provide a basis for the identification of new therapeutic targets to enhance the host's immune response and to probably modulate certain virulence factors.
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- Manuela Zlamy
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Villarino Romero R, Osicka R, Sebo P. Filamentous hemagglutinin of Bordetella pertussis: a key adhesin with immunomodulatory properties? Future Microbiol 2015; 9:1339-60. [PMID: 25517899 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.14.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The filamentous hemagglutinin of pathogenic Bordetellae is a prototype of a large two-partner-system-secreted and β-structure-rich bacterial adhesin. It exhibits several binding activities that may facilitate bacterial adherence to airway mucosa and host phagocytes in the initial phases of infection. Despite three decades of research on filamentous hemagglutinin, there remain many questions on its structure-function relationships, integrin interactions and possible immunomodulatory signaling capacity. Here we review the state of knowledge on this important virulence factor and acellular pertussis vaccine component. Specific emphasis is placed on outstanding questions that are yet to be answered.
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- Rodrigo Villarino Romero
- Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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Human dendritic cell maturation and cytokine secretion upon stimulation with Bordetella pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin. Microbes Infect 2014; 16:562-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2014.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Hegerle N, Guiso N. Bordetella pertussisand pertactin-deficient clinical isolates: lessons for pertussis vaccines. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 13:1135-46. [DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.932254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hegerle N, Guiso N. Antibody-mediated inhibition of Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase-haemolysin-induced macrophage cytotoxicity is influenced by variations in the bacterial population. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2014; 160:962-969. [PMID: 24554758 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.074690-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Whooping cough is a vaccine-preventable disease presenting with epidemic cycles linked to natural and/or vaccine-driven evolution of the aetiological agent of the disease, Bordetella pertussis. Adenylate cyclase-haemolysin (AC-Hly) is a major toxin produced by this pathogen, which mediates macrophage apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. While current acellular pertussis vaccine (APV) formulations do not include AC-Hly, they all contain pertussis toxin and can comprise filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA), which interacts with AC-Hly, and pertactin (PRN), which has been hypothesized also to interact with AC-Hly. We aimed to study the capacity of specific antibodies to inhibit the in vitro B. pertussis AC-Hly-mediated cytotoxicity of J774A.1 murine macrophages in a background of a changing bacterial population. We demonstrate that: (i) clinical isolates of different types or PRN phenotype are all cytotoxic and lethal in the mouse model of respiratory infection; (ii) lack of PRN production does not impact AC-Hly-related phenotypes; (iii) anti-AC-Hly antibodies inhibit cell lysis whatever the phenotype of the isolate, while anti-PRN antibodies significantly inhibit cell lysis provided the isolate produces this antigen, which might be relevant in vivo for APV-induced immunity; and (iv) anti-FHA antibodies only inhibit lysis induced by isolates collected in 2012, maybe indicating specific characteristics of epidemic lineages of B. pertussis.
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- N Hegerle
- Institut Pasteur, CNRS-URA3012, Paris, France.,Prevention and Molecular Therapies of Human Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, CNRS-URA3012, Paris, France.,Prevention and Molecular Therapies of Human Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Mason E, Henderson MW, Scheller EV, Byrd MS, Cotter PA. Evidence for phenotypic bistability resulting from transcriptional interference of bvgAS in Bordetella bronchiseptica. Mol Microbiol 2013; 90:716-33. [PMID: 24007341 PMCID: PMC4216693 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bordetella species cause respiratory infections in mammals. Their master regulatory system BvgAS controls expression of at least three distinct phenotypic phases in response to environmental cues. The Bvg⁺ phase is necessary and sufficient for respiratory infection while the Bvg⁻ phase is required for survival ex vivo. We obtained large colony variants (LCVs) from the lungs of mice infected with B. bronchiseptica strain RBX9, which contains an in-frame deletion mutation in fhaB, encoding filamentous haemagglutinin. RBX9 also yielded LCVs when switched from Bvg⁻ phase conditions to Bvg⁺ phase conditions in vitro. We determined that LCVs are composed of both Bvg⁺ and Bvg⁻ phase bacteria and that they result from defective bvgAS positive autoregulation. The LCV phenotype was linked to the presence of a divergent promoter 5' to bvgAS, suggesting a previously undescribed mechanism of transcriptional interference that, in this case, leads to feedback-based bistability (FBM). Our results also indicate that a small proportion of RBX9 bacteria modulates to the Bvg⁻ phase in vivo. In addition to providing insight into transcriptional interference and FBM, our data provide an example of an in-frame deletion mutation exerting a 'polar' effect on nearby genes.
