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Seabaugh JA, Anderson DM. Pathogenicity and virulence of Yersinia. Virulence 2024; 15:2316439. [PMID: 38389313 PMCID: PMC10896167 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2024.2316439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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The genus Yersinia includes human, animal, insect, and plant pathogens as well as many symbionts and harmless bacteria. Within this genus are Yersinia enterocolitica and the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex, with four human pathogenic species that are highly related at the genomic level including the causative agent of plague, Yersinia pestis. Extensive laboratory, field work, and clinical research have been conducted to understand the underlying pathogenesis and zoonotic transmission of these pathogens. There are presently more than 500 whole genome sequences from which an evolutionary footprint can be developed that details shared and unique virulence properties. Whereas the virulence of Y. pestis now seems in apparent homoeostasis within its flea transmission cycle, substantial evolutionary changes that affect transmission and disease severity continue to ndergo apparent selective pressure within the other Yersiniae that cause intestinal diseases. In this review, we will summarize the present understanding of the virulence and pathogenesis of Yersinia, highlighting shared mechanisms of virulence and the differences that determine the infection niche and disease severity.
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- Jarett A. Seabaugh
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
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Yang M, Su Y, Jiang Y, Huang X, Liu Q, Kong Q. Reducing the endotoxic activity or enhancing the vaccine immunogenicity by altering the length of lipid A acyl chain in Salmonella. Int Immunopharmacol 2023; 114:109575. [PMID: 36700768 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.109575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The balance of the attenuation and reactogenicity is an issue in the development of recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccines (RASV). Some reactogenic strains produced side effects are partially induced by lipid A. As reported, the number of lipid A acyl chains influence the strength and outcome of immune responses. However, there is rarely any study to investigate the modifications of acyl chain length on the effect of the toxicity and immunogenicity in Salmonella. In this study, foreign acyltransferase genes lpxA and lpxD were introduced into S. Typhimurium, which produced the S006 (ΔaraBAD::PlppCtlpxAC10) or S007 (ΔproBA::PlppSslpxDC16) strains with C10 or C16 acyl chains respectively. The results showed that the increased polymyxin B susceptibility, reduced swimming and invasion capabilities were observed in the S006. In addition, it also exhibited a lower endotoxicity and colonization ability compared to the parent strain. The result indicated the introduction of C10 acyl chains could be as a candidate choice for lipid A detoxifying strategy in engineering bacteria. However, the longer acyl chain modification didn't obviously change these abilities. Parallelly, these modifications were introduced into a Salmonella vaccine strain to determine their influences on the immune responses against Pneumonia. After inoculation by the strain V003 (ΔaraBAD ΔproBA::PlppSslpxDC16 χ9241), the mice produced robust levels of anti-PspA IgG, and a balanced Th1/Th2 immunity, which resulted in a significant survival improvement of mice with challenging against Streptococcus pneumonia. Therefore, the combination of lipid A modification with C16 acyl chain may be a better strategy for the development of ideal RASVs.
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- Ming Yang
- Department of Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- College of Animal Medicine, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- College of Animal Science and technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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- College of veterinary medicine, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Kim SH, Yun S, Park W. Constitutive Phenotypic Modification of Lipid A in Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates. Microbiol Spectr 2022;:e0129522. [PMID: 35861511 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01295-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The degree of polymyxin B (PMB) resistance was measured in 40 clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates obtained from health care facilities. All of the tested isolates possessed a multidrug-resistant (MDR) phenotype against four classes of antibiotics (meropenem, doxycycline, gentamicin, and erythromycin), except for PMB. The blaOXA-23 gene was detected throughout the genetic analysis and experimental assay, indicating that all of the MDR strains were carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii strains. Multilocus sequence typing-based genotyping revealed that nine selected strains belonged to the international clone II lineage. When matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry was performed, intrinsic lipid A modification by phosphoethanolamine (PEtN) incorporation was noticeable only in the PMB-resistant (PMBR) strains. However, the presence of hexa- and penta-acylated lipid A due to the loss of the laurate (C12) acyl chain was noted in all PMB-susceptible strains but not in the PMBR strains. The reduction of negative surface charges in the PMBR strains was assessed by zeta potential analysis. Fluorescence imaging using dansyl-PMB revealed that, in the PMBR strains, PMB was less likely to bind to the cell surface. IMPORTANCE The widespread presence of MDR pathogens, including A. baumannii, is causing serious hospital-acquired infections worldwide. Extensive surveillance of MDR clinical A. baumannii isolates has been conducted, but the underlying mechanisms for their development of MDR phenotypes are often neglected. Either lipid A modification or loss of lipopolysaccharide in Gram-negative bacteria leads to PMBR phenotypes. The prevalence of intrinsic lipid A modification in PMBR clinical strains was attributed to high levels of basal expression of pmrC and eptA-1. Our findings suggest that new therapeutic strategies are warranted to combat MDR pathogens due to the emergence of many PMBR clinical strains.
