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Liu P, Li Y, Ye Y, Chen J, Li R, Zhang Q, Li Y, Wang W, Meng Q, Ou J, Yang Z, Sun W, Gu W. The genome and antigen proteome analysis of Spiroplasma mirum. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:996938. [PMID: 36406404 PMCID: PMC9666726 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.996938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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Spiroplasma mirum, small motile wall-less bacteria, was originally isolated from a rabbit tick and had the ability to infect newborn mice and caused cataracts. In this study, the whole genome and antigen proteins of S. mirum were comparative analyzed and investigated. Glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, arginine metabolism, nucleotide biosynthesis, and citrate fermentation were found in S. mirum, while trichloroacetic acid, fatty acids metabolism, phospholipid biosynthesis, terpenoid biosynthesis, lactose-specific PTS, and cofactors synthesis were completely absent. The Sec systems of S. mirum consist of SecA, SecE, SecDF, SecG, SecY, and YidC. Signal peptidase II was identified in S. mirum, but no signal peptidase I. The relative gene order in S. mirum is largely conserved. Genome analysis of available species in Mollicutes revealed that they shared only 84 proteins. S. mirum genome has 381 pseudogenes, accounting for 31.6% of total protein-coding genes. This is the evidence that spiroplasma genome is under an ongoing genome reduction. Immunoproteomics, a new scientific technique combining proteomics and immunological analytical methods, provided the direction of our research on S. mirum. We identified 49 proteins and 11 proteins (9 proteins in common) in S. mirum by anti-S. mirum serum and negative serum, respectively. Forty proteins in S. mirum were identified in relation to the virulence. All these proteins may play key roles in the pathogeny and can be used in the future for diagnoses and prevention.
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- Peng Liu
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Special Pathogens Prevention and Control, Basic Medical School, Hengyang Medical School, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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Moriarty TF, Kuehl R, Coenye T, Metsemakers WJ, Morgenstern M, Schwarz EM, Riool M, Zaat SA, Khana N, Kates SL, Richards RG. Orthopaedic device-related infection: current and future interventions for improved prevention and treatment. EFORT Open Rev 2016; 1:89-99. [PMID: 28461934 PMCID: PMC5367564 DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.1.000037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Orthopaedic and trauma device-related infection (ODRI) remains one of the major complications in modern trauma and orthopaedic surgery.Despite best practice in medical and surgical management, neither prophylaxis nor treatment of ODRI is effective in all cases, leading to infections that negatively impact clinical outcome and significantly increase healthcare expenditure.The following review summarises the microbiological profile of modern ODRI, the impact antibiotic resistance has on treatment outcomes, and some of the principles and weaknesses of the current systemic and local antibiotic delivery strategies.The emerging novel strategies aimed at preventing or treating ODRI will be reviewed. Particular attention will be paid to the potential for clinical impact in the coming decades, when such interventions are likely to be critically important.The review focuses on this problem from an interdisciplinary perspective, including basic science innovations and best practice in infectious disease. Cite this article: Moriarty TF, Kuehl R, Coenye T, et al. Orthopaedic device related infection: current and future interventions for improved prevention and treatment. EFORT Open Rev 2016;1:89-99. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.1.000037.
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- University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland
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Varrone JJ, de Mesy Bentley KL, Bello-Irizarry SN, Nishitani K, Mack S, Hunter JG, Kates SL, Daiss JL, Schwarz EM. Passive immunization with anti-glucosaminidase monoclonal antibodies protects mice from implant-associated osteomyelitis by mediating opsonophagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus megaclusters. J Orthop Res 2014; 32:1389-96. [PMID: 24992290 PMCID: PMC4234088 DOI: 10.1002/jor.22672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Towards the development of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) vaccine we evaluated a neutralizing anti-glucosaminidase (Gmd) monoclonal antibody (1C11) in a murine model of implant-associated osteomyelitis, and compared its effects on LAC USA300 MRSA versus a placebo and a Gmd-deficient isogenic strain (ΔGmd). 1C11 significantly reduced infection severity, as determined by bioluminescent imaging of bacteria, micro-CT assessment of osteolysis, and histomorphometry of abscess numbers (p < 0.05). Histology also revealed infiltrating macrophages, and the complete lack of staphylococcal abscess communities (SAC), in marrow abscesses of 1C11 treated mice. In vitro, 1C11 had no direct effects on proliferation, but electron microscopy demonstrated that 1C11 treatment phenocopies ΔGmd defects in binary fission. Moreover, addition of 1C11 to MRSA cultures induced the formation of large bacterial aggregates (megaclusters) that sedimented out of solution, which was not observed in ΔGmd cultures or 1C11 treated cultures of a protein A-deficient strain (ΔSpa), suggesting that the combined effects of Gmd inhibition and antibody-mediated agglutination are required. Finally, we demonstrated that macrophage opsonophagocytosis of MRSA and megaclusters is significantly increased by 1C11 (p < 0.01). Collectively, these results suggest that the primary mechanism of anti-Gmd humoral immunity against MRSA osteomyelitis is macrophage invasion of Staphylococcal abscess communities (SAC) and opsonophagocytosis of megaclusters. .