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- Eliza Mason
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7290, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7290, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7290, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7290, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7290, USA
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Lim A, Ng JKW, Locht C, Alonso S. Protective role of adenylate cyclase in the context of a live pertussis vaccine candidate. Microbes Infect 2013; 16:51-60. [PMID: 24140230 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Despite high vaccination coverage, pertussis remains an important respiratory infectious disease and the least-controlled vaccine-preventable infectious disease in children. Natural infection with Bordetella pertussis is known to induce strong and long-lasting immunity that wanes later than vaccine-mediated immunity. Therefore, a live attenuated B. pertussis vaccine, named BPZE1, has been developed and has recently completed a phase I clinical trial in adult human volunteers. In this study, we investigated the contribution of adenylate cyclase (CyaA) in BPZE1-mediated protection against pertussis. A CyaA-deficient BPZE1 mutant was thus constructed. Absence of CyaA did not compromise the adherence properties of the bacteria onto mammalian cells. However, the CyaA-deficient mutant displayed a slight impairment in the ability to survive within macrophages compared to the parental BPZE1 strain. In vivo, whereas the protective efficacy of the CyaA-deficient mutant was comparable to the parental strain at a vaccine dose of 5 × 10(5) colony forming units (CFU), it was significantly impaired at a vaccine dose of 5 × 10(3) CFU. This impairment correlated with impaired lung colonization ability, and impaired IFN-γ production in the animal immunized with the CyaA-deficient BPZE1 mutant while the pertussis-specific antibody profile and Th17 response were comparable to those observed in BPZE1-immunized mice. Our findings thus support a role of CyaA in BPZE1-mediated protection through induction of cellular mediated immunity.
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- Annabelle Lim
- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, CeLS Building #03-05, 28 Medical Drive, 115597 Singapore, Singapore; Immunology Programme, National University of Singapore, CeLS Building #03-05, 28 Medical Drive, 115597 Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, CeLS Building #03-05, 28 Medical Drive, 115597 Singapore, Singapore; Immunology Programme, National University of Singapore, CeLS Building #03-05, 28 Medical Drive, 115597 Singapore, Singapore
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- Inserm, U1019, F-59019 Lille, France; CNRS UMR8204, F-59019 Lille, France; Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59019 Lille, France
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- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, CeLS Building #03-05, 28 Medical Drive, 115597 Singapore, Singapore; Immunology Programme, National University of Singapore, CeLS Building #03-05, 28 Medical Drive, 115597 Singapore, Singapore.
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Lamberti Y, Gorgojo J, Massillo C, Rodriguez ME. Bordetella pertussis entry into respiratory epithelial cells and intracellular survival. Pathog Dis 2013; 69:194-204. [PMID: 23893966 DOI: 10.1111/2049-632x.12072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of pertussis, aka whooping cough. Although generally considered an extracellular pathogen, this bacterium has been found inside respiratory epithelial cells, which might represent a survival strategy inside the host. Relatively little is known, however, about the mechanism of internalization and the fate of B. pertussis inside the epithelia. We show here that B. pertussis is able to enter those cells by a mechanism dependent on microtubule assembly, lipid raft integrity, and the activation of a tyrosine-kinase-mediated signaling. Once inside the cell, a significant proportion of the intracellular bacteria evade phagolysosomal fusion and remain viable in nonacidic lysosome-associated membrane-protein-1-negative compartments. In addition, intracellular B. pertussis was found able to repopulate the extracellular environment after complete elimination of the extracellular bacteria with polymyxin B. Taken together, these data suggest that B. pertussis is able to survive within respiratory epithelial cells and by this means potentially contribute to host immune system evasion.
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- Yanina Lamberti
- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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Higgs R, Higgins SC, Ross PJ, Mills KHG. Immunity to the respiratory pathogen Bordetella pertussis. Mucosal Immunol 2012; 5:485-500. [PMID: 22718262 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2012.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, a severe respiratory tract infection in infants and children, and also infects adults. Studies in murine models have shown that innate immune mechanisms involving dendritic cells, macrophages, neutrophils, natural killer cells, and antimicrobial peptides help to control the infection, while complete bacterial clearance requires cellular immunity mediated by T-helper type 1 (Th1) and Th17 cells. Whole cell pertussis vaccines (wP) are effective, but reactogenic, and have been replaced in most developed countries by acellular pertussis vaccines (aP). However, the incidence of pertussis is still high in many vaccinated populations; this may reflect sub-optimal, waning, or escape from immunity induced by current aP. Protective immunity generated by wP appears to be mediated largely by Th1 cells, whereas less efficacious alum-adjuvanted aP induce strong antibody Th2 and Th17 responses. New generation aP that induce Th1 rather than Th2 responses are required to improve vaccine efficacy and prevent further spread of B. pertussis.