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The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a characteristic molecule of the outer leaflet of the Gram-negative bacterial outer membrane, which consists of lipid A, core oligosaccharide, and O antigen. The lipid A is embedded in outer membrane and provides an efficient permeability barrier, which is particularly important to reduce the permeability of antibiotics, toxic cationic metals, and antimicrobial peptides. LPS, an important modulator of innate immune responses ranging from localized inflammation to disseminated sepsis, displays a high level of structural and functional heterogeneity, which arise due to regulated differences in the acylation of the lipid A and the incorporation of non-stoichiometric modifications in lipid A and the core oligosaccharide. This review focuses on the current mechanistic understanding of the synthesis and assembly of the lipid A molecule and its most salient non-stoichiometric modifications.
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- Miguel A Valvano
- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK
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Guo H, Zhao T, Huang C, Chen J. The Role of the Two-Component System PhoP/PhoQ in Intrinsic Resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica to Polymyxin. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:758571. [PMID: 35222323 PMCID: PMC8867023 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.758571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Polymyxin is the “last resort” of antibiotics. The self-induced resistance to polymyxin in Gram-negative bacteria could be mediated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) modification, which is regulated by the two-component system, PhoP/PhoQ. Yersinia enterocolitica is a common foodborne pathogen. However, PhoP/PhoQ has not been thoroughly studied in Y. enterocolitica. In this study, the functions of PhoP/PhoQ in Y. enterocolitica intrinsic resistance were investigated. The resistance of Y. enterocolitica was found to decrease with the deletion of PhoP/PhoQ. Further, PhoP/PhoQ was found to play an important role in maintaining membrane permeability, intercellular metabolism, and reducing membrane depolarization. Based on subsequent studies, the binding ability of polymyxin to Y. enterocolitica was decreased by the modification of LPS with structures, such as L-Ara4N and palmitate. Analysis of the gene transcription levels revealed that the LPS modification genes, pagP and arn operon, were downregulated with the deletion of PhoP/PhoQ in Y. enterocolitica during exposure to polymyxin. In addition, pmrA, pmrB, and eptA were downregulated in the mutants compared with the wild-type strain. Such findings demonstrate that PhoP/PhoQ contributes to the intrinsic resistance of Y. enterocolitica toward polymyxins. LPS modification with L-Ara4N or palmitate is mainly responsible for the resistance of Y. enterocolitica to polymyxins. The transcription of genes related to LPS modification and PmrA/PmrB can be both affected by PhoP/PhoQ in Y. enterocolitica. This study adds to current knowledge regarding the role of PhoP/PhoQ in intrinsic resistance of Y. enterocolitica to polymyxin.
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Bekere I, Huang J, Schnapp M, Rudolph M, Berneking L, Ruckdeschel K, Grundhoff A, Günther T, Fischer N, Aepfelbacher M. Yersinia remodels epigenetic histone modifications in human macrophages. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1010074. [PMID: 34793580 PMCID: PMC8639070 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Various pathogens systematically reprogram gene expression in macrophages, but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. We investigated whether the enteropathogen Yersinia enterocolitica alters chromatin states to reprogram gene expression in primary human macrophages. Genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) seq analyses showed that pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) induced up- or down-regulation of histone modifications (HMod) at approximately 14500 loci in promoters and enhancers. Effectors of Y. enterocolitica reorganized about half of these dynamic HMod, with the effector YopP being responsible for about half of these modulatory activities. The reorganized HMod were associated with genes involved in immune response and metabolism. Remarkably, the altered HMod also associated with 61% of all 534 known Rho GTPase pathway genes, revealing a new level in Rho GTPase regulation and a new aspect of bacterial pathogenicity. Changes in HMod were associated to varying degrees with corresponding gene expression, e. g. depending on chromatin localization and cooperation of the HMod. In summary, infection with Y. enterocolitica remodels HMod in human macrophages to modulate key gene expression programs of the innate immune response. Human pathogenic bacteria can affect epigenetic histone modifications to modulate gene expression in host cells. However, a systems biology analysis of this bacterial virulence mechanism in immune cells has not been performed. Here we analyzed genome-wide epigenetic histone modifications and associated gene expression changes in primary human macrophages infected with enteropathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica. We demonstrate that Yersinia virulence factors extensively modulate histone modifications and associated gene expression triggered by the pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) of the bacteria. The epigenetically modulated genes are involved in several key pathways of the macrophage immune response, including the Rho GTPase pathway, revealing a novel level of Rho GTPase regulation by a bacterial pathogen. Overall, our findings provide an in-depth view of epigenetic and gene expression changes during host-pathogen interaction and might have further implications for understanding of the innate immune memory in macrophages.