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- John J. Varrone
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642,Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642,Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642
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Park J, Kim W, Park Y. Purification and characterization of an exo-type β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from Pseudomonas fluorescens JK-0412. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 110:277-86. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04879.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bublitz M, Polle L, Holland C, Heinz DW, Nimtz M, Schubert WD. Structural basis for autoinhibition and activation of Auto, a virulence-associated peptidoglycan hydrolase ofListeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2009; 71:1509-22. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06619.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The descrease of the in vitro proliferative response of zinc-treated stressed mice's thymic lymphocytes. Inflammopharmacology 2008; 7:79-87. [PMID: 18597150 DOI: 10.1007/bf02918381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/1998] [Revised: 03/29/1999] [Accepted: 03/31/1999] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Prolonged stimulation of newborn mice by intraperitoneal injections with inactivated staphylococci induces a chronic neonatal inflammatory reaction and an associated oxidative-stress response. The chronically stimulated animals exhibit anorexy. show a reduction in their body weight and undergo a depression in both antibody synthesis andin vitro proliferativc response of Con A-stimulated splenic T-lymphocytes. These stressed animals also develop adrenal hyperplasia, hypozincamia and thymic hypoplasia. Despite this stress-mediated thymic involution, Con-A stimulated T-lymphocytes from thymus displayed increased theirin vitro proliferative response. Results of the present work show that intramuscular injections of zinc acetate in stressed mice, one single dose (5 microg) every other day for two weeks, reduce both the zinc concentration in the thymus gland and thein vitro proliferative response of their Con A-stimulated T-lymphocytes. The results suggest that prophylactic administration of zinc can have benefical consequences on the immunity of chronically stressed mice.
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Wang L, Walrond L, Cyr TD, Lin M. A novel surface autolysin of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b, IspC, contains a 23-residue N-terminal signal peptide being processed in E. coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 354:403-8. [PMID: 17239349 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.12.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2006] [Accepted: 12/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The 86-kDa protein IspC of 774 amino acids in Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b has been recently identified as the target of humoral immune response to listerial infection and as a novel surface autolysin. A signal peptide is predicted at the N-terminal end of IspC, but no biochemical data has been shown to confirm the presence of the cleavage site of a signal peptidase. To address this and prepare sufficient amount of the protein for biochemical and structural characterization, we present a strategy for efficient expression and purification of IspC and analyze the purified protein by N-terminal sequencing and mass spectrometry. Expression of IspC in Escherichia coli using a pET30a-based expression construct was efficiently improved by incubating the culture at 37 degrees C for 2h followed by 4 degrees C for 16-18 h. The recombinant product rIspC remained as a soluble form in the cellular extract and was purified to electrophorectic homogeneity by the combination of metal chelate affinity chromatography with cation-exchange chromatography. The IspC was shown to contain a 23-residue N-terminal signal peptide being processed between Thr 23 and Thr 24 in E. coli, resulting in an 84-kDa mature protein. The highly purified form of rIspC from this study, exhibiting both peptidoglycan hydrolase activity and immunogenicity as previously reported, would facilitate further biochemical, structural, and functional studies of this autolysin.
