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Leukert L, Tietgen M, Krause FF, Schultze TG, Fuhrmann DC, Debruyne C, Salcedo SP, Visekruna A, Wittig L, Göttig S. Infection of Endothelial Cells with Acinetobacter baumannii Reveals Remodelling of Mitochondrial Protein Complexes. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0517422. [PMID: 37052493 PMCID: PMC10269660 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.05174-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Acinetobacter baumannii is an antibiotic-resistant, Gram-negative pathogen that causes a multitude of nosocomial infections. However, pathogenicity mechanisms and the host cell response during infection remain unclear. In this study, we determined virulence traits of A. baumannii clinical isolates belonging to the most widely disseminated international clonal lineage, international cluster 2 (IC2), in vitro and in vivo. Complexome profiling of primary human endothelial cells with A. baumannii revealed that mitochondria, and in particular complexes of the electron transport chain, are important host cell targets. Infection with highly virulent A. baumannii remodelled assembly of mitochondrial protein complexes and led to metabolic adaptation. These were characterized by reduced mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis in contrast to those observed in infection with low-pathogenicity A. baumannii. Perturbation of oxidative phosphorylation, destabilization of mitochondrial ribosomes, and interference with mitochondrial metabolic pathways were identified as important pathogenicity mechanisms. Understanding the interaction of human host cells with the current global A. baumannii clone is the basis to identify novel therapeutic targets. IMPORTANCE Virulence traits of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates of the worldwide most prevalent international clonal lineage, IC2, remain largely unknown. In our study, multidrug-resistant IC2 clinical isolates differed substantially in their virulence potential despite their close genetic relatedness. Our data suggest that, at least for some isolates, mitochondria are important target organelles during infection of primary human endothelial cells. Complexes of the respiratory chain were extensively remodelled after infection with a highly virulent A. baumannii strain, leading to metabolic adaptation characterized by severely reduced respiration and glycolysis. Perturbations of both mitochondrial morphology and mitoribosomes were identified as important pathogenicity mechanisms. Our data might help to further decipher the molecular mechanisms of A. baumannii and host mitochondrial interaction during infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Leukert
- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- University Center of Competence for Infection Control of the State of Hesse, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR5086, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR5086, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Functional Proteomics, Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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A sensitive NIR mitochondria-targeting fluorescence probe for visualizing viscosity in living cells and mice. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1231:340443. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mitochondria have been studied for decades from the standpoint of metabolism and ATP generation. However, in recent years mitochondrial dynamics and its influence on bioenergetics and cellular homeostasis is also being appreciated. Mitochondria undergo regular cycles of fusion and fission regulated by various cues including cellular energy requirements and pathophysiological stimuli, and the network of critical proteins and membrane lipids involved in mitochondrial dynamics is being revealed. Hepatocytes are highly metabolic cells which have abundant mitochondria suggesting a biologically relevant role for mitochondrial dynamics in hepatocyte injury and recovery. Here we review information on molecular mediators of mitochondrial dynamics and their alteration in drug-induced liver injury. Based on current information, it is evident that changes in mitochondrial fusion and fission are hallmarks of liver pathophysiology ranging from acetaminophen-induced or cholestatic liver injury to chronic liver diseases. These alterations in mitochondrial dynamics influence multiple related mitochondrial responses such as mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis, which are important adaptive responses facilitating liver recovery in several contexts, including drug-induced liver injury. The current focus on characterization of molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial dynamics is of immense relevance to liver pathophysiology and have the potential to provide significant insight into mechanisms of liver recovery and regeneration after injury.
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