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- Indra Bekere
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (IB); (MA)
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich-Pette-Institute (HPI), Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Research Group Virus Genomics, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich-Pette-Institute (HPI), Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Research Group Virus Genomics, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (IB); (MA)
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Hower S, McCormack R, Bartra SS, Alonso P, Podack ER, Shembade N, Plano GV. LPS modifications and AvrA activity of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are required to prevent Perforin-2 expression by infected fibroblasts and intestinal epithelial cells. Microb Pathog 2021; 154:104852. [PMID: 33762201 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cellular Perforin-2 (MPEG1) is a pore-forming MACPF family protein that plays a critical role in the defense against bacterial pathogens. Macrophages, neutrophils, and several other cell types that are part of the front line of innate defenses constitutively express high levels of Perforin-2; whereas, most other cell types must be induced to express Perforin-2 by interferons (α, β and γ) and/or PAMPs such as LPS. In this study, we demonstrate that many bacterial pathogens can limit the expression of Perforin-2 in cells normally inducible for Perforin-2 expression, while ordinarily commensal or non-pathogenic bacteria triggered high levels of Perforin-2 expression in these same cell types. The mechanisms by which pathogens suppress Perforin-2 expression was explored further using Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and cultured MEFs as well as intestinal epithelial cell lines. These studies identified multiple factors required to minimize the expression of Perforin-2 in cell types inducible for Perforin-2 expression. These included the PmrAB and PhoPQ two-component systems, select LPS modification enzymes and the Type III secretion effector protein AvrA.
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- Suzanne Hower
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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Horne JE, Brockwell DJ, Radford SE. Role of the lipid bilayer in outer membrane protein folding in Gram-negative bacteria. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:10340-10367. [PMID: 32499369 PMCID: PMC7383365 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.rev120.011473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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β-Barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) represent the major proteinaceous component of the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. These proteins perform key roles in cell structure and morphology, nutrient acquisition, colonization and invasion, and protection against external toxic threats such as antibiotics. To become functional, OMPs must fold and insert into a crowded and asymmetric OM that lacks much freely accessible lipid. This feat is accomplished in the absence of an external energy source and is thought to be driven by the high thermodynamic stability of folded OMPs in the OM. With such a stable fold, the challenge that bacteria face in assembling OMPs into the OM is how to overcome the initial energy barrier of membrane insertion. In this review, we highlight the roles of the lipid environment and the OM in modulating the OMP-folding landscape and discuss the factors that guide folding in vitro and in vivo We particularly focus on the composition, architecture, and physical properties of the OM and how an understanding of the folding properties of OMPs in vitro can help explain the challenges they encounter during folding in vivo Current models of OMP biogenesis in the cellular environment are still in flux, but the stakes for improving the accuracy of these models are high. OMP folding is an essential process in all Gram-negative bacteria, and considering the looming crisis of widespread microbial drug resistance it is an attractive target. To bring down this vital OMP-supported barrier to antibiotics, we must first understand how bacterial cells build it.
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- Jim E Horne
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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The defining feature of the Gram-negative cell envelope is the presence of two cellular membranes, with the specialized glycolipid lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exclusively found on the surface of the outer membrane. The surface layer of LPS contributes to the stringent permeability properties of the outer membrane, which is particularly resistant to permeation of many toxic compounds, including antibiotics. As a common surface antigen, LPS is recognized by host immune cells, which mount defences to clear pathogenic bacteria. To alter properties of the outer membrane or evade the host immune response, Gram-negative bacteria chemically modify LPS in a wide variety of ways. Here, we review key features and physiological consequences of LPS biogenesis and modifications.
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- Brent W Simpson
- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. .,Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. .,Department of Microbiology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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Jain S, Chang AM, Singh M, McLean JS, Coats SR, Kramer RW, Darveau RP. Identification of PGN_1123 as the Gene Encoding Lipid A Deacylase, an Enzyme Required for Toll-Like Receptor 4 Evasion, in Porphyromonas gingivalis. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:e00683-18. [PMID: 30782639 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00683-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Removal of one acyl chain from bacterial lipid A by deacylase activity is a mechanism used by many pathogenic bacteria to evade the host's Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-mediated innate immune response. In Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontal pathogen, lipid A deacylase activity converts a majority of the initially synthesized penta-acylated lipid A, a TLR4 agonist, to tetra-acylated structures, which effectively evade TLR4 sensing by being either inert or antagonistic at TLR4. In this paper, we report successful identification of the gene that encodes the P. gingivalis lipid A deacylase enzyme. This gene, PGN_1123 in P. gingivalis 33277, is highly conserved within P. gingivalis, and putative orthologs are phylogenetically restricted to the Bacteroidetes phylum. Lipid A of ΔPGN_1123 mutants is penta-acylated and devoid of tetra-acylated structures, and the mutant strain provokes a strong TLR4-mediated proinflammatory response, in contrast to the negligible response elicited by wild-type P. gingivalis Heterologous expression of PGN_1123 in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron promoted lipid A deacylation, confirming that PGN_1123 encodes the lipid A deacylase enzyme.IMPORTANCE Periodontitis, commonly referred to as gum disease, is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects a large proportion of the population. Porphyromonas gingivalis is a bacterium closely associated with periodontitis, although how and if it is a cause for the disease are not known. It has a formidable capacity to dampen the host's innate immune response, enabling its persistence in diseased sites and triggering microbial dysbiosis in animal models of infection. P. gingivalis is particularly adept at evading the host's TLR4-mediated innate immune response by modifying the structure of lipid A, the TLR4 ligand. In this paper, we report identification of the gene encoding lipid A deacylase, a key enzyme that modifies lipid A to TLR4-evasive structures.