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- Linru Wang
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Animal Diseases Research Institute, 3851 Fallowfield Road, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K2H 8P9
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Wang L, Lin M. Identification of IspC, an 86-kilodalton protein target of humoral immune response to infection with Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b, as a novel surface autolysin. J Bacteriol 2006; 189:2046-54. [PMID: 17172332 PMCID: PMC1855743 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01375-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We identified and biochemically characterized a novel surface-localized autolysin from Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b, an 86-kDa protein consisting of 774 amino acids and known from our previous studies as the target (designated IspC) of the humoral immune response to listerial infection. Recombinant IspC, expressed in Escherichia coli, was purified and used to raise specific rabbit polyclonal antibodies for protein characterization. The native IspC was detected in all growth phases at a relatively stable low level during a 22-h in vitro culture, although its gene was transiently transcribed only in the early exponential growth phase. This and our previous findings suggest that IspC is upregulated in vivo during infection. The protein was unevenly distributed in clusters on the cell surface, as shown by immunofluorescence and immunogold electron microscopy. The recombinant IspC was capable of hydrolyzing not only the cell walls of the gram-positive bacterium Micrococcus lysodeikticus and the gram-negative bacterium E. coli but also that of the IspC-producing strain of L. monocytogenes serotype 4b, indicating that it was an autolysin. The IspC autolysin exhibited peptidoglycan hydrolase activity over a broad pH range of between 3 and 9, with a pH optimum of 7.5 to 9. Analysis of various truncated forms of IspC for cell wall-hydrolyzing or -binding activity has defined two separate functional domains: the N-terminal catalytic domain (amino acids [aa] 1 to 197) responsible for the hydrolytic activity and the C-terminal domain (aa 198 to 774) made up of seven GW modules responsible for anchoring the protein to the cell wall. In contrast to the full-length IspC, the N-terminal catalytic domain showed hydrolytic activity at acidic pHs, with a pH optimum of between 4 and 6 and negligible activity at alkaline pHs. This suggests that the cell wall binding domain may be of importance in modulating the activity of the N-terminal hydrolase domain. Elucidation of the biochemical properties of IspC may have provided new insights into its biological function(s) and its role in pathogenesis.
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- Linru Wang
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Animal Diseases Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2H 8P9
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Milohanic E, Jonquières R, Cossart P, Berche P, Gaillard JL. The autolysin Ami contributes to the adhesion of Listeria monocytogenes to eukaryotic cells via its cell wall anchor. Mol Microbiol 2001; 39:1212-24. [PMID: 11251838 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2001.02208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Adherence of pathogenic microorganisms to the cell surface is a key event during infection. We have previously reported the characterization of Listeria monocytogenes transposon mutants defective in adhesion to eukaryotic cells. One of these mutants had lost the ability to produce Ami, a 102 kDa autolytic amidase with an N-terminal catalytic domain and a C-terminal cell wall-anchoring domain made up of repeated modules containing the dipeptide GW ('GW modules'). We generated ami null mutations by plasmid insertion into L. monocytogenes strains lacking the invasion proteins InlA (EGDDeltainlA), InlB (EGDDeltainlB) or both (EGDDeltainlAB). These mutants were 5-10 times less adherent than their parental strains in various cell types. The adhesion capacity of the mutants was restored by complementation with a DNA fragment encoding the Ami cell wall-anchoring domain fused to the Ami signal peptide. The cell-binding activity of the Ami cell wall-anchoring domain was further demonstrated using the purified polypeptide. Growth of the ami null mutants constructed in EGD and EGDDeltainlAB backgrounds was attenuated in the livers of mice inoculated intravenously, indicating a role for Ami in L. monocytogenes virulence. Adhesive properties have recently been reported in the non-catalytic domain of two other autolysins, Staphylococcus epidermidis AtlE and Staphylococcus saprophyticus Aas. Interestingly, we found that these domains were also composed of repeated GW modules. Thus, certain autolysins appear to promote bacterial attachment by means of their GW repeat domains. These molecules may contribute to the colonization of host tissues by Gram-positive bacteria.