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- R Higgs
- Immunology Research Centre, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Dublin, Ireland
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Contribution of Bordetella filamentous hemagglutinin and adenylate cyclase toxin to suppression and evasion of interleukin-17-mediated inflammation. Infect Immun 2012; 80:2061-75. [PMID: 22473603 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00148-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica establish respiratory infections with notorious efficiency. Our previous studies showed that the fhaB genes of B. pertussis and B. bronchiseptica, which encode filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), are functionally interchangeable and provided evidence that FHA-deficient B. bronchiseptica induces more inflammation in the lungs of mice than wild-type B. bronchiseptica. We show here that the robust inflammatory response to FHA-deficient B. bronchiseptica is characterized by the early and sustained influx of interleukin-17 (IL-17)-positive neutrophils and macrophages and, at 72 h postinoculation, IL-17-positive CD4(+) T cells, suggesting that FHA allows the bacteria to suppress the development of an IL-17-mediated inflammatory response. We also show that the cyaA genes of B. pertussis and B. bronchiseptica, which encode adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT), are functionally interchangeable and that ACT, specifically its catalytic activity, is required for B. bronchiseptica to resist phagocytic clearance but is neither required for nor inhibitory of the induction of inflammation if bacteria are present in numbers sufficient to persist during the first 3 days postinoculation. Incubation of bone marrow-derived macrophages with a ΔcyaA strain caused decreased production of IL-1β and increased production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and IL-12, while incubation with a ΔcyaA ΔfhaB strain caused increased production of IL-23. These data suggest that FHA and ACT both contribute to suppress the recruitment of neutrophils and the development of an IL-17-mediated immune response. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a microbial pathogen suppressing IL-17-mediated inflammation in vivo as a strategy to evade innate immunity.
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de Gouw D, Diavatopoulos DA, Bootsma HJ, Hermans PW, Mooi FR. Pertussis: a matter of immune modulation. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011; 35:441-74. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Lamberti Y, Hayes JA, Perez Vidakovics ML, Rodriguez ME. Cholesterol-dependent attachment of human respiratory cells byBordetella pertussis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 56:143-50. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2009.00557.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Role of HrpA in biofilm formation of Neisseria meningitidis and regulation of the hrpBAS transcripts. Infect Immun 2009; 77:2285-93. [PMID: 19289515 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01502-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Two-partner secretion systems of gram-negative organisms are utilized in adherence, invasion, and biofilm formation. The HrpAB proteins of Neisseria meningitidis are members of a two-partner secretion system, and HrpA is established as being important to adherence and intracellular escape. This study set out to determine the expression pattern of members of the hrpBAS putative operon and to find a functional role for the HrpA protein. The upregulation of these genes was found in situations of anaerobiosis and cell contact. These observations prompted the study of the function of HrpA in biofilms on human bronchial epithelial cells. HrpA mutants in encapsulated and unencapsulated NMB strains demonstrated biofilm growth equivalent to that of the wild-type strain at 6 h but a decreased ability to form biofilms at 48 h. Biofilms formed by hrpA mutants for 48 h on collagen-coated coverslips demonstrated significant reductions compared to those of wild-type strains. Taken together, these observations imply a role for HrpA in the biofilm structure. Further analysis demonstrated the presence of HrpA on the surface of the bacterium.
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Zhu YZ, Li QT, Wang L, Zhong Y, Ding GH, Li G, Jia PL, Shi TL, Guo XK. Gene expression profiling-based in silico approach to identify potential vaccine candidates and drug targets against B. pertussis and B. parapertussis. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2008; 12:161-9. [PMID: 18717643 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2008.0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Whooping cough (pertussis) caused by B. pertussis (B.p) is still serious public health threat. B. parapertussis (B.pp), closely related to B.p, also causes whooping cough. The incidence of B.pp infections has been increasing over the last decades, partly because pertussis vaccines have low efficiency against B.pp infections. Moreover, because the majority of pertussis patients are infants, common antimicrobial agents producing serious adverse reactions in infants are not fully satisfactory. Therefore, we try to identify potential vaccine candidates and alternative drug targets against both B.p and B.pp. This preliminary work integrates several different kinds of data from in silico analysis, comparative genomic hybridization, global transcriptional profiling, and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network to screen potential vaccine candidates and drug targets against the two species. Finally, 191 potential crossprotective vaccine candidates are identified. They have high transcriptional levels in both species, or are associated with virulence and pathogenesis. Moreover, these proteins are not only potentially surface-exposed in the bacteria, but also well conserved among the 165 B.p and B.pp strains. Among them, 22 candidates with high essentiality in the two PPI networks of B.p and B.pp are regarded as suitable drug targets against the two species. We just selected Bordetella as an example to develop a rapid and reliable approach for screening alternative drug targets that associated with novel protein pathways, complexes, and cellular functions against these antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Further researches focusing on the 191 vaccine candidates could accelerate the development of more effective vaccines and drug therapy against B.p and B.pp infection.
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- Yong-Zhang Zhu
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Institutes of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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