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Di Lorenzo F, De Castro C, Silipo A, Molinaro A. Lipopolysaccharide structures of Gram-negative populations in the gut microbiota and effects on host interactions. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2019; 43:257-272. [DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuz002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Flaviana Di Lorenzo
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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Paracini N, Clifton LA, Skoda MWA, Lakey JH. Liquid crystalline bacterial outer membranes are critical for antibiotic susceptibility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E7587-94. [PMID: 30037998 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1803975115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is a robust, impermeable, asymmetric bilayer of outer lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) and inner phospholipids containing selective pore proteins which confer on it the properties of a molecular sieve. This structure severely limits the variety of antibiotic molecules effective against Gram-negative pathogens and, as antibiotic resistance has increased, so has the need to solve the OM permeability problem. Polymyxin B (PmB) represents those rare antibiotics which act directly on the OM and which offer a distinct starting point for new antibiotic development. Here we investigate PmB's interactions with in vitro OM models and show how the physical state of the lipid matrix of the OM is a critical factor in regulating the interaction with the antimicrobial peptide. Using neutron reflectometry and infrared spectroscopy, we reveal the structural and chemical changes induced by PmB on OM models of increasing complexity. In particular, only a tightly packed model reproduced the temperature-controlled disruption of the asymmetric lipid bilayer by PmB observed in vivo. By measuring the order of outer-leaflet LPS and inner-leaflet phospholipids, we show that PmB insertion is dependent on the phase transition of LPS from the gel to the liquid crystalline state. The demonstration of a lipid phase transition in the physiological temperature range also supports the hypothesis that bacteria grown at different temperatures adapt their LPS structures to maintain a homeoviscous OM.
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Ogawa R, Yen H, Kawasaki K, Tobe T. Activation of lpxR gene through enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli virulence regulators mediates lipid A modification to attenuate innate immune response. Cell Microbiol 2017; 20. [PMID: 29112299 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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During the course of infection, pathogens must overcome a variety of host defence systems. Modulation of lipid A, which is a strong stimulant for host immune systems, is one of the strategies used by microorganisms to evade the host response. The lpxR gene, which encodes a lipid A 3'-O-deacylase, is commonly found in several pathogens and has been shown to reduce the inflammatory response. Here, we demonstrated that the lpxR gene of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) was positively regulated by two virulence regulators, Pch and Ler, and that this regulation was coordinated with the locus of enterocyte effacement genes, which encode major virulence factors for colonisation. The lpxR promoter was repressed by the binding of H-NS, but the competitive binding of both regulators resulted in transcription activation. Next, we showed that lipid A from the lpxR mutant was more stimulatory of the inflammatory response in macrophage-like cells than lipid A from wild-type EHEC. Furthermore, phagocytic activity and phagosome maturation in host cells infected with the lpxR mutant were increased in a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent manner in comparison with wild-type EHEC infection. Finally, we demonstrated that the pch mutant, which is deficient in activation of the locus of enterocyte effacement genes, was phagocytised more efficiently than the wild type. Thus, EHEC modulates lipid A to dampen the host immune response when activating virulence genes for colonisation.
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- Rikako Ogawa
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Doshisha Women's College, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Xiao X, Sankaranarayanan K, Khosla C. Biosynthesis and structure-activity relationships of the lipid a family of glycolipids. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2017; 40:127-137. [PMID: 28942130 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a glycolipid found in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, is a potent elicitor of innate immune responses in mammals. A typical LPS molecule is composed of three different structural domains: a polysaccharide called the O-antigen, a core oligosaccharide, and Lipid A. Lipid A is the amphipathic glycolipid moiety of LPS. It stimulates the immune system by tightly binding to Toll-like receptor 4. More recently, Lipid A has also been shown to activate intracellular caspase-4 and caspase-5. An impressive diversity is observed in Lipid A structures from different Gram-negative bacteria, and it is well established that subtle changes in chemical structure can result in dramatically different immune activities. For example, Lipid A from Escherichia coli is highly toxic to humans, whereas a biosynthetic precursor called Lipid IVA blocks this toxic activity, and monophosphoryl Lipid A from Salmonella minnesota is a vaccine adjuvant. Thus, an understanding of structure-activity relationships in this glycolipid family could be used to design useful immunomodulatory agents. Here we review the biosynthesis, modification, and structure-activity relationships of Lipid A.
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- Xirui Xiao
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States; Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States; Stanford ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States.