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- E Milohanic
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 411, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France
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McLaughlan AM, Foster SJ. Molecular characterization of an autolytic amidase of Listeria monocytogenes EGD. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1998; 144 ( Pt 5):1359-1367. [PMID: 9611810 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The gene encoding a 102 kDa autolysin has been cloned from an expression library of Listeria monocytogenes EGD genomic DNA, using a direct screening protocol. The encoded protein has two domains, an N-terminal enzymic domain showing a high level of homology to the amidase domain of the major autolysin (atl) of Staphylococcus aureus, and a C-terminal, putative cell-wall-binding domain containing four imperfect direct repeats. In order to examine the role of the enzyme, the autolysin-encoding gene was insertionally inactivated by site-specific integration of a temperature sensitive plasmid. The enzyme accounts for 66% of the total lytic enzyme activity when L. monocytogenes walls are used as substrate and several of the major autolytic bands are missing on renaturing gels when compared to the wild-type. The enzyme does not appear to be directly involved in cell separation but has a role in motility. Characterization of the recombinant enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli has revealed it to be an amidase and to be able to hydrolyse a range of peptidoglycan substrates.
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- Anna M McLaughlan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Karamanos Y. Endo-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidases and their potential substrates: structure/function relationships. Res Microbiol 1997; 148:661-71. [PMID: 9765851 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2508(99)80065-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Endo-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidases (ENGases) have been defined as the enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between an N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine residue and the adjacent (partner) monosaccharide within an oligosaccharide chain. Three types of enzymes have been distinguished according to this definition: ENGases acting on murein (type I), those acting on chitin (type II) and, finally, those acting on N-glycans (type III). Considering that N-acetylmuramic acid is a derivative of N-acetylglucosamine (3-O-substituted by a lactyl group), only ENGases acting between two N-acetylglucosamine residues are actually known despite the fact that other possibilities of partner monosaccharides for N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine are reported. Similarities in the amino acid sequences were found to occur only between chitin-ENGases and N-glycan-ENGases, but the substrate specificities of these two types of enzymes are different. However, it is possible that certain enzymes are able to cleave more than one type of substrate, and this could in particular explain why the N-glycan-ENGases are largely produced by bacteria in which no potential substrate for this type of enzymes was identified. Further study in this area is expected.
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- Y Karamanos
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Université d'Artois, Faculté Jean Perrin, Lens, France
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McLaughlan AM, Foster SJ. Characterisation of the peptidoglycan hydrolases of Listeria monocytogenes EGD. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 152:149-54. [PMID: 9228781 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The peptidoglycan hydrolase profile of Listeria monocytogenes EGD has been characterised under a variety of environmental and physiological conditions, using renaturing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The profiles show activities ranging from 29 to 186 kDa. The 186-kDa enzyme was only observable under specific medium and aeration conditions. The enzyme activities show differential substrate specificity and sensitivity to incubation conditions. The peptidoglycan hydrolase profile of several different Listeria strains was also compared.
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- A M McLaughlan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK
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Foster SJ. Molecular characterization and functional analysis of the major autolysin of Staphylococcus aureus 8325/4. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:5723-5. [PMID: 7559367 PMCID: PMC177389 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.19.5723-5725.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The gene encoding the major autolysin of Staphylococcus aureus 8325/4 has been cloned, sequenced, and insertionally inactivated. The three-domain, 137,384-Da protein has a C-terminal glucosaminidase active site and is involved in cell separation, generalized cell lysis, and release of wall material at the cell surface. Expression occurs throughout growth and is stimulated by low temperatures and in the presence of 1 M NaCl.
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- S J Foster
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Margot P, Mauël C, Karamata D. The gene of the N-acetylglucosaminidase, a Bacillus subtilis 168 cell wall hydrolase not involved in vegetative cell autolysis. Mol Microbiol 1994; 12:535-45. [PMID: 7934877 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb01040.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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lytD, the structural gene of the Bacillus subtilis 168 N-acetylglucosaminidase was localized at 310 degrees, next to the tagABC operon. Sequence analysis revealed a monocistronic operon encoding a 95.6 kDa protein endowed with an export signal, the cleavage of which yields the monomer polypeptide (92.8 kDa) of the dimeric active form of the enzyme. Transcription is initiated at a sigma-D (sigma D)-dependent promoter and ends at a terminator common to lytD and the divergently transcribed tagABC operon. In addition, we report the sequence of the adjacent upstream ORF, transcribed in the same direction as lytD, which shows significant homology to phosphomannose isomerase-encoding genes. Cell separation, motility, autolysis, cell wall turnover and growth were not affected in strains devoid of the N-acetylglucosaminidase. A mutant deficient in the two most abundant autolysins, i.e. the LytC amidase and the glucosaminidase, exhibited the phenotype of the amidase-deficient strains, revealing their non-requirement for growth. This conclusion raises two fundamental questions: how does the cell undo the highly cross-linked peptidoglycan so as to be able to grow, and what is the role of the considerable amount of autolysin normally present? Possible answers to these questions are discussed.