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Harvey DJ. Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: An update for 2011-2012. Mass Spectrom Rev 2017; 36:255-422. [PMID: 26270629 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This review is the seventh update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings coverage of the literature to the end of 2012. General aspects such as theory of the MALDI process, matrices, derivatization, MALDI imaging, and fragmentation are covered in the first part of the review and applications to various structural types constitute the remainder. The main groups of compound are oligo- and poly-saccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycosides, and biopharmaceuticals. Much of this material is presented in tabular form. Also discussed are medical and industrial applications of the technique, studies of enzyme reactions, and applications to chemical synthesis. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 36:255-422, 2017.
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- David J Harvey
- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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Leskinen K, Pajunen MI, Varjosalo M, Fernández-Carrasco H, Bengoechea JA, Skurnik M. Several Hfq-dependent alterations in physiology of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 are mediated by derepression of the transcriptional regulator RovM. Mol Microbiol 2017; 103:1065-1091. [PMID: 28010054 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In bacteria, the RNA chaperone Hfq enables pairing of small regulatory RNAs with their target mRNAs and therefore is a key player of post-transcriptional regulation network. As a global regulator, Hfq is engaged in the adaptation to external environment, regulation of metabolism and bacterial virulence. In this study we used RNA-sequencing and quantitative proteomics (LC-MS/MS) to elucidate the role of this chaperone in the physiology and virulence of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3. This global approach revealed the profound impact of Hfq on gene and protein expression. Furthermore, the role of Hfq in the cell morphology, metabolism, cell wall integrity, resistance to external stresses and pathogenicity was evaluated. Importantly, our results revealed that several alterations typical for the hfq-negative phenotype were due to derepression of the transcriptional factor RovM. The overexpression of RovM caused by the loss of Hfq chaperone resulted in extended growth defect, alterations in the lipid A structure, motility and biofilm formation defects, as well as changes in mannitol utilization. Furthermore, in Y. enterocolitica RovM only in the presence of Hfq affected the abundance of RpoS. Finally, the impact of hfq and rovM mutations on the virulence was assessed in the mouse infection model.
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- Katarzyna Leskinen
- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Medicum, Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Medicum, Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki.,Biocentrum Helsinki, Finland: Finnish Institute of Molecular Medicine, Finland
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- Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Medicum, Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland.,Division of Clinical Microbiology, Helsinki University Hospital, HUSLAB, Helsinki, Finland
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Kakoschke TK, Kakoschke SC, Zeuzem C, Bouabe H, Adler K, Heesemann J, Rossier O. The RNA Chaperone Hfq Is Essential for Virulence and Modulates the Expression of Four Adhesins in Yersinia enterocolitica. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29275. [PMID: 27387855 DOI: 10.1038/srep29275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In Enterobacteriaceae, the RNA chaperone Hfq mediates the interaction of small RNAs with target mRNAs, thereby modulating transcript stability and translation. This post-transcriptional control helps bacteria adapt quickly to changing environmental conditions. Our previous mutational analysis showed that Hfq is involved in metabolism and stress survival in the enteropathogen Yersinia enterocolitica. In this study we demonstrate that Hfq is essential for virulence in mice and influences production of surface pathogenicity factors, in particular lipopolysaccharide and adhesins mediating interaction with host tissue. Hfq inhibited the production of Ail, the Ail-like protein OmpX and the MyfA pilin post-transcriptionally. In contrast Hfq promoted production of two major autotransporter adhesins YadA and InvA. While protein secretion in vitro was not affected, hfq mutants exhibited decreased protein translocation by the type III secretion system into host cells, consistent with decreased production of YadA and InvA. The influence of Hfq on YadA resulted from a complex interplay of transcriptional, post-transcriptional and likely post-translational effects. Hfq regulated invA by modulating the expression of the transcriptional regulators rovA, phoP and ompR. Therefore, Hfq is a global coordinator of surface virulence determinants in Y. enterocolitica suggesting that it constitutes an attractive target for developing new antimicrobial strategies.
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Klein G, Raina S. Regulated Control of the Assembly and Diversity of LPS by Noncoding sRNAs. Biomed Res Int 2015; 2015:153561. [PMID: 26618164 DOI: 10.1155/2015/153561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is asymmetric due to the presence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) facing the outer leaflet of the OM and phospholipids facing the periplasmic side. LPS is essential for bacterial viability, since it provides a permeability barrier and is a major virulence determinant in pathogenic bacteria. In Escherichia coli, several steps of LPS biosynthesis and assembly are regulated by the RpoE sigma factor and stress responsive two-component systems as well as dedicated small RNAs. LPS composition is highly heterogeneous and dynamically altered upon stress and other challenges in the environment because of the transcriptional activation of RpoE regulon members and posttranslational control by RpoE-regulated Hfq-dependent RybB and MicA sRNAs. The PhoP/Q two-component system further regulates Kdo2-lipid A modification via MgrR sRNA. Some of these structural alterations are critical for antibiotic resistance, OM integrity, virulence, survival in host, and adaptation to specific environmental niches. The heterogeneity arises following the incorporation of nonstoichiometric modifications in the lipid A part and alterations in the composition of inner and outer core of LPS. The biosynthesis of LPS and phospholipids is tightly coupled. This requires the availability of metabolic precursors, whose accumulation is controlled by sRNAs like SlrA, GlmZ, and GlmY.
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Eshghi A, Henderson J, Trent MS, Picardeau M. Leptospira interrogans lpxD Homologue Is Required for Thermal Acclimatization and Virulence. Infect Immun 2015; 83:4314-21. [PMID: 26283339 PMCID: PMC4598399 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00897-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Leptospirosis is an emerging disease with an annual occurrence of over 1 million human cases worldwide. Pathogenic Leptospira bacteria are maintained in zoonotic cycles involving a diverse array of mammals, with the capacity to survive outside the host in aquatic environments. Survival in the diverse environments encountered by Leptospira likely requires various adaptive mechanisms. Little is known about Leptospira outer membrane modification systems, which may contribute to the capacity of these bacteria to successfully inhabit and colonize diverse environments and animal hosts. Leptospira bacteria carry two genes annotated as UDP-3-O-[3-hydroxymyristoyl] glucosamine N-acyltransferase genes (la0512 and la4326 [lpxD1 and lpxD2]) that in other bacteria are involved in the early steps of biosynthesis of lipid A, the membrane lipid anchor of lipopolysaccharide. Inactivation of only one of these genes, la0512/lpxD1, imparted sensitivity to the host physiological temperature (37°C) and rendered the bacteria avirulent in an animal infection model. Polymyxin B sensitivity assays revealed compromised outer membrane integrity in the lpxD1 mutant at host physiological temperature, but structural analysis of lipid A in the mutant revealed only minor changes in the lipid A moiety compared to that found in the wild-type strain. In accordance with this, an in trans complementation restored the phenotypes to a level comparable to that of the wild-type strain. These results suggest that the gene annotated as lpxD1 in Leptospira interrogans plays an important role in temperature adaptation and virulence in the animal infection model.
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- Azad Eshghi
- Institut Pasteur, Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Paris, France
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Infectious Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Kasperkiewicz K, Swierzko AS, Bartlomiejczyk MA, Cedzynski M, Noszczynska M, Duda KA, Michalski M, Skurnik M. Interaction of human mannose-binding lectin (MBL) with Yersinia enterocolitica lipopolysaccharide. Int J Med Microbiol 2015; 305:544-52. [PMID: 26188838 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is involved in the interaction between Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria and host. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL), complement-activating soluble pattern-recognition receptor targets microbial glycoconjugates, including LPS. We studied its interactions with a set of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 LPS mutants. The wild-type strain LPS consists of lipid A (LA) substituted with an inner core oligosaccharide (IC) which in turn is substituted either with the O-specific polysaccharide (OPS) or the outer core hexasaccharide (OC), and sometimes also with the enterobacterial common antigen (ECA). The LPS mutants produced truncated LPS, missing OPS, OC or both, or, in addition, different IC constituents or ECA. MBL bound to LA-IC, LA-IC-OPS and LA-IC-ECA but not LA-IC-OC structures. Moreover, LA-IC substitution with both OPS and ECA prevented the lectin binding. Sequential truncation of the IC heptoses demonstrated that the MBL targets the IC heptose region. Furthermore, microbial growth temperature influenced MBL binding; binding was stronger to bacteria grown at room temperature (22°C) than to bacteria grown at 37°C. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that MBL can interact with Y. enterocolitica LPS, however, the in vivo significance of that interaction remains to be elucidated.