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- P Margot
- Institut de Génétique et Biologie Microbiennes, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- R S Rosenthal
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202
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Guardati MC, Guzmàn CA, LiPira G, Piatti G, Robbiati F, Pruzzo C. The use of monoclonal antibodies for studying the biological properties of Staphylococcus aureus endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1993; 112:73-9. [PMID: 7691683 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06426.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase (SaG) has been suggested to function as a virulence determinant which interferes with the host cellular immune response. To further characterize the biological properties of SaG, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were raised against purified SaG. Four IgG1 subclass mAbs were obtained, none of which reacted with the reduced, sodium dodecyl sulphate pretreated or boiled enzyme. The ability of the mAbs to react with the enzymes present in supernatants obtained from 197 S. aureus strains indicated that they recognized epitopes which are highly conserved; bacteriolytic enzymes produced by staphylococci other than S. aureus did not show any cross-reactivity. After pretreatment of SaG with mAbs (mAb-SaG molar ratios varying from 1 to 20), it was shown that all selected mAbs caused, at a mAb:SaG molar ratio of 10, a 90% inhibition of SaG bacteriolytic activity and a statistically significant reduction of its ability to interfere with phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. All selected mAbs reacted with several commercially available exo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases; mAb C1/10-11 also reacted with chicken and turkey egg muramidases and, at a mAb:SaG molar ratio of 10, inhibited their bacteriolytic activity by 97%. This suggests that one or more epitopes present in the above exo-glucosaminidases and muramidases share some degree of homology with others present in SaG.
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- M C Guardati
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Genova, Italy
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Roten CA, Karamata D. Endogenous synthesis of peptidoglycan in eukaryotic cells; a novel concept involving its essential role in cell division, tumor formation and the biological clock. EXPERIENTIA 1992; 48:921-31. [PMID: 1426143 DOI: 10.1007/bf01919139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Degradation products of peptidoglycan, the universal bacterial cell wall constituent, were previously found in animal tissues and urine. Reassessment and quantitative analysis of available data lead to an original concept, i.e. that eukaryotic cells synthesize peptidoglycan. We present a model in which this endogenously synthesized peptidoglycan is essential for the processes of eukaryotic cell division and sleep induction in animals. Genes for peptidoglycan metabolism, like those for lysine biosynthesis in plants, are probably inherited from endosymbiotic bacteria, the ancestors of mitochondria and chloroplasts. Corollaries of this concept, i.e. roles for peptidoglycan metabolism in tumor formation and in the biological clock, are supported by abundant evidence. We propose that many interactions between bacteria and eukaryotes are conditioned by their common genetic heritage.
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- C A Roten
- Institut de génétique et de biologie microbiennes, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Guzmàn CA, Guardati MC, Fenoglio D, Coratza G, Pruzzo C, Satta G. Novel immunoenzymatic assay for identification of coagulase- and protein A-negative Staphylococcus aureus strains. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30:1194-7. [PMID: 1583119 PMCID: PMC265249 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.30.5.1194-1197.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
A purified monoclonal antibody (MAb) which specifically reacts with Staphylococcus aureus glucosaminidase was obtained. This MAb was utilized to develop an immunoenzymatic assay for the identification of S. aureus strains. The sensitivity of this assay, based on the simultaneous detection of S. aureus glucosaminidase and protein A, was evaluated by analyzing a total of 196 strains, 26 of which did not exhibit one or more of the following properties: protein A, clumping factor, and staphylocoagulase. All strains yielded positive results by the MAb-based immunoenzymatic test. The assay's ability to differentiate between S. aureus and other staphylococci was then analyzed by testing a total of 277 non-S. aureus strains that yielded negative results. Our data demonstrate that this immunoenzymatic assay can be used as a single S. aureus identification criterion, particularly useful for those strains negative for clumping factor, staphylocoagulase, or protein A.
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Affiliation(s)
- C A Guzmàn
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Genoa, Italy
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