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- Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz
- Department of Microbiology, University of Silesia, Jagiellonska 28, PL 40-032 Katowice, Poland
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Infections, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodowa 106, PL 93-232 Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Infections, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodowa 106, PL 93-232 Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Infections, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodowa 106, PL 93-232 Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Silesia, Jagiellonska 28, PL 40-032 Katowice, Poland
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- Division of Structural Biochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Priority Area Asthma and Allergies, Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Parkallee 4a/c, D 23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Infections, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodowa 106, PL 93-232 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 21, Haartmaninkatu 3, FIN 00014 Helsinki, Finland; Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory Diagnostics, PO Box 21, Haartmaninkatu 3, FIN 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Tomás A, Lery L, Regueiro V, Pérez-Gutiérrez C, Martínez V, Moranta D, Llobet E, González-Nicolau M, Insua JL, Tomas JM, Sansonetti PJ, Tournebize R, Bengoechea JA. Functional Genomic Screen Identifies Klebsiella pneumoniae Factors Implicated in Blocking Nuclear Factor κB (NF-κB) Signaling. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:16678-97. [PMID: 25971969 PMCID: PMC4505419 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.621292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is an etiologic agent of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia. It has been shown that K. pneumoniae infections are characterized by reduced early inflammatory response. Recently our group has shown that K. pneumoniae dampens the activation of inflammatory responses by antagonizing the activation of the NF-κB canonical pathway. Our results revealed that K. pneumoniae capsule polysaccharide (CPS) was necessary but not sufficient to attenuate inflammation. To identify additional Klebsiella factors required to dampen inflammation, we standardized and applied a high-throughput gain-of-function screen to examine a Klebsiella transposon mutant library. We identified 114 mutants that triggered the activation of NF-κB. Two gene ontology categories accounted for half of the loci identified in the screening: metabolism and transport genes (32% of the mutants) and envelope-related genes (17%). Characterization of the mutants revealed that the lack of the enterobactin siderophore was linked to a reduced CPS expression, which in turn underlined the NF-κB activation induced by the mutant. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-polysaccharide and the pullulanase (PulA) type 2 secretion system (T2SS) are required for full effectiveness of the immune evasion. Importantly, these factors do not play a redundant role. The fact that LPS O-polysaccharide and T2SS mutant-induced responses were dependent on TLR2-TLR4-MyD88 activation suggested that LPS O-polysaccharide and PulA perturbed Toll-like receptor (TLR)-dependent recognition of K. pneumoniae. Finally, we demonstrate that LPS O-polysaccharide and pulA mutants are attenuated in the pneumonia mouse model. We propose that LPS O-polysaccharide and PulA T2SS could be new targets for the design of new antimicrobials. Increasing TLR-governed defense responses might provide also selective alternatives for the management of K. pneumoniae pneumonia.
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- Anna Tomás
- From the Infection and Immunity Program, Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares (FISIB), 07110 Mallorca, Spain, the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Palma (IdisPa), 07120 Mallorca, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- the Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France, INSERM U786, 75724 Paris, France
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- From the Infection and Immunity Program, Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares (FISIB), 07110 Mallorca, Spain, the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Palma (IdisPa), 07120 Mallorca, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Infection and Immunity Program, Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares (FISIB), 07110 Mallorca, Spain, the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Palma (IdisPa), 07120 Mallorca, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Infection and Immunity Program, Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares (FISIB), 07110 Mallorca, Spain, the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Palma (IdisPa), 07120 Mallorca, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Infection and Immunity Program, Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares (FISIB), 07110 Mallorca, Spain, the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Palma (IdisPa), 07120 Mallorca, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Infection and Immunity Program, Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares (FISIB), 07110 Mallorca, Spain, the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Palma (IdisPa), 07120 Mallorca, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Infection and Immunity Program, Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de las Islas Baleares (FISIB), 07110 Mallorca, Spain, the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Palma (IdisPa), 07120 Mallorca, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- the Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, United Kingdom
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- the Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- the Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France, INSERM U786, 75724 Paris, France, Chaire de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Collège de France, 75231 Paris, France
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- the Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France, INSERM U786, 75724 Paris, France, Imagopole, Plateforme d'Imagerie Dynamique, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France, and
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- the Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, United Kingdom, the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28008 Madrid, Spain
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Wang X, Quinn PJ, Yan A. Kdo2 -lipid A: structural diversity and impact on immunopharmacology. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2014; 90:408-27. [PMID: 24838025 PMCID: PMC4402001 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2013] [Revised: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonic acid-lipid A (Kdo2-lipid A) is the essential component of lipopolysaccharide in most Gram-negative bacteria and the minimal structural component to sustain bacterial viability. It serves as the active component of lipopolysaccharide to stimulate potent host immune responses through the complex of Toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4) and myeloid differentiation protein 2. The entire biosynthetic pathway of Escherichia coli Kdo2-lipid A has been elucidated and the nine enzymes of the pathway are shared by most Gram-negative bacteria, indicating conserved Kdo2-lipid A structure across different species. Yet many bacteria can modify the structure of their Kdo2-lipid A which serves as a strategy to modulate bacterial virulence and adapt to different growth environments as well as to avoid recognition by the mammalian innate immune systems. Key enzymes and receptors involved in Kdo2-lipid A biosynthesis, structural modification and its interaction with the TLR4 pathway represent a clear opportunity for immunopharmacological exploitation. These include the development of novel antibiotics targeting key biosynthetic enzymes and utilization of structurally modified Kdo2-lipid A or correspondingly engineered live bacteria as vaccines and adjuvants. Kdo2-lipid A/TLR4 antagonists can also be applied in anti-inflammatory interventions. This review summarizes recent knowledge on both the fundamental processes of Kdo2-lipid A biosynthesis, structural modification and immune stimulation, and applied research on pharmacological exploitations of these processes for therapeutic development.
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- Xiaoyuan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi 214122, China; Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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Lipopolysaccharide molecules represent a unique family of glycolipids based on a highly conserved lipid moiety known as lipid A. These molecules are produced by most gram-negative bacteria, in which they play important roles in the integrity of the outer-membrane permeability barrier and participate extensively in host-pathogen interplay. Few bacteria contain lipopolysaccharide molecules composed only of lipid A. In most forms, lipid A is glycosylated by addition of the core oligosaccharide that, in some bacteria, provides an attachment site for a long-chain O-antigenic polysaccharide. The complexity of lipopolysaccharide structures is reflected in the processes used for their biosynthesis and export. Rapid growth and cell division depend on the bacterial cell's capacity to synthesize and export lipopolysaccharide efficiently and in large amounts. We review recent advances in those processes, emphasizing the reactions that are essential for viability.
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- Chris Whitfield
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada;
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Dhar MS, Virdi JS. Strategies used by Yersinia enterocolitica to evade killing by the host: thinking beyond Yops. Microbes Infect 2014; 16:87-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Kakoschke T, Kakoschke S, Magistro G, Schubert S, Borath M, Heesemann J, Rossier O. The RNA chaperone Hfq impacts growth, metabolism and production of virulence factors in Yersinia enterocolitica. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86113. [PMID: 24454955 PMCID: PMC3893282 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To adapt to changes in environmental conditions, bacteria regulate their gene expression at the transcriptional but also at the post-transcriptional level, e.g. by small RNAs (sRNAs) which modulate mRNA stability and translation. The conserved RNA chaperone Hfq mediates the interaction of many sRNAs with their target mRNAs, thereby playing a global role in fine-tuning protein production. In this study, we investigated the significance of Hfq for the enteropathogen Yersina enterocolitica serotype O:8. Hfq facilitated optimal growth in complex and minimal media. Our comparative protein analysis of parental and hfq-negative strains suggested that Hfq promotes lipid metabolism and transport, cell redox homeostasis, mRNA translation and ATP synthesis, and negatively affects carbon and nitrogen metabolism, transport of siderophore and peptides and tRNA synthesis. Accordingly, biochemical tests indicated that Hfq represses ornithine decarboxylase activity, indole production and utilization of glucose, mannitol, inositol and 1,2-propanediol. Moreover, Hfq repressed production of the siderophore yersiniabactin and its outer membrane receptor FyuA. In contrast, hfq mutants exhibited reduced urease production. Finally, strains lacking hfq were more susceptible to acidic pH and oxidative stress. Unlike previous reports in other Gram-negative bacteria, Hfq was dispensable for type III secretion encoded by the virulence plasmid. Using a chromosomally encoded FLAG-tagged Hfq, we observed increased production of Hfq-FLAG in late exponential and stationary phases. Overall, Hfq has a profound effect on metabolism, resistance to stress and modulates the production of two virulence factors in Y. enterocolitica, namely urease and yersiniabactin.
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- Tamara Kakoschke
- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Protein Analysis Unit, Adolf-Butenandt Institute, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Muszyński A, Rabsztyn K, Knapska K, Duda KA, Duda-Grychtoł K, Kasperkiewicz K, Radziejewska-Lebrecht J, Holst O, Skurnik M. Enterobacterial common antigen and O-specific polysaccharide coexist in the lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O : 3. Microbiology (Reading) 2013; 159:1782-1793. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.066662-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Artur Muszyński
- Department of Microbiology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Structural Biochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
- Department of Microbiology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Division of Structural Biochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
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- Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory Diagnostics, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Abstract
Gram-negative bacteria decorate their outermost surface structure, lipopolysaccharide, with elaborate chemical moieties, which effectively disguises them from immune surveillance and protects them from the onslaught of host defences. Many of these changes occur on the lipid A moiety of lipopolysaccharide, a component that is crucial for host recognition of Gram-negative infection. In this Review, we describe the regulatory mechanisms controlling lipid A modification and discuss the impact of modifications on pathogenesis, bacterial physiology and bacterial interactions with the host immune system.
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- Brittany D Needham
- The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
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Abstract
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a component of the outer membrane of almost all Gram-negative bacteria and consists of lipid A, core sugars, and O-antigen. LPS is recognized by Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and MD-2 on host innate immune cells and can signal to activate the transcription factor NFκB, leading to the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines that initiate and shape the adaptive immune response. Most of what is known about how LPS is recognized by the TLR4-MD-2 receptor complex on animal cells has been studied using Escherichia coli lipid A, which is a strong agonist of TLR4 signaling. Recent work from several groups, including our own, has shown that several important pathogenic bacteria can modify their LPS or lipid A molecules in ways that significantly alter TLR4 signaling to NFκB. Thus, it has been hypothesized that expression of lipid A variants is one mechanism by which pathogens modulate or evade the host immune response. Additionally, several key differences in the amino acid sequences of human and mouse TLR4-MD-2 receptors have been shown to alter the ability to recognize these variations in lipid A, suggesting a host-specific effect on the immune response to these pathogens. In this review, we provide an overview of lipid A variants from several human pathogens, how the basic structure of lipid A is recognized by mouse and human TLR4-MD-2 receptor complexes, as well as how alteration of this pattern affects its recognition by TLR4 and impacts the downstream immune response.
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- Nina Maeshima